Epidemiological Characteristics and Family Relatives among Thalassemic Patients in Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…Associations between categorical variables were checked using Chi-squared test. Out of 140 patients 50.0% of patients were males and 50.0% were female; the mean age was 12.8 years-old. …”
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS by Nor Farahwahida Mohd Noor, Aslina Saad, Abu Bakar Ibrahim, Norashady Mohd Noor

“…Based on this model, the requirement planning phase was carried out through the triangulation technique by applying qualitative approaches comprising a literature review supported by semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and content validation by expert programming lecturers. …”
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Towards autonomous robotic THz-based in vivo skin sensing: the PicoBot by Anubhav Dogra, Dominic Jones, Arturo Ignacio Hernandez Serrano, Shruti Chakraborty, Jacob Joshua Young, Benjamin George Page, Joseph Hardwicke, Pietro Valdastri, Emma Pickwell-MacPherson

“…The PicoBot can 3D scan and segment out the region of interest on the skin’s surface, precisely position (± 0.5/1 mm/degrees) the probe normal to the surface, and apply a desired amount of force (± 0.1N) to maintain firm contact for the required 60 s during THz data acquisition. …”
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Attitude, Practice and Preparedness of Dental Practitioners for Providing Oral Care to Patients with Speech and Hearing Impairment by Khansa Rafi, Syed Masood-ul- Hasan, Saba Tabassum

“…Descriptive statistics with frequencies were computed and x² was used to find out the associations between different variables. …”
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Design of an Inhalation Chamber and Metrology Assessment to Study Tungsten Aerosol Neurotoxic Effects by Léo Macé, Chrystelle Ibanez, Thomas Gelain, Cécile Bodiot, Laure Juhel, François Gensdarmes

“…First, we fed a mixture of coarse tungsten bead powder and aerosolizable tungsten powder, which had been combined in specific mass proportions, to an RBG 1000 (Palas®) equipped with a cyclone at the outlet that filtered out the coarse particles. Then, we simultaneously measured the resultant aerosol, which was generated in an inhalation chamber, using three pairs of instruments—a Dekati® Low Pressure Impactor (DLPI; 30 L min−) and a gravimetric filter holder, a DLPI and a TSI® Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS; Model 3321), a TSI Engine Exhaust Particle Sizer (EEPS; Model 3090) and an APS—and symmetrical sampling lines. …”
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Results of multicenter observation study on application of international questionnaire GerdQ for diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux disease by V. O. Kaybysheva, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, M. Yu. Konkov, I. V. Mayev, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Statistical analysis was carried out by application software packs IBM® SPSS® Statistics. …”
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Understanding exposure risk using soil testing and GIS around an abandoned asbestos mine by Abhijeet V. Jadhav, Nilesh Gawde, Ramesh Veerappan, Yeyong Choi, Arthur L. Frank

“…Findings: The soil sample testing indicated that, out of 16 soil samples from residential areas, 12 showed the presence of chrysotile asbestos. …”
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Role of Janus Kinase inhibitors in the management of pulmonary involvement due to Long COVID-19 disease: A case control study by Pawan Kumar Singh, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Lokesh Kumar Lalwani, Dhruva Chaudhry, Manjunath B. Govindagoudar, Chaudhari Pramod Sriram, Aman Ahuja

“…METHODS: In this single-center case-controlled study comparing JAKi and corticosteroids in OSC cases, data of 41 cases out of 86 were included – 21 in the JAKi group and 20 in the corticosteroid group from 4 weeks of acute illness to the next 4 weeks. …”
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Increased distribution of carbon metabolic flux during de novo cytidine biosynthesis via attenuation of the acetic acid metabolism pathway in Escherichia coli by Tong Ye, Wei Ding, Zhengxu An, Haojie Zhang, Xiaobo Wei, Junnan Xu, Huiyan Liu, Haitian Fang

“…To mitigate carbon source loss, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique was employed to knock out the poxB and pta genes in E. coli, generating the engineered strains K12ΔpoxB and K12ΔpoxBΔpta. …”
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Pregnancy after Cancer Treatment and Pregnancy Associated Cancer: A Single Center Experience with 96 Cases by Mert Turğal, Kemal Beksaç, Derman Başaran, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Özgür Özyüncü, Ömer Aran, M. Sinan Beksaç

“…RESULTS: The study group was consisting of 96 cases, 59 out of 96 were cancer survivors and 37 were pregnancy-associated cancer patients. …”
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ENVOLVER+: a tool for the promotion of positive nursing practice environments by Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Ligia Schacht, Mariana Filipa Mendes Gonçalves, Ana da Conceição Alves Faria, Ana da Conceição Alves Faria, Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro, Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro, João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva, João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva

“…The purpose of this study is to describe the process by which the ‘ENVOLVER+’ board game has been developed and validated.MethodsWe carried out a methodological study from September 2023 to May 2024 in three phases: (1) modified e-Delphi to validate the content to be included in the game; (2) development of the prototype board game; (3) application of the game in four practice contexts.ResultsThe four sessions of the ‘ENVOLVER+’ game lasted an average of 80 min. …”
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Body mass index in relation to dental maturation of 10 to 14 years old school children in Erbil city. A cross-sectional prospective study by Omar Fawzi Chawshli, Yara Ismael Ameen

“…Chi-square test was used to find out the association and P-value was 0.001 Conclusion: In conclusion, normal weight students have normal dental maturation, un-derweight students have under dental maturation and overweight or obese students have over dental maturation. …”
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THE CONTENDING ISSUES AND REALITIES IN NIGERIAN FEDERALISM by BENJAMIN SHAIBUME, AONDOAKAA AFONGU IORNUMBE

“…The amalgamation of 1914 brought new forms and patterns of exercising power, which were spelt out and entrenched in the Lugard’s Constitution of 1914. …”
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The combined therapy of chronic hepatitis with pegilated interferon <i>a</i>-2а and ribavirin in patients with HIV-infection and patients with HCV monoinfection by N. D. Yuschuk, S. L. Maximov, L. M. Ivanova, Ye. K. Klimova, O. O. Znoyko, A. V. Kravchenko

“…It is recommended to carry out treatment of CHC at HIV-infected patients by pegilated interferon a-2а in combination to ribavirin which dose should be adjusted to body weight of the patient.…”
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The process and logical mechanism of agricultural production space contraction in mountainous areas based on actor-network theory：A case study of Lishi Village in Longde County, Ni... by CHEN Kunqiu, CHEN Yunya, LIANG Yajia, ZHENG Yuhan

“…Taking Lishi Village in Longde County as an example, it used methods such as in-depth interviews and remote sensing interpretation to sort out the evolution process of the agricultural production space in the mountainous areas of southern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and explore the underlying contraction mechanism. …”
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Improving the Quality of History Teaching in Non-Historical Specialties and Training Programmes through Systematic Implementation of the Historicism Principle by Elena N. Dyatlova

“…Research activities were carried out based on systemic, activity-based, and personal approaches. …”
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Comparison of Wood Veneer-Based Composite Characteristics Made of Jabon Wood (Neolamarckia cadamba) and Sengon Wood (Falcataria moluccana) by Eka Mulya Alamsyah, Ahmad Fawwaz Abdullah, Rafael Niko Navarro, Yoyo Suhaya, Sutrisno Sutrisno, Asep Suheri, Yooce Yustiana, Jamaludin Malik, Sasa Sofyan Munawar

“…This study will investigate whether jabon wood can be utilized as raw material for wood composite, such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL), laminated veneer board (LVB), and plywood, from the aspect of physical and mechanical characteristics, such as moisture content, density, bending strength, hardness, delamination, and formaldehyde emission. Another will find out the economic consideration of jabon compared with sengon wood. …”
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Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Metabolic Syndrome Criteria: Among Treated Hypertensive and Diabetic Females of Halabja by Halgord Ali Farag

“…Method This prospective observational study was carried out in a group of 73 female patients with MetS aged (20-45) years were evaluated week before and after Ramadan month having hypertension and diabetics of more than 2 years. …”
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The external validity of machine learning-based prediction scores from hematological parameters of COVID-19: A study using hospital records from Brazil, Italy, and Western Europe. by Ali Safdari, Chanda Sai Keshav, Deepanshu Mody, Kshitij Verma, Utsav Kaushal, Vaadeendra Kumar Burra, Sibnath Ray, Debashree Bandyopadhyay

“…The XGBoost classifier performed consistently better (out of seven ML classifiers) on all the datasets. …”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…So, this study was carried out to investigate the cytogenetic effects of gamma radiation and drought stress on maize SC131 genotype, focusing on chromosomal aberrations in seedling root meristems induced by varying doses of gamma irradiation (50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 Gray) and drought stress imposed by 10% polyethylene glycol (PEG). …”
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