Vertical Electric Sounding of Leachate Contaminant Plumes at a Dumpsite in Obigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria by W. Tamuno, S. Inichinbia

“… The quality of underground water at a dumpsite in Obigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria, was investigated by collecting 7 vertical electrical soundings (VES) using Wenner electrode configuration with current electrode spacing (AB/2) ranging from 1.0 m to 300 m. …”
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Myocardial Expression of PPARγ and Exercise Capacity in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Izabela Wojtkowska, Tomasz A. Bonda, Jadwiga Wolszakiewicz, Jerzy Osak, Andrzej Tysarowski, Katarzyna Seliga, Janusz A. Siedlecki, Maria M. Winnicka, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Janina Stępińska

“…Patients were divided into two groups (HF and non-HF) based on left ventricular ejection fraction and plasma proBNP level. After CABG, 67% of patients developed HF. The mean distance 1 month after CABG in HF was 397±85 m versus 420±93 m in non-HF. …”
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First-Principles Study on Adsorption and Decomposition of NOx on Mo (110) Surface by Yunmi Huang, Haijun Luo, Changkun Dong

“…Besides, the stable structures of NO/Mo (110) are MoNO (H, μ1-N), MoNO (H, μ2-N, O), and MoNO (H, η1-N) with the corresponding adsorption energies of −3.75 eV, −3.57 eV, and −3.01 eV, respectively. N and O atoms are easily adsorbed at the hollow sites on Mo (110) surfaces, and their adsorption energies reach −7.02 eV and −7.70 eV, respectively. …”
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A Novel Nonsense Mutation of POU4F3 Gene Causes Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss by Chi Zhang, Mingming Wang, Yun Xiao, Fengguo Zhang, Yicui Zhou, Jianfeng Li, Qingyin Zheng, Xiaohui Bai, Haibo Wang

“…A novel nonsense mutation of POU4F3, c.337C>T (p. Gln113⁎), was identified in a Chinese family characterized by late-onset progressive nonsyndromic hearing loss. …”
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The potentials of biomass carbon and CO2 absorption in various land uses of dryland in Aceh Besar Regency, Indonesia by Sufardi Sufardi, Helmi Helmi, Syafruddin Syafruddin, Arabia Teti, Khairullah Khairullah, Abdullah Umar H.

“…Conversion of primary forest to open land can result in loss of C biomass from 37.1% to 99.8%.…”
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Bionic Nonsmooth Drag Reduction Mathematical Model Construction and Subsoiling Verification by Baoguang Wu, Ruize Zhang, Pengfei Hou, Jin Tong, Deyi Zhou, Haiye Yu, Qiang Zhang, Jinsong Zhang, Yuelin Xin

“…The results showed that the resistance of the model-designed curved subsoiler was the lowest, the resistance of the pangolin scale bionic subsoiler was moderate, and the resistance of the smooth surface subsoiler was the highest; the resistance of the curved subsoiler was less than the flat subsoilers; the resistance reduction rate of the model-designed curved subsoiler was 24.6% to 33.7% at different depths. The nonsmooth drag reduction model established in this study can be applied not only to the design of subsoilers but also to the design of nonsmooth drag reduction surfaces of other soil contacting parts.…”
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Identifying Tomato Growth Stages in Protected Agriculture with StyleGAN3–Synthetic Images and Vision Transformer by Yao Huo, Yongbo Liu, Peng He, Liang Hu, Wenbo Gao, Le Gu

“…The validation set achieved an accuracy of 99.6%, while the test set achieved 98.39%, marking improvements of 22.85%, 3.57%, and 3.21% over AlexNet, DenseNet50, and VGG16, respectively. …”
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Eight Years of Norovirus Surveillance in Urban Wastewater: Insights from Next-Generation by Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, David Brandtner, Pamela Mancini, Carolina Veneri, Marcello Iaconelli, Elisabetta Suffredini, Giuseppina La Rosa

“…The results showed that GII had higher detection rates (66.5%) compared to GI (50.7%), with significant variation between years. …”
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Higher education, internet usage, and Chinese female’s identification with patriarchal perspective: An empirical analysis considering moderating effect by Jiacheng Gao, Yue Liu

“…Based on data from a sample of 377 females in the 2018 Chinese General Social Survey, this study constructs a logit model considering moderating effect to estimate the effect of receiving higher education on the patriarchal perspective held by Chinese females, and examines the moderating effect of internet usage on the relationship between receiving higher education and the patriarchal perspective. …”
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Epicardial Coronary Arteries in Khat Chewers Presenting with Myocardial Infarction by Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Adel Shabana, Ayman El-Menyar

“…AMI patients who underwent coronary angiogram were enrolled and divided into groups (gp): gp1 (diabetic and khat chewers), gp2 (khat chewers and nondiabetic), and gp3 (diabetic and non-khat users). Results. Of 347 AMI patients 63%, 21%, and 16% were in gp 2, 3, and 1, respectively. …”
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Association between alkali and alkaline earth elements in chorionic villus and risk for spontaneous abortion by Meng Lin, Yutong Wang, Xiaoye Wang, Lailai Yan, Linlin Wang, Chan Tian

“…For every quartile increasing in the WQS index, the risk of spontaneous abortion decreased (OR: 0.21, 95 % CI: 0.13–0.33), with Mg and Rb having the highest weights at 0.587 and 0.367, respectively. …”
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Design a Dual Polarizations MIMO Antenna Based on Decoupling Elements for 5G Smart-Phones by Haider Saad, Mahmood F. Mosleh, Raed Abd-Alhameed

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Caracterización del ictus en el paciente longevo: una década de estudio by Yainelí Cutiño Maás, Joan Omar Rojas Fuentes, Ada Sánchez Lozano, Julio López Argüelles, Ricardo Verdecia Fraga, Didiesdle Herrera Alonso

“…La letalidad hospitalaria fue de 35,7 %.<br /> <strong>Conclusiones:</strong> existe un incremento progresivo de la presentación del ictus en la longevidad, con mayor prevalencia en el sexo femenino y una alta letalidad hospitalaria.…”
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Organizing the spatial space of the urban rivers\' margin of tourism development (case study of Poldokhtar city) by jahan tigh mond, Yassin Zeini Vand, Seyyed Moein Moosavi Nadoshan

“…In the case of the spatial and spatial organization of the rivers for such a purpose, various, yet standardized patterns for shaping and managing the length of rivers can be used. Finally, the findings of library studies and the results of a field survey were distributed through a questionnaire and SPSS software using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the coefficient obtained in this study was equal to 8,377, which indicates the appropriate credit for Data collection. …”
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Dexmedetomidine Reduces Incidences of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis by Qiaonan Zhong, Ashish Kumar, Abhishek Deshmukh, Courtney Bennett

“…Regarding adverse events, dexmedetomidine significantly increased the frequency of bradycardia (RR 2.78 95% CI 2.00, 3.87). However, there was no significant difference in mortality (RR 0.59 95% CI 0.12, 3.02). …”
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Caregivers' Preferences of COVID-19 Vaccination for Children: A Cross-sectional Study From Rural South India by U.C SAMUDYATHA, Bhavyashree BALAJI, Meghna SINGH, Megha GOWDA

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed 272 caregivers with 347 children (aged 1-18 years) attending a subdistrict rural hospital in February-March 2022. …”
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The Kidney Transplant Evaluation Process in the Elderly: Reasons for Being Turned down and Opportunities to Improve Cost-Effectiveness in a Single Center by Beatrice P. Concepcion, Rachel C. Forbes, Aihua Bian, Heidi M. Schaefer

“…After adjustment for patient demographics and comorbid conditions, history of CAD, PVD, or both (OR = 1.75, 95% CI (1.20, 2.56), p=0.004), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR = 8.75, 95% CI (2.81, 27.20), p=0.0002), and cancer (OR 2.59, 95% CI (1.18, 5.67), p=0.02) were associated with a higher risk of being turned down. 14.8% of patients underwent unnecessary basic testing and 9.6% underwent unnecessary supplementary testing with the charges over a 3-year period estimated at $304,337. …”
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Functional poly(ether-ketone-ketone) composite scaffold with enhanced cell-material interaction, anti-inflammatory and osteogenesis for facilitating osteointegration and bone regen... by Qianwen Yang, Anbei Chen, Xin Zhang, Zhaoying Wu, Chao Zhang

“…Due to the release of bioactive ions, SPBC can significantly promote the polarization of RAW264.7 cells towards M2 and the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines, while also enhancing the proliferation and differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells (rMSCs) in vitro. …”
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Interactions between DASH-style diet and ADIPOQ and ARL15 genes polymorphisms on blood pressure and central obesity in Iranian adults by Mehdi Mollahosseini, Zeinab Yazdanpanah, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Masoud Mirzaei, Seyed Mehdi Kalantar, Hamid Reza Ashrafzadeh, Khadijeh Mirzaei, Hassan Mozaffari-Khosravi

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted on 387 adults (20–70 years old) residing in Yazd, Iran. …”
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Effects of Mobilization Time on Occurrence of New Fractures after Vertebroplasty by Ahmet Onur Akpolat, Sinan Karaca

“…A total of 126 patients, consisting of 30 (39.7%) males and 96 (60.3%) females, who underwent sedation-assisted vertebroplasty under local anesthesia between January 2014 and June 2017 were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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