Structural Safety Analysis Based on Seismic Service Conditions for Butterfly Valves in a Nuclear Power Plant by Sang-Uk Han, Dae-Gyun Ahn, Myeong-Gon Lee, Kwon-Hee Lee, Seung-Ho Han

“…A larger stress of 183 MPa was induced when we used a CQC method with a design response spectrum that uses 2% damping ratio. These values were lower than the allowable strength of the materials used for manufacturing the butterfly valve, and, therefore, its structural safety met the KEPIC MFA requirements.…”
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Effect of MgSO4 as a complement to NPK fertilizer on shallot growth by Syamsiyah Jauhari, Herdiansyah Ganjar, Komariah, Gumilang Bardhian Cahyo Aji, Wijaya Lidya Zaela, Siswantoro Hendricus William

“…Complementing NPK fertilizing with MgSO4 can be a solution to fulfill nutrient needs with lower input and higher effectivity. This study aims to find best formula of MgSO4 complementing NPK fertilizer in improving shallot growth. …”
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Reshaping Resistance: How Autovaccine Therapy Alters the Course of Recurrent Multidrug-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections by Alexandru Ciudin, Bernat Padulles, Pasqualino Manasia, Josep Alcoberro, Cristian Toma, Răzvan Popescu, Cristian Persu, Antonio Aguilar

“…Conclusions: This study is the first to demonstrate that autovaccine therapy is a safe and effective approach for managing recurrent UTIs caused by MDR bacteria, significantly lowering infection frequency, antibiotic needs, and hospitalization. …”
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Effect of Colonoscopy Volume on Quality Indicators by David Pace, Mark Borgaonkar, Muna Lougheed, Curtis Marcoux, Brad Evans, Nikita Hickey, Meghan O’Leary, Darrell Boone, Jerry McGrath

“…Following multivariable regression, predictors of successful colonoscopy completion included annual colonoscopy volume, lower age, male sex, an indication of screening or surveillance, and a low ASA score. …”
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A Decade of FGF Receptor Research in Bladder Cancer: Past, Present, and Future Challenges by Erica di Martino, Darren C. Tomlinson, Margaret A. Knowles

“…Activating mutations and/or overexpression of FGFR3 are common in urothelial tumours with low malignant potential and low-stage and -grade urothelial carcinomas (UCs) and are associated with a lower risk of progression and better survival in some subgroups. …”
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Design, implementation and evaluation of value-based payment models: a Delphi study by Diogo L. L. Leao, Lise A. M. Moers, Henricus-Paul Cremers, Dennis van Veghel, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova

“…The less quantifiable items, such as strong leadership, transparency, communication and trust, and motivation and engagement of the involved stakeholders, are also important for successful adoption of these models and promote high-quality care at lower or equal costs.…”
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Influence of Cleats-Surface Interaction on the Performance and Risk of Injury in Soccer: A Systematic Review by Diogo C. F. Silva, Rubim Santos, João Paulo Vilas-Boas, Rui Macedo, António Mesquita Montes, Andreia S. P. Sousa

“…The soft ground model provides lower performance especially on artificial grass, while the turf model provides a high protective effect in both fields.…”
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Effect of Ultrasound, Steaming, and Dipping on Bioactive Compound Contents and Antioxidant Capacity of Basil and Parsley by Magdalena Dadan, Urszula Tylewicz, Silvia Tappi, Katarzyna Rybak, Dorota Witrowa-Rajchert, Marco Dalla Rosa

“…The changes in the chemical properties after treatments were more significant in the case of basil than parsley, probably due to a lower thickness of leaf epidermis layer and stiffness of the former. …”
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Developing hyperpolarized metabolic contrast agents at high field dDNP for large animal research by Ditte B. Christensen, Ingeborg S. Skre, Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen, Magnus Karlsson, Mathilde H. Lerche

“…While several metabolic substrates have been investigated at lower field dDNP and tested as HMCAs in rodents, 13C-labeled pyruvate remains the most studied HMCA and is currently the only one actively used in clinical trials due to its favorable biological and physical properties. …”
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Numerically pricing American and European options using a time fractional Black–Scholes model in financial decision-making by Omid Nikan, Jalil Rashidinia, Hossein Jafari

“…It allows for significant sparsification of the algebraic system, leading to a lower condition number and reduced computational effort, while keeping high accuracy. …”
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Total Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead Determination in Brazilian Rice Samples Using ICP-MS by Lidiane Raquel Verola Mataveli, Márcia Liane Buzzo, Luciana Juncioni de Arauz, Maria de Fátima Henriques Carvalho, Edna Emy Kumagai Arakaki, Richard Matsuzaki, Paulo Tiglea

“…The total arsenic, cadmium, and lead contents were lower than the established legislative values, except for total arsenic in one brown rice sample. …”
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Seasonality, Interannual Variability, and Linear Tendency of Wind Speeds in the Northeast Brazil from 1986 to 2011 by Alexandre Torres Silva dos Santos, Cláudio Moisés Santos e Silva

“…The seasonal variability of the average wind speeds of each group presented higher values for winter and spring and lower values in the summer and fall. The groups G1, G2, and G5 showed higher annual averages in the interannual variability of wind speeds. …”
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Primary Pleural Benign Myxoid Schwannoma in an 18-Year-Old Female: A Case Report and Literature Review by Hussam Abou Al-Shaar, Safi Qutob, Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Ayman Azzam, Tarek Amin, Shamayel Mohammed

“…On laparotomy, the mass was not found in its radiologically expected location, and the right kidney and right adrenal gland were intact. The right-sided lower part of diaphragm was opened, and the mass was interestingly found inside the thorax attached to the pleura, and resected successfully. …”
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Simultaneous gains for negatively correlated traits of interest in plantain by Geferson Rocha Santos, Letícia Casseano de Souza Santos, Rafael Nunes de Almeida, Hércules dos Santos Pereira, Inês de Moura Trindade, Irany Rodrigues Pretti, Dimmy Herllen Silveira Gomes Barbosa, Edson Perito Amorim, Sávio da Silva Berilli, Ana Paula Candido Gabriel Berilli

“…Taller plantain plants had the tendency to produce more, but with late fruit, which were more acid and had a lower SS content. Therefore, correlations between yield, plant height, and SS posed a challenge for the development of plantain cultivars. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Large Vesical Calculus by Osama Kalim Shaikh, Shakeel Haseeb Uddin Siddique, Muhammad Umar, Ahsan Rehman, Habibullah Muhammad Akbar

“…Vesical calculi are the most commonly observed lower urinary tract stones. Traditionally, large vesical calculi (>4 cm) have been managed via open surgical procedures like cystolithotomy. …”
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How to Differentiate Sites of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Hematochezia by Using Clinical Factors? by Yuwares Sittichanbuncha, Suthasinee Senasu, Theerayut Thongkrau, Chaiyapon Keeratikasikorn, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Causes may be due to upper (UGIB) or lower (LGIB) gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Here, clinical factors were studied to differentiate sites of bleeding in patients with hematochezia. …”
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A Master-Slave Haptic System for Neurosurgery by Vanni Zanotto, Paolo Boscariol, Alessandro Gasparetto, Albano Lanzutti, Renato Vidoni, Nicola Di Lorenzo, Pasquale Gallina, Aldo Dalla Via, Aldo Rossi

“…In recent years, new surgical tools have been designed to improve treatment results and lower patient trauma. Nevertheless, the dexterity and accuracy required for the positioning of new tools are often unreachable, if surgeons are not assisted by suitable systems. …”
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Sense of Coherence in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Randi Opheim, May Solveig Fagermoen, Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen, Tomm Bernklev, Bjørn Moum

“…In the multivariate analyses, higher GSE scores were significantly associated with higher SOC scores and higher FSS-5 scores were significantly associated with lower SOC scores in both UC and CD. Conclusion. GSE and FSS-5 contributed more to the variance in SOC than sociodemographic and disease-related variables. …”
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Coordination Control of Active Steering and Direct Yaw Control for the Articulated Steering Vehicle by Bin Huang, Zhijun Yuan, Dengzhi Peng, Xiaoxu Wei, Yongsheng Wang

“…The ASV (articulated steering vehicle) has a lower steering radius. Thus, it is widely used in some special vehicles, such as mining and construction vehicles. …”
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Site Specific Stem Volume Models for Pinus patula and Pinus oocarpa by Herbert Malata, Elisha S. Ngulube, Edward Missanjo

“…The appropriateness of the developed models was also supported by the fact that the total relative errors (TRE) of these models were lower (range: −0.04% to 0.06%) than the TRE of some previously developed models (range: −12.40% to 41.70%) tested on the present data.…”
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