The importance of field research in efficient water use in Kashkadarya region by Matyakubov B., Yakhyoev O., Karabayev A., Altmishev A.

“…Natural rainfall is insufficient for optimal soil moisture in cotton cultivation. Therefore, there is a need to artificially moisten the active layer of the soil. …”
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Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among adolescent pregnant women in Dolo-Ado town, Somali region, Ethiopia by Abdirahman Ahmed, Abdulkarim Mohammed, Mahamed Dol Ateye, Saleha Abdusamed

“…Key factors associated with undernutrition include maternal education [AOR] of 3.9; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.9–8.0), rural residence (AOR of 12; 95% CI: 3.5–42.9), low family income (AOR of 2.6; 95% CI: 1.2–5.4), food insecurity (AOR of 6.2; 95% CI: 2.8–13.9), iron-folic acid supplementation (AOR of 3.6; 95% CI: 1.7–7.5), and low dietary diversity intake (AOR of 13.1; 95% CI: 2.2–77.3). Therefore, targeted efforts to address family income, household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and access to iron-folic acid supplementation should be prioritized by both government and non-governmental organizations for pregnant adolescents.…”
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Study on the Relationship Between Groundwater Depth and Land Use Change Based on Indicator Kriging Method by XU Yueyue, SU Tao, LEI Bo, WANG Lei

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云南召开野生动物资源持续利用与产业化发展规划研讨会 by 李纯, 曹亦功

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Advanced Glycation End-Products and Hyperglycemia Increase Angiopoietin-2 Production by Impairing Angiopoietin-1-Tie-2 System by Alessandra Puddu, Roberta Sanguineti, Davide Maggi, Massimo Nicolò, Carlo E. Traverso, Renzo Cordera, Giorgio L. Viviani

“…These results suggest that therapeutic strategies useful in preventing or delaying the onset of diabetic vascular complications should be aimed to preserve Ang-1 signaling.…”
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Research on deception defense techniques based on network characteristics obfuscation by Jinlong ZHAO, Guomin ZHANG, Changyou XING

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Weighted Complex Network Analysis of the Different Patterns of Metro Traffic Flows on Weekday and Weekend by Jia Feng, Xiamiao Li, Baohua Mao, Qi Xu, Yun Bai

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Evaluation of Chitosan Hydrogel for Sustained Delivery of VEGF for Odontogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Si Wu, Yachuan Zhou, Yi Yu, Xin Zhou, Wei Du, Mian Wan, Yi Fan, Xuedong Zhou, Xin Xu, Liwei Zheng

“…Our results suggested that CS/β-GP hydrogel could continually release VEGF and contribute to odontogenic differentiation of DPSCs, thus may become a potential carrier of bioactive molecules in pulp capping therapy.…”
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Design and FEA Verification of Flexure Hinge for a Precision Platform by Chang Xu, Gao Sitian, Li Dongsheng, Li Qi, Shi Yushu, Qian Xiaoli

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Salivary alpha-amylase activity and its association with early childhood caries and rampant caries experience: a cross-sectional study by Vivek Padmanabhan, Md Sofiqul Islam, Muhammed Mustahsen Rahman, Manjunatha B. K. Goud, Latifa Majed Sulaiman Allay Alshehhi, Hebah Mushref Ahmad Hamed, Sheela Haridas, Dileep Sharma

“…AimsThis study aims to evaluate salivary alpha-amylase levels in children diagnosed with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and Rampant Caries (RC) and compare them to levels in children without ECC or RC. It also examines the relationship between salivary alpha-amylase levels and increased caries activity in the children with ECC or RC.Materials and methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at RAK College of Dental Sciences (RAKCODS) with 100 children aged 3–12 years. …”
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Adaptive diagnosis method based on gearbox unbalanced fault data by TIAN Juan, XIE Gang, ZHANG Shun, WANG Yufei

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Periodic Solutions of Second Order Nonlinear Difference Equations with Singular ϕ-Laplacian Operator by Ruyun Ma, Yanqiong Lu

“…We obtain some existence results of solutions for discrete periodic boundary value problems with singular ϕ-Laplacian operator ∇Δuk/1-κ(Δuk)2+rkuk+mk/(uk)λ=ek,   2≤k≤N-1,           u1=uN, and     Δu1=ΔuN-1 by using the upper and lower solutions method and Brouwer degree theory, where κ>0 is a constant, r=(r2,…,rN-1), m=(m2,…,mN-1), e=(e2,…,eN-1)∈RN-2, and λ>0 is a parameter. …”
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白鹭的繁殖行为观察研究 by 邢殿菊, 宫玉峰, 张俊慧, 吴焕荣, 薛玉燕

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Analysis and Establishment of the Isothermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Model of the Cylindrical Gear with Arcuate Tooth Trace by Zhou Bo, Hou Li, Wei Yongqiao, Li Bo

“…The cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace has advantages of high bearing capacity,high contact strength and steady transmission,etc.But there are also failure modes such as the wear of tooth surface,pitting and scuffing when it drives,it is mainly because of the bad lubricating condition.So ensuring that it is always in good lubricity would be critical.After analyzing the meshing contact process of cylindrical gears with arcuate tooth trace,the contact model of gears is simplified.Based on the elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory,the physical and mathematical model of isothermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication for the cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace are established.Through the direct iterative method and Fortran procedure,the numerical solution of the model is solved and the characteristic curves of oil film are got.The influences that entrainment velocity,load and viscidity bring to lubrication characters of the cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace are analyzed and compared.The results show the entrainment velocity is the most important cause for the oil film thickness,the viscidity has important influences both on the oil film pressure and thickness,and the load influences less relative to other two factors.Besides,using the oil film thickness ratio,the lubrication state of gears could be estimated,which helps keeping gears approach the elastohydrodynamic lubrication state when designing.…”
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THE EFFECT OF GENRE BASED APPROACH ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY OF RECOUNT TEXT by Dina Maryana Mastura, Safnil Arsyad, Irwan Koto

“…The population were the total of 52 second year students of SMAN 05 Bengkulu Tengah (IPS1 as experimental class dan IPS2 as control class). Theexperimental class was taught by using genre based approach and the control class was taught by using the conventional approach.The instrument was a written test of a recount text. …”
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Estimating rare disease prevalence and costs in the USA: a cohort study approach using the Healthcare Cost Institute claims data by Keith A Crandall, Christine M Cutillo, Ainslie Tisdale, Mahdi Baghbanzadeh, Reva L Stidd, Manpreet S Khural, Laurie J Hartman, Jeff Greenberg, Kevin B Zhang, Ali Rahnavard

“…Objective The study capitalised on national insurance claims data to gather information on patient characteristics and associated costs to better understand the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases (RDs).Materials and methods Data from the Healthcare Cost Institute (HCCI) data enclave were analysed using R statistical software and filtered by the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10), current procedural terminology codes and the National Drug Code associated with 14 RDs and disease-modifying therapy options. Data were aggregated by prevalence, costs, patient characteristics and effects of treatment modification.Results The prevalence and costs of RDs in the HCCI commercial claims database varied significantly across the USA and between urban and rural areas. …”
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Providing a conceptual model to design the municipal office space with an emphasis on the existential approach base on gegoraphical characteristic (Case study: Shahrekord city) by elham homayooni, elham pourmahabadian, sina razaghiasl

“…The research employs a "descriptive-analytical" method for the theoretical foundation and a "survey method" for the presentation of findings. …”
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Single-Use Flexible Bronchoscope in Facilitating Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Severe Emphysema by Sakaguchi T, Slebos DJ

“…The use of single-use therapeutic bronchoscopes with greater flexibility than conventional reusable therapeutic bronchoscopes may be a valuable approach for achieving successful EBV placement in anatomically challenging cases with sharp bronchial branching angles. …”
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Assessing the Reliability of a Multistate Logistics Network under the Transportation Cost Constraint by Qi Zeng, Xiu-Zhen Xu

“…The proposed algorithm employs a decomposition technique to divide the search space of (d,c)-MPs such that the search space of (d,c)-MPs can be dramatically reduced, and thereby (d,c)-MPs can be efficiently obtained. An example is provided to illustrate the proposed algorithm. …”
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