Toxicity Response and Swimming Speed Regularity in <i>Daphnia magna</i> After Short-Term Exposure to Diuron by Feihu Qin, Nanjing Zhao, Gaofang Yin, Yunfei Luo, Tingting Gan

“…The results showed that the average speed (V) of <i>D. magna</i> decreased step by step with exposure time, regardless of exposure to sublethal concentration or lethal concentration. …”
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Validity and reliability of chemical-based disinfectant use questionnaire in a sample of the Lebanese public community by Nisreen Alwan, Mona Aridi, Wissam Ghach

“…CVI for items (I-CVI), scale-level CVI (S-CVI), universal agreement calculation (S-CVI/UA), S-CVI and the average calculation method (S-CVI/Ave), based on I-CVI and based on proportion relevance, were calculated to determine the content validity.Results 23 items of the 28-item scale had an I-CVI of 1, and the I-CVI of the remaining five ranged between 0.75 and 0.88. …”
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The Institutional Trap of the Reproduction of Intellectual Capital by P. V. Terelyansky, S. M. Malkarova

“…The inability to avoid digital segregation in access to educational technologies and content at the level of individuals, families, communities, and states plunges entire nations and peoples into an institutional trap (lock-in effect) of the reproduction of intellectual capital. To understand the degree of immersion in such an institutional trap, it is necessary to search for appropriate indicators and develop a new index based on them, which would increase the ability of the UN Human Development Index to reflect the level of development of society, considering the realities of the fourth technological revolution.Materials and methods. …”
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Real-time mobile broadband quality of service prediction using AI-driven customer-centric approach by Ayokunle A. Akinlabi, Folasade M. Dahunsi, Jide J. Popoola, Lawrence B. Okegbemi

“…Following hyperparameter tuning to improve the model's performance, the selected model was deployed in a real-world network environment to classify QoS into "Above Average," "Average," and "Below Average," categories. …”
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OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNIQUES OF USING THE DATABASES OF TINRO «ZOOPLANKTON OF THE NORTH PACIFIC, OKHOTSK, BERING, AND CHUKCHI SEAS», «NEKTON TROPHOLOGY», AND «MARINE BIOLOGY» by A. F. Volkov

“…Mean depth is determined for each sub-area. Method of spatial distribution mapping is demonstrated with using the sub-areas as integral stations or the 1-degree grid for Surfer software. …”
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Muscle knot state measurement using multi-axis kneading reaction force in physical massage robot system by Naoya Harada, Ryosuke Tasaki

“…This method achieves a 2.2 mm average location estimation accuracy, outperforming comparative methods by 1.0 mm and reduced measurement time by 79.5%. …”
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Effects of Biocrusts on Water Evapotranspiration of Shrub-Grass Ecosystem in Water-Wind Erosion Crisscross Region of Loess Plateau by ZHANG Xudong, YANG Guang, ZHAO Yunge, TAN Taiyu, LIU Ning, YU Shunyao

“…Compared with the shrub-grass treatment, soil water evapotranspiration of the shrub-grass-biocrusts decreased by 1.7% on average. The degree of reduction of evapotranspiration was related to the coverage of biocrusts, period and soil depth. …”
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Design of intelligent human-machine collaborative robot-assisted craniotomy system by Meng Cui, Wenqing Ren, Tengfei Cui, Ruifeng Chen, Yi Shan, Xiaodong Ma

“…Objectives: To develop an intelligent human-machine collaborative control robot-assisted craniotomy system, and test its efficacy by experiments. Methods: The system integrated a UR5 robotic arm (Universal Robots, Denmark), a host computer, a double six-degree-of-freedom force sensor(Nanjing Yuli Instrument Co., Ltd.), a medical drill(AESCULAP®, Germany), a Polaris Optical navigation system(NDI,Canada), with a self-designed navigation procedure and a visual graphical user interface(GUI). …”
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Providing financial protection in health for low-income populations: a comparison of health financing designs in East Asia by Qian Zhang, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Alex Jingwei He, Chenhong Peng, Aya Abe, Inhoe Ku, Irene Y.H. Ng, Xi Zhao

“…Health financing schemes reduce the financial burden to varying degrees, with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea providing financial protection for low-income populations to a higher degree, followed by Japan, Singapore, and mainland China. …”
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Level of physical activity of students from the police force academy in Bratislava by Gabriel Bujdos, Štefan Adamčák, Michal Marko, Anna Kozaňáková

“…Material and Methods. For the purpose of our study, we have used a short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) that consisted of 7 questions. …”
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The correlation between lower limb spasticity and proprioceptive dysfunction in post-stroke patients by Shiai Gao, Zifu Yu, Xihua Liu

“…The degree of lower limb spasticity was evaluated by the modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), and the proprioceptive assessment module of the Pro-kin balance system was used to quantitatively detect the mean trajectory error (ATE) and the average weight-bearing asymmetry (AWA). …”
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Assessing the relationship between pigs’ stress resilience and their behavior in response to weaning by Bora Lee, Andrea M. Luttman, Catherine W. Ernst, Nancy E. Raney, Soyeong Oh, Janice M. Siegford

“…Behavior was observed over two 4-hour periods (6 AM to 10 AM): one (D1) and four days post-weaning (D4).ResultsOn D1, SV pigs displayed a higher average frequency of non-injurious contact behavior (P = 0.0198) compared to SR pigs, while SR pigs exhibited a significantly longer average duration of lying behavior (P = 0.018) compared to SV. …”
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An objective study of negative accommodation by E. P. Tarutta, N. A. Tarasova, G. A. Markosyan, N. Yu. Kushnarevich, T. Yu. Larina

“…Purpose: to study the dynamic refraction of myopic eyes at the time when the object is fixed in an open field at a distance of 5 m and determine habitual accommodation tone (HAT) in an open field. Material and methods. 130 patients (260 eyes) aged 6 to 23 years (ave. 11.26 ± 0.2 years) with an average refraction spherical equivalent of -4.16 ± 0.13 D were divided into 4 groups, depending on the degree of myopia. …”
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Determining the Relationship between Lower Limbs Strength Parameters and Balance in 5-8-Year-Old Children Practicing Dance by D. Chilom, A. Mateescu, C. Mihaiu, C. Moga, M.F. Grigore

“…In this regard, establishing the relationship degree between lower limb strength parameters and balance in 5-8-year-old dancers depends on the number of negative correlations, especially between average deviation parameters.…”
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Correlation of otosclerosis grading on computed tomography with stapes surgery outcomes by Luís Rio Rodrigues, Andrea Gaspar, António Trigueiros Cunha, Filipa Ruas Morgado, João Barbosa, Alberto Santos, Carlos Macor

“…The degree of otosclerosis on CT was classified according to the Symons and Fanning scale. …”
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Central motor pathways involvement in patients with aseptic meningitis by V. B. Voitenkov, N. V. Skripchenko, N. V. Matyunina, A. V. Klimkin

“…Aim of our study was to investigate central motor pathways involvement in children in early recovery period after the aseptic meningitis.Materials and methods: 65 patients (40 children with average age 12 years with aseptic meningitis and 25 age matched controls) were enrolled. …”
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Cytosine Methylation: Quantitation by Automated Genomic Sequencing and GENESCANTM Analysis by Cheryl L. Paul, Susan J. Clark

“…By cloning and sequencing the PCR product, the methylation of individual molecules can be determined, whereas direct sequencing of the PCR product can provide an average of the methylation status in the population of molecules. …”
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Assessment of awareness, attitude, and practice of radiographers about radiation protection in Yazd Province by A Chaparian, F Shamsi, A Heydari

“…Also, depending on the degree of their knowledge, there was a statistically significant difference in awareness. …”
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Anthropogenic impact on the territory of the natural parks “Chistyakovskaya Roscha” and “Solnechny ostrov“ by Maximenko Anna, Khmara Ivan, Melchenko Alexander, Pogorelova Victoria

“…The consequences of urbanization, active anthropogenic load, often unjustified impact and pollution of the park territory, spontaneous alienation of the territory for infrastructure objects, disturbance factors and transport impact are analyzed. Methods of determining the quality of projective coverage of the territory were used, the degree of degradation of natural landscapes was assessed based on the state of grass cover, the balance of the area of use of the territory of parks was calculated based on the results of the analysis of the road and path network of parks. …”
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STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL HEART PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT BLOOD MIDDLE MASS MOLECULES LEVELS by M. A. Kondratyuk, O. M. Radchenko

“…The patients were divided into three groups with minimal, moderate and severe endogenous intoxication depending on MMM levels.Results. 41.8% of patients had the minimal severity of endogenous intoxication, 39.1% average degree and 19.1% severe intoxication. The patients with the highest MMM levels were specified by low left ventricular ejection fraction (p&lt;0.05), the largest size of right ventricle, the lowest rate of preserved left ventricular function and high rate of diagnosis of increased sizes of the left atrium, interventricular septum and right ventricle.Conclusion. …”
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