Digital Hydraulic Motor Characteristic Analysis for Heavy-Duty Vehicle Traction by Hao Zhang, Wenshu Wei, Hong Wang, Yang Zhang, Xiaochao Liu

“…The motor is powered by an on-board pump station from which several on/off valves can distribute the hydraulic oil. …”
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Peer-based Retention Of people who Use Drugs in Rural Research (PROUD-R2): a multisite, randomised, 12-month trial to compare efficacy of standard versus peer-based approaches to r... by Morgan Brown, Miriam R Elman, Jodi Lapidus, April M Young, Kathryn E Lancaster, Sarann Bielavitz, Ryan R Cook, Gillian Leichtling, Edward Freeman, Angela T Estadt, Rhonda Alexander, Caiti Barrie, Kandi Conn, Rhody Elzaghal, Lisa Maybrier, Renee McDowell, Cathy Neal, Elizabeth N Waddell, P Todd Korthuis

“…Assessments are completed by intervention, control and study buddy participants at 6 and 12 months after enrolment.Ethics and dissemination The protocol was approved by a central Institutional Review Board (University of Utah). Results of the study will be disseminated in academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals, online and print media, and in meetings with community stakeholders.Trial registration number NCT03885024…”
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Analysis of quality of life and periodontal health with an eight-unit maxillary fixed retainer through a prospective clinical trial by Mohamed H. Abbas, Essam M. Abdalla, Nadia M. El Harouni, Eiman S. Marzouk

“…This research was approved by the institutional review board of the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University (IORG:0008839, No-0479-8/2022). …”
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Public Procurement Procedures and Service Delivery. A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council. by Musiimenta, Prossy

“…In light of these findings, it was recommended that the government should invest more in the will to expand the political capacity necessary to implement and enforce the very comprehensive procurement regulations and prepare a proper and comprehensive procurement legal framework and government in its bid to develop Uganda should focus on fighting corruption in public procurement which manifests itself in bribery of evaluation and tender board members, facility payments, embezzlement, influence peddling, favoritism and conflict of interest. …”
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Public Procurement Practices and Service Delivery: A Case of Kisoro District Local Government. by Nyiramfite, Emily

“…In light of these findings, it was recommended that the government should invest more in the will to expand the political capacity necessary to implement and enforce the very comprehensive procurement regulations and prepare a proper and comprehensive procurement legal framework and that the government, in its bid to develop Uganda, should focus on fighting corruption in public procurement, which manifests itself in bribery of evaluation and tender board members, facility payments, embezzlement, influence peddling, favoritism, and conflict of interest. …”
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Effect of Games and Sports on Academic Performance of Pupils in Primary Schools of Kigarama Sub-County Sheema District. by Arinaitwe, Daltone

“…This study involved a sample population of 5 primary schools randomly selected but including all categories of schools i.e. public, private, mixed ones, day and boarding schools. There were 75 pupils sampled, 40 teachers and 5 headteachers from the sample schools who were served with interview guides and questionnaires respectively. …”
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Teacher Job Satisfaction and Student Academic Performance at Uganda Certificate of Education in Secondary Schools in Uganda: A case Study of Kamwenge District. by Andrew, Kasaija

“…In addition, the qualitative data was gathered from 29 members of Board of Governors using interview guides. Furthermore, documentary analysis was used for triangulation. …”
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DÜŞÜNCE DENEYLERİNİN DOĞASI VE İŞLEVİ by Lokman Çilingir

“…Hatta Kant'ın kategorik buyruğunun, somut karar verme durumlarına uygulanması istenilen bir düşünce deneyi modelini andırdığı söylenebilir. Burada amacımız hem bilim hem de felsefe açısından bu denli önemli olan ve son dönemlerde eğitim sahasında da sıkça başvurulan düşünce deneylerinin doğasını ve işlevini aydınlatmaya çalışmaktır. …”
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Bouvard et Pécuchet et le ruban de Möbius. Variation mathématique sur le désir by Florence Pellegrini

“…When, on an idle Sunday afternoon, Bouvard and Pécuchet meet on the deserted boulevard Bourdon, it is love at first sight for both of them. …”
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Haçlı Seferleri Sebep ve Sonuçları Bakımından Nasıl Değerlendirilebilir? by Salim Koca

“…Biz bu makalemizde sözünü ettiğimiz konularla ilgili sonuçları tespit ederek, meseleye mümkün olduğu kadar açıklık getirmeye çalışacağız. Burada şu kadarını söyleyelim ki, bu sırada Türkiye Selçuklu Devletinin başında bulunan Sultan I. …”
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A Miniaturized Planar Monopole Antenna Based on a Coupling Structure for Compact Mobile Internet of Things (IoT) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) Device Applications in 5G, LTE, WLAN, W... by Ming-An Chung, Chih-Wei Yang

“…The proposed design better benefits a narrow space on the PCB with a low profile and is easy to make with a circuit board design.…”
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Examination of Salmonella Prevalence in Pigs Through Rye‐Based Feeding and Coarser Feed Structure Under Field Conditions by Jens Gerrit Lindhaus, Bernd Reckels, Bussarakam Chuppava, Richard Grone, Christian Visscher, Clara Berenike Hartung

“…If that is implemented in feeding across the board on farms, an improvement in food safety and a decreased risk of zoonosis can be expected.…”
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Strength training for osteoporosis prevention during early menopause (STOP-EM): a pilot study protocol for a single centre randomised waitlisted control trial in Canada by Leigh Gabel, Lauren A Burt, Christina J Alexander, Leah Kaluta, Patrick W Whitman, Emma O Billington

“…Secondary exploratory outcomes will provide insight into the effect of exercise on muscle and bone in perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board of the University of Calgary REB22-1632. The results of this study will be disseminated at national and international conferences and published in academic journals.Trail registration number ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05961371. …”
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Simulation and experimental study on olive drop injury by Weike Lan, Haotian Mu, Di Xin, Shijia Pan, Yuncai Yan, Wen Gao, Zijie Niu, Dongyan Zhang, Jun Zhang, Yongjie Cui

“…The optimum fall height was below 1.05 m, the contact material was a foam board, and the collision angle was 49.05 °. When the damage volume was less than 2.75 mm3, the finite element simulation results showed that the damage volume under this optimal parameter was less than 2.59 mm3, with an error of 6.2%. …”
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Short-Term Outcomes of Posterior Fossa Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari Malformation Type 1: Insights from a Tertiary Care Hospital by Muhammad Idris Khan, Adnan Munir, Sajjad Ullah, Sikandar Ali Khan

“…Methodology: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at Khyber Teaching Hospital's Peshawar, Pakistan, in December 2023 after securing permission from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) with reference. We included patients who underwent posterior fossa decompression for Chiari Malformation Type 1 (CM1) over a one-year period from March 2022 to March 2023 at Khyber Teaching Hospital. …”
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Health Canada's use of its priority review process for new drugs: a cohort study by Joel Lexchin

“…The purpose of this study is to compare Health Canada's use of priority reviews to therapeutic ratings from two independent organisations, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) and the French drug bulletin Prescrire International, over the period 1 January 1997–31 December 2012.Design Cohort study.Data sources Annual reports of the Therapeutic Products Directorate, and the Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate; evaluations of therapeutic innovation from PMPRB and Prescrire International; WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology.Interventions Assessments by PMPRB and Prescrire International treated as a gold standard for postmarket therapeutic value.Primary and secondary outcome measures Drug-by-drug comparison between the review status from Health Canada and the therapeutic status from PMPRB/Prescrire using κ values, and positive and negative predictive values. …”
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A retrospective comparative study of endoscopic and microscopic Tympanoplasty by Ying-Chieh Hsu, Chin-Lung Kuo, Tzu-Chin Huang

“…Trial registration This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Cathay General Hospital. (CGHIRB No: CGH-P105012).…”
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Barriers to Physical Activity in East Harlem, New York by Ashley M. Fox, Devin M. Mann, Michelle A. Ramos, Lawrence C. Kleinman, Carol R. Horowitz

“…Perceived barriers were assessed through five items developed by a community advisory board and perceptions of neighborhood safety were measured through an adapted 7-item scale. …”
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The appreciation of the jurisdiction of crimes committed during commercial space flights by D. A. Bulgakova, V. A. Bulgakova

“…The author examines the jurisdictional dilemma of determining the appropriate approach to be applied to a crime that could potentially be committed during a space flight with tourists on board by assessing the place of commission of the crime. …”
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Formation of unmanned aircraft trajectory when flying around prohibited areas by A. A. Lobaty, A. Y. Bumai, A. M. Avsievich

“…The derived mathematical dependences make it possible to implement them on board a UAV and minimize energy costs when guiding a UAV moving through specified points in space. …”
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