Linking land value to indicators of soil quality and land use pressure by John J. Drewry, Stephen J. McNeill, Richard W. McDowell, Richard Law, Bryan A. Stevenson

“…Soil quality is used to assess the soil’s ability to maintain ecological and environmental quality as well as agricultural productivity. …”
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Impact of self-directed learning strategy, an innovative method in nursing undergraduates: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Sabina Chaudhary, Adarsh Lata Singh

“…Regression analysis will be conducted to explore the correlation between various independent variables and the dependent variables. Paired t-test will be used to analyze the variation between pre-test and post-test results, considering a p-value less than 0.05 to be statistically significant.…”
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A new polyazomethine-based pyrazole moiety and its reinforced nanocomposites @ ZnO for antimicrobial applications by Aqilah A. Hakami, Hajar S. Alorfi, Thoraya A. Farghaly, Mahmoud A. Hussein

“…The synthesized polymers and their related nanocomposites were tested for their ability to kill the chosen fungi. …”
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Anthropometric equation has sufficient diagnostic capacity to identify sarcopenia in women with breast cancer by Thalita Gonçalves Santos, Larissa Leopoldino da Silva, Rayne de Almeida Marques Bernabé, Ben-Hur Albergaria, Janine Martins Machado, José Luiz Marques-Rocha, Valdete Regina Guandalini

“…Agreement analyses using Cohen’s Kappa test and diagnostic performance measures were performed. …”
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Experimental study on initiation and propagation of hydraulic fractures in stratified shale oil reservoirs by Hao Qin, Wuhao Guo, Haibo Zhao, Yintong Guo, Chuangang Xiang, Jianliang Zhang, Shujun Yin, Weilin Yan, Chuang Li, Yongguang Liang, Huabing Zhang, Xinao Zhang

“…Therefore, according to the characteristics of Gulong high bedding density reservoir and the actual fracturing process, the corresponding true triaxial hydraulic fracturing physical simulation test is designed in this study. The test results show that the higher the bedding density, the weaker the longitudinal propagation ability of hydraulic fractures, and the fracture height decreases by 29.6% with the increase of bedding density. …”
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Signal Enhancement Technology Based on Ultrasonic Guided Wave Rail Bottom Crack Detection by HE Jiping, ZHOU Yongjiu, QIN Pei, ZHANG Yan, ZHOU Shouzhen, WANG Ping, ZHOU Wentao, LIU Yong

“…An ultrasonic guided wave rail bottom crack detection test platform is built, and comparative tests are conducted on artificial cracks of different sizes at the rail bottom. …”
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Handheld imageless robotic total knee arthroplasty improves accuracy and early clinical outcomes when compared with navigation by Joshua Yeuk-Shun Tran, Abbie Yan-Tung Tang, Cham-Kit Wong, Gloria Yan-Ting Lam, Tsz-Lung Choi, Rex Wang-Fung Mak, Jonathan Patrick Ng, Kevin Ki-Wai Ho, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung

“…Surgical accuracy and functional outcomes were assessed up to 12 months post-operation using the Chi-square test, Student’s t-test, and ANCOVA. Subgroup analyses based on patient demographics were also conducted. …”
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In Vivo Efficacy of HD0471953: A Novel GPR119 Agonist for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by So Ra Kim, Dae-Hoon Kim, Soo Hyun Park, Young Seok Kim, Chun Hwa Kim, Tae-Young Ha, Jin Yang, Jae-Keol Rhee

“…We have tested the acute efficacy of HD0471953 by the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with normal C57BL/6J mice. …”
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Effect of Home Care Program on Therapeutic Adherence of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Roya Amini, Hajar Najafi, Banafshe Samari, Masoud Khodaveisi, Lily Tapak

“…Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software and Fisherchr('39')s exact test, Chi-square, paired t-tests and one-way analysis of covariance were used. …”
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Cancer Cell Classification From Peripheral Blood Smear Data Using the YOLOv8 Architecture by Joao C. S. Nunes, Jose E. B. De S. Linhares, Miguel Angel Orellana Postigo, Daniel Guzman del Rio, Angilberto Muniz Ferreira Sobrinho, Israel Gondres Torne

“…The proposed approach achieved a top-1 accuracy of 99.982% and top-5 accuracy of 100% on the validation and test subsets of the ALL dataset respectively, with a final loss of 0.02952. …”
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Designing of an innovative conserved multiepitope subunit vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2 glycoprotein and nucleoprotein through immunoinformatic by Temitope Isaac Adelusi, Abdeen Tunde Ogunlana, Moyosoluwa Precious Oyewole, Taiwo Ooreoluwa Ojo, Olamide Tosin Olaoba, Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, Shopnil Akash, Samir Ibenmoussa, Mohammed Bourhia, Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Baye Sitotaw

“…Furthermore, the vaccine-ACE-2 receptor complex was tested, confirming its ability to interact with ACE-2’s core pocket and induce an immunological response. …”
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Presenting the model of academic resilience based on behavioral brain systems and academic perfectionism with the mediator role of emotional dyslexia by Esmaiel Soleimani, ali noori, mohammad narimani, ali esazadeghan

“…Also, the results of the AMOS software bootstrap test showed that the indirect effects of behavioral brain systems and perfectionism on resilience through emotional dyslexia are significant. …”
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Feasibility of an Objective Approach Using Acoustic Change Complex for Evaluating Spectral Resolution in Individuals with Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss by Soojin Kang, Jihwan Woo, Kyung Myun Lee, Hye Yoon Seol, Sung Hwa Hong, Il Joon Moon

“…All subjects completed the behavioral SRD test and the objective SR-ACC test. Additionally, the HL subjects completed speech perception performance tests while wearing hearing aids. …”
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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors The Effect of Physical Education (PE) Class Management Using Badminton Materials to Improve Elementary School (ES) Students’ C... by Amat Komari, Hendra Setyawan, Erwin Setyo Kriswanto, Sujarwo Sujarwo, José Vicente García-Jiménez, Ratko Pavlovic, Agnieszka Magdalena Nowak, Nugroho Susanto, Ari Wibowo Kurniawan, Gusliana HB Gusliana HB, Abdul Aziz Purnomo Shidiq, Al Malikul Ikhwanda Putra, Roziah Roziah

“…They were then analyzed using paired sample t-test and n-gain score. The results of the paired samples statistics test showed that the pre-test value was 46.57 and the post-test value was 55.00. …”
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Emotion Recognition Model of EEG Signals Based on Double Attention Mechanism by Yahong Ma, Zhentao Huang, Yuyao Yang, Shanwen Zhang, Qi Dong, Rongrong Wang, Liangliang Hu

“…In 10-fold cross-validation tests, the accuracy is 99.73% and 84.26%, 85.40%, and 85.02%, outperforming other models. …”
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Adapting to ulcerative colitis to try to live a ‘normal’ life: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences in the Midlands region of England by Rachel Cooney, Christel McMullan, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Thomas D Pinkney, Jonathan M Mathers, Laura L Jones, Shri Pathmakanthan

“…Over time patients test out a variety of non-medical adaptation strategies. …”
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Quantifying marine growth on pipelines with archival remotely operated vehicle footage – a case study by B. Bayley, T. Griffiths, F. Pistani, P. Helmholz, D. Belton, I. Parnum

“…The scenario in which the procedure is tested represents a difficult, but realistic test case. …”
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Evaluation of performance and matrix compatibility of mixed mode C18-SCX SPME fibers for compounds with different physicochemical properties by Marcos Tascon, Ezel Boyaci, Nathaly Reyes-Garcés, Janusz Pawliszyn

“…Absolute matrix effects were negligible (93–111 %), underscoring the fibers’ ability to deliver clean extracts for LC-MS analysis. …”
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Influence of oncolytic strains of a new unclassified group of human rotaviruses on peripheral blood lymphocytes by O. I. Kit, S. Yu. Filippova, S. V. Timofeeva, A. O. Sitkovskaya, E. Yu. Zlatnik, S. A. Kolpakov, E. P. Kolpakova, E. S. Bondarenko, I. A. Novikova

“…Moreover, the RVK228 strain is likely to have the ability to activate lymphocytes.…”
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Effectiveness of a Protective Barrier for Aerosol Transmission Control during Oxygen Therapy with Different Devices by Hsiu-Mei Chang, Ben-Ran Fu, Hao-Wei Yu, Fu-Tsai Chung, Chen-June Seak, Ying-Chun Chen, Shih-Cheng Hu

“…Patient simulators were tested with five different oxygen supply devices for aerosol dispersion tests: an endotracheal tube (ET), a non-invasive ventilation (NIV) mask, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), a simple mask, and a non-rebreather (NR) mask. …”
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