The Variability and Evaluation Method of Recycled Concrete Aggregate Properties by Zhiqing Zhang, Bozhao Shen, Hui Ren, Jin Wang, Shiyun Li, Hao Liu

“…There are certain correlations among the apparent density, water absorption, and crushed value of RAs, and the Mahalanobis distance method can directly evaluate the whole property by using its parameters: mean, variance, and covariance, and it can provide a grade evaluation model for RAs.…”
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Is the Cloze Procedure Appropriate to Evaluate Health Literacy in Older Individuals? Age Effects in the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults by Raymond L. Ownby, Amarilis Acevedo, Drenna Waldrop-Valverde, Robin J. Jacobs

“…At least part of older individuals’ apparent deficits in health literacy when assessed by the TOFHLA may be related to DIF on its items. …”
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Dedifferentiated Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus with Heterologous Elements: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall by Kojo R. Rawish, Oluwole Fadare

“…This case highlights the immunophenotypic changes that may occur in dedifferentiated leiomyosarcomas, and this possibility should be a consideration when an apparently undifferentiated sarcoma is identified in a patient with a history of uterine leiomyosarcoma. …”
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La gouvernance de l’orpaillage clandestin dans les localités ivoiriennes frontalières du Mali et du Burkina Faso by Kouamé Hyacinthe Konan

“…Although spatial disorder remains the most striking feature of mining sites, this activity masks a solid operating logic that structures its management. Beyond this apparent disorder, clandestine gold panning is highly structured and functions on the basis of regulatory mechanisms that are based on the strategic application of norms that are constructed on the margins of formal norms. …”
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Carbonitriding reduction of TiO2 in the CH4-H2-N2 system: Reduction temperature effect and kinetics by Zhang R., Fan G.-Q., Hou Y., You Y., Dang J.

“…The process of carbonitride reduction of TiO2 in the CH4-H2-N2 system corresponded to the unreacted nuclear model, where the process was mainly controlled by chemical reactions. A calculated apparent activation energy of 99.35 kJ/mol was obtained for the carbonitriding reduction process. …”
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A novel approach to improving the quality of whole-cotyledon tofu by control-released coagulant and the role of fiber by Mengnan Gao, Chunxia Dong, Yanqiu Yuan, Qian Ju, Sibo Zhao, Yayun Hu, Guangzhong Luan

“…The results of the approximate composition evaluation showed that in whole-cotyledon tofu there was a 173 % increase in fiber as the okara retained in soymilk, increasing the apparent viscosity and change in the flow behavior of whole-cotyledon soymilk. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Zidovudine in Pharmaceuticals Based on Charge-Transfer Complexation Involving N-Bromosuccinimide, Metol and Sulphanilic Acid as Reagents by K. Basavaiah, U. R. Anil Kumar

“…The purple-red reaction product absorbs maximally at 530 nm and Beer’s law is obeyed over a range 5 to 75 μg mL-1. The apparent molar absorptivity is calculated to be 5.1×103 L mol-1cm-1, and the corresponding Sandell sensitivity value is 0.052 μg cm-2. …”
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Metformin Ameliorates D-Galactose-Induced Senescent Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Enhancing Autophagy by Pingting Ye, Lei Feng, Dan Zhang, Ruihao Li, Yixuan Wen, Xiaohan Tong, Shuo Shi, Chunyan Dong

“…Following metformin treatment with a low concentration range, senescence phenotypes induced by D-gal significantly changed, including generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and cell cycle arrest. In contrast, no apparent change was found in unsenescent hBMSCs. Furthermore, the results show that activation of 5′AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) by metformin enhances cell autophagy in senescent hBMSCs. …”
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Determination of wall thickness effect of in-mold viscosity measurement under non-adiabatic, non-isothermal flow conditions by Szabolcs Horváth, József Gábor Kovács

“…The wall thickness varied from 1 to 4 mm, and apparent viscosity was determined at different shear rates and mold temperatures. …”
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Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia Are Common Epidemiological Conditions in Saudi Arabia: Report of the National Epidemiological Survey by Tarek Owaidah, Nouf Al-Numair, Ayman Al-Suliman, Mohammed Zolaly, Rana Hasanato, Faisal Al Zahrani, Mohameed Albalawi, Layla Bashawri, Khawar Siddiqui, Faisal Alalaf, Abdulkareem Almomen, Muhammad Raihan Sajid

“…This study aimed to determine the prevalence of IDA and iron deficiency (ID) among apparently healthy young university students from four regions in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Following are the abstracts from the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging

“…Declaration of Financial Interests or Relationships To insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all CME programs it is the policy of the meeting's joint sponsors that any speaker or poster presenter who makes a presentation at a program designated for AMA Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 or 2 credit must disclose any real or apparent financial interest or other relationship (i.e., grants, research support, consultant, honoraria) that the presenter may have with the manufacturers, distributors or providers of any commercial products or services that may be discussed in the presentation. …”
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Study on the Spalling Fault Degradation Mechanism and Dynamic Model of Gear Tooth Surfaces by Peng Yi, Wu Shengli, Xing Wenting, Wang Chonghao

“…More attention is paid to the research when there are apparent faults on the gear tooth surface, and it is difficult to monitor the early faults on the gear tooth surface in real time. …”
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Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val and Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Rebecca Baldwin, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…The confused flour beetle apparently received this name due to confusion over about its identity as it is so similar to the red flour beetle at first glance (Walter). …”
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Applying in machine learning and deep learning in finance industry: A case study on repayment prediction by Nguyễn Phát Đạt, Hồ Mai Minh Nhật, Trương Công Vinh, Lê Quang Chấn Phong, Lê Hoành Sử

“…Following methodological refinement, it becomes apparent that ensemble learning approaches, exemplified by XGB and LGBM, exhibit markedly superior predictive performance, surpassing conventional models with an accuracy rate exceeding 85%. …”
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Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Gaseous Nitrogen Losses from the Concentrated Liquid Fraction of Pig Slurries by G. L. Velthof, R. P. J. J. Rietra

“…Incorporation of both MC, slurries, and mineral fertilizers increased N2O emission in the incubation experiment. The lowest apparent N recovery (ANR) in the pot experiment with grass was obtained for incorporated pig slurry (30–39%) and surface-applied MC (33–38%), while the highest ANRs were obtained for liquid ammonium nitrate (45–53%) and acidified MC (43–55%). …”
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Perilymph Fistula as a Complication of Eustachian Tube Dilation and Tympanoplasty by R. Kim, L. U. Scholtz, R. Jadeed, C. J. Pfeiffer, H. Sudhoff, I. Todt

“…A type I tympanoplasty was performed on the right side because of a tympanic membrane perforation after a ETD on both sides without apparent complications. On the 5th postoperative day, she presented with headache, dizziness and hearing loss on the right side. …”
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Determination of Hazardous VOCs and Nicotine Released from Mainstream Smoke by the Combination of the SPME and GC-MS Methods by Sudhir Kumar Pandey, Ki-Hyun Kim

“…A clear distinction was apparent in the concentration levels of VOCs between different brands or between full and light flavors. …”
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Human intestinal Caco-2 cell model to evaluate the absorption of 7-ketophytosterols and their effects on cholesterol transport by Mengmeng Wang, Min Yu, Amel Thanina Amrouche, Fan Jie, Shengyang Ji, Baiyi Lu

“…The absorption percentage of 7-ketositosterol and 7-ketocampesterol was 1.16 %−1.68 % and 1.18 %−2.23 % respectively in the Caco-2 model, which is higher than that of their parent phytosterols, but lower than cholesterol-d7. The apparent permeability of 7-ketositosterol and 7-ketocampesterol at 30 μmol/L in the basolateral (BL)-to-apical (AP) direction were 0.42- and 0.55-fold of that in the AP-to-BL direction, indicating an active intake in the permeation mechanism of 7-ketophytosterols. …”
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On the synthesis of Bi-based precursors for lead-free solders development by Gandova V., Lilova K., Malakova H., Huber B., Milcheva N., Ipser H., Vrestal J., Vassilev G.

“…Moreover, the materials obtained after reductions apparently are bulk alloys, thus, the preparation of small-sized metal particles would be a challenge. …”
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Acquired Myelodysplasia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Clearing the Fog by Ethan A. Natelson, David Pyatt

“…Yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen to apply the designation myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), for all MPD but has not similarly recommended that all MDS become the myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDN). This apparent dichotomy may reflect the extremely diverse nature of MDS. …”
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