Dynamic structural characteristics and vibration susceptibility of Tongren loess under the influence of water content and confining pressure by Changbao Guo, Sanshao Ren, Yinlong Tan, Yaqi Shen

“…The engineering geological characteristics are complex, and landslide disasters are highly developed. Based on field geological surveys and physical property analysis of the loess in this area, this study analyzes the influence of water content, consolidation pressure, and soil disturbance on the dynamic characteristics of loess using GDS dynamic triaxial tests. …”
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El pensamiento médico social de Ernesto Guevara: su presencia en el paradigma socio-médico cubano by Blanca Rosa Garcés Garcés, Lian Roque Roque, Ana María Molina Gómez

“…La personalidad de Ernesto Guevara es reconocida en el mundo por sus aportes a la lucha de los pueblos, su ética y sus principios revolucionarios, que han dejado sus huellas en la vida social, política, económica y cultural de las diferentes naciones del mundo; sin embargo, un aspecto insuficientemente estudiado de su obra es su pensamiento y acciones a favor del desarrollo de la medicina social, aquella que le otorga un papel determinante a los factores sociales en el origen y desarrollo de la salud y la enfermedad, así como a la acción político - gubernamental en las áreas de prevención, promoción, rehabilitación y a la atención médica. Estas ideas del Che se fueron conformando a lo largo de su vida, mucho antes de iniciar su carrera como médico, y se consolidaron durante la lucha guerrillera en la Sierra Maestra; se convirtieron en convicción en su actuar práctico, primero, durante la lucha revolucionaria, y después del triunfo en 1959 en Cuba. …”
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Semidissonanzen. Ein Beitrag zur Didaktik der Harmonielehre by Hans Aerts

“…The pedagogical goals of this method are: (1) to allow students to realize that harmonic thinking based on the inversion principle has superimposed on, but not wiped out, older concepts; and (2) to enable students to adopt both perspectives, depending on the compositional and analytical questions on hand.…”
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Application of Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Materials in Architectural Design by Zixiang Yan

“…With the improvement of the living standards of the Chinese people, the construction of the economic system will change from one that meets the needs of the people to one that is perfect. …”
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Sociodemographic Characteristics, Dietary Practices, and Nutritional Status of Adults with Hypertension in a Semi-Rural Community in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Esi K. Colecraft, Matilda Asante, Aaron K. Christian, Seth Adu-Afarwuah

“…Only baseline data were used in the present analysis. Methods. A cross-sectional baseline survey was completed for 63 adults with confirmed hypertension diagnosis. …”
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A leitura uma ferramenta emancipadora: na busca pela igualdade de gênero by Verônica Souza Paula, Reginete Sabino de Macedo

“…Nesse sentido, essa reflexão não se dá por encerrada e poderá ser utilizada como base de discussão ou embasamento às futuras pesquisas acadêmicas. …”
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Dynamic Trends in Aquatic Product Supply and Consumption in China: Implications for Sustainable Diets and Environmental Impact Reduction by Wanni Yang

“…The environmental impacts of aquatic products’ supply and consumption were assessed using carbon footprints and water footprints. The findings reveal that aquatic products’ supply increased from 4.65 million tons to 71.16 million tons from 1978 to 2023, and annual aquatic food consumption per capita increased from 3.50 kg in 1978 to 15.20 kg. …”
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Optimization of Rh blood group antigen precision transfusion strategy across multiple hospital campuses by PDCA circle by YING Qiming, CHEN Luyan, DONG Kedi, HE Yiwen, ZHAN Yating, YANG Yexiaoqing, ZHAO Feng, LYU Dingfeng

“…[Results] After the continuous improvement with the PDCA cycle, the compatibility rate for the five Rh blood group antigen phenotypes between donors and recipients from August to October 2023 reached 81.90%, significantly higher than the 70.54% recorded during the pre-intervention phase (May to July 2022, P<0.01), and displayed a quarterly upward trend (β=0.028, P<0.05). …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…We then used multivariate logistic regression to construct demographics and case-mix-based weights, which were applied to create a population sample that is similar to the national population. …”
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Adeno-Associated virus 8 delivers an immunomodulatory peptide to mouse liver more efficiently than to rat liver. by Yuqing Wang, Ayrea Hurley, Marco De Giorgi, Mark R Tanner, Rong-Chi Hu, Michael W Pennington, William R Lagor, Christine Beeton

“…Stichodactyla toxin (ShK), isolated from the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, is a potent blocker of Kv1.3. …”
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A preliminary account of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with 13 new records and updated species inventory from India by Koustav Mukherjee, Surajit Kar, Atanu Naskar, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Dhriti Banerjee

“…Midges were collected using CDC light traps, light sheets, Malaise traps, and manual collection from exposed body parts of the author and volunteers (biting collection). …”
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Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study by Miguel San Sebastián, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, Bhushan Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Sudhirsen Kowlessur

“…Regular monitoring focuses on the prevalence of tobacco use, yet there is a gap in understanding its socio-economic patterns. …”
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Crime in the law enforcement agencies in 1948–1952 and its counteraction by V. A. Grechenko

“…All of this has led to the existence of the problem of crime in the law enforcement agencies of the republic, and this problem is still relevant today, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. The most common violations in the police at that time were: alcoholism, abuse of office, connections with criminals, violations of the law during the detention of citizens and the conduct of investigations, failure to comply with orders, bribery, embezzlement, domestic and moral decay, desertion, disclosure of official secrets, unauthorised abandonment of duty, illegal use of weapons and, as a result, injury or killing of citizens, negligence in the performance of official duties, and loss of personal weapons. …”
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Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

“…The survey focused on clinical scenarios which might take benefit from urethra-sparing, the definition of the urethra and urinary organs-at-risk, and urethral dose constraints. …”
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Depression, anxiety and its predictor among internally displaced person in metekel Ethiopia, 2023: using a structural equation model by Solomon Debela Bekeko, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Feyisa Shasho Bayisa

“…In 2022, 120 countries had over 71 million IDPs, a 20% increase from the previous year. In sub-Saharan Africa, natural disasters accounted for 40% of all new IDPs worldwide.MethodAn institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Ethiopia. …”
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Surgical ergonomics among ophthalmologists at Alsaim Eye Hospital, Wad Madani, Sudan: a clinical audit by Imtinan Yousif, Khawla Jibreel, Mehera Mohammed

“…Descriptive statistics were generated by SPSS version 27, and the Chi-square test was used to check for possible associations. Results The response rate was 51%. …”
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Reúso de dados abertos do governo brasileiro: atualização da métrica DGABr by Patrícia Nascimento Silva

“…Poucas alterações são derivadas da legislação, mas ajustes relevantesforam realizados com base nos instrumentos oficiais da infraestrutura governamental. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Multivariate Profiling of Rare Earth Elements in Coffee by Aleksandra Savić, Jelena Mutić, Milica Lučić, Jelena Vesković, Andrijana Miletić, Antonije Onjia

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Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia by Daniel Woldamicael Bekele, Elias Dadebo, Girma Tilahun, Zinabu Gebremariam

“…This study assessed community awareness and practices regarding the disposal of ELU medicines in Hawassa City, Ethiopia. A community-based descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used among the urban population of Hawassa City. …”
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Listening habits and subjective effects of background music in young adults with and without ADHD by Kelly-Ann Lachance, Pénélope Pelland-Goulet, Pénélope Pelland-Goulet, Pénélope Pelland-Goulet, Nathalie Gosselin

“…Overall, the results confirm that most young adults listen to music during their daily activities and perceive positive effects from this listening.…”
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