Trophic activity of pedofauna in two gardens of Saint-Petersburg (experience of using the express bait-lamina test methid) by A. A. Kuzmina, E. V. Pyatina, E. A. Zhukova, E. A. Gorbunova, E. Yu. Sukhacheva

“…Petersburg) was determined by the express method baitlamina test. The average values of the degree of consumption of bait by pedobionts amounted to 10.9 ± 1.6% for the Summer Garden and 8.5 ± 3.5% for the Mikhailovsky Garden. …”
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Modern Approach in Pattern Recognition Using Circular Fermatean Fuzzy Similarity Measure for Decision Making with Practical Applications by Revathy Aruchsamy, Inthumathi Velusamy, Prasantha Bharathi Dhandapani, Suleman Nasiru, Christophe Chesneau

“…The CFF set is represented as a circle of radius ranging from 0 to 2 with the center at the degree of association (DA) and degree of nonassociation (DNA). …”
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Spirographic study of functional reserves of masters’ athletes in track-and field by Iryna Ivanyshyn, Ihor Vypasniak, Yurii Ivanyshyn, Roman Boichuk, Oleh Vintoniak, Dmytro Tretiak

“…This study aims to assess the impact of structured physical activity on the respiratory function of sports-active veteran track-and-field athletes aged 50–59 and 60–75 years. Material and methods. A total of 93 men were examined, including 54 in the reference group (30 men with an average age of 53.67±0.25 years and 24 with an average age of 67.08±0.35 years). …”
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Transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation: the prognostic value of alpha-fetoprotein concent... by D. A. Granov, A. S. Polehin, P. G. Tarazov, I. O. Rutkin, I. I. Tileubergenov, V. V. Borovik

“…In performing THACE, both the classical method (with lipiodol and hemostatic sponge) and the method with drug-eluting beads were performed 1 to 7 (on average 3) times. …”
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Radiographic cephalometry assessment of the linear and angular parameters on cranial base in children with skeletal class III by Stojanović Zdenka M., Milić Jasmina, Nikolić Predrag

“…A significant difference between the groups was found only in the average values of the angles of maxillary prognatism and sagital interjaw relation. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of One-Dimensional Electroosmotic Consolidation Based on Segment Inheritance Strategy by Xiaoyu Yang, Meijuan Pei, Yongbin Xie, Xinhai Zhou, Xuguang Dong

“…A finite-difference program for this method was developed using the Python language. Calculations and analyses based on the measured potential data were performed, revealing that a decrease in potential leads to a reduction in the effectiveness of electroosmotic drainage and consolidation in terms of the instantaneous distribution of pore pressure and the overall average degree of consolidation. …”
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Awareness of Symptoms and Risk Factors of Stroke among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India by Selvam Paramasivam, Govindarajan Ramalingam, A. R. Parveen Gani

“…Approximately 12.4% of participants had a history of stroke among first-degree relatives and 43 (14.8%) were using tobacco. …”
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Bone Segmentation in Low-Field Knee MRI Using a Three-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network by Ciro Listone, Diego Romano, Marco Lapegna

“…Low-field MRI offers advantages in cost, patient comfort, and accessibility but presents challenges related to lower signal quality. Our method achieved a Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 0.9838, Intersection over Union (IoU) of 0.9682, and Average Hausdorff Distance (AHD) of 0.0223, with an inference time of approximately 3.96 s per volume on a GPU. …”
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Characteristics of split-step skills of the world's top athletes in badminton. by Hidehiko Shishido, Takeshi Nishijima

“…<h4>Results</h4>Analysis 1 showed that the split-step position was gathered close to the base, with an average split-step reaction time of 0.25 s and a split-step stance width comprising 50% of the players' height. …”
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Differences in dementia prevention knowledge by educational attainment: an analysis of a household survey from Great Britain by Emilie Courtin, Sarah Eley

“…However, the mechanisms explaining these associations are not well established.Methods We collected data on dementia knowledge using a cross-sectional household survey representative of the population of Great Britain. …”
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Vitamin D Concentration Changes after Bariatric Surgery by Vanessa Mayana Alves Baad, Narriane Chaves Pereira de Holanda, Juliana Fonseca Nogueira Alves, Francisco Bandeira, Ana Célia Oliveira dos Santos, Amanda Alves Marcelino da Silva, Taisy Cinthia Ferro Cavalcante

“…Data were collected on the degree of obesity, age, average time since surgery, and gender. …”
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Income Differences between Flexibly and Nonflexibly Employed Persons and Their Deconstruction: An Analysis Based on Data from the 2018 China Mobility Monitor by Xiongying Chen, Yu Xie, Keqiang Wu, Xin Zhao, BingBing Zhang, Yin Yao, Xinyu Wang

“…The article analyzed the income differences between flexibly and nonflexibly employed persons based on the 2018 China Mobile Population Dynamics Monitoring Data, using OLS methods, propensity score matching (PSM), and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. …”
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Inhaled Corticosteroid Exposure and Risk of Cataract in Patients with Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osman Savran, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik

“…Our aim was to assess the degree of association between cataract and corticosteroid exposure in patients with asthma and COPD. …”
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Moyamoya disease: review and demographic description of a series of cases in Bogotá, Colombia by Johann D. Serrato-Perdomo, Laura D. Ramírez-Melo, Juan C. Luque-Suarez

“…Results: Six cases of different ages were collected, on average 24 years of age, a case with neurofibromatosis type 1 was found, and a case with a first-degree family history, the most frequent clinical presentations were headache, convulsion, and hemorrhagic or ischemic accidents. …”
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Analysis of deep learning-based technological innovation governance on the intelligent allocation of innovation resources in the high-technology industry by Xiaoxuan Yu, Zhen Chen, Xinyu Zhang

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the model achieves an average accuracy of 0.83 in cross-validation, exhibiting stable performance. …”
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Impact of a Near-Surface Plasma Region on the Bow Shock Wave and Aerodynamic Characteristics of a High-Speed Model in Xenon by Olga A. Azarova, Tatiana A. Lapushkina, Oleg V. Kravchenko

“…The research is carried out using both experimental and numerical methods at the freestream Mach number M = 6.8. The working gas is xenon. …”
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Genotoxic effects in blood cells of sturger (Acipenseridae) grown in conditions of cage farming of the Volga delta, Russia by A. V. Konkova, D. R. Faizulina, Yu. M. Shirina, I. A. Bogatov

“…To assess the physiological state of sturgeons, conventional hematological and biochemical methods were used.In the samples of fish blood smears studied, the average proportion of erythrocytes with micronuclei was 3.20 ± 1.24 ‰ in Russian sturgeon and 5.25 ± 1.18 ‰ in sterlet. …”
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Construction and validation of an overconfidence scale in investment decisions by Daniel Fonseca Costa, Cláudia Cardoso Soares, Bruno César de Melo Moreira, Adriano Olímpio Tonelli

“…The research involved 380 Brazilian participants and employed confirmatory factor analysis and standard multivariate validation methods. The scale, based on a theoretical framework of the three types of overconfidence, consisted of 30 questions (10 for each type) designed to measure the degree of overconfidence in investment decision-making. …”
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The ankle-brachial index value in patients with purulent-necrotic complications of diabetic foot syndrome by B. O. Matviychuk, V. S. Zaremba, N. R. Fedchyshyn, O. P. Tsymbala

“…Standard of diagnosis peripheral arterial disease of lower limb is finding ankle-brachia index (ABI). This method is good at definition of degree of arterial occlusion. …”
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Fostering Community Ownership for Sustainable Social Innovations in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Regions by Mulye Tadesse, Tafesse Matewos, Samuel Jilo Dira, Fekadu Israel Alambo, Tenaw Fentaw Dessie

“…However, the empirical understanding of the uptake of these innovations and the degree to which communities perceive ownership is limited. …”
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