Determination of Heavy elements in Drinking Water from Different Regions of Baghdad City (Iraq) Using EDXRF Spectrometer by Muhanad H. Alrakabi, Esraa S. Ramadan

“…The pH values ranged from (7.0-8.2). The average levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), the highest value was 550 mg/L in the Diyala Bridge sample while the lowest value 276mg/L in Al-Sadr City (Sector 7) sample. …”
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Tribocorrosion Behavior of Laser-Cladded FeCrBSi Medium-Entropy Alloy Coatings by WANG Yanfang, ZHANG Yunpeng, CAO Chenjie, LIU Yanle, WANG Yunxuan, SHI Zhiqiang

“…Marine oil and gas engineering equipment suffers significant damage due to seawater corrosion and mechanical wear.Medium-entropy alloys， with their combined wear and corrosion resistance， are considered ideal materials for surface protective coatings.In this study， a FeCrBSi medium-entropy alloy coating was prepared on the surface of 316L stainless steel via laser cladding technology.The microstructure and tribocorrosion coupling behavior of the cladded layer were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD)， metallographic microscopy and electrochemical corrosion and tribological tester.Results showed that the cladding layer consisted of dual-phase FCC and BCC solid solutions.The cladded zone was primarily composed of dendritic structures， while the bonding zone exhibited planar crystals.The average hardness of the FeCrBSi medium-entropy alloy coating reached 939 HV0.2， approximately 4.4 times that of the 316L stainless steel substrate.As the applied frictional load increased， the coefficient of friction of the coating decreased， with average values ranging from 0.2 to 0.5.The maximum wear volume was 0.052 mm3， indicating a significant improvement in wear resistance compared to the substrate.Electrochemical testing in a 3.5%(mass fraction) NaCl solution demonstrated superior corrosion resistance compared to 316L stainless steel， as indicated by a self-corrosion potential of -0.05 V and a corrosion current density of 1.45×10－7 A/cm2.Under the combined effect of frictional load and externally applied corrosion potential， both the average current density and wear volume increased with increasing potential， while the friction coefficient decreased.A synergistic interaction between corrosion and wear was observed.Notably， corrosion-induced wear contributed over 92.5%to the total material loss， demonstrating its dominant role.…”
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Matrimonial situation of the Rivne region in the mirror of all-Ukrainian and pan-European trends by Oksana Romaniv, Andriy Romaniv, Alla Onopriychuk

“…The Rivne Region has higher rates of marriages and lower rates of divorces than the average in Ukraine, but these trends diminish gradually. …”
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Effect of Articular Needling Therapy Combined with Proprioceptive Training on Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by CHEN He, LI Xuemei, KUANG Xuehui, YU Jin

“…Before and after treatment, visual analog scale (VAS) score was used to evaluate the pain degree of knee joint; Western Ontario and McMaster University osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) was used to evaluate knee joint function; average trajectory error of the affected limb and Berg balance scale (BBS) score was used to evaluate balance function of lower limb.ResultsCompared with that before treatment, VAS score, WOMAC and average trajectory error of the affected limb of the both groups after treatment decreased significantly, while BBS score increased significantly, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). …”
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Analysis of Large-Strain Consolidation Behavior of Soil with High Water Content in Consideration of Self-Weight by Yupeng Cao, Jian Yang, Guizhong Xu, Jianwen Xu

“…The degree of consolidation calculated by Hansbo develops faster than ALSC (Up, the average degree of consolidation defined by stress)-radial drainage, but slower than ALSC (Us)-radial drainage. …”
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FIBERS DIMENSIONS AND ITS VARIATION FOR TWO DIFFERENT AGES OF Melia azedarach L.TREES GROWN IN MOSUL by Talal Kasim Al-Takay, Walid Aboodi Kasir, Ayad Chachan Al-Daody

“…From each disc a sector was taken from the pith to the bark and divided into three equal parts to study the variation in anatomical properties across the stem.Average fiber length of the young trees (1.03mm), while (1.00mm) for the mature trees.Analysis of variance showed no significant difference between the trees for all the anatomical properties in this study for both ages. …”
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Perceptions of Monica Geller in <i>Friends</i>: A Pilot Study on Personality Frameworks and Parasocial Relationships by Danilo Garcia

“…Normative comparisons revealed Monica’s perceived Openness and Agreeableness in the Big Five and her Openness and Agreeableness in the HEXACO as significantly below average, while her Big Five Neuroticism and her HEXACO Conscientiousness were significantly above average. …”
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A question of time and space: a model approach to the synchronous precipitation of gypsum and halite during the Messinian Salinity Crisis by R. M. Ebner, P. T. Meijer

“…Indeed, it has also been suggested that, while the primary lower gypsum was forming, the deep basin was already accumulating halite. …”
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Impact of compression on velocity of venous and arterial main blood flow and cutaneous microcirculation of the lower extremity by V. I. Rusin, F. M. Pavuk, V. Ya. Fedusyak

“…Conclusion. While application of the Class III compression the velocity of the hip venous blood flow, comparing with its initial values, have lowered at average by 78% in patients of Group II and at average in 7.4 times in the patients of |Group III (p=0.0001). …”
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Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and the occurrence and progression of type 2 diabetic nephropathy by 钱科威, 顾晓琦, 曹蓓, 袁婕, 孙晓红, 章敏

“…Objective To explore the correlation between obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome（OSAHS）and diabetic nephropathy（DN）in type 2 diabetes mellitus（T2DM）patients.Methods A total of 92 T2DM patients with DN during June 1-May 30,2020 were selected while 75 T2DM patients without DN during the same period designated as controls.All patients were tested for serum cystatin C,γ-aminobutyric acid（γ-GABA）and urine albumin excretion（UAE）on the basis of routine diagnosis and treatment.Polysomnograph was utilized for 8-hour continuous recording and apnea-hypopnea index（AHI）,minimum night blood oxygen saturation（LSaO₂）and night average blood oxygen saturation（MSaO₂）were recorded.Results No inter-group statistical differences existed in age, gender composition, body mass index（BMI）,fasting blood glucose, hypertension or hypercholesterolemia.The average diabetic duration was prolonged in DN patients, the incidence of OSAHS spiked.The levels of HbA1 c, CysC and AHI rose while the levels of LSaO₂,MSaO₂ and γ-GABA declined（all P<0.05）.They were divided into three groups of normal albuminuria, micro-albuminuria and massive albuminuria according to the level of UAE.The disease courses of DN and AHI became elongated markedly while LSaO₂,MSaO₂ and γ-GABA declined markedly（all P<0.05）.Further multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that AHI was an independent risk factor for an onset of DN（P=0.044）while LSaO₂,MSaO₂ and γ-GABA were independent protective factors for DN in T2DM patients（all P<0.01）.Conclusion OSAHS is correlated with DN occurrence so that alleviating OSAHS may delay the progression of DN.…”
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A model of indoor thermal condition based on traditional acehnese houses using artificial neural network by Muslimsyah, Abdul Munir, Yuwaldi Away, Abdullah, Teuku Yuliar Arif, Andri Novandri

“…However, for indoor wind speed, the angle of 260° records the lowest average value of 0.125 m/s, while the highest average value is observed at 292.19°, at 0.132 m/s. …”
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Image dehazing algorithm based on light-value weighted allocation and multi-layer restricted perception by Dongyang Shi, Sheng Huang, Wei Zhao

“…Compared to the RIDCP algorithm, DWARP improved the PSNR by an average of 6.63 dB, SSIM by 2.18%, and VIF by 0.03 while enhancing dehazing efficiency by an average of 0.055 s. …”
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Economic burden of pertussis and its determinants in Zhejiang Province, China: A cross-sectional study by Xuewen Tang, Ying Su, RuiYan, Hui Liang, Hanqing He

“…The direct economic burden, indirect economic burden, and total economic burden of pertussis cases reported in Zhejiang province is expected to reach 21.5259 million, 5.1191 million, and 26.6450 million, respectively.The patients’health description system index score averaged (0.96 ± 0.10) points, while the VAS(Visual Health Assessment) score averaged (81.28 ± 12.90) points. …”
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Sources for the breeding of soft spring wheat in the conditions of Novosibirsk region by V. V. Piskarev, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…It was shown that the samples mainly had no correlation between the yield and the duration of the growing period, while the average dependence (г = 0.6) was revealed between the yield and the height of the plants. …”
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Evaluation of Problem Based Gamification Learning (PBGL) Model on Critical Thinking Ability with Artificial Intelligence Approach Integrated with ChatGPT API: An Experimental Study by Remerta Noni Naatonis, Rusijono Rusijono, Miftakhul Jannah, Edwin Ariesto Umbu Malahina

“…On the Java topic, the experimental group increased by an average of 25.58 points, while the control group only 7.86 points, with an average difference of 17.72 points. …”
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Heritability of malaria in Africa. by Margaret J Mackinnon, Tabitha W Mwangi, Robert W Snow, Kevin Marsh, Thomas N Williams

“…<h4>Background</h4>While many individual genes have been identified that confer protection against malaria, the overall impact of host genetics on malarial risk remains unknown.…”
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DETERMINATION OF ECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING ANGORA GOAT BREEDING: THE CASE OF ANKARA by Mehmet Arif ŞAHİNLİ, Ahmet ÖZÇELİK, Hüseyin T. GÜLDAL

“…In Group 1, the share of the mohair in the value of animal production was 13.03%, while it was 14.37% in group 2. According to the establishment groups, the variable costs for vegetable production varying between 15,346.91 TL and 46,411.88 TL, while this value is 38,818.22 TL for the average of the establishments. …”
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Student Comprehension of Primary Literature is Aided by Companion Assignments Emphasizing Pattern Recognition and Information Literacy. by Sarah Shannon, Brian Winterman

“…The comprehension of primary articles also appeared better, as cited articles were more likely to be correctly paraphrased by students with the modified curriculum (average score of 2.33 vs. 1.96), while there did not appear to be a difference between the groups' abilities to integrate the article into their report. …”
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Stabilization Effect of Ternary Covalent Complexes with Different Grafting Sequences on Blueberry Anthocyanins by ZHOU Xin, HUANG Jinlu, CHEN Menglin, FENG Lunyi, ZHU Guilan

“…The WPI-GG-TP complex showed a loading capacity of 21.80% for ACNs, forming nanoparticles with an average particle size of 806.68 nm, while WPI-TP-GG exhibited a loading capacity of 18.68%, forming nanoparticles with an average particle size of 688.08 nm. …”
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Histological Comparison of the Edible Water Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus Pallas, 1771) Gonads Before and After Reproduction by Ahmet Alkaya, Hülya Şereflişan

“…Fourty eight (24 ♀, 24 ♂) adult frogs were collected from Gölbaşı Lake in Hatay. The average weight and length values of female frogs collected from nature were found to be 56.61±19.59 g and 79.54±7.07 mm; while, the average weight and length values of male frogs were 36.63±12.84 g and 69.29±9.15 mm, respectively. …”
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