‘An Important Exercise of Care and Attention’: How the International Geological Expedition Was Established in Mongolia by Narma A. Kamandzhaev

“…In the early 1970s, Mongolia’s executives ― in accordance with the Comprehensive Program of Socialist Economic Integration ― were seeking to gain economic ground and bring the MPR to the level of its partners. …”
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Antibacterial Effect of Fixed and Volatile Oils against Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria by Tara Faiq M. Salih, Sakar Ahmed Abdullah, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Daryan Kamal Khder

“…Zingiber officinale) against both Staphylococcus aureus strain (6734151) and Escherichia coli ?…”
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Assessment of cytotoxicity of clear aligners coated with zinc oxide nanoparticles by Indu Ravi, Vignesh Kailasam

“…Though the cell viability decreased in both the coated and uncoated aligners from day 0 to day 7 to day 14, this decrease was statistically significant for the coated aligners only. …”
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Influence of sowing amount and substrate thickness on the quality of sandy ecological grass blankets by ZOU Jiatong, YU Weijie, ZHANG Zheng, FENG Zhidao, ZHANG Changlin

“…[Objective] Under the condition of ensuring the quality of the grass blanket, the study aims to select the appropriate combination of substrate thickness and seeding rate, and achieve the coordination and unity of ecological and economic effects in grass blanket production. …”
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Frequency of television viewing and association with overweight and obesity among women of the reproductive age group in Myanmar: results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey by Rajat Das Gupta, Ibrahim Hossain Sajal, Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Mohammad Rifat Haider, Malabika Sarker

“…Objectives This study aimed to discern the association between the frequency of television viewing and overweight and obesity among reproductive age women of Myanmar.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting This study used Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016) data.Participants Total of 12 021 women both aged 15–49 years and also not pregnant or did not deliver a child within the 2 months prior to the survey were included.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was overweight (23.0 kg/m2 to <27.5 kg/m2) and obesity (≥27.5 kg/m2), which was measured using the Asian body mass index cut-off. …”
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A study on Bacterial Infections Associated with Central Nervous System in Pakistani Population by Muneeba Afzal, Hamza Altaf, Tayyaba Faiz, Samra Mannan

“…Karachi had the highest publication rate. Bacterial agents accounted for 69% of cases, affecting both children (60%) and adults (72.2%). …”
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Systematic review of surface disinfection: Spraying versus wiping for COVID-19 prevention by Babasola 0. Okusanya, Muzzammil Gadanya, Anthony Nlemadim, Victoria Adaramoye, David O. Akeju, John Ehiri, Martin M. Meremiku

“…Spraying disinfectants was the intervention, while wiping or nothing was the comparison. Review outcomes include SARS-CoV-2 infection, the incidence of adverse effects and operator satisfaction. …”
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Capivasertib enhances chimeric antigen receptor T cell activity in preclinical models of B cell lymphoma by Hui-Ju Hsieh, Ryan Urak, Mary C. Clark, Larry W. Kwak, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang

“…Capivasertib exerts a similar function to AKT Inhibitor VIII in modulating CAR T cells, and combining CAR T cell therapy with capivasertib both ex vivo and in vivo offers the potential to improve patient outcomes. …”
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Predicting Multi-Scenario Land Use Changes and Soil Erosion in the Huaihe River Basin Based on Coupled PLUS-CSLE Model by GUO Weiling, XU Liuyang, JIA Jiang, GAO Chang, XIA Xiaolin, WANG Bangwen, ZHANG Jingyu, CHEN Lei, CHEN Yingjian

“…An ecological protection model with appropriate expansion of construction land can meet both ecological protection and economic development demands. …”
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Laboratory-scale biogas production from vegetable juice waste using an IC reactor by Boualy Vongvisith, Chengyue Liang, Changmei Wang, Fang Yin, Kai Wu, Bin Yang, Jing Liu, Hong Yang, Wudi Zhang

“…The experimental results showed that the biogas production rate was 2.6 L/d, and 66% methane content was achieved when the OLR was 1.4 g COD/L.d and the HRT was six days. …”
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Ultrasound-detected osteophytes predict the development of radiographic and clinical features of hand osteoarthritis in the same finger joints 5 years later by Tore K Kvien, Hilde Berner Hammer, Ida K Haugen, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen, Alexander Mathiessen

“…Significant associations were found between ultrasound-detected osteophytes and development of both radiographic OA (OR=4.1, 95% CI 2.0 to 8.1) and clinical bony enlargement (OR=3.5, 95% CI 2.4 to 5.1) and also incident radiographic osteophytes (OR=4.2, 95% CI 2.1 to 8.5) and JSN (OR=5.3, 95% CI 2.1 to 13.4).Conclusion Ultrasound-detected osteophytes predicted incident radiographic and clinical hand OA 5 years later. …”
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The tryptophan-aspartate (WD) repeat domain of bovine Coronin-1A promotes mycobacterial survival by inhibiting calcium signaling-mediated phagosome-lysosome fusion by Jing Yang, Zhunan Li, Aicong Li, Yayi Liu, Xinyan Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yuanpeng Gao

“…We found that bCoronin-1A was upregulated at both the transcriptional and protein levels following M.tb infection of embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cells. …”
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Effect of combining different 10-MDP-containing primers and cement systems on shear bond strength between resin cement and zirconia by Kan Wongkamhaeng, Kopchai Poomparnich, Top Chitkraisorn, Kwanwong Boonpitak, Terawat Tosiriwatanapong

“…The specimens were randomly applied with three different primers (Scotchbond Universal Adhesive, Tooth Primer, and Clearfil Ceramic Primer). Then, each group was bonded with Panavia V5 and RelyX™ Universal resin cements. …”
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Exploring the process—structure–property relationship of nylon aramid 3D printed composites and parameter optimization using supervised machine learning techniques by Mohammed Raffic Noor Mohamed, Ganesh Babu Karuppiah, Dharani Kumar Selvan, Rajasekaran Saminathan, Shubham Sharma, Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Sandeep Kumar, Mohamed Abbas, Dražan Kozak, Jasmina Lozanovic

“…When comparing thickly layered samples with a suitable increase in time and weight, thin-layered samples are shown to have greater hardness values at both tested areas. With a 50.09% contribution to face hardness and a 30.11% contribution to hardness at the thickness area, raster angle is found to be significant over hardness.Layer thickness is an important element that contributes 81.95% to printing time and 42.09% to part weight, respectively. …”
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MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Abdulrasaq Mustapha, Mubaraq Sanni

“…The obtained quantitative data was subjected Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) analysis. …”
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THE MILITARY IN GOVERNANCE IN THE GAMBIA AND THE QUEST FOR A POLITICAL LEGACY (FROM THE 27TH OF OCTOBER 1980 TO 30TH OF JULY 1981, AND 22ND OF JULY 1994 TO 19TH JANUARY 2017) by ABDULLAH SENGHORE ABOUBACAR

“…On the other hand, Yahya Jammeh’s military government has been very controversial sometimes and had left many questions unanswered regarding the military’s understanding and approach to some of the key principles of democracy as a governance system such as respect for and application of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for the rule of law, separation of powers and judicial independence.Using both primary and mainly secondary sources, the author assessed the two military coups in The Gambia and its lasting legacies and sustainable impacts in the country. …”
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Enhancing wear resistance of inconel 601 through pack alumunizing coating and advanced lubrication environments by Mehmet Tayyip Özdemir, Recep Demirsöz, Refik Polat

“…Wear that occurs at the contact points between parts both causes material loss and reduces material performance. …”
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The population structure and habitat use of resident of Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) in Wu River (Southwest China) by Canshi Hu

“…Compared to traditional breeding ranges, both adults and ducklings of this species were more likely to experience human-related disturbances due to the limited availability of ancient trees outside villages. …”
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The Long-Term Clinical and Economic Impact of Universal Varicella Vaccination in Slovenia by Colleen Burgess, Stephanie Kujawski, Ajda Lapornik, Goran Bencina, Manjiri Pawaskar

“…Costs, quality-adjusted life-years, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios vs no vaccination were calculated to assess the economic impact of each strategy from payer and societal perspectives. …”
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Enhancing feature selection for multi-pose facial expression recognition using a hybrid of quantum inspired firefly algorithm and artificial bee colony algorithm by Mu Panliang, Sanjay Madaan, Siddiq Ahmed Babikir Ali, Gowrishankar J., Ali Khatibi, Anas Ratib Alsoud, Vikas Mittal, Lalit Kumar, A. Johnson Santhosh

“…The proposed algorithm uses the attributes of both the QIFA and ABC algorithms to enhance search space exploration, thereby improving the robustness of features in FER. …”
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