Constitutive Model and Fracture Criterion of Q345 Steel Welded Joints by Lian Song, Genfeng Li, Cong Zhu, Huaqiang Fang, Guoqing Zhu

“…This provides experimental parameters for mechanical properties and fracture models of welded joints in structural engineering, refined finite element models considering material failure for structural numerical analysis, and basic data for evaluation and design of building structures, which have good social and economic benefits.…”
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Predicting Poor Outcome of COVID-19 Patients on the Day of Admission with the COVID-19 Score by Luke Tseng, Erin Hittesdorf, Mitchell F. Berman, Desmond A. Jordan, Nina Yoh, Katerina Elisman, Katherine A. Eiseman, Yuqi Miao, Shuang Wang, Gebhard Wagener

“…Our study demonstrated that poor outcome in COVID-19 patients can be predicted with good sensitivity and specificity using a few laboratory tests. …”
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Features of the Surface and Subsurface Waves Application for Ultrasonic Evaluation of Physicomechanical Properties of Solids. Part 2. Strenghtned Inhomogeneous Surface Layer by A. R. Baev, A. L Mayorov, N. V. Levkovich, M. V. Asadchaya

“…A comparison of experimental data and calculations of the theoretical model showed a good qualitative correspondence between them, demonstrate a high «sensitivity» of the method in relation to the nature of the change in hardness over the depth of the hardened layer. …”
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Evaluation of Total Phenolic Content, HPLC Analysis, and Antioxidant Potential of Three Local Varieties of Mushroom: A Comparative Study by Anika Tabassum Bristy, Tairin Islam, Rezwana Ahmed, Jumana Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Preeti Jain

“…G. tropicum and C. indica extracts also showed significant antioxidant properties and a good amount of phenolic content, 52.16±0.25 GAE g-1 extract, and 47.1 ± 0.26 GAE g-1 extract, respectively. …”
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A comparative study of diagnostic performance of COVID-19 Reporting and Data System and computed tomography severity score in clinically suspected COVID-19 patients by Vikram Kyatham, Yarramsetty Pundari Kashudu, T.R. Nagendra, Rama Rao Piprikar, Rhidaynath A Kogekar, Rahul Bhargava

“…Conclusion: Both scoring systems had good sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy in comparison to RT-PCR test to diagnose COVID-19 infection.…”
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Liver and Nutrition. An Optimal Diet for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Proper nutrition is important for a good life prognosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).…”
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Pulse oximetry at two sensor placement sites in conscious foals by Heini Sofia Rossi, Anna Kristina Mykkänen, Jouni Juho Tapio Junnila, Heli Katariina Hyytiäinen

“…The repeatability of three pulse oximetry saturation measurement results was moderate to good and significantly improved when the measurement furthest from the middle-measured value was excluded. …”
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Integração ou separação? Uma reflexão sobre a governança territorial no Prata a partir da construção da ponte da integração São Borja-Brasil/ Santo Tomé-Argentina by Muriel Pinto, Ronaldo Bernardino Colvero, Alex Sander Barcellos Retamoso

“…The regional territorial composition now turns to the articulation of a territorial network that connects Belo Horizonte-São Paulo-Uruguaina-São Borja-Córdoba-Rosario-Assunción-Santiago, which sustains a flow of goods. In this perspective the bridge emerges as a form of state control that does not prioritize human and cultural flows.…”
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Propiedades y aplicaciones de los cementos alcalinos Properties and uses of alkali cements by Ana Fernández-Jiménez, Ángel Palomo

“…So depending on the type of alkali activator that is used and after a previous thermal curing, the resulting material will show an interesting list of properties and features that includes: high initial mechanical strengths (under flexure and compression), low drying shrinkage, and a very good matrix-steel bonding, as well as an excellent strength to acid attack and an excellent behaviour when is exposed to fire. …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…In this study, a new category of sulfone-modified chitosan derivatives as surface-selective adsorbents for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal has been synthesized in good yield. Sulfone-modified chitosan/5–20 based on variable loading of the corresponding phenacyl bromide (5, 10, 15, and 20% with respect to the original weight of the pure chitosan) was synthesized. …”
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Public-Private Partnership: High-Impact Alliance for Sustainability Targets by Y. I. Vaslavskiy

“…In recent years, evaluation has emerged as an increasingly important function in determining the worth and value of development interventions in terms of their relevance, impact, performance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.We aspire to prove that PPP for Russia, following the pandemic-caused economic crisis and under Western sanctions, may perform a fundamental mission far more important than participation in producing public goods for budget funds. It could help the country to ensure a leap in its economy from statics to dynamics.This leap and respective transformations in corporate and social structures based on the human-centric principles could bring a multiplicative effect to the economy, quality of life, public policy, governance, and other spheres.…”
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Nutrition Awareness and Oral Health among Dental Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study by Manal M. H. Badrasawi, Nour H. Hijjeh, Rana S. Amer, Reema M. Allan, Mohammad Altamimi

“…The total mean score of the nutrition awareness was (9.3 ± 2.8), with higher level of nutrition awareness among females, and the highest score was 16 out of 17. The good oral health condition was reported among 44%, fair 32%, poor 16%, and bad 10% while excellent oral health was reported among only 5% of the participants. …”
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Changes in taste and odor sensitivities during repeated bicycle ergometer exercises by Masataka Narukawa, Kensuke Nojiri, Rina Matsuda, Momo Murata, Seiji Sakate, Sachiko Kuga, Hidetoshi Ue

“…Background Effective nutritional support is essential for maintaining good performance during exercise. Taste and olfaction are key senses for food intake, and understanding how their sensitivities change during exercise is important for effective nutritional support. …”
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Reproductive Diseases and Disorders of Female Camels: An Assessment and Pathological and Bacteriological Study in Eastern Ethiopia by Dinaol Belina, Amare Eshetu, Sisay Alemu, Bekyad Shasho, Tajudin Mohammed, Ahmedin Mohammed, Bahar Mummed, Dereje Regassa

“…On the other hand, a majority of camel herders had poor to no information and access to modern veterinary services; nevertheless, they had good indigenous knowledge on how to manage reproductive abnormalities. …”
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Study on the application of thermal-meltable recovery of CFRP strand anchors by Yize Zuo, Yize Zuo, Shanchang Xu, Shanchang Xu, Xin Fan, Weiwei Liu, Shuai Guan, Ruixin Jia, T. Tafsirojjaman

“…With the improved design, anchoring efficiency can be increased to over 95%, and the high-temperature recovery process shows good feasibility. Compared with traditional anchoring systems, CFRP strands offer higher anchoring efficiency, lower recovery force requirements, better economics, and sustainability, making them a promising solution for engineering applications.…”
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Visual hermeneutics as a tool to introduce empathy and core physician attributes in doctor-patient relationship for first-year medical undergraduate students by Sushma Prabhath, Uma Kulkarni, Vani Lakshmi R., Bikash Patra, Eshwari K., Divya Arvind Prabhu, Kirtana R. Nayak

“…This study aimed to introduce empathy concepts and attributes of a good physician to first-year medical students through the use of paintings and visual hermeneutics to enhance their understanding of the doctor-patient relationship. …”
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Biogenic Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles from Physalis peruviana and Application in Wound Healing by Stephen Adongo Odongo, Fredrick Oluoch Okumu, Solomon Omwoma Lugasi, Martin Opiyo Onani, Stephen Gaya Agong

“…Application of the Au NPs in wound healing is faster than controls. The Au NPs also have good biocompatibility as signs of infection were not present.…”
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Successful Management of Peri-Implantitis around Short and Ultrashort Single-Crown Implants: A Case Series with a 3-Year Follow-Up by Giorgio Lombardo, Mauro Marincola, Andrea Cicconetti, Miguel Angel Simancas-Pallares, Jacopo Pighi, Jeffrey Lehrberg, Annarita Signoriello, Giovanni Corrocher, Xiomara Serpa-Romero, Luis Armando Vila Sierra, Luisa Arevalo-Tovar, Pier Francesco Nocini

“…The results of the present case series suggest that if accurate surface decontamination is achieved, high survival rate and good clinical and radiographic results can be obtained after 3 years. …”
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A clinical study exploring the prediction of microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma through the use of combined enhanced CT and MRI radiomics. by Jiangfa Li, Wenxiang Song, Jixue Li, Lv Cai, Zhao Jiang, Mengxiao Wei, Boming Nong, Meiyu Lai, Yiyi Jiang, Erbo Zhao, Liping Lei

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The joint model that integrated the optimal radiomics features with clinical variables has good diagnostic performance for MVI of HCC and specific clinical applicability.…”
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Political Science in The Age of Resentment by D. B. Kazarinova

“…The resentment as both the cause and effect of identity politics, is a result of an unfair distribution of goods and evils of globalization, or the manifestation of accumulated negative emotions and unjustified expectations. …”
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