Body Composition in Preterm Infants: Current Insights and Emerging Perspectives by Sreekanth Viswanathan, Melissa Thoene, Zaineh Alja’nini, Pradeep Alur, Kera McNelis

“…Despite these improvements, emerging research highlights the lasting impacts of early growth patterns on an individual’s health trajectory. Adults born prematurely face a higher incidence of health issues related to their early birth. …”
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Corneal biomechanics: A diagnostic tool for differentiating high astigmatism and mild keratoconus by Norsyariza Razak, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Bariah Mohd-Ali

“…Keratoconus was diagnosed through slit lamp examination and abnormal corneal tomography patterns. The Kruskal–Wallis test evaluated each parameter’s distinguishing capability, and the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyzed the ability to differentiate high astigmatism and normal eyes from mild KCN. …”
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Ecological Drivers of Molt‐Breeding Overlap, an Unusual Life‐History Strategy of Small‐Island Birds? by Christopher C. De Ruyck, Nicola Koper

“…To explore this question, we collected data on the life cycles and diets of 10 commonly occurring Grenadian bird species to assess the degree of generalist foraging and evaluate how seasonal patterns in diet niche breadth and diet overlap among species relates to the high rates of molt‐breeding overlap. …”
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Formation and development of the Acquis Communautaire in France, Germany and Switzerland: A comparative legal analysis by N. O. Rastorhuieva

“…It is found that the patterns of formation and development of the acquis communautaire in France, Germany and Switzerland are overcoming contradictions and searching for compromises between France and Germany in all areas of common European policy and the need to coordinate their position with other members of the European Union. …”
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Separation of iron-nickel alloy nugget from limonitic laterite ore using self-reduction by Ju P., Ryom K., Hong K.

“…To evaluate the formation and the separation of iron-nickel alloy nugget in the reduction process, we observed the patterns of reduced products under different C/O ratio, CaO addition ratio and holding time conditions. …”
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Prevalence Of Rifampicin Resistance in New Cases Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Children by Sonia Saleem, Aneela Shaheen, Muhammad Naeem, Shahid Mehmood Sahi, Sara Rubab, Bint-Ul- Huda

“…Conclusion: The study highlights the need for continuous monitoring of drug resistance patterns in children with tuberculosis, particularly concerning rifampicin, a crucial first-line antibiotic. …”
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Cord Blood pH and Lactate- A Step Ahead in Diagnosis of Fetal Acidaemia in Patients with Abnormal Cardiotocography by Indrani Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay Singh, Sushila Kachatti

“…There is a definite correlation between abnormal CTG patterns and poorer neonatal outcomes. …”
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Application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Electroencephalography in the Evaluation of Brain Function Changes after Stroke by Linhong Mo, Yiqiu Nie, Guiling Wan, Yingbin Zhang, Man Zhao, Jiaojiao Wu, Huiqi Wang, Qing Li, Aixian Liu

“…In the control group, neurophysiological evaluation was also performed as a reference index to evaluate the changes in cortical patterns after stroke. Results. The brain topographic map showed the changes in energy or power spectral density (PSD) at 1,000 ms after stimulation as compared with before stimulation, but no difference was detected in these patients. …”
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Using roof borehole electrical resistivity tomography to monitor roof water infiltration in a mine work face by Liang Du, Wenjin Zhu, Lei Wang, Hao Li, Xiaoyu Jiao, Teng Qin

“…By analyzing the variation patterns of low-resistivity anomalies in the resistivity profile, the water-conducting channels and water outflow points can be identified. …”
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Sustainability of Paddy Rice Farming in the Conservation of Birds in Uganda Amidst a Growing Expansion of the Rice farming Industry. by Sarah, Nachuha, Twagiramaria, Fortunate

“…This study was guided by the anthropogenic impacts hypothesis which proposes that humans have modified the ‘natural’ biodiversity patterns such that diversity is generally depressed in areas with long history of human occupation or intensive activities. …”
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Translating Runyankole- Rukiga Folktales Into English. by Tukaheebwa, Miria

“…The research used a qualitative method which was employed to assess and acquire clear explanations of the different patterns of knowledge, and practices perceived in translating folktales from Runyankole-Rukiga to English. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Semi–Automatic Paver Block Making Machine. by Wamani, Samuel

“…The pedestrian streets and squares look more attractive when pavers of various patterns and hues are used. The goal of this project is to develop and build an automatic paver block production machine that can effectively and economically create high-quality paver blocks. …”
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Crack Propagation Analysis at Openings in Unreinforced Masonry Walls Due to Lateral and Vertical Loads. by Ihangu, Derrick

“…For walls with smaller aspect ratios (1/3), failure occurred at lower stress levels, although their crack patterns were similar to those of walls with other opening sizes. …”
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Financial Institutions and Agricultural development in Rwanda. A Case Study of Rwanda Development Bank. by Boniface, Kabahizi

“…On the basis of customers’ perception about RDB lending policy, it has been realized from the study that clients prefer RDB because of its attractive lending policy, it has been realized from the study that clients prefer RDB because of its attractive lending policy including reasonable interest rate and repayment patterns. The reasons behind this are the interest rate for agricultural sector and exportation loans is lower compared to other sectors financed by RDB. …”
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Financial Resource Mobilization and Accountability in Localgovernments of Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government by Paul, Rubarema

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The prognosis and metabolite changes of NSCLC patients receiving first‐line immunotherapy combined chemotherapy in different M1c categories according to 9th edition of TNM classifi... by Liang Zheng, Fang Hu, Wei Nie, Jun Lu, Bo Zhang, Jianlin Xu, Shuyuan Wang, Ying Li, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Wei Zhang, Yinchen Shen, Runbo Zhong, Tianqing Chu, Baohui Han, Hua Zhong, Xueyan Zhang

“…The relationship between metastatic patterns and progression‐free survival (PFS) in patients undergoing combination therapy was analyzed using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Drawing on social network and political participation theory and novel survey data from Belgium, Paulis explores what network patterns contribute to young people’s enrolment in a political party. …”
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Deteksi Persamaan Pola Gerakan pada Koreografi Tari Bali by Ni Made Rai Maryati, Made Windu Antara Kesiman, I Made Gede Sunarya

“…To detecting the similarity of movement patterns we use skeletonization method, then followed by extracting shape features of the skeleton images using HOG method. …”
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Application of Concentration-Area fractal modeling and artificial neural network to identify Cu, Zn±Pb geochemical anomalies in Hashtjin area, NW of Iran by Ali Imamalipour, Hamed Ebrahimi, Amir reza Abdollahpur

“…This neural network automatically and through unsupervised learning identifies patterns, complex structures, and high-level features of the input data. …”
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Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations during music-evoked autobiographical memories in neurotypical older adults by Teresa Lesiuk, Kaitlyn Dillon, Giulia Ripani, Ioannis Iliadis, Gabriel Perez, Bonnie Levin, Xiaoyan Sun, Roger McIntosh

“…In addition to a T1 structural scan, neuroimaging data were collected while participants listened to familiar music (MEAM retrieval) versus unfamiliar music.ResultsWhen listening to familiar compared to unfamiliar music, greater fALFF activation patterns were observed in the right parahippocampal gyrus, controlling for age and GMV. …”
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