Experimental Investigation on Hydraulic Properties of Granular Sandstone and Mudstone Mixtures by Dan Ma, Xin Cai, Zilong Zhou, Xibing Li

“…Porosity evolution of SMM was strongly influenced by loading (sample height) and SP/MP weight ratio. …”
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Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students by Matthew Allan Jones, Pika Miklavc, MaryAnne Stewart

“…These findings suggest that practical-based COILs are effective methods for preparing students to thrive in a globalized healthcare environment, making a strong case for its continued use and expansion in educational programmes.…”
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Antibody in Lymphocyte Supernatant (ALS) responses after oral vaccination with live Shigella sonnei vaccine candidates WRSs2 and WRSs3 and correlation with serum antibodies, ASCs,... by Malabi M Venkatesan, Cassandra Ballou, Shoshana Barnoy, Monica McNeal, Jill El-Khorazaty, Robert Frenck, Shahida Baqar

“…The ALS responses were vaccine-specific since no responses were detected among placebo recipients at any time. A strong correlation and agreement between responders/non-responders were noted between ALS and other mucosal (ASC and fecal IgA) and systemic (serum antibody) immune responses. …”
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Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey by Anthony Scott, Marie Bismark, Owen M Bradfield, Matthew Spittal

“…Increasing age predicted claims more strongly in male doctors. Personality type predicted claims in both male and female doctors.Conclusions Modifiable risk factors contribute to an increased risk of medical negligence claims among doctors in Australia. …”
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Relations between Russia and Lithuania in the contemporary Lithuanian historiography by Nerijus Šepetys

“…Butkus, and other historians written during the first decade of independence prove the existence of a strong school of diplomatic historiography. During the last five years, the trend of diplomatic historiography has been gradually replaced with the fashion of geopolitical interpretations, which are partly spread by former historians of diplomacy (Č. …”
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Health checks for autistic adults: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Jeremy R. Parr, Helen Taylor, Colin Wilson, Clare Scarlett, Sarah Al-Asmori, Carole Buckley, Sally-Ann Cooper, Cristina Fernandez-Garcia, Tracy Finch, Rhianna Lees, Nicholas Lennox, Hannah Merrick, Sebastian Moss, Christina Nicolaidis, Malcolm Osbourne, Dora M. Raymaker, Tomos Robinson, Anna Urbanowicz, James M. S. Wason, Barry Ingham

“…If the intervention is effective, it would provide strong evidence for implementation into routine healthcare, therefore enabling earlier health condition diagnosis and opportunities for treatment, reducing the health inequalities experienced by autistic people. …”
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Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Analogue ZP1849 Augments Colonic Anastomotic Wound Healing by Marie Kjaer, Wayne Russell, Peter Schjerling, Elena Cottarelli, Kennet N. Christjansen, Ditte M. G. Olsen, Peter-Martin Krarup, Lene Jessen, Mark Berner-Hansen, Lars N. Jorgensen, Magnus S. Ågren

“…The GLP-2 receptor (GLP-2R) is expressed in the stroma of the large bowel wall, which is the major therapeutic target area to prevent anastomotic leakage. …”
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Community Malaria Knowledge, Experiences, Perceived Roles, and Acceptability of Community-Directed Distribution of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Pregnancy in Rural Southeast... by Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Johnbosco Ifunanya Nwafor, Chihurumnanya Alo, Adaoha Pearl Agu, Dejene Derseh Abateneh, Chigozie Jesse Uneke

“…The majority of the participants (60.6%) strongly agreed that community-directed distribution of IPTp-SP will improve the prevention of malaria in pregnancy. …”
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Marketing of Direct Selling of Agricultural Products by Zdenka Kádeková, Anton Kretter

“…Extending the activities of the company in this direction is strongly connected with utilization of marketing tools within marketing conception. …”
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Novel Drug Delivery Particles Can Provide Dual Effects on Cancer “Theranostics” in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Abdul Basith Fithroni, Haruki Inoue, Shengli Zhou, Taufik Fatwa Nur Hakim, Takashi Tada, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinori Sakurai, Manabu Ishimoto, Naoyuki Yamada, Rani Sauriasari, Wolfgang A. G. Sauerwein, Kazunori Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuki, Eiji Matsuura

“…Irradiation studies conducted both in vitro and in vivo showed that AB-Lac particles-loaded with either ¹⁰B-Carb or ¹⁰B-diC6-Carb significantly inhibited the growth of AsPC-1 cancer cells or strongly inhibited their growth, with the latter method being significantly more effective. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability and Validity of TecnoBody D-Wall to Assess the Range of Motion During Overhead Squat in Healthy Individuals by Caglar Soylu, Gorkem Acar, Berkay Uzumcu, Pervin Demir, Sinan Seyhan, Turker Biyikli

“…Both systems showed statistically insignificant differences (<i>p</i> > 0.05) between measurements, and correlation values ranged from 0.83 to 0.99, indicating strong associations. These findings highlight the high validity and reliability of both TecnoBody D-Wall and Kinovea systems in measuring joint angles during dynamic movements. …”
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Identification of the Insecticidal Effect of Cry Protein on a Variety of Potato Pests by Deshan ZHOU, Doudou YANG, Juan LIU, Weichao LIN, Jie CHENG, Suhua LI

“…The results indicated that Cry1B protein had strong insecticidal effect on H. vigintioctopunctata.…”
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Frequency and Predictors of Pneumonia After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG): A Single-Center Study by Ozgur Baris, Tugba Asli Onyilmaz, Huseyin Kaya

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Postoperative pneumonia is a common complication after CABG and is strongly associated with preoperative COPD, CPB time and length of stay in hospital. …”
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Biopriming of Maize with their endophyte Aspergillus fumigatus reinforces their resistance to salinity stress and improves their physiological traits by Marwa A. Yassin, Nelly George, Lamis Shabaan, Yousra Gouda

“…The expression of the sod, apx2, nhx11, hkt1, H + -PPase, nced of the plant salt stressed was strongly increased in response to A. fumigatus biopriming, normalized to β-actin gene. …”
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Feature Selection for Physical Activity Prediction Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Personalize Intervention Timing: Longitudinal Observational Study by Devender Kumar, David Haag, Jens Blechert, Josef Niebauer, Jan David Smeddinck

“…ResultsThe best-performing machine learning models predicted PA engagement with a mean area under the curve score of 0.87 (SD 0.02) in 5-fold cross-validation and 0.87 on the test set. Particularly strong predictors included self-efficacy, stress, planning, and perceived barriers, indicating that a small set of EMA predictors can yield accurate PA prediction for these participants. …”
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Correlation Between Vitamin D3 Levels, Autoantibodies, and Antibody-Related Diseases in Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis by Ali Saad Kadhim, Abdullah Salim Al-Karawi

“…Furthermore, an inverse positive correlation in the increased concentrations of TRAbs, TG, and TPO (r=-0.98, -0.66, -0.75) autoantibodies and the low levels of 1,25 VitD3 were detected. Likewise, a strong direct correlation (r=+0.98) was observed in the increased concentrations of both anti-TSH and anti-VitD3. …”
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Permeability Characteristics of Combined Coal with Different Water Contents by Hongyu Pan, Yao Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yan Cao, Yuhang Chu, Shihua Yang

“…Permeability variations caused by axial compression were divided into three phases: the weak influence of the polarization effect, the transition phase, and the strong influence phase. These findings confirm that water content has the most significant impact on permeability, demonstrating that gas flow primarily follows the principle of distance priority toward the nearest borehole. …”
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Associations of the triglyceride-glucose index and remnant cholesterol levels with the prevalence of Carotid Plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study by Xin Xu, Tianrong Pan, Xing Zhong, Yijun Du, Deyuan Zhang

“…Conclusions In patients with T2DM, both TyG index and RC levels were strongly linked to carotid plaque presence, and could serve as independent risk factors for this presence. …”
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IDENTIFIKASI BEST PRACTICE DESIGN BERDASAR HADITS SEBAGAI PANDUAN PERANCANGAN ARSITEKTUR by Muhamad Ratodi, Oktavi Elok Hapsari

“…However, this identification is not intended to be an absolute standard, but rather as a tool that strongly influences various conceptual aspects in helping the process of prioritizing and also in decision making in designing. …”
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Salivary Fractalkine Differentiating Periodontitis from Periodontally Healthy Subjects by Omer Mohammed Harbood, Raghad Fadhil Abbas

“…Additionally, all clinical periodontal indicators (BOP, PPD, and CAL) had a strong association with salivary CX3CL1 and CX3CR1 levels. …”
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