Levels of Cadmium, Copper, and Lead in Soils and Cassava Tubers Grown in Machakos County, Kenya by E. M. Kasyoka, G. W. Mbugua, R. N. Wanjau, G. N. Nambafu, J. N. Ndiritu

“…Considering cassava tubers in the single-cropped system, the mean values (mg·kg−1) of Cd, Cu, and Pb for the pith were 4.7, 6.8, and 0.028, for the bark were 4.4, 4.3, and 0.02, and for the epidermis were 3.1, 4.0, and 0.02, while flesh had 2.6, 1.4, and 0.05, respectively. …”
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PRIMARY PREVENTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN MIDDLE-AGED MALES (15-YEAR FOLLOW-UP): CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM by A. M. Kalinina, A. V. Kontsevaya

“…In the long-term actual expenses for 1 LYS were 3.4-fold less than annual gross domestic product (GDP) value, at that charges for primary prevention – 4-fold less, which has been for the first time demonstrated using factual data and not mathematic modeling usually used in scientific literature.Conclusion. …”
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The SER IV Pivot- CT Analysis Demonstrates External Rotation Drives MCS and LTS Increases in Unstable Ankle Fractures by Krysta Caudle MD, Jayanth Kumar MD, Glenn Shi MD, Edward Haupt MD

“…Coronal MCS and Coronal LTS were 3.84 mm +/- 1.66 mm and 1.56 mm +/- 2.23 mm, respectively. …”
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DETECTING LEAD TOXICITY OF CABBAGE AND LETTUCE CROPS BY USING INFRARED IMAGES by Tarek FOUDA, Eltaher MADY, Nouri AL BAY, Ashraf SWIDAN, Shimaa SALAH

“…In poisoning level (4mg/liter) the highest values for MTD and NRCT were 3.2 and 1.87 also the minimum value in the same level of poisoning were 0.2 and 0.08. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of cognitive dysfunction in young adults and middle-aged patients with type-2 diabetes by Subhankar Chatterjee, Rana Bhattacharjee, Anirban Sinha, Animesh Maiti, Anustup Mukherjee, Ritwik Ghosh, Souvik Dubey

“…The odds of having cognitive impairment in T2D were 3.72 times higher than in the control group (P < 0.001). …”
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Residual Behavior and Dietary Risk Assessment of Fluopicolide, Its Metabolite and Propamocard on Three Leafy Vegetables by LI Xinxin, HUANG Lanqi, CHEN Xiu, WEN Guangyue, ZHANG Songhan, ZHAO Li

“…The degradation half-lives of fluopicolide on the three leafy vegetables was 3.0–3.4, 2.2–5.4, and 6.3–6.5 days, respectively, while those of propamocard were 3.3–5.5, 1.8–5.1, and 7.1 days, respectively. …”
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Analyzing the Precise Point Positioning Performance of Different Dual-Frequency Ionospheric-Free Combinations with BDS-3 and Galileo by Xingli Sun, Zhan Shu, Jinjie Yao

“…The 3D RMSE values for the best combination, E1/E5, and the worst combination, B1C/B2a, were 3.89 cm and 1.95 cm, respectively. The best results could be achieved with the E1/E5 combination, which outperforms the worst combination, E1/E6, by about 1 cm.…”
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Effects of nitrogen fertilizer for maize on denitrification loss and N₂O emission in purple soil by XIANG Hong-yan, ZHU Bo, WANG Yu-ying, LI Kan, DUAN Wen-xia

“…N₂O emissions were 7.15 kg· hm^-2, 4.35 kg·hm^-2 and 4.34 kg·hm^-2, and the total N losses were 3.17%, 1.30% and 1.30%. The denitrification loss and N₂O emission from the CO(NH₂)₂ (UN) was significantly higher than that from the (NH₄)₂SO₄ (AN) and KNO₃ (NN). iii) Mineral N content in soil is the limiting factor for nitrification and denitrification, and precipitation is the dominating factor influencing the denitrification loss and N₂O emission. iv) Denitrification process is the main loss way of N-fertilizer during summers in calcareous purple soil.…”
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Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy in people with multimorbidity in the UK Biobank: A longitudinal cohort study. by Yogini V Chudasama, Kamlesh Khunti, Clare L Gillies, Nafeesa N Dhalwani, Melanie J Davies, Thomas Yates, Francesco Zaccardi

“…Corresponding estimates in women were 3.5 (95% CI 0.7 to 6.3; P = 0.016), 6.4 (4.8 to 7.9; P < 0.001), and 7.6 (6.0 to 9.2; P < 0.001) years. …”
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Lactate Dehydrogenase Indicates Development From Fulminant Myocarditis to Chronic Persistent Myocarditis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study in China by Zhao Q, Li Z, Wang DW, Li F, Zhang L, Jiang J

“…The hazard ratio and 95% Confidence intervals were 3.35 (1.32– 8.50) (p = 0.011) and 6.11 (2.02– 18.48) (p < 0.001), respectively. …”
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A cross-sectional study of evidence-based practice and association factors among nurses in public health facilities of Dessie city, Northeast Ethiopia by Tariku Yimam, Asnakew Molla Mekonnen, Yawkal Tsega, Endalkachew Mesfin Gebeyehu

“…Attitude towards EBP: Nurses with a favorable attitude were 3.4 times more likely to engage in EBP (AOR = 3.41; 95% CI: 2.04, 5.71). …”
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AKTIVITAS KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL GURU DAN SISWA MELALUI MEDIA DARING DI SMP N 2 SAPURAN by Savannah Yohan Devi, Suranto Aw

“…Informant in this study were 3 teachers of SMP N 2 Sapuran and 2 students of SMP N Sapuran. …”
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Antimicrobial potential of floral extract-decorated nanoparticles against food-borne pathogens by Nizar Fathima Mohamed Yunus Saleem, Ranjani Soundhararajan, Hemalatha Srinivasan

“…The maximum concentrations of Mo-AgNPs that inhibit and kill the isolated food - borne pathogens were 3.125 and 50 µg/ml respectively. Mo-AgNPs effectively reduced the biofilm formation in all the tested strains. …”
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First diagnosis and management of incontinence in older people with and without dementia in primary care: a cohort study using The Health Improvement Network primary care database. by Robert L Grant, Vari M Drennan, Greta Rait, Irene Petersen, Steve Iliffe

“…In the non-dementia cohort, the rates were 3.1 (2.9-3.3) and 3.6 (3.5-3.8). The adjusted rate ratio for first diagnosis of urinary incontinence was 3.2 (2.7-3.7) in men and 2.7 (2.3-3.2) in women, and for faecal incontinence was 6.0 (5.1-7.0) in men and 4.5 (3.8-5.2) in women. …”
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Avaliação orofacial através de uma escala de pontuação em pacientes com distrofia miotônica. (doença de Steinert) Orofacial examination through a punctuation scale in patients with... by Cristiane Ferreira Da Costa Noronha, Luiz Antonio Alves Duro

“…The maternal inherited cases were 3.63% better than the paternal ones. When we separated the groups by decades, there was a tendency to an increasingly better performance as the age of the beggining of symptoms was later. …”
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Applying of classic parameters of cardiorespiratory exercise testing to identify high-risk patients in thoracic surgery by I. Sh. Kochoyan, А. А. Obukhova, Z. A. Zaripova

“…The odds of cardiopulmonary complications were 3.286 times higher with V’E/V’CO2 (FP) ≥ 37.874 (p &gt; 0.001). …”
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Biochemical study for Amoebic dysentery in patients with Entamoeba histolytica in Thi-Qar province/southern Iraq by Fawaz h Sabeeh, Amal Khalaf

“…In addition, some minerals&nbsp; were studied during the following study like&nbsp; Iron,&nbsp; Zinc, and Potassium for patients with and the results were not showed a significant difference (P&gt;0.05) in zinc, potassium and iron where&nbsp; the level of iron were ( 85.24+/-16.58) in patients compared with ( 81.22+/-15.5) in control groups, while the level of zinc were (108.09+/-24.4) in patients and ( 101.76+/-24.4) in control groups , the level of potassium were (3.73+/-1.89) in patients and compared with ( 3.84+/-1.14) in control groups.…”
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On influence of structural features on stress-strain state of a reinforced concrete floor slab by A. V. Selivanov, F. F. Reger, I. A. Chakurin

“…The development of stress values and transverse vertical displacements directly depended on the support conditions of the floor slab.Limitation of transverse horizontal displacements on the support by any of the selected methods made it possible to reduce stresses by 3.47 - 3.78 times, deflections by 1.5 - 1.52 times, stresses - up to 11.9 times, wребро deflections - 1.18–1.53 times.Creating an end rib or limiting movement with an additional horizontal connection had almost the same effect.The transverse horizontal displacements of the lower face of the longitudinal contour rib in the direction of the 𝑢ребро span which occurred in the floor slab, which did not have an end rib and limitation of displacements in the transverse direction, were in a parabolic relationship with the magnitudes of the vertical transverse forces.In a florr slab with limited displacements in the transverse direction or with an end rib, 𝑢ребро displacements were 3.88–4.32 times less, and at the ends they depended on the deformability of the bonds, i.e. when horizontal movement was prohibited, they were equal to zero. stresses acting on the lower edge of the flange in the transverse direction, in the region of the middle of the span in the floor slab with reinforcement prestressed to the maximum value, had positive values almost over the entire width of the flange and directly depended on the thickness of the slab in each section.Prestressing made it possible to reduce deflections by 4.02 - 4.37 times, wребро deflections by 1.09 - 5.59 times, and evenly distribute stresses along the length of the longitudinal contour rib, to make they are only tensile, close to zero along its entire length.The prestressing of the reinforcement of the maximum value made it possible to increase the horizontal rigidity of the longitudinal contour rib of the floor slab and limit its transverse 𝑢ребро movements.The transverse displacements that occurred near the support of the prestressed shell slab were 1.04 - 1.2 times less than in the shell slab with non-stressed reinforcement, on the rest of the span - slightly more, changing evenly, without sharp changes, unlike floor slabs with non-stressed reinforcement.Discussion and conclusion. …”
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Dimensional accuracy of 3D-printed surgical cutting guides after hospital sterilization: a comparative evaluation of ten MEX materials by Diana Popescu, Mariana Cristiana Iacob, Rodica Marinescu

“…Methods Personalized cutting guides were 3D printed using ten filaments, and 3D scanned before and after sterilization. …”
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Nonunion Rate and Clinical Outcomes Following Percutaneous Modified Lapidus Procedure with Intramedullary Nail Fixation and Early Weightbearing by Amos Dai MD, Walter C. Hembree MD, Solangel Rodriguez Materon MD, Eslam Alkaramany MD, Nacime Salomao Barbachan Mansur MD, PhD, Gregory P. Guyton MD

“…There was a 15.9% all-cause reoperation rate on the 1st ray. There were 3 minor wound complications (3.4%). Average tourniquet time for the PML technique (cases performed in isolation) was 65 minutes. …”
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