Operationalising user behaviour: a study on the life cycle assessment of smart home technologies by Mareike Tippe, Henning Wigger, Urte Brand-Daniels, Thomas Vogt

“…However, it is important to bear in mind that these approaches may not reflect actual user behaviour, as this can be subjected to a limited changeability of certain household practices and habits. …”
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An association study of polymorphisms in the P2RX7 gene in an Iranian population with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus by Homa Noori, Majid Rajabian, Mahdi Majidpour, Mahboobeh Sabeti Akbar-Abad, Ramin Saravani

“…Materials and methods We study includes 600 subjects as case and healthy groups clinically diagnosed with T2DM by clinicians referred to the diabetic clinic of Bu-Ali Hospital, Zahedan. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Types of Nonpillar Mining Techniques by Roof Cutting and by Filling Artificial Materials by Enze Zhen, Yubing Gao, Yajun Wang, Siming Wang

“…However, dense roadside supports or filled artificial pillars become subject to the pressure of roof pressure instead of coal pillars, which causes problems. …”
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The Performance of Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations”. Continuity, Discontinuity, Cyclic Integration, Irony by William Kinderman

“…Numerous performance recommendations emerge from the integrated consideration of historical documents, musical analysis, and aesthetic reflection. Since the subject concerned here is animate rather than inanimate, it is not well grasped from just an objectivist, factual perspective. …”
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Challenges and future prospects of online practical education in physical education faculties during the COVID-19 pandemic by O.M. Abdel Fattah, A.A. Zureigat, S.H. Qasim, M.A. Alzughailat, A.S. Khasawneh

“…The study attempted to uncover the challenges facing students in physical educa­tion faculties in practical subjects. As far as the researchers know, it is considered one of the few studies that addressed the impact of the transition to distance education due to the Coronavirus pandemic. …”
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Evolution of crushing process of coarse-grained soil filler under the trains load by Qiyun Wang, Jiajun Zeng, Qingqing Shen, Huaming Lin, Yao Long

“…This model captures the evolution process of particle breakage characteristics in coarse-grained soil fillers subjected to high-speed train loads. The applicability of this model has been verified. …”
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Layer dependent thermal transport properties of one- to three-layer magnetic Fe:MoS2 by Elham Easy, Mengqi Fang, Mingxing Li, Eui-Hyeok Yang, Xian Zhang

“…Abstract Two-Dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides have been the subject of extensive attention thanks to their unique properties and atomically thin structure. …”
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The influence of the choice of foreign policy strategies of the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro on the development of their bilateral military relations by Spasojević Čedo D.

“…This particularly refers to the development of bilateral relations in sensitive foreign policy segments of small states, such as defence and security. The subject of the paper is the very analysis of this phenomenon on a concrete example, i.e. the examination of the impact of the different choice of foreign policy strategies of Serbia and Montenegro on the development of their mutual bilateral military relations, in the period after the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. …”
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A randomized controlled trial to study the efficacy of 1% vs. 2% lignocaine in topical airway anesthesia in routine bronchoscopy procedures by Danny Prasad, Prince James, Richa Gupta

“…The study’s primary outcome was the assessment of cough objectively by the consultant proceduralist, respiratory nurse, and assisting respiratory therapist. The subjective cough evaluation was taken from the patient using the cough visual analog score (VAS). …”
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The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…Methods This case–control study compared patients assigned to TKR versus conservative management, examining subjects aged 60–75 years with radiographically confirmed KOA (Kellgren–Lawrence grades 2–3), with all participants evaluated by blinded clinicians using validated assessment tools including Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Daily physical activity (DPA) questionnaires. …”
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Pembangunan Aplikasi Latihan Soal IPA SD dengan Gamifikasi dan Mersenne Twister by Naufal Irfan Hayanto, Seng Hansun

“…Abstract Natural Science is one of the subject studied in the elementary school. Study shows that there are still a lot of students who do not pay attention when they are studying natural science. …”
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Analysis of differentially expressed genes in hypertension and hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage via RNA-sequencing by Hongwu Qi, Min Qiao, Yansong Liu, Weijun Zeng, Lizhao Zhang, Hongjun Guo

“…The RT-qPCR validation results in human subjects and cell models were generally consistent with the sequencing results. …”
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Catastrophizing Has a Better Prediction for TMD Than Other Psychometric and Experimental Pain Variables by Lisa Willassen, Anders Arne Johansson, Siv Kvinnsland, Kordian Staniszewski, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…Sixty TMD patients were matched by sex and age to sixty healthy individuals without TMD symptoms or other musculoskeletal symptoms in the head and neck region. All subjects completed a questionnaire that included psychometric characteristics, that is, a one- and two-item version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Roland Morris Scale (RMS), which measures disability when living with pain. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…The mean value of Vitamin D was 17.44 (±7.59) ng/ml in ECC children and 35.9 (±9.56) in caries-free children who were significantly low in comparison with the non-ECC subjects (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: The present study suggests no relationship between serum iron, serum albumin, and serum ferritin with ECC, whereas Vitamin D had an inverse relationship with ECC. …”
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Experimental Study on the Effects of Dynamic High Water Pressure on the Deformation Characteristics of Limestone by Dawen Tan, Heng Cheng, Chunyao Hou, Yanan Lei, Chenfang Jiang, Yuntian Zhao, Hongyi Zhang

“…During hydraulic loading, saturated rocks had a smaller range of variation in the strain rate and deformation modulus and were more resistant to deformation than unsaturated rocks. Limestone was subjected to both external water pressure and internal pore water pressure in a cyclic cycle, where pore water pressure promotes pore creation and expansion, while external water pressure prevents water from degrading the pore structure. …”
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Effects of Target Size and Test Distance on Stereoacuity by Yo Iwata, Fusako Fujimura, Tomoya Handa, Nobuyuki Shoji, Hitoshi Ishikawa

“…Target size and test distance effects on stereoacuity were investigated in 24 subjects using a three-dimensional monitor. Examination 1: Target Size Effects. …”
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DEVELOPING A CELIOTM PROGRAMMING LEARNING TOOL TO FACILIATE TEACHING AND LEARNING DATA STRUCTURE CONCEPTS IN C++ FOR NOVICE PROGRAMMERS by Adam B. Mtaho, Masoud M. Masoud, Leonard J. Mselle

“…The situation is worse for the Data Structures and algorithms (DSA) course, an advanced-level programming course that is mandatory for any CS student. The subject is too hard for novices to grasp due to its abstract and dynamic nature.  …”
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Reproducibility of peak force for isometric and isokinetic multi-joint leg extension exercise by Manfred Zöger, Alfred Nimmerichter, Arnold Baca, Klaus Wirth

“…Methods Thirty physically active subjects (mean: stature 179.4 cm; body mass 76.0 kg; age 30.6 years) participated in three testing sessions. …”
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Insulin Resistance Markers to Detect Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Male Hispanic Population by Maritza Pérez-Mayorga, Jose P. Lopez-Lopez, Maria A. Chacon-Manosalva, Maria G Castillo, Johanna Otero, Daniel Martinez-Bello, Diego Gomez-Arbelaez, Daniel D. Cohen, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

“…NAFLD ultrasound criteria were met in 70 individuals (26.6%). Subjects with NAFLD had significantly higher values of HOMA-IR (2.55 ± 1.36 vs. 1.51 ± 0.91), TyG (9.17 ± 0.53 vs. 8.7 ± 0.51), and TG/HDL (6.6 ± 4.54 vs. 3.52 ± 2.32) compared to those without NAFLD p<0.001. …”
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NLRP3 is a BMI-independent mediator of stable COPD by Yonca Gungor, Selin Ercan, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermiş, Yiğit Kozalı, Gizem Kursunluoglu, Ceyda Sahan, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Hulya Ayar Kayali

“…Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated, and total RNA was extracted for real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis to measure the expression levels of inflammasome molecules. Results 29 subjects who were diagnosed with stable COPD and 32 controls were included in the data analysis. …”
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