Causes of Unwillingness to Childbearing in Families Visiting Urban and Rural Health Centers in Northwest Iran by Leila Parandeh, Roghayeh Khabiri, Ali Nayerpour, Baqer Safa, Jila Khalkhali

“…This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study included 346 individuals using a random sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire containing two parts was used to collect the required data. …”
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The influence of the volume fraction of meat in dumplings on their cooking time by V. N. Makarov, A. R. Sadykov, D. C. Chetverikova

“…As assumptions adopted in real experiments, the authors emphasize the following ones: distilled water is used in cooking, the volume of a dumpling does not change during cooking, the biochemical composition of the filling can be neglected. As a result of the theoretical analysis, the following assumptions were made: the study of dumpling cooking does not take into account the resistance forces, i. e., turbulent and convective flows, as well as thermo-elastic effects; the time of dumpling floating to the surface is negligibly small; "approximation of initial values" — geometric, physico-chemical parameters of the dumpling do not change during cooking. …”
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Sarcopenia in Ageing and Chronic Illness: Trial Endpoints and Regulatory Issues by Stephan vonHaehling, Henning T. Langer, Steven B. Heymsfield, William J. Evans, Stefan D. Anker

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Coral reef rehabilitation following Hurricane Irma using nano-engineered artificial reefs in Sint Maarten by Emily Higgins, Kyralai Duppel, Megan Connell, Guyon Brenna, Konstantin Sobolev

“…Additional reef habitats made from conventional substrates (e.g., metal, concrete, etc.) have had limited success in addressing conservation objectives on degraded coral reefs due to structure size and lack of standardized monitoring, and inability to enhance select ecological, and species variables. …”
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Current status and influencing factors of mild renal function decline in elders aged over 60 years by Xue Jian-qiang, He Na, Shuai Ping, Liu Yu-ping

“…With lowered renal function as adependent variable，compositions of hematuria and hyperuricemia，age，diastolic blood pressure，hemoglobin，urea nitrogen，low density lipoprotein and uric acid value were included for multivariate Logstic regression analysis. …”
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Research Progress on Microwave Synthesis of 3d Transition Metal (Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) Oxide Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors by Chengqi Sun, Maosheng Ge, Shuhuang Tan, Yichen Liu, Haowei Wang, Wenhao Jiang, Shoujun Zhang, Yin Sun

“…In recent years, microwave-assisted synthesis has made significant progress in constructing 3d transition metal oxides and their composites, particularly in the development of single-metal and binary-metal oxides, as well as their hybrids with carbon-based materials (e.g., graphene and carbon nanotubes) and other metal oxides. …”
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Risk Factors and Predictive Models for Sarcopenia in Older Adults by Shiyuan Zhang, Xue Yang, Nina An, Meng Lv, Lanyu Yang, Rui Liu, Song Hu, Weiguo Chen, Wenjing Feng, Yongjun Mao

“…The nomogram provided an intuitive way to measure the probability of sarcopenia in the elderly population, and the decision tree model made the assessment of sarcopenia simple and rapid. …”
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Regression Analysis in Development of Method for Isolation and Quantitative Determination of Water-soluble Polysaccharides from Sunflower Roots of One-year-old by N. A. Dyakova

“…At the same time, they differ in a rich chemical composition and contain water-soluble polysaccharides, the base of which is inulin.Aim. …”
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Phylogenetic and DNA barcoding study on Dehaasia pugerensis Koord. & Valeton, an endemic and critically endangered species from East Java, Indonesia by Aulia Hasan Widjaya, Andi Salamah, Tety Maryenti, Iyan Robiansyah, Irfan Martiansyah, Muhammad Rifqi Hariri, Weibang Sun

“…The chloroplast and nuclear genomes exhibit significant differences in evolutionary rates, influenced by various internal and external factors such as inheritance mode, mutation rate, and evolutionary pressures. …”
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Estudio del perfil antropométrico del jugador juvenil de balonmano en la Región de Murcia (Study Profile Anthropometric Youth Handball Player in Murcia) by Helena Vila Suárez, J. Arturo Abraldes Valeiras, Nuria Rodríguez Suárez

“…A descriptive statistical analysis was made in order to obtains means and standard deviation of the simple. …”
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Macrobenthic assemblages across deep-sea pockmarks and carbonate mounds at Santos Basin, SW Atlantic by Orlemir Carrerette, Arthur Z. Güth, Gilberto Bergamo, Bruno H. M. Souza, Thomás N. S. Banha, Paula D. Nagata, Julia Metzker, André Calloni Souza, Raíssa Basti Ramos, Paulo Y. G. Sumida

“…The abundance, taxonomic composition and also the feeding modes varied across the deep-water coral sites and pockmarks, reflecting in a mosaic of benthic habitats. …”
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Demand study of freight transportation via railway of four commodity groups: A case study on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast Route by Maria Estefania Coto-Solano

“…Although government institutions and industries alike have stressed the importance of its reactivation in recent years, few efforts have been made to specifically study this route with a level of detail that enables them to understand the composition of freight markets.This study presents a novel demand estimation differentiated by four types of commodities developed to calculate the potential amount of goods that could flow through this corridor, measured in monetary terms and as volumes. …”
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Microhardness and Elastic Properties Evaluation of WC-TiC Coatings Obtained by Arc Spraying Process by R. Haraga, D. Chicet, S. Toma, V. Carlescu, C. Bejinariu

“…The quality of such a layer depends on several variables, the main categories being: spray method (flame spray, electric arc, plasma spray, cold spray, etc.), spray parameters (spray distance, voltage and intensity, working atmosphere, direction of the spray jet, etc.) and the materials used (chemical composition of the coating materials, quality and texture of the substrate). …”
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The Effectiveness of Instruction Based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) Model on Meaningful Learning and Critical Thinking in Sixth-Grade Students of Ardabil by Nader Heidari Raziabad, Vahid Rahimzadeh, Ali Khaleghkhah

“…To measure meaningful learning, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The reliability, composite reliability, construct validity, and confirmatory factor analysis of this questionnaire were examined and all were confirmed. …”
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Restored Intensities from Customized Crops of NMR Experiments (RICC-NMR) to Gain Better Insight on Chemometrics of Sicilian and Sardinian Extra Virgin Olive Oils by Nicola Culeddu, Archimede Rotondo, Federico Nastasi, Giovanni Bartolomeo, Pierfrancesco Deiana, Mario Santona, Petros A. Tarantilis, Giuseppe Pellicane, Giovanna Loredana La Torre

“…To achieve this goal, we designed a suitable spectroscopic protocol made up of four NMR experiments: (I) standard ¹H{¹³C}, (II) multiple pre-saturated ¹H{¹³C}, (III) ¹H selective excitation at 9.25 ppm, and (IV) ¹³C{¹H} acquisition. …”
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Recovery of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes from Nonporous Surfaces Based on Surface Sampler Type by Zeynal Topalcengiz, Sahaana Chandran, Francis Torko, Kristen E. Gibson

“…A significant five-way interaction (P = 0.0015) was observed between the predictor variables; therefore, no conclusions can be made regarding the main effects. …”
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Synthesis of Highly Intercalated Urea–Clay Nanocomposite via Pomegranate Peel Waste as Eco-Friendly Material by Abolfazl Teimouri Yanehsari, Hossein Sabahi, Yousef Jahani, Mohammad Hossein Mahmoodi, Farzaneh Shalileh

“…Until now, no slow-release urea (SRU) fertilizer has been made using the screw press method and the powder of plant residues rich in polyphenols, which are considered eco-friendly materials due to some health benefits for agricultural soil. …”
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Genome-wide identification of key genes related to chloride ion (Cl−) channels and transporters in response to salt stress in birch by Xiuyan Bian, Tao Xie, Jiying Chen, Chunxu Li, Dandan Yin, Wenbo Zhang

“…To date, the genetic regulation of birch trees in defending against environmental stimuli, particularly salt stress, has made great progress. However, the information on how genes related to chloride ion (Cl−) channels and transporters respond to salt stress remains poorly understood in birch. …”
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The impact of the Grain-for-Green Programme on carbon storage in the Upper Yangtze River Basin based on the PLUS-InVEST model by Minghong Peng, Ye Yang, Yuanjie Deng, Dingdi Jize, Hang Chen, Yifeng Hai, Guojie Liu, Haijun Wang, Tianhui Xie, Hu Li, Ji Luo

“…Furthermore, projections of regional carbon storage were made under multiple Grain-for-Green Programme (GFGP) scenarios extending to the year 2040. …”
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Anisotropic flexible stress sensors based on Loofah/CN/MWCNTs by 刘璐, 贾晓丽, 黄书童, 张景龙, 李守宝, 柯燎亮

“…In view of the urgent need for high-performance flexible stress sensors with high sensitivity, wide range, and short response time in the field of human-machine interaction, a flexible stress sensor with conductive anisotropy is proposed, which is made of natural porous loofah as the matrix material and carbon nanoparticles/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CN/MWCNTs) multidimensional composite materials as conductive coatings. …”
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