Quality Differentiation Strategies: Implications For Edible Oils Manufacturing Firms in Kenya. by Mwazunai, Alice Ngele

“…The study sought to establish the effect of quality differentiation strategies (product performance, conformance, and reliability) on the performance (sales volume, profitability, and market share) of edible oils manufacturing firms in Kenya. …”
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Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal (KURJ) by Kaaya, Siraje, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…The 3rd issue, volume 3 of the KURJ, is published with 8 papers which cover different issues of national, regional and global concern. …”
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Diseño de losas de hormigón con geometría optimizada Design of concrete pavement with optimized slab geometry by Juan Pablo Covarrubias V.

“…The new methodology designs concrete slabs for high traffic volume ways, which in average are 7 cm thinner than traditional pavement design developed by AASHTO (1993). …”
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The association between rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation and brain structure and function based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-positive men who have sex wit... by Yihui He, Yang Zhang, Taiyi Jiang, Miaotian Cai, Guangqiang Sun, Yundong Ma, Jiahao Ji, Bo Yang, Bin Yang, Junyi Duan, Dongxia Wu, Lijun Sun, Lili Dai, Yulin Zhang, Hao Wu, Wenhao Jiang, Tong Zhang, Lei Wang

“…Compared to PWH in the non-rapid ART group, those in the rapid ART group exhibited a greater total gray matter volume (P = 0.001) and functional changes, including a lower amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the left angular gyrus (P < 0.001). …”
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Airway pressures generated by high flow nasal cannula in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a computational study by Hossein Shamohammadi, Liam Weaver, Sina Saffaran, Roberto Tonelli, Marianna Laviola, John G. Laffey, Luigi Camporota, Timothy E. Scott, Jonathan G. Hardman, Enrico Clini, Declan G. Bates

“…We aimed to estimate the airway pressures generated by HFNC at different flow rates in patients with AHRF, whose functional lung volume may be significantly reduced compared to healthy subjects due to alveolar consolidation and/or collapse. …”
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Clinical Response and Transfusion Reactions of Sheep Subjected to Single Homologous Blood Transfusion by Rejane Santos Sousa, Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Carolina Akiko Sato Cabral Araújo, Frederico Augusto Mazzocca Lopes Rodrigues, Francisco Leonardo Costa Oliveira, Clara Satsuki Mori, Janaina Larissa Rodrigues Zaminhan, Thiago Rocha Moreira, Isadora Karolina Freitas Sousa, Enrico Lippi Ortolani, Raimundo Alves Barrêto Júnior

“…Eighteen adult sheep were subjected to a single phlebotomy to withdraw 40% of the total blood volume, which was placed into CPDA-1 bags and then divided into G0, animals that received fresh blood, and G15 and G35, animals that received blood stored for 15 or 35 days, respectively. …”
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A preliminary study of linear accelerator-based spatially fractionated radiotherapy by Young Kyu Lee, Yunji Seol, Byeong Jin Kim, Kyu Hye Choi, Ji Hyun Hong, Chan-beom Park, Sun Hwa Kim, Hyeong Wook Park, Wonjoong Cheon, Young Nam Kang, Byung‑Ock Choi

“…The prescribed dose was 20.0 Gy to 50% of the vertex volume in a single fraction. Peak-to-valley dose ratio (PVDR) was calculated along three orthogonal axes, and normal tissue dose and monitor units (MU) were analyzed. …”
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Unraveling landslide failure mechanisms with seismic signal analysis for enhanced pre-survey understanding by J.-M. Chang, J.-M. Chang, C.-M. Yang, W.-A. Chao, W.-A. Chao, C.-S. Ku, M.-W. Huang, M.-W. Huang, T.-C. Hsieh, C.-Y. Hung

“…Subsequently, the sliding direction retrieved from single-force inversion and the volume estimation were determined to be 153.67° and 557 118 m<span class="inline-formula">³</span>, respectively, for the CL. …”
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Role of Absorbable Polysaccharide Hemostatic Powder in the Prevention of Complications After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective A... by Simona Parisi, Francesco Saverio Lucido, Francesca Fisone, Roberto Ruggiero, Salvatore Tolone, Francesco Iovino, Antonio Santoriello, Federico Maria Mongardini, Maddalena Paolicelli, Ludovico Docimo, Claudio Gambardella

“…During the US follow-up, on days 7, 15, and 30, the number of patients affected by seroma and the volumes were lower in the experimental group. <i>Conclusions</i>: The adsorbable hemostatic powder proved to be effective both in reducing the volume of drained fluid postoperatively and in decreasing the number and volume of reported seromas during the US follow-up.…”
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Evaluating Impact of Surgical Myocardial Revascularization on Global Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Immediate Postoperative Outcome using Transesophageal Echocardiography by Abhijeet Shitole, Veerappa Kothiwale, Sharanagouda Patil, Preeti Lamba, Anand Vagarali, Jabbar Momin, Sweta Sooragonda, Anushri Patil

“…Comparison of LV fractional shortening (LV-FS), fractional area change (LV-FAC), ejection fraction (LV-EF), indexed LV volumes (indexed LV volumes at end diastole, LV volumes at end systole) and ‘Tei’ (Myocardial performance) index obtained prior and after surgical myocardial revascularization was done for quantitative analysis. …”
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KAJIAN KONSEP ARSITEKTUR MODULAR PADA RUMAH SUSUN ITB JATINANGOR by Shely Pratiwi Sanjaya Putri, Ari Widyati Purwantiasning

“…Le Corbusier also argues in the "Modular Theory" that it sees Modular not only as a number that adopts harmony but also as a gauge that can calculate distance, surface, and volume. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method to know and understand the Application of Modular Architecture concepts in ITB Jatinangor Flats. …”
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Childhood lung function is associated with adolescent-onset and persistent asthma by Hans Jacob L. Koefoed, Anhar Ullah, Jenny Hallberg, Simon Kebede Merid, Maura M. Kere, Lesley Lowe, Angela Simpson, Clare S. Murray, Ulrike Gehring, Roel Vermeulen, Inger Kull, Anna Bergström, Judith M. Vonk, Adnan Custovic, Erik Melén, Gerard H. Koppelman

“…Methods In the population-based BAMSE (Sweden), PIAMA (Netherlands) and MAAS (UK) birth cohorts, we analysed the association of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), FEV1/FVC and forced expiratory volume at 75% of FVC at age 8 years with asthma onset and persistence in adolescence (age 12–16 years) using cohort-specific logistic regression analysis followed by meta-analysis. …”
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Optimization and Evaluation of Conditions for Orthotopic Nude Mouse Models of Human Liver Tumor Cells by MENG Yu, LIANG Dongli, ZHENG Linlin, ZHOU Yuanyuan, WANG Zhaoxia

“…For the Hep3B-LUC cell line, the recommended injection volume is 50 µL with a cell density of 7.2×107 cells/mL, not resuspended with Matrigel, with administration or prognostic measures on day 14 post-modeling.…”
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Phase II clinical trial assessing the addition of hyperthermia to salvage concurrent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable recurrent head and neck cancer in previously irradiated pati... by Kai-Lin Yang, Mau-Shin Chi, Chung-Yu Hao, Hui-Ling Ko, Yi-Ying Huang, Ren-Hong Wu, Hung-Chih Lai, Ying-Chu Lin, Sheng-Po Hao, Kwan-Hwa Chi

“…RT consisted of an upfront boost with 10 Gy in 2 fractions to gross tumor volume, followed by 40 Gy in 20 fractions to clinical target volume, for a total of 50 Gy in 22 fractions. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of diffusion-weighted imaging during magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy in head and neck cancer by Simon Boeke, Jonas Habrich, Sarah Kübler, Jessica Boldt, Fritz Schick, Konstantin Nikolaou, Jens Kübler, Cihan Gani, Maximilian Niyazi, Daniel Zips, Daniela Thorwarth

“…Pretreatment HRS volumes were 1.5 cm3 for GTV-P and 1.3 cm3 for GTV-P and GTV-N. …”
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Optimization of osmotic pressure swelling method in the process of hemoglobin extraction from red blood cells by ZHANG Honghui, ZHOU Wentao, HAO Shasha, WANG Hong, LIU Jiaxin, YANG Chengmin, LI Shen, LI Fengjuan

“…A three factor three-level orthogonal experiment (n=3) was conducted to determine the optimal matching conditions for selecting the osmolality molar concentration of phosphate buffer solution, pH value of hypotonic phosphate buffer solution and volume ratio of hypotonic phosphate buffer solution to washed red blood cells. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Patients With Gliomas Confirms C-MET PET as a Complementary Marker to MRI for Noninvasive Tumor Grading and Intraindividual Follow-Up After Therapy by Kai R. Laukamp MD, Florian Lindemann PhD, Matthias Weckesser MD, Volker Hesselmann MD, Sandra Ligges PhD, Johannes Wölfer MD, Astrid Jeibmann MD, Bastian Zinnhardt PhD, Thomas Viel PhD, Michael Schäfers MD, Werner Paulus MD, Walter Stummer MD, Otmar Schober PhD, MD, Andreas H. Jacobs MD

“…The computer software “visualization and analysis framework volume rendering engine (Voreen)” was used for analysis of extent and intersection of tumor compartments. …”
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Long-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus minimally invasive esophagectomy in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched study by Toru Sakurai, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenta Miyoshi, Erika Yamada, Masaya Enomoto, Junichi Mazaki, Hiroshi Kuwabara, Kenichi Iwasaki, Yoshihiro Ota, Shingo Tachibana, Yutaka Hayashi, Tetsuo Ishizaki, Yuichi Nagakawa

“…RAMIE also exhibited significantly lower blood loss volume (mL) (P < 0.001) and fewer three-field lymph node dissections (P = 0.028). …”
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Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sundh J, Ekström M, Blomberg A, Lindberg E, Malinovschi A, Olin AC, Sköld CM, Torén K, Wollmer P, Östgren CJ, Jernberg T

“…CAL was defined as a post-bronchodilator ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity below 0.70. …”
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Effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen on Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics by Haruno Oku, BS, Saki Yoshida, BS, Takumi Hotta, BS, Hirohito Muroi, BS, Keizo Fukushima, PhD, Kei Irie, PhD, Tatsuya Hirano, BS, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, MD, Takayuki Ishikawa, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Ikesue, PhD, Nobuyuki Muroi, PhD, Tohru Hashida, PhD, Nobuyuki Sugioka, PhD

“…In patients undergoing cord blood transplantation (CBT), there is a negative correlation between volume of distribution of tacrolimus and hemoglobin levels, which reflect the red blood cell (RBC) count. …”
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