Investigating the Effect of Increasing Slump on Compressive Strength of Nominal Mix Concrete. by Aturinda, Shallot

“…Specifically, the results revealed: a 15.8% and 59.6% reduction in compressive strength at 3 days and a 12.7% and 57.9%reduction at 28 days at respective 10% and 20% increase in water for 1:2:4 mix ratio as slump increased from 56mm to 147mm. 32.1% and 61.5% reduction in compressive strength at 3 days and a 14.4% and 63.2% reduction at 28 days at respective 10% and 20% increase in water for the 1:1.5:3 mix ratio as slump increased from 50mm to 137mm. 42.5% and 50% reduction in compressive strength at 3 days and a 9.1% and 24.2% reduction at 28 days at respective 10% and 20% increase in water for the 1:3:6 mix ratio as slump increased from 67mm to 147mm. …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection After Knee Arthroplasty; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ayub Bagheri, Alireza Sharifi Niknafs, Bahar Farhadi, Seyed Amirhossein Mazhari, Parnia Karimian, Nafiseh Hekmati Pour, Hamid Hojjati, Iman Nosratabadi, Azadeh Emami, Reza Salehi

“…The pooled incidence rate of SSI after knee arthroplasty was 1.7% (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1% to 2.6%; I²=99.687%; P<0.001). …”
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Structural Model for Preparing Safe and Hygienic Complementary Food in Indonesia by Lucy Widasari, Anto J. Hadi, Haslinah Ahmad, Wirawan Setyalaksana, Lusy Damayanti, Elly Sutrisni

“…=0.022, p=0.492) or safe CF practices (?=-0.01, p=0.568). However, maternal education significantly affected CF knowledge (?…”
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Scutellarin combined with lidocaine exerts antineoplastic effect in human glioma associated with repression of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. by Xiu-Ying He, Yui-Si Yang, Yue-Xiang Zheng, Qing-Jie Xia, Hong-Zhou Yu, Xiao-Ming Zhao, Ting-Hua Wang

“…Therefore, the exploration of new and effective anti-glioma drugs is urgent.<h4>Methods</h4>Human glioma cell lines U251 and LN229 were included in the study. …”
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Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study. by Tore Bonsaksen, Daicia Price, Gary Lamph, Isaac Kabelenga, Amy Østertun Geirdal

“…Of the 858 (61.1%) participants who reported sleep problems during the past weeks, a substantial proportion (n = 353, 41.1%) related their sleep problems to their experience with COVID-19. …”
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Clinical benefits of the 5th intercostal incision in uniportal VATS for female patients by Dalin Wang, Zhilin Luo, Jia Ming

Subjects: “…Uniportal VATS…”
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Use of a Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief Kit to Reduce Opioid Use Following Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study by Denis J O'Hara, Timothy F Tyler, Malachy P McHugh, Susan Y Kwiecien, Tyler Bergeron

“…Opioid use and pain declined from week one to four with no difference between groups (p<0.001). Outcome scores and SF-36 scores improved from week one to four with no difference between groups (p<0.001)…”
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Functional Performance and Tendon Morphology After Operative or Nonoperative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures by Sophie Zhu, Josh Garofalo, Monther Abuhantash, Sheila McRae, Peter MacDonald, Rob Longstaffe, Dan Ogborn

“… # Results Affected limb AT was elongated and thickened (p\<0.01), gastrocnemius was atrophied (p\< 0.01) and angle-specific plantar flexor torque was reduced at 120&deg;/s when measured at 20&deg; plantar flexion (p = 0.028). …”
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The impact of visual fidelity on screen-based virtual reality food choices: A randomized pilot study. by Bianca Curi Braga, Pejman Sajjadi, Mahda Bagher, Alexander Klippel, Jessica Menold, Travis Masterson

“…<h4>Intervention</h4>Participants were randomly assigned to either a high- (n = 43) or a low- (n = 41) visual fidelity environment and were asked to select foods to have a meal with a friend.…”
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Determining Near Point of Convergence: Exploring a Component of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screen Comparing Varied Target Sizes by John D Heick, Curt Bay

“… # Results Seventy-five participants (59 females, 16 males; mean \[SD\] age=21.0 [6.12] years) completed 3 trials. The mean (SD) of the 900 NPC measurements was 7.11 (3.67) cm. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Urinary Retention Following Vaginal Delivery by Nadia Al-Dujaili, Mohanad Albayyaa, Mazin Al-Dujaili, Shahla Alaf

“…Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted over a year from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020. A sample of 500 women who delivered vaginally was analyzed. …”
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OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE HARMFUL ENTOMOFAUNA FROM WINTER RAPESEED CROPS IN THE CONDITIONS OF CENTRAL OF MOLDAVA, BETWEEN YEARS 2014-2017 by PAULA -LUCELIA URSACHE, ELENA TROTUS, ALEXANDRA -ANDREEA BUBURUZ

“… During 2014-2017, 22 species were identified in the yellow bowl trap type installed in winter rapeseed crops established at A.R.S.D. Secuieni. Of these, 11 species are specific to winter rapeseed crops and 11 species were accidental identified because of the proximity with different agricultural crops (maize. sunflower. grain cereals). …”
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Prevalence and Knowledge about Genital and other Warts among Students in Sulaimani Polytechnic University: A cross-sectional study by Burhan Karadaghy, Niaz Mustafa Kamal, Nasih Othman

“…Knowledge score correlated with socio-demographic parameters were significantly higher in health students (P <0.001); outside Sulaimani city (P= 0.01) and students aged 21-30 (P <0.001). …”
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The relationship between perception and landscape characteristics of recreational places with human mental well-being by Janina Vanhöfen, Talia Härtel, Giovanna Reichert, Christoph Randler

“…The estimated restoration value (p = 0.001) and estimated beauty (p < 0.001) from the online survey correlate positively with emotions experienced on-site. …”
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Mechanisms of corporate digital transformation on asymmetric capital structure adjustment—the mediating role of information asymmetry and financial stability by Jin Li, Zijian Li

“…The findings reveal that digital transformation significantly accelerates the speed of capital structure adjustment, with the interaction coefficient between the digital transformation index and the lagged capital structure term estimated at −0.0197 (p < 0.01). Among various digital technologies, big data exhibits the most pronounced effect on increasing adjustment speed, with an interaction coefficient of −0.0250 (p < 0.01). …”
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Clinical efficacy of different methods for treatment of granulomatous lobular mastitis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Yuxiang Zhou, Leilai Xu

“…The network meta-analysis revealed that several treatment combinations reduced the recurrence rate compared to observation: Surgery + Local steroid injection + Systemic steroids therapy (OR: 0.23, 95% CI 0.01 to 4.53), Local steroid injection (OR: 0.34, 95% CI 0.02 to 6.81), Surgery + Systemic steroids therapy (OR: 0.36, 95% CI 0.02 to 5.29), Surgery + Traditional Chinese Medicine (OR: 0.33, 95% CI 0.01 to 9.11), Systemic steroids therapy + MTX (OR: 0.62, 95% CI 0.01 to 34.59), and Systemic steroids therapy + drainage (OR: 0.76, 95% CI 0.05 to 10.67). …”
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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“… # Results Ice dancers had more errors than singles and pairs for bipedal foam (p\<0.001) but had fewer errors than single skaters for single leg foam (p=0.002). …”
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Prognostic impact of presenting symptoms of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Samuel Jun Ming Lim, Ying Hao, George Boon Bee Goh, Jason Pik Eu Chang, Chee Kiat Tan

“…Pain was associated with better survival (P < 0.001). On multivariable Cox regression analysis, only fluid retention (hazard ratio [HR] 1.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.30–1.87) and jaundice (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.07–1.74) were independently associated with shorter survival. …”
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Comparison of Intervention Programs to Improve Trunk Stability for Active Females by Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, Katie Whetstone, Mark Marchino, Kevin Brown, Kyle Matsel

“…Significant differences were noted on the TSPU (Pilates, NEATS p=0.01) and composite scores (Pilates p=0.01; NEATS p=0.03). …”
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Lymphocyte levels in Crohn’s disease patients in clinical remission are significantly lower than those in healthy people by Asi He, Tulan Hu, Linzhen Li

“…Results There were significant differences in lymphocyte count (P < 0.001), lymphocyte percentage (P < 0.001), neutrophil count (P = 0.038), and neutrophil percentage (P < 0.001) between CD patients and normal people, but no statistically significant differences in sex (P = 0.216), age (P = 0.745), and white blood cell count (P = 0.757). …”
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