Reinforced Concrete with Graphene Oxide: Techno-Economic Feasibility for Reduced Cement Usage and CO2 Emissions by D. Domínguez-Santos, P. Muñoz, J. O. Morales-Ferreiro, C. Acuña, D. E. Diaz-Droguett, Elvira Villaro

“…The methodology involved synthesising GO using a modified Hummers’ method, ensuring uniform dispersion in concrete matrices. …”
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Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tie-Wu Jia, Sara Melville, Jürg Utzinger, Charles H King, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…Information on study year, country, sample size, age of participants, diagnostic method, drug administration strategy, prevalence and intensity of infection pre- and posttreatment, cure and egg reduction rate, evaluation period posttreatment, and adherence was extracted. …”
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Few-Shot Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Based on Refined Bi-Directional Prototypical Contrastive Learning for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xuebin Tang, Hanyi Shi, Chunchao Li, Cheng Jiang, Xiaoxiong Zhang, Lingbin Zeng, Xiaolei Zhou

“…In this work, we investigate an extreme and realistic scenario where unsupervised domain adaptation methods encounter sparsely labeled source data when handling HSICC tasks, namely, few-shot unsupervised domain adaptation. …”
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Advances in the recombinase polymerase amplification platform for urogenital schistosomiasis diagnosis (ShDraI-RPA) towards implementation at the point-of-care by Silvia G. Mesquita, Owain Donnelly, John Archer, Elena B. Lugli, Bonnie Webster

“…A two-step DNA extraction method proved optimal for extracting DNA from single S. haematobium eggs in spiked urine. …”
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GUIDELINES FOR THE SERVICE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTELS THAT ATTRACT DOMESTIC WORKCATION TOURISTS: THE CASE OF PATTAYA CITY, THAILAND by Chayapoj LEE-ANANT, Phornprom RUNGREAUNG

“…Meanwhile, the concept of ‘workcation’ is more recognizable due to its concept of ‘anywhere is an office’. …”
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Phenolic Profile, Nutritional Composition, Functional Properties, and Antioxidant Activity of Newly Grown Parthenocarpic and Normal Seeded Tomato by Sajid Dominic, Abdullah Ijaz Hussain, Shahzad Ali Shahid Chatha, Qasim Ali, Nosheen Aslam, Satyajit Dey Sarker, Saeed Ahmad Shah Chishti, Shafaqat Ali, Saliha Maqbool, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni

“…Moreover, NPT were seedless with longer shelf-life and had more phenolic and flavonoid contents than the NST. …”
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ChroniSense National Early Warning Score Study (CHESS): a wearable wrist device to measure vital signs in hospitalised patients—protocol and study design by Michelle Helena van Velthoven, David Brindley, Felicia Adjei, Dimitris Vavoulis, Glenn Wells, Attila Kardos

“…Wearable devices could provide an easier, reliable, more convenient and cost-effective method of monitoring. …”
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Screening, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of developmental dysplasia of the hip in Brazilian population: a scoping review by Emily Schaeffer, Patricia Moreno Grangeiro, Patrícia Eduarda Conrado Martins Rocha Jaleca, Sheila Lam, Sana Arora, Daniel Frank Liggio

“…The most common diagnostic methods were the Ortolani manoeuvre and ultrasonography using the Graf method. …”
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Concept “Holy Fool” in the Linguistic World-Image of the Russian-Speaking Population of Ukraine by Iia Gordiienko-Mytrofanova, Iuliia Kobzieva

“…The sample comprised 204 respondents aged 18-35, males and females being equally represented. …”
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Is the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) a Single or Two Construct Measure? A Theoretical and Pragmatic Perspective by Gerald Michael Humphris, Jonathan Timothy Newton

“…Anticipatory dental anxiety was more strongly related to oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) than treatment-related dental anxiety as predicted. …”
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CLSI Validation of Exchangeable Copper Determination in Serum by ICP-MS: A Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and Wilson Disease by Rosanna Squitti, Amit Pal, Irena D. Ivanova, Massimo Marianetti, Mauro Rongioletti

“…However, traditional methods for estimating non-Cp Cu are indirect and analytically imprecise. …”
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Integrating petrophysical data into efficient iterative cluster analysis for electrofacies identification in clastic reservoirs by Mohammed A. Abbas, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Aqsa Anees, David A. Wood

“…Specifically, the clusters it establishes are less rigidly constrained than those derived from the more commonly used K-means clustering method. The EM methodology developed generates dependable electrofacies estimates in the studied reservoir intervals where core samples are not available. …”
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Geo-spatial analysis of high-risk fertility behaviors and child stunting in Ethiopia by Wondaya Fenta Zewdia, Daniel Asmelash, Yemane Asmelash

“…This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between HRFB of birth and stunting in under-five children across Ethiopia’s administrative zones.MethodThis study used cross-sectional data from the latest Mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health 2019 Survey, which included a weighted sample of 4,969 under-five children from 64 administrative zones. …”
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Biogenic amorphous calcium phosphate: a sustainable alternative for dentin remineralization by M. Madhana Madhubala, G. S. Nayantara, R. Jayasree, Janis Locs, Sekar Mahalaxmi

“…Results SEM revealed that BACP had a more uniform, densely packed structure compared to SACP. …”
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Using and implementing care bundles for patients with acute admission for COPD: qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ experience in four hospitals in England by Sarah Purdy, Katherine Morton, Anna King, Sue Jenkins, Ali Shaw, Melanie Chalder, James Calvert

“…The aim was to evaluate how bundles were used, and healthcare professionals’ experiences of the impact of bundles on the process of care delivery.Methods Within the wider evaluation, four acute hospitals that were using COPD care bundles were purposefully sampled for geographical variation. …”
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Health risk assessment of toxic elements in Kashan drinking water reservoirs using Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis by Bahador Nemati, Saeid Fallahizadeh, Gholamreza Mostafaei, Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

“…In this study, 39 water samples were collected from 13 active water reservoirs. …”
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Variations in Event‐Bed Thickness‐Frequency Distributions Near Volcanic Islands: Indicators of Varied Geological Processes by Yu‐Chun Chang, José C. F. Kling, Julie C. Schindlbeck‐Belo, Neil C. Mitchell, Kan‐Hsi Hsiung, Toshiya Kanamatsu

“…Beyond stratigraphic characterization, the method shows broader potential for identifying the provenance of volcanic glass shards through geochemical comparisons and for evaluating the statistical compatibility of data sets from neighboring sites, ensuring sufficient sample size for robust integrated analyses.…”
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Psychometric evaluation of a novel measure of trauma-related cannabis use to cope by Sage E. Hawn, Terrell A. Hicks, Christopher Latourrette, Anita Thomas, Daniela Chaname, Sarah Ehlke, Abigail Powers Lott

“…Despite theoretical and empirical evidence for PTSD-related cannabis use to cope, no measure of this construct exists.Objective: We sought to address this gap by developing and validating a novel measure of PTSD-specific cannabis self-medication, which we have termed the Trauma-Related Cannabis Use to Cope (TRCU) questionnaire.Method: The psychometric properties of the TRCU and how it relates to relevant constructs were examined among a diverse sample of 345 trauma-exposed undergraduate cannabis users (Mage = 22.19, SD = 6.45; 46.7% White; 79.7% woman-identifying) using structural equation modelling in Mplus.Results: Study findings indicate that the TRCU is a more precise and targeted measure of cannabis use to cope with PTSD symptomology, as compared to existing measures of cannabis coping motives. …”
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An evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practices of South African university students regarding the use of emergency contraception and of art as an advocacy tool by Emilie J. Kistnasamy, Poovendhree Reddy, Jan Jordaan

“…In addition, the use of art as an advocacy tool in promoting awareness of EC and related sexual issues was also evaluated. Methods: A random sample of 162 students with equal representation of race and gender was interviewed. …”
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In-vessel co-composting of yard waste and food waste: an approach for sustainable waste management in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia by Amirhossein Malakahmad, Natasha Binti Idrus, Motasem S. Abualqumboz, Sara Yavari, Shamsul Rahman M. Kutty

“…Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the applicability of converting yard waste generated in Cameron Highlands Malaysia into high-quality and fast compost via in-vessel method. Methods In-vessel composting technique was applied for speedy biotransformation of yard waste. …”
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