Bienestar subjetivo entre adultos mayores institucionalizados en la ciudad de Cúcuta, Colombia* by Viviana Hernández Vergel, Raúl Prada Núñez, César Augusto Hernández Suárez

“…La prueba también estableció una correlación alta entre todas las dimensiones del modelo y la percepción de la salud.…”
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Variation in the quality of charcoal from Acacia decurrens (J.C. Wendl.) Willd. with age and longitudinal stem portions by Minichil Mengistu, Yashwant S. Rawat, Anteneh T. Tekleyohannes, Sisay F. Asfaw

“…The present study analyzed the physico-chemical and calorific value of Acacia decurrens charcoal of three age groups: 3, 5 and 7 years and three longitudinal stem portions: bottom, middle and top. The results showed a significant age-based variation in moisture content with magnitude ranging from 6.10% to 10.48%, in volatile matter from 20.05% to 26.33%, in ash content from 2.97% to 7.30%, in fixed carbon from 56.29% to 70.51%, in total carbon 82.61% to 90.56% and in basic wood density from 0.71 g‧cm-3 to 0.91 g‧cm-3. …”
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Immunogenicity of red blood cell blood group antigens in the population of Xi'an by ZHANG Liangzi, ZUO Qinqin, XU Hua, ZHANG Yong, WU Dazhou, TIAN Xue, CHU Xiaoyue

“…The relative immunogenicity of each blood group antigen was obtained by multiplying the immunogenicity of the K antigen (0.095). [Results] A total of 30 921 individuals were included for red blood cell blood group antigen analysis, with 511 cases of unexpected antibody identification. …”
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Impact of over 6 months of digital hearing aid usage on auditory working memory in acquired severe to profound hearing loss by Arun K. Yadav, Amra Ahsan, Vijay Kumar, Arun Banik

“…The mean DST (forward, backward, and total) score of HAU (6.40 ± 1.47) was cosiderably higher than the mean score of NHAU (5.33 ± 1.12). …”
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Analysis of the Load Sharing Characteristic of Compound Planetary Gear Set Under the Common Impact of Internal and External Excitation by Chao Yang, Haibo Zhang, Huijuan Zhu, Liping Feng

“…Current researches on load sharing characteristic concentrate on fluctuation of load sharing under the condition of single factor changing， which results in a poor comprehension on the load sharing behavior under the condition of multi-factors changing together，that’s to say， it’s difficult to find the most essential excitation among multi-factors affecting load sharing behavior，to improve the load sharing characteristic efficiently. …”
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Walking coral: Complex phototactic mobility in the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites. by Brett M Lewis, David J Suggett, Peter J Prentis, Luke D Nothdurft

“…Trails with two light sources reinforced the preference for blue light over white, with all samples consistently moving towards the blue light and away from the white (11, 15 and 3mm). …”
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Frequency, causes, and factors of maternal mortality in the City of Bunia, North East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Clarice Ngavele, B. Mukandu, M. O. Omanyondo

“…The sample consisted of 61 maternal death records selected through multi-stage sampling from a total of 54,330 cases in the Bunia health zone, covering the period from January 1st, 2021 to August 31st, 2024. …”
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Fault aware task scheduling in cloud using min-min and DBSCAN by S.M.F D Syed Mustapha, Punit Gupta

“…The proposed algorithm considers high execution enabled powerful data centers with least fault probability during resource allocation which reduces the probability of fault and increases the tolerance. The simulation is cone using CloudsSim 5.0 tool kit. …”
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A fuzzy logic and optimisation based approach for shipyard facility layout problem with consideration of risk, activity, and flow factors by Mustafa Kafali

“…The novelties of this study are the use of the Simulated Annealing (SA) approach for determining shipyard workstation’s relative locations, the use of fuzzy logic and metaheuristic optimisation together in the shipyard facility layout planning (FLP) domain, and the incorporation of safety concept into the shipyard FLP. …”
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Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Chitosan-Grafted Leciplexes for Promoting the Bioavailability and Antidepressant Efficacy of Mirtazapine: In Vitro Assessment and Animal Studies by Amani M. El Sisi, Essam M. Eissa, Ahmed H. E. Hassan, Marina A. Bekhet, Fatma I. Abo El-Ela, Eun Joo Roh, Rasha M. Kharshoum, Adel A. Ali

“…Also, the tailored MRZ-LPX formulation had a cumulative amount of MRZ released of 76.66 ± 3.06% and the total Q24 permeated was 383.23 ± 13.08 µg/cm². …”
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Chiari malformation as a differential diagnosis of recurrent syncope by Filipa Figueiredo, Teresa Valido, Martim Bastos, Carolina Chumbo, Jéssica Oliveira, Joana Batista Paulo, Marta Rocha

“…Arnold-Chiari malformations are rare anomalies involving inferior displacement of the cerebellar tonsils and hindbrain through the foramen magnum. …”
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Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care. by Tea Rosic, Glenda Babe, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Mean one-year costs for individuals with outpatient mental healthcare alone totaled $382.30 (95% CI 343.20, 421.30) per person.…”
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Identification of the Pathogens and Laboratory Bioactivity Determination of the Rot Disease of Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) by Yanling Ren, Tao Wang, Jian Tang, Yingjie Jiang, Yaxin Huang, Chengping Zhang, Jing Peng, Juan Wang, Shanshan Wang, Jing Wang

“…Kiwifruit is an important economic crop in the world today with a high nutritional value. It can cause huge damage by causing kiwifruit rot disease; however, at present, the control methods for this disease are limited. …”
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Performance of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) with rice husk biochar and Christmas Island Rock Phosphate application by Mukhtar Musa, Ajit Singh

“…Results Application of rice husk biochar increased the total mean of nitrogen content and N fixed by the crop from 120.0 and 90.9 kg/ha to 147.6 and 114.1 kg/ha, respectively. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Polish Farms Following EU Accession (2004–2021) by Adam Wąs, Julia Tsybulska, Piotr Sulewski, Vitaliy Krupin, Grzegorz Rawa, Iryna Skorokhod

“…Key indicators include energy intensity in agricultural production, expressed as the ratio of energy consumption to production value, and the share of different energy carriers in total energy inputs. The results demonstrate an overall improvement in energy efficiency during the analyzed period, with energy intensity decreasing by an average of 40%. …”
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography combined with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for the removal of large gallbladder stones: a pilot study by Liang Zhu, Jinli He, Zhenzhen Yang, Xi Huang, Junbo Hong, Xiaojiang Zhou, Youxiang Chen, Guohua Li

“…This study introduced a new EGPC method called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) combined with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), which preserves the integrity of the gallbladder wall in the treatment of cholecystolithiasis complicated with choledocholithiasis. Methods In total, six patients (aged 23–72 years, 3 males and 3 females, Han ethnicity) who had large gallbladder stones (diameter ≥ 1 cm) complicated with common bile duct (CBD) stones and who underwent ERCP combined with ESWL at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from July 2022 to December 2022 were enrolled. …”
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Study on the Identification Method of Gear Spalling Fault by Shengli Wu, Yimin Shao, Wenting Xing, Xiaochun Jian

“…Spalling and pitting are prone to be produced on the tooth surfaces in the meshing process, which seriously affects the stability and reliability of gear meshing. …”
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A Speed-Invariant Template-Based Approach for Estimating Running Temporal Parameters Using Inertial Sensors by Rachele Rossanigo, Marco Caruso, Elena Dipalma, Cristine Agresta, Lucia Ventura, Franca Deriu, Andrea Manca, Taian M. Vieira, Valentina Camomilla, Andrea Cereatti

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Correlation between discharge readiness and uncertainty in illness among parents with preterm infants hospitalized in NICU (NICU早产儿父母出院准备度与疾病不确定感的相关性分析)... by TAN Jilei (谭继磊), WEI Qin (韦琴), LIANG Jie (梁洁), LIANG Hua (梁华), TENG Xiaoyun (滕小芸), TANG Lihua (唐利华), SONG Jingwen (宋静雯), HE Ting (何婷)

“…Results The total score of uncertainty in illness and discharge readiness were (95. 73±13. 49) and (132. 04±25. 85) respectively, 54. 67%(41/75) of the parents believed that they were not ready for discharge; and the discharge readiness was negatively correlated with the uncertainty of illness (r= -0. 346, P<0. 01). …”
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Comparisons of the Generalized Potential Temperature in Moist Atmosphere with the Equivalent Potential Temperature in Saturated Moist Atmosphere by Yushu Zhou, Liping Liu, Guo Deng

“…Results showed that the relative humidity is not up to 100% even in torrential rain systems, the saturated condition for EPT is not always held, and thus GPT can describe the moisture concentration and moisture gradient better than EPT. …”
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