Assessment of the reliability and validity of visual analog scale for abdominal pain among selected school students from selected schools at Kanyakumari district by M. S. Praythiesh Bruce, A. Surekha, R. Karnaboopathy, K. U. Suresh Balan, Vijay K. Chavada, Vedapriya, Abhijit V. Boratne, Prateek Bobhate, T. K. Raja

“…A multistage sampling method, followed by simple random sampling, was employed to select participants. A total of 200 students participated after accounting for a 10% loss to follow-up. …”
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Comparison of phenotypic selection of inbred lines, genomic selection of inbred lines, and evolutionary populations for field pea breeding in three Mediterranean regions by Paolo Annicchiarico, Meriem Laouar, Imane Thami-Alami, Margherita Crosta, Nelson Nazzicari, Luciano Pecetti, Luigi Russi

“…Bulk breeding and initial EP development were based on three-year mass selection for plant yield under managed severe drought for Algeria and Morocco, and four-year field-based natural and mass selection under autumn sowing in Northern Italy for Central Italy. …”
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MASIP: A Methodology for Assets Selection in Investment Portfolios by José Purata-Aldaz, Juan Frausto-Solís, Guadalupe Castilla-Valdez, Javier González-Barbosa, Juan Paulo Sánchez Hernández

“…MASIP selects and allocates financial assets by applying heuristic methods to accomplish three assignments: (a) Select the stock candidates in an initial portfolio; (b) Forecast the asset values for the short and medium term; and (c) Optimize the investment portfolio by using the Sharpe metric. …”
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Optimum Medium PRF Selection Using Reinforcement Learning by Hyunhak Kim, Yeo-Sun Yoon, Jinho An

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Realizing the Prospects of the Demographic Dividend in Selected Arab Countries by Hala Youssef, Nesreen Kamal Elden, Hala Abou Ali

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Criteria for selection of working fluid in low-temperature ORC by Mikielewicz Dariusz, Mikielewicz Jarosław

“…The criteria are suitable for initial fluid selection. Such criteria should be used with other ones related to environmental impact, economy, system size, etc. …”
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Algorithm for Selection Equipment to Reduce the Technogenic Effect on the Environment by Kozii I.S., Plyatsuk L.D., Koval V.V.

“…The most important aims were to obtain an algorithm for selection efficient equipment, taking into account its parameters and initial characteristics of pollutants and environmental conditions, the simplicity and accessibility of its implementation for a wide number of industrial facilities in the heat, power and chemical industries. …”
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Mechanistic basis of branch-site selection in filamentous bacteria. by David M Richards, Antje M Hempel, Klas Flärdh, Mark J Buttner, Martin Howard

“…Here, we show experimentally that DivIVA focus-formation involves a novel mechanism in which new DivIVA foci break off from existing tip-foci, bypassing the need for initial nucleation or de novo branch-site selection. …”
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Transforming Cancer Classification: The Role of Advanced Gene Selection by Abrar Yaqoob, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, G. V. V. Jagannadha Rao, Ghanshyam G. Tejani

“…<b>Methods:</b> The proposed method integrates Mutual Information (MI) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for gene selection. In the first stage, MI acts as an initial filter, identifying genes rich in cancer-related information. …”
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Selection and calculation of traction elements of the elevator lifting mechanism by Vitchuk P.V., Reykhert N.D., Vitchuk N.A.

“…At the second stage, the kinematic scheme of the elevator is selected. At the third stage, the type of traction element is selected. …”
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The effectiveness of covered oat selection for resistance to dusty smut by O. A. Zhuikova, G. A. Batalova

“…The purpose of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the selection of covered oats on an artificial infectious background of U. avenae for resistance to dust smut when creating breeding lines. …”
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Influence of ecological restoration initiatives on emotional bonds between indigenous peoples and the Chinese alligator by Di Wu, Jintu Gu, Jiahao Yu

“…As ecological restoration initiatives continue to revitalize degraded environments in the nature reserves, the dynamics of Indigenous people’s emotional relationships with wildlife undergo significant shifts. …”
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THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE INITIAL MATERIAL DURING DURUM WINTER WHEAT BREEDING IN THE KUBAN CONDITIONS by A. A. Mudrova, A. S. Yanovsky

“…We revealed the donors of short stem trait among the varieties of own breeding, which have been recommended as initial material during the selection on stability to lodging. …”
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The role of the initial material in breeding of the spring soft wheat varieties resistant to rust in Zauralye by L. T. Maltseva, Е. A. Filippova, N. Yu. Bannikova, V. A. Berdyugin

“…There has been conduct­ed a target selection in the hybrid populations. There have been estimated morphologically aligned lines for reproduction. …”
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Thermal ablation for pulmonary oligometastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: initial experience and retrospective study by Rongna Hou, Xueliang Zhou, Yipu Li, Yamin Qin, Mengyao Song, Chengzhi Zhang, Zhanguo Sun, Dechao Jiao

“…Radical treatments for primary HCC (P < 0.01) and initial BCLC stage 0-B (P < 0.05) showed superior OS. …”
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Development and initial validation of the implicit internalized sexual orientation stigma affect misattribution procedure by William J. Hall, Hayden C. Dawes, Jason W. Hannay, Denise Yookong Williams, Joseph J. Frey, Ankur Srivastava, Mimi V. Chapman, Ding-Geng Chen, Amy Blank Wilson, Magdelene E. Ramon, B. Keith Payne

“…IntroductionThis article describes the development and initial validation of a measure of implicit internalized stigma among queer people, the Implicit Internalized Sexual Orientation Stigma Affect Misattribution Procedure (Internal-SOS-AMP), a computer-administered sequential priming procedure.MethodsThe creation of the Internal-SOS-AMP involved a mixed-methods approach, including a literature review, expert interviews, stimuli selection and pilot testing, data collection from a large sample, reliability testing, correlational analyses, and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Criteria for selection of experts for validation studies of nursing phenomena by Renata Pereira Melo, Rafaella Pessoa Moreira, Fernanda Cavalcante Fontenele, Adriana Sousa Carvalho de Aguiar, Emanuella Silva Joventino, Emília Campos de Carvalho

“…This is a descriptive study, developed from searching in databases/libraries, in June 2010, through the des­criptors: Validation Studies, Content Validation, and experts, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Initially, the title and abstracts of the productions were read and 31 of them were selected. …”
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On the Complexity of Target Set Selection in Simple Geometric Networks by Michal Dvořák, Dušan Knop, Šimon Schierreich

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Prospects and challenges of selectivity proteinuria index in clinical practices by Qi-liang Chen, Bing Dai

“…Plasma proteins are selectively filtrated by glomerular filtration membrane due to their sizes and charge barriers. …”
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Biomimetic Microfluidic Pumps for Selective Oil–Water Separation by Zhaolong Wang, Yinfeng Li, Mingzhu Xie, Ziheng Zhan, Wenhao Li, Qihui Xie, Yong Shuai, Zhichao Dong, Zuankai Wang

“…Moreover, the biomimetic microchannels precise capturing of the oil/water interface and offer flexibility to initiate separation by prefilling the channels with either oil or water. …”
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