Prevalence of Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Factors among Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Selected Governmental Hospitals in Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Et... by Aytenew Getabelew, Mihret Aman, Endashaw Fantaye, Tomas Yeheyis

“…Then the collected data was coded and entered in to SPSS for windows version 20.0 for cleaning, editing, and analysis. Binary and multiple logistic regressions have been used to observe the association between independent variables and dependent variable. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…Among the detected VOCs, the results identified 1-butene as the most abundant species for both the power plants (36.7%) and the residential stoves (41.7%) as well as a significant contributor at the steel plants (7.3%), and alkenes, alkanes, and aromatics composed the largest groups for the power plants (42.0%) and residential stoves (60.2%); steel plants (59.2%); and coking plants (66.1%), respectively. …”
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Smart Deployable Scissor Lift Brace to Mitigate Earthquake Risks of Soft-Story Buildings by Vijayalaxmi Rangrej, Ricky W. K. Chan

“…The proposed system is triggered by signals from the Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system, advanced technologies capable of detecting and broadcasting earthquake alerts within seconds which are currently implemented in countries and regions such as Japan, parts of the USA, and parts of Europe. The smart deployable system functions by instantly activating upon receiving EEW signals. …”
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Trajectory Simulation of Emergency Vehicles and Interactions with Surrounding Traffic by Cristián E. Cortés, Bruno Stefoni

“…Basic information about these real-world effects was gleaned from video footage recorded in Santiago, Chile, by traffic cameras, fire truck-mounted cameras, and truck-originated GPS pulses. …”
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Assessment of cold resistance in <i>Momordica charantia</i> L. accessions according to pollen germination at low temperatures <i>in vitro</i> by Yu. V. Fotev

“…The cultivar ‘Gosha’, the accession Okinawa green from Japan, and the F1 hybrid (Feng Guang × Okinawa green) had the highest cold resistance, with the values of 59.7; 53.8 and 48.2%, respectively. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations in integrated trophic positions of stream macroinvertebrate communities by Naoto F. Ishikawa, Yoshitoshi Uehara, Takuya Ishida, Tohru Ikeya, Satoshi Asano, Chia-Ying Ko, Tomoya Iwata, Ichiro Tayasu, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Noboru Okuda

“…Here we conducted the compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids for macroinvertebrate communities collected from the Ado and Yasu Rivers in the Lake Biwa watershed, Japan, to estimate their iTP values. Unlike previous studies, no clear relationships between iTP and biodiversity (Shannon index H’) were found. …”
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MEMPSEP‐III. A Machine Learning‐Oriented Multivariate Data Set for Forecasting the Occurrence and Properties of Solar Energetic Particle Events Using a Multivariate Ensemble Approa... by Kimberly Moreland, Maher A. Dayeh, Hazel M. Bain, Subhamoy Chatterjee, Andrés Muñoz‐Jaramillo, Samuel T. Hart

“…This paper describes a data set created from multiple publicly available observation sources that is validated, cleaned, and carefully curated for our ML pipeline. …”
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Research progress on the intervention of mobile health Apps in the health management of cancer patients (移动健康APP在癌症患者健康管理干预中的研究进展) by WANG Tian (王田), LI Juan (李娟), MEI Yafan (梅亚凡)

“…Europe, the United States, Japan, and other countries, as well as my country's Taiwan region, have entered the stage of refined service. …”
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Effect of sleep quality on the severity of perimenstrual symptoms in Japanese female students: a cross-sectional, online survey by Yukio Urabe, Makoto Komiya, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Sakura Oda, Takaaki Nagasawa, Koichi Naito

“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms among Japanese female students.Design Observational, cross-sectional, online surveySetting We used an online questionnaire to collate responses from Japanese female students on sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms.Participants A total of 298 female students aged 18–25 years in Japan were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) was used to assess the severity of perimenstrual symptoms for three periods—premenstrual, menstrual and postmenstrual—and the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality. …”
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IoC2 monitoring versus standard practice in reducing opioid consumption in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a study protocol for a randomised controlled... by Zhe Li, Jing Zhao, Xiaowen Liu, Huamei Cai, Yun Yan

“…The primary outcome will be to compare intraoperative sufentanil consumption between the two groups to assess the potential role of IoC2 in optimising perioperative analgesia in elderly patients.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the ethics committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital (2024-KY-148-3) and registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2400089115). …”
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Efficient diagnosis of diabetes mellitus using an improved ensemble method by Blessing Oluwatobi Olorunfemi, Adewale Opeoluwa Ogunde, Ahmad Almogren, Abidemi Emmanuel Adeniyi, Sunday Adeola Ajagbe, Salil Bharany, Ayman Altameem, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Asif Mehmood, Habib Hamam

“…Data preprocessing included cleaning the dataset by replacing missing values with column means and selecting highly correlated features using forward and backward selection methods. …”
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Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (CCL17) as a clinical biomarker in atopic dermatitis: significance and limitations in the new treatment era by Yoko Kataoka

“…Since 2008, serum TARC levels have been commercially measured in Japan, and clinical experience has shown the usefulness of TARC. …”
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Anomalous Propagation of Radio Waves from Distant ILS Localizers Due to Ionospheric Sporadic‐E by J. Sakai, S. Saito, K. Hosokawa, I. Tomizawa

“…A series of extremely strong signals was observed on an ILS LOC frequency at Kure, Japan, on 15 May 2014 when an ionosphere sounder observed high‐density Es. …”
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Mosquito populations originating from nonendemic areas have the potential to transmit recently emerging Japanese encephalitis virus genotype IV by Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Faustus Akankperiwen Azerigyik, Ryo Matsumura, Izumi Kai, Yoshihide Maekawa, Yukiko Higa, Kentaro Itokawa, Toshinori Sasaki, Kris Cahyo Mulyatno, Sri Subekti, Maria Inge Lusida, Etik Ainun Rohmah, Yasuko Mori, Yusuf Ozbel, Chizu Sanjoba, Tran Vu Phong, Tran Cong Tu, Shinji Kasai, Kyoko Sawabe, Haruhiko Isawa

“…The results showed robust transmission efficiencies of the virus by Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (∼74%) and Aedes albopictus Skuse (∼52%) from Japan, followed by Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Vietnam (∼35%) and Culex pipiens form molestus from Turkey (∼18%). …”
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Use of explainable AI on slit-lamp images of anterior surface of eyes to diagnose allergic conjunctival diseases by Michiko Yonehara, Yuji Nakagawa, Yuji Ayatsuka, Yuko Hara, Jun Shoji, Nobuyuki Ebihara, Takenori Inomata, Tianxiang Huang, Ken Nagino, Ken Fukuda, Tatsuma Kishimoto, Tamaki Sumi, Atsuki Fukushima, Hiroshi Fujishima, Moeko Kawai, Etsuko Takamura, Eiichi Uchio, Kenichi Namba, Ayumi Koyama, Tomoko Haruki, Shin-ich Sasaki, Yumiko Shimizu, Dai Miyazaki

“…Methods: A dataset of 4942 slit-lamp images from 10 ophthalmological institutions across Japan were used as the image database. A sequential pipeline of segmentation AI was constructed to identify 12 clinical findings in 1038 images of seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis (AC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC), and normal subjects. …”
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Evaluating shear bond strength efficacy of seventh and eighth generation bonding agents (an in vitro study) by Hidayat Ababakr Khudhur, Diyar Khalid Bakr, Sazan Sherdl Saleem, Sohela Fakher Mahdi

“…Composite (Beautifil Injectable X, Shofu Inc, Kyoto, Japan) cylinders were afterwards placed on the bonded surfaces using an elastic mold and were light‐cured. …”
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Comprehensive Ultrasound Diagnosis of Sigmoid Diverticulitis by A. I. Кoushnerou, I. A. Hadji-Ismail, A. V. Vorobei, S. I. Rudenka

“…We used the HD15 (Philips, the Netherlands), HS 60 (Samsung, South Korea) and Hi Vision Preirus (Hitachi, Japan) ultrasound instruments equipped with convex and intracavitary microconvex 2–12 MHz linear transducers. …”
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Early discharge and international air transport of a traveler with exacerbating comorbidities and pneumomediastinum: a case report by Miho Akimoto, Soichiro Saeki, Yuki Kiyomoto, Hirosane Takeshima, Naofumi Higuchi, Takako Mori, Yasuyo Osanai, Chihaya Hinohara, Takeshi Inagaki

“…Case presentation This case involves a 30-year-old American woman with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and a recent history of pancreaticoduodenectomy, who was hospitalized in Japan with cellulitis and incidentally diagnosed with pneumomediastinum. …”
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Using social robots for language learning: are we there yet? by Huang Guanyu, Moore Roger K.

“…There are many implementation cases and studies of social robots, from early government-led attempts in Japan and South Korea to increasing research interests in Europe and worldwide. …”
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Mathematical and finite element modelling of sustainable portable grain segregation system for the HDPE industry by Muhammad Huzaifa Ansari, Riffat Asim Pasha, Amar Ul Hassan Khawaja, Chaudry Muhammad Muzammil, Uzair Akram, Maryam Ismail

“…High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe manufacturers have difficulties when contaminants are introduced in HDPE grains during recycling, resulting in irregular sizes and quality problems. Cleaning by hand takes a lot of time, especially when managing a 130 kg grain load every day. …”
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