Short-term and Long-term Predicted Outcomes after Swenson’s Pull-through Procedure for Hirschsprung Disease by Aysar Hameed Oraibi, Amier Ejrish Alkafaji, Hayder Neamah Hassan

“…The extension of aganglionosis in HD was evaluated to determine the type of HD. Results: The results of this study revealed that 38 patients diagnosed with HD had a male-to-female ratio of 3.2: 1. …”
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Hemp (<i>Cannabis salvia</i> L.) Cultivation: Chemical Fertilizers or Organic Technologies, a Comprehensive Review by Fatemeh Ahmadi, Daniel Kallinger, August Starzinger, Maximilian Lackner

“…As hemp re-emerges as a crop of economic significance, the choice between chemical and organic fertilization methods plays a crucial role in determining not only yield but also the quality and sustainability of production. …”
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Effect of partial root-zone drying irrigation (PRDI) on soil C:N:P stoichiometry in N-fixing crops: Insights from a three-year field study with alfalfa by Jing Zhang, Zheng Gang Guo

“…Soil C:N:P stoichiometry is a powerful tool for determining soil nutrient cycling and limitations in agroecosystems and provides a basis for optimizing fertilizer strategies in crop production under partial root-zone drying irrigation (PRDI). …”
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Exploration of the optimal concentration of quercetin liposome nanoparticles for the treatment of liver damage by Nana Yin, Jian Pang, Xiangyan Liu

“…The aim of this study was therefore to ascertain whether there are differences in the therapeutic effects on liver damage at different dosages of quercetin liposomes and to determine the optimal dosage. Methods 62 rats modeled with liver injury were enrolled and distributed into 4 groups, where they were treated with quercetin liposome nanoparticles, blank liposome nanoparticles, simple quercetin, and normal saline accordingly. …”
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The negative linear relationship between oxidative balance scores and constipation: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2005–2010 by Liqian Xuan, Yang Chen, Chang Liu, Yahui Dai

“…BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between oxidation balance score (OBS) and constipation.MethodsAll data was collected from the 2005–2010 cycles of the National health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) database. …”
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Stress drives premature hive exiting behavior that leads to death in young honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers by Jordan Twombly Ellis, Juliana Rangel

“…Precocious foragers have decreased flight time and lower foraging efficiency, which can ultimately lower colony productivity and even lead to colony collapse. …”
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The informatics pathway for hospital infection quality control monitoring by Hui Wang, Qin Huang, Qingqing Tian, Weiwei Yang, Anran Liu, Jiayang Tang, Hailin Zhang, Chunlin Wu

“…However, the quality of monitoring is still influenced by human factors such as whether the early warning rules are scientifically set and whether the determination of hospital infections is accurate. There may be situations where the missed reporting rate is underestimated and the quality of the report cards is not high. …”
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Unskilled and unaware? Differences in metacognitive awareness between high and low-ability students in STEM by Jason W. Morphew, Jason W. Morphew

“…The ability to accurately make predictions about one's ability and performance can determine the effectiveness in which students effectively prepare for exams and employ good study strategies. …”
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The Impact of Visual Perturbation Neuromuscular Training on Landing Mechanics and Neural Activity: A Pilot Study by Timothy R Wohl, Cody R Criss, Adam L Haggerty, Justin L Rush, Janet E Simon, Dustin R Grooms

“… # Design Controlled laboratory study. Methods: Eight right leg dominant healthy female athletes (20.4±1.1yrs; 1.6±0.1m; 64.4±7.0kg) participated in four VPNT sessions. …”
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A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna by V. G. Koshkid’ko, Ya. O. Galtsov, D. A. Portnykh

“…The energy method was used to determine the coordinates of longitudinal slots on the wide wall of the SIW waveguide. …”
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Optimization of the heat recovery performance of enhanced geothermal system based on PSO-GA-BP neural networks and analytic hierarchy process by Ling Zhou, Jingchao Sun, Yanjun Zhang, Yunjuan Chen, Honglei Lei

“…However, it is time-consuming to optimize the scheme only by comparing the numerical simulation methods, and it is difficult to determine the globally optimal operation strategy. …”
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Harnessing Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Tracking in Geofencing Systems by Alireza Famili, Shihua Sun, Tolga Atalay, Angelos Stavrou

“…Our proposed meta-RL method addresses the NP-hard problem of determining an optimal placement of 5G Points to minimize spatial geometry-induced errors. …”
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A quantitative study to evaluate the controls and accountability measures in place to alleviate the leadership and governance challenges impacting the realization of the National H... by Samuel Vuyo Mokoena, Panjasaram Naidoo

“…Main outcome The main outcome of the study was to determine the requisite interventions to deal with challenges that affect governance and/or leadership functions in the implementation of the NHI. …”
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Development and Balance Evaluation for Land Use and Transport Interaction Using Node-Place Model and Data Envelopment Analysis by Xiaoyi Ma, Hongjie He, Mingmin Liu, An Jin

“…Conversely, the LoM model, grounded in data envelopment analysis methods, evaluates the relative relationship between transport services and the travel demand generated by land use. …”
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Development and optimization of a novel nanocarrier SabiWhite-loaded ethosomal gel for targeted skin inflammation complicated by multidrug-resistant pathogens by Gaofeng Shi, Yun Guo, Minlie Yang

“…A 3² factorial design was used to optimize phospholipid concentration and ethanol content, and their impact on vesicle size and entrapment efficiency (EE%) was assessed. Structural characterization of SabiWhite was performed using melting point determination, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). …”
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Comparative analysis of capillary threshold pressure measurement techniques: mercury intrusion porosimetry vs. innovative measuring tool for carbon storage by Ahsan Nabi Soomro, Łukasz Anioł, Mateusz Kudasik, Karol Dąbrowski, Stanisław Nagy

“…Underestimation of threshold pressure can have significant consequences for the design and safety of CO2 storage projects, as this parameter is essential to assess the sealing efficiency of the caprocks and determine the storage capacity.…”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE by M. M. Egorova, O. A. Ovchinnikova, E. P. Petrochenko, A. O. Oslyakova, V. V. Yakusevich

“…Rheological examination included determination of the viscosity of whole blood and erythrocyte suspensions with a hematocrit (HT) 40 % in plasma and nonggregating environment, the plasma viscosity. …”
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Innovative Dombi Aggregation Operators in Linguistic Intuitionistic Fuzzy Environments for Optimizing Telecommunication Networks by Dilshad Alghazzawi, Misbah Hayat, Ghaliah Alhamzi, Abdul Wakil Baidar

“…A comparative analysis is provided to validate the efficacy and advantages of the suggested methods over existing approaches.…”
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Investigation of antibiosis, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, molecular docking and dye degradation potential of green synthesized copper ferrite (CuFe2O4) nanopartic... by Beena Cherian, Tijo Cherian, Teena Merlin, Shilpa Jose

“…Several characterization methods verified the production of PFE-CuFe2O4 NPs. …”
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Deformation index (GDI) in grain as a criterion for wheat gluten quality by E. N. Shabolkina, S. N. Shevchenko, N. V. Anisimkina

“…These methods will allow researchers to estimate the quality of breeding material more efficiently, and agricultural producers will have a comprehensive description of gluten quality of grown grain.…”
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