Optimization of Drilling Parameters in Sisal-Human Hair Hybrid Composite Using Grey Relational Analysis by D. Elil Raja, S. Panneer Selvan, P. Prabhuraj, Tushar Sonar

“…In contrast, the drill point angle significantly affects the delamination at the exit side of the hole. Better quality holes are achieved with a cutting speed of 2500 rpm and a feed rate of 50 m/min.…”
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PGE2 Desensitizes β-Agonist Effect on Human Lung Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction through Upregulating PDE4 by Qiuhong Fang, Yingmin Ma, Jing Wang, Joel Michalski, Stephen I. Rennard, Xiangde Liu

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Cold Plasma Activity Against Biofilm Formation of Prosthetic Joint Infection Pathogens by Christopher Spiegel, Débora C. Coraça-Huber, Michael Nogler, Rohit Arora, David Putzer

“…Although strong efforts have been made to reduce infection rates, conventional therapies like one- or two-stage revisions have failed to lower the infection rates. …”
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Governance for Takaful Operators (Islamic Insurance Companies) by Amirul Afif Muhamat

“…The article reviews past literature on the governance aspect of takaful operators. This aspect has been given limited attention in literature on Islamic finance compared to other components such as Islamic banking and Islamic capital market. …”
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Tracing the Development of Islamic Economic Thought in the Abbasid Era: The Legacy of Umar bin Khattab by Ahmad Mujib, Abdul Aziz, Muna Yastuti Madrah, Zawawi Abdul Wahid

“…These policies and ideas were extensively studied by scholars during the Abbasid Caliphate and became the foundation for the development of Islamic economic thought. …”
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Research Progress on Natural Products’ Therapeutic Effects on Atrial Fibrillation by Regulating Ion Channels by Jinshan He, Sicong Li, Yumeng Ding, Yujia Tong, Xuebin Li

“…., Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. thomsonii (Benth.) Vaniot der Maesen., and Coptis chinensis Franch. have a long history in the treatment of arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure in China. …”
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Impact on clinical outcomes, surgical interventions, anaesthetic decisions and complication rates following implementation of the NICE obstructive sleep apnoea guidelines during pr... by Gabrielle Shaw, Ricki Leggatt, Paige Roberts, Amanda Peace Witton, Nicole Moll, Akshay Dwarakanath

“…All patients with moderate and severe OSA were recommended for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy to facilitate their surgical procedures and for long-term cardiometabolic benefits. Diagnosis of moderate/severe OSA had an impact on the surgical decision (P < 0.0001, odds ratio (OR) = 3.79, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.39–6.02). …”
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A New Path to Aggregate Area Expansion by Agricultural Mechanization: The Seedling Field Saving Effect of Machinery Rice Transplanting and the Case of China by Dongyan Ruan, Jinqi Tang, Juan Wang, Jing Zhou, Xiaoyong Zeng, Hanjie Liu

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A molecular phylogeny of Zygopterans (Insecta, Odonata) of Kerala, India by C. Nitha Bose, Anu Boswell, Francy K. Kakkassery

“…Sequence samples of 19 species belonging to 7 families of Zygoptera were used for the analysis. …”
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Investigation of bhv-1, bvdv and eblv infections in bulls selected for artificial investigation of bhv-1, bvdv and eblv infections in bulls selected for artificial by Orhan Yapkıç, Oya Bulut, Atilla Şimşek, Sibel Yavru, Mehmet Kale, OğuzhanAvcı

“…It was determined as positive that antibodies against 12 bulls (8.3%) for BHV-1, 25 bulls (17.4%) for BVDV and 14 bulls (9.7%) for EBLV. Besides, all seronegative bulls were also detected as antigen negative by ELISA/Ag.…”
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An interpretable machine learning model for predicting in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. by Junying Wei, Heshan Cao, Mingling Peng, Yinzhou Zhang, Sibei Li, Wuhua Ma, Yuhui Li

“…The random forest (RF) model showed the best performance, achieving an AUC of 0.780 in internal validation and 0.724 in external testing, outperforming other ML models and common clinical scoring systems.…”
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Foresight older adults' quality of life in the aging crisis in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Raheleh Alimoradzadeh, Katayoun Jahangiri, Roya Alimoradzadeh

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Role of Asthma Education in the Management of Adult Asthma by Johanne Côté

“…Asthma treatment should begin with a proper adjustment of the medication, allowing asthmatics to lead a normal life. …”
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Prediction of Intraformational Remaining Oil Distribution Based on Reservoir Heterogeneity: Application to the J-Field by Jie Zhang, Feifei Fang, Jie Wang, Yajie Tian, Fei Mo, Qi Li, Sainan Li, Xiaoliang Huang, Yi Yang

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Statistical Analysis of the Verbs of Speaking заявить – заявлять (Announce – Proclaim) in News Texts of Electronic Media by H.G. Sheykhi

“…According to the Russian National Corpus, the verbs заявить – заявлять (announce – proclaim) belong to the lexical-semantic group of verbs of oral communication and occur most frequently in mass media. …”
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Lower bounds on trees and unicyclic graphs with respect to the misbalance rodeg index by Nasrin Dehgardi, Mahdieh Azari, Yilun Shang

“…Despite its significant chemical applicability, the MR index has not been extensively explored in the literature. One objective of this study is to highlight the importance of this graph invariant to the mathematical chemistry community by examining various mathematical properties associated with it. …”
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Refined Modeling of Geoeffective Fast Halo CMEs During Solar Cycle 24 by E. Yordanova, M. Temmer, M. Dumbović, C. Scolini, E. Paouris, A. L. E. Werner, A. P. Dimmock, L. Sorriso‐Valvo

“…The performance assessment has been based on the application of an identical set of metrics. …”
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Making teamwork work: enhancing teamwork and assessment in higher education by Nigel Francis, Connie Pritchard, Zoe Prytherch, Stephen Rutherford

“…Finally, we discuss examples from the literature of where team‐based learning and assessment activities have been successful. Approaches to team‐based activities need to be more proactive and supportive so that students understand the dynamics of teams, how to plan team‐based activities, and how to deal with interpersonal issues positively and productively. …”
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Comparison of Goal Achievement during an Early, Intensive Nutrition Intervention Delivered to People with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer by Telephone Compared with Mobile Applicatio... by Kate Furness, Catherine E. Huggins, Lauren Hanna, Daniel Croagh, Mitchell Sarkies, Terry P. Haines

“…There was also a higher number of behaviour change techniques employed which may have facilitated the greater goal achievement. …”
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A New Nonlinear Equation with Lump-Soliton, Lump-Periodic, and Lump-Periodic-Soliton Solutions by Bo Ren, Ji Lin, Zhi-Mei Lou

“…By combining multiexponential functions with a quadratic function, the interaction between lumps and multikink soliton is generated. …”
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