Research on IFC- and FDS-Based Information Sharing for Building Fire Safety Analysis by Jianyong Shi, Jicao Dao, Liu Jiang, Zeyu Pan

“…In this paper, a quick and accurate approach for information sharing for building fire safety analysis between mainstream BIM applications and widely used fire simulation software has been successfully implemented, based on Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). …”
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Talent management practices and other factors affecting employee performance in the public healthcare sector in poland: an empirical study using structural equation modelling by Wioletta Pomaranik, Magdalena Kludacz-Alessandri

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Relationship Between Weight Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-age Children in China by Mandana Zanganeh, Peymané Adab, Bai Li, Miranda Pallan, Wei J. Liu, Lin Rong, Wei Liu, James Martin, Kar K. Cheng, Emma Frew

“…CHU-9D-CHN utility scores were generated using 2 scoring algorithms (UK and Chinese tariffs). …”
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Comparative experimental validation of microwave hyperspectral atmospheric soundings in clear-sky conditions by L. Liu, N. Bliankinshtein, Y. Huang, J. R. Gyakum, P. M. Gabriel, S. Xu, M. Wolde

“…Recent advancements have led to the fabrication of a hyperspectral microwave radiometer: the High Spectral Resolution Airborne Microwave Sounder (HiSRAMS). …”
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Microfluidic Microreactor Device With Integrated Heaters for Temperature Assisted Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Alkene by Tinku Naik Banavathi, Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Aniket Balapure, Sohan Dudala, Satish Kumar Dubey, Sanket Goel

“…The parameters for developing these LIG heaters were optimized by tuning the speed and power of the CO₂ laser to obtain both the desired electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. …”
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Effects of ovarian steroids on oxidative stress in overiectomized rats by Aziz Bulbul, Recep Aslan, H. Ahmet Celik, Gulcan Avci, Fatih Fidan

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Analysing the Multidimensional Nature of Poverty: a Focus on Housing Insecurity in South Africa by Zamokuhle Ndaba, Steven Henry Dunga, Precious Mncayi-Makhanya

“…Be that as it may, the Sustainable Development Goals evidently have one critical aspect missing in its 17 goals: achieving housing security for all. …”
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Mnemonic diplomacy in Russian-Serbian relations: The limits of the possible by A. M. Ponamareva

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What Are the Reasons for Dissatisfaction with the Treatment of Patients and Doctors? (Based on the Experience of Medical Institutions of the Northwestern... by A. Yu. Baranovsky, T. V. Reshetova, I. S. Sakeyan

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Teachers’ perception of the implementation of project-based learning in early childhood education in Indonesia<subtitle>Project-Based Learning: a perspective from Indonesian early childhood educators</subtitle> by Siti Aisyah, Dian Novita

“…(2) How do these perceptions differ based on educators’ teaching experience and familiarity with PjBL? …”
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Effect of three different intracanal medications on canal wall cleanliness and radicular dentin microhardness by Amira Ibrahim Mohamed, Soha Adel Abdou, Yousra Aly

“…Group B: AgNPs with curcumin paste. Group C: Ca(OH)2 paste. …”
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Comparative analysis of alectinib and brigatinib in real-world treatment of advanced NSCLC with ALK rearrangements by Kyuhwan Kim, Kyu Yean Kim, Hye Seon Kang, Ah Young Shin, Sung Kyoung Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Sang Haak Lee, Seung Joon Kim, Jeong Uk Lim, Chang Dong Yeo

“…The median TTD was 57.8 months (95% confidence interval (CI): 29.0–86.7) for alectinib and 39.6 months (95% CI: 21.7–57.4) for brigatinib ( p  = 0.462). …”
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Hydration with Mannitol and Dextrose May Promote Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity: Test of Five Protocols of Hydration during Cisplatin Therapy in Rat Models by Mohammad-Sedigh Khosravi, Alireza Samimiat, Bahar Mazaheri, Farzaneh Ashrafi, Ardeshir Talebi, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

“…The worsened condition in male rats is observed in the mannitol hydration group with a significant decrease of ClCr and significant increase of serum BUN and Cr and ENa% (P<0.05). …”
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Dijital Mahremiyet ve Kurumsal Sorumluluk: Kişisel Verilerin Korunmasında İletişim Teknolojilerinin Kamusal Rolü by Sevil Bal, Sıla Tanışık

“…Bu yönüyle; deneyim, ilişki, çatışma, gözetim, mülkiyet, iktidar tartışmasının merkezinde ise dijital mahremiyet olgusu yer almaktadır. 21. yüzyılda, dijital-kamusal alanda “kamu yararı”, “hak-yükümlülükler” çerçevesinde öne çıkan mahremiyet sorunsalı; literatürde bilgi-iletişim teknolojilerindeki gelişmeler, kamusal alan-özel alan ikircikliği, teknoloji kullanım yetkinliği ve özel alanın ihlali üzerinden incelenmektedir. …”
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A Special, Strict, Fat-Reduced, and Carbohydrate-Modified Diet Leads to Marked Weight Reduction even in Overweight Adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) by Walter Bonfig, Kathi Dokoupil, Heinrich Schmidt

“…The special diet was started at a mean age of 16 years (range: 14.1-18.9 years) and initial BMI was 41.3 kg/m2 (range: 32.4-55.5 kg/m2), corresponding to BMI-SDS +3.6 (range: +2.8 to +4.5 SDS). …”
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Exploring the potential cost-effectiveness and societal burden implications of screening for fracture risk in a UK general radiography setting by E. Söreskog, B. Lopez, T. Bean, P. Lewis, N. Ashley, J. Da Palma Lopes, R. Meertens, A. Ratcliffe

“…Conclusions IBEX BH could be a cost-effective tool for early identification and prevention of fragility fractures in the UK, addressing the current challenges of low provision and access to fracture risk assessment and treatment.…”
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Analysis of the Serum Bile Acid Composition for Differential Diagnosis in Patients with Liver Disease by Tomonori Sugita, Katsushi Amano, Masanori Nakano, Noriko Masubuchi, Masahiro Sugihara, Tomokazu Matsuura

“…Results. A total of 150 subjects, including patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) (n=44), hepatitis B virus (HBV) (n=23), alcoholic liver disease (ALD) (n=21), biliary tract disease (n=20), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (n=13), and other liver diseases (n=29), were recruited. …”
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Chemical composition by PTP 1B inhibitory activity guided analysis of a plant- based antidiabetic polyherbal drug used in ethnomedical systems by Pardon Mugari, Pamhidzai Dzomba, Stephen Nyoni

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Quantifying impacts of two ENSO patterns on South China sea summer monsoon onset by Lianyi Zhang, Junshu Lin, Zesheng Chen, Yanping Shi, Yan Du

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Differences of IL-1β Receptors Expression by Immunocompetent Cells Subsets in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Alina A. Alshevskaya, Julia A. Lopatnikova, Nadezhda S. Shkaruba, Oksana A. Chumasova, Aleksey E. Sizikov, Aleksander V. Karaulov, Vladimir A. Kozlov, Sergey V. Sennikov

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the expression of IL-1β membrane-bound receptors (IL-1R1 and IL-1R2) in terms of the percentage of receptor-positive cells and the number of receptors per cell in different subsets of immune cells in RA patients before and after a course of basic (excluding anticytokine) therapy and in healthy individuals. …”
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