Assessing drywell designs for managed aquifer recharge via canals and repurposed wells by Salini Sasidharan, Scott A. Bradford

“…An economic analysis revealed that deeper, small-diameter drywells offer lower levelized costs, down to $0.46 per cubic meter of recharged water, making them economically viable alternatives. …”
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Effect of Local Simvastatin on the Healing of Surgically Created Critical-Sized Bone Defects: An experimental Study on sheep. by Rebin Azad Abdulsamad, Luqman Fawzi Omar

“… Background and objective: the role of simvastatin in lowering serum cholesterol levels is well described. …”
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VDR Polymorphisms in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases: Focus on Italian Population by Andrea Latini, Giada De Benedittis, Carlo Perricone, Serena Colafrancesco, Paola Conigliaro, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Lucia Novelli, Roberta Priori, Fabrizio Conti, Cinzia Ciccacci, Paola Borgiani

“…Lastly, the GG genotype of rs731236 was associated with a lower RA susceptibility (P=0.045, OR=0.55). Our results show that the explored VDR polymorphisms are significantly associated with autoimmune connective tissue disorders and support the hypothesis that the genetic variability of VDR gene may be involved in susceptibility to these diseases in Italian population.…”
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Detection of postpartum women anemia and its impact on their offspring in Zhejiang Province, China by Mengjie He, Lichun Huang, Yan Zou, Peiwei Xu, Danting Su, Dong Zhao, Dan Han, Ronghua Zhang

“…Regression analysis showed that women intaking iron supplements during pregnancy (0.549, 0.350 ~ 0.860), and intaking sufficient red meat (0.647, 0.437 ~ 0.958) had lower rates of anemia, while women wo had anemia during pregnancy (2.754, 1.844 ~ 4.113 for mild anemia, and 3.815, 1.564 ~ 9.309 for moderate or severe anemia), had postpartum over 7 months (1.717, 1.112 ~ 2.650), with abnormal serum ferritin (11.931, 4.846 ~ 29.379) and excessive transferrin receptor levels (1.817, 1.050 ~ 3.145) had higher rates of anemia. …”
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A privacy-enhanced framework with deep learning for botnet detection by Guangli Wu, Xingyue Wang

“…For the CTU-13 dataset, the detection framework achieves the best detection performance; for the ISCX-2014 dataset, the accuracy of the framework is less than 1% lower than the best effect.…”
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Predictors of direct oral anticoagulant concentrations in the trauma population by Laura Adams, Alan M Smith, Louis Perkins, Dmitri Lerner, Jarrett Santorelli, Leslie Kobayashi

“…Female sex, increased age, decreased height and weight, and lower estimated creatinine clearance were associated with higher anti-Xa levels at admission. …”
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The Needs for Visual Improvement of Patients Presented at Low-Vision Center in Wenzhou, China by Xiaoman Li, Guofu Chen, Ruzhi Deng, Na Lin, Lingzhi Ni, Longfei Jiang, Haishuang Lin, Frank Thorn, Jie Chen

“…Women were significantly associated with a concern for performing hobbies (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.0–2.0) but associated with lower odds of reading (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.3–0.7). …”
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Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

“…The average distance from the lower pole of tumor to outer edge of anal canal and to dentate line was 7,1±1,7 cm (4,0–9,0 cm) and 4,8±1,9 cm (1,5–7,0 cm) respectively. …”
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The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Clare Shelley-Egan, Ole Rogeberg

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>We found that SES was significantly associated with pandemic influenza outcomes with people of lower SES having the highest disease burden in both 1918 and 2009. …”
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JinQi Jiangtang Tablet Regulates Gut Microbiota and Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mice by Ying Cao, Guowang Yao, Yuanyuan Sheng, Li Yang, Zixuan Wang, Zhen Yang, Pengwei Zhuang, Yanjun Zhang

“…T2DM mice treated with JQJT tablets showed a higher abundance of Akkermansia spp. and lower abundance of Desulfovibrio. JQJT tablets increased the concentration of acetic acid, propionic acid, and butyric acid; in particular, butyric acid was significantly increased with respect to the MOD group. …”
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Temperature Is a Key Factor Affecting Total Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen Concentrations in Northeastern Lakes Based on Sentinel-2 Images and Machine Learning Methods by Haoming Qin, Chong Fang, Ge Liu, Kaishan Song, Zhuoshi Li, Sijia Li, Hui Tao, Zhaojiang Yan

“…The performance of the GBDT algorithm was slightly lower than that of the RF and XGBoost regression algorithms, the BP algorithm had overfitting, and the SVR algorithm had poor fitting performance. …”
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Intramedullary Nailing of Proximal Tibia Fractures in Semi-extended Position Using Suprapatellar Approach: Results and Outcomes by Kumar Rohit, Vikas Verma

“…The clinical outcome was analyzed using the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) at 12 months’ follow-up visit. …”
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Leg Stiffness and Vertical Stiffness of Habitual Forefoot and Rearfoot Strikers during Running by Lulu Yin, Xiaoyue Hu, Zhangqi Lai, Kun Liu, Lin Wang

“…Runners with hFFS had lower impact peak (IP) (P<0.001, Cohen’s d=1.65), vertical average loading rate (VALR) (P<0.001, Cohen’s d=1.20), and vertical instantaneous loading rate (VILR) (P<0.001, Cohen’s d=1.14) compared with runners with hRFS. …”
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Social inequalities in the use of online food delivery services and associations with weight status: cross-sectional analysis of survey and consumer data by Jean Adams, Martin White, Frank de Vocht, Emma Boyland, Steven Cummins, Laura Cornelsen, Amy Yau, Thomas Burgoine, Cherry Law, Alexandra Irene Kalbus

“…In contrast, households with lower social grade were more likely to use takeaway food delivery apps compared with households in the highest grade (OR 2.31, 95% CI 1.38 to 3.87). …”
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Research on the Impact of Different Force Directions on the Mechanical Properties and Damage Evolution Law of Sandstone with Different Hole Diameters by Fukun Xiao, Renhe Li, Le Xing

“…For the rock sample with the horizontal hole, symmetrical tensile cracks initially appear in the upper and lower parts of the hole and finally form shear failure. …”
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Frequency and characteristics of anemia in hypothyroid patients: A cross-sectional study by Abdullah S. Babaker, Reem M. Al-Qahtani

“…Logistic regression revealed that males had much lower risk of anemia compared to females (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.14; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.05–0.39), while obesity was associated with a higher risk of anemia (AOR = 1.67; 95% CI: 1.11–2.50). …”
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Jackknife versus Lithotomy Position for Hemorrhoidectomy Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sina Ghasemi, Behzad Imani, Alireza Jafarkhani, Ashkan Karimi, Ali Yamini

“…Background and Objective: Hemorrhoids are known as one of the most common anorectal diseases and the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Investigating which type of technique and approach the surgeon has more expertise during hemorrhoidectomy surgery and the patient faces fewer complications is crucial. …”
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Metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveal the pigments biosynthesis pathways in different color fruit peels of Clausena lansium L. Skeels by Zhichang Zhao, Mark Owusu Adjei, Ruixiong Luo, Huaping Yu, Yali Pang, Jian Wang, Yu Zhang, Jun Ma, Aiping Gao

“…It aims to identify metabolic pathways and differentially expressed genes related to flavonoids and anthocyanins biosynthesis.ResultsThe PP (purple peel) has higher levels of a-carotene and b-carotene but lower levels of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and lutein compared to BP. …”
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Analysis of Feature Extraction and Anti-Interference of Face Image under Deep Reconstruction Network Algorithm by Jin Yang, Yuxuan Zhao, Shihao Yang, Xinxin Kang, Xinyan Cao, Xixin Cao

“…The correct rate of face feature matching of the algorithm proposed in this paper is 84.72%, which is higher than LetNet-5, VGG-16, and VGG-19 algorithms, the correct rates of which are 6.94%, 2.5%, and 1.11%, respectively, but lower than GoogleNet, AlexNet, and ResNet algorithms. …”
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Processing, characterisation and oxidation resistance of βNiAl bond coat: Al and Zr effects by Chandio A.D., Shaikh A.A., Salman W., Ahmed H.

“…Under identical Zr contents (of 1SP and 2SP = 1at %), the higher Al showed the better spallation resistance while lower Al caused the inverse effect of Zr owing to its reactive nature that was termed as over doping. …”
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