Children’s behaviour and childhood obesity by Aus Ali, Osamah Al-ani, Faisal Al-ani

“…Childhood obesity is a major complex and multifaceted public health challenge with significant short- and long-term health consequences. It is also associated with a significant reduction in quality of life and poorer mental health outcomes. …”
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Manipulation of MWCNT Concentration in MWCNT/TiO2 Nanocomposite Thin Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Huda Abdullah, Mohd Zikri Razali, Sahbudin Shaari, Mohd Raihan Taha

“…The DSSC with MWCNT/TiO2 electrode containing 0.03 g MWCNT were resulted in the highest efficiency of 2.80% with short-circuit current density Jsc of 9.42 mA/cm2 and open-circuit voltage Voc of 0.65 V.…”
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Evidence of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus velifera) recovery in the Canadian Pacific by Lynn Rannankari, Rianna Burnham, David Duffus

“…The sightings data suggested that, at least for the west coast of Vancouver Island, this repopulation has occurred over a relatively short period, with fin whales still absent from regular surveys as recent as the early 2000’s. …”
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A case study in statistical software development for advanced evidence synthesis: the combined value of analysts and research software engineers by Naomi Bradbury, Tom Morris, Clareece Nevill, Janion Nevill, Ryan Field, Suzanne Freeman, Nicola Cooper, Alex Sutton

“…The CRSU apps have evolved from two short-term student projects into a suite of eight apps that are used for more than 3,000 h per month. …”
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Effects of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on the Flavor of Nanguo Pear by Ge Bai, Ya Wang, Jianrong Zheng, Xiaomin Zhang, Zhaoyue Zhuang, Danshi Zhu, Xuehui Cao

“…The content of ethyl caproate was the highest in the volatile compound profile of the Nanguo pear and ranged from 377.26 to 526.77 μg/kg. In short, after repeated freezing and thawing, the changes in the chemical composition impart the frozen pear a unique flavor.…”
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Lipid Biomarkers in Urban Soils of the Alluvial Area near Sava River, Belgrade, Serbia by Gordana Dević, Sandra Bulatović, Jelena Avdalović, Nenad Marić, Jelena Milić, Mila Ilić, Tatjana Šolević Knudsen

“…The uncommon <i>n</i>-alkane profiles reported for the investigated soil samples are probably the result of inputs related to anthropogenic sources, emphasizing that petroleum was the main source of the short-chain <i>n</i>-alkanes. The methodology developed in this study was proven to be efficient for the assessment of the environmental quality of the soil in an urban part of New Belgrade, but it can also be a useful tool for soil monitoring and for a pollution assessment in other (sub)urban areas.…”
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Characterization of acute intoxications in Sancti Spíritus pediatric age, 2014-2018 by Yarelyn Prieto Amude, Karen Remedios Rodríguez, Yanicel Sorí León, Yaumara María León Águila, Raylen Escobar Román

“…Medications (66.7%) were the causal agents most involved in both types of poisoning, the digestive tract was the most frequently observed, representing 95.6%. 80.6% of the cases occurred at home and presented a short hospital stay, with three days or less in most of them.…”
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Cardiac Myxoma: Typical Presentation but Unusual Histology by Hassan H. AlAhmadi, Noor Said Alsafwani, Mohamed A. Shawarby, Fayez Ahmed

“…A 43-year-old Saudi male was referred with a two-month history of progressively increasing shortness of breath. Cardiovascular examination demonstrated a soft first heart sound with a plopping sound in the mitral area and a mid-diastolic murmur. …”
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Empirical investigation of the relationship between public external debt sustainability, foreign reserves and fixed exchange rate by Fatima-Ezzahra Rafie, Mostafa Lekhal

“…Findings reveal that while public external debt in these countries experiences short-term fluctuations, it tends to stabilize in the long-term through fiscal and monetary policies. …”
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Predictive Analysis of Maritime Congestion Using Dynamic Big Data and Multiscale Feature Analysis by Yalin Wu

“…Furthermore, this study introduces an enhanced Faster R-CNN vessel detection model for real-time tracking, integrating convolutional and SKNet networks. To improve short-term traffic flow prediction accuracy, this study employs multiscale feature analysis through wavelet transformation. …”
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A Review of the Self-Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System Based on Future Traffic Environment by Yizhe Wang, Xiaoguang Yang, Hailun Liang, Yangdong Liu

“…The system is capable of adjusting the signal timing parameters in real time according to the seasonal changes and short-term fluctuation of traffic demand, resulting in improvement of the efficiency of traffic operation on urban road networks. …”
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Household farms facing barriers in indigenous knowledge-based adaptation to extreme climatic events — Evidence from the Huangshui Basin by Hailin Zhang, Jinyan Zhan, Zheng Yang, Huihui Wang, Naikang Xu, Chunyue Bai, Yufei He, Yuhan Cao

“…The study provides recommendations for local governments to improve household adaptation behavior from two perspectives: short-term and long-term optimization pathways. This study can help governments quickly locate households with different classes of barriers, and propose more targeted adaptation policies. …”
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A Multicenter Observational Prospective Cohort Study of Association of the Prehospital National Early Warning Score 2 and Hospital Triage with Early Mortality by Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Juan F. Delgado-Benito, Carmen del Pozo Pérez, Virginia Carbajosa Rodríguez, Agustín Mayo Iscar, José Luis Martín-Conty, Carlos Escudero Cuadrillero, Miguel A. Castro-Villamor

“…In the stratification by triage levels, the AUC of the NEWS2 obtained for short-term mortality varied between 0.77 (95% CI: 0.65-0.89) for level I and 0.94 (95% CI: 0.79-1) for level III. …”
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CZECHIA: CHANGES IN LANDSCAPE USE IN THE TRANSFORMATION PERIOD by IVAN BIČÍK

“…In this period we observed relatively huge increase of grassland (meadows and pastures) influenced by abolishing of socialist support of agriculture shortly after 1990 and following decrease of agricultural intensity. …”
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Prognostic significance of ımmunhistochemical axl expression in pancreas ductal adenocarcinomas by Ozden Oz, Asuman Argon, Tulu Ayata Kebat, Ozlem Ozdemir, Savas Yakan

“…Axl positivity was found to be associated with the presence of LVI (P = 0.009) and LNM (P = 0.002) and was an independent prognostic factor in short survival (P = 0.006). Conclusion: It was found that increased expression of Axl, which is known to increase EMT-mediated metastasis in carcinogenesis, may be an indicator of local spread and poor prognosis in PDAC patients. …”
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Preparation and Mechanism Analysis of Boiling Resistance of the Fresh Alum-Free Sweet Potato Vermicelli Containing Gliadin Fractions by Tingting Liu, Zhifang Men, Changjiangsheng Lai, Xijun Lian

“…Long-term cold storage could improve the boiling resistance of fresh sweet potato vermicelli. Additionally, the short-term retrogradation of sweet potato amylose significantly reduces its boiling resistance. …”
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Prevention or Promotion? Predicting Author's Regulatory Focus by Aswathy Velutharambath, Kai Sassenberg, Roman Klinger

“…To bridge this gap we introduce the novel task of regulatory focus classification from text and present two complementary German datasets – (1) experimentally generated event descriptions and (2) manually annotated short social media texts used for evaluating the generalizability of models on real-world data. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai P. Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…In this paper, we investigate how the reproductive behavior of families in the historical Krummhörn region was affected by their social status and by short-term fluctuations in their socioeconomic conditions. …”
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Sensory Overresponsivity, Loneliness, and Anxiety in Taiwanese Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Ya-Cing Syu, Ling-Yi Lin

“…Sensory processing, loneliness, and anxiety were assessed with the Adult Sensory Profile, short-form UCLA loneliness scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory, respectively. …”
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Mice with NOP2/sun RNA methyltransferase 5 deficiency die before reaching puberty due to fatal kidney damage by Hongya Zhang, Xiaohui Li, Jing Bai, Cong Zhang

“…Moreover, we observed glycogen deposition and fibrosis, along with a notable shorting of the primary foot processes of glomeruli in Nsun5-/- kidneys. …”
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