Determinants of sleep quality and their impact on health outcomes: a cross-sectional study on night-shift nurses by Qingqing Xiao, Qingqing Xiao, Xia Huang, Xia Huang, Tao Yang, Tao Yang, Lei Huang, Nan Li, Jingjun Wang, Junqiang Huang, Yalin Huang, Hao Huang, Hao Huang, Ya Wang, Ya Wang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to identify determinants of sleep quality and explore their adverse health outcomes among night-shift nurses in China.MethodThrough convenience sampling, this cross-sectional study enrolled a total of 711 night-shift nurses aged 20-55 years who completed questionnaires from which details regarding their sociodemographic characteristics, health-related indicators and sleep quality based on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were extracted. …”
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Temperatura base, coeficientes de cultura e graus-dia para cafeeiro arábica em fase de implantação Base temperature, crop coefficients and degrees-day for arabic coffee plants in t... by Edson P. Lima, Elio L. da Silva

“…The values of GDD were obtained with the methodology presented by Ometto (1981), and were compared to the methods presented by Arnold (1959), Snyder (1985) and Dufault (1997); Tb = 12.9 °C and TB = 32.4 °C were obtained after comparisons among the methods: least standard deviation in degrees-day and days, coefficient of variation in degrees-day, regression coefficient and analysis of Kc versus GDD were found. …”
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Spectrophotometric determination of Phenylephrine hydrochloride and Salbutamol sulphate drugs in pharmaceutical preparations using diazotized Metoclopramide hydrochloride by Baghdad Science Journal

“…A spectrophotometric method has been proposed for the determination of two drugs containing phenol group [phenylephrine hydrochloride (PHP) and salbutamol sulphate (SLB)] in pharmaceutical dosage forms. …”
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Droplet digital PCR assay for precise determination of FRS2 gene copy number in bladder cancer by Jinqian Li, Jiaqi Liang, Yinyan Xu, Wei Tan, Guanzheng Chen, Tong Ou

“…The minimum reliable input DNA amount was determined to be 2 ng, and a strong linear relationship was observed (R2 >0.99). …”
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Factors determining cognitive, motor and language scores in low birth weight infants from North India. by Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Sunita Taneja, Suman Ranjitkar, Sarmila Mazumder, Nita Bhandari, Tarun Dua, Laxman Shrestha, Tor A Strand

“…Factors influencing cognitive, motor and language scores were determined using multivariable linear regression model.…”
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CD4 enumeration technologies: a systematic review of test performance for determining eligibility for antiretroviral therapy. by Rosanna W Peeling, Kimberly A Sollis, Sarah Glover, Suzanne M Crowe, Alan L Landay, Ben Cheng, David Barnett, Thomas N Denny, Thomas J Spira, Wendy S Stevens, Siobhan Crowley, Shaffiq Essajee, Marco Vitoria, Nathan Ford

“…<h4>Background</h4>Measurement of CD4+ T-lymphocytes (CD4) is a crucial parameter in the management of HIV patients, particularly in determining eligibility to initiate antiretroviral treatment (ART). …”
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Determinants of change in timely first antenatal booking among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A decomposition analysis. by Melaku Yalew, Bezawit Adane, Yitayish Damtie, Bereket Kefale, Reta Dewau, Kefale Mektu, Mastewal Arefaynie, Assefa Andargie

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess determinants of change in timely first antenatal booking among pregnant women in Ethiopia.…”
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The determination and pollution analysis of β-N- methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers in algal health products by WANG Chen, YUAN Guanxiang, LUO Qing, QIN Xiaoyun, YANG Shengyuan, LIU Guihua

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Research and Practice of Surveying and Mapping for Failed Large Modulus Cylindrical Gear by Ben Daochun

“…From tooth profile wear and the demand of match manufacturing,a set of field mapping method is proposed,which does not depend drawings,while by virtue of toothed parameter with accumulated manufacturing experience that included addendum circle,tooth root circle,helix angle,variable coefficient measuring,modulus and pressure angle determining. …”
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Development and Validation of an Analytical Procedure for Determining Convallatoxin in Medicinal Products Containing Cardiac Glycosides of Lily of the Valley by T. A. Golomazova, N. P. Antonova, N. E. Semenova, E. P. Shefer, S. S. Prokhvatilova

“…This study aimed to develop and validate an HPLC analytical procedure for the quantitative determination of cardiac glycosides (convallatoxin) in lily-of-the-valley herbal medicinal products.MATERIALS AND METHODS. …”
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Bioavailability of Tryptophan Biomass for Laying Hens by Stéphane Cristyne O. Estevão, Gabriel Henrique Nacamura da Silva, Livia Rastoldo R. Oliveira, Larissa Oliveira dos Santos, Erikson Kadoshe M. Raimundo, Rita Brito Vieira, Tiago A. Rodrigues, Bernardo Rocha F. Nogueira, Eliane Aparecida da Silva, Lizandra Amoroso, Michele Bernardino de Lima, Edney Pereira da Silva

“…In the second assay, the slope ratio method was used to determine the RBV. The variables analyzed were feed intake, tryptophan intake, egg production, egg weight, daily egg mass, feed conversion ratio, feed efficiency, yolk weight, shell weight, albumen weight, albumen height, eggshell thickness, Haugh unit, body protein weight, body lipid weight, body water weight, and body ash weight. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Seawater for the Absorption of Carbon Dioxide from Ship Chimneys by İrem Koçyiğit Çapoğlu, Duygu Uysal, Özkan Murat Doğan, Bekir Zühtü Uysal

“…In these experiments, the liquid side individual physical mass transfer coefficients (kL0) were determined by the oxygen (O2) desorption method for pure water and 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. …”
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Determination of Pyrethroids in Tea Brew by GC-MS Combined with SPME with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Coated Fiber by Dongxia Ren, Chengjun Sun, Guanqun Ma, Danni Yang, Chen Zhou, Jiayu Xie, Yongxin Li

“…A new method has been developed to simultaneously determine 7 pyrethroid residues in tea brew using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) combined with solid phase microextraction (SPME) with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) coated fiber. …”
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Simultaneous determination of multiple persistent organic pollutants in soil by ultrasonic extract-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by ZHANG Hao, HUANG Ronglang, CHEN Minyan, JIANG Jun, YANG Lan, CHEN Jian, LÜ Zhijiang, LIAO Min, WANG Haizhen, XU Jianming

“…Except for 2, 2′, 3, 3′, 4, 4′, 5, 5′, 6, 6′-decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209), the other 41 POPs were efficiently separated within 23.83 min. Excellent linearity was observed in the concentration range of 20-1 000 µg/L for all POPs with the coefficients of determination (R²) of 0.997 5-0.999 9. …”
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Determination of Six Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Formula by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Fluorescence Detector by WANG Yixin, CHEN Nannan, CAO Mengsi, YANG Litao, GAO Xiuzhi, LIU Ming, GUO Xinguang

“…A method was developed for the simultaneous determination of six human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in infant formula using high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detector (HPLC-FLD). …”
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PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTING: A SOLUTION TO DETERMINE RAW MATERIAL NEEDS FOR COCONUT OIL AGROINDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT by Siti Wardah, Wiwik Sudarwati

“…Effective agroindustrial development requires accurate determination of raw material needs to plan production capacity and ensure efficient operation. …”
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Coaxial probe ended by a metallic cavity cell to determine the material dielectric constant and dissipation factor by Franck Moukanda Mbango, Micke Ghislain Lountala, Omar Christian Massamba

“…The technique utilizes only the standard materials DK within a particular range to determine the required coefficients, including probe-cavity interface effects. …”
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Simultaneous determination of 19 pyrazines and furans compounds in vintage sauce-flavor Baijiu by GC-MS/MS by CHEN Yan, WANG Xiaoyan, LIU Chong, YANG Sha, ZHANG Ji

“…Based on gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS), a method for simultaneous determination of 19 pyrazines and furans compounds in vintage sauce-flavor (Jiangxiangxing) Baijiu was established, and the contents of pyrazines and furans compounds in sauce-flavor Baijiu from 5 different production enterprises were determined. …”
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High-Throughput Determination of Multiclass Chemical Hazards in Poultry Muscles and Eggs Using UPLC–MS/MS by Rong Chen, Lan Chen, Mingyue Du, Qiaozhen Guo, Ciping Zhong, Jing Zhang, Xiaoqin Yu

“…A high-throughput method for the determination of a variety of chemical hazards in poultry muscle and egg samples was established via ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC–QqQ-MS). …”
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Self-Choice Emotion Regulation Enhances Stress Reduction: Neural Basis of Self-Choice Emotion Regulation by Nozomi Imajo, Yutaka Matsuzaki, Akiko Kobayashi, Kohei Sakaki, Rui Nouchi, Ryuta Kawashima

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