Research on the spatial characterization of herder grazing intensity supported by mobile phone signaling data by Zhanming Qiao, Zhanming Qiao, Zhanming Qiao, Min Zheng, Min Zheng, Min Zheng, Zheng Li, Zheng Li, Quanmin Dong, Chunping Zhang, Yang Yu, Quan Cao

“…The equal weight average method was employed to simulate herders’ grazing intensity, with empirical analyses conducted in the Henan Mongolian Autonomous County.ResultsThe findings indicated that: 1) herders’ mobile phone signaling data can quantitatively represent grazing intensity, and when combined with the density and elevation distribution of settlements in Henan County, it reveals that the spatial distribution of grazing intensity aligns with the trajectory of herders’ summer grazing activities. 2) The spatial characteristics of the centrality of the herders’ mobility network exhibited a concentrated point-like ring structure, primarily centered on the townships of Duosong and Youganning, with a decreasing spread outward. 3) The spatial characteristics of the intensity of herders’ mobility ties showed a circular distribution for the overall degree of network ties, which was primarily characterized by low ties. …”
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Trends and differences in the rates of autopsy in the United States, 2003 to 2020: A nationwide analysis by Dean M. Nelson, BBiomed, MD, Stephanie J. Rowe, BBiomed, MD, Adam Trytell, MBBS (Hons), Louise Fahy, MB BCh, BAO, Kelila Freedman, MSc, Andreas Pflaumer, MD, FHRS, Dion Stub, MBBS, PhD, Andre La Gerche, MBBS, PhD, Elizabeth D. Paratz, MBBS, PhD

“…Objective: To describe contemporary trends and disparities in autopsy rates according to sex, race, and urbanization, with particular attention to patients who have died because of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods: We accessed the Center for Disease Control Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiological Research “Underlying Cause of Death” dataset for 2003 to 2020, to assess trends in autopsy rates in all-comers and for different subgroups stratified by sex, race, and degree of urbanization. …”
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Proposal of innovative arc-shaped wall-jet film cooling: A numerical investigation by Saeed Rostami, Khodayar Javadi, Ali Aftabsavar, Vahid Velayati

“…Numerous methods are conceived to pick up the heat from hot plats, where, amidst all, film cooling methods possess several benefits and have always been considered. …”
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Investigating Job Hardiness and Its Related Factors Among Emergency Medical Technicians in Qom, Iran by Hamidreza Zeraatkhah, Atye Babaii, Leila Ghanbari-Afra, Hanieh Ziabakhsh

“…A significance level of less than 0.05 was deemed statistically significant. Findings: The average age of participants was 32.26 ± 6.34 years, with over two-thirds having bachelor's degrees and working rotating shifts. …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting Interior Architectural Space Quality to Enhance Spatial Resilience and Human Productivity: An Application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Moharam Ghahremani Drvish, Farhang Mozafar, Ceyed bagher Hoseini, Fateme Mahdizadeye seraj

“…In this study, the qualitative content analysis method was employed for the data analysis, triangulating the findings from the focus group discussions, with previous researches in the field of resilience and spatial quality. …”
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Impact of Masked Replacement of Sugar-Sweetened with Sugar-Free Beverages on Body Weight Increases with Initial BMI: Secondary Analysis of Data from an 18 Month Double-Blind Trial... by Martijn B Katan, Janne C de Ruyter, Lothar D J Kuijper, Carson C Chow, Kevin D Hall, Margreet R Olthof

“…We investigated the impact of sugar-free versus sugary drinks separately in children with a higher and a lower initial BMI z score, and predicted caloric intakes and degree of compensation in the two groups.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>This is a secondary, explorative analysis of our double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) which showed that replacement of one 250-mL sugary drink per day by a sugar-free drink for 18 months significantly reduced weight gain. …”
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Comparative analysis of the functional status of hip joints before total hip replacement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis and coxarthrosis: preliminary... by A. O. Dubinin, A. E. Khramov, T. V. Dubinina, E. V. Ilinykh, E. I. Byalik

“…The average total score on the Harris scale before surgical treatment in AS was significantly higher than in RA and lower than in OA. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Transcatheter Occlusion of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect with Aortic Valve Prolapse: A Six-Year Follow-Up Study by Wenqian Zhang, Chaojie Wang, Shenrong Liu, Lingmei Zhou, Junjie Li, Jijun Shi, Mingyang Qian, Shushui Wang, Yu-Mei Xie, Zhiwei Zhang

“…AVP was divided into 3 degrees according to right coronary leaflet morphology at end-diastole during aortic root angiography. …”
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PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MEDIA AJAR BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI ANIMAKER PADA MATA PELAJARAN IPAS TERHADAP MINAT BELAJAR PADA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR by Meilinda Erisnaentin, Kusmajid Abdullah

“…Analysis statistics show that there is a significant difference in the post-test results between the experimental group using Animaker and the control group using conventional methods. With the experimental group's average post-test results being slightly higher, this difference is statistically large enough to be declared a significant difference.…”
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Changes in coordination of departments for major epidemic prevention and control in China before and after the outbreak of COVID-19： an analysis on official documents by HE Zhonghui, SHI Peiwu, SHEN Qunhong, CHEN Zheng, PU Chuan, XU Lingzhong, HU Zhi, MA Anning, XU Tianqiang, WANG Panshi, WANG Hua, ZHOU Qingyu, LI Chengyue, HAO Mo

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the changes in the degree of coordination of China's major epidemic prevention and control efforts before and after the outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), so as to explore the impact of epidemic prevention and control measures on coordination dynamics.MethodsA total of 3 864 policy documents related to epidemic prevention and control from January 2000 to December 2020 across 31 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) in China were systematically collected. …”
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Development and validation of COVID-19 vaccination perception (CoVaP) instrument among healthcare workers in Malaysia by Siti Nur Aisyah Zaid, Azidah Abdul Kadir, Mohd Noor Norhayati, Basaruddin Ahmad, Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff, Anis Safura Ramli, Jasy Suet Yan Liew

“…Results The analysis showed excellent content (item content validity index (I-CVI) = 0.83 to 1.0, average content validity index (S-CVI/Ave) = 0.97) and face (item face validity index (I-FVI) = 0.87 to 1.0, average face validity index (S-FVI/Ave) = 1.02) validity. …”
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Smartphone Usage Patterns and Sleep Behavior in Demographic Groups: Retrospective Observational Study by Ting Wang, Anja Seiger, Alexander Markowetz, Ionut Andone, Konrad Błaszkiewicz, Thomas Penzel

“…Participants predominantly used smartphones for social contact (average daily usage duration=1.52 h) and recreational activities (average daily usage duration=1.08 h) through apps like Facebook and YouTube. …”
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Factors Influencing Adherence to Dietary Interventions Among Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Qualitative Study Based on the COM-B Model by Jia CL, Wang LJ, Li LH, Lu YJ, Yang Y

“…The face-to-face semi-structured interviews were used to collect data; Guided by the COM-B model, the directed content analysis was used to analyze data.Results: Nineteen women from a great variety of socio-demographic backgrounds participated in this study. The average age of the participants was 32.26± 4.58 years, the average gestational age of them was 36.03± 1.75 weeks. 73.69% of them have a bachelor’s degree or above in education level, 68.42% of participants were primipara. 52.63% of them had a normal weight, 26.32% were obesity, 15.79% were overweight, only 5.26% were underweight. …”
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X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets and nephrocalcinosis: clinical characteristics of a single-center pediatric cohort in North America before and after burosumab by Neil J. Paloian, Lindsey R. Boyke-Lohmann, Lindsey R. Boyke-Lohmann, Robert D. Steiner

“…None of the variables, including a positive family history of XLH, average age at diagnosis of XLH, duration or dosage of treatment with conventional therapy, average age at the initiation of burosumab, and all measured laboratory values, were significantly different between the groups with and without NC. …”
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The effect of active and passive smoking during pregnancy on birth outcomes: A cohort study in Shanghai by Xiaokai Wang, Xia Gao, De Chen, Xuelian Chen, Qingwei Li, Jiani Ding, Fangyuan Yu, Xiaoyun Zhu, Nannan Zhang, Yifang Chen

“…Results A total of 3446 pregnant women were included in this study, among which 2.1% were active smokers, 43.5% were passive smokers, and 54.4% were nonsmokers. The average age of the pregnant women was 29.9 years, and 41.2% had a university degree or higher. …”
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Association between exercise self-efficacy and physical activity in elderly individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lei Xie, Lei Xie, Lei Xie, Wenxue Ma, Wenxue Ma, Kangli Du, Kangli Du, Ying Huang, Ying Huang, Aihua Li, Aihua Li, Hongwei Wang, Hongcheng Cui, Wentao Qiu, Wentao Qiu, Rong Gao, Rong Gao, Guofeng Qu, Guofeng Qu, Xishuai Wang, Cong Liu, Cong Liu

“…The average standardized coefficient for the effect of exercise self-efficacy on physical activity was β = 0.386 (p &lt; 0.001), and the average path coefficient for the effect of physical activity on exercise self-efficacy was γ = 0.481 (p &lt; 0.001).ConclusionA significant positive correlation was found between exercise self-efficacy and physical activity among elderly individuals, with a moderate degree of influence of exercise self-efficacy on physical activity participation. …”
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Proaterogenic disorders of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in chronic kidney disease nondiabetic origin by T. N. Solomenchuk, H. V Semegen-Bodak

“…Identify the features of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, state of lipid peroxidation (LPO) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) nondiabetic origin depending on the degree of renal dysfunction. Materials and methods. …”
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Winter positions of Arctic front during periods of cooling and warming by A. Yu. Mikhailov, A. N. Zolotokrylin, T. B. Titkova

“…This corresponds to the average position of the AF for a given resolution and confirms correctness of our choice of these characteristics as the AF indicators. …”
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Comparion of two techniques crosslinking for progressive keratectasia by L. N. Boriskina, I. A. Remesnikov, E. S. Blinkova, E. G. Solodkova

“…Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Clinic for kerotoconus of the II-III degree according to the conventional method (I group) and the optimized technique (II group). the optimized technique consisted of the customized excimer laser corneal deepitalization to the depth of 2/3 of the epithelial layer. …”
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Research on the Applicability of Hybrid RANS/LES Models to Predict the Flow Behavior in Bulb Tubular Pump Under Rated and Stall Conditions by Longyue Sun, Qiang Pan, Linlin Geng, Desheng Zhang, Xavier Escaler

“…The vortex identification method Omega is used to visualize the vortex structure characteristics of the time‐averaged flow field, uncovering large‐scale stall vortex structures under small flow conditions, with the blending RANS/LES turbulence model offering superior resolution of vortex structures. …”
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