Effects of urban sprawl due to migration on spatiotemporal land use-land cover change: a case study of Bartın in Türkiye by Gökhan Şen

“…Abstract Rapid urban growth is a subject of worldwide interest due to environmental problems. Population growth, especially migration from rural to urban areas, leads to land use and land cover (LULCC) changes in urban centres. …”
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Autopilot control unmanned aerial vehicle system for sewage defect detection using deep learning by Binay Kumar Pandey, Digvijay Pandey, S. K. Sahani

“…In order to get rid of the false negative outcome or false positive outcome, a guided image filter (GIF) is implemented in this proposed method during the pre‐processing stage. Afterwards, the algorithms Gabor transform (GT) and stroke width transform (SWT) were used to obtain the features of the UAV‐captured surveillance image. …”
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A grounded theory study on medical students’ proxy online health information seeking behavior by Pan Minghao, He Leyun, Yang Jingying, Huang Wanyu, Wang Fan, Wang Linlin, Shen Meiyu

“…The elderly that have difficulty using the Internet rely largely on their family members to obtain and evaluate online health and medical information. …”
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Dynamics of special endurance of athletes aged 13-15 years under the influence of the program of the Cossack duel by Andrij Plokhikh, Gennadij Ogar

“…One of such sports is the Cossack duel - a national martial art in Ukraine. In addition to the purely sports component, this sport has national traditions of educating healthy youth. …”
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Ocular infections in international travelers by Francesca F. Norman, Julio J. González-López, Diego Gayoso-Cantero, Marta Vicente-Antolin, Maria-Dolores Corbacho-Loarte, Rogelio López-Vélez, Marta González-Sanz

“…Increasing exposure to animals, undercooked food consumption or poor hygiene during international travels might be leading to the emergence of certain parasitic eye diseases. …”
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Experimental study of the impact of deck-charge structure on blast-induced fragmentation by Zhixian Hong, Ming Tao, Shurong Feng, Hao Liu, Wenhong Wu, Xudong Li, Shuai Liu

“…Concrete specimens with dimension of 400 × 400 × 200 mm3 were used for small-scale single-hole blasting experiments. …”
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Re-calibrating measurements of low-cost air quality monitors using PCR-GPR air quality forecasting models. by Bing Liu, Shuting Yang, Junqi Wang

“…Subsequently, we established a Principal Component Regression (PCR) model using the concentration of pollutants measured by the national monitoring station as the dependent variable and the 8 principal components extracted above as the independent variables. …”
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Combined Effects of Glenohumeral Mobilization, Stretching, and Thoracic Manipulation on Shoulder Internal Rotation Range of Motion by Brian T Swanson, Marissa Hagenbruch, Bernardine Lapaan, Kirill Skipalskiy

“…Outcome measures included internal rotation PROM, horizontal adduction PROM, posterior glenohumeral joint translation assessed via ultrasound imaging, and EMG activity of the infraspinatus during a PGM. All outcome measures were assessed pre- and immediately post-intervention and compared statistically…”
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Working Memory Training to Address Language Impairments in Aphasia: A Case Study by Despina Kranou-Economidou, Maria Kambanaros

“…Treatment was carried out using a multiple baseline (MB) design composed of a pretherapy or baseline testing phase, a therapy phase, and a posttherapy/follow-up phase. …”
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mHealth App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for Diverse Families Living in Rural Areas: Usability Study by Alejandra Perez Ramirez, Adrian Ortega, Natalie Stephenson, Angel Muñoz Osorio, Anne Kazak, Thao-Ly Phan

“…Participants verbalized their thoughts while using the prototype to complete 4 tasks. Preferences on the dashboard icon and resource page layout were also collected. …”
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Association of Axial Length and Refraction with Near Horizontal Heterophoria in Chinese Children: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaoqin Chen, Yanglin Jiang, Qian Fan, Lihua Li, Wenli Lu, Yan Wang

“…This school-based cross-sectional study included 15,081 Chinese primary school children (grades 1–6) examined during 2017. Near heterophoria was measured at 33 cm using the Maddox rod and prism test. …”
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Donor site morbidity following radial forearm free flap reconstruction with split thickness skin grafts using negative pressure wound therapy by Jessica M. Clark, Shannon Rychlik, Jeffrey Harris, Hadi Seikaly, Vincent L. Biron, Daniel A. O’Connell

“…Methods Adult patients undergoing RFFF with STSG were identified preoperatively and randomized to receive NPD or SPD following their RFFF reconstruction. NPD involved a single-use, portable device capable of applying 80 mmHg of negative pressure to the forearm donor site. …”
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Effects of Nicotinamide Riboside Supplementation on Postmortem Mitochondrial Functionality and Apoptotic Activation by Chen Zhu, Luke A. Whitcomb, Adam J. Chicco, Morgan E. Gravely, Hanna M. Alcocer, Daniela A. Alambarrio, John M. Gonzalez, Colton L. Smith, Mahesh N. Nair, Huey Yi Loh, Terry E. Engle, Arya Niraula, Chaoyu Zhai

“…Longissimus dorsi muscle samples were collected at 45 min and 24 h postmortem and analyzed for mitochondrial functionality using high-resolution respirometry and apoptotic protein abundance (apoptosis regulator Bcl-2-associated X (BAX), apoptotic inducing factor (AIF), and caspase 3 (CASP3)) via immunoblotting. …”
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Predictive effect of estimated glomerular filtrate rate by creatinine or cystatin C on mortality in patients with coronary artery disease by Shiqun Chen, Yang Zhou, Guoxiao Liang, Wanying Wu, Zhigang Huang, Lile Shi, Yuwei Gao, Xia Gu, Dongmei Wang

“…Current studies have reported the prognosis or mortality of various diseases using different estimated glomerular filtrate rate (eGFR) formulas, while the performance of these equations is unclear in CAD patients. …”
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Analysis of Power Quality Issues in Induction Motors. by Nazziwa, Evalyne

“…Measuring instruments such as digital panel multimeter, voltmeter were used to carry out the measurements. The results are used to determine the variations in voltage, current and frequency changes. …”
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Partial Replacement of Cement with Sugarcane Waste Ash in Cement Concrete. by Muhindo, Martin

“…The ash was then added in concrete in percentages of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by the weight of cement in the mix of 1:2:3 Different physical tests were carried out on the materials that were used i.e., Sand, coarse aggregates and ash which include final and Initial setting time of cement blended.with ash, slump test on fresh concrete and compressive strength test on hardened concrete at different ages of 7, 14 and 28 days of curing. …”
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The Effect of Population Growth on Climate Change in Buhara Sub-County Kabale District Uganda. by Muchunguzi, Christine

“…It was conducted through a descriptive research design; data was collected during May and August 2020 using questionnaires. interview techniques from a sample of 156 respondents out of a target population of 256. …”
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Cash Management and Performance Small Scale Business in Mbarara City: A Case Study of Central Market. by Nasasira, Naome

“…The study was guided by research questions and an interview guide which helped to analyze the situation and arrive at the conclusions and recommendations. During the research study, the designs used were descriptive cross-sectional and explanatory research designs simple uniform, and purposive methods were used. …”
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Determinants of Performance in Physical Sciences at Uganda Certificate of Education: A Case Study of Selected Schools in Ntungamo Municipality. by Muhindo, Alex

“…The questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. A response rate of 99% was obtained where key findings revealed a significant positive influence of learner factors and school-based factors, while teacher factors had a significant negative influence on the performance of learners in physical science subjects at UCE. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Harvested Rainwater in Hamuhambo Town Council Rubanda District. by Atuheire, Israel

“…The study accessed some of the physicochemical parameters such as pH, Temperature, turbidity, Electrical conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, and TDS across eight stations that included 3 community tanks (at a primary school, at a church, and a health center III hospital) and 5 individual household tanks by sampling once after eight weeks of harvest and storage of rainwater, to establish the water quality as there is a risk of contamination during harvesting and storing. However, this rainwater is mainly used directly for consumption and domestic use without any post-harvest treatment to improve the water quality since it is commonly done individually without any specialist knowledge and standard guidelines. …”
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