Diffusion-Weighted Imaging-Based Differentiating between Benign and Malignant Ovarian Lesions by Ali Reza Eftekhari Moghadam, Milad Jalilian, Forouzan Absalan, Farhad Heidari

“…Post-processing of three-dimensional apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps has proven useful in evaluating variable tumors, although its position in ovarian cancer prognosis is until now not well defined. …”
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Numerical solution of two dimensional time-fractional telegraph equation using Chebyshev spectral collocation method by Kamran, Farman Ali Shah, Kamal Shah, Thabet Abdeljawad

“…The LT is employed to handle the time variable, transforming the considered equation into a system of spatial equations. …”
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The Nitrogen Preference of Cactus Pear (<i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i>): A Sand Culture Snapshot by Nicholas A. Niechayev, Paula N. Pereira, John C. Cushman

“…Our results suggest that <i>O. ficus-indica</i> prefers fertilizers containing either equal concentrations nitrate and ammonium or more nitrate than ammonium.…”
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Pediatric heart failure: Current approach and treatment by Benjamin A. Olsen, Shelley D. Miyamoto

“…Pediatric HF is a diverse disease entity with variable pathophysiologic processes and symptoms. This review will focus on myocardial failure related to intrinsic cardiomyocyte, or cardiac muscle cell, dysfunction. …”
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EFFECT OF VARIED PLYOMETRIC TRAINING IN LAND AND AQUATIC MEDIUM ON ANAEROBIC POWER OF ATHLETES by Raju Biswas, Sandip Sankar Ghosh

“…In the present study, anaerobic power was considered as the dependent variable, and it was measured by Margaria-Kalamen power test. …”
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Orienting global surgery initiatives toward advancing minimally invasive surgery in Africa: a commentary based on continent-wide reviews by Adebayo Falola, Abdourahmane Ndong, Ademola Adeyeye

“…Our previous reviews show that adoption of MIS in Africa has been highly variable. Only Egypt and South Africa, for example, have significantly reported robotic surgery programs. …”
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The Dynamics of Pheromone Release in Two Passive Dispensers Commonly Used for Mating Disruption in the Control of <i>Lobesia botrana</i> and <i>Eupoecilia ambiguella</i> in Vineyar... by Marta Corbetta, Luca Bricchi, Vittorio Rossi, Giorgia Fedele

“…The effect of temperature was not linear, and any temperature increase at high temperatures accelerated the PRR more than proportionally. One dispenser type showed a non-linear release trend of the pheromone emission in field conditions with respect to the considered variables; further, the stepwise regression pointed out the importance of the dichotomous variable associated with the vineyard for increasing the goodness-of-fit. …”
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A Numerical Simulation Approach for Superheated Steam Flow during Multipoint Steam Injection in Horizontal Well by Qiuying Du, Mingzhong Li, Chenwei Liu, Zhifeng Bai, Chenru Zhou, Xiangyu Wang

“…When the steam injection volume is 200 m3/d and the steam injection valve spacing is 20 m, a more stable steam injection effect can be obtained. …”
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Association between dietary selenium intake and depression in patients with or without stroke: a cross-sectional study by Shuang Wu, Zhimin Mei, Jin Gao, Songshan Chai

“…Furthermore, when dietary selenium was converted into a categorical variable, there was evidence of an interaction between stroke status and selenium intake on decreasing the prevalence of depression (p = 0.007). …”
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Risk Assessment During Nest Defense Against Three Simulated Predators by Female Northern House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) by Ross C. Eggleston, Josephina H. Fornara, Kyle M. Davis, Jess Dong, Dustin G. Reichard

“…Neighboring house wrens from adjacent territories were also less likely to respond to the hawk, but more heterospecifics mobbed the hawk than the snake decoy. …”
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Factors Related with Handgrip Strength in Elderly Patients by Nur Riviati, Siti Setiati, Purwita W Laksmi, Murdani Abdullah

“…Results: age of more than 75 years old and malnutriton were risk factors that affected hangrip strength. …”
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Research on sentiment index and real estate demand forecasting based on BERT-BiLSTM and ADL-MIDAS models by Mengkai Chen, Jun Wang, Feilong Zhao, Gaopeng Jiang

“…Simultaneously, Internet Concern index is constructed using Baidu search data as a non-directional sentiment proxy variable. Further adopting the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Mixed Data Sampling model (ADL-MIDAS), we compare the predictive performance of these two sentiment indices alongside macroeconomic variables on market demand. …”
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A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study of Pain among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Thailand by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…Independent variables included sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviour, physical and mental health conditions, and healthcare utilization. …”
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High frequency traction rod model and its structure-borne sound transmission characteristic of high-speed trains by Qi Wang, Xinbiao Xiao, Jian Han, Yunhang Liu, Yanning Tang, Xuesong Jin

“…The power contribution rate of the traction rod to the carbody in the 32–259 Hz range varies significantly, from less than 20%, to more than 40%, at different running stages. The influence of the traction rod on structure-borne sound cannot be neglected.…”
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A spatial bearing fault classification method based on improved APSMOTE-WKMFA by CHEN Chao, YANG Chenhao, XU Haosen, WAN Ouying, HAN Liling

“…Test validation was carried out using the spatial bearing dataset of Harbin Institute of Technology’s aero-engine.ResultsCompared with the Euclidean distance, the geodesic distance can more accurately reflect the similarity between the spatial bearing data, and the intra-class aggregation and inter-class separation of the data are enhanced after the projection mapping, which improves the separability of faults. …”
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Insights into Biohydrogen Production Through Dark Fermentation of Food Waste: Substrate Properties, Inocula, and Pretreatment Strategies by Djangbadjoa Gbiete, Satyanarayana Narra, Damgou Mani Kongnine, Mona-Maria Narra, Michael Nelles

“…Food waste is a suitable substrate for dark fermentation and has a variable and complex composition, which is a major factor limiting the hydrogen yield. …”
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Exploring the influence of sustainable development factors on the environmental quality in OECD economies by Muhammad Rizwanullah, Muhammad Nasrullah, Mohamad Alnafissa

“…Design/methodology/approach – The study use Commen correlated effects mean group (CCE-MG), pooled mean group-autoregressive distributed lag (PMG-ARDL) measure the role explainatory variables on dependent variable. Findings – Environmental protection is an essential tool in the fight against environmental degradation. …”
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Risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer in the female population of Belgrade, Serbia: A case-control study by Gazibara Tatjana, Filipović Aleksandra, Kesić Vesna, Kisić-Tepavčević Darija, Pekmezović Tatjana

“…In order to analyze the influence of specific exposure to the risk of the disease, we categorized variables according to the cut-off values. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated separately for each variable using univariate conditional logistic regression analysis. …”
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What are the factors associated with rural-urban inequality in under-5 deaths in low- and middle-income countries? A Fairlie decomposition analysis. by Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Taiwo Akinyode Obembe, Oyewale Mayowa Morakinyo

“…Death of any child within 0 - 59 months of life was our dependent variable while some selected individual and neighborhood factors constituted the explanatory variables.…”
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Retention Protocols and Factors Affecting Retainer Choice among Iraqi Orthodontists by Mushriq F. Abid, Ali M. Al-Attar, Akram F. Alhuwaizi

“…The chi-square test was used to test the significant association between different variable and sociodemographic factors. Results. The response rate was 87.5%. …”
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