Parental perception of male circumcision: a local cross sectional study in a Muslim community by Abdullatif K. Al-Maghlouth, Ossama M. Zakaria

“…Results Four hundred and forty participated in the current study. The most commonly agreed upon indication for male circumcision by the participants was religion (88.4%). …”
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Practical Approach to Predicting the K0 Behavior of In Situ Sandy Gravel by Ming-Jie Jiang, Jun-Gao Zhu, En-yue Ji, Ying-qi Wei, Zhi-zhou Geng

“…The test samples with different maximum particle size dM are prepared by different techniques, and the scale effect on K0 behavior of sandy gravels is investigated. …”
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Interconnected Microgrids Load‐Frequency Control Using Stage‐by‐Stage Optimized TIDA+1 Error Signal Regulator by Hossein Shayeghi, Alireza Rahnama, Nicu Bizon, Antoni Szumny

“…The controller parameters are optimized using a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with nonlinear time‐varying acceleration coefficients (NTVAC). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the quality of higher education in Pakistan: students’ perspective by Maham Khalid, Aamir Sarwar, Sardar Ahmad, Bushra Rehman

“…Multi group analysis (MGA) involving male and female students from public and private institutions showed statistically significant findings in all groups, with partial mediation between the independent and dependent variables. …”
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Central Giant Cell Granuloma of Posterior Maxilla: First Expression of Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Deepanshu Gulati, Vishal Bansal, Prajesh Dubey, Sanjay Pandey, Abhinav Agrawal

“…The patient underwent partial parathyroidectomy under general anaesthesia to control primary hyperparathyroidism. …”
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Event tourism, public policy and socio-cultural development in Dublin by Bernadette Quinn, Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Theresa Ryan

“…Event tourism as a term is now well established in the tourism lexicon, however, it is usually employed in quite a limited way that offers only partial insights into a complex phenomenon. To redress this deficit, this paper examines the case of Dublin, where for the last twenty-five years, policy-makers have been using festivals and events to boost the city’s international standing. …”
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Frequency Of Prolonged Qtc in Patients With Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease In A Rural Cohort Of Sindh by Adeel Ahmed, Bushra Rabbani, Muhammad Kamran, Ammarah Saeed, Jameel Ahmed

“…Results: Out of 196 participants with decompensated liver disease included in the study, 59 (30.1%) participants were found to have prolonged QTc. …”
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Uma Pesquisa Translacional em Educação Matemática em Perspectiva by Amarildo Mechiades da Silva, Janete Bolite Frant, Rodolfo Chaves

“…Nosso ponto de partida foi a revisão da literatura sobre o tema em busca da gênese do termo e da identificação da natureza dessa pesquisa. …”
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Research on the influence of anchor characteristics on consumer purchase intention—a case study of selected anchors on Dong Yuhui’s “With Hui” Live-stream account by Ruiqiang Li, Yaoyuan Cui, Xue Mei

“…Perceived trust positively affects purchase intention and perceived trust partially mediates the relationship between anchor characteristics and purchase intention, with partial mediation observed between professionalism, high interactivity, fame, and attractiveness on purchase intention. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Pectin from “Saba” Banana Peel Waste: Optimization, Characterization, and Rheology Study by Joel P. Rivadeneira, Tao Wu, Quincy Ybanez, Adeliza A. Dorado, Veronica P. Migo, Fidel Rey P. Nayve, Katherine Ann T. Castillo-Israel

“…The pectin was found to be low-methoxy in nature and had an average particle size of 300 nm. The pectin application in whey protein isolate resulted in a shear-thinning fluid, with an improved viscosity compared to a control. …”
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Nanocrystalline Cellulose/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Fibrous Composites Prepared by Electrospinning and Thermal Crosslinking by Katrina M. Hatch, Jana Hlavatá, Katherine Paulett, Tatsiana Liavitskaya, Sergey Vyazovkin, Andrei V. Stanishevsky

“…The particle size had a strong effect on the precursor viscosity, process efficiency, and resulting fiber diameter. …”
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Diagnostic study of fungal and bacterial pathogens that cause vaginal infection in women by Heba Hadid Rashed, Ibtihal Muiz Al-Hussaini, Ali H. Al-Marzoqi

“…Objectives: Isolation, identification, and partial purification of bacteria and fungi that cause vaginal infection. …”
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Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…Synthesized Ag NPs were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) images which indicated an average particle size of Ag around 250 nm. The catalytic activity of Ag NPs was investigated for the oxidative mineralization of methylene blue dye. …”
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Transjugular Retrograde Obliteration prior to Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hyperammonemia due to Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt by Fumio Chikamori, Nobutoshi Kuniyoshi

“…Superior mesenteric arterial portography after TJO revealed a hepatopetal portal flow. Partial hepatectomy of S8 was performed 25 days after TJO. …”
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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: STRENGTHENING THE IMMUNITY BY REENGINEERING AMONG MENTAL HEALTH TANGLES by Priyaranjan Maral, Deepa Punetha, Usha Kiran Subba

“…Every family who faces the Pandemic directly or indirectly experiences partial or no control over their thinking, emotions, actions, and coping related to COVID-19 and deaths. …”
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Influence of Composite C-S-H Seed Prepared by Wet Grinding on High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete by Shiheng Wang, Jianan Liu, Yaogang Tian, Peng Zhao

“…As the ratio of cement to silica fume (C/S) decreases, the particle size of the C-seed gradually decreases, the volume of CH decreases and the volume of C-S-H increases first, but when the C/S is less than 4/6, it decreases significantly. …”
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Improved Coupled Tensor Factorization with Its Applications in Health Data Analysis by Qing Wu, Jie Wang, Jin Fan, Gang Xu, Jia Wu, Blake Johnson, Xingfei Li, Quan Do, Ruiquan Ge

“…For this reason, approximate coupling or partial coupling is widely used in real-world data fusion, with exact coupling as a special case of these techniques. …”
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A novel predictive model for the compressive strength development in class G cement slurries at different temperatures, retarder, and salt concentrations by Ali Barati Harooni, Hasan Maroof, Maryam Abdollahi Khoshmardan, Omid Pourali

“…Moreover, a computer-based Radial Basis Function optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO-RBF) model with three layers was developed for the estimation of experimental compressive strength data. …”
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Research on the Prediction of the Water Demand of Construction Engineering Based on the BP Neural Network by Hao Peng, Han Wu, Junwu Wang

“…To address the large water consumption and high uncertainty of water demand in project construction, a prediction model based on the back propagation (BP) neural network improved by particle swarm optimization (PSO) was proposed in the present work. …”
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Synchronized observation of pressure wave influence on plasma–target interaction using optical wave microphone and high-speed camera by Thuzar Phyo Wai, Nway Htet Htet Myo, Kota Hagiwara, Fumiaki Mitsugi

“…Experimental results show that the arrival and formation of pressure waves were strongly related to the fine particle movements at the plasma–target interaction.…”
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