Application of sewage sludge for cereal production in a Mediterranean environment (Lebanon) by Danny Romanos, Nabil Nemer, Yara Khairallah, Marie Therese Abi Saab

“…Most of the Lebanese local sludge is discarded in the water or in landfills (most wastewater plants are partially functional). The objective of this research was to assess the effect of the application of different sewage sludge rates on the wheat production as an alternative of chemical fertilizer. …”
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Analysis of Mechanical Response for a Reinforced Bedded Rock Slope under Rainfall by Longqi Li, Changlin Li, Chuan He

“…The descending in thrust pressure was mainly due to the fact that the strength of slope mass recovered partially with water flowing out of the slope from the frontal portion and the slide tendency was weakened. …”
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The Impact of Periodontal Therapy on Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Chronic Periodontitis by Deepti Shrivastava, Abdullah R. F. Alanazi, Zayed M. A. Altimani, Abdullah M. Alsalem, Mohammad K. Alam, Kumar C. Srivastava

“…Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled experiment, 100 individuals with a diagnosis of chronic periodontitis were included. Two groups of participants were created: a treatment group (n = 50) that received scaling and root planning as well as other non-surgical periodontal care, and a control group (n = 50) that did not receive any treatment. …”
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火灾下部分包覆钢-混凝土组合构件升温数值模拟分析 by 吴昊宇, 吴培红, 谢丰蔚, 林雪娇, 蒋首超, 刘政君

“…为研究部分包覆钢-混凝土组合（steel-concrete partially encased composite，PEC）构件火灾下的传热性能，首先采用PEC构件标准火灾试验验证了二维有限元模型，然后对火灾下带有防火保护的PEC构件的升温过程及主要影响参数进行研究分析。…”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Management of General Practitioners of the Hospital Districts of Ouagadougou about Migraine (Burkina Faso) by A. A. Dabilgou, A. Dravé, J. M. A. Kyelem, A. Zoma, C. Napon, A. Millogo, K. Karfo, J. Kaboré

“…Thirteen percent of them were suffering from migraine. All participants had previous experience with migraine diagnosis before the survey. …”
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Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and mRNA Expression of Hemocyanin Subunit in Oriental River Prawn Macrobrachium nipponense by Youqin Kong, Liqiao Chen, Zhili Ding, Jianguang Qin, Shengming Sun, Ligai Wang, Jinyun Ye

“…This study indicated that the MnHc-1 expression can be affected by dietary copper and the hemocyanin may potentially participate in the antibacterial defense of M. nipponense.…”
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The First Step of Health Policy-Making for Lifestyle Modifications at Middle Age: Problem Identification in 40- to 60-Year-Old Population, Northern Iran by Simin Mouodi, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Reza Ghadimi, Ali Bijani, Robert Graham Cumming, Hassan Ashrafian Amiri, Fatemeh Bayani, Shima Sum

“…Results showed that 10.6% of the participants had unhealthy lifestyle behaviors in the subdomain of spiritual growth; 46.8% in the subdomain of health responsibility; and 48.2% in the subdomains of stress management, physical activity, and nutrition; men had more physical activity than women (p<0.001). …”
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Periodontal Inflammation as a Modifiable Risk Factor for COPD Exacerbations in the Indian Population: A Prospective Cohort Study by Anuj Singh Parihar, Dhairaysheel N. Edake, Sandhya Nema, Manoharmayum Laxmipriya, Shailja S. Vediya, Deepak Kochar, Rashmi Laddha

“…Methods: A total of 2500 participants with established COPD from various regions of India were enrolled and followed for five years. …”
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Study protocol for virtual leisure investigating the effect of virtual reality-delivered stress reduction, entertainment and distraction on the use of coercion and need-based medic... by Julie Midtgaard, Lars Clemmensen, Louise Birkedal Glenthøj, Gry Jørgensen, Kristina Ballestad Gundersen, Lisa Charlotte Smith, Stephane Bouchard, Christina Plambøck Thomsen, Louise Turgut

“…Feasibility and acceptability will be explored with qualitative interviews supplemented with non-participant observations and focus groups. The study began on 1 January 2023, and we expect to complete data collection by 31 December 2024.Ethics and dissemination The study is registered at Danish Data Protection Agency (j.no P-2022-466) and is approved by the Committee on Health Research Ethics of the capital region of Denmark (j.no 22013313). …”
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The use of project technologies in teaching the structure and maintenance of cars by V. Pryimak

“…Practical work in the project format contributed to the development of critical thinking and the ability to make informed decisions, as participants were forced to analyse problems and find optimal ways to solve them. …”
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Illness perception in patients with dental caries: A co-relational study in Odisha by Hemamalini Rath, Abhijit Panda, Shilpa Mahapatra

“…Majority (83 %) of participants reported presence of a “visible hole” when they had dental caries. …”
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Construction and application of march tests for pattern sensitive memory faults detection by V. N. Yarmolik, V. A. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets, I. Mrozek

“…Passive pattern sensitive faults (PNPSFk) are allocated, in which arbitrary k from N memory cells participate, where k &lt;&lt; N, and N is the memory capacity in bits. …”
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The design and rationale of the cardiac REHABilitation to improve metabolic health in Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (REHAB-HCM) Study by Matthew Cheung, Nathaniel Moulson, Jinelle C. Gelinas, Ali Daraei, Sarah M. Bradwell, Carolyn Taylor, Neil D. Eves, Graeme J. Koelwyn, Thomas M. Roston

“…Setting: A multi-disciplinary HCM clinic and Multidisciplinary Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation program. Participants: Patients aged 18–80 years old diagnosed with HCM and metabolic syndrome, defined by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines, and the National Cholesterol Education Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria. …”
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Optimizing the frequency of question items for bird species in quiz-style online training by Yui Ogawa, Keita Fukasawa, Akira Yoshioka, Nao Kumada, Akio Takenaka, Takashi Kamijo

“…The frequency-adjustment algorithm also improved scores to a greater extent compared with the adaptive algorithm implemented in our previous experiment in 2021. However, participants in the frequency-adjustment group had difficulty perceiving changes in their own interest in learning birdsongs, and so a future version of TORI-TORE may need to allow for the selection of not only the frequency-adjustment algorithm but also the frequency-adjustment + interactive algorithm.…”
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Thermodynamic Phase Transition of Generalized Ayon-Beato Garcia Black Holes by Elham Ghasemi, Hossein Ghaffarnejad

“…They show that the system participates in the small to large phase transition of the black hole or the Hawking-Page phase transition which is similar to the van der Waals phase transition in the ordinary thermodynamics systems. …”
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Correlation between levels of physical activity, disease severity and pain intensity in women with fibromyalgia by Márcio Bruning, Jonato Prestes, Nuno Manuel Frade de Sousa, Gabriel Caetano Pereira, Fernanda Maria Borghi, Leonardo Pestillo de Oliveira

“…The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) was used to assess the intensity of the participants’ pain. RESULTS: Significant differences were found between the groups in terms of symptom severity (F = 9.471; p<0.001; n2=0.174) and pain intensity (F = 5.074; p=0.008; n2=0.101), which were unfavorable to the sedentary group (p<0.05). …”
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Promoting Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes toward Socioscientific Issues by Sundus Yerdelen, Mustafa Cansız, Nurcan Cansız, Hakan Akcay

“…In order to evaluate participants’ attitudes towards socioscientific issues, Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues Scale was utilized before and after the course. …”
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Investigating the Predictive Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Adolescents by Shakiba Mahmoudi, Abbas Firoozabadi, Seyed Ruhollah Hosseini, Seyyed Kazem Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei, Maryam Shamsaei

“…Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the predictive role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress experienced by adolescents aged 15 to 18 in Mashhad.Method: This study employed a descriptive and correlational design, targeting a population of students in Mashhad aged 15 to 18. A total of 800 participants were selected through cluster random sampling. …”
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Enhancing cardiac assessments: accurate and efficient prediction of quantitative fractional flow reserve by Arshia Eskandari, Sara Malek, Alireza Jabbari, Kian Javari, Nima Rahmati, Behrad Nikbakhtian, Bahram Mohebbi, Seyed Ehsan Parhizgar, Mona Alimohammadi

“…Despite advances in computational and imaging techniques, no definitive methodology currently assures clinicians of reliable, non-invasive strategies for future planning.MethodThe present research encompassed a cohort of 150 participants who were admitted to the Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical, and Research Center. …”
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Importance of reference group selection in the evaluation of cancer incidence by Alexandra K. Mueller, Brandon Vaeth, Andrew C. Todd, Christopher R. Dasaro, Jiehui Li, Baozhen Qiao, Paolo Boffetta, David J. Prezant, Charles B. Hall, David G. Goldfarb, Rachel Zeig-Owens

“…This study describes the influence that different reference populations have on relative cancer incidence and temporal trends. Participants from the WTC Combined Rescue/Recovery Cohort (n = 65,691) were observed between 1/1/2002 and 12/31/2015 using data obtained from 13 state cancer registries. …”
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