Determination of Wheat Growth Stages Using Image Sequences and Deep Learning by Chunying Wang, Xubin Song, Weiting Pan, Haixia Yu, Xiang Li, Ping Liu

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Investigation of Microstructural Damage in Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete under Freezing-Thawing Action by Chunping Gu, Wei Sun, Liping Guo, Qiannan Wang, Jintao Liu, Yang Yang, Tao Shi

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The Electric Current Effect on Electrochemical Deconsolidation of Spherical Fuel Elements by Xiaotong Chen, Zhenming Lu, Hongsheng Zhao, Bing Liu, Junguo Zhu, Chunhe Tang

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Clinical Progression and Load Management For Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy In A Long-Distance Runner: A Case Report by Cristina Campos-Villegas, Lucía Ortega-Pérez de Villar, Javier Gámez-Payá, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Nieves de Bernardo

“…The visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, the Puranen-Orave test (PO), the Bent-Knee stretch test (BK stretch), the supine plank test, the Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-proximal hamstring tendons (VISA-H) questionnaire, and the sciatic nerve mobility (via the Slump test) were assessed. …”
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A Cross-Stage Focused Small Object Detection Network for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Maritime Applications by Gege Ding, Jiayue Liu, Dongsheng Li, Xiaming Fu, Yucheng Zhou, Mingrui Zhang, Wantong Li, Yanjuan Wang, Chunxu Li, Xiongfei Geng

“…To improve the performance of the feature pyramid network (FPN) and path aggregation network (PAN), a newly designed PHead structure was proposed, focusing on better leveraging shallow features. Then, structural pruning was applied to refine the model and enhance its capability in detecting small objects. …”
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Frequency and factors associated with loss to follow-up in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patient: a single-centre study by Sumariyono Sumariyono, Rudy Hidayat, Faisal Parlindungan, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo Wibowo, Anna Ariane, Johanda Damanik, Abirianty Priandani Araminta, Ryzkianty Annis Nurdin

“…We used a Likert scale questionnaire to explore the perception and the possible reasons for LTFU by phone. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the factors associated with LTFU. …”
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Mini-cutting technique for the propagation of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis clone selected in a semiarid region by Francisco Emerson F. de Felice, Poliana C. Dias-Araujo, Ewerton S. Pinheiro, Carlos Vergara

“…Material and methods: The mini-stumps of the E. camaldulensis clone were subjected to five consecutive prunings and the shoots were analyzed for their adventitious rooting capacity by testing the IAA and IBA auxins at four doses (0 -control; 1,000; 2,000; and 4,000 mg.L-1). …”
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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

“…Communication strategies for bonding, such as picture cards, pictures of mothers with their children and phone calls to the participants, will be used to minimise attrition. …”
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Barriers to Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services for Visually Impaired Patients in a Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Outpatient Practice by Karima S. Khimani, Carissa R. Battle, Lauren Malaya, Aaleena Zaidi, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Huey-Ming Tzeng, Praveena K. Gupta

“…Patients who received LVR referrals to attend at least one LVR service visit from the eligible subjects were contacted for participation in phone interviews regarding their LVR experience. …”
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Hadislerde Beyân ve Bedî İlmiyle İlgili Edebî Sanatların Kullanıma Dair Örnekler by Yaşar Seracettin Baytar

“…Bedî ise edebî sanatlarla donatılmış ifadenin lafız bakımından kusursuz, mâna bakımından mâkul ve âhenkli olmasının kurallarını inceleyen ilimdir. Bu ilmin kapsamında, kaynaklarda en çok zikri geçen edebî sanatlar cinâs, iktibâs, seci, reddü’l-acuz ale’s-sadr, tevriye, tıbâk, mukâbele, müşâkele, muraâtu’n-nazîr, üslûbu’l-hakîm gibi sanatlardır. …”
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Propranolol for Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Efficacy and Effect on Pediatric Growth and Development by Rachel A. Giese, Merit Turner, Mario Cleves, J. Reed Gardner, Gresham T. Richter

“…Questionnaires regarding milestones, efficacy, and guardian satisfaction were performed, and a combination of both chart results and phone conducted surveys was tabulated. Serum from a small representative cohort of age-matched children with IH treated and not treated with propranolol was collected. …”
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Exploring Strategies to Improve Adherence to Immunization Schedule: A Study among Children Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Esther Cheptanui Muathe, Mary Kamau, Eve Rajula

“…The health system strategies that would improve adherence to immunization schedules were more flexible clinic hours, availability of vaccines on daily basis, phone call reminders by health care providers, and increasing awareness on the importance of both vaccinations and adherence to immunization schedule.…”
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Efficacy of Health Literacy Interventions for Caregivers of Individuals with Neurodevelopmental and Chronic Conditions: A Rapid Review by Thom Nevill, Jessica Keeley, Susan Hunt, Rachel Skoss, Olivia Lindly, Jenny Downs, Amanda Marie Blackmore

“…In these studies, 2232 caregivers received interventions through a wide range of media (online, group, written materials, one-to-one, video, phone, and text messages). Research designs were classified as Levels I (<i>n</i> = 8), II (<i>n</i> = 5), III (<i>n</i> = 2), and IV (<i>n</i> = 11), and the quality of evidence ranged from high to very low. …”
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Using RNA-Seq to Explore the Repair Mechanism of the Three Methods and Three-Acupoint Technique on DRGs in Sciatic Nerve Injured Rats by Tao-tao Lv, Yan-jun Mo, Tian-yuan Yu, Shuai Shao, Meng-qian Lu, Yu-ting Luo, Yi Shen, Yu-mo Zhang, Wong Steven

“…The Tuina group was treated with a tuina manipulation simulator to simulate massage on points, controlling for both quality and quantity. Point-pressing, plucking, and kneading methods were administered quantitatively at Yinmen (BL37), Chengshan (BL57), and Yanglingquan (GB34) points on the affected side once a day, beginning 7 days after modeling. …”
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Development of a Multi-Sensor Mobile Device for Urban Air Quality Monitoring at the Street Corner: The SMILE Project by Jonas Pellegrino, Hassen Aziza, Mathieu Guerin, Pascal Taranto, Wenceslas Rahajandraibe, Blaise Ravelo

“…The project aims to empower end users with the responsibility of carrying, activating, and monitoring their own sensor devices while utilizing specialized apps on their mobile phones.…”
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DepRescribing inapprOpriate Proton Pump InhibiTors (DROPIT): study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Swiss primary care by Stefan Neuner-Jehle, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Sven Streit, Sven Trelle, Nicolas Rodondi, Carole Elodie Aubert, Kristie Rebecca Weir, Enriqueta Vallejo-Yagüe, Samantha Chan, Marie Roumet, Pascal Juillerat, Sofia Carolina Zambrano Ramos, Jennifer Inauen, Angela Edith Schulthess-Lisibach, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Clémentine Tombez, Martina Zangger, Flurina Jenal, Yvonne Mattmann, Christof Bieri, Michaela Barbier

“…Data will be collected at baseline, 3-, 6-, 9- and 12-month follow-up time through online surveys or a phone call for both GPs and participants.Primary and secondary outcome measures The first co-primary endpoint is the effectiveness of the deprescribing intervention measured by the change of prescribed PPI dose. …”
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’[We] learned how to speak with love’: a qualitative exploration of accredited social health activist (ASHA) community health worker experiences of the Mobile Academy refresher tra... by Amnesty Elizabeth LeFevre, Kerry Scott, Sara Chamberlain, Osama Ummer, Manjula Sharma, Dipanwita Gharai, Bibha Mishra, Namrata Choudhury

“…The course, which ASHAs access by dialling a number from their phones, totals 4 hours of audio content. It consists of 11 chapters, each with their own quiz, and provides a cumulative pass or fail score at the end. …”
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Injury characteristics, mechanisms, and game circumstances in junior community-level Australian football by Indianna L. Franke, Andrea B. Mosler, Brooke E. Patterson, Kay M. Crossley, Patrick Clifton, Steven McPhail, Mark J. Scholes, Matthew G. King

“…Injured players were subsequently followed up with a phone call to undertake an injury surveillance survey. …”
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Comparative assessment of empirical and hybrid machine learning models for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration in sub-humid and semi-arid climates by Siham Acharki, Ali Raza, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Mina Amharref, Abdes Samed Bernoussi, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Ahmed A. Al-Othman, Mohamed A. Mattar

“…The ML models examined include Random Forest (RF), M5 Pruned (M5P), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), with hybrid combinations of RF-M5P, RF-XGBoost, RF-LightGBM, and XGBoost-LightGBM. …”
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Candidate genes for productivity identified by genome-wide association study with indicators of class in the Russian meat merino sheep breed by A. Y. Krivoruchko, O. A. Yatsyk, E. Y. Safaryan

“…Animal genotyping was performed using Ovine Infinium HD BeadChip 600K DNA, association search was performed using PLINK v. 1.07 software. Highly reliable associations were found between animals belonging to different evaluation classes and the frequency of occurrence of individual SNPs on chromosomes 2, 6, 10, 13, and 20. …”
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