Bearing Characteristics of Moso Bamboo Micropile-Composite Soil Nailing System in Soft Soil Areas by Zhihe Cheng, Yousheng Deng

“…The synergy of piles and soil nails can delay the formation of the slip surface, therefore enhancing the overall bearing capacity of the foundation pit. …”
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Approaching the general quantification of functional information by Robert Kudelić

“…In fact, information has always played a pivotal role; however, that role is, as the years of history accumulate, becoming even more significant. It is, therefore, a pursuit of scientific inquiry to quantify the functionality and semantics of information—this is also the goal of the article one reads. …”
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Influence of diglyme and cumene additives upon emission and combustion behaviour of diverse biodiesel fuelled diesel engine by Swarup Kumar Nayak, Dinesh Babu Munuswamy, Ganesan Subbiah, Mallireddy Naresh, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…The results demonstrated that the blends MME15+CU5 and MME15+DG5 exhibited superior thermo-chemical properties and engine performance. …”
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Application of Autofluorescence Endoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Rationale and an Update by Hiroyuki Aihara, Hisao Tajiri, Takeshi Suzuki

“…CRC screening using the latest AFE technology could, therefore, lead to future reductions in CRC mortality.…”
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Invariance principle for independent random variables with infinite variance by Mindaugas Juodis

“… A functional central limit theorem for self-normalized adaptive process U−1m,N ζn is considered, where Um,N is a sum of squares of block-sums of size m, as m and the number of blocks N = n/m tend to infinity. …”
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Historic Sites during the World War II in South Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi as a Source of Historiography by Syahrun Syahrun, Rahmat Sewa Suraya, Sandy Suseno

“…The World War II in Indonesian territory at that time involved the Imperial Japanese Army against the military from the allies and was known later as “Theater of Pacific”. The massive military activities that took place in Indonesian territory during the World War II definitely left a lot of and varied material evidences. …”
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Saliva and Blood Asprosin Hormone Concentration Associated with Obesity by Kader Ugur, Suleyman Aydin

“…Asprosin, a new adipokine, may be a novel indicator of adipose tissue mass. Therefore, we anticipate that antiasprosin preparations may be an alternative in the treatment of obesity in the future.…”
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ABOUT AN ALGORITHM OF OPTIMIZATION OF THE INGOT CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS by A. N. Chichko, V. A. Matochkin, A. V. Demin, O. I. Chichko, V. F. Sobolev

“…The model takes into account the thermal and physical characteristics of steel type at evaluation of the heat exchange coefficient.…”
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Investigation on the Displacement Ductility Coefficient of Reinforced Concrete Columns Strengthened with Textile-Reinforced Concrete by Boxue Wang, Shiping Yin, Ming Liu

“…To evaluate the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns strengthened with textile-reinforced concrete (TRC), based on the ABAQUS numerical analysis results of 15 TRC-strengthened RC columns, the grey correlation theory was used to determine the input variables of the model, and the accuracy of the numerical simulation results is verified by some experiments. …”
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Case report: JAK inhibitor treatment of immune dysregulation symptoms in a patient with PTPN2 deficiency by Anna Roppelt, Ulyana Markina, Irina Beloglazova, Irina Beloglazova, Vasily Parshin, Dmitry Kanner, Dmitry Pershin, Mariia Fadeeva, Elena Raykina, Maxim Aleksenko, Alexander Karaulov, Mariana Lysenko, Mariana Lysenko, Daria Fomina, Daria Fomina, Daria Fomina

“…The patient has been receiving systemic steroid treatment for decades, which has resulted in hormone dependence as well as therapy-related adverse side effects. After the diagnosis of PTPN2 deficiency, treatment with the JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib was initiated at a dose of 15 mg per day, which was escalated to 30 mg daily after 1 month. …”
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yumei Zhou, Yuebao Guo, Rui Zhou, Ping Wu, Fanrong Liang, Zhuoxin Yang

“…For the analyses of the visual analog scale, acupuncture outperformed sham acupuncture (two RCTs, n = 92, P=0.18), medicine therapy (two RCTs, n = 144, P<0.00001), and blocking therapy (two RCTs, n = 132, P=0.03). …”
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The History of Miss Jane Pittman by Christopher Mulvey

“…‘I’m sure her life’s story can help me explain things to my students.’ ‘What’s wrong with them books you already got?’ Mary said. ‘Miss Jane is not in them,’ I said” (Gaines v). …”
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Ecological Study of the Vegetation in the Loka Abaya National Park, Ethiopia by Assegid Assefa, Tamrat Bekele, Sebsebe Demissew, Tesfaye Abebe

“…The results of the canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) of community-environment relationships indicated that among measured environmental variables, altitude (r2 0.0548, P<0.01), slope (r2 = 0.0241, P<0.01), pH (r2 = 0.01855, P<0.01), sodium (r2 = 0.01316, P<0.04), CEC (r2 = 0.01424, P<0.03), magnesium (r2 = 0.01282, P<0.04), potassium (r2 = 0.0152, P<0.02), and soil moisture content (SMC) (r2 = 0.01537, P<0.05) significantly explained the variation in species composition of the communities and their distribution. Therefore, ecosystem-oriented biodiversity conservation and restoration strategies will be implemented by considering these significant environmental variables.…”
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Delayed-release prednisone improves fatigue and health-related quality of life: findings from the CAPRA-2 double-blind randomised study in rheumatoid arthritis by Frank Buttgereit, Rieke Alten, Amy Grahn, Robert J Holt, Patricia Rice

“…Fatigue was assessed using validated instruments: the fatigue scale of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) and the vitality domain of the Short Form-36 (SF-36). …”
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Research of Dosimetry Parameters in Small Electron Beams by Nazmiye Donmez Kesen, Aydin Cakir, Murat Okutan, Hatice Bilge

“…Output measurements were performed using GafChromic EBT film, an Advanced Markus ion chamber, and thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD). Although it is used in many clinics, there is not a substantial amount of detailed information in the literature about use of the pencil beam algorithm to model electron beams. …”
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The Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Recovery after Acquired Brain Injury in Animal Models: A Systematic Review by Elise Wogensen, Hana Malá, Jesper Mogensen

“…The studies were examined relative to cognitive effects associated with three themes: exercise type (forced or voluntary), timing of exercise (early or late), and dose-related factors (intensity, duration, etc.). …”
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Chronic Administration of 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist Relieves Depression and Depression-Induced Hypoalgesia by Zhao-Cai Jiang, Wei-Jing Qi, Jin-Yan Wang, Fei Luo

“…In contrast, chronic administration of 8-OH-DPAT reduced locomotor activity and pain thresholds and restored them to normal level. Increased pain thresholds were also observed in the sham rats after the chronic administration. …”
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The Lignicolous Fungus Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s Mane Mushroom): A Promising Natural Source of Antiradical and DPPH Inhibitory Agents by Akbar Jahedi, Saeideh Ahmadifar, Rahman Mohammadi, Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh

“…P and K’s highest amounts were recorded with the values of 1833 and 1600 mg/100 g DW, and Fe was recorded with values of 77.7 mg/100 g DW. This study, therefore, provides understandings on the biological technologies for the valorization of organic solid waste into valuable and useful bio-based products.…”
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Peranan motivasi dan disiplin kerja pada produktivitas karyawan by Mukrodi Mukrodi

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Existence and Uniqueness Results for Two-Term Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations via a Fixed Point Technique by H. R. Marasi, H. Aydi

“…By virtue of recent fixed point theorems on mixed monotone operators, we get some new straightforward results with a wide range of applications.…”
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