Helicobacter pylori Infection and Its Risk Factors: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Resource-Limited Settings of Northwest Ethiopia by Markos Negash, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Demeke Geremew

“…In those patients with H. pylori (a positive result with either the Ab or Ag test), drinking water from well sources had 2.23 times risk of getting H. pylori infection (P=0.017), and drinking coffee (1.51 (0.79–2.96, P=0.025)) and chat chewing (1.78 (1.02–3.46, P=0.008) are the common risk factors. …”
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Erratum to “Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study” by D. Chandrapal Reddy, A. T. Bapuji, V. Suryanarayana Rao, V. Himabindu, D. Rama Raju, Syed Syedba, H. L. V. Ravikiran

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Geomorphologic Phenomenon of Marly Hills and its Effect on Chemical Quality of the Agricultural Water (case study: Kalateh-Sadat watershed of Sabzevar) by Leila Montaseri, Abolghasem Amir Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Zangeneh Asadi

“…Geomorphological phenomenon discussed in this research is marly hills that is result of volcanic-sedimentary activities of geological tertiary and is discussed the role of chemical effects this hills in mudding water one of the rivers current in its area (Kalateh-Sadat river in west Sabzevar) to irrigate agricultural lands around this river, that slang term to it "water-coloring" they say. …”
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A Signal Based Triangular Structuring Element for Mathematical Morphological Analysis and Its Application in Rolling Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Zhaowen Chen, Ning Gao, Wei Sun, Qiong Chen, Fengying Yan, Xinyu Zhang, Maria Iftikhar, Shiwei Liu, Zhongqi Ren

“…In the following, a signal based triangular SE according to the statistics of the magnitude of a vibration signal is proposed, together with associated methodology, which processes the bearing signal by MM analysis based on proposed SE to get the morphology spectrum of a signal. …”
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Non-convex optimization with using positive-negative moment estimation and its application for skin cancer recognition with a neural network by P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, R.I. Abdulkadirov

“…The introduction of the developed algorithms into the learning process of various architectures of multimodal neural network systems for analyzing heterogeneous data has made it possible to increase the accuracy of recognizing pigmented skin lesions by 2.33 – 5.69 percentage points, compared to the original optimization methods. …”
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PACE Technique to Error Categories: Its Effectiveness in Improving Word Problem Performance in Mathematics among the 7th Grade Students by Roghene A. Coloma, Florante P. Ibarra, Amirul Mukminin, Lenny Marzulina, Herri Mulyono, Kasinyo Harto

“…The study utilized quasi-experimental research design with a validated researcher-made 7th Grade Mathematics test as the main instrument. …”
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CONTRIBUTION OF PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE KIPALA SHALE (CENTRAL BASIN, DRC) TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ITS POTENTIAL AS A HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCK by DJONIVE MUNENE ASIDI, FLEURY SIMBUNGU ANGBOKO, THOMAS KANIKA MAYENA, RUTH ILUNGA MULAJI, ANGE THIJENIRA LOKETO, FREDERIC MAKOKA MWANZA, LEVESQUE MAKUKU MBO, RACHIDI OPULUKU, JEAN IYOLO LUNGEMBO

“…Their high Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content (11 % TOC on average for the dark greasy shales, compared with 8 % for the second group) classifies them as very good hydrocarbon source rocks, according to the criteria of Epistalie et al. …”
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A Day Ahead Electrical Appliance Planning of Residential Units in a Smart Home Network Using ITS-BF Algorithm by Amir Ali Dashtaki, Morteza Khaki, Mohammad Zand, Mostafa Azimi Nasab, P. Sanjeevikumar, Tina Samavat, Morteza Azimi Nasab, Baseem Khan

“…The simulation results show that an ITS-BF algorithm performs better than the existing methods in reducing costs and waiting time.…”
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Effects of Anthocyanin-Rich Popping Maize Flour on the Phenolic Profile and the Antioxidant Capacity of Mix-Bread and Its Physical and Sensory Properties by Simić Marijana, Žilić Slađana, Šimuruna Olivera, Filipčev Bojana, Škrobot Dubravka, Vančetović Jelena

“…Despite thermal degradation, the content of anthocyanins in crumb of blue and dark-red maize mix-breads was high and amounted to 142.3 mg CGE/kg and 84.4 mg CGE/kg, respectively. …”
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Probing aspects of extracellular vesicle associated AAV allows increased vector yield and insight into its transduction and immune-evasive properties by Ming Cheng, Demitri de la Cruz, Adam V. Crain, Paula Espinoza, Carrie Ng, Zachary C. Elmore, Aravind Asokan, Casey A. Maguire

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A Novel Power-Driven Grey Model with Whale Optimization Algorithm and Its Application in Forecasting the Residential Energy Consumption in China by Peng Zhang, Xin Ma, Kun She

“…The nonlinear parameter of power-driven grey action quantity is a crucial factor to influence the prediction precision. …”
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Evaluation of hesperidin as a potential larvicide against Culex pipiens with computational prediction of its mode of action via molecular docking by Abdullah Haikal, Mahmoud Kamal, Eslam M. Hosni, Yhiya Amen

“…Hesperidin demonstrated potent larvicidal effects, with a lethal concentration 50 (LC50) of 570.3 ± 0.04 µg/mL, outperforming the conventional insecticide Chlorpyrifos 588.3 ± 0.28 µg/mL in efficacy. …”
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The Stigma and Self-Stigma Scales for attitudes to mental health problems: Psychometric properties and its relationship to mental health problems and absenteeism. by Alys E. Docksey, Nicola S. Gray, Helen B. Davies, Nicola Simkiss, Robert J. Snowden

“…The properties of the SASS were investigated by employees of a large UK government organization. With minor exceptions, each of the SASS scales had strong psychometric properties, good internal reliability, and test-retest reliability. …”
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Preparing Curve Number Map of Run-off and Investigating its Precision Using Hydrological Model (Case Study: Navdar Catchment) by Narjes Omidi, Bahman Farhadi, Samira Rahimi, Homayon Hesadi

“…جغرافیا و پایداری محیط…”
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APPLYING THE GENETIC ALGORITHM AND QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS TO STUDY THE STRUCTURE OF THE Sc2B6 CLUSTER AND ITS CO ADSORPTION by Minh Thao Nguyen, Tho Thanh Bui, Trung Cang Phan, Sy Linh Ho

Subjects: “…CO adsorption…”
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Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer by Xiaojie Chu, Seungmin Shin, Du-San Baek, Liyong Zhang, Alex Conard, Megan Shi, Ye-Jin Kim, Cynthia Adams, Maggie Hines, Xianglei Liu, Chuan Chen, Zehua Sun, Dontcho V. Jelev, John W. Mellors, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Wei Li

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Enhanced sensor web services by incorporating IoT interface protocols and spatio-temporal data streams for edge computing-based sensing by Dong Chen, Shaoju Wang, Chao Wang, Xiang Zhang, Nengcheng Chen

Subjects: “…web geographic information system (WebGIS)…”
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The Role of Coal Mechanical Characteristics on Reservoir Permeability Evolution and Its Effects on CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery by Hao Han, Shun Liang, Yaowu Liang, Xuehai Fu, Junqiang Kang, Liqiang Yu, Chuanjin Tang

“…The results show that the harder coal seam is beneficial to primary production, while the softer coal seam results in greater CO2/N2-ECBM recovery and CO2 sequestration. N2 and CO2 mixture injection could be applied to balance early N2 breakthrough and pronounced matrix swelling induced by CO2 adsorption, and to prolong the process of effective CH4 recovery. …”
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INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING STANDARD (IPSAS 24): ITS EFFECT ON PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGET PERFORMANCE IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA by Salaudeen Ibrahim, Abdul-Hakeem Shuaib, Mubaraq Sanni

“…The targeted population were 50 made up of all 24 members of the Kwara State House of Assembly and 26 Controllers of finance in the state. …”
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Land Use Contributions to Heavy Metals/Metaloids Pollution in the Tano Basin, Ghana, and Its Associated Health Risks to Dependant Communities by Jackson Adiyiah Nyantakyi, Samuel Wiafe, Osman Fusen Yong, Osei Akoto

“…The corresponding levels in the experimental sites were As (0.014 ± 0.88 mg/L) < Hg (0.051 ± 0.76 mg/L) < Cd (0.056 ± 0.45 mg/L) < Zn (0.166 ± 1.95 mg/L) < Cr (0.299 ± 0.42 mg/L) < Pb (0.428 ± 0.44 mg/L). …”
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