The incidence of eating disorders in the UK in 2000–2009: findings from the General Practice Research Database by Irene Petersen, Nadia Micali, Janet L Treasure, Katrina W Hagberg

“…Data were obtained from a primary care register, the General Practice Research Database, which contains anonymised records representing about 5% of the UK population.Participants All patients with a first-time diagnosis of AN, BN and EDNOS were identified.Primary outcome Annual crude and age-standardised incidence rates were calculated.Results A total of 9072 patients with a first-time diagnosis of an ED were identified. …”
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Kinetic of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Removal by Corn Cob-Based Activated Carbon Modified with Nitric Acid by Wahyu Ratnaningsih, Vebri Aningtyas, Husna Muizzati Shabrina, Uma Fadzilia Arifin, Wisnu Prayogo, Muhammad Amin

“…The most optimal Cr(VI) adsorption was obtained at an activated carbon dosage of 3 g/L, pH value of 1, contact time of 140 minutes, and 100 mg/l Cr(VI) concentration. …”
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Plasma Activated Water Assisted Ultrasonic Extraction of Polysaccharides from Yellow Cauliflower and Its Hypoglycemic Activity by Han ZHANG, Cheng YANG, Guiyun CHEN, Shuhong LI, Ye CHEN

“…The results indicated that the optimal process parameters were liquid-solid ratio of 23 mL/g, extraction time of ultrasound 60 min, PAW preparation time of 90 s, in which the maximum extraction rate of Hemerocallis citrina Baroni polysaccharides was 36.33%±0.04%. …”
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Carboxylated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Dispersive Solid-Phase Extraction Sorbent to Determine Eighteen Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Vegetable Samples by Gas Chromatography-Ma... by Tengfei Liu, Daifeng Yang, Jian Mao, Xueming Zhang, Minghui Dong

“…Parameters affecting both the extraction yields and cleanup efficiency, including the type and volume of extraction solvent, extraction time, type and volume of cleanup sorbent, and cleanup time, were optimized. …”
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Analysis of anthropogenic transformation of the hydrographic network in the northern part of Lviv according to cartographic sources by Ye. Іvanov, O. Pylypovych

“…The study of water bodies was carried out with topographic maps of the scale range from 1:25,000 to 1:100,000, which made it possible to cover a time period of more than 240 years. …”
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Analog Replicator of Long Chaotic Radio Pulses for Coherent Processing by Lev Kuzmin, Elena Efremova, Pavel Vladyka, Vadim Itskov

“…The term “long” in this case means that the duration of chaotic radio pulses is many times greater than the characteristic time of divergence of chaotic trajectories. …”
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Diagnosis and Prognosis of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung by Means of High Resolution Image Analysis by Uta Jütting, Peter Gais, Karsten Rodenacker, Joachim Böhm, Susanne Koch, Heinz W. Präuer, Heinz Höfler

“…By means of high resolution image analysis 100 nuclei per case were randomly gathered to extract morphometric, densitometric and textural quantitative features. …”
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Antinociceptive Activity of Ethanol Extract from Duguetia chrysocarpa Maas (Annonaceae) by Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida, Edigênia Cavalcante da Cruz Araújo, Luciano Augusto de Araújo Ribeiro, Julianeli Tolentino de Lima, Xirley Pereira Nunes, Ana Sílvia Suassuna Carneiro Lúcio, Maria de Fátima Agra, José Maria Barbosa Filho

“…The intraperitoneal administration of the ethanol extract (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg body weight) showed a dose-dependent inhibition of acetic-acid-induced abdominal writhes. …”
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Utilization of Teacher Supervision Tool in Influencing Teacher Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Rukungiri District – Uganda by Evans, Tayebwa

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Effect of Spacing and Different Levels of Phosphorus on Growth and Yield of Malepatan-1 Variety of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp.) in Dang District, Nepal by Biraj Poudel, Gaurab Chaudhary, Archana Bhatt, Shobita Neupane

“…The experiment was carried out using a split-plot design with three planting geometry as the main plot (15 cm × 30 cm, 30 cm × 30 cm, and 45 cm × 30 cm) and three P levels as subplots (20, 40, and 60 kg/ha), each replicated three times. The result demonstrated that P had a significant effect on the number of pods per plant at 100 days after sowing (DAS), pod length at 85 and 100 DAS, and yield of fresh pods. …”
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Research on Pressure Relief Hole Parameters Based on Abutment Pressure Distribution Pattern by Jian Hao, Hua Bian, Yongkui Shi, Anfa Chen, Jiankang Liu, Peizhe Zhang, Linjun Peng, Jianquan Tang

“…When pressure relief holes of nonequal diameter are adopted, the stress environment of the surrounding rock is clearly improved compared to100 mm pressure relief holes, and the plastic failure range increased by 2-3 times. …”
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Functional Fitness and Self-Reported Quality of Life of Older Women Diagnosed with Knee Osteoarthrosis: A Cross-Sectional Case Control Study by Paula Andréa Malveira Cavalcante, Márcio Roberto Doro, Frank Shiguemitsu Suzuki, Roberta Luksevicius Rica, Andrey Jorge Serra, Francisco Luciano Pontes Junior, Alexandre Lopes Evangelista, Aylton José Figueira Junior, Julien Steven Baker, Danilo Sales Bocalini

“…For the 6-minute walk test (meters), the values obtained for the C (635±142) were higher (P<0.01) than the OA (297±143) group. The time spent in physical activity (min) was greater (P<0.001) in the control (220±12) group compared to OA (100±10) group. …”
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Enhancing Soil Moisture Prediction in Drought-Prone Agricultural Regions Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Approaches by Xizhuoma Zha, Shaofeng Jia, Yan Han, Wenbin Zhu, Aifeng Lv

“…This study introduces a novel approach that, for the first time, employs a continuous time series of near-surface soil moisture as the upper boundary condition in the Richards equation to estimate high-resolution root-zone soil moisture in the North China Plain, thus enabling its large-scale application. …”
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AI versus human-generated multiple-choice questions for medical education: a cohort study in a high-stakes examination by Alex KK Law, Jerome So, Chun Tat Lui, Yu Fai Choi, Koon Ho Cheung, Kevin Kei-ching Hung, Colin Alexander Graham

“…Participants attempted two sets of 100 MCQs—one AI-generated and one human-generated. …”
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Effect of melatonin on the contents of fatty acids and antioxidants of saffron by Mohammad Mehdi Samim, Ali Sorooshzadeh, Ali Mokhtassi-Bidgoli, Mohammad Sadegh Sabet

“…However, the timing of melatonin application emerged as a critical factor warranting careful consideration. …”
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Additional lime of CaO in rearing medium with salinity for growing of catfish Pangasius hypopthalmus by Yuni Puji Hastuti, Daniel Djokosetiyanto, Ide Permatasari

“…During the study, the fish were fed with 28% protein content three times a day with FR 5%. Addition of CaO treatment dose 0 mg/L, 20 mg/L, 40 mg/L, 60 mg/L, 80 mg/L result in the survival rate of 100%, 100%, 100%, 96.29%, and 100% (p>0.05). …”
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Optimization of Cross-Linked Cassava Starch Coating Formulation by Response Surface Methodology and Its Preservation Effects on ‘Shatangju’ Mandarin by Chunli Deng, Oksana Melnyk, Guanli Li, Xiaochun Li, Yanghe Luo

“…The optimal formulation of the cross-linked cassava starch-based coating was as follows: 3 g/100 g cassava cross-linked starch, 0.7 g/100 g β-cyclodextrin, 0.5 g/100 g phytic acid, and 0.5 g/100 g glycerol. …”
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Simulation of Electron Energy Spectra of a Biased Paracentric Hemispherical Deflection Analyzer as a Function of Entry Bias: Effects of Misalignments by O. Sise

“…In both experiment and calculation, the two different paracentric entry positions R0=84 mm and R0=112 mm, on either side of the mean radius of 100 mm, are found to have a base energy resolution of about two times better than the conventional centric entry position R0=100 mm. …”
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The impact of length, rotation, and repetition in Arabic words: Event-related potential evidence by Mohamed Tarik N.

“…Event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured, focusing on P100, N170, and N250 components. Behavioral results indicated longer response times (RTs) and higher error rates for nine-letter, rotated, and non-repeated words. …”
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Oncolytic influenza virus enhances killing effect of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer cells by MENG Zihe, MENG Zihe, XU Yongru, DENG Zhaoda

“…Using a subcutaneous tumor-bearing mouse model of pancreatic cancer， 36 female C57BL/6 mice （6 weeks old） were randomly divided into PBS group， recombinant oncolytic virus group， GEM group， and the combined treatment group， with 9 mice in each group. PBS （100 μL/animal） or OvFlu-GM-CSF virus （1×107 PFU/100 μL） was given to the mice of the corresponding groups through intratumoral injection， while GEM （100 mg/kg） was injected intraperitoneally， once per 3 days， for totally 9 times. …”
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