Comparison of terrestrial exospheric hydrogen 3D distributions at solar minimum and maximum using TWINS Lyman-α observations by Jochen H. Zoennchen, Gonzalo Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo Cucho-Padin, Lara Waldrop, Hans J. Fahr

“…The calibration uncertainty was derived to be, on average, 5%. We estimated the 3D global hydrogen density distributions from these radiance data using two different tomographic inversion methods: first, a parametric fitting method based on a spherical harmonic function of order 3 and second, a high degree-of-freedom retrieval approach to validate our retrievals of H density. …”
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The predictive factors for resorption of lumbar disc herniation by A.J. Sanginov, I.D. Isakov, V.V. Belozerov, E.A. Mushkachev, A.V. Peleganchuk

“…To determine the timing and to identify predictive factors of resorption of lumbar disc herniation. Material and Methods. This study is retrospective cohort and is devoted to the study of two groups of patients: Group 1 with herniated disc resorption and Group 2 with no resorption. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of the Coupling Coordination of Urban Ecological Resilience and New Quality Productivity at the Provincial Scale in China by Li Yang, Yue Xu, Junqi Zhu, Keyu Sun

“…The entropy weight-CRITIC method and TOPSIS model were used to comprehensively measure the development levels of the UER and NQP from 2011 to 2022, and their coupling coordination degree (CCD) of UER and NQP was measured by combining the coupling coordination degree model. …”
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The fibroblasts growth factor 21 study in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hypertension comorbidities by O. Ya. Babak, K. A. Lapshyna

“…The purpose of the study was to evaluate the fibroblast growth factor 21 levels (FGF-21) in blood plasma and the liver parenchyma state in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with hypertension. Materials and methods. 60 NAFLD patients aged 30 to 60 years were examined. …”
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Impulse oscillometry in evaluation bronchial hyperresponsivness in patients with persistent allergic rhinitis by Koruga Dragan, Baletić Nenad, Tot-Vereš Kristina, Perić Aleksandar

“…The high degree of correlation between the IOS and spirometry was proven in the group 2, while the whole group 1 had a weak correlation between parameters of these two methods. …”
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Associations between socioeconomic position and changes in children’s screen-viewing between ages 6 and 9: a longitudinal study by Ruth E Salway, Lydia Emm-Collison, Simon Sebire, Janice L Thompson, Russ Jago

“…These differences were explained by the presence of games consoles, parental limits on screen-viewing and average parent screen-viewing. Between ages 6 and 9, there were larger increases in screen-viewing for children from A level and Degree households (13% and 6%, respectively, in the week) and a decrease in Higher Degree households (16%), compared with GCSE households. …”
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Comparison of Prolonged Transversus Abdominis Blockade with Systemic Anesthesia During Local Access to Double-Barreled Intestinal Stoma Closure (Preliminary Results of a Prospectiv... by I. A. Ermakov, V. V. Valetova, A. V. Savushkin, I. E. Gridchik, I. V. Molchanov, A. I. Moskalev, D. O. Kiselev

“…Patients were randomly divided into two groups depending on the method of postoperative pain relief. Randomization was carried out using the envelope method. …”
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Acoustic classification and automatic border of phrase and stress recognition in Polish by G. DEMENKO

“…The importance of the eight selected parameters describing the set of elements under investigation was tested by means of statistical methods. Findings of discriminant analysis proved the possibility of a correct classification of unstressed vowels (in the range of 86-92%). …”
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Qualitative and quantitative morphological indices of damage and reparation in idiopathic femoral head osteonecrosis in adults by V. V. Hryhorovskyi, О. E. Nirshberg

“…Statistically estimated intergroup differences of some morphological indices of femoral head tissue lesion and reparation indicate that pathological changes gradually progress in the direction of coxarthrosis of average or high degree.…”
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The functional status of forestry industry workers in the Far North during the shift period by Ya. M. Korneeva, N. N. Simonova, A. V. Korneeva, A. A. Trofimova

“…To identify and describe the functional states dynamics of loggers during the entire shift period in the Far North as their adaptation degree to work.Methods. Objective: collection of saliva for the determination of cortisol, psychophysiological instrumental methods; projective: M. …”
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DETERMINATION OF DEPENDENCE OF CHEWELESS EFFECTS FROM TEMPERAMENT by K.D. Toncheva, D.M. Korol, I.V. Zaporozhchenko, D.V. Kalashnikov, D.D. Kindii

“…The aim of the work is to analyze the degree of dependence between chewing efficiency and human temperament with the help of the proposed improved method of chewing sampling. …”
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ANALYSIS OF ACCUMULATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN ORGANS AND TISSUES OF STURGEON SPECIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIAN STURGEON) by A. F. Sokolsky, E. V. Kolmykov, S. S. Evseyeva

“…Location. The Caspian Sea Methods. Conventional methods of ichtyological investigations were used. …”
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Nonlinear Resonant Responses, Mode Interactions, and Multitime Periodic and Chaotic Oscillations of a Cantilevered Pipe Conveying Pulsating Fluid under External Harmonic Force by Y. F. Zhang, T. Liu, W. Zhang

“…According to the nonlinear dynamic model of the cantilevered beam derived using Hamilton’s principle under the uniformly distributed external harmonic excitation, we combine Galerkin technique and the method of multiple scales together to obtain the average equation of the cantilevered pipe conveying pulsating fluid under 1 : 3 internal resonance and principal parametric resonance. …”
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Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics of symptomatic pituitary adenomas in elderly patients: a consecutive series of 114 patients by Run Wang, Xiaodi Han, Cheng Xie, Qinghua Zhang, Liang Kan, Sheng Han

“…Consequently, elderly patients with PAs are often not identified and receive sufficient intervention on time to achieve a satisfactory outcome.MethodsClinical data were collected from 114 consecutive patients older than 70 years with PAs who had undergone surgery. …”
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Understanding Loneliness in an Aging Population of San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica by Nicholas Leahy, Melissa Rallo, Lillianna Pedersen, Christine Wan, Hima Konduru, Shania Bailey, Alexis Vetack, Wendel Mora, Shailvi Gupta, Carlos Faerron Guzmán

“…The primary instruments used for the present study were a content-validated version of the 11-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale and socio-demographic questions that included age, sex, address, civil status, and level of education. Results: A high degree of SEL was found, with 60.3% of participants noting at least a moderate degree of loneliness, with the average score being 3.33 on the 11-point scale. …”
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Suture stabilization of the acromioclavicular ligament plus clavicular hook plate fixation vs. total ligament repair with loop plates for acromioclavicular joint dislocation by Gang Ren, Xiaowen Huang

“…Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to compare the clinical efficacy of suture stabilization of the acromioclavicular (AC) ligament plus clavicular hook plate fixation vs. total ligament repair with loop plates for treating AC joint dislocation. Methods Sixty-five patients who were admitted to Department of Orthopedics at Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University) and Capital Center for Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University for AC joint dislocation from January 2021 to June 2023, and satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Size and Composition of Caregiver Networks Who Manage Medications for Persons Living With Dementia: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2011-2022 National Health and Aging Trends Study by Reed WR Bratches, Frank Puga, Paul J Barr, Amanda N Leggett, Meredith Masel, James Nicholas Odom, Rita Jablonski

“…White persons with dementia had an average of 2.4 (range 1‐9) people who managed medications, while Black or African American persons with dementia had an average of 2.8 (range 1‐9) and Hispanic or Latino persons with dementia had an average of 2.9 (range 1‐8) people who managed medications. …”
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Energy-Efficient Hybrid Adaptive Clustering for Dynamic MANETs by Kudret Yilmaz, Resul Kara, Ferzan Katircioglu

“…The HACADM method was compared with the EE-WCA, E-MAVMMF, TSDR and MORS-ASO methods using critical performance metrics such as remaining energy, end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio and throughput. …”
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Distribution of regions by their functional type, as a stage for assessing the socio-economic efficiency of the country’s post-war development by N. Martynovych

“…On the basis of the matrix method, a system of coordinates is built to distribute the regions of Ukraine by their functional type. …”
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Can the single-breath alveolar volume be adjusted to estimate true total lung capacity? by Simon Kristoffer Høgh Rasmusen, Jann Mortensen

“…A group of 530 were included for model development, and 270 were used for model validation.Results TLCsb was found to be on average 1.1 L lower than TLCwbp (p < 0.001). This difference increased with degree of airway obstruction. …”
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