The MiBlend Randomized Trial: Investigating Genetic Polymorphisms in Personalized Responses to Fruit and Vegetable Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention by Julia N. DeBenedictis, Na Xu, Theo M. de Kok, Simone G. van Breda

“…The effect of genotypes on study outcomes was determined via analysis of variance. Results: XRCC1 wildtype carriers were more protected from ex vivo-induced DNA damage after consuming flavanol-rich F&Vs than other variants. …”
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Increasing the performance of the Far Eastern Railway traction power supply system by N. P. Grigor’ev, I. V. Ignatenko, S. A. Vlasenko, V. A. Kovalev, V. V. Shatalov

“…The purpose of the study is to develop measures determined by the strategic programmes for the development of Russian railway transport based on the analysis of power supply schemes for the traction network of the Far Eastern Railway, a branch of Russian Railways.Materials and methods. …”
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The Performance of the Vaginal Discharge Syndromic Management in Treating Vaginal and Cervical Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Charifa Zemouri, Teodora Elvira Wi, James Kiarie, Armando Seuc, Vittal Mogasale, Ahmed Latif, Nathalie Broutet

“…The level of agreement between the index and reference test were determined by the Cohen's Kappa co-efficiency test. …”
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Comparative efficacy of different doses of platelet-rich plasma injection in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Majid Khalilizad, Seyedeh Tahereh Emadian, Mobin Marzban Abbas Abadi

“…We enrolled randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the clinical efficiency of different doses of PRP injection in patients with knee osteoarthritis. …”
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Ultrasound differential diagnosis of different forms of stomatogenic maxillary sinusitis by S. D. Varzhapetyan

“…Statistical analysis of the absolute values has been determined by Student's method, comparison of share - by xi-square method. …”
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Clinical observation of hemodialysis in the treatment of elderly type Ⅱ cardiorenal syndrome by YANG Sheng-xi, MA Hong

“…Objective To compare the therapeutic effect of intermittent hemodialysis(IHD) vs.sustained low-efficiency hemodialysis(SLED) in elderly patients with type Ⅱ cardiorenal syndrome(CRS).Methods The clinical data of 62 elderly patients with type Ⅱ CRS in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed.All the patients accepted the hemodialysis with central venous catheters via the right femoral vein.According to the therapies,the patients were divided into two groups:IHD and SLED,with treatment for one week.During treatment,the patients were avoided to suffer excessive ultrafiltration.Before and after treatment,central venous pressure(CVP) and heart rate(HR) were measured,BUN and SCr were determined by Beckman Olympus AU2700 automatic biochemical Analyzer,N-terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide(NT-proBNP) was detected by ReLIA multifunctional immune detection instrument,and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) and pulmonary arterial pressure(PAP) wer examined by Philips IE33 ultrasound scanner.Results There was significant difference in age between two groups(P<0.05).After treatment,BUN,SCr and NT-proBNP were all significantly reduced,and LVEF was significantly increased in both two groups(P<0.01).After treatment,HR,CVP and PAP were significantly reduced in IHD group(P<0.05).After treatment,HR,CVP and PAP were significantly reduced in SLED group(P<0.01).After treatment,HR,CVP and PAP were reduced in both two groups.Moreover,the changes in SLED group were reduced more obviously than in IHD group(P<0.01).Conclusions Both IHD and SLED have satisfactory treatment effects on elderly patients with type II CRS.SLED removes excess fluids in the body slowly and maintains the balance of internal environment It can remove the extra heart toxicity from kidney medulla continually,such as renin,and it also can keep the balance of water,electrolyte and pH.SLED can obtain more stable hemodynamics than IHD.For elderly patients with type E CRS,SLED can clear toxin quickly and adjust the unbalance of electrolyte and pH.Furthermore,SLED can obtain better hemodynamic stabilization and save the medical resources.In conclusion,the treatment effect of SLED is better than IHD.…”
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The Role of Collector-Drainage Water in Sustainable Irrigation for Agriculture in the Developing World: An Experimental Study by Jakhongirmirzo Mirzaqobulov, Kedar Mehta, Sana Ilyas, Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov

“…Five irrigation treatments (Fresh Water, Fresh Water 70% vs. CDW 30%, Complex Method (Mixing with Specific Rules), CDW 70% vs. Fresh Water 30% (Mixing) and only CDW) were evaluated using an Alternate Furrow Irrigation system, incorporating various mixtures of fresh water and CDW to determine their effects on soil salinity, crop health and yield. …”
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Optimal Spectral Radiation Composition of a LED Phytolapm for Stimulating Carrot and Tomato Seed Development by A. A. Gubina, E. V. Levin, M. M. Romanovich, A. E. Degterev, N. O. Patokov, I. A. Lamkin, S. A. Tarasov

“…In the future, this technology can be used in space research, where high energy efficiency is fundamental.…”
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A meta-analysis of the impact of TOE adoption on smart agriculture SMEs performance. by Adrian Nagy, Johan Tumiwa, Fitty Arie, Erdey László, Anas Ratib Alsoud, Main Al-Dalahmeh

“…<h4>Methods</h4>PRISMA technique was used to examine evidence from clinical trials, and clinical significance was determined using the GRADE approach. …”
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Effects of Fibulin-5 Gene Silencing on Proliferation and Apoptosis of IgG4-ROD Lacrimal Gland Fibroblasts by Huarong Wu, Daikun Lei, Xiaoling Zhang, Mengfei Wang, Yuanyuan Wang, Jie Xia, Fan Chen, Bei Chen, Yanming Tian

“…High efficiency and specificity small interference RNA (siRNA) plasmid vector was constructed, its inhibitory effect on fibroblast proliferation was determined by CCK-8 assay, and the appropriate concentration was selected as the siRNA concentration for subsequent experiments. …”
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Phosal^® Curcumin-Loaded Nanoemulsions: Effect of Surfactant Concentration on Critical Physicochemical Properties by Joanna Czerniel, Aleksandra Gostyńska, Tomasz Przybylski, Maciej Stawny

“…The effect of Kolliphor HS15 on emulsion physicochemical properties such as mean droplet diameter (MDD), polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential (ZP), osmolality (OSM), and pH, as well as encapsulation efficiency (EE) and retention rate (RR) of curcumin, were determined. …”
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Experimental studies of screw drill with frozen soil interaction by M. I. Zenin, S. I. Ivanov

“…It is established that the drilling tool carries out the formation of a well due to the brittle destruction of the well, which makes it possible to achieve more efficient drilling. And also the dependences of the rational values of the investigated geometric parameters of the drilling tool of a new geometric shape are determined.…”
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Development of Land Consolidation Studies in Türkiye (1961-2004) by Safiye Pınar Tunalı

“…Data from 509 land consolidation and on-farm development services projects carried out in 33 provinces of Türkiye were examined using statistical analysis methods. It was determined that land consolidation projects significantly contributed to more efficient use of agricultural lands, reducing the number of parcels and reaching more suitable sizes of agricultural enterprises. …”
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Optimal and Economic Programming in a Reconfigured Competitive Electricity Market Considering Dispersed Generation Sources with the Firefly Algorithm by Muhammad Sibtain, Snoober Saleem

“…The optimal sales prices of the units are also calculated by the game theory. The proposed method is implemented on a 33-bus system in MATLAB, and its results are compared with PSO and GA results to demonstrate the efficiency.…”
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Evaluation of Barriers to Digital Transformation in Maritime Logistics Based on A Spherical Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework by Veysel Tatar

“…Findings: In the application part of the study, firstly the barriers in the adoption of digital transformation were determined and as a result of expert evaluations, the barriers were ranked according to their importance by applying the steps of the method. …”
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Extraction and Analysis of Strontium in Water Sample Using a Sr2+ Selective Polymer as the Absorbent Phase by Rongjian Ying

“…Under the optimized conditions, the concentrations of Sr2+ in four water samples were detected by the developed method. We propose that this method effectively extracts strontium ion from environmental water samples.…”
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Computational Technique for Crack Propagation Simulation in Viscoelastic Solid Propellant by Qiangqiang Jiang, Xuan Lv, Huiru Cui, Teng Ma

“…Typical fracture problem, single edge-notched tension test (SENT) is solved to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method. In addition, double edge-notched tension test (DENT) as well as plate tension test with a slant crack is conducted to show the special fracture characters in viscoelastic solid propellant, like time dependence. …”
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Perceived academic self-efficacy of adolescents and the relationship with physical activity by Neritzel Albisua, Gorka Martinez de Lahidalga Agirre, Malen Ruiz de Azua Larrinaga, Iker Etxeberria Atxa

“…Conclusions: moderate physical activity and MVPA show a greater benefit in perceived academic self-efficiency, while the rest variables show a negative relationship with academic efficiency. …”
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Research on kd-tree Cache Optimization Based on Particle Index Sorting Algorithm by 张挺, 林震寰, 杨丁颖, 王宗锴, 陈轶凡

“…Specifically, the method employs MAD as a dispersion measure, which serves as the key metric for determining the most appropriate dimension along which the particle data should be reordered. …”
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A study on remote-controlled microscopy for enhanced surgical visualisation: The precision vision digiscope by Vaidehi Satushe, Vibha Vyas, Preshit Gujar, Vishwajeet Kadam, Sayali Sarode

“…Objective: To assess the Precision Vision Digiscope’s ability to improve surgical visualization, accuracy, and workflow efficiency. Methods: A mixed-methods study incorporating both quantitative metrics intraoperative diagnosis accuracy, procedure time, error rates and qualitative insights surgeon feedback, usability surveys, obtained during simulated and real surgical cases in several neurosurgery departments. …”
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