Factors determining cognitive, motor and language scores in low birth weight infants from North India. by Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Sunita Taneja, Suman Ranjitkar, Sarmila Mazumder, Nita Bhandari, Tarun Dua, Laxman Shrestha, Tor A Strand

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This secondary data analysis was conducted using data from LBW infants enrolled soon after birth in an individually randomized controlled trial (RCT) and followed up till end of 1st year. …”
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Comparative Analysis and Systematic Review of Nanocomposite Resins in Restorative Dentistry: Durability and Antimicrobial Properties by Muhammad Saleem Qureshi, Khadija Akhtar, Farah Tasleem, Permanand, Maleeha Khurram, Ayesha Imtiaz, Muhammad Hussain

“…Bacterial reduction rates of >99% were observed for silver and zinc oxide nanoparticle-incorporated composites. The lack of long-term data and nanoparticle agglomeration were identified as drawbacks. …”
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Reduction in cardiovascular disease events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with a sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor versus a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibit... by A. Kashiwagi, S. Shoji, S. Onozawa, Y. Kosakai, M. Waratani, Yu. Ito

“…AIMS/INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the benefit of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) versus dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4i) in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without a CVD history.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective cohort study used Japanese hospital administrative data from the Medical Data Vision database (January 2015 to April 2020). …”
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Effects of sodium-glucose cotransport-2 inhibitors treatment in patients with pulmonary hypertension by Mohammed Obeidat, Aravinthan Vignarajah, Rashid Abdel-Razeq, Ala’eddien Nathir, Nishanthi A. Vigneswaramoorthy, Adriano R. Tonelli

“…Methods: The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, RHF, and hospital admissions over 365 days. …”
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South China Sea SST Fronts, 2015–2022 by Igor M. Belkin, Yi-Tao Zang

“…The SST data from 2015 to 2022 were processed with the Belkin–O’Reilly algorithm to generate maps of SST gradient magnitude GM. …”
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Association between alcohol consumption and impaired work performance (presenteeism): a systematic review by Ingvild Kjeken, Willem van Mechelen, Randi Wågø Aas, Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen, Tore Bonsaksen, Neda Hashemi

“…Alcohol exposure measured by hangover episodes and composite instruments were over-represented among significant positive associations of moderate and high quality (15 of 17 associations). …”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Rolling Bearings Based on TCN–Transformer Networks Using Vibration Signals by Xiaochao Jin, Yaping Ji, Shiteng Li, Kailang Lv, Jianzheng Xu, Haonan Jiang, Shengnan Fu

“…Remaining useful life (RUL) prediction plays a core role in industrial prognostics and health management (PHM), requiring data-driven models with higher predictive capability for accurate long time series prediction. …”
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Impacts of clinical research units on clinical research — a systematic review of empirical studies by Fan Wang, Xu Wang, Enmei Liu, Fujian Song, Yaolong Chen

“…Data extracted from the included studies were summarized in tables, and the synthesis were guided by a realist review approach. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version physical literacy assessment questionnaire among high school students in Gansu, China by Zilu Qu, Jiarun Wu, Yee Cheng Kueh, Dongqing Ye, Garry Kuan

“…Construct validity was evaluated through composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), and factor correlations. …”
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Revisiting Financial Inclusion: Does Socio-economic Development Matter? by Ayushi Raichoudhury

“…The article attempts to measure financial inclusion at the household level with the Wroclaw taxonomic approach as an appropriate method of construction of composite indices and study the effects of various socio-economic development indicators on financial inclusion at the disaggregated level. …”
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An evaluation of culture results during treatment for tuberculosis as surrogate endpoints for treatment failure and relapse. by Patrick P J Phillips, Katherine Fielding, Andrew J Nunn

“…The primary endpoint in the Phase III trials is a composite outcome of failure at the end of treatment or relapse after stopping treatment. …”
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Chemistry-informed recommender system to predict optimal molecular receptors in SERS nanosensors by Emily Xi Tan, Yong Xiang Leong, Shan Huei Lim, Mike Wei Kuang Chng, In Yee Phang, Xing Yi Ling

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Examination of Scales for Test Anxiety with Thematic Content Analysis by Nurevsa Münevver Bahçeci, Yıldız Yıldırım, Melek Gülşah Şahin

“…Document analysis was used as the data collection method. Many of the scales examined consisted of articles. …”
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PICEA SCHRENKIANA RING WIDTH AND DENSITY AT THE UPPER AND LOWER TREE LIMITS IN THE TIEN SHAN MTS (KYRGYZ REPUBLIC) AS A SOURCE OF PALEOCLIMATIC INFORMATION by Olga Solomina, Olga Maximova, Edward Cook

“…The correlations of the reconstructions with CRU TS3 temperature and precipitation grid point data confirm the results of the modeling using the meteorological data from the nearest stations. …”
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Influence of Reinforcement Load Level on Bearing Capacity of RC Beams Externally Reinforced with СFRP by Gennadiy A. Smolyago, Alexander E. Zhdanov, Yana L. Obernikhina

“…Most of the experimental investigations devoted to the study of the stress-strain state of bent reinforced concrete elements reinforced with carbon fiber-based polymer-composite materials have examined only unloaded beams or beams without preliminary cracks. …”
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Reengineering the Management Model of Defense to Overcome Separatism in Papua for National Interests by Faonaso Harefa, Sovian Aritonang, Asep Adang Supriyadi, Cecilia F. Harsono

“…This research was made to determine the effect of defense management on national interests using the mixed methods approach. Qualitative data are analyzed using NVivo 12, while quantitative data uses SEM-PLS 4 software to obtain robust and reliable findings. …”
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Comparative LCA of diesel and grid electricity for agricultural irrigation in Iran: why diesel outperforms in fossil-reliant grids. by Majid Namdari

“…The objective is to provide policymakers with data-driven insights for the development of effective mitigation strategies. …”
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AN OVERVIEW OF CLASTIC DIKES: SIGNIFICANCE FOR EARTHQUAKE STUDY by О. V. Lunina

“…In addition, ground penetrating radar data correlating with trenching suggest indicative searching criteria of the injection dikes on radargrams, namely: a pipe‐shaped anomaly or a composite anomaly combining a tubular form in the lower part with an isometric – in the upper [i]; relatively high values of unipolar positive echoes on the trace of GPR signal [ii]; an occurrence of the same anomaly on adjacent parallel profiles located the first tens of meters apart [iii]; and stratigraphic disruptions of the radar events on the background of their continuous horizontal position [iv]. …”
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Insights on electric vehicle adoption: Does attitude play a mediating role? by Imran Ali, Mohammad Naushad

“…Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), structural equation modeling (SEM), and mediation analysis were used to analyze the data. All adopted constructs were trustworthy, with average variance extracted exceeding 0.55, composite reliability exceeding 0.75, and factor loadings exceeding 0.70 for most. …”
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Volumetric and acoustic properties of binary solutions of water and acetonitrile at 298.15K, 303.15K, 308.15K, 313.15K, 318.15K, and 323.15K by Sharmin Sultana, Md. Niamat Ullah, Syeda Khurshida Begum

“…To get a deep insight into the interactions between water (W) and acetonitrile (ACN), and to provide new data, three types of physical properties such as volumetric, transport, and acoustic properties of their binary solutions at different compositions in the whole range of concentration and at six different temperatures (298.15 K, 303.15 K, 308.15 K, 313.15 K, 318.15 K, and 323.15 K) at 0.1 MPa atmospheric pressure have been studied. …”
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