Mixed vitamin C and zinc diet supplements co-administered with artemether drug improved haematological profile and survival of mice infected with Plasmodium berghei by Felicia N. Ekeh, Nkiru E. Ekechukwu, Chimdinma F. Chukwuma, Ifeanyi Oscar N. Aguzie, Chinenye M. Ohanu, Chike Ebido, Stanley N. Oluah

“…Grouping was based on combinations of vitamin C and zinc. Weight, packed cell volume (PCV), white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), haemoglobin concentration (HB), and mortality were assayed weekly. …”
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Condensed tannin from Caragana korshinskii extraction and protection effects on intestinal barrier function in mice by Xiaoyu Niu, Wei Qu, Zhiyu Chen, Hui Li, Peinan Liu, Mei Sun, Jing Yang, Yuanyuan Xing, Dabiao Li

“…The results show that the extraction conditions were as follows: extraction temperature was 52°C, extraction time was 95 min, liquid-solid ratio was 20:1 and acetone volume fraction was 62%. The extraction yield of the CKT was 5.34%. …”
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An Omni-Directional Wideband Patch Antenna with Parasitic Elements for Sub-6 GHz Band Applications by Liton Chandra Paul, Himel Kumar Saha, Tithi Rani, Md. Zulfiker Mahmud, Tushar Kanti Roy, Wang-Sang Lee

“…The antenna prototype shows a very well balanced set of radiation characteristics with a miniaturized volume and high efficiency. Therefore, the inset fed MPA can be contemplated as a candid model for Sub-6 GHz band applications.…”
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Preparation of a Low-Calorie, Gluten-Free All-in-One Cake Mix, Containing Bacillus Coagulans Using Quinoa and Inulin Functionality by Khatereh Amini, Anousheh Sharifan, Babak Ghiassi Tarzi, Reza Azizinezhad

“…Addition of quinoa reduced springiness, specific volume, porosity, chewiness, and increased the browning reaction. …”
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Micro-X-ray-CT for analysis of particle size segregation during powder spreading in Binder Jet Printing by Julia G. Behnsen, Joseph W. Roberts, Oliver J. Rogan, James M. McArdle, Kate Black

“…The particle size distribution changes over the length of the power-bed, with the volume fraction of smaller particles increased near the front of the powder bed, and the volume fraction of larger particles increased near the back. …”
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Evidence of Negative Effects of Defect Size and Older Patient Age by Quantitative CT-Based 3D Image Analysis in Ultraporous Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Grafted Extremity Bone Defects... by Timothy A. Damron, Kenneth A. Mann

“…Relationship with age was complex and closely tied to defect volume. For larger defect volumes, younger patients were more successful at graft incorporation. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Erbium Glass Laser Therapy for Acne Scars by Wiktoria Odrzywołek, Anna Deda, Dagmara Kuca, Małgorzata Bożek, Krzysztof Makarski, Sławomir Wilczyński

“…Significant reductions were observed in fold depth, pore volume, and depression volume, indicating enhanced smoothness and minimized scar appearance. …”
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Experimental Research on the Impact of Interest Rate on Real Estate Market Transactions by Chang Chen, Haoyu Zhai, Zhiruo Wang, Shen Ma, Jie Sun, Chengliang Wu, Yang Zhang

“…This paper applies the experimental economics method to simulate real estate transactions in the real market and control the irrelevant variables to study the movements of housing prices, transaction volumes, consumer transaction intentions and bubble indices under different deposit and lending rates. …”
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Optimization simulation of fracturing parameters under different soft/hard coal + surrounding rocks in Yuwu Mine by Shaowei HAO, Jingshuo ZHANG, Ruijie CHEN, Yafei JING

“…The fracture extension length, fracture width, flow conductivity of various combinations of coal and surrounding rock types (soft roof and hard coal, hard roof and soft coal, hard roof and hard coal) under different hydraulic fracturing parameters (perforating mode, construction displacement, total fluid volume, sand injection way, sand ratio, proppant particle size) were simulated, and based on this, the corresponding hydraulic fracturing pump injection parameters are optimized. …”
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Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Computed Tomographic Characteristics and Outcome by Aimara de la Caridad Vergara Santos, José Luis Rodríguez Monteagudo, Pedro Barrós Fuentes, Rubén Sánchez Abdala, Osmani Quintero Martínez

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> fifty-nine cases of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage were studied, 23 were located in lobar regions, 4 had severe midline shift, and 2 showed volume greater than 80 ml. Eight out of eleven with extension into the ventricular system had an unfavorable outcome. …”
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Small Airway Dysfunction in Chronic Bronchitis with Preserved Pulmonary Function by Qi Ding, Bai-Bing Mi, Xia Wei, Jie Li, Jiu-Yun Mi, Jing-Ting Ren, Rui-Li Li

“…These patients were assigned to three groups: control (normal pulmonary function), PRISm (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1]/forced vital capacity [FVC] ≥ 0.7, FEV1 < 80% of predicted value), and COPD (FEV1/FVC <0.7) groups. …”
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Analysis of Indicators for Assessing the Risk of Progression from PACS to APAC and the Degree of Intraocular Pressure Elevation in APAC Using AS-OCT by Rumin Zhao, Qiaofang Du, Yunlong Wu, Wenhui Geng, Zijian Zhang, Bojun Zhao

“…Tomey CASIA2 AS-OCT was used to quantitatively measure various anterior chamber parameters, including anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber volume (ACV), lens thickness (LT), lens vault (LV), iris-trabecular contact index (ITC), iris thickness (IT), iris volume (IV), iris curvature (IC), iris area (IA), and iris thickness (IT), in APAC eyes (30 eyes) and contralateral PACS eyes (30 eyes) of 30 patients. …”
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Efficacy of 3D-printed patient specific implant for orbital wall fracture repair in a series of 40 patients by Min Kyu Yang, Seong Jung Ha, Gye Jung Kim, Junhyeok Ock, Namkug Kim, Ho-Seok Sa

“…Computed tomography scans were used to compare the orbital tissue volumes and the morphological similarity (root-mean-square [RMS] conformance distance) between the fractured wall and the mirrored counterpart before and after surgery. …”
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Computational investigation of thermal behaviors of the automotive radiator operated with water/anti-freezing agent nanofluid based coolant by Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Daniel Ejike Ewim, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu, Adekunle Omolade Adelaja, Olayinka Omowunmi Adewumi

“…A hybrid mixture of pure water H2Oand ethylene glycol (EG) in the volumetric proportion of , was coupled with Al2O3 nanoparticles with volume fraction of 1% - 4% at different inlet temperatures. …”
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Mechanical and Freeze-Thaw Characterization of Lignin-BFS (GGBS)-Modified Silty Clays by Yidan Sun, Fujun Yu, Yu Yang, Chao Li, Songling Xue, Jiankun Huang

“…Adding lignin and BFS can effectively resist volume increase and mass loss during freeze-thaw cycles. …”
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Impact of immobilization system angle, body mass index and breast size on breast radiotherapy accuracy using EPID-only setup by Ioana-Claudia Costin, Loredana G. Marcu

“…The dosimetric impact of setup errors on target volume showed higher contribution from systematic than from random errors. …”
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Penerapan BIM Dan AR Menggunakan Autodesk Revit Dan Gamma AR Pada Pengawasan Pembangunan Struktur by Alya Dara Safira, Benny Hidayat

“…Dilakukan pemodelan bangunan menggunakan software Autodesk Revit, lalu dari pemodelan tersebut dihitung volume pekerjaan yang nantinya akan digunakan untuk menghitung anggaran biaya proyek. …”
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Evaluation Method of the Vertical Well Hydraulic Fracturing Effect Based on Production Data by Debin Xia, Zhengming Yang, Daolun Li, Yapu Zhang, Ying He, Yutian Luo, Anshun Zhang, Wenming Wang, Xinli Zhao

“…Additionally, with the progress of the production, the SRV area within the core region of the volume transformation gradually decreased from 6664.84 m2 to 4414.45 m2; the SRV area of the outer region decreased from 7913.5 m2 to 5391.3 m2. …”
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Simple Preparation of the CuO•Fe3O4/Silica Composite from Rice Husk for Enhancing Fenton-Like Catalytic Degradation of Tartrazine in a Wide pH Range by Khanh Huyen Pham Ngoc, Anh-Tuan Vu

“…The surface area and pore volume of the composite were reduced to 248.6 m2/g and 0.420 cm3/g, respectively. …”
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Construction and Encapsulation of Colloidal Vesicles Based on Bovine Serum Albumin-Dextran Interfacial Assembly by Qianqian GUO, Dan LI, Yongli YANG, Li LI, Gaoyang YI, Xiaolin YAO

“…Results showed that colloidal vesicles with stable morphology, uniform dispersion, stable smooth spherical shape and complete membrane structure were obtained under the conditions of compound concentration of 20 mg/mL, oil/water volume ratio of 10:1 and crosslinker concentration of 0.75 mg/mL, with size of 4.29±1.11 μm. …”
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