Preliminary Study on Characteristics of Dredged Sludge Treated by Vacuum Preloading Using Non-filter Membrane Straw Drainage Bodies by XU Gui-zhong, JIANG Ao, LI Xing-bing, LIU Chao, FU Xiao-jie

“…Upon completion of the vacuum preloading, the soil’s moisture content and particle gradation were determined. [Results] Drainage efficiency significantly improved, with the experimental group’s cumulative effluent volume 7.9%-22.1% higher than the control group, indicating that the three-dimensional pore structure of straw effectively alleviates the impact of clogging on drainage. …”
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Mass Casualty Incident Training in Immersive Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Multimethod Performance Indicators by Anke Sabine Baetzner, Yannick Hill, Benjamin Roszipal, Solène Gerwann, Matthias Beutel, Tanja Birrenbach, Markus Karlseder, Stefan Mohr, Gabriel Alexander Salg, Helmut Schrom-Feiertag, Marie Ottilie Frenkel, Cornelia Wrzus

“… BackgroundImmersive virtual reality (iVR) has emerged as a training method to prepare medical first responders (MFRs) for mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disasters in a resource-efficient, flexible, and safe manner. …”
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THE EVALUATION OF CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE STRENGTH OF DENTAL RESTORATIVE COMPOSITE MATERIALS by V.S. Kukhta, О.S. Kyrmanov

“…It enables in detecting initial changes in the material structure, the initial location of defects, the direction of their spreading and determining the maximum strength of the material. The advantages of this method include the ability to obtain information about the destruction in the early stages, its high accuracy and sensitivitys. …”
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Modeling of chronic ovary inflammation by N. А. Volkova, M. S. Yuhta, Т. А. Yurchuk, L. V. Stepanuk, E. D. Ivanova, E. V. Pavlovich

“…Efficiency of the modeling pathology was performed by histomorphometric and hematological methods on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 31st days. …”
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DENTAL STATUS IN CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANT SOLID NEOPLASMS by Yu.V. Popelo

“…The urgency of this issue is due to a pronounced tendency to a rapid increase in the prevalence of disease with malignant formation, which requires a detailed study of the efficiency of already implemented methods and improving or developing new schemes for the sustainable maintenance of dental health in patients of this profile. …”
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Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum: validation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of parasites in controlled human malaria infection studies by Elizabeth Kibwana, Domtila Kimani, Nick J. Edwards, Kelvias Keter, Agnes Mutiso, Lydia Nyamako, Rose Gatheru, Adrian V. S. Hill, Philip Bejon, Philip Bejon, Katie J. Ewer, Melissa C. Kapulu, Melissa C. Kapulu

“…We also evaluated the effect of using different volumes of whole blood for DNA extraction on the assay performance.ResultsThe validation revealed: (1) specificity of 100% (n=5 independent experiments); (2) linearity with R2 values ≥ 0.98, a slope of −3.8 to −3.1, and efficiency 89–100%; (3) lower limit of detection of 0.3 parasites/microliter and lower limit of quantification of 2.6 parasites/microliter; (4) precision with both inter-assay repeatability and intra-assay reproducibility with coefficients of variation (CV) values of <10%; and (5) accuracy and good extraction efficiency of >90%. …”
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Bioadsorption of Basic Blue Dye from Aqueous Solution onto Raw and Modified Waste Ash as Economical Alternative Bioadsorbent by Adugna Nigatu Alene, Gietu Yirga Abate, Adere Tarekegne Habte

“…The effects of pH, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, and contact time were determined in order to know the optimum condition and adsorption potential of the adsorbents. …”
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Policy Priorities for Disseminating Biopesticide in Chili Farmers by Wahyu Ridwan Nanta, Suryo Wiyono, Yayi Munara Kusumah

“…Policy priorities are determined using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method, which allows the identification of priority criteria and priority sub-criteria. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of using vacuum solar collectors in a hot water supply system in the climatic conditions of Turkmenistan by Yakubov Yazgeldi, Jumayev Aganiyaz, Bayramov Akmammet

“…It was revealed that in January, the incoming total intensity of solar radiation falling on the receiver (collector) located at an optimal angle of 360 is equal to 227.66 kW∙h, and it was determined that 136.6 kW∙h of thermal energy is generated, with an efficiency of 60%. …”
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Numerical Simulation for Dual Solid Particle Separation Using Fluidized Bed by Muhammad Lutfil Amin, Nur Ikhwan

“…Optimum separation, defined by maximum separation efficiency (99%) in minimum time for separation, was determined using Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics software (CPFD VR 17.4.0). …”
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Alginate Microbeads for Trapping Phenolic Antioxidants in Rosemary (<i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i> L.): Multivariate Optimization Based on Bioactive Properties and Morphological Mea... by Gizem Toprakçı, İrem Toprakçı, Selin Şahin

“…The optimal encapsulation conditions were accessed using concentrations with almost 6% calcium chloride and 2% alginate, and a time of 10 min for bead hardening in order to obtain the highest responses (30.01% encapsulation efficiency, 7.55 mg-TEAC/g-DM of antioxidant activity value as measured by the DPPH method, a sphericity factor of 0.05, and a roundness of 0.78). …”
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Assessing pulmonary congestion in patients hospitalized with decompensated chronic heart failure according to lung ultrasound and remote dielectric sensing (ReDS) by Zh. D. Kobalava, A. F. Safarova, V. V. Tolkacheva, O. T. Zorya, F. E. Cabello Montoya, I. S. Nazarov, A. A. Lapshin, I. P. Smirnov, N. I. Khutsishvili, S. A. Galochkin, M. V. Vatsik-Gorodetskaya

“…A moderate correlation was found between ReDS (%) and lung ultrasound (sum of B-lines) findings at admission (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient = 0.402; p = 0.017). No correlation between the two methods was found at discharge (p = 0.613). …”
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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda by Orikyiriza, Elli, Moses, Agaba, Alex, Kanyesiime

“…Subsequently, the researcher used questionnaires and interview methods to collect data from respondents. The study findings revealed a correlation coefficient of r = .682 which shows a significant relationship between task structure and employee performance. …”
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Estimation of Oxidation Kinetics and Oxide Scale Void Position of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels in Supercritical Water by Li Sun, Weiping Yan

“…The iron diffusion coefficients in magnetite and Fe-Cr spinel are extrapolated from studies of Backhaus and Töpfer. …”
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Experimental Study of Condensation Characteristics on a Vertical Plate Covered with Metal Foam by Ayser Muneer, FaiK Hamad

“…The feature of flow water steam in CF coated plate is presented by using coefficient method of unit mass efficacy. Also, the pore's density influences of CF size, rate of the mass flow of inlet steam water, and rate of the mass flow of cold water upon the HT and Pressure Drop (PD) have been tested and analyzed. …”
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Cervical vertebrae staging in pre-orthodontic patients in Benin City, Nigeria by I.N. Ize-Iyamu

“…Method: The first six cervical vertebrae of 105 untreated orthodontic patients attending the clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital were assessed on the cephalometric radiograph to determine the stages of maturation. …”
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Paleomagnetism of the Permian-Triassic Boundary of the Orenburg Region (East European Platform, Volga-Ural Anteclise) by A. M. Fetisova, R. V. Veselovskiy, V. K. Golubev

“…In the Vyazovka section, the E/I method was used to calculate the inclination shallowing coefficient of the rocks (f = 0.79). …”
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The Relationship Between Turnover Intention and Compulsory Citizenship Behaviour of Nurses by Deniz Selçuk, Arzu Kader Harmancı Seren

“…Aim: This study aimed to examine whether there is a relationship between turnover intention and compulsory citizenship behavior among nurses working in a training and research hospital in Istanbul. Method: The data of this descriptive and relationship-seeking study were collected with the participation of 191 nurses working in a training and research hospital in İstanbul between December 2016 and February 2017. …”
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River channel stability assessment under flow alteration: The Brda River case study (Poland) by Dawid Szatten, Alberto Bosino

“…In particular, we applied: (i) the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) method, based on hydrological data; (ii) the erosion coefficient, based on suspended sediment balance; and (iii) spatial analyses of riverbed centerline migration of the Brda River in the section from Woziwoda to Płaskosz (northern Poland) to gain a comprehensive understanding of the fluvial dynamics in the area over a period of 60 years. …”
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Validation of Depth-Averaged Flow Model Using Flat-Bottomed Benchmark Problems by Il Won Seo, Young Do Kim, Chang Geun Song

“…The mass conservation rate was determined to be 99.2%. This value was measured by the variation of the total volume of the fluid after a cylinder break. …”
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