Probabilistic Evaluation of Grouting Reinforcement on Settlement Control Effectiveness in Shield Tunneling Construction by LAN Mulin, SHEN Mengfen, HE Su, XU Quan, CHEN Zhehui, BAO Lichun

“…In the reliability analysis, the cohesion and internal friction angle are used as random variables, and the Latin hypercube sampling-response surface-finite difference method is adopted to evaluate the control effect of grouting reinforcement. …”
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Nonlinear multilevel seemingly unrelated height-diameter and crown length mixed-effects models for the southern Transylvanian forests, Romania by Albert Ciceu, Ştefan Leca, Ovidiu Badea, Lauri Mehtätalo

“…In this study, we used an extensive sampling network established in central Romania to develop tree height and crown length models. …”
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Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Shegaw Gelaw, Melaku Kindie Yenit, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu

“…Hypertension prevalence is continuously rising and is projected to be 1.56 billion cases by the year 2025. …”
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Chemical composition of the discharge fluid from IDDP-2, Reykjanes, Iceland by I. Galeczka, I. Galeczka, F. Óskarsson, K. G. Mesfin, J. E. Jónsson

“…It was drilled in 2016 and 2017 as part of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP), which aim has been to assess the economic viability of supercritical fluids utilization. …”
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Charting resilience: a typology of food self-sufficiency in OECD nations by Sagit Barel-Shaked, Erez Buda

“…The sample size consists of all 38 OECD countries, classified into six typologies based on SSR and GDP per capita. …”
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Evaluating sexual health in sex workers and men who have sex with men: the SMESH cross-sectional protocol study by Carla Domingues, Flávia Moreno Alves de Souza, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Ana Goretti Kalume Maranhão, Frederico Falcetta

“…Specimens from the oral cavity and anal and cervical or penile/scrotal sites will be collected. All HPV samples will be processed in a certified central laboratory. …”
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Pesticide Residue Detection in Broccoli Based on Hyperspectral Technology and Convolutional Neural Network by Dan WANG, Yuqing LUAN, Zuojun TAN, Wei WEI

“…Two data preprocessing methods, namely multivariate scattering correction (MSC) and Savitzky-Golay smoothing (SG smoothing), as well as principal component analysis (PCA), competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), and successive projection algorithm (SPA) were used to reduce the dimensionality. …”
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Undetected comorbidities in older adults with serious mental illness, and opportunities for screening – A cross-sectional study from Kerala by Priya Chandran, Jayakrishnan Thavody, C. M. Sujina, Neethu Mohan, Shibu Kumar, Harish M. Tharayil, Anusha Prabakarana, C. B. Sooria, Smita N. Deshpande

“…Materials and Methods: The present study is a part of the Support system Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Illness in Old age (SENIOR) research project. SENIOR used a cross-sectional study design, among OASMI participants identified through multistage cluster sampling from three districts in Kerala. …”
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ENHANCING STUDENTS' FICTION ANALYSIS SKILLS THROUGH QUIZIZZ MEDIA IN A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING MODEL by Gusti Ketut Alit Suputra, Idris Idris, Moh. Tahir, Syamsuddin Syamsuddin, Gazali Gazali, Riri Apriana N. Nandi

“…The students are selected from stratified random sampling. The data-collecting instrument consisted of a fiction test analysis, a questionnaire, and a Likert scale on engagement and motivation. …”
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Bridge Geometric Shape Measurement Using LiDAR–Camera Fusion Mapping and Learning-Based Segmentation Method by Shang Jiang, Yifan Yang, Siyang Gu, Jiahui Li, Yingyan Hou

“…Existing geometric shape measurement methods predominantly rely on traditional surveying instruments, which suffer from low efficiency and are limited to sparse point sampling. This study proposes a novel framework that utilizes an airborne LiDAR–camera fusion system for data acquisition, reconstructs high-precision 3D bridge models through real-time mapping, and automatically extracts structural geometric shapes using deep learning. …”
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Economic and health impacts of PM2.5 pollution in China’s urban air: Assessing the financial burden by Lingli Yang, Fang Bao

“…These health impacts were modelled to estimate indirect economic costs—including projected cardiovascular healthcare expenditures and productivity losses—revealing a combined financial burden exceeding ¥2.1 billion annually across the three cities. …”
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Exploring microbial diversity and taxonomy using SSU rRNA hypervariable tag sequencing. by Susan M Huse, Les Dethlefsen, Julie A Huber, David Mark Welch, David A Relman, Mitchell L Sogin

“…Massively parallel pyrosequencing of hypervariable regions from small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes can sample a microbial community two or three orders of magnitude more deeply per dollar and per hour than capillary sequencing of full-length SSU rRNA. …”
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Population size, habitat preference, and feeding ecology of the common bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus decula) in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia by Fasika Negussie, Eshetu Moges, Belayneh Abebe

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Longitudinal observational (single cohort) study on the causes of trypanocide failure in cases of African animal trypanosomosis in cattle near wildlife protected areas of Northern... by Shauna Richards, Davide Pagnossin, Paul Samson Buyugu, Oliver Manangwa, Furaha Mramba, Emmanuel Sindoya, Edith Paxton, Steve J Torr, Ryan Ritchie, Giovanni E Rossi, Lawrence Nnadozie Anyanwu, Michael P Barrett, Liam J Morrison, Harriet Auty

“…When a farmer administered a trypanocide (ISM, diminazine aceturate, homidium), the project veterinarian assessed administration and treatment outcomes were determined based on PCR results from blood samples. …”
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Internet + Nursing Service Perception Among Nursing Staff: A Cross-Sectional Study at Guizhou Province, China by Li Y, Li L, Deng R

“…The findings also revealed the main issues of current concern, which included the support of relevant policy documents, the security risks of on-site services, and the pricing standards of service projects.Conclusion: Research data indicate that while most hospitals have not implemented the service, there is a high willingness among nursing staff to participate, yet the actual participation rate is low. …”
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Competitive champions versus cooperative advocates by Alison Frances Rogers, Amy M Gullickson, Jean A King, Elizabeth McKinley

“…This article constitutes a component of a larger research project. Data Collection and Analysis: This research used purposive sampling to recruit champions working in Australian non-profit organizations, who were identified via descriptive criteria gleaned from a literature review. …”
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Analyzing Used Cooking Oil Flow in Yogyakarta City: Advancing Circular Economy through Reverse Logistics Management by Budijati Siti Mahsanah, Astuti Fatma Hermining, Jatiningrum Wandhansari Sekar, Muallif Rafih

“…In the long term, it is projected to create an ideal circular economy related to cooking oil management. …”
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The economics of forest restoration: A cost-effectiveness analysis of the leasehold forestry programme in Nepal by Sony Baral, Santosh Paudel, Bijendra Basnyat, Rajesh K Rai

“…For this study, 64 user groups were selected from 921 leasehold forests, using a three-stage cluster sampling technique. A household-level semi-structured questionnaire interview (n = 154 for control forest users and n = 320 for leasehold forest users) was conducted to ascertain the costs and benefits for the beneficiary households. …”
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Survey on oral health status of second-grade primary school students in Suzhou City by ZHANG Yuwen, LI Bei, GE Bing, ZHU Ye, WANG Xiaozhen, BAI Lu, ZHU Peng

“…Methods A multi-stage, stratified, random sampling method was used to select 1 640 second-grade primary school students from 10 districts(county-level cities) across Suzhou. …”
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Impact of sports nutrition education on awareness and knowledge among physical education majors and workers by Kyu-Lim Lee, Jun-Young Sung

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