Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…Result Nearly 62% of the mothers lived in rural areas, 38.2% had no formal education and 37.4% had ever given birth to at least five children. …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty under Local Anesthesia for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Prospective Interventional Study by Dhruv Gupta, Varun Kumar Agarwal

“…Sixty-five percent of patients had lumbar vertebral fractures and 35% had dorsal vertebral fractures. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…Results: According to the comparison of the high burnout rate in the Copenhagen burnout scale, 50% of doctors and 57.1% of nurses had personal burnout, 56.8% of doctors and 66.7% of nurses had work-related burnout, 69.4% of doctors and 69% of nurses had patient-related burnout, and the overall rate of high burnout in doctors was reported as 62.9% and nurses as 70.4%. …”
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Knowledge and perception of stroke management practices among middle-aged residents of Otolo community in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Nigeria by Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Chidera Chibuikem Fortunate, Sochima Johnmark Obiekwe, Uchechukwu Martha Chukwuemeka, Christiana Nkiru Okafor, Augustine Asiduba Igwe, Jovita Ada Daniel

“…Majority of the participants had a positive perception of medical stroke care129 (68%) than traditional management practices110 (58%). …”
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Die invloed van emosies op gebeure in die Matteus-evangelie by D A Pauw

“…The anti-Jesus factions are goaded on by their intense emotions to negative onslaughts, which Jesus, however, transforms into positive opportunities for admonishing and educating his audience. …”
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Impact of concrete compressive strength on the reliability and the plastic moment of steel-concrete composite beams by Nabil Daanoune, Nassim Kernou

“…The high strength of concrete improves the plastic resistance moment, and the reliability index varies depending on the geometric and material properties of the composite section and loading conditions. Conclusion: The compressive strength of concrete is an important parameter that determines the structural characteristics and safety of steel-concrete composite beams. …”
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One-pot low-temperature preparation of thermo-responsive self-ceramifiable glass fiber insulation tiles with exceptional mechanical and ablative properties by Fengchun Ji, Zhihang Peng, Xin Yang, Jian Feng, Yang Xiang, Zeyu Liu

“…The self-ceramifiable GFRIT offers a significant idea for developing thermal protection materials (TPMs) with processability, toughness, high load-carrying capacity and efficient insulation in extreme conditions.…”
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PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES OF STEERING WHEEL COVER LEATHERS IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS by MADALINA IGNAT, ANDREI DUMITRU, BOGDAN RUSU, ROXANA CONSTANTINESCU, CIPRIAN CHELARU

“…A series of tests were performed on leather samples before and after exposing them to special conditions (high\low temperature, humidity, UV) like tensile strength and elongation, tear strength, tear load, surface softness, color fastness and flex resistance. …”
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Effect of deep mixed column pattern on the performance of basal reinforced embankment resting on soft soil by Sujata Fulambarkar, Bappaditya Manna, J.T. Shahu

“…In this study, different configurations of deep mixed (DM) columns with a consistent area ratio were tested under vertical loading. Various column patterns, including Square Group Columns (SGC), Longitudinal Tangent Wall (LTW), Transverse Tangent Wall (TTW), and Tangent Grid (TG), were evaluated for their response to stress-settlement, the heaving of the soft clay, and the lateral deformation of the embankment slope. …”
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SOCIAL WORK ROLES AND THE WELLBEING OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN CALABAR MUNICIPALITY, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by NNANA OKOI OFEM, RITA NGOZI OKAFOR, LILIAN OTU UBI

“…The study was further supported by two theories: Human Capital theory and John Bowly's Attachment theory. The study employed the cross-sectional research design, the population of the study comprised of 371,022 as the main population of the study area. …”
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Evaluation of Pavement Structural Number and Resilient Modulus in a Schistose Quartzite/Quartzite Environment using Dynamic Cone Penetration Test Data: Consequence for flexible pav... by Olumuyiwa Falowo, A.S. Daramola, W.K. Olabisi

“…The estimated Structural Number is 3.59, which is capable of sustaining any imposed traffic load. The average subgrade moduli and elastic moduli of the soil are 439 MPa and 1167 MPa accordingly, with schistose derived soil showing better subgrade strength properties in terms of MR/ES, of 458/1258MPa than quartzite (387/924MPa). …”
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Effectiveness of scapular retraction exercises and kinesio taping in individuals with protracted shoulders: A randomized control trial by Divya Gohil, Mokshi Koul, Gaurang Baxi

“…Retraction exercises reduce the adverse loads on joints and they train the deep postural stabilizing muscles. …”
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Dysbiosis and extraintestinal cancers by Ruishan He, Pingqian Qi, Linzhen Shu, Yidan Ding, Peng Zeng, Guosheng Wen, Ying Xiong, Huan Deng

“…Additionally, we delve into the limitations inherent in current methodologies, particularly the challenges associated with differentiating low loads gut-derived microbiome within tumors from potential sample contamination or symbiotic microorganisms. …”
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Optimizing children's hand orthosis design: A study on contact pressure distribution using FSR sensors by Dhaval Patel, Ivaylo Mitev, Thomas Rockenbauer, Thomas Antretter, Sandra Schloegl, Margit Lang

“…This research primarily aims to measure the contact force between the hand and orthoses in children under 10 years old and use this data as a loading condition for topology optimization to reduce high-pressure areas, thereby enhancing wear comfort. …”
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An enhanced thermal conduction model for viscous thermal interactions in circular micro-resonators supported by elastic foundations by Mohammed Alsubhi

“…We found that a stiffer foundation provided stronger support, limiting the extent of deflection under applied loads while also promoting a more uniform temperature distribution in the microplate. …”
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Human Settlements Interactions and Deforestation in Gambari Forest Reserve located in Oluyole Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria by E.O. Toyinbo, R.A. Fasasi, C.F. Agbor, C.O. Fakorede

“…It was also revealed from the study that about 39% of the total area was taken over by development (building, roads and other classes) within the forest reserve, while 3% of the developed area gave way to forest cover. …”
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Rancher Perceptions of the Coyote in Florida by Raoul K. Boughton, Bethany Wright, Martin B . Main

“…Each year more people in Florida catch a glimpse of a coyote crossing a road or running across open fields, or notice coyote scat along a hiking trail–and farmers and ranchers are seeing signs of coyotes on their farms.  …”
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A digital twin framework with MobileNetV2 for damage detection in slab structures by Huong Duong Nguyen, Huan Nguyen, Xiaohong Gao

“…The defection of the damaged slab under static loads is analyzed with two-dimensional discrete wavelet theory (DWT), whereas the diagonal wavelets are used to extract images data set used to train the convolutional neural network (CNN). …”
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Deletion of ESX-3 and ESX-4 secretion systems in Mycobacterium abscessus results in highly impaired pathogenicity by Wassim Daher, Vincent Le Moigne, Yara Tasrini, Shweta Parmar, Danielle L. Sexton, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa, Valentin Berdal, Elitza I. Tocheva, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Laurent Kremer

“…In mice, infections with eccC3- and/or eccC4-deletion mutants resulted in complete survival and reduced bacterial loads in the lungs. These findings demonstrate that both ESX systems drive M. abscessus pathogenicity.…”
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ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ENGINEERING (ESE): MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF A TEXTILE EFFLUENT DISCOLORATION PROCESS BY SORPTION by CARMEN ZAHARIA

“…The present paper proposes the study of modeling and optimization of an environmental system (i.e. textile wastewater treatment system based on sorption onto indigene peat) for its discoloration (consequently, decreasing of color, organic and inorganic loads of effluent discharged in aquatic receptor, or inside reused). …”
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