Cognitive Assessment of Very Preterm School-age Children by Chronological vs. Corrected Age by Yolanda Sánchez-Sandoval, Agustina Lambrisca, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Laura Lacalle, Melissa L. Martínez-Shaw

“…Children born preterm (≤ 37 weeks) are at higher risk of developing cognitive problems and score lower on cognitive developmental assessments than full-term children. …”
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Carbon pricing drives critical transition to green growth by Isaak Mengesha, Debraj Roy

“…However, the regressive nature of carbon pricing can disproportionately affect lower-income populations and potentially reduce political support and public awareness. …”
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Mechanisms of inequalities in health and safety : conceptual model and research agenda by Stephanie Premji

“…We describe how language barriers, cultural differences, vulnerable legal status, precarious economic status, newness in the host country and job, lower education and skill levels, and discrimination all generate vulnerabilities that are embodied as poor working conditions, limited knowledge of health and safety, impeded communication with employers and service providers, detrimental behaviours towards risks or health, and constrained agency. …”
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Impact of propylene glycol supplementation during early postpartum period on serum me tabolites and reproductive performance in Nili-Ravi buffalo by Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Rehman Khan, Ejaz Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmad, Aijaz Ali Channa, Muhammad Irfan ur Rehman Khan

“…It was concluded that propylene glycol during the early lactation period in Nili-Ravi buffalo effectively increased serum glucose and insulin levels and lowered blood ketone body levels, which reduced the risk of ketosis. …”
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Risk Factors for Foot Amputation in Patients Hospitalized for Diabetic Foot Infection by Maria Teresa Verrone Quilici, Fernando de Sá Del Fiol, Alexandre Eduardo Franzin Vieira, Maria Inês Toledo

“…This cross-sectional study comprised 100 patients with diabetic infectious complications in the lower limbs. The variables investigated were related to diabetes, infection, and treatment compliance. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of “Natchez” and “Triple Crown” Blackberries Using Korean Traditional Winemaking Techniques by Youri Joh, Niels Maness, William McGlynn

“…Higher fermentation temperature at the start of the winemaking process followed by the use of lower fermentation/storage temperature for aging wine samples maximized phenolic compound extraction/retention. …”
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A Pink Herring in the Colon: A Case Report of Eosinophilic Colitis Masking Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Colon by David Malcolm Milne, Jason Rattan, Alyssa Muddeen, Amrit A. Rambhajan

“…A 35-year-old male presented with a six-week history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain associated with diarrhoea and weight loss. …”
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The Nutri-Score for a Healthy Diet: Pros and Cons by Pauline Raoul, Emanuele Rinninella, Marco Cintoni, Vincenzina Mora, Maria Cristina Mele

“…Although various recent large studies correlated the application of the Nutri-Score algorithm (the purchases of some healthy products) and the lower risk of developing chronic diseases, further studies are necessary to evaluate these relationships with a large range of products in a real-life supermarket. …”
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Beam stacking experiment at a fixed field alternating gradient accelerator by T. Uesugi, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, Y. Mori, C. Jolly, D. J. Kelliher, J.-B. Lagrange, A. P. Letchford, S. Machida, D. W. Posthuma de Boer, C. T. Rogers, E. Yamakawa, M. Topp-Mugglestone

“…Space charge is particularly strong at lower energy such as during injection and typically limits achievable peak intensity. …”
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and drug related sarcoid-like reaction by Joumana Freiha, Effie Grand, Ben Marshall, Ramamurthy Arunchalam, Ashwin Pinto, Chinar Osman

“…A 60-year-old male presented with lower limb rash, left leg weakness followed by bulbar symptoms which progressed over 12-months. …”
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Lipid Profile of Children with Malaria by Plasmodium vivax by Rosa Maria Dias, Jose Luiz Fernandes Vieira, Bianca da Conceição Cabral, Isameriliam Rosaulem Pereira da Silva, Laelia Maria Barra Feio Brasil, Eliete da Cunha Araújo, Marcieni Ataíde de Andrade

“…The levels of total cholesterol, LDL, and HDL were significantly lower in malaria cases. The levels of VLDL and triglycerides were significantly higher in children with malaria. …”
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Tribological Behavior and Analysis on Surface Roughness of CNC Milled Dual Heat Treated Al6061 Composites by A. Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin, G.M. Balamurugan, S.M. Sivagami, K. Ramkumar, V. Vijayan, S. Rajkumar

“…The average values of heat treated and nonheat treated Al6061-T6 are compared and it is to be evaluated that 41% improvement is obtained with the lower surface roughness of 1.78975 µm and it shows good surface finish with the help of dual heat treatment process.…”
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Treatment of a Femur Nonunion with Microsurgical Corticoperiosteal Pedicled Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle by Matteo Guzzini, Cosma Calderaro, Marco Guidi, Carolina Civitenga, Germano Ferri, Andrea Ferretti

“…This flap is usually harvested as a free flap for the reconstruction of bone defects at forearm, distal radius, carpus, hand, and recently at lower limb too. Case Report. A 50-year-old Caucasian man referred to our department for hypertrophic nonunion of the distal femur, refractory to the conservative treatments. …”
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Practical data connection between MATLAB and microcontrollers using virtual serial port and MicroPython Pyboard: A survey by Ashkan Safari, Mehran Sabahi

“…With the defined way, it is possible to make the devices that require calculation operations and the correlation of the computer and external environment with lower costs and fewer accessories. To validate the correctness of the proposed approach, an experimental prototype as a total harmonic distortion (THD) meter device has been built.…”
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Influence of Elicitation and Germination Conditions on Biological Activity of Wheat Sprouts by Dariusz Dziki, Urszula Gawlik-Dziki, Monika Kordowska-Wiater, Monika Domań-Pytka

“…The results of microbiological examination showed that generally for seeds germinated at lower temperature (15°C and 20°C) and during 2 and 4 days the molds were not detected and the levels of aerobic bacteria did not exceed the usually accepted limits. …”
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Root-MUSIC-based joint TOA and DOA estimation in IR-UWB by Fang-qiu WANG, Xiao-fei ZHANG, Fei WANG

“…The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has much better performance than matrix pencil algorithm, propaga-tor method and estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm, and has almost the same performance as 2D-MUSIC algorithm, while the complexity of the proposed algorithm has far lower than that of 2D-MUSIC algorithm.…”
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Trajectories of Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Secondary Students in Canada in the Context of a Province-Wide Physical Education Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis by Erin Hobin, Jannice So, Laura Rosella, Melisa Comte, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock

“…Lower levels of physical activity are associated with childhood obesity. …”
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Mécanismes d’inégalités en santé et sécurité : modèle conceptuel et agenda de recherche by Stephanie Premji

“…We describe how language barriers, cultural differences, vulnerable legal status, precarious economic status, newness in the host country and job, lower education and skill levels, and discrimination all generate vulnerabilities that are embodied as poor working conditions, limited knowledge of health and safety, impeded communication with employers and service providers, detrimental behaviours towards risks or health, and constrained agency. …”
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Detection of selective forwarding attacks based on adaptive learning automata and communication quality in wireless sensor networks by Hongliang Zhu, Zhihua Zhang, Juan Du, Shoushan Luo, Yang Xin

“…In addition, the communication overhead of the method is lower than that of other methods.…”
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Optimization of circular coils with ferrite boxes for enhanced efficiency in wireless power transfer for electric vehicles by Soukaina Jaafari, Hamza El Hafdaoui, Khadija Ajabboune, Ahmed Khallaayoun, Esmail Ahouzi

“…Equivalent coils with ferrite boxes meet a 95% efficiency goal with a strong, narrowed field at a lower cost, while inequivalent coils excel in strengthening and centralizing the field, enhancing misalignment tolerance in distinctive ways.…”
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