Reconstruction of downhole fluid dynamics: Performance comparison of multiple vortex tool types by Tianyue Guo, Bin Huang, Daye Wang, Cheng Fu, Yu Sui

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Topography-driven variability in atmospheric deposition and soil distribution of cadmium, lead and zinc in a mountainous agricultural area by Qiuye Zhang, Hongyan Liu, Xue Mei, Zichen Gu, Xuexian Li

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Do Specific Growth Drivers Exist for Firms? A Regional Analysis of Start-ups and Industrial Growth by PAUL I. OJEAGA

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Initial experience in implementing quantitative DCE-MRI to predict breast cancer therapy response in a multi-center and multi-vendor platform setting by Brendan Moloney, Xin Li, Michael Hirano, Assim Saad Eddin, Jeong Youn Lim, Debosmita Biswas, Anum S. Kazerouni, Alina Tudorica, Isabella Li, Mary Lynn Bryant, Courtney Wille, Chelsea Pyle, Habib Rahbar, Habib Rahbar, Su Kim Hsieh, Travis L. Rice-Stitt, Suzanne M. Dintzis, Suzanne M. Dintzis, Amani Bashir, Amani Bashir, Evthokia Hobbs, Alexandra Zimmer, Jennifer M. Specht, Jennifer M. Specht, Sneha Phadke, Sneha Phadke, Nicole Fleege, Nicole Fleege, James H. Holmes, James H. Holmes, Savannah C. Partridge, Savannah C. Partridge, Wei Huang

“…Quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI as a promising method for the prediction of breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has been demonstrated mostly in single-center and single-vendor platform studies. …”
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Perceived barriers to implementation of biosecurity best management practices for control of Salmonella Dublin on dairy farms: A focus group study by M.W. Brunt, C. Ritter, D.L. Renaud, S.J. LeBlanc, D.F. Kelton

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French subject doubling by Yiming Liang, Caterina Donati, Heather Burnett

“… This paper revisits the status of subject clitics in Spoken French by studying subject doubling as a sociolinguistic variable. In the literature, two influential analyses have been proposed to account for French subject doubling. …”
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Identifying compassionate oesophago-gastric cancer service care: a qualitative exploratory study of patient experiences and expectations in England by Simon Parsons, Christopher Bailey, Louise Bramley, Alison Cowley, Joanne Margaret Cooper, Anne Sims, Sevim Y Hodge

“…Care pathways are highly variable and complex to organise;however,there is limited evidence from a service user perspective to inform service design for best experience of care. …”
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Using T-Cell Subsets to Better Characterize Immunoresiliency and Immunodeficiency in Patients with Recurrent Infections by Justine Hung, Bryan Vonasek, Daniel Rosenberg, Tri Vo, Rob Striker

“…Background/Objectives: Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease (CVID) and other immunodeficiencies can present in subtle and variable ways. …”
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Sharp Skills or Snipping Struggles? Qualitative Paper-Cutting Performance in 5- to 10-Year-Old Children Using Hands-On! by Leila Faber, Esther Hartman, Suzanne Houwen, Marina M. Schoemaker

“…Three distinct developmental patterns emerged: progression, variability in progression, and stability. Notably, these qualitative differences were observed even when quantitative measures, such as duration and mistakes, showed ceiling effects, highlighting the ability of qualitative assessments to capture nuanced developmental changes. …”
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The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Obesity and Related Cardiometabolic Disorders in the United Arab Emirates: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis by Hadia Radwan, Rami A. Ballout, Hayder Hasan, Nader Lessan, Mirey Karavetian, Rana Rizk

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Validation of a semi-quantitative method to assess interstitial lung disease severity and progression in systemic sclerosis by standard and low-dose HRCT scans by Thomas Frauenfelder, Oliver Distler, Cosimo Bruni, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Suzana Jordan, Carina Mihai, Muriel Elhai, Rucsandra Dobrota, Øyvind Midtvedt, Torhild Garen, Øyvind Molberg, Mike Becker, Trond Mogens Aaløkken, Cathrine Brunborg, Håvard Fretheim, Christian Clarenbach, Lucas Tschalèr, Michael Thomas Durheim

“…We validated the semi-quantitative fibrosis extent method by HRCT using criteria for content and construct validity, discrimination, sensitivity to change and feasibility, as well as inter- and intra-rater variability.Results 65 SSc patients from Zurich and 90 from Oslo were included. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Religious Beliefs and Solidarity on Product Boycott Behavior by Nabila Salwa Amarta, Ihwan Susila

“…The primary data were collected directly from the respondents. The variables in this study include two independent variables, religious belief (X1) and social solidarity (X2), and one dependent variable, boycott behavior (Y). …”
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A quantitative study on quality of physical infrastructure, WASH practices, preschool education and safety in Anganwadi centers, government preschools and private preschools in Del... by Zeba Tabassum, Kainat Khalid, Sumayya Neyazi, Ebtisham Ahmed

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Determining factors affecting the accuracy of SEM-EDX data-based quantitative chemical analysis for identifying naturally occurring individual carcinogenic erionite fibers by Wenxia Wendy Fan, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Ayrton Hamilton, Janki P. Patel, Jennifer A. Salmond

“…However, the reliability of SEM-EDXA data when applied to the quantitative chemical analysis of individual erionite fibers rather than bulk samples remains uncertain. …”
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Development of measures to assess listening-related effort and fatigue in daily life among hearing aid users: protocol for a quantitative field trial by Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Andreea Micula, Jeppe Høy Konvalinka Christensen, Dorothea Wendt, Hamish Innes-Brown, Ingrid Johnsrude, Matthew Apps, Torsten Dau

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Quantitative relationship between hippocampal injury and mechanical load and body weight in closed head injury of male rats using quadratic orthogonal regression by Peng Wang, Xuewei Song, Qiushi Wang, Jinlong Qiu, Xiyan Zhu, Tianming Yu, Hongyi Xiang, Hui Zhao

“…In this study, head impact experiments were performed on male Sprague Dawley rats to establish a quantitative relationship between impact strength, body weight and hippocampal injury. …”
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Can we ever have evidence-based decision making in orthopaedics? A qualitative evidence synthesis and conceptual framework by Arabella Scantlebury, Katherine Jones, Joy Adamson, Melissa Harden, Catriona McDaid, Amy Grove

“…Abstract Background The perception and use of scientific evidence in orthopaedic surgical decision-making is variable, and there is considerable variation in practice. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Four Decades of Research on the Causes and Motivations of Tobacco Use in Iran by Fatemeh sadat Hosseini, Mohamad Reza Masjedi, zahra sadr, Mojtaba Hemayat khah jahromi

“…The findings indicated that contextual variables, smoking relatives, easy access to tobacco, leisure activities, Patterns, social change, environmental stressors, beliefs, attitudes and awareness, weakness of social and religious affiliation were among the factors that tend to be tobacco in Iran. …”
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Managing the Classroom in the Digital Age: Challenges and Solution Suggestions by Gamze Tuti, Samet Hüseyinoğulları, Şenol Sezer

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A longitudinal study examining how self-injection social norms are associated with contraceptive self-injectable interest and use in rural Uganda by Erica Sedlander, Nitya Turaga, Catherine Birabwa, Ronald Wasswa, Beth Phillips, Dinah Amongin, Sneha Challa, Sylvie Nano, Betty Kyobe, Agnes Kayego, Peter Waiswa, Kelsey Holt

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