Performance evaluation of different building envelopes integrated with phase change materials in tropical climates by Rolains Golchimard Elenga, Li Zhu, Steivan Defilla

“…An optimisation is conducted for each selected wall and each location, and the optimised buildings are systematically compared to the reference buildings. …”
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Effect of WISP-1 on fibrosis of renal tubular epithelial cell in rats with renal fibrosis by YANG Ermei, XIA Weiqing, SONG Pei, YAN Jia

“…The expression of WISP-1 in the study group was blocked. The cell lines were induced to fibrosis followed by WISP-1 over-expression or inhibition. …”
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Desenvolvimento rural do semiárido brasileiro: transformações recentes, desafios e perspectivas by Antonio Marcio Buainain, Junior Ruiz Garcia

“…The results of this intervention are still uncertain, especially in rural areas, where massive poverty does hinder, and maybe block at all, the inclusion of large share of the population into the new wave of development and opportunities created by these investments. …”
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Method for Observing SMOKing and vaping bEhaviours (MOSMOKE): development and validation of a systematic observation tool by David P French, Arbaz Kapadi, Jack S Benton, Sofia Berg, Neil Bendel, Julie Jerram

“…A 2×2 study design was used, with four sites selected that varied by two environmental characteristics: presence of a smoking bin and adjacency to an office block.Setting Four public spaces in Manchester, UK.Results Inter-rater reliability was ‘good’ (ICCs>0.75; n=4) or ‘excellent’ (ICCs>0.90; n=2) for smoking behaviours, and mostly ‘good’ (n=4) or ‘excellent’ (n=1) for vaping behaviours. …”
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Studies on the Effect of Bagging on Yield and Quality of Mango cv. Himsagar by Noorhabeeb Ramez, Susan Subba, Mohammad Naser Taheri, Mahabub Alam, Md Abu Hasan

“…Healthy bearer and productive mango trees were selected and the fruits when at pea stage were considered for bagging. …”
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The effect of a family-centered empowerment model on mothers’ parenting self-efficacy regarding the growth and development of toddlers by Mohammadreza Shamshiri, Mahbobeh Sajadi, Sharareh Khosravi, Fatemeh Rafiei

“…A total of 72 mothers of hospitalized toddlers were selected and randomly assigned to either a control group (n=36) or an intervention group (n=36) through block randomization. …”
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Beneficial Soil Fungi Isolated from Tropical Fruit Crop Systems for Enhancing Yield and Growth in Dragon Fruit in Ecuador by Yoansy Garcia, Danilo Valdez, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Hypatia Urjilez, Jaime Santos-Pinargote, Daniel Mancero-Castillo

“…Fungal isolates from four dragon fruit plantations were identified using microscopy and genetic sequencing (ITS, EF-1α, and beta-tubulin). The selected fungi were isolates closely related to <i>Talaromyces tumuli</i>, <i>Trichoderma asperellum</i>, and <i>Paecilomyces lagunculariae</i>. …”
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Electromyography-Based Gesture Recognition With Explainable AI (XAI): Hierarchical Feature Extraction for Enhanced Spatial-Temporal Dynamics by Jungpil Shin, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Sota Konnai, Shu Hoshitaka, Pankoo Kim

“…The second branch, incorporating a 1D Convolutional layer, separable CNN, and Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) block, efficiently extracts spatial-temporal features while emphasizing critical feature channels, enhancing feature relevance. …”
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Improving soil fertility, sorghum productivity and economic returns through organic and inorganic inputs in semiarid Kenya by Nyokabi Miriam, Mugwe Jayne, Danga Benjamin, Micheni Alfred

“…The experimental design was a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 13 treatments replicated four times. …”
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DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM SOWING DATE AND PLANT POPULATION OF SOME SAFFLOWER CULTIVARS (Carthamus tinctorius L.) UNDER MOSUL CITY CONDITIONS by Saad Al-Doori

“…</em>), a factorial experiment was conducted by using randomized completed block design with three replications in AL-Rashidia location about (20 km) west north Nineveh province, Iraq, during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 winter growing seasons. …”
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INTERINFLUENCE OF TEACHER’S PERSONAL QUALIITIES AND THE EFFICIENCY OF MASTERING LEARNING MATERIAL BY STUDENTS by Olga V. Voshchevska

“…It will be useful for students when selecting a course and a teacher as well as for teachers themselves. …”
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The effect of music and white noise on patients’ anxiety and pain during surgery for impacted mandibular third molar: a single-blind randomized controlled trial by Mine Alkaya Karagoz, Serpil Altundogan

“…As a simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive method, listening to self-selected music in the preoperative and perioperative periods could benefit patients.…”
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AMMI and GGE biplot analysis of maize genotypes for seed yield across different maize growing location in Tanzania by Marco Martin Mwendo, Ernest Rashid Mbega, Joseph Ndunguru, Mashamba Philipo

“…A randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replication was employed. additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) and genotype-by-environment interaction (GGE) analysis was utilized to study the genotype and environment (GE) interactions. …”
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Effects of Foaming and Drainage Behavior on Structure and Properties of Polyurethane/Water Glass (PU/WG) Grouting Materials for Coal Mines by Xiaofeng Yu, Lizong Liu, Yuchao Wang, Guangfeng Bai, Yu Zhang

“…The three-phase structure of C14 disappeared gradually with the increase of catalyst content, the hard block material and matrix are porous, and the compressive strength was only 2.7 MPa. …”
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Technical survival of laparoscopic vs.conventional placement of peritoneal catheters in patients with endstage renal disease by LI Miao, WU Ge, LIU Zhang-suo

“…Objective To compare the technical survival between laparoscopic and laparotomy placement of peritoneal dialysis(PD) catheters in patients with end-stage renal disease.Methods 104 patients who received catheter implantation and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy from January 2012 to January 2014 were selected as candidates,and into group A(laparoscopic placement of PD catheter,n = 46) and group B(laparotomy placement of PD catheter,n = 58).The clinical data such as the general conditions before operation,mean follow-up duration,surgical complications(including wound infection,surgical bleeding,abdominal bleeding,peritoneal adhesion,etc.)…”
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EVALUATION OF SOME AGRONOMIC LAND-USE PRACTICES ON SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS AROUND AMALLA-NSUKKA AREA, SOUTHEAST NIGERIA by Obunwa Rosemary EZE, Hemen Emmanuel JIJINGI, Kodak Udemgba EMERSON, Ijasini John TEKWA

“…This study was carried out to assess the impact of agricultural land use types on selected quality indicators of some soils of Amalla in Nsukka, South-East Nigeria. …”
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Salidroside inhibited the proliferation of gastric cancer cells through up-regulating tumor suppressor miR-1343-3p and down-regulating MAP3K6/MMP24 signal molecules by Xiaoping Wang, Zhendong Zhang, Xiaolan Cao

“…The differentially expressed miRNAs were clustered and their target genes were analyzed. Selected miRNA and target mRNA genes were further verified by q-PCR. …”
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Barriers to and enablers of availability and integration of palliative care into routine services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa by Sukoluhle Pilime, Mpho Ratshikana, Oludoyinmola Ojifinni, Latifat Ibisomi

“…A hybrid of inductive and deductive coding was conducted, and the final codebook was developed using all the domains and selected constructs of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). …”
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Evaluation of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc) Accessions for Growth, Phytochemical, and Proximate-Related Traits for Improvement Program by Oyeyemi Adigun Dada, Teniade Omosebi Adeyemo, Francis Nosakhare Imade, Sydney Mavengahama

“…The trial was arranged in a randomized complete block design (n = 3). Some accessions in distinct clusters were selected for phytochemical and proximate components assessment using standard procedures. …”
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Evaluation Method of Total Organic Carbon Content in Shale Based on Stacking Algorithm Ensemble Learning by SONG Yanjie, LIU Yingjie, TANG Xiaomin, ZHANG Zhaoqian

“…In order to further improve the prediction accuracy of total organic carbon content in shale oil reservoirs, based on the physical characteristics of organic matter rocks and the logging response characteristics of different total organic carbon content, deep lateral resistivity, acoustic time difference, compensated neutron, and density logging curves are selected as sensitive logging responses for total organic carbon content. …”
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