Prevalence and risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics in the general population of Tehran—a population-based study by Keyvan Karimi, Yosra Azizpour, Maryam Shafaati, Erta Rajabi, Maryam Zare, Arash Seifi, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mahnaz Khalafehnilsaz

“…Methods A population-based cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted in three major regions of southern Tehran in 2023, involving 1,311 adult participants who were selected through stratified random sampling with probability proportional to size. A structured composite index was developed using data on lifestyle factors such as body mass index, physical activity, smoking, nutrition, mental and physical health, socioeconomic status, and frequency of SMA. …”
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Mineral Heterogeneity Characterization of the Lacustrine Yanchang Shales, Ordos Basin Using Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (Micro-FTIR) Technique by Bing Luo, Zhiguo Shu, Yalin Chen, Zhuo Li, Yufei Hou, Liwei Wang, Youdong Yang, Zhikai Liang

“…Shale is a typical fine-grained sedimentary rock with small grain sizes of matrix components, significant lithofacies variation of rock texture and structure, and strong heterogeneity of organic matter and mineral compositions. Characterization of mineral compositions and their heterogeneity in micro- to nanoscale are the key parameters to gas shale pore structure and rock physical properties. …”
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Towards biomarkers for outcomes after pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and ischaemic stroke, with focus on (co)-morbidity and ageing/cellular senescence (SASKit): protocol for a pr... by Christian Junghanss, Daniel Palmer, Larissa Henze, Uwe Walter, Hugo Murua Escobar, Robert Jaster, Rüdiger Köhling, Falko Lange, Ali Salehzadeh-Yazdi, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Mohamed Hamed, Israel Barrantes, Steffen Möller, Axel Kowald, Nicole Heussen, Georg Fuellen

“…Aiming for clinically relevant biomarkers, the primary outcome is a composite of probable sarcopenia, clinical performance (described by ECOG Performance Status for patients with PDAC and the Modified Rankin Scale for patients with stroke) and quality of life. …”
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Proteomics-based aging clocks in midlife or late-life and their associated risk of dementia by Sanaz Sedaghat, Saeun Park, Rob F. Walker, Shuo Wang, Jialing Liu, Timothy M. Hughes, Behnam Sabayan, Weihong Tang, Josef Coresh, James S. Pankow, Keenan A. Walker, Ramon Casanova, Ruth Dubin, Rajat Deo, Jerome I. Rotter, Alexis C. Wood, Peter Ganz, Pamela L. Lutsey, Weihua Guan, Anna Prizment

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Hollow ZnO nanorod in PVDF matrix for high-performance sensing, vibration energy harvesting and wearable application by Pawan Arunkumar Upadhye, Shambo Roy Chowdhury, Vanish Kumar, Rahul Ranjan, Sanjeev Kumar, Sudip Mondal, Junghwan Oh, Mrinmoy Misra

“…The harvested energy was successfully deployed to power a standalone Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module, which acted as a transmission node for remotely monitoring vibration data from the ZnO/PVDF composite-based sensor. This innovative approach aligns with the advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, highlighting its potential for energy-efficient wearable devices and remote sensing applications in vibration monitoring and other smart systems.…”
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Assessing the Compaction Quality of Dolomitic Asphalt Pavements Using Ground Penetrating Radar by Enas Abdelsamei, Diaa Sheishah, Zalán Tobak, Ahmed M. Ali, Károly Barta, Abdelouahed Fannakh, Gergő Magyar, Viktória Blanka-Végi, György Sipos

“…Consequently, a robust function was developed, which can be applied to other asphalts with similar compositions.…”
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Mechanical characterization and enhancing wear properties of Glass/Sisal/nAl2O3strengthened polymer matrix nanocomposites using hybrid optimization approach by G. Perumal, B. Deepanraj, N. Senthilkumar, K. Velavan, M. Shameer Basha

“…The analysis of variance data illustrates that the composite material has the most impact, accounting for 33.58% of the obtained responses. …”
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The association of HDL-cholesterol levels with incident major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in 0.6 million individuals with type 2 diabetes: a population-based retros... by David Tak Wai Lui, Lanlan Li, Xiaodong Liu, Xi Xiong, Eric Ho Man Tang, Chi Ho Lee, Yu Cho Woo, Brian Hung Hin Lang, Carlos King Ho Wong, Kathryn Choon Beng Tan

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season by Douglas Batista da Silva Ferreira, Everaldo Barreiros de Souza, Bergson Cavalcanti de Moraes, Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho

“…Empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) and composites analysis were employed on pentad data in order to investigate the tropical atmospheric-ocean patterns over the Atlantic Ocean and the spatial-temporal characteristics of the rainfall in eastern Amazon during the peak of the rainy season (February to April). …”
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ANALYSIS OF INFANT MORTALITY FROM CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AND MALFORMATIONS FOR THE ON THE TERRITORIES AFFECTED BY RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION DUE TO CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT by V. V. Kuchumov, A. A. Lyapkalo, M. S. Nikolaevich

“…Infant mortality from the congenital abnormalities, malformations, deformations and chromosome aberrations in the regions affected by radioactive contamination due to Chernobyl accident for the period from 1997 to 2009 was investigated. Analysis included data from 14 regions of the Russian Federation. Composite index for the Russian Federation and Orenburg region was used as the control group.It was determined that overall trend of child mortality reduction is typical for all investigated regions. …”
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Model for Dynamic Multiple of CPPI Strategy by Guangyuan Xing, Yong Xue, Zongxian Feng, Xiaokang Wu

“…Moreover, according to the statistical estimation using SV-EVT approach, a dynamic choice of multiple is detailed as a function of time-varying asset volatility, expected loss, and the possibility of occurrence of extreme events in the active asset returns illustrated empirically on Shanghai composite index data. This study not only enriches the literature of dynamic proportion portfolio insurance, but also provides a practical reference for CPPI investors to choose a moderate risky exposure achieving gap risk management, which promotes CPPI’s application in emerging capital market.…”
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Understanding Income Taxpayer Behaviour and Professional Zakat Compliance Through a Transcendental Phenomenological Lens by Agung Prasetyo Nugroho Wicaksono, Sri Iswati

“…The units of analysis used in transcendental phenomenology are intentionality, noema, noesis, intuition, and intersubjectivity. The data analysis techniques in this study are through the stages of bracketing, horizonalization, cluster of meaning, textural description, structural description, and composite description (synthesis of meaning and essence). …”
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Thermal Load in Large-Scale Bridges: A State-of-the-Art Review by Guang-Dong Zhou, Ting-Hua Yi

“…Following that, the progress on thermal load in three types of representative bridges that are concrete bridge, steel-concrete composite bridge, and steel bridge based on field measurement data is discussed extensively. …”
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THE ROLE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN CONNECTING ARCHAEOLOGICAL VESTIGES. DOCUMENTING THE THERMAE OF LEGIO XIII GEMINA FROM APULUM by Ionuț MAICAN, Anca TIMOFAN, Cristian FLORESCU, Călin ȘUTEU, Constantin-Irinel GREȘIȚĂ

“…At the same time, the modern techniques for the collection, storage and analysis of the topographic-archaeological data may be significantly important for the sustainable development of a region, by preserving and highlighting the cultural heritage.…”
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The effect of sarpogrelate compared to aspirin in high- or very-high-risk diabetes for primary prevention by Soo Hyun Kang, Kilyoon Pack, Jung Ho Kim, Youngwoo Jang

“…The primary endpoint was net adverse clinical events (NACE), defined as a composite of efficacy and overall bleeding. The efficacy was a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, whereas overall bleeding included intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. …”
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Thermal Dynamics of Laser-Irradiated Trilayer Bonded-Zirconia Structures by Mitchell Tharp, Jaccare Jauregui-Ulloa, Grace Mendonça De Souza, Susana Salazar Marocho

“…Heat transfer during laser irradiation was monitored with an infrared camera (Optris PI 640, Optris GmbH, Berlin, Germany) at 0.1-s intervals. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, which showed no significant differences in mean temperature between zirconia and cement layers across the substrates (composite resin, G10, dentin) (<i>p</i> = 0.0794). …”
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Measurement and Decoupling of Hygrothermal-Mechanical Effects with Optical Fibers: Development of a New Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor by Pietro Aceti, Lorenzo Calervo, Paolo Bettini, Giuseppe Sala

“…Composite materials are increasingly used in the aviation industry for various aircraft components due to their lightweight and mechanical performances. …”
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Comparative effectiveness and prescribing trends of modified release versus immediate release indapamide in patients with hypertension: cohort study by Li Wei, Esther W Chan, Yang Chen, Jacob George, Bryan Williams, Chengsheng Ju, Isla S Mackenzie, Robert Flynn, Vincent Ka Chun Yan, Thomas MacLennan MacDonald

“…A pragmatic trial was emulated to compare the five year risks of composite cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction and stroke) and death between modified release and immediate release indapamide. …”
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Financial contagion in the US, European and Chinese stock markets during global shocks by Marina Yu. Malkina

“…Causal relationships in the interaction of indices are established using the Granger test. The data are average daily indices: the Ameri can S&P 500, the European STOXX 600, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index – for December 2018 – March 2024 obtained from the financial portal Investing.com. …”
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Geochemical insights into the internal dynamics of debris avalanches. A case study: The Socompa avalanche, Chile by Régis Doucelance, Karim Kelfoun, Philippe Labazuy, Chantal Bosq

“…Here we present high‐precision Sr‐Nd isotope compositions, plus major and trace element concentrations, of matrix samples and rock fragments from the Socompa debris‐avalanche deposit (Chile). …”
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