Assessment of Useful Alien Plant Species Cultivated and Managed in Rural Home Gardens of Limpopo Province, South Africa by Sebua Silas Semenya, Alfred Maroyi

“…Twenty-six use categories of alien plants were identified in this study with the majority of species (75.2%) used for medicinal purposes, followed by ornamental (33.7%), edible fruits (24.8%), spices (16.8%), vegetables (16.8%), shade (11.9%), beverages (10.9%), construction materials (8.9%), firewood (7.9%), and hedge (7.9%). …”
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Acute appendicitis characterization in pediatrics patients. Cienfuegos, 2013-2018 by Luis Enrique Jiménez Franco, Carlos Alberto Cabrera Machado

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: Patients between the ages of 10 and 14 years (57.87%) predominated, as well as males (54.34%), for an incidence rate of 17.65 cases per 10,000 inhabitants. …”
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Phytochemical evaluation and antioxidant potential of Echinodorus macrophyllus extracts by Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro, Marcus Vinícius Gonçalves Antunes, Christiane Fátima Oliveira, Rafaela Camargos Rodrigues Machado, Rafael Rodrigues Silva, Brayan Jonas Mano-Sousa, Lucas Santos Azevedo, Joaquim Mauricio Duarte-Almeida, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima

“…The SXT extract exhibited greater antioxidant potential according to the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) method (IC50=3.37±0.45 µg/mL), while the UAE extract showed higher activity using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) (IC50=42.16±5.79 µg/mL). …”
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Presenting a Sustainable Development Model Focus on Renewable Energy and Role of Government Policies by M. Jalili, S. Varedi, S. A. Jafari Kelarijani

“…From the analysis of 15 interviews, 213 primary codes were extracted, 67 basic themes, and after categorization, ten organizing themes. …”
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Law of conservation-guided neural network with gradient aggregation for improved energy efficiency optimization in industrial processes by Santi Bardeeniz, Chanin Panjapornpon, Moonyong Lee

“…Through evaluation of two large-scale case studies—vinyl chloride monomer and detergent powder production—the proposed model produced substantial improvements in prediction accuracy and model reliability, with a test prediction improvement of 12.2 % and 5.87 % over published methods. Compared to network architecture modification approaches, the proposed model provided higher reliability and reproducibility in energy efficiency predictions. …”
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Un modelo econométrico de la demanda de tortilla de maíz en México, 1996-2008 by Rogel Fernando Retes Mantilla, Guillermo Torres Sanabria, Samuel Garrido Roldán

“…Sin embargo, su demanda disminuyó 36.7% de 1996 a 2008. El objetivo de este estu- dio fue identifi car y medir por estratos de ingreso los principales factores económi- cos que afectaron la demanda de este ali- mento en México. …”
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Assessment of the Ground Vulnerability in the Preveza Region (Greece) Using the European Ground Motion Service and Geospatial Data Concerning Critical Infrastructures by Eleftheria Basiou, Ignacio Castro-Melgar, Haralambos Kranis, Andreas Karavias, Efthymios Lekkas, Issaak Parcharidis

“…According to the investigation, the area’s East–West Mean Velocity Displacement varies between 22.5 mm/y and −37.7 mm/y, while the Vertical Mean Velocity Displacement ranges from 16 mm/y to −39.3 mm/y. …”
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Chromosome-level reference genome and annotation of the Arctic fish Anisarchus medius by Ruoyu Liu, Ziyu Meng, Yinan Mu, Ran Zhang, Hanhui Ma, Jingjing Hu, Yanan Wang, Yuxin Shi, Yanan Li, Chaofeng Wang, Weini Zhang, Longshan Lin, Ping Zheng, Xinhua Chen

“…This study presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for A. medius using PacBio sequencing and Hi-C technology. The PacBio assembly totaled 739.07 Mb across 697 contigs, with a Contig N50 of 10.004 Mb. …”
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A Walk-In Screening of Dementia in the General Population in Taiwan by Chun-Hung Chen, Ling-Chun Wang, Tzu-Chiao Ma, Yuan-Han Yang

“…From 2011 to 2013, in total, 2,171 participants, 368 in the northern, 549 in the central, 877 in the southern, and 377 in the eastern part, were recruited with the mean age being 66.9 ± 10.2 years old. …”
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Evaluation of the Blend in Bagasse Ash-Quarry Dust Stabilization of Expansive Soils for Road Pavement. by Tumwesigire, Osbert

“…The values of UCS increased from 367.8 to 737.9Kpa at 14days of curing for 80%N.S +15%B.A +5%Q.D which indicated that the strength increases with age. …”
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Combination of garlic - shatterstone herb powder to control Streptococcus agalactiae infection in tilapia by Ririn Nurul Fauziah, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, , Sukenda, , Ranta

“…This study showed that the suplemented-feed-fish (BM) showed better growth rate, feed response, and survival (83.3%) than positive control (36.7%) at P<0.05. In addition, A. sativum-P. niruri suplemented in feed was also able to enhance the immune response by increasing phagocytic activity.   …”
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End User Computing Satisfaction : Model Analisis Kepuasan Pengguna Aplikasi Menggunakan Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (Studi Kasus) by Aditia Angga Perdana, Meinarini Catur Utami, Qurrotul Aini

“…Excel 2016 and with the PLS-SEM approach using SmartPLS 3.2.7. The result, from the 5 paths tested, H0 is rejected for four variables and H0 is accepted for one variable. …”
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Circulating Total and Active Metalloproteinase-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythomatosus

“…We also found a positive correlation of tMMP-9 and TIMP-1 with VEGF concentrations (<mml:math alttext="$ ho=0.450$"> <mml:mi>&#x03C1;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.450</mml:mn> </mml:math>, <mml:math alttext="$P=.005$"> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>.005</mml:mn> </mml:math> and <mml:math alttext="$ ho=0.387$"> <mml:mi>&#x03C1;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.387</mml:mn> </mml:math>; <mml:math alttext="$P=.018$"> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>.018</mml:mn> </mml:math>, resp). tMMP-9, aMMP-9, and TIMP-1 serum levels are lower in SLE patients than in healthy control group.…”
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ANALISIS PERANCANGAN STRUKTUR BETON BERTULANG UNTUK FUNGSI RENTAL OFFICE 30 LANTAI DENGAN PENEKANAN SISTEM RIGID FRAME BERKANTILEVER by Reinhart Bunadi, Nasruddin Junus, Imriyanti Imriyanti

“…For earthquake loads, model 1 tends to be more stable with the greatest efficiency difference of 37.7% -45.4% in spectrum response earthquake load. …”
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Prevalensi Kuman Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) di Laboratorium Mikrobiologi RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2012 by Novilla Rezka Sjahjadi, Roslaili Rasyid, Erlina Rustam, Lily Restusari

“…Djamil Padang periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2012.Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan dari 6.387 jumlah spesimen yang diambil dan dilakukan uji sensitifitas, ditemukan 3.689 kuman yang telah mengalami Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) diantaranya kuman Klebsiella sp, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter sp, E.coli sp, Pseudomonas sp, dan Proteus sp. …”
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The Prevalence of Enteric Viruses in Bivalve Molluscs in a Farming Area in Liguria, Northwest Italy by Chiara Masotti, Laura Serracca, Erica Costa, Barbara Betti, Aitor Garcia-Vozmediano, Elisabetta Suffredini, Roberta Battistini

“…The prevalence of NoV was highest, with 32.7% (55/168) positive samples, followed by 18.4% (31/168) for AsV and 19.6% (33/168) for AiV. …”
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Time Trends and Predictors of Abnormal Postoperative Body Temperature in Infants Transported to the Intensive Care Unit by Hedwig Schroeck, Angela K. Lyden, Wendy L. Benedict, Satya Krishna Ramachandran

“…During the study period, hypothermia decreased from 24% to 2% (p<0.0001) while hyperthermia remained unchanged (13% in 2006, 8% in 2014, p=0.357). Factors independently associated with hypothermia were higher ASA status (p=0.02), lack of intraoperative convective warming (p<0.001) and procedure date before 2010 (p<0.001). …”
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供心热缺血期间ATP 和超微结构的变化 by 钟佛添, 巫国勇, 刘初生, 张　希, 王治平

“…【结果】4 组心肌ATP 含量分别为(5.72 ±0.31), (4.29±0.19),(3.47 ±0.39), (2.60±0.42)μmol/ g , P <0.01, 各时期的心肌超微结构亦有明显差别。…”
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Poly (lactic acid)/Poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) films with simultaneous high oxygen barrier and fast degradation properties by Mengjing Yang, Yuxi Mao, Penghui Zhang, Jie Li, Zeming Tong, Zhenguo Liu, Yanhui Chen

“…The oxygen permeability coefficient of the composite film combined with 6 wt% oxygen scavenger and 0.4 wt% catalyst was decreased significantly from 377.00 cc·mil·m−2·day−1·0.1 MPa−1 to 0.98 cc·mil·m−2·day−1·0.1 MPa−1, showing a remarkable enhancement of 384.69 times compared with the PLA/PBAT composite film. …”
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Inertial Vibration Characteristics of Track Chassis Caused by Reciprocating Motion of Crank Slider by Zhong Tang, Yu Li, Yuepeng Zhou, Haotian Zhang

“…During the reciprocating motion of the piston, the first-order frequency of the piston would be excited by feeding auger excitation frequency of 3.77 Hz and may cause resonance. And, the vertical vibrates of track beam was based on the measuring point 6 as a fulcrum. …”
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