Geological and geotechnical characterization of clayey materials from Feutap (West Cameroon): suitability in ceramic industry by Isaac Yannick Bomeni, Isabelle Flora Fotsing Metegam, Aubin Nzeukou Nzeugang, Gervaise Kieufack, Nathalie Fagel

“…The density ranges between 2.49 and 2.87 g/cm3. The bulk density ranges from 0.89 to 1.11 g/cm3, while the voice index varies from 57.98 to 65.75%. …”
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THE ESSENCE OF THE CATEGORY ‘CONSUMER CREDIT’ by Oleg E. Gordienov

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Determinants of Electricity Consumption Intensity in China: Analysis of Cities at Subprovince and Prefecture Levels in 2009 by X. H. Xia, Yi Hu

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Cross-Linguistic Intertranslatability of Culturally Loaded Terms by Suparto Suparto

“…This study classifies the results of the translation into five classifications: (1) both the denotation and the connotation are different; (2) different denotations but the same connotations; (3) both of denotations and connotations are identical or near identical; (4) generic target text; and (5) specific target text. …”
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Improved Cross‐Scale Snow Cover Simulations by Developing a Scale‐Aware Ground Snow Cover Fraction Parameterization in the Noah‐MP Land Surface Model by Ronnie Abolafia‐Rosenzweig, Cenlin He, Tzu‐Shun Lin, Michael Barlage, Karl Rittger

“…Noah‐MP simulations using the scale‐aware parameterization have smaller mean (peak) ground SCF biases than the baseline simulation by 1%–2% (3%–5%), with spatiotemporal variability depending on land cover, topography, and snow depth. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Skåne county, Sweden, in relation to individual-level and area-level sociodemographic factors: a register-based cross-sectional analysis by Per-Olof Östergren, Louise Bennet, Jonas Björk, Adam Mitchell, Mahnaz Moghaddassi, Malin Inghammar

“…Associations between individual-level and area-level sociodemographic factors and vaccine uptake were modelled with logistic regression, with average marginal effects and estimated proportion vaccinated subsequently estimated.Results Being vaccinated with ≥2 doses vs 0 doses was positively associated with education (tertiary vs primary, OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.3 to 1.7), household disposable income (Q5 vs Q1, OR 2.3; 95% CI 1.9 to 2.7), comorbidities (≥2 doses vs none, OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.8 to 1.9) and residential area type (affluent socioeconomic conditions vs poor, OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.6 to 2.4). …”
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Long noncoding RNAs in renal diseases by Minghui Liu, Jie Ren

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Deep learning predicts HER2 status in invasive breast cancer from multimodal ultrasound and MRI by Yuhong Fan, Kaixiang Sun, Yao Xiao, Peng Zhong, Yun Meng, Yang Yang, Zhenwei Du, Jingqin Fang

“…In the test cohort, DL-US differentiated the HER2 status of breast cancer with an AUC of 0.842 (95% CI: 0.708–0.931), and sensitivity and specificity of 89.5% and 79.3%, respectively. DL-MRI achieved an AUC of 0.800 (95% CI: 0.660–0.902), with sensitivity and specificity of 78.9% and 79.3%, respectively. …”
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Mesopelagic Mesozooplankton and Micronekton Database by Yulia Egorova, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Ian McIvor, Andrea Le, Tymofiy Spesivy

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Retrospective study on the epidemiological characteristics of multi-pathogen infections of hospitalized severe acute respiratory tract infection and influenza-like illness in Xinji... by Jia Huang, Xin Ma, Haiyan Wu, Hundezi Awuxi, Xuan Zhang, Yuan Chen, Nigedeli Alitengsaier, Quanxi Li

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Application of change detection techniques driven by expert opinions for small-area studies in developing countries by Tanaka A. Mbendana, Anesu D. Gumbo, Simbarashe Jombo, Ephias Mugari, Evison Kapangaziwiri

“…The results from R showed that built-up areas expanded from 3.74 km² in 2010 to 8.64 km² in 2022, the bare land decreased from 3.10 km² to 1.42 km², and the cropland declined from 6.06 km² to 2.84 km². …”
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Determination of Potential Runoff Coefficient using Geographic Information System for a Small Basin in Balakayety Watershade, Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Jehan M. Fattah Sheikh Suleimany

“…The Satellite Imagery (Landsat 7 ETM+) for 2015 was procured to create land cover classes, the classifications accuracy equal to 88.4%, and the Kappa index is 83.7%. …”
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Comparing standard treatment of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea to add-on acetazolamide treatment: An open-label randomised controlled trial by Anurag Tripathi, Ved Prakash, Hemant Kumar, Mohammad Arif, Atul Tiwari, Sachin Kumar, Mrityunjaya Singh, Deepak Sharma, Shubhra Srivastava

“…Although no significant difference was found in AHI during REM sleep between the groups (p = 0.6284), the C+D group demonstrated a notable decrease in severe OSA cases and an increase in mild and moderate OSA classifications. Compliance-adjusted AHI was significantly lower in the C+D group (5.67 ± 3.45) compared to the C group (7.67 ± 3.41, p = 0.0034). …”
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Biliary obstruction in pediatric hereditary spherocytosis: a clinical review of 16 cases by Xinjie Huang, Chunhui Peng, Yajun Chen, Dongyang Wu, Wei Chen, Zengmeng Wang, Kai Wang

“…Results The study included 16 patients with a mean age of 9.0 ± 3.2 years, evenly distributed between the two groups (8 patients each). …”
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The effect of geriatric comanagement (GC) in geriatric trauma patients treated in a level 1 trauma setting: A comparison of data before and after the implementation of a certified... by Sascha Halvachizadeh, Lea Gröbli, Till Berk, Kai Oliver Jensen, Christian Hierholzer, Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari, Roman Pfeifer, Hans-Christoph Pape

“…<h4>Results</h4>This study includes 626 patients in Group pre-GC (mean age 80.3 ± 6.7 years) and 841 patients in Group post-GC (mean age 81.1 ± 7.3 years). …”
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Treatment methods for peripheral nerve injuries (a literature review) by N. M. Nevmerzhytska, L. M. Yaremenko, S. M. Chuhray, O. M. Grabovyi

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Body Composition Changes in Latino Population: Longitudinal Associations of Fat and Muscle Mass Indices by Rosero‐Revelo Ricardo, Mateo Tamayo, Ricardo Correa, Bartolome Burguera, Marcio L. Griebeler

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Borrowed Borrowings: Nahuatl Loan Words in English by Jason D. Haugen

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Pulmonary vascular anomalies: a review of clinical and radiological findings of cases presenting with different complaints in childhood by Hikmet Tekin Nacaroğlu, Canan Şule Ünsal-Karkıner, Semiha Bahçeci-Erdem, Rahmi Özdemir, Aytaç Karkıner, Hüdaver Alper, Demet Can

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Diagnostic and taxonomic challenges in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with lymph node involvement: A case report and mini-review by Bhaumik Shah, Mitra Abdollahi-Neisani, Pegah Taheri, Asya Varshavsky, Reza Nejati, Nicholas Mackrides

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