Wear and crack initiation prediction of rail irregularity welding zone by LIN Fengtao, WANG Zixu, TAN Rongkai, ZHANG Zihao, DU Ruiting, SHI Zhiqin

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Determination of present-day crustal deformation along the Kenyan rift system using InSAR by Pius Kipng’etich Kirui, Bjorn Riedel, Markus Gerke

“…We provide evidence for the previously reported ground displacement of 5 $$-$$ - 7.5 cm southwest of the Suswa volcano as being a misidentification of a tropospheric delay, that was dominant on March 27, 2018. …”
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Cultural competence, professional values, and spiritual well-being in nursing interns: a descriptive cross-sectional study by Amir Mohamad Nazari, Seyedeh Narjes Mousavizadeh, Zahra Khorrami Khoramabadi, Vahid Yousofvand, Seyed Mohammad-Javad Ghazavi Dozein

“…By implementing suitable educational strategies and providing support, educational managers can enhance the cultural competence of nursing interns. …”
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Nutrient Management Programs, Nitrogen Fertilizer Practices, and Groundwater Quality in Nebraska’s Central Platte Valley (U.S.), 1989–1998 by Stan Daberkow, Harold Taylor, Noel Gollehon, Milt Moravek

“…During 1989�1998, producers reported annually applying an average of 162.5 kg/ha of commercial N fertilizer, 15.7 kg/ha (10%) above the guideline level. Including the N contribution from irrigation water, the potential N contribution to the environment (total N available less estimated crop use) was estimated at 71.7 kg/ha. …”
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Seismic Behavior of Three-Story Prestressed Fabricated Concrete Frame under Dynamic and Low Reversed Cyclic Loading by Manrong Song, Jiaxuan He, Yuan Liu, Hang Zhang, Chenjun Ge, Yadong Jin, Bingkang Liu, Shenjiang Huang, Yan Liu

“…Results of the study show that experimental specimens have good behaviors such as full hysteresis curves, proper displacement restoring capacity, and energy dissipation; the maximum interlayer drift ratio arrives 0.27% which has no damage to the frame in small earthquakes subjected to the 102 gal peak ground acceleration; the frame is repairable in moderate earthquakes when the maximal interlayer drift ratio arrives 0.73% subjected to the 204 gal peak ground acceleration; plastic hinges appeared at the ends of beam under low reversed cyclic loading firstly where the section curvature ductility factor ranges from 3.64 to 5.62; biaxial compression is acquired at beam-column joints with the help of column axial force and horizontal prestressing force; the beam fails before the column in the prestressed fabricated concrete frame at interlayer drift ratio between 1.56% and 2.56%.…”
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Determinants of Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Demographic and Physiological Predictors in a Referral Hospital in Iran by Fatemeh Omidi, Soheila Sadeghi

“…Logistic regression analysis identified age (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.05-1.09, p = 0.02), BMI (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01-1.15, p = 0.01), and LDL (OR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.00-1.02, p = 0.04) as significant predictors of hypertension. …”
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Knowledge, practice, and information sources regarding infectious diseases among Chinese children and adolescents: a National-Level cross-sectional study by Yuan Zeng, Feifei Li, Wei Liang, Yinyue Liu, Zhiyong Zou, Julien S. Baker, Yanhui Dong, Jun Ma, Jie Hu, Yide Yang, Bin Dong

“…Methods This study used data collected from the baseline survey of a China national multi-centered cluster-randomized controlled trial in 2013. A total of 30,287 children completed a questionnaire package that included measures for knowledge, preventive practice and information sources related to infectious diseases. …”
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The Impact of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and Obesity on Fetal Growth by Erin Graves, David J. Hill, Susan Evers, Kristine Van Aarsen, Brie Yama, Su Yuan, M. Karen Campbell

“…High maternal BMI (OR=1.53 (1.11, 2.12)), height (1.98 (1.62, 2.42)), antidepressant use (1.71 (1.20, 2.44)), pregnancy weight-gain exceeding 40 pounds (1.79 (1.25, 2.57)), and high blood sugar (2.68, (1.53, 5.27)) were all positively associated with LGA birth. …”
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بررسی تأثیر عناصر و مواد غذایی تشکیل‏دهنده محیط‌های کشت بر جنین‏زایی رویشی دم‌برگ هویج (Daucus carota L.)...

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胚胎移植管血染情况对胚胎移植临床妊娠率的影响

“…血染组按血染程度分为少许血染、中－多量血染两组，种植率及临床妊娠率在两组间无明显统计学差异（Ｐ ＝ ０．５０３，Ｐ ＝ ０．２７７）。多因素Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ回归分析显示移植管血染是影响临床妊娠的危险因素（ＯＲ＝ ０．７５，９５％，ＣＩ ０．６－０．９）。…”
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Shoulder Strength and Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test Performance in Division III Collegiate Baseball and Softball Players. by David T. Schilling, Ashraf M. Elazzazi

“… # Results The BB players demonstrated significant strength differences between the throwing and non-throwing shoulders and the internal rotators were significantly stronger than the external rotators (p < 0.05), while the strength ratio of the internal and external rotators was not different between arms (p=0.87). The SB players demonstrated no significant strength differences between the throwing and non-throwing shoulders for the internal and external rotators or the strength ratio of the rotators (p > 0.05). …”
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SUSCEPTIBILIDAD ANTIMICROBIANA DE AISLAMIENTOS DE Salmonella enterica PROVENIENTES DE PISOS, EQUIPOS, UTENSILIOS Y PRODUCTO TERMINADO EN PLANTAS DE BENEFICIO PORCINO EN COLOMBIA by P. M. Bermúdez, S. L. Pulecio, M. C. Suárez

“…Se detectaron 52 patrones de multiresistencia: el más común fue ceftiofur-tetraciclina-tilmicosina en el 9,89% (n: 28) de los aislamientos. Con referencia a estos antimicrobianos, 96,82% (n: 274) de los aislamientos fueron resistentes a tetraciclina, 73,14% (n: 207) a tilmicosina y 28,27% (n: 80) a ceftiofur. …”
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Phenotypic effects of different doses of physical and chemical mutagens in cotton plants by H.M Winkler, A.E. Cereijo, G.J. Scarpin, P.N. Dileo, R.J. Muchut, R.A. Roeschlin, F.G. Lorenzini, M.J. Paytas, Alejandra M. Landau

“…Los efectos sobre la tasa de crecimiento fueron significativos en los tratamientos químicos con R. = 0,84 para SA y R. = 0,97 para EMS. Además, se observó que los tratamientos con EMS y rayos X provocaron un mayor número de plantas fuera de tipo y manchas cloróticas de forma irregular. …”
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Latent Toxoplasmosis among Breast Cancer Patients in Jahrom, South of Iran by Marzeieh Haghbin, Salar Maani, Mohammad Aref Bagherzadeh, Ahmadreza Bazmjoo, Heshmatollah Shakeri, Ali Taghipour, Shahab Falahi, Azra Kenarkoohi, Milad Badri, Amir Abdoli

“…The risk factors and demographic data were analyzed by SPSS software (ver. 20, Chicago, IL, USA) using the Chi-squared test. Results. Anti-T. gondii IgG was detected in 45.8% (49/107) of the patients, which indicates latent infection, but anti-T. gondii IgM and PCR were negative in all samples. …”
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Effect of ubiquitin-specific proteinase 43 on ovarian serous adenocarcinoma and its clinical significance by Qin Li, Wenhao Li, Jiahao Wang, Wenjing Shi, Taorong Wang

“…WGCNA was employed to prioritise these genes, and Cox regression analysis and survival analysis based on disease-specific time were conducted to identify significant genes. …”
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Candidate genes for productivity identified by genome-wide association study with indicators of class in the Russian meat merino sheep breed by A. Y. Krivoruchko, O. A. Yatsyk, E. Y. Safaryan

“…Animal genotyping was performed using Ovine Infinium HD BeadChip 600K DNA, association search was performed using PLINK v. 1.07 software. Highly reliable associations were found between animals belonging to different evaluation classes and the frequency of occurrence of individual SNPs on chromosomes 2, 6, 10, 13, and 20. …”
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Sustainable thermal buffering of microencapsulated bio-phase change materials through an engineered biochar dopant by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Beom Yeol Yun, Sumin Kim

“…The biochar-PCM microcapsule composites present fusion and crystalline isothermal phase transition temperatures of 29.4 ± 0.38 °C and 16.7 ± 0.13 °C, respectively. Moreover, the bio-PCM exhibits a highly efficient energy per unit mass of 61.6 kJ kg–1, which is 101.7% of the energy storage capacity of bulk B28. …”
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Hybrid active slab with outer PCM Panels – Geothermal well to reduce the heat gain of a building roof by Mohammed F.Mohammed Ali, Yasser Abdel Latif, Rassol Hamed Rasheed, Ahmed Mohsin Alsayah, Angham Fadil Abed, Mohammed J. Alshukri, Karrar K.Abdul Hussein, Ahmed Al-Manea

“…Results showed that using the HASP-GW with a PCM transition temperature of 38–41 °C and a water flow rate of 1 L/min reduced the heat flux on inner surface of the roof, decrement factor, and inner surface temperature by 90.13 %, 0.127, and 16.24 °C, respectively, compared to a traditional roof. …”
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Epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis,and treatment of bursitis iliopectinea: A systematic review by Malgorzata Lea Jonczy, Lorenz Büchler, Yadusha Mahenthiran, Fabrice Helfenstein, Christian Apenzeller-Herzog, Andrej Isaak

“…In addition to conventional X-ray, ultrasound, CT, or MRI were used to diagnose BI. The most prevalent etiology of BI was osteoarthritis of the hip or wear-related soft-tissue reactions after total hip replacement (THA). …”
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Cardiovascular risk profiles and the uptake of the NHS Healthcheck programme in male prisoners in six UK prisons: an observational cross-sectional survey by Kamlesh Khunti, Richard Morriss, Christopher Packham, Elizabeth Butcher, Marie Williams, Joanne Miksza

“…Definite case-level depression or anxiety was present in 20.7% and 18.0%, respectively, of participants. An association was found between ethnicity and those invited (p=0.023, φ=0.1) and accepting (p=0.008, φ=0.1) a Healthcheck. 9.7% of prisoners serving less than 2 years had CVD risk scores of 10% or more, and had similar CVD risk profiles but much higher levels of anxiety (p&lt;0.001, φ=0.2) or depression (p=0.009, φ=0.2) than those serving 2 years or more.Conclusion Cardiovascular risk was comparable with community rates and in some prisons, much higher. …”
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