Prevalence and risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle on selected farms located in Dessie and Kombolcha, Northeast Ethiopia by Hasen Ahimed Mekonin, Abadi Amare Reda, Abadi Amare Reda, Alula Alemayehu Assen, Alula Alemayehu Assen, Awol Mohammed Assen, Awol Mohammed Assen

“…The animal- and herd-level risk factors included in the final multivariable mixed-effects model were age, body condition score, milking status, and farm history of lameness. …”
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Evaluating the structure of Antibiotic Stewardship Programme in Emirates Health Services hospitals in the United Arab Emirates by Ms Fatma Al Hamidh, Dr. Md. Hafizur Rahman, Dr. Esmita Charani

“…Documents were analyzed using a 3-point Likert scale (1=Not met, 2=Partially met, 3=Fully met) across seven core ASP elements. …”
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Rationale and Trial Design of Feedbacks Using Behavioural Economic Theories on STEP Counts (FOOTSTEPS) Trial in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease by Takahiro Suzuki, MD, MPH, Jiro Aoki, MD, PhD, Kohei Abe, MD, Taku Asano, MD, PhD, Daisuke Yoneoka, PhD, Shuntaro Sato, PhD, Jeffrey Rewley, PhD, Kotaro Miyata, MD, Masafumi Ono, MD, PhD, Akira Saito, MD, MPH, Takayoshi Kanie, MD, Kenta Okui, MD, Akinari Takahashi, MD, Koichiro Isa, MD, Satoshi Takasago, MD, Yumi Shiina, MD, PhD, Yosuke Nishihata, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Niinuma, MD, PhD, Keita Masuda, MD, PhD, Yasufumi Kijima, MD, PhD, Hidefumi Nishida, MD, Nobuyuki Komiyama, MD, PhD, Keiko Sugibuchi, RN, Yoko Suzuki, RN, Aoi Igarashi, RN, Sachiko Suzumura, PT, Nanami Tsurugi, PT, Daisuke Okamura, PT, Atsushi Mizuno, MD, PhD

“…The smartphone application incorporates gamification elements: points, rankings, and framing effects. Participants in social support arms will nominate a family member or friend to receive weekly progress reports and provide encouragement. …”
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A Near-Wall Methodology for Large-Eddy Simulation Based on Dynamic Hybrid RANS-LES by Michael Tullis, D. Keith Walters

“…This paper presents an LES wall treatment method that combines key attributes of the two, in which the boundary layer mesh is sized in the streamwise and spanwise directions comparable to WMLES, and the wall-normal mesh is comparable to a RANS simulation without wall functions. A mixing length model is used to prescribe an eddy viscosity in the near-wall region, with the mixing length scale limited based on local mesh size. …”
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A Critique on the Book "The Meaning of Icons" by Nahid Abdi

“…This article discussed some of the positive points and shortcomings of the two texts from the point of critical studies method. …”
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Demographic Transformation, Eroding Social Capital and Segregation on Outskirt Areas of Hungarian Cities by Gábor Vasárus, Ádám Szalai, József Lennert

“…The paper also points out that while many interviewees conflated deprivation with ethnicity, this perception is not supported by other evidence.…”
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Environmental conditions modulate hermaphroditic pathways in Salpa thompsoni near the Western Antarctic Peninsula by Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Svenja J. Müller, Bettina Meyer

“…Early male testis development at female blastozooid stages points to a wide-spread overlapping protogynous hermaphroditism (OPH) in regions where warm Antarctic Circumpolar Current waters mix with colder Antarctic Coastal waters. …”
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Phonetic Diversity vs. Sociolinguistic and Phonological Patterning of R in Québec French by Mathilde Hutin, Mélanie Lancien

“…First, from a sociophonetic point of view, we utilize a mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model to analyze the impact of various variables on the distribution of /R/ variants. …”
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Removing the Correlation Term in Option Pricing Heston Model: Numerical Analysis and Computing by R. Company, L. Jódar, M. Fakharany, M.-C. Casabán

“…An explicit difference scheme with positive coefficients and only five-point computational stencil is constructed. The boundary conditions are adapted to the boundaries of the rhomboid transformed numerical domain. …”
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A Novel Separable Model and Decomposition Method for Sensor Locational Decision Problem by Linfeng Yang, Jie Li, Jin Ye, Zhigang Zhao

“…The algorithm alternates between solving a mixed integer linear program and a convex nonlinear program (NLP). …”
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Tumor venéreo transmissível canino com resistência quimioterápica e metástase esplênica. Relato de caso by A. P. Duzanski, A. D. Ortiz, H. B. Fêo, M. W. Fonseca, M. M. Flórez, L. T Rodrigues, F. Michelon, N. S. Rocha

“…The canine transmissible venereal tumor is a type of round cell cancer that have the particularity of implanting in mucous tissue, when they lose their integrity, at which point the tumour proliferates and may even develop metastases. …”
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Model-Assisted Probabilistic Neural Networks for Effective Turbofan Fault Diagnosis by Christoforos Romesis, Nikolaos Aretakis, Konstantinos Mathioudakis

“…., detection of the faulty component at the current operating point), while with the aid of an adaptive engine model, the fault is then further isolated and identified. …”
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Telepractice with Preschool Children: Speech-language Pathologists’ Perspectives in Turkey by Merve Dilbaz Gürsoy, Tuğçe Karahan Tığrak, Ayşen Köse

“… The purpose of this research was to investigate speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perspectives, attitudes, and experiences of using telepractice for preschoolers in Turkey. A mixed-method online survey was used with SLPs who implemented telepractice with preschool children. …”
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Acculturation and wellbeing by Anne Tseu, Mitchell Clark

“… This mixed methods study investigated the acculturation status and wellbeing of a sample of first-generation immigrants to Canada. …”
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Optimizing the Journey for Patients With Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Disease in the United Kingdom by Fiona McDonald, Lorraine Coleman, Claire Gillett, Shirley Harwood, Sally McCann, Sarah Minty, Tanya Sinnett, behalf of NTM Patient Care UK

“…These include improving HCP education, ensuring the involvement of a multidisciplinary team from the point of diagnosis, enhancing patient participation in decision-making, and promoting access to support networks. …”
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Families' Orientation of Children towards Science and Children's Perception of Science by Emine Bal, Gökhan Kaya

“…The research was conducted using mixed methods. Using criterion and convenience sampling methods, 168 parents with preschool children constituted the study group. …”
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Fostering creative thinking through gamified intercultural communication: innovative pedagogical strategies in higher education English programs by Ning Li

“…By incorporating game elements, such as point systems, badge rewards, leaderboards and task challenges, an innovative course was meticulously designed and implemented. …”
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Research on Meshing Efficiency of Gear Pairs Based on Dynamic Sliding Friction Factors by Fu Jingbo, Qiao Mingming, Guo Zhili, Chen Jiangyi

“…From the point of view of force, the calculation formula of gear pair meshing efficiency is deduced, and the dynamic sliding friction factor is introduced to obtain the result of gear pair meshing efficiency that conforms to the actual working conditions. …”
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CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOREST SOILS FROM PRAHOVA COUNTY by Cristian Mihai ENESCU, Lucian DINCĂ, Iulian Alexandru BRATU

“…In order to conserve or to increase the chemical characteristics of the forest soils to an optimum level, future silvicultural measures should be focused on promoting the mixed stands, even if by doing this, the forests managers will have to face several challenges.…”
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Day-to-Day Dynamic Multivehicle Assignment: Deterministic Process Models by Giulio E. Cantarella, Chiara Fiori

“…Thus, existing methods for travel demand assignment to a transportation network, the main tools for transportation systems analysis to support transportation project assessment and evaluation, need to be extended to cope with mixed traffic. In this paper, deterministic process models for day-to-day dynamic multivehicle assignment are presented, including fixed-point models for equilibrium assignment as a special case. …”
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