Flexural behavior of sustainable high-strength RC beams with GGBS and iron filings incorporation by Saif Altai, Sawsan Akram Hassan

“…This experimental study investigates the behavior of sustainable high-strength reinforced concrete (HSRC) beams when cement is partially replaced with ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and sand with iron filings (IF). …”
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The Efficacy of On-Site Integration Screening and Microelimination Programs for Chronic Hepatitis C in a Detection Center: A Comparison of the Treatment Outcomes and Characteristic... by Hsuan-Yuan Chang, Su-Hung Wang, Hsing-Tao Kuo, Ming-Jen Sheu, I-Che Feng, Chung-Han Ho, Jui-Yi Chen, Chi-Shu Sun, Chi-Hsing Chen, Cheng-Yi Lin, Chun-Chi Yang

“…In this retrospective study, which ran from May 2021 to April 2022, we included 32 consenting male prisoners aged at least 20 years who were willing to participate in the study. Members of the control group (who received DAAs in an outpatient setting) were selected from the treated CHC patient databank of individuals who received DAA regimens at Chi Mei Hospital between January 2021 and December 2022. …”
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Geospatial Relationships between Awareness and Utilization of Community Exercise Resources and Physical Activity Levels in Older Adults by Christopher J. Dondzila, Ann M. Swartz, Kevin G. Keenan, Amy E. Harley, Razia Azen, Scott J. Strath

“…Four hundred and seventeen older adults (72.9±7.7 years) were randomly recruited from three spatial tiers (≤1.6, >1.6 to ≤3.2, and >3.2 to 8.0 km) surrounding seven senior centers, which housed CBFR. Participants completed questionnaires on health history, CBFR, and physical activity, gathering data on CBFR awareness, utilization, and barriers, overall levels, and predictors to engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). …”
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University Leaders’ Views on Independent Campus Curriculum as Educational Reforms in Indonesian Islamic Universities by Muhammad Nasir, Muhammad Khairul Rijal, Syarifah Kurniaty Kahar, Fathur Rahman, Anis Komariah

“…A complete understanding requires input from students, stakeholders, and other interested parties.…”
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa Prevalence by Age and Race in the United States by Kritin K. Verma, Daniel P. Friedmann, Fatma Z. Deligonul, Ryan Koch, Kara K. Hurley, Jonathan Aldrete, Michelle B. Tarbox

“…Results: Among 407,333 participants, 1616 cases of HS were identified, representing an overall prevalence of 0.40% (95% CI, 0.38–0.42) with a 4:1 female-to-male ratio. …”
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Physiology of wrestlers` dehydration by Asim Cengız, Bilal Demirhan

“…In fact, for athletes participating in brief-duration,high- power sports, rapid weight loss may give them an advantage by increasing power on a pound for poundbasis. …”
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An Analytical Exploration of Mobile Virtual Social Networks and Their Impact on Teenagers\' Academic Quality of Life by Amrollah Amani Kalarijani, Mahsa Talebi, Bita Erfani

“…The target demographic encompassed all tenth-grade male and female students from two districts in Baharestan during the academic year of 2023, with a total of 100 eligible individuals who willingly opted to participate in the study; the instruments employed for data collection included questionnaires pertaining to the utilization of mobile virtual social networks as developed by Javadinia et al. (2011) and the assessment of quality of life in educational settings as conceptualized by Ainley and Bourke (1992). …”
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Risk of General Anesthesia in Pediatric Skin Procedures with Projection on Tumescent Anesthesia by Abdulmajeed Alajlan, Bader M. Alhabeeb, Ali M. Alhazmi, Osama A. Alobaid, Ahmed A. Alharthi, Nada I. Al-Habib, Ahmed M. El-Malky

“…All patients admitted for pediatric skin procedures during this period have participated in our study. We reviewed selected charts to document any unexpected admissions, adverse events, or complications. …”
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Application of the workload indicators of staffing need (WISN) to assess dietetic workforce needs in South African central and tertiary public hospitals by Vertharani Nolene Naicker, Jane W. Muchiri, Keshan Naidoo, Modiehi Heather Legodi

“…Head dietitians from 21 of 22 central and tertiary public hospitals participated in an online survey to provide data and consensus on workload components and activity standards via Delphi technique. …”
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College Students’ Trauma and Stress Enhance Benefits of Warm-Tone Syllabus by Merry Sleigh, Donna Nelson, Alyssa Nelson, Meridee Ritzer

“…We examined if the tone of a syllabus would interact with levels of trauma or stress to impact participants’ perceptions of the instructor, willingness to seek help, and self-efficacy. …”
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Independent State, Federal State, or Unitary State? Age, Gender, and Regional Differences Among Anglophone Cameroonians by Elvis Nshom

“…In a sample of 314 participants, the results show that men were more supportive of an independent state than women, but women were more supportive of a federal state than men. …”
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La ironía ante la tarea de la interioridad: Kierkegaard, crítico de la Frühromantik by Susana Bellón Rey

“…Será así que, centrándonos en la cuestión de la ironía, trataremos de poner de manifiesto la voluntad de los autores de resistir al dominio del Sistema filosófico especulativo, a lo que ellos mismos contrapusieron la necesidad de llevar a cabo la tarea de la interioridad, en virtud de la cual la subjetividad se desarrollaría plenamente. No obstante, partimos de una perspectiva kierkegaardiana desde la cual reconocemos el fracaso del primer Romanticismo en la realización de tal tarea ética y, en efecto, a lo largo de la investigación se estudiarán las diferencias de pensamiento que encontramos al respecto entra el movimiento alemán y la concepción del danés. …”
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Investigation of the Satisfaction Levels of University Students from Social and Sports Activities Provided in the University Environment by Şirin Pepe, Hamdi Pepe, Kadir Pepe

“…As a result of obtained data; we can suggest that participants were mainly satisfied from social and sportive activities provided in the university environment within the scope of the research, however, women were more satisfied in social activities compared to men and men were more satisfied in sportive activities compared to women. …”
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Allograft Cellular Bone Matrix in Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: Preliminary Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes by Antoine G. Tohmeh, Blake Watson, Mirna Tohmeh, Xavier J. Zielinski

“…Complete interbody fusion with Osteocel Plus was shown in 90.2% of XLIF levels, with the remaining 9.8% being partially consolidated and progressing towards fusion at 12 months.…”
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The association between type 2 diabetes and asthma incidence: a longitudinal analysis considering genetic susceptibility by Fei Chen, Ying Yang, Liping Yu, Lulu Song, Cong Zhang, Yifan He, Lili Wu, Wanlu Ma, Bo Zhang

“…Methods This study utilized data from the UK Biobank longitudinal cohort, involving 388,775 participants. A polygenic risk score (PRS) for asthma was derived from genome-wide association studies summary. …”
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Assessment of Rainfall Frequencies from Global Precipitation Datasets by Xueyi Yin, Ziyang Zhang, Zhi Lin, Jun Yin

“…Specifically, these differences are as high as 41.8% for the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and 74.8% for the fifth-generation European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis (ERA5), which are much larger than the differences in mean rainfall rates but can be partially corrected by redefining wet days with higher rainfall thresholds. …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Characteristics of University Students in Cyprus: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Elena Hadjimbei, George Botsaris, Vassilis Gekas, Andrie G. Panayiotou

“…On the other hand, 76% of participants reported consumption of at least two dairy products daily and 88% use olive oil at home. …”
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Las políticas urbanísticas municipales en España: 40 años de ayuntamientos democráticos (1979–2019) by Carme Bellet Sanfeliu

“…Finalmente, se caracteriza el urbanismo del último de los períodos tras la crisis financiera e inmobiliaria (2008–2019), durante el cual, y especialmente tras las elecciones municipales en 2015, irrumpieron en algunos gobiernos locales, partidos y coaliciones que surgieron de los movimientos del 15 M de 2011. …”
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Serum Activins and Follistatin during the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 1 and 4 and Their Correlations with Viral Load and Liver Enzymes: A Preliminary Report by Bassem Refaat, Adel Galal El-Shemi, Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi, Adnan AlZanbagi

“…This study was cross-sectional and sera were collected from 165 participants classified into 7 groups: 40 healthy negative control, 33 treatment naïve patients as positive control, 19 patients at week 4, 22 at week 12, and 19 at week 24 of treatment initiation and 21 responders and 11 nonresponders at the end of 48-week treatment protocol. …”
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Legal Status of Voters and Observers in the Remote Electronic Voting System in Russia by V. A. Rzhanovskiy

“…The article discusses some elements in the Remote Electronic Voting system. …”
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