Settlement Analysis of Pipe Culvert Situated in Soft Clay Treated with Prefabricated Vertical Drains by Adamu Beyene Negesa

“…The critical effect of wick drain and some key parameters (fill thickness and wick drain spacing) were also scrutinized. Finite element-based numerical modeling was conducted by using the 2D GeoStudio/SigmaW package, and the Modified Cam Clay Constitutive model was adopted. …”
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Association between 5-item modified frailty index and clinical outcomes in elderly rectal cancer patients after radical surgery by Hong Wu, Feiyu Shi, Chenhao Hu, Lei Zhang, Penghong Qu, Junjun She

“…Demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data were collected from 1,034 patients aged ≥ 70 years with rectal cancer who underwent proctectomy between 2017 and 2022. …”
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Resident Doctors' Experiences in Breaking Bad News: The Level of Using Spikes Protocol and Related Factors by Esra Çınar Tanrıverdi, Yasemin Çayır, Banu Çiçek Dilfiruz

“…The participants' experiences of delivering bad news were assessed using a questionnaire based on the SPIKES protocol. …”
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IMPROVING THE LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE FIELD OF COMBATING CRIMES ARISING FROM MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS by Mikael N. Akhmedov, Alina E. Muravyova

“…Based on the analysis of these forms and methods, problems of preventing and combating crimes arising from marriage and family relations are identified; it is concluded that the main problem is the presence of gaps in the current legislation regulating the area of ​​legal relations under consideration. …”
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Indoor Black Carbon Concentrations and their Sources in Residential Environments: Validation of an Input-adaptive Proxy Model by Jiangyue Zhao, Pak Lun Fung, Martha Arbayani Zaidan, Birgit Wehner, Kay Weinhold, Alfred Wiedensohler, Tareq Hussein

“…This proxy model can predict indoor eBC concentrations based on existing indoor databases or in cases where direct measurements of indoor eBC concentrations are not available. …”
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Rockfish abundance, recruitment, and community structure trends in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, 2005-2023 by Shawn E. Larson, Katie Shelledy, Daniela Escontrela Dieguez, Jeff Christiansen, Amy Y. Olsen, Zachary Randell, Megan H. Williams, Chris VanDamme, Dayv Lowry, William Jasper

“…Strip transects were conducted annually in August from 2005 through 2023 at five permanently marked index sites. …”
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Synthetic data as external control arms in scarce single-arm clinical trials. by Severin Elvatun, Daan Knoors, Simon Brant, Christian Jonasson, Jan F Nygård

“…The external control arm benchmark was generated using data from Norwegian health registries. In this retrospective study, we compare various synthetic data generation algorithms in numerical experiments, focusing on the utility of the synthetic data to support the conclusions drawn from the empirical data, and analysing the risk of sensitive information disclosure. …”
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Espacialidad de empresas virtuales en comercio electrónico directo gravado con impuesto al valor agregado venezolano by Mariana del Valle Buitrago Rodríguez

“…venezolano, a los fines de aclarar dudas a la gerencia de empresas y sus usuarios. …”
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Rectal versus vaginal progesterone administration for luteal phase support in the hormone replacement therapy frozen embryo transfer (HRT-FET) cycle: protocol for a non-inferiority... by Peter Humaidan, Birgit Alsbjerg

“…All patients are enrolled from a Danish public fertility clinic and randomised to one of two groups, with 305 patients receiving embryo transfer assigned to each group. …”
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Determination of Puberulic Acid in Monascus-Fermented Red Yeast Rice by LC-MS/MS Combined with Precolumn Derivatization by Hui-Qin Pan, Rui Feng, Yan-Nan Tan, Xiao-Ya Qin, Yi-Min Cao, Xiu-Hong Mao, Qing Hu, Heng Zhou

“…However, the detection of PA, especially at low concentration levels, poses a considerable challenge, with no detection methods reported thus far. …”
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Estudio exploratorio sobre competencias digitales y uso de e-servicios. Caso estudiantes de una Facultad de Salud de Norte de Santander - Colombia by Carlos Fernando González-Zabala, Ernesto Amaru Galvis-Lista, Mayda Patricia González-Zabala

“…Para lograr los objetivos se propuso utilizar una metodología compuesta por tres etapas: i) determinar el contexto, ii) recolección de datos, y iii) generación de reportes y análisis de resultados. …”
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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Long-Term Postoperative Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: MRI Evaluation 34-51 Years after Surgery and its Changes during Middle an... by Tsutomu Akazawa, Toshiaki Kotani, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Yasushi Iijima, Yoshiaki Torii, Jun Ueno, Atsuhiro Yoshida, Ken Tomochika, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Junichi Nakamura, Yusuke Matsuura, Takane Suzuki, Hisateru Niki, Seiji Ohtori, Shohei Minami

“…Results: Among the 21 participants who underwent both previous (conducted from 2014 to 2016) and latest surveys (conducted in 2022), the prevalence of DD increased from 66.7% in the previous survey to 76.9% in the latest survey. …”
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Digital state in the context of legal reform in Ukraine: theoretical and legal aspect by E. Najafli

“…The purpose of the article is theoretical and legal coverage of the key parameters of legal reform in the field of digital state formation based on the application of the institutional approach, as well as taking into account the achievements of domestic theoretical and legal science and legal branch science. …”
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Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency among Egyptian Pediatric Patients with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome by Doaa M. Abdou, AbdelAal Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulhay, Sara El Khateeb

“…Renal biopsies of 120 patients diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome based on clinical and laboratory findings, divided into two groups, SRNS (60 patients) and SSNS (60 patients). …”
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Experiences of health information-seeking behaviour in preoperative patients with lung cancer: a qualitative study in China by Wei Li, Lihua Huang, Jie Zhu, Jiayi Guo, Man Ye

“…This study aimed to explore preoperative lung cancer patients’ experiences related to health information-seeking process, based on the information and methodological characteristics of health information-seeking behaviour (HISB).Design The study used a qualitative descriptive design, adhering to the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines. 23 participants were purposively selected for semistructured interviews. …”
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Diversity and composition of vegetation and soil seed banks after sand dune restoration by oil mulching and plantations by Banafsheh Jalilian, Noredin Rostami, Mehdi Heydari, Mehrdad Kohzadian, Orsolya Valkó, Reza Omidipour

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Study on the Vibration Effect of Short Footage Blasting Load on Surrounding Rock-Support Structure of Tunnel by Chunquan Dai, Hongtao Sui, Chao Ma

“…To solve this problem, based on the attenuation formula of blasting vibration wave and considering the cumulative effect of short footage blasting load, the radial displacement formula of surrounding rock particles is derived, and the analytical solution of vibration velocity field is obtained by using the method of separating variables. …”
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A single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals astrocyte heterogeneity and identifies CHI3L1 as a diagnostic biomarker in Parkinson's disease by Zhongying Gong, Dan Guo, Yufeng Lin, Zhiwei Liu, Mengdi Lv, Xinxin Liu, Yang Yao, Sijia Wang, Yuan Wang, Zhiyun Wang

“…The differentiation trajectory of astrocyte subtypes was explored using Monocle2. Inflammatory response scores were determined using AUCell. …”
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Spontaneous Overgrowth of Jointing in the Working Chambers of Power Gas-Liquid Thermal Installations – Diffusion Dynamic Processes by T. V. Ryzhova, D. N. Bukharov, M. M. Arakelian, S. M. Arakelian

“…The process of modification and development of a 3D fractured structure based on the Griffiths load theory for dislocations is described, taking into account the gradual sequential transition from a stable state to a growth stage. …”
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Effect of triple-frequency sono-germination and soaking treatments on techno-functional characteristics of barley by Tabussam Tufail, Huma Bader Ul Ain, Jawad Ashraf, Muhammad Safiullah Virk, Zahoor Ahmed, Mokhtar Dabbour, Tawfiq Alsulami, Suleiman Althawab, Bin Xu

“…The structural configuration of two barley types, ZQ2000 and XMLY22, was determined using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, which indicated an increase in α-helix and β-sheet conformation and a decrease in random coil conformation in samples treated with TFUT + GE. …”
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