Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey by Youngju Kim, Hironori Taniguchi, Kotoba Okuyama, Junpei Kamimoto, Kenji Kawakami

“…Among facilities who kept pneumococcal vaccination records (n = 42), the mean pneumococcal vaccination rate was 31.1%, with the rate being higher for the influenza (93.1%; n = 234) and COVID-19 (94.3%; n = 285) vaccines. …”
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Data-Driven Iterative Vibration Signal Enhancement Strategy Using Alpha Stable Distribution by Grzegorz Żak, Agnieszka Wyłomańska, Radosław Zimroz

“…The proposed algorithm is applied towards real data acquired from the belt conveyor pulley drive’s gearbox.…”
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A review: Exploring the role of ChatGPT in the diagnosis and treatment of oral pathologies by Payal Panwar, Shalini Gupta

“…Seeking the capabilities of ChatGPT, several researches have been explored in the context of ChatGPT's effectiveness in oral pathologies in this review article. …”
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言語と、風景を形作る行為: 夏目漱石の作品における風景および環境への意識 by Agathe Tran アガタ・トラン

“…This article approaches the literary dimension of landscape action through the example of Natsume Sōseki, a major Japanese author of the beginning of the 20th century. I begin by explaining how the notion of the landscape becomes central in Meiji’s discourses and represents a cultural paradigm shift. …”
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Analysis of CO2 storage efficiency and performance of low carbon cement binders containing carbide slag and phosphorus slag by Guang-Min Liu, Rui-Cong Gao, Fang Liu, Wen-Ping Yue, Yi Yang, Yong-Pang Liao, Jia-Xiang Liew

“…Phosphorus slag (PS) and carbide slag (CS) are waste residues generated in industrial production. Because PS and CS are not fully utilized, they have caused serious land occupation and resource waste. …”
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Progenitor Diversity in the Accreted Stellar Halos of Milky Way–like Galaxies by Sy-Yun Pu, Andrew P. Cooper, Robert J. J. Grand, Facundo A. Gómez, Antonela Monachesi

“…We show that there are significant differences between the predictions of these three models, beyond the halo-to-halo scatter expected in ΛCDM. …”
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AI-Based Advanced Approaches and Dry Eye Disease Detection Based on Multi-Source Evidence: Cases, Applications, Issues, and Future Directions by Mini Han Wang, Lumin Xing, Yi Pan, Feng Gu, Junbin Fang, Xiangrong Yu, Chi Pui Pang, Kelvin Kam-Lung Chong, Carol Yim-Lui Cheung, Xulin Liao, Xiaoxiao Fang, Jie Yang, Ruoyu Zhou, Xiaoshu Zhou, Fengling Wang, Wenjian Liu

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DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE TEST OF AUTOMOTIVE MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID CLUTCH by CHEN DeMin, ZHANG Hong, CAI QingGe, LIU GuoQiang, WU JiaXi

“…In addition,influences of magnetic saturation and residual magnetism to speeds of connection and separation also have been analyzed. The testing results indicate that the performance of MFC can meet the need of design and use.…”
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Ecological filters shape arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the rhizosphere of secondary vegetation species in a temperate forest. by Yasmin Vázquez-Santos, Silvia Castillo-Argüero, Francisco Javier Espinosa-García, Noé Manuel Montaño, Yuriana Martínez-Orea, Laura V Hernández-Cuevas

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between biotic and abiotic factors and the AMF community assembly in the rhizosphere of four secondary vegetation (SV) plant species in a temperate forest. …”
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Effects of Additive Materials on Indirect Tensile Strength and Moisture Sensitivity of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) by Soz Mohammed Ebrahim, Hardy Kamal Karim

“…However, additives did not benefit the ITS, they benefited the ITSR greatly. …”
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Educational and therapeutic intervention in children with deforming buccal habits. by Jeny Fernández Martínez, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Raúl López Fernández

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> An interventional, after-and-before, cuasi-experimental study was developed including 133 children between 5 and 11 years from Abreus municipality. …”
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Applying the Multiple Streams Framework in Westminster systems: A comparative case study of pay-for-performance policymaking in primary health care in England and New Zealand by Verna Smith

“…There has been much recent scholarship exploring its relevance for such jurisdictions. …”
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Understanding Strong Neutral Vertical Winds and Ionospheric Responses to the 2015 St. Patrick's Day Storm Using TIEGCM Driven by Data‐Assimilated Aurora and Electric Fields by Xian Lu, Haonan Wu, Stephen Kaeppler, John Meriwether, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Wenbin Wang, Jintai Li, Xueling Shi

“…Our work demonstrates that data assimilation of model drivers helps produce realistic storm‐time I‐T responses, which show richer dynamic range, scales, and variability than what has been simulated before.…”
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Tongue Muscle Training App for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Incorporating Flow-Based Gameplay: Design and Feasibility Pilot Study by Kuan-Chu Su, Ko-Chiu Wu, Kuei-Ru Chou, Chia-Hsu Huang

“…ObjectiveTongue training has been proven helpful for dysphagia treatment. Following the development of a tongue training app, a feasibility trial aimed to identify physiological and psychological factors that affect user and flow experience and explored whether training specialized muscles could produce a flow experience for optimal immersion. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Strip and a Magnetic Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Detection of <i>Porcine Circovirus Type 2</i> Antigen by Sirui Tao, Yu Duan, Yinhe Zha, Xiaxia Tong, Yulong He, Huapeng Feng, Jianhong Shu

“…The limit of detection (LOD) is 0.051 ng/mL and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) is 0.068 ng/mL. The agreement between the magnetic chemiluminescence immunoassay and the ELISA kit (test PCV2 Cap proteins) was 97.14% (68/70). …”
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Peran orang tua dalam perkembangan kepribadian anak usia dini by Ratih Kemala Ardiati

“…Orang tua yang benar-benar memberi perhatian khusus terhadap anaknya, akan membentuk kepribadian yang positif terhadap anaknya itu. …”
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Interaction of Calf Thymus DNA with the Ni(II) Complex of Sodium 1,4-Dihydroxy-9,10-Anthraquinone-2-Sulphonate: A Novel Method of Analysis Using Cyclic Voltammetry by Partha Sarathi Guin, Piyal Das, Saurabh Das, Parikshit Chandra Mandal

“…The paper evaluates site size of interaction that also serves as a means to determine stoichiometry of complex formation, between a metal ion and ligand from a DNA interaction study, probably a first of its kind.…”
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The Microporosity of Activated Carbon Fibre KF1500 Assessed by Combined CO Adsorption and Calorimetry Techniques and by Immersion Calorimetry by A. Guillot, F. Stoeckli, Y. Bauguil

“…The validity of this approach was tested by using two activated carbons which has been characterized previously by a variety of techniques, including immersion calorimetry. …”
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Risk Factors and Symptoms of Meibomian Gland Loss in a Healthy Population by Anna Machalińska, Aleksandra Zakrzewska, Krzysztof Safranow, Barbara Wiszniewska, Bogusław Machaliński

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between MGL and ocular symptoms, several systemic conditions, and key markers of ocular surface health. …”
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Last digit tendency: Lucky numbers and psychological rounding in mobile transactions by Hai Wang, Tian Lu, Yingjie Zhang, Yue Wu, Yiheng Sun, Jingran Dong, Wen Huang

“…Although the first digits of the numbers in these mobile transactions follow Benford’s law, the last digit has a strong tendency to be a lucky number or be influenced by psychological rounding. …”
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