Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation on Mechanical Properties of the Bottom Plate in the Assembled Composite Slab with Additional Steel Trusses by Xiuying Yang, Yuzhuo Wang, Yongxin Liu, Zhenyu Wei

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A Rumor Spreading Model considering the Cumulative Effects of Memory by Yi Zhang, Jiuping Xu

“…Finally, through investigations on the Sina Microblog network, the numerical solutions show that the peak value and final size of the rumor spreading are much larger under a variable memory effects rate than under a constant rate.…”
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Broiler Management - The First 24 Hours by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“…These early stressors also influence final performance, resulting in declines in final body weights, increases in feed conversions and cost per pound of meat produced. …”
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Director Networks and Cost of Equity Capital: Based on “Busy Director Hypothesis” Analysis by Sai Qiu, Xin Sun

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KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, AND PROTECTIVE PRACTICES OFHEPATITIS B VIRUS AND INFECTION CONTROLMEASURES AMONGST DENTAL STUDENTS by Aneeqa Shahab, Aisha Wali, Naseem Ahmed Khan, Batool Fatima, Sidra Siddiqui

“…Dental students of all Professionals (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, final year) were invited to participate in the study. …”
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Maintaining Wireless Connectivity Constraints for Robot Swarms in the Presence of Obstacles by Joel M. Esposito

“…Given a swarm of point robots with specified initial and final configurations and a set of desired communication links consistent with the above criteria, we explore the problem of designing inputs to achieve the final configuration while preserving the desired links for the duration of the motion. …”
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Dynamics and Complexity Analysis of Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems with Line Equilibrium Based on Adomian Decomposition by Heng Chen, Tengfei Lei, Su Lu, WenPeng Dai, Lijun Qiu, Lin Zhong

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Broiler Management - The First 24 Hours by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“…These early stressors also influence final performance, resulting in declines in final body weights, increases in feed conversions and cost per pound of meat produced. …”
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Pediatric Traumatic Retinal Detachment: Clinical Features, Prognostic Factors, and Surgical Outcomes by Dilek Yaşa, Zeynep Gizem Erdem, Ufuk Ürdem, Gökhan Demir, Ali Demircan, Zeynep Alkın

“…Presenting visual acuity, the presence of macula-off RD, and PVR are all important predictors of final visual acuity.…”
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Design, formulation and antimicrobial assessment of a traditional Iranian antiperspirant formula from Rosa damascena flowers and Myrtus communis leaves. by Maryam Alipanah, Gholamhossein Yousefi, Zahra Sobhani, Mohammad Ali Jahromi, Mohammad Zarshenas

“…Communis leaf extract, and 18.92±0.66 mg QE/g for the final product. The total tannin content of R. damascena flower extract was 137.92±1.17 mg QE/g, and those of M. communis leaf extract and the final product were 78.37±0.29 and 107.72±1.28 mg TA/g (mg tannic acid equivalent per gram of extract) respectively. …”
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Influence of Coating Application Methods on the Postharvest Quality of Cassava by Loreto Atieno, Willis Owino, Elijah M. Ateka, Jane Ambuko

“…The 1.5 xanthan treated roots had a final dry matter content of 72.5% for the sprayed samples and 75.98% for the dipped sample while the 2% xanthan/guar gum treated roots had a final dry matter content of 64.6% and 74.1% for the dipped and sprayed root samples, respectively. …”
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Expression of Angiogenesis Regulatory Proteins and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Factors in Platelets of the Breast Cancer Patients by Hui Han, Fang-Li Cao, Bao-Zhong Wang, Xue-Ru Mu, Guang-Yao Li, Xiu-Wen Wang

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Numerical Test Study of the Microscale Failure Modes and Fractal Analysis of Lower Cambrian Shale Based on Digital Images by Hengtao Cui, Zhonghu Wu, Liping Li, Jing Wang, Shuguang Song, Shangqu Sun, Yujun Zuo, Hao Liu, Yili Lou

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Novel Protein-Repellent and Antibacterial Resins and Cements to Inhibit Lesions and Protect Teeth by Li Cao, Junling Wu, Qiang Zhang, Bashayer Baras, Ghalia Bhadila, Yuncong Li, Mary Anne S. Melo, Michael D. Weir, Yuxing Bai, Ning Zhang, Hockin H. K. Xu

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Addressing Gender Disparities in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Scoping Review of Life Skills-Based Education in Pakistan by Bushra Anwar, Sayema Awais, Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Sania Ahmed, Muhammad Bin Aslam Zahid, Hafsa Malik

“…Given the limited availability of peer-reviewed studies (only three articles), relevant non-peer-reviewed literature was also incorporated into the final analysis. Results: Six studies met the inclusion criteria, consisting of research articles and NGO reports evaluating LSBE programs. …”
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Evaluation of Zenith Tropospheric Delay Derived from Ray-Traced VMF3 Product over the West African Region Using GNSS Observations by Samuel Osah, Akwasi A. Acheampong, Collins Fosu, Isaac Dadzie

“…This result is an indication that the VMF3-ZTD product is accurate enough to be used as an alternative source of ZTD data to augment the IGS final ZTD product for positioning and meteorological applications in West Africa.…”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…We then employed Swin Transformer as the backbone network, enhancing the capability of global information learning and detail feature extraction. Finally, we optimized the loss function by combining cross-entropy loss and dice loss, addressing the issue of sampling imbalance caused by the small areas of mangroves. …”
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Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Repair with Suture Tape Augmentation Can Yield Good Midterm Clinical Outcomes Regardless of Skeletal Maturity and Joint Laxity by Shinichiro Takada, Hirotaka Nakashima, Keisuke Nakayama, Soshi Uchida

“…PROs significantly improved from preoperatively to the final follow-up (IKDC score: 50.7 ± 26.6 vs. 88.8 ± 13.0, <i>p</i> < 0.001; KOOS: 68.8 ± 23.3 vs. 91.2 ± 8.4, <i>p</i> = 0.011) without reducing the patient’s activity level at the final follow-up (UCLA AS score: 7.9 ± 2.4 at preinjury vs. 7.9 ± 2.2 at the final follow-up, <i>p</i> = 0.655). …”
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Amazon Journeys and Poetic Re-Discoveries in Jan Conn’s 'Jaguar Rain' and Malu de Martino’s 'Margaret Mee e a Flor da Lua' by Magali Sperling Beck, Anelise R. Corseuil

“… The year 2023 marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of botanical artist Margaret Mee’s final expedition to the Amazon. On this trip, she was at last able to paint the rare night-flowering of Selenicereus wittii, commonly known as the Amazon moonflower. …”
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NRBF2 plays a crucial role in the acquisition process of learning and memory, independent of the Vps34 complex by Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Xidan Zhou, Kuan Li, Kuan Li, Kuan Li

“…IntroductionNRBF2, a component of autophagy-associated PIK3C3/VPS34-containing phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex, plays a crucial role in learning and memory processes, yet its specific impact on memory and the underlying molecular mechanisms remains unclear.MethodsHere, we utilized NRBF2 knockout mice to examine its influence on the time course of fear memory. …”
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