Removal of Antibiotics from Real Hospital Wastewater by Cold Plasma Technique by Phuong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Uyen Nhat Phuoc Tran, Ha Manh Bui

“…Ciprofloxacin, cefuroxime, COD, and ammonia were almost eliminated, while ofloxacin and amoxicillin were reduced by more than 72% under optimum conditions (initial pH of 10, reaction time of 15 min, applied voltage of 30 kV, and interelectrode distance of 10 mm). …”
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Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) Accuracy and Efficacy Compared with Flow Probe and Transcutaneous Doppler (USCOM): An Ovine Cardiac Output Validation by Robert A. Phillips, Sally G. Hood, Beverley M. Jacobson, Malcolm J. West, Li Wan, Clive N. May

“…PAC reliably detected −30% but not +40% CO changes, as measured by receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (AUC), while USCOM reliably detected ±5% changes in CO (AUC>0.70). …”
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Influence of a Sulphur Dioxide Active Storage System on the Quality of Ribes rubrum L. Berries by Luca Brondino, Davide Cadario, Nicole Roberta Giuggioli

“…‘Rovada’ after 60 days of storage under modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) conditions. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Combined with Multiple Indicators for Tuberculous Peritonitis by Xidong He, Yuanxue Gao, Qi Liu, Zhifang Zhao, Wanhang Deng, Hong Yang

“…Moreover, 83 patients in the other-disease control group and 52 participants in the control group were identified as 135 nontuberculous peritonitis patients. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve for the QuantiFERON-TB test was 0.851 (95% confidence interval: 0.799–0.903), and the optimal cutoff value was 0.55 IU/mL, which corresponds to a sensitivity and specificity of 86.30% and 80.00%, respectively. …”
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RGB Pixel Brightness Characteristics of Linked Color Imaging in Early Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study by Xue Sun, Li Zhao

“…Pixel brightness of red, green, and blue in cancer was remarkably higher than those in noncancer areas (190.24±37.10 vs. 160.00±40.35, p<0.001; 117.96±33.91 vs. 105.33±30.01, p=0.039; 114.36±34.88 vs. 90.93±30.14, p<0.001, respectively). …”
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Analysis of the Relationship between the Density and Lane-Changing Behavior of Circular Multilane Urban Expressway in Mixed Traffic by Han Xie, Juanxiu Zhu, Huawei Duan

“…In this article, we use empirical, simulation, and data-driven methods to analyze the urban expressway of autonomous vehicles with penetration rates of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, and 80%, respectively. …”
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Interfacial microstructure evolution behavior during plastic deformation bonding of GH4065A superalloy by SU Lidong, MENG Qingqi, NING Yongquan, HUANG Shuo, ZHANG Wenyun, ZHANG Beijiang

“…The results show that increasing the bonding temperature， pressure and the holding time will facilitate the healing of the interface. but at the same time， it will also prompte the coarsening of the grains simultaneously. The joint obtained under 1080 ℃，30 MPa，30 min has uniform microstructure and no obvious defects， exhibiting an excellent metallurgical bonding effect.The results of EBSD show that the discontinuous dynamic recrystallization characterized by strain-induced grain boundary bulging is the dominant mechanism， and continuous dynamic recrystallization characterized by subgrain progressive rotation occurs in the bonding process. …”
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Influence of controllable variables on the composting process, kinetic, and maturity of Stevia rebaudiana residues by J. J. Castro-Fernández, A. Serrato-González, M. Ruiz-Montoya, M. J. Díaz

“…The values of 1/K 1 and K 2 obtained showed higher values (higher degradation kinetic) under 55% moisture content and 0.30 Lair min−1 kg−1.…”
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Particle Shape-Based Evaluation of the Leaching of Sphalerite Ore in Dilute Acid Solutions by Mert Terzi, İlgin Kurşun Ünver, Tuğba Deniz Tombal

“…In the experiments with nitric acid (HNO3), sulfuric acid (H2SO4), and hydrochloric acid (HCl), particle size (75-106-150 µm), solids ratio (5-10-15-20-25%), leaching time (30-60-120-180-240 min), acid dosage (0.25-0.5-1-2-5 M) and pulp temperature (30-40-50-60-70 oC) parameters were analyzed. …”
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Clinical Behavior of Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma in Young Patients: A Single Center Experience by Volkan Sen, Ozan Bozkurt, Omer Demir, Ahmet Adil Esen, Ugur Mungan, Guven Aslan, Aykut Kefi, Ilhan Celebi

“…Besides, recurrence was detected in only 1 patient with the age under 30 years (6.2%) and 13 patients (54.1%) between 30 and 40 years old, respectively (p<0.05). …”
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Body position influence on cerebrospinal fluid volume redistribution inside the cranial and spinal CSF compartments by I. Strbačko, M. Radoš, I. Jurjević, D. Orešković, M. Klarica, M. Klarica

“…IntroductionIt is generally accepted that during body position changes from horizontal to vertical there is a short-lasting shift of a certain CSF volume from the cranium into the hydrostatically lower parts of the spinal space, which leads to transitory CSF pressure decrease to negative values.MethodsIn order to test this, we performed MRI volumetry of cranial and spinal part of the CSF space in healthy volunteers of both genders (n = 22) in three different body positions [horizontal (H); elevated head and upper body (H-UP) under an angle about 30° from the base; elevated lower body (B-UP) under an angle about 30° from the base].ResultsVolumes of brain and spinal cord tissue did not change during body position changes. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Serial Manipulator for Pick and Drop Objects for Material Handling at Uiri Metal Forming Workshop. by Behangana, Abert

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Flow Analysis of a 300 MW F-Class Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine 1.5 Stage Compressor by Kunhang Li, Bo Song, Suyu Jiang, Jiao Wang, Xiaojun Fan, Jingyin Li

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Elevated Blood Urea Nitrogen-to-Serum Albumin Ratio as a Factor That Negatively Affects the Mortality of Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia by Ding-Yun Feng, Yu-Qi Zhou, Xiao-Ling Zou, Mi Zhou, Hai-Ling Yang, Xiao-Xia Chen, Tian-Tuo Zhang

“…In the second multivariate analysis, administration of proton-pump inhibitor, administration of antibiotics in the preceding 90 days, ICU admission, blood lymphocyte count less than 0.8 × 109/L, elevated BUN/ALB level, and presence of MDR pathogens were still associated with 30-day mortality. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves in the BUN/ALB predicting 30-day mortality due to HAP was 0.685. …”
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Predictive value of the New Zealand Early Warning Score for early mortality in low-acuity patients discharged at scene by paramedics: an observational study by Bridget Dicker, Verity Frances Todd, Tony Smith, Andy Swain, Graham Howie, Melanie Moylan, Aroha Brett

“…There was a startling correlation between 2-day, 7-day and 30-day mortality and higher early warning scores; the odds of 2-day mortality in patients with an early warning score&gt;10 was 70 times that of those scoring 0 (adjusted OR 70.64, 95% CI: 30.73 to 162.36). …”
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An Open-Source 3D Printed Three-Fingered Robotic Gripper for Adaptable and Effective Grasping by Francisco Yumbla, Emiliano Quinones Yumbla, Erick Mendoza, Cristobal Lara, Javier Pagalo, Efraín Terán, Redhwan Algabri, Myeongyun Doh, Tuan Luong, Hyungpil Moon

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Design and Robustness Analysis of Multiple Extended State Observer Based Controller (MESOBC) for AVR of the Power System by Ravi Gandhi, S. B. Masikana, Gulshan Sharma, Emre Çelik

“…MESOBC performance is matched with strong published AVR designs for a standard condition, ±30% load voltage variation and for simultaneous changes in AVR parameters with ±30% load voltage variations. …”
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Reduction of Truncation Errors in Planar, Cylindrical, and Partial Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements by Francisco José Cano-Fácila, Sergey Pivnenko, Manuel Sierra-Castañer

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Ways to Success in Education: Students’ Behavioral Strategies in Regional Universities of Russia by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky

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Developing a Framework for Drawing a Strategy Map by Using the Combination of SWOT, QSPM and DEMATEL Methods (Case Study of Nasb Niroo Company) by Milad Shahsavari, Seyed Hamed Mousavi Rad

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