INFLUENCE OF CHANGESIN AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BLOOD PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ВНК-21/2-17 CELL LINEAGE AND AMOUNT OF FMDV IMMUNOGENIC COMPONENTS by M. A. Shevchenko, M. N. Guseva, D. A. Lozovoy, M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. V. Mikhalishin

“…Cell growth stimulated by blood protein hydrolysate from raw material prepared in summer months 1.2–1.3 times exceeded cell growth stimulated by blood protein hydrolysate prepared in autumn-winter period (differences are significant, p < 0,001). …”
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Unfolding cascading impacts of changing South Asia monsoon on a Hindu Kush Himalayas basin by Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Shahryar Fazli, Arshad Ansari, Suraj Tiwari, Roma Thakurathi, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary

“…These scenarios are projected using an ensemble of five bias-corrected CMIP6 climate models under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 2-4.5 and SSP 5-8.5 for three-time frames: Near Future (2025–2050), Mid Future (MF) (2051–2075), and Far Future (2076–2100). …”
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Arsenic Mobility in As-Containing Soils from Geogenic Origin: Fractionation and Leachability by Diego Martiñá-Prieto, Javier Cancelo-González, María Teresa Barral

“…Arsenic mobilization increased at alkaline pH and lower S : L ratio; the most decisive factor was the addition of phosphate, increasing arsenic leachability up to 1,000 times, and this increased even 2.3 times when the contact time was extended from 24 hours to 240 hours. …”
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Symptomatic Abdominal Simple Cysts: Is Percutaneous Sclerotherapy with Hypertonic Saline and Bleomycin a Treatment Option? by V. D. Souftas, M. Kosmidou, M. Karanikas, D. Souftas, G. Menexes, P. Prassopoulos

“…Initially CT-guided drainage was performed; the next day the integrity of the cyst/exclusion of extravasation or communications was evaluated under fluoroscopy, followed by two injections/reabsorptions of the same quantity of hypertonic NaCl 15% solution and three-time repetition of the same procedure with the addition of bleomycin. …”
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Twelve-Year Trends of PM10 and Visibility in the Hefei Metropolitan Area of China by Lin Huang, Mindong Chen, Jianlin Hu

“…The annual average PM10 concentrations are 2~3 times of the Chinese Ambient Air Quality Standard. …”
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Effect of Spent Button Mushroom Substrate on Yield and Quality of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) by Forbes B. Muchena, Charity Pisa, Moses Mutetwa, Chido Govera, Wonder Ngezimana

“…The experiment was conducted in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, with 5 treatments (10 t ha−1, 20 t ha−1, 30 t ha−1 of SMS, and two controls) arranged in a CRBD and replicated 3 times. Biomass production (fresh mass, dry mass, root length, fresh root mass, and dry root mass) and sensory evaluation were determined 35 days after planting. …”
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High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…The reconstruction time achieved using spherical basis functions on a GPU was 4.3 times faster than the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and 2.5 times faster than a CPU-multi-core parallel implementation using eight cores. …”
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Analysis of Contributing Factors to Stunting in Poso Regency: A Perspective from the Special Stunting Handling Index by Nurfatimah Nurfatimah, Sumiaty Sumiaty, Kadar Ramadhan, Taqwin Taqwin, I Putu Suiraoka

“…Results: Results indicate a significant association between stunting and the child's gender, maternal education, immunization, and breastfeeding. Boys face a 2.3 times higher risk of stunting, while children of mothers with primary education have a 4.7 times higher risk compared to those with higher education. …”
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CHANGES IN AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BLOOD PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE DEPENDING ON THE RAW MATERIAL PREPARATION MATERIAL by M. N. Guseva, М. A. Shevchenko, D. S. Bolshakov, M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, A. A. Shishkova, V. V. Mikhalishin

“…The peak, as a rule, was during summer months when their amount increased by 1.2–2.3 times and during autumn and winter it went down by 1.2–1.4 times (the difference is considerable, р < 0,05). …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Characteristics of University Students in Cyprus: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Elena Hadjimbei, George Botsaris, Vassilis Gekas, Andrie G. Panayiotou

“…The majority consume coffee 2-3 times per day. Conclusions. Results support a shift from traditional healthy diets to more unhealthy eating patterns. …”
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Open-ended microwave oven with E-field uniformity by Jeong-Hun Park, Jee-Won Kim, Moon-Que Lee

“…In simulated analysis, uniformities of 2.8 %, 2.8 %, and 2.7 % for the TM11(1st), TM11(2nd), and TM11(3rd) modes were obtained, which are 7.6, 7.9, and 9.3 times better, respectively, than those of the conventional open-ended oven. …”
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The Effect of Three Months of Aerobic Training on Stroop Performance in Older Adults by David Predovan, Sarah A. Fraser, Mélanie Renaud, Louis Bherer

“…Training sessions were 3 times per week for 60 minutes. All participants completed pre- and post-test measures of cognitive performance using the modified Stroop task and physical performance (Rockport one-mile test). …”
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Micronutrient status, food security, anaemia, Plasmodium infection, and physical activity as predictors of primary schoolchildren's body composition in Côte d'Ivoire by Kurt Z. Long, Kurt Z. Long, Sylvain G. Traoré, Sylvain G. Traoré, Kouadio B. Kouassi, Kouadio B. Kouassi, Jean T. Coulibaly, Jean T. Coulibaly, Bomey C. Gba, Bomey C. Gba, Daouda Dao, Daouda Dao, Johanna Beckmann, Christin Lang, Harald Seelig, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Uwe Pühse, Markus Gerber, Jürg Utzinger, Jürg Utzinger, Bassirou Bonfoh, Bassirou Bonfoh, Bassirou Bonfoh

“…Associations of children's nutritional status, Plasmodium infection, physical activity and household characteristics with body composition were analyzed to identify what factors might be contributing to this dual burden of disease.MethodsLongitudinal growth curve models (LGCM) evaluated associations of micronutrient status, household food security, Plasmodium falciparum prevalence and physical activity assessed at three time points with fat free mass and fat mass.ResultsMore severe anaemia was inversely associated with FFM and TrFFM trajectories overall and among girls. …”
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Exercising Tactically for Taming Postmeal Glucose Surges by Elsamma Chacko

“…Adding a short bout of resistance exercise of moderate intensity (60%–80%  VO2max) to the aerobic activity, 2 or 3 times a week as recommended by the current guidelines, may also help with the lowering of glucose surges. …”
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Comparison of Medpor Coated Tear Drainage Tube versus Silicon Tear Drainage Tube in Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy: Problems and Solutions by Selam Yekta Sendul, Halil Huseyin Cagatay, Burcu Dirim, Mehmet Demir, Ali Atakhan Yıldız, Zeynep Acar, Sonmez Cinar, Dilek Guven

“…In group 1, proximal and distal obstructions developed postoperatively in 4 eyes, while 1 eye showed tube malposition and 3 eyes developed luminal obstruction by debris 3 times. In group 2, tube extrusion developed in 4 eyes, whereas tube malposition developed in 6 eyes and luminal obstruction by debris developed in 6 eyes at different times, for a total of 20 times. …”
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Measurement of Photoreceptor Layer in Glaucoma: A Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study by Ning Fan, Nina Huang, Dennis Shun Chiu Lam, Christopher Kai-shun Leung

“…The measurements were repeated 3 times in a random sample of 30 normal eyes to determine the repeatability coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient. …”
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Optimized Efficiency at Two Optimum Operations of a Stochastically Driven Quantum Dot Heat Engine by Yigermal Bassie, Tibebe Birhanu, Yoseph Abebe, Mulugeta Bekele

“…Based on the proposed figure of merit, the model shows that the second optimization criteria are 3 times better than the first optimization criteria as a function of Carnot efficiency.…”
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Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Physician’s Choices by Asim Jamal Shaikh, Shiyam Kumar, Sajjad Raza, Maria Mehboob, Osama Ishtiaq

“…Data support (67.8%) and safety concerns (30%) were given as the main reasons for the choice, 63.7% switched their therapy, and 24% had to switch because of side effects. 73.6% used 5 years of adjuvant hormonal therapy, 6.6% for 7 years, and 4.4% for 10 years. 61.5% follow their patients 3 times monthly, and 73.2% used laboratory and radiological assessment at each followup. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER OF A SINGLE-ROW BUNDLE OF FINNED TUBES IN MIXED CONVECTION OF AIR by A. B. Sukhotskii, G. S. Sidorik

“…It is demonstrated that heat transfer in the mixed convection is 2.5−3 times higher than in free one and the growth rate of heat transfer with increasing Reynolds number is more than in the forced convection. …”
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Instability Mechanism of Cavity-Bearing Formation under Tunnel Excavation Disturbance by Tao Liu, Haotong Wang, Xiuting Su, Kexian Li, Shiqun Liu, Fengsong Guo

“…Besides the first step of excavation, in the numerical simulation, the settlement value of the same stage is about 1.3 times that of the model test. Simulating the deformation process of the surrounding rock in model tests shows that, in the excavation of the tunnel, the collapse surface of the tunnel arch roof will be connected with the sliding surface of the formation cavity. …”
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