Analyzing solid waste management practices for the hotel industry by S.T. Pham Phu, M.G. Hoang, T. Fujiwara

“…The results showed that the mean of waste generation rate of the hotels was 2.28 kg/guest/day and strongly correlated to internal influencing factors such as the capacity, the price of the room, garden, and level of restaurant. …”
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Multiple FNH-Like Lesions in a Patient with Chronic Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Gd-EOB-Enhanced MRI and BR1 CEUS Findings by Caroline Newerla, Fabienne Schaeffer, Luigi Terracciano, Joachim Hohmann

“…The additionally performed contrast-enhanced ultrasonography showed a strong zentrifugal arterial enhancement of the lesions followed by an isoechoic enhancement in the portal venous and delayed liver phase. …”
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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Are Major Threats of Otitis Media in Wollo Area, Northeastern Ethiopia: A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis by Ayele Argaw-Denboba, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Alemayehu Gashaw Mekonnen

“…A retrospective analysis was performed using culture and antibiotic susceptibility test results of 1225 patients who visited Dessie Regional Health Research Laboratory from 2001 to 2011. Results showed a strong association (P<0.001) between age and the risk of acquiring middle ear infection. …”
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Utilizing Remote Sensing to Quantify Evapotranspiration: A Case Study of the Saiss Basin (Morocco) by Oumou Abdellah, Essahlaoui Ali, Khrabcha Abdelali, Essahlaoui Narjisse, Alitane Abdennabi, Kassou Amina, El Hafyani Mohammed, Van Rompaey Anton, Gobin Anne

“…The comparison of METRIC ET and reference ET showed a strong correlation with an R², RMSE, and MAE of 0.68, 1.0, and 0.78, respectively. …”
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Association of serum high-sensitivity C reactive protein with risk of mortality in an Asian population: the Health Examinees cohort by Jong-Koo Lee, Daehee Kang, Sang-Ah Lee, Xiao-Ou Shu, Sung Ok Kwon, Hyerim Park

“…Cox proportional hazard and restricted cubic spline models were used to assess the association.Results The association between serum hsCRP and risk of all-cause mortality was observed with strong linearity in both genders and was not influenced by NCDhistory. …”
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Theoretical and experimental investigations of the CMOS compatible Pirani gauges with a temperature compensation model by Shizhen Xu, Gai Yang, Junfu Chen, Rui Jiao, Ruoqin Wang, Hongyu Yu, Huikai Xie, Xiaoyi Wang

“…A semi-empirical theoretical mode was derived for performance prediction, demonstrating strong alignment with experimental results, underscoring its effectiveness in compensating for sensitivity attenuation. …”
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Effect of Motor Blockage on Transient Characteristics of Asymmetric Flow in a Double-suction Centrifugal Fan by S. Du, X. Wu, Z. Wang, W. Yang, Z. Yang, Z. Wang, W. Zhang

“…The blade passages are occupied by strong reversed flow, and a low-pressure region exists in the impeller. …”
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The meaning of trust along the treatment pathway of women with breast cancer: a mixed-methods study among cancer survivors by Eleonore Baum, Daniela Bernhardsgrütter, Ramona Engst, Carola Maurer, Jessica Ebneter, Adrienne Zenklusen, Barbara Wartlsteiner, Lotti Barandun, Andrea Neher, Antje Koller, Andrea Kobleder

“…Results The women experienced trust as a dynamic phenomenon within the biomedical cancer care “machinery”. Their trust was strongly influenced by contextual factors, professionals’ expertise, and person-centeredness. …”
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Romidepsin Promotes Osteogenic and Adipocytic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Inhibition of Histondeacetylase Activity by Dalia Ali, Elna P. Chalisserry, Muthurangan Manikandan, Rimi Hamam, Musaad Alfayez, Moustapha Kassem, Abdullah Aldahmash, Nehad M. Alajez

“…Global gene expression and signaling pathway analyses of differentially expressed genes revealed a strong enrichment of genes involved in adipogenesis and osteogenesis in romidepsin-treated BMSCs during induction into adipocytes or osteoblasts, respectively. …”
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Higher performance enhancement of direct torque control by using Space Vector Modulation for doubly fed induction machine by Gouaamar Radouan, El Fadl Adiba, Bri Seddik, Mekrini Zineb

“…For highly perturbed systems, traditional Proportional-Integral (PI) speed controllers fail as their gain values are a function of system parameters that inherently change such as engine properties. Therefore, a strong speed controller is necessary to realize high-performance drives. …”
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Zika virus has an oncolytic activity against human glioblastoma U87 cells by V. A. Svyatchenko, I. A. Razumov, E. V. Protopopova, A. V. Demina, O. I. Solovieva, E. L. Zavjalov, V. B. Loktev

“…Using the model of immunodefcient SCID mice with subcutaneous xenografts of human glioblastoma U87 MG, a strong antitumor activity of the Zika virus under a course (daily for 4 days) of intratumoral administration of 5·105 TCID50 of Zika virus was shown. …”
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Troska o pokój według św. Franciszka z Asyżu by Andrzej Zając

“…Postawa pokoju wewnętrznego i zewnętrznego to z jednej strony naśladowanie Jezusa, a z drugiej otwarcie się na duchowy dar pokoju. …”
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Crosstalk between the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy: From the Perspective of Gut Microbiota by Yuying Fan, Hua Wang, Xueyan Liu, Junmei Zhang, Gang Liu

“…Nevertheless, recent studies strongly indicate a role for the gut microbiota in the effective treatment of epilepsy with the ketogenic diet. …”
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Semianalytical Solutions to the Axisymmetric Free Strain Consolidation Problem of Unsaturated Soils under the Homogeneous and Mixed Boundary Conditions by Yuanchun Huang, Lei Wang, Sidong Shen

“…It is clear that the study on the axisymmetric consolidation of unsaturated soils considering multiple boundary conditions is conducive to a more comprehensive understanding of unsaturated soils and provides strong theoretical support for engineering practice.…”
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Atrioventricular heart valves of indigenous cattle (bos indicus): the morphology and morphometry by Md. Nazrul Islam, Ferdaus Mohd. Altaf Hossain, Shahena Akhtar, Masud Alam

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> A strongly significant (p<0.01) difference was found amongst the age group of anterior, intermediate and posterior cusps of the tricuspid valves. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Coupling Coordination Development between Logistics and Economy in Central Plains of China by Guangliang Zhou, Congyu Zhao, Ming Wu, Yu Chen, Fuli Zhou

“…The results show that (1) the integrated development level of logistics industry and economy in the Central Plains City Cluster is low, and the development difference between regions is significant; (2) the overall coupling and coordination level of logistics industry and economy in the Central Plains City Cluster is not high and is at the stage of imminent disorder; in space, it presents a spatial pattern of “high in the center and low around”; (3) the coupling coordination degree around each region and city is a strong positive spatial correlation and agglomeration situation significantly; (4) the ranking of the influence degree of each driving factor from high to low is urbanization rate; science and technology level; education level; and population density.…”
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Characterization of Precipitation in Al-Li Alloy AA2195 by means of Atom Probe Tomography and Transmission Electron Microscopy by Muna Khushaim, Torben Boll, Judith Seibert, Ferdinand Haider, Talaat Al-Kassab

“…The results show rather a strong hint for a true lower Li and Cu contents, hence supporting reasonably the hypothesis that the real chemical composition for the thin T1 platelet in the T8 tempering condition differs from the equilibrium composition of the thermodynamic stable bulk phase.…”
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Production Step-Up of an Oil Well through Nodal Analysis by Ricardo Michael Kamga Ngankam, Eric Donald Dongmo, Madeleine Nitcheu, Josephine Fleur Matateyou, Gabriel Kuiatse, Sifeu Takougang Kingni

“…The analysis results showed that the selection of some wrong equipment diameters (production tubing and surface flowline) and values (wellhead pressure and skin) strongly influenced (badly) the flow rate. In fact, the increase in tubing and flowline diameters positively influenced the flow velocity, while the diminution in the wellhead pressure increased the flow rate as well. …”
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Unconfined Compressive Strength Prediction of Rocks Using a Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithm by Rafiqul Islam, Md. Arif Hossain

“…Therefore, the results confirm that the proposed SVSO model is a promising tool to be used by engineering and geological professionals. This ensures a very strong and reliable UCS prediction method that is vital for the improvement of civil engineering project safety and efficiency.…”
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Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism by Luigi Petramala, Laura Zinnamosca, Amina Settevendemmie, Cristiano Marinelli, Matteo Nardi, Antonio Concistrè, Francesco Corpaci, Gianfranco Tonnarini, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia

“…Primary aldosteronism represents major cause of secondary hypertension, strongly associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. …”
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