Assessment of heterosis and combining ability for fibre yield, its contributing and quality traits in Bt BGII upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by S. S. Deshmukh1*, K. S. Baig2 and Bhaarat Sharma1

“…Significant heterosis was observed in the crosses NH-2260 BGII x NH-2236 BGII, NH-2202 BGII x NH-2289 BGII and NH-2224 BGII x NH-2289 BGII for seed cotton yield and yield contributing characters over a better parent and best check. Combing ability analysis suggested the preponderance of non-additive gene action for most of studied traits. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation of the Vibration Modes for a Processing Reciprocating Compressor by Ying Zhao, Jiahao Chen, Qiang Zhou, Xiaohan Jia, Xueyuan Peng

“…Three typical cases were compared to check the effect of locations of moving parts on the vibration modes of the compressor. …”
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Plectranthus barbatus Leaf Extract-Mediated Synthesis of ZnS and Mg-Doped ZnS NPs: Structural, Optical, Morphological, and Antibacterial Studies by A. H. Al-Hammadi, Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Naaser A. Y. Abdu, Waseem Sharaf Saeed

“…The FTIR spectrum gives characteristic peaks for Zn-S bonds and asserts NPs’ formation. The antibacterial check against E. coli and S. aureus bacterial strains revealed that pure and Mg-doped ZnS NPs have higher activity for both bacterial strains. …”
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Motor Imagery and Mental Practice in the Subacute and Chronic Phases in Upper Limb Rehabilitation after Stroke: A Systematic Review by Enrique Villa-Berges, Ana Alejandra Laborda Soriano, Orosia Lucha-López, José Miguel Tricas-Moreno, Mar Hernández-Secorún, Miguel Gómez-Martínez, César Hidalgo-García

“…The objective of this review was to analyse and check the efficacy of motor imagery and/or mental practice as a method of rehabilitating motor function in patients that have suffered a stroke, in both subacute and chronic phases. …”
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Relative Efficacy of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizers in Dryland Spring Wheat by Olga S. Walsh, Robin J. Christiaens

“…In addition to at-seeding urea application at 90 kg N ha−1 to all treatments (except for the unfertilized check plot), the liquid fertilizers were applied utilizing an all-terrain vehicle- (ATV-) mounted stream-bar equipped sprayer at a rate of 45 kg N ha−1 at Feekes 5 growth stage (early tillering). …”
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Air-Cured Fiber-Cement Composite Mixtures with Different Types of Cellulose Fibers by Ali Murat Soydan, Abdul Kadir Sari, Burcu Duymaz, Recep Akdeniz, Bahadır Tunaboylu

“…This present study was carried out to check the feasibility of different cellulose fibers obtained from cropped virgin cellulose, blenched eucalyptus, and araucaria pulps through different new environmentally friendly curing processes for fiber-cement production. …”
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Environmental Determinants Influencing Seasonal Variations of Bird Diversity and Abundance in Wetlands, Northern Region (Ghana) by Collins Ayine Nsor, Edward Adzesiwor Obodai

“…These findings will help wetland managers design conservation measures to check current threats on birds from becoming vulnerable in the future.…”
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A Novel Multivariate Spectral Local Quasilinearization Method (MV-SLQLM) for Modelling Flow, Moisture, Heat, and Solute Transport in Soil by Elias Mwakilama, Vusi Magagula, Duncan Gathungu

“…To illustrate the application and check the solution accuracy, we conduct systematic analyses of the effect of model parameters on distribution profiles. …”
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Item Characteristics of National Examination Council’s Economics Multiple-Choice Items: An Item Response Theory Exploration by Yusuf Olayinka Shogbesan

“…It therefore recommended that test experts and examination bodies should regularly consider the use of IRT psychometric estimations to evaluate item parameters for quality check of test items.…”
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A Deep Learning Approaches for Enhancing Clinical Solutions to Cardiovascular Prediction Using EHR by Mounika Valasapalli, Nallagatla Raghavendra Sai

“…In this paper we propose an efficient end-to-end framework known as Risk prediction with Deep Residual Neural Network (DRNN), which not only acquires the most influencing features; but also considers the time-based medical data and temporal data to help the patient disease progression, treatment effectiveness, and to check how other diseases are affecting the state of patient. …”
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Test for Bacterial Content in Soy Sauce and Tomato Sauce at Masomba Market, Palu City by Hasrina

“…For further researchers, it is hoped that they will be able to examine other pathogenic bacteria and check the content of other food additives contained in soy sauce such as preservatives, thickeners.…”
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Static and Dynamic Load Tests of Shaft and Base Grouted Concrete Piles by Jialin Zhou, Xin Zhang, Hongsheng Jiang, Chunhao Lyu, Erwin Oh

“…Traditional presentations were provided to check whether the bored piles reached the design requirement. …”
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Wireless Sensing Based on RFID and Capacitive Technologies for Safety in Marble Industry Process Control by Fabrizio Iacopetti, Sergio Saponara, Luca Fanucci, Bruno Neri

“…The proposed sensing devices may implement a wireless or wired sensor network feeding detection data to the machine controller. Data integrity check and process control algorithms have to be implemented for the safety and reliability of the overall industrial process.…”
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Mobile Learning Model of Tour Guide Business in Universities from the Perspective of Distributed Cognition by Chuanhong Lin, Liangju Wang, Yamei Li

“…In the process of online learning, students can realize the convenient learning through mobile APP terminal anytime and anywhere, or they can sit comfortably at the study table through the computer; in the offline activity classroom, students can sit in the classroom of UMU and communicate with teachers face to face, or they can use their cell phones to project their check-in, opinions, test results, etc. to the big screen. …”
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Attitudes Regarding Participation in a Diabetes Screening Test among an Assyrian Immigrant Population in Sweden by Susanne Andersson, Veronika Karlsson, Louise Bennet, Klas Fellbrant, Margareta Hellgren

“…A qualitative and quantitative method was chosen in which 43 individuals participated in a health check-up and 13 agreed to be interviewed. Interviews were conducted, anthropometric measurements and blood tests were collected, and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed. …”
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Measuring Children’s Computational Thinking and Problem-Solving in a Block-Based Programming Game by Kayla Teng, Gregory K. W. K. Chung

“…A total of 72 elementary students (aged 6–9) played <i>codeSpark Academy</i> once a week for six weeks. <i>TechCheck</i>, an externally developed and validated measure of CT, was administered before the first game day and after the last game day. …”
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Anthropomorphizing Nature as a Tool for Environmental Education. Opinions of Pedagogy Students in the Context of Represented Environmental Ethics by Agnieszka Kozłowska, Małgorzata Czapla

“… The purpose of the study was to check pedagogy students’ opinions on using anthropomorphizing nature for the development of pro-environmental knowledge and behaviour in the context of their own environmental ethics orientations.  …”
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Dropout rates and reasons for dropout among patients receiving clozapine by Sandeep Grover, Eepsita Mishra, Subho Chakrabarti

“…Treatment records of those following up regularly were reviewed to check if clozapine was discontinued and if so, the reason for the same was evaluated. …”
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Study of Keyword Extraction Techniques for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor Domain Using Text Similarity Indexes: An Experimental Analysis by M. Saef Ullah Miah, Junaida Sulaiman, Talha Bin Sarwar, Kamal Z. Zamli, Rajan Jose

“…Nevertheless, before beginning the automated process, it is necessary to check and confirm how similar expert-provided and algorithm-generated keywords are. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF NON-TARIFF BARRIERS ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TRADE WITHIN CEFTA 2006 by Senija Nuhanović, Mirnesa Baraković Burikić

“…This paper presents the research results obtained on the basis of processing the secondary data sources using quantitative and qualitative methods. To check the main and supporting hypotheses we used the Spearman's correlation coefficient. …”
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