The assessment of language restrictions in abstracts of systematic reviews in dentistry: A meta-research study. by Tatjana Lörscher, Naichuan Su, Clovis Mariano Faggion

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 3922 abstracts were initially retrieved, and 3465 abstracts were included in the analysis based on the eligibility criteria. …”
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Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Methanol–Diesel Dual Fuel Engine at Different Altitudes by Zhongcheng Wang, Zhu Jie, Xiaoyu Liu

“…When the compression ratio is set at 13.5, only an injection timing of −30 °CA can initiate methanol compression ignition, but the combustion is not ideal. …”
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Service delivery conundrum and the use of monitoring and evaluation in the province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Xolisile G. Ngumbela, Lusanda B. Juta

“…Methods: The study employed a qualitative approach, using purposive sampling to select 15 participants – 10 administrators and five councillors – from 10 different municipalities in the Eastern Cape. …”
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Association of CBC and CBC-derived inflammatory markers with depression and post-diabetes mellitus depression: A large cohort NHANES study spanning 2011–2020 by Wen Chen, Fasheng Deng

“…Furthermore, 2,197 DM participants were selected to build GLMs and RCS curves to investigate associations and dose-response between CBC/CBC-derived inflammatory markers and post-DM depression, respectively. …”
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Effects of Terracing Methods on Conserving Physicochemical Properties of Soil in Kenna Woreda of Konso Zone, South Ethiopia Regional Government, Ethiopia by Alemu Adame, Dereje Tsegaye Selfeko, Wakshum Shiferaw

“…Terracing as a land management practice is one of the most effective physical soil conservation measures that can improve soil productivity in undulating lands with hills and slopes. This study was initiated to gain better insight into the impact of terracing practices on the conservation of selected soil properties in Kenna District, Konso Zone, South Ethiopia Regional Government, Ethiopia. …”
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Variant evolution graph: Can we infer how SARS-CoV-2 variants are evolving? by Badhan Das, Lenwood S Heath

“…We have applied our method to genomic data sets from five arbitrarily selected countries - Somalia, Bhutan, Hungary, Iran, and Nepal. …”
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Source–load matching and energy storage optimization strategies for regional wind–solar energy systems by Y. Zhu, Q. Li, Z. Li, Z. Zhang

“…Subsequently, a load-tracking coefficient is used to compare the matching degree between wind–solar power output and different loads, selecting the most compatible load and output for source–load matching and smoothing. …”
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Factors influencing adoption and intensity of agroforestry systems for mitigating land degradation (MLD) in Gilgel Gibe I catchment, southwestern Ethiopia by Endale Bekele, Girma Abera, Habtamu Temesgen

“…In accordance with this objective, a total of 380 household heads were selected and interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires. …”
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QTL analysis reveals quantitative resistant loci for Phytophthora infestans and Tecia solanivora in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). by Juan David Santa, Jhon Berdugo-Cely, Jhon Berdugo-Cely, Liliana Cely-Pardo, Mauricio Soto-Suárez, Teresa Mosquera, Carlos H Galeano M

“…Hence, the development of resistant cultivars is an alternative for their control. However, breeding initiatives for durable resistance using molecular tools are limited due to the genome complexity and high heterozygosity in autotetraploid potatoes. …”
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Use of stereophotogrammetry for measuring the volume of external facial anatomy: a systematic review by Ricardo Eustachio de Miranda, Suzana Matayoshi, Janaina Lucila Brabo, Letícia Harumi Miyoshi

“…Results: 2,213 studies were initially retrieved using this search strategy. Of these, 27 studies were selected based on the eligibility criteria, of which 21 were non-randomized case studies and 6 were randomized clinical trials. …”
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Enhancing Positional Accuracy of Mechanically Modified Industrial Robots Using Laser Trackers by Mojtaba A. Khanesar, Aslihan Karaca, Minrui Yan, Mohammed Isa, Samanta Piano, David Branson

“…Positional feedback is provided using an industrial laser tracker. Initially, a multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) is used to identify the forward kinematics (FK) of the overall 6RP robotic system. …”
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Team Recruitment of Collaborative Crowdsensing: A Graph-Based Approach by Hui Liu, Xiaowan Li, Chuang Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Weipeng Tai

“…Furthermore, an enhanced Prim algorithm is utilized to select efficient users. To address the issue of recruiting new users lacking prior knowledge, an improved UCB algorithm is introduced on top of the proposed team recruitment mechanism. …”
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Effect of Spices on the Formation of VOCs in Roasted Mutton Based on GC-MS and Principal Component Analysis by Jiapei Xi, Ping Zhan, Honglei Tian, Peng Wang

“…Principal component analysis was carried out on the 27 initially selected from 88 volatile substances, and 15 substances with a projection of more than 0.25 in the load matrix were used as indicators to study the different contents in roasted mutton and lamb prepared by adding peppertree prickly ash, Amomum tsao-ko, cumin, and ginger. …”
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Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection among Secondary School Students in Urban and Rural in Erbil: Comparative Study by Sadiya Abdulla Palpitany, Suha Hussein Ahmed, Kareema Ahmad Hussein

“…Conclusions: Significant difference was found between rural and urban area, age factors were initially to be responsible for the difference in prevalence. …”
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Performance Analysis of 5G Positioning Procedures on Resource-Constrained Devices by Nico Kalis, Christian Haubelt, Frank Golatowski

“…Therefore, this article provides novel insights into fast positioning based on the fifth generation (5G) of mobile communication. Initially, a detailed introduction to 5G positioning focusing on a network-based approach that enables Enhanced Cell ID (E-CID) Location Information Transfer is given. …”
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Accountability for maternal and newborn health: Why measuring and monitoring broader social, political, and health system determinants matters. by Jennifer Requejo, Allisyn C Moran, Jean-Pierre Monet

“…These papers were aimed at validating ten of the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality initiative indicators that capture information on distal causes of maternal mortality. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of multidimensional poverty among rural households in West Gojjam Zone, northern Ethiopia: a household-based cross-sectional study by Yeshiwas Ewinetu Tegegne, Nigusie Gashaye Shita

“…Despite various development initiatives, poverty remains pervasive in the West Gojjam Zone of northern Ethiopia. …”
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The impact of temporal framing of breast cancer risk on perceptions of and motivations to engage with information about early diagnosis: Evidence from an online experiment. by Sandro Tiziano Stoffel, Camilla Natale, Christian von Wagner

“…Employing a two-stage methodology, we initially conducted a preliminary survey with 201 women aged 40 to 50, evaluating their perceptions of various phrasings of breast cancer risk information, including '1 in x', 'x% of', and 'x-y% probability'. …”
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STUDY ON SIMPLIFIED CHARACTERIZATION FORM OF LOCAL WIDE AND SHALLOW CORROSION PITS by CHEN Hong, YUAN LiJia, PENG XiuNing

“…In order to evaluate the reasonable simplified form of local wide and shallow corrosion pits on 24 steel specimens,two commonly used simplified characterization methods of semi⁃ellipsoid and spherical cap shape were selected respectively.Firstly,the calculation formulas for the volume of corrosion pits and the curvature radius of the profile of the cross section were derived.Then,the test errors of electrochemical accelerated corrosion were analyzed,and the uniaxial tension finite element analysis results of four typical steel specimens with corrosion pits were compared with their actual fatigue fracture situations.The results show that under a certain power on time,compared with the predetermined rust volume calculated by Faraday′s law,the maximum deviation of the semi⁃ellipsoidal corrosion pits′volume obtained from the measured sizes of corrosion pits reaches 53.2%,with an average deviation of 20.26%,while the maximum deviation of the spherical cap shaped corrosion pits′volume is only 32.3%,with an average deviation of 12.8%.The maximum stress points of the semi⁃ellipsoidal corrosion pits are located at the edge of the top,while the maximum stress points of the spherical cap shaped corrosion pits are mostly located at the bottom.Only when the ratio of depth to radius is larger,it is located on the trisection point of the connecting line between the bottom and the top,near the pit mouth.The danger areas indicated by the spherical cap shaped corrosion pits are in better agreement with the initiation positions of the main cracks in the fatigue fracture process of the specimens.Under two simplified forms,the differences between the pits corrosion volume and the curvature radius of the cross section profile on the specimens increase with the decrease of the ratio of depth to radius,and the relative deviation of the latter can be more than 90%,which is the main reason for the larger differences in the stress distribution.…”
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Vitamin D Deficiency Prevalence in Pakistan: Common, Important, and Neglected: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis by Benazir Mahar, Tazeen Shah, Noma Sadiq, Rozina Mangi, Jamshed Warsi, Qamar Abbas

“…Vitamin D levels can be increased, and related health concerns can be minimized through dietary supplementation, recommended sun exposure, and awareness initiatives.…”
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