Microbiome Understanding in Maternity Study (MUMS), an Australian prospective longitudinal cohort study of maternal and infant microbiota: study protocol by Amanda Henry, Emad M El-Omar, Lynne M Roberts, Georgina L Hold, Maria E Craig, Katie Harris, Daniella Susic, Gregory Davis, Anthony J O' Sullivan, Emily McGovern, George Mangos

“…Measurements include anthropometrics, body composition, blood pressure, serum hormonal and metabolic parameters and vaginal pH. …”
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Design and Analysis of Nuclear Transportation Cask Using Phase Changing Material by Girish Venkatesh Gudi, R. G. Nagraj, Abhijit Dandavate

“…In this work, a composite PCM made of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and octadecanol is employed to provide equal heat transfer. …”
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Predicting Strength Properties of High-Performance Concrete Modified with Natural Aggregates and Ferroslag under Varied Curing Conditions by Muthumani Soundararajan, Sridhar Jayaprakash, S. K. Maniarasan, Ravindran Gobinath

“…Partial substitution of cement was made with 15% of fly ash and 10% of silica fumes. …”
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Women's Jewelry set of the Northern Altai population in Pre-Turkic period (based on materials of the Choburak-I necropolis) by Seregin Nikolai N., Matrenin Sergey S.

“…It was concluded that the variability of the composition of jewelry in the burials was determined by the different lifetime status of the deceased. …”
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Evaluation of prognostic models to improve prediction of metastasis in patients following potentially curative treatment for primary colorectal cancer: the PROSPECT trial by Vicky Goh, Susan Mallett, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Victor Boulter, Rob Glynne-Jones, Saif Khan, Sarah Lessels, Dominic Patel, Davide Prezzi, Stuart Taylor, Steve Halligan

“…For our primary outcome, perfusion CT variables were added to the standard model as a composite (principal components) score. …”
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Experimental parametric study on flexural and shear performance of fiber reinforced concrete wet joints by Bahaa H. Al-Abbas, Dhafer M. Hasan, Ali Ghanim Abbas AL-Khafaji

“…Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a cementitious composite material that widely accepted nowadays due to its superior mechanical properties, low permeability and long term durability. …”
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Autovole processes in deprivation plasma coatings by S.A. Guchenko, E.N. Eremin, V.M. Yurov, V.Ch. Laurinas, S.S. Kasimov, O.N. Zavatskaya

“…Microhardness measurements were made along and across the sample in an amount up to 50 pieces. …”
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Biological responses to biomaterials: a review by Y.V.R. Gomes, A.A. Tavares, R.C. Barbosa, A.F. Tomaz, W.J.B. Sousa, L.C.C. Oliveira, S.M.L. Silva, M.V.L. Fook

“…This variability emphasizes the need for a personalized biomaterial selection, considering both short-term biocompatibility and long-term tissue functionality. …”
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Selection of green peas for the canning industry with a small grain size by V. A. Ushakov, I. P. Kotlyar, I. M. Kaigorodova

“…Over the years of sampling, the weather conditions were with sharp changes in temperature and precipitation. This made it possible to single out samples with low variability of the selected characters based on the totality of characters. …”
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Pengaruh Variasi Rasio Pati Talas (Colocasia Esculenta L) dengan Karagenan dan Konsentrasi Pemlastis Putih Telur terhadap Karakteristik Komposit Bioplastik by Diana Hilmalia Putri, Amna Hartiati, I Nyoman Semadi Antara

“…Bioplastics are made from natural materials that can be broken down by microorganisms, so they are considered more environmentally friendly than synthetic plastics. …”
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Pricing strategies of Online Stores and its influence on Consumers’ buying decision. by Dr. Waqar Ahmad

“…It has a long-term impact on the company's revenue, earnings, and investments, and it is the central variable in its financial models. Pricing reveals how a company thinks and acts in relation to its rivals and the value it provides to its consumers. …”
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Application of a novel vegetation condition index using MODIS EVI for structuring crop index insurance under a smallholder system by Andualem Aklilu Tesfaye, Daniel Edward Osgood, Berhane Gessesse Aweke

“…Across the study districts, using the VCI-evi variable, drought is predicted at a confidence interval greater than or equal to 99 %. …”
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Optimization of Parameters of Two-Beam Laser Twelding of Quartz Raw Materials by V. A. Emelyanov, E. B. Shershnev, Y. V. Nikitjuk, S. I. Sokolov, I. Y. Aushev

“…Using the face-centered version of the central compositional plan of the experiment, a regression model of two-beam cleaning of quartz raw materials was obtained. …”
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Anisotropic flexible stress sensors based on Loofah/CN/MWCNTs by 刘璐, 贾晓丽, 黄书童, 张景龙, 李守宝, 柯燎亮

“…In view of the urgent need for high-performance flexible stress sensors with high sensitivity, wide range, and short response time in the field of human-machine interaction, a flexible stress sensor with conductive anisotropy is proposed, which is made of natural porous loofah as the matrix material and carbon nanoparticles/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CN/MWCNTs) multidimensional composite materials as conductive coatings. …”
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School nutrition programs in Dubai: a landscape analysis by Reem AlGurg, Reem AlGurg, Nour Abu Mahfouz, Farah Otaki, Farah Otaki, Agnes Paulus, Agnes Paulus, Amar Hassan Khamis, Mohamad Alameddine

“…This highlights the importance of capturing an inside perspective about the specificities of the SNPs in order to ensure their effective, efficient, and equitable implementation across schools, irrespective of whether they are public or private.ObjectiveThe overall purpose of this study was to develop insight into SNPs in Dubai, and to investigate the difference in characteristics of those SNPs, between the public and private sectors.MethodsThis study relied on a quantitative tailor-made survey. The data were analyzed using SPSS; descriptive analysis consisted of computing the proportions for all the variables. …”
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Quantified assessment of 3D nystagmus in BPPV: practical considerations by Kamran Barin, Michelle R. Petrak, Michelle R. Petrak, Amy R. Cassidy, Susan L. Whitney

“…However, some of the variability may reflect how the test is performed and how the eye movements are recorded. …”
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The influence of the volume fraction of meat in dumplings on their cooking time by V. N. Makarov, A. R. Sadykov, D. C. Chetverikova

“…As assumptions adopted in real experiments, the authors emphasize the following ones: distilled water is used in cooking, the volume of a dumpling does not change during cooking, the biochemical composition of the filling can be neglected. As a result of the theoretical analysis, the following assumptions were made: the study of dumpling cooking does not take into account the resistance forces, i. e., turbulent and convective flows, as well as thermo-elastic effects; the time of dumpling floating to the surface is negligibly small; "approximation of initial values" — geometric, physico-chemical parameters of the dumpling do not change during cooking. …”
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Sarcopenia in Ageing and Chronic Illness: Trial Endpoints and Regulatory Issues by Stephan vonHaehling, Henning T. Langer, Steven B. Heymsfield, William J. Evans, Stefan D. Anker

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Current status and influencing factors of mild renal function decline in elders aged over 60 years by Xue Jian-qiang, He Na, Shuai Ping, Liu Yu-ping

“…With lowered renal function as adependent variable，compositions of hematuria and hyperuricemia，age，diastolic blood pressure，hemoglobin，urea nitrogen，low density lipoprotein and uric acid value were included for multivariate Logstic regression analysis. …”
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Progressing Sustainable Development Goal 7 via Energy Access: Results from the 27 EU Member States by Barbara Fura, Elżbieta Skrzypek

“…These include, among others, using a linear approach, taking into account only variables measured by Eurostat or an ambiguous effect of energy consumption indicators on SDG 7 evaluation.…”
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