Effective Elastic and Hydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock Masses with High Contrast of Permeability: Numerical Calculation by an Embedded Fracture Continuum Approach by Hong-Lam Dang, Duc Phi Do, Dashnor Hoxha

“…The numerical simulations show that the dead-end fractures could have a considerable contribution on the effective compliance moduli, while their effect can be neglected to calculate the overall permeability of the of fractured rock masses.…”
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Effectiveness of medicines authentication technology to detect counterfeit, recalled and expired medicines: a two-stage quantitative secondary care study by David Brindley, Stephen Chapman, Lindsey Roberts, Bernard Naughton, Sue Dopson

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Numerical modeling of land subsidence induced by groundwater extraction considering unsaturated effects and using element-free Galerkin (EFG) method by A. Tourei, A. Pak, M. A. Iranmanesh

“…Finally, we conducted a parametric study to better understand the effect of various characteristics of aquifers and observe the effect of the aquifer's parameters, such as hydraulic conductivity, elastic modulus, and Poisson's ratio. …”
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Effectiveness of behavior change techniques in eHealth-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review by Emma R. Douma, Tom Roovers, Mirela Habibović, Gert-Jan de Bruijn, Jos A. Bosch, Boris Schmitz, Willem J. Kop

“…BCTs were coded following the Behavior Change Taxonomy. A best-evidence synthesis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of BCTs, with ratings ranging from A (strong evidence indicating either a positive effect (+) or no effect (-)) to D (no data collected). …”
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Effectiveness of digital behaviour change interventions for promoting physical activity in adolescents with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Puteri Shanaz Jahn Kassim, Noor Azimah Muhammad, Nur Faraheen Abdul Rahman, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Cecilia A. Essau, Shamsul Azhar Shah

“…Meta-analyses were performed using random effects models. The BCTs used within the DBCIs were coded using the Behaviour Change Technique taxonomy (v1). …”
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Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating by Hannah O’Connor, Nina Meloncelli, Shelley A. Wilkinson, Anna Mae Scott, Lisa Vincze, Alita Rushton, Samantha Dawson, Jenna Hollis, Bree Whiteoak, Sarah Gauci, Susan de Jersey

“…A random effect model assessed intervention effects on indices of dietary quality and food groups (fruit, vegetables, grains and cereals, meat, and dairy) in relation to the use of BCTs and intervention features. …”
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Effectiveness of Stress Coping Skills Training With Psycho-Educational Approach among Caregivers` of Schizophrenic Patients on Family Function And Psychological Wellbeing by ّFarzaneh Sheikholeslami, Javad Khalatbary, Shohreh Ghorbanshiroudi

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The impact of technological mega trends on the development of universities in Iran; A case study of the effects of technological developments on the financing of public universitie... by Reza Naghizadeh

“…Purpose: Universities are affected by the effects of technological changes and such changes affect the key functions of the university such as development and management of knowledge and human resource training. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of DRG payment policy based on interrupted time series modeling: evidence from a tertiary hospital in Anhui Province by Guangju Mo, Erchang Zhu, Xinlei Fang, Jingbo Ma, Sijing Kong, Xuan Guo, Zheng Lu

“…While the DRG reform holds promise for enhancing healthcare efficiency and controlling costs, potential negative effects such as patient selection bias and coding changes need to be monitored. …”
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Direct oral penicillin challenge in secondary care with low-risk patients: the SPACE mixed-methods study with cost-effectiveness analysis by Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, Yogini H Jani, Iestyn Williams, Ruben Mujica-Mota, Rebecca Bestwick, Michele Siciliano, Robert Michael West, Rashmeet Bhogal, Bee Yean Ng, Kornelija Kildonaviciute, Rachel Pollard, Nicola Jones, Louise Dunsmure, Mairead McErlean, Neil Powell, Chidanand C Hullur, Ariyur Balaji, Jonathan Sandoe, Amena Warner, Ron Daniels, Caroline Thomas, Siraj A Misbah, Louise Savic

“…Patients with an allergy label receive different antibiotics which might be toxic and less effective. Allergy tests are not routinely available due to very few specialists in the National Health Service. …”
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Knocking Down the DRD2 by shRNA Expressing Plasmids in the Nucleus Accumbens Prevented the Disrupting Effect of Apomorphine on Prepulse Inhibition in Rat by M.R. Noori-daloii, A. Shahbazi, S. Alizadeh Zendehrood, A. Shayan Nia, M. Mojarrad, M. Kheirollahi, A. Rashidi-Nezhad, A. Haghparast, F. Zare Mehrjerdi, S. Niknazar, M. Mostowfi, H. Hashemi Sotoobadi, M. Khaksari, A. R. Noori-Daloii, A. Mohammadi

“…Additionally, treatment with expressing plasmids had no effect on basal PPI and/or auditory startle response. …”
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The effects of lactic acid bacteria and yeast as probiotics on the performance, blood parameters, nutrient digestibility, and carcase quality of rabbits: a meta-analysis by Danung Nur Adli, Osfar Sjofjan, Mohammad Miftakhus Sholikin, Cecep. Hidayat, Dicky Tri Utama, Anuraga Jayanegara, Muhammad Halim Natsir, Yuli Frita Nuningtyas, Muhammad Pramujo, Poppy Satya Puspita

“…A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effects of probiotics on the performance, blood parameters, nutrient digestibility and carcase quality of domesticated rabbits. …”
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Second-Order Nonlocal Effects Mitigation in Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis Sensors by Tracking the Brillouin Frequency Shift Profile of the Fiber by Juan Jose Mompo, Haritz Iribas, Javier Urricelqui, Alayn Loayssa

“…We report on an additional limitation that has been found in Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors due to the so-called second-order nonlocal effects (NLE). Second-order NLE appear in BOTDA setups that deploy a double probe waves to compensate the transfer of energy between the pump pulse and the probe wave, and are related to a spectral distortion of the pump pulse that leads to measurement errors and an effective limit on the maximum probe power that can be deployed in the sensor. …”
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Endoscopic full-thickness resection and its treatment alternatives in difficult-to-treat lesions of the lower gastrointestinal tract: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Andreas Probst, Helmut Messmann, Robert Thimme, Martin Goetz, Alexander Meining, Martin Faehndrich, Torsten Beyna, Horst Neuhaus, Armin Kuellmer, Juliane Behn, Michael Birk, Thomas Frieling

“…Treatment costs and reimbursement were calculated in euro according to the coding rules of 2017 and 2019 (EFTR). R0 resection rate was used as a measure of effectiveness. …”
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The interactive effect of mobile night market and city space in the development of urban economy (Case study: night retailers in the central urban fabric of Zanjan) by Alireza Daviran

“…The nature of this market is based on the retail economy, which is important and necessary to investigate its effects on the development of the urban economy. This research examines the interactive effect between the economy based on retail sales and the quality of urban space in the central fabric of Zanjan city. …”
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Determination of dynamic impact factor for continuous girder bridge due to vehicle braking force by finite element method and experimental by Nguyen Xuan Toan, Tran Van Duc

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Bounds on variations of the strange quark mass from Big Bang nucleosynthesis by Ulf-G. Meißner, Bernard Metsch, Helen Meyer

“…Abstract We analyze the effect of a variation of the strange nucleon matrix element N m s s ¯ s N $$ \left\langle N|{m}_s\overline{s}s|N\right\rangle $$ on the abundances of the light elements produced in the Big Bang. …”
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Effects of a GenAI-based debugging approach integrating the reflective strategy on senior high school students’ learning performance and computational thinking by Jian-Wen Fang, Jing Chen, Qiu-Lin Weng, Yun-Fang Tu, Gwo-Jen Hwang and Yi-Chen Xia

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Effect of COVID-19 with or without acute kidney injury on inpatient mortality in England: a national observational study using administrative data by Nitin V Kolhe, Maarten Taal, Richard Fluck

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Investigation of the Effect of Upstream Slope and Bed Material on the Rate of Pollutant Release to Downstream Dams Using a Two-Phase SPH algorithm by Rahim Shamsoddini, Bahador Abolpour, Yi Zhao

“…The results show that the change in each of these parameters has a significant effect on the emission of pollutants.…”
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