Asthma: What's New, and What Should Be Old But is Not! by Andrew Bush

“…It is suggested that airway disease should be deconstructed into treatable and untreatable components, such as fixed and variable airflow obstruction and airway inflammation and infection. …”
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A systematic review evaluating the psychometric properties of measures of social inclusion. by Reinie Cordier, Ben Milbourn, Robyn Martin, Angus Buchanan, Donna Chung, Renée Speyer

“…The most common domain included in the measures was connectedness (21), followed by participation (19); the domain of citizenship was covered by the least number of measures (10). …”
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The Effect of Employee Participation on Organizational Performance Considering the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction of Medical Staff by Shaho Saeed Braim

“…Human resources are the most important advantage of an organization, the quality of which is directly related to the success and promotion of the organization; so, you have to work hard to increase the quality of human resources. …”
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Integrating Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis and Machine Learning for Enhanced Road Transport Safety in Iran by Seyyed Mojtaba Tabatabai, Fatemeh Al-Sadat Tabatabai

“…An idealized ANN model is developed using a database of various input parameters related to road segments, and the weighted index of accidents as the target variable. The results reveal the relative importance of different parameters on the weighted index, with the Ratio of curvature, Length of the segment, and Condition of the pavement identified as the most influential factors. …”
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A Python Framework for Crop Yield Estimation Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data by Konstantinos Ntouros, Konstantinos Papatheodorou, Georgios Gkologkinas, Vasileios Drimzakas-Papadopoulos

“…The methodology introduces the “Area Under the Curve” (AUC) of vegetation indices as an independent variable for yield forecasting. Among the indices examined (NDVI, EVI, GNDVI, LAI, and a newly developed RE-PAP), GNDVI and LAI emerged as the most reliable predictors of wheat yield. …”
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Determinants of Academic Achievement in Turkey by Hayri Eren Suna, Mahmut Özer, Sadri Şensoy, Bekir Sıddık Gür, Selahattin Gelbal, Petek Aşkar

“…The results demonstrated that between-school variance in LGS achievement is relatively low compared with international large-scale assessments, such as the PISA and TIMSS. The variable with the most significant relationship with student achievement is socioeconomic status of the school followed by teacher seniority, school size, and class size. …”
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Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Kuiliang Liu, Zhikai Qin, Yizhen Qin, Yanfeng Li, Qing Liu, Fei Gao, Pengrui Zhang, Wei Wang

“…Inclusion criteria comprised articles published in English, randomized controlled trials (RCT), Reiki therapy as the independent variable, diverse patient populations, and outcome measures focusing on quality of life improvement. …”
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Integrating Quantitative Analyses of Historical and Contemporary Apparel with Educational Applications by Zlatina Kazlacheva, Daniela Orozova, Nadezhda Angelova, Elena Zurleva, Julieta Ilieva, Zlatin Zlatev

“…The feature vectors were reduced using the latent variable and t-SNE methods. The obtained data were used to group the clothing according to historical periods. …”
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Calculation and experimental evaluation of bogie frame and intermediate frame life of an eight-axle diesel locomotive by S. V. Chunin, A. S. Gasyuk, M. V. Timakov, D. M. Fazliakhmetov, E. V. Muravlev, O. A. Lobachev

“…Long-term locomotive operation and safety considerations require new approaches to extending the life of its basic components operating under variable loads.Materials and methods. The authors conducted bench life tests of frames under cyclic loading with vertical and horizontal transverse forces and calculated the bogie frame and intermediate frame life for the most stressed areas of their structures, where local fatigue damage can accumulate under cyclic loading leading to fatigue caused destruction. …”
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Agricultural investment in Iraq ( Reality and determinats ) for the period (1995-2015) by Waleed Albujari

“…This research aims to study the influence of the most important factors that reflect on the agricultural investment in Iraq (1995-2015) and its impact on the agricultural sector in general. …”
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Permanent and seasonally specific surface heat island structure in urban and non-urban areas in mid-latitude polycentric agglomeration based on Landsat images by Aleksandra Renc, Ewa Łupikasza

“…It covered 3% of GZM and was mostly composed of industrial and commercial units. …”
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Sexual anxiety mediate relationship between sexual schemas and body image with sexual function in Iranian women. by Majid Yousefi Afrashteh, Rojan Blouri, Zekrollah Morovati

“…<h4>Background</h4>Sexual function is one of the most critical challenges in human society, especially among women. …”
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Differential Expression of Key Immune Markers in the Intestinal Tract of Developing Chick Embryos by Shreeya Sharma, Mohammadali Alizadeh, Scott Pratt, Alexis Stamatikos, Khaled Abdelaziz

“…Most cytokines and chemokines exhibited elevated expression in the cecum, while AMPs, including avian-β-defensins (AvBDs) and cathelicidins (CATHs) genes, showed increased levels in the jejunum at ED20. …”
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G-OPTIMAL DESIGN OF NON-LINEAR MODEL TO INCREASE PURITY LEVELS OF SILICON DIOXIDE by Nindya Wulandari, Erfiani Erfiani, Irzaman Irzaman, Utami Dyah Syafitri

“…Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) is one of the most abundant minerals found on earth. SiO2 is widely used in various fields, so its availability as a finite natural resource diminishes. …”
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Trends of shoulder instability surgery in Finland: a nationwide register study by Ville M Mattila, Juha Kukkonen, Antti Joukainen, Janne Lehtinen, Juha Paloneva, Vesa Lepola

“…During the study period, the highest increases were noted in the young adults age group (270%), and especially in the middle-aged group who were operated on in private hospitals (930%).Conclusions The rate of SIS increased almost threefold in Finland from 1997 to 2014. The increase was most significant in young and middle-aged adults (18–50 years), in men, and in private hospitals.…”
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The Effect of Climate Change on Indicator Wetland Insects: Predicting the Current and Future Distribution of Two Giant Water Bugs (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in South Korea by Seon Yi Kim, Changseob Lim, Ji Hyoun Kang, Yeon Jae Bae

“…Elevation was the primary factor influencing the distribution of <i>A. japonicus</i>, whereas annual mean temperature was the most informative variable for <i>D. esakii</i>, both factors derived under the current climate conditions. …”
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ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR EVALUATING AERODROME CAPACITY BASED ON PRIORITIZED QUEUE SERVICE by A. K. Mitrofanov, M. A. Petrov, L. E. Rudel’son

“…The assumption of the legality of replacing the random variable queue length at its most probable value is used. …”
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Effect of Couple Therapy Based on the Choice Theory on Social Commitment of Couples by Hossein Abbasi, Seyed Ahmad Ahmadi, Maryam Fatehizadeh, Fatemeh Bahrami

“…Background and Objective: Commitment to spouse, marriage, and family is one of the most important factors ensuring the continuity of marriage and strength of family bonds that has attracted considerable attention in the contemporary family and marriage studies. …”
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Numerical measures of the degree of non-proportionality of multiaxial fatigue loadings by A. Bolchoun, H. Kaufmann, C. M. Sonsino

“…Also application with the stress-based hypotheses is discussed and illustrated using the experimental data for aluminum and magnesium welded joints under constant and variable amplitude loadings.…”
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B-cell epitopes in NTS-DBL1α of PfEMP1 recognized by human antibodies in Rosetting Plasmodium falciparum. by Letusa Albrecht, Davide Angeletti, Kirsten Moll, Karin Blomqvist, Davide Valentini, Fabio Luiz D'Alexandri, Markus Maurer, Mats Wahlgren

“…Plasmodium falciparum is the most lethal of the human malaria parasites. The virulence is associated with the capacity of the infected red blood cell (iRBC) to sequester inside the deep microvasculature where it may cause obstruction of the blood-flow when binding is excessive. …”
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