Some Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Muirhead Means with Their Application to Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Jun Wang, Runtong Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, Yuping Xing, Borut Buchmeister

“…The proposed hesitant fuzzy linguistic set (HFLS) is a powerful tool for expressing fuzziness and uncertainty in multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM). …”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA by Immaculata NWOKORO, Taibat LAWANSON, Olufunke EBUEHI, Samson FADARE, John AGWU, Oluwole SOYINKA

“…Issues examined include housing and environmental conditions like sources of water, sanitation methods, drainage conditions and quality of toilet and kitchen facilities as well as socio-economic characteristics such as age, gender, income and household size. …”
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Strategies of physiological, morpho-anatomical and biochemical adaptation in seedlings of native species exposed to mining waste by Belén Heredia, Pablo Diaz Recio, Brian Jonathan Young, Pablo Pacheco, Franco Barcelo Zungre, Silvina Hruby, Maria Andreína Acevedo, María Inés Mercado, Gonzalo Roqueiro

“…The seed germination of L. cuneifolia, B. retama, and P. tetracantha was fully inhibited in 100 % contaminated soil. Toxicological endpoints as NOEC, LOEC and IC50 ranged from 10 % to 25 % of soil contaminated with mining waste. …”
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Anti-allergic potentials of Ceriops decandra leaves in TDI-induced allergic mice: Comprehensive in-vivo and in-silico studies by Aishwarja Dey, Subarna Rani, Rabindra Nath Acharyya, Apurba Kumar Barman, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Nripendra Nath Biswas, Shrabanti Dev, Asish Kumar Das

“…Results: The toxicity study of the extract on mice showed the innocuous nature of the plant even at the highest dose of 3000 mg/kg. …”
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Supplementation with essential amino acids in the early stage of carbohydrate reintroduction after a very-low energy ketogenic therapy (VLEKT) improves body cell mass, muscle stren... by Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Vincenzo D’Orsi, Massimiliano Caprio, Stefania Gorini, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

“…For this reason, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of supplementation with 8 g per day of essential amino acids (EAAs) on these parameters. Methods A total of 68 women of reproductive age and with grade I obesity who had completed 45 days of the ketogenic phase with VLEKT (KeNuT protocol) and 40 days of non-ketogenic phase of KeNuT protocol with VLEKT (phase 3, fruit reintroduction) were included in the study. …”
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Exploring the effect of psychological capital on teachers’ organizational commitment through interpersonal communication by Irvandi Gustari, Widodo Widodo

“…The research data was collected by the questionnaire: PsyCap, interpersonal communication, and organizational commitment in a Likert scale model through the survey methods toward 303 teachers of State Junior High School in Indonesia. …”
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Forward Kinematics Analysis and Simulation for a Series Parallel Hybrid 7-DOF Humanoid Mechanical Arm based on MATLAB by Liu Jingjing, Peng Junquan, Liu Xinhua

“…The forward kinematics simulation of humanoid mechanical arm is carried out with Robotics toolbox of MATLAB,and then the continuous and smooth planning curves of joints angel and the Cartesian space trajectory of wrist are obtained. …”
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A rapid systematic review of the effect of health or peer volunteers for diabetes self-management: Synthesizing evidence to guide social prescribing. by Thomas Iverson, Hadil Alfares, Gurkirat Singh Nijjar, Jeffrey Wong, Emaan Abbasi, Elham Esfandiari, Margaret Lin, Robert J Petrella, Bobbi Symes, Anna Chudyk, Maureen C Ashe

“…We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from all languages, and synthesized data using the Cochrane's Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) guidelines; and assessed risk of bias using the "Risk of Bias 2 Tool". We identified nine RCTs (reported in 10 publications). …”
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Spatiotemporal Pattern Evolution in Global Green Trade Networks: Implications for Health Economics by Haiyan Zhou, Shaobin Wei, Xun Xi, Haitao Zhou, Hao Hu

“…This is a typical network comprising “smaller worlds”; the focus of green product exports has largely stayed unchanged, while imports are shifting from North America and East Asia towards North America, Europe, and the Middle East; the spatial structure of the network shows a transition away from the original transcontinental “dual arch” pattern with the United States at the core towards a “transcontinental + intracontinental” one characterized by the coexistence of “multiple arches” centering around Europe and Asia; the trade network adopts a “point-to-point” model, with no obvious interdependence and competition between countries (regions); furthermore, geographically proximate and culturally similar countries are prone to have closer trade ties. …”
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Yükseköğretim Hizmeti İçin Bir Finansman Modeli Önerisi: Tamamlayıcı Karma Model by Mehmet Sadık Aydın

“…Bu modelde belirlenecek kriterlerle üniversitelere kamu bütçesinden bir kaynak tahsis edilecektir. Ancak bu kaynak toplam üniversite bütçesinin belli bir kısmını oluşturacaktır. …”
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INOVAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA E GESTÃO: a importância da Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais¹ by Thales de Andrade

“…Mas o processo de consolidação dessas práticas de gestão junto ao universo de pesquisadores não ocorre totalmente sem tensões. …”
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Mapping the Gaps: A Scoping Review of Virtual Care Solutions for Caregivers of Children with Chronic Illnesses by Nicole Pope, Kathyrn A. Birnie, Melanie Noel, Justine Dol, Danyu Li, Megan Macneil, Darrel Zientek, Victoria Surry, Jennifer N. Stinson

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Evidence and Gap Maps are innovative visual tools for knowledge synthesis, facilitating rapid, evidence-informed decision-making for patients, families, health professionals, and policymakers. …”
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Navigating the Endodontic Challenge of a 40 mm Canine and Its Technical Adaptations by Siavash Moushekhian, Pooya Saeedi, Zoha Sahebnasagh

“…Despite the challenges posed by the abnormal tooth length, the procedure achieved a working length of 40.7 mm, and periapical radiography confirmed the master gutta-percha reaching full working length. …”
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Ibrutinib disrupts blood-tumor barrier integrity and prolongs survival in rodent glioma model by Sanghee Lim, Minhye Kwak, Jeonghan Kang, Melissa Cesaire, Kayen Tang, Robert W. Robey, William J. E. Frye, Baktiar Karim, Donna Butcher, Martin J. Lizak, Mahalia Dalmage, Brandon Foster, Nicholas Nuechterlein, Charles Eberhart, Patrick J. Cimino, Michael M. Gottesman, Sadhana Jackson

“…Our results motivate the need to identify other BTB modifiers, all with the intent of improving survival and reducing systemic toxicities.…”
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Calidad del sueño en estudiantes de odontología de la Universidad de Concepción (Chile) by Daniela Flores Arriagada, Luis Luengo Machuca, Alexis González-Burboa

“…El 72,0% (n=108) de los participantes presentaron una mala calidad del sueño, con un puntaje total medio de 7,8 (DE=3,3). Peores resultados se observaron en mujeres y estudiantes de primer año. …”
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Tuberculosis healthcare service disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, India and South Africa: A model-based analysis of country-level data by Abigail K. de Villiers, Muhammad Osman, Claudio J. Struchiner, Anete Trajman, Dheeraj Tumu, Vaibhav V. Shah, Guilherme L. Werneck, Layana C. Alves, Megha Choudhary, Sunita Verma, Sanjay K. Mattoo, Sue-Ann Meehan, Urvashi B. Singh, Anneke C. Hesseling, Florian M. Marx

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El género en las experiencias de violencia de mujeres de San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas by Mariana Ruíz Gómez, Juan Iván Martínez Ortega

“…Se definió una muestra no probabilística de tipo intencional, por lo que se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a 14 mujeres de diferentes perfiles sociodemográficos radicadas en el municipio; los tópicos establecidos en el guion conformaron árboles de categorías cuyo contenido fue codificado y analizado con la ayuda del software de análisis cualitativo Nvivo. …”
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Distributed filtering in sensor networks based on linear minimum mean square error criterion with limited sensing range by Teng Shao

“…Distributed filtering is an effective tool to deal with state estimation in which each sensor only communicates information with its neighbors in sensor networks without the requirement of a fusion center. …”
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Carcinogenic and Genotoxicity of some PAHs in commonly consumed smoked fish (<i>Parachanna obscura</i> and <i>Ethmalosa fimbriata) </i> by N.O. Erhunmwunse, S.A. Ekaye

“…Risk assessment conducted using benzo(a)pyrene carcinogenic and mutagenic toxicity equivalent factor (TEQ & MEQ) showed slight to high risk (7.44 x10-5 -1.95 x10-3 ) and exceeded the USEPA guideline (1.0 x 10-5 ) for potential Cancer. …”
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A Multihoming Clustering Algorithm for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks by Samo Vodopivec, Janez Bešter, Andrej Kos

“…Clusters are created with redundant connections between nodes to increase the communication reliability in case of topological changes and the cluster creation process is also inverted compared to other algorithms. …”
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