Estimation of the Corneal Young’s Modulus In Vivo Based on a Fluid-Filled Spherical-Shell Model with Scheimpflug Imaging by Po-Jen Shih, Chun-Ju Huang, Tzu-Han Huang, Hung-Chou Lin, Jia-Yush Yen, I-Jong Wang, Hui-Jyun Cao, Wen-Pin Shih, Chi-An Dai

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Demographic disparities, service efficiency, safety, and user satisfaction in public bus transit system: A survey-based case study in the city of Charlotte, NC by Sanaz Sadat Hosseini, Babak Rahimi Ardabili, Mona Azarbayjani, Hamed Tabkhi

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The presence of risk factors in the home environment that influences the fall of people of the third age by Ratko Zlatičanin, Amila Jaganjac, Arzija Pašalić, Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović

“… Introduction: Aging is a natural, irreversible physiological process that depends on genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Many physiological, biological, psychological, and other factors play a major role. …”
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Measuring the performance of urban management on the quality of life of informal settlements in Miandoab City by farhad Judi, rahim Sarwar, Sayeda Sediqeh Hasani Mehr

“…The results indicated that the urban management index was statistically significant, with a p-value of 0.000, which is less than the threshold of 0.05. …”
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Practices of Healthcare Workers regarding Infection Prevention in Bale Zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia by Demisu Zenbaba, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Daniel Bogale

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Study on Medicinal Forest Plants in Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria, and Factors Shaping Usage Patterns by Abiodun Olusesi Oso, Orimoloye Ipoola Faleyimu, Waheed Akanni Salami, Elizabeth Philip, Rilwan Oluyinka Adewale, Musifat Abosede Kolapo

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Bridge Employment Model of Qualified Employees in Iran's Public Organizations by Seyedeh Sanaz Sadafi Mousavi, Mir ali Syed nagavi, Seyed Mehdi Alvani, Alireza Koushki Jahromi

“…After selecting the statistical population, the research questions were answered through semi-structured interviews. …”
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Improved Ozone Level Detection through Feature Selection with Modified Whale Optimization Algorithm by Li Yu Yab, Noorhaniza Wahid, Rahayu A Hamid

“…In the future, the proposed technique can be used for more applications in environmental science and engineering research. …”
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Pixel Color Clustering of Multi-Temporally Acquired Digital Photographs of a Rice Canopy by Luminosity-Normalization and Pseudo-Red-Green-Blue Color Imaging by Ryoichi Doi, Chusnul Arif, Budi Indra Setiawan, Masaru Mizoguchi

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Preschool abilities of children born preterm and low weight by Sasha A. Martínez-Espiet, Irene Sumaza Laborde, Leila Crespo Fernández, Maribel Campos Rivera, Frances Boulon Díaz

“…It is important to promote an early assessment and environmental stimulation among this population even in the absence of risk indicators.…”
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Dynamics of Cropland Non-Agriculturalization in Shaanxi Province of China and Its Attribution Using a Machine Learning Approach by Huiting Yan, Hao Chen, Fei Wang, Linjing Qiu

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Rapid Detection of Pesticide Residues in Chinese Herbal Medicines by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Partial Least Squares Regression by Tianming Yang, Rong Zhou, Du Jiang, Haiyan Fu, Rui Su, Yangxi Liu, Hanbo Su

“…The proposed method can handle the intrinsic interferences of herbal samples; satisfactory average recoveries attained from near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) PLSR models were 99.0±10.8 and 100.2±1.0% for Ca, 100.2±6.9 and 99.7±2.5% for Th, and 99.1±6.3 and 99.6±1.0% for Te, respectively. Furthermore, some statistical parameters and figures of merit are fully investigated to evaluate the performance of the two models. …”
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Heavy-tailed flood peak distributions: what is the effect of the spatial variability of rainfall and runoff generation? by E. Macdonald, B. Merz, B. Merz, V. D. Nguyen, S. Vorogushyn

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Codification a model of a creative urban area from the perspective of social capital, Case study: District 11 of Tehran by Mohammad Doosthoseini, Vahid Bigdeli Rad, Maryam Moeinifar

“…The creative urban area must be able to support the economy of the urban area, intelligent transportation, management rehabilitation as well as improving environmental performance, and also it can be providing the grounds for the realization of social capital in order to achieve the indicators of social capital. …”
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Second Language Writing Anxiety among Faculty Scholars of a State University in the Philippines and Its Sex-Disaggregated Data by Mercedita M. Reyes, Sharina Carla S. Merculio, Joan C. Ravago

“…Other sources of anxiety include the availability of external and internal resources and environmental elements. In relation to sex, males scored higher in terms of the level of anxiety compared to females. …”
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Intercomparison of Downscaling Techniques for Satellite Soil Moisture Products by Daeun Kim, Heewon Moon, Hyunglok Kim, Jungho Im, Minha Choi

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In “Tone” with dogs: exploring canine musicality by Claudia Pinelli, Anna Scandurra, Cristina Giacoma, Alfredo Di Lucrezia, Biagio D’Aniello

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Enhanced spatial analysis assessing the association between PFAS-contaminated water and cancer incidence: rationale, study design, and methods by Resa M. Jones, Erin R. Kulick, Ryan Snead, Robin Taylor Wilson, John Hughes, Ted Lillys

“…Abstract Background Cancer is a complex set of diseases, and many have decades-long lag times between possible exposure and diagnosis. Environmental exposures, such as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and area-level risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic variables), vary for people over time and space. …”
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Future Studies of Tourism Development Planning (Case study: Ardabil province) by hossein nazmfar, ameneh alibakhshi

“…The research area of Ardabil province and the statistical population is 45 tourism experts, urban and regional planning and executive agencies of the province. …”
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Pomegranate Peels and Seeds as a Source of Phenolic Compounds: Effect of Cultivar, By-Product, and Extraction Solvent by Lara Campos, Luana Seixas, Marta H. F. Henriques, António M. Peres, Ana C. A. Veloso

“…The recovery and valorization of the peel and seeds (ca. 50% of the whole fruit), besides the positive environmental impact, can be viewed as a source of natural bioactive compounds. …”
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