Six Sigma Approach to Developing a Microgrid Station for Research and Teaching by Gabriel Nasser Doyle de Doile, Miguel Castilla, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Jaume Miret

“…As electrical grids are dynamic systems in constant evolution, a new IDDOV roadmap should be carried out in future studies, to enhance the test bed recommended here.…”
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Geo-behavioural predictors of diagnosed hypertension in Igbo Ora Area, Oyo State, Nigeria by Olalekan J. Taiwo, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Ayodeji Adebayo, Oluwafemi A. Popoola, Rufus O. Akinyemi, Onoja M. Akpa, Paul Olowoyo, Akinkunmi P. Okekunle, Ezinne O. Uvere, Omotolani Titilayo Ajala, Chukwuemeka Nwimo, Olayinka J. Adebajo, Adewale E. Ayodele, Ayodeji Salami, Oyedunni S. Arulogun, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Richard W. Walker, Carolyn Jenkins, Bruce Ovbiagele, Mayowa Owolabi

“…Abstract Diagnosed hypertension stands out as a prominent global cause of mortality, prompting recent efforts to understand not only treatment options but also determinants across diverse age and occupational groups. …”
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Differential Diagnosis between Ulcerative Colitis and Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease in a Patient with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 by Elizaveta A. Trush, Alexander V. Korolev, Elena A. Poluektova, Pavel V. Pavlov, Maria G. Pavlova, Alexander S. Tertychny, Yulia O. Sidorina, Natalia A. Ponkratova, Oleg S. Shifrin

“…Further differential diagnostics between Clostridium difficile-associated disease and ulcerative colitis was carried out, with the possibility of combining these diseases being not excluded. …”
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DockCADD: A streamlined in silico pipeline for the identification of potent ribosomal S6 Kinase 2 (RSK2) inhibitors by El Mehdi Karim, Meriem Khedraoui, Abdelkbir Errougui, Yasir S. Raouf, Abdelouahid Samadi, Samir Chtita

“…These results have pointed out the use of DockCADD as an efficient tool for the fast and low-cost process of drug discovery; L1–L3 should be further validated experimentally for cancer therapy.…”
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A Comprehensive Study of Type I (Thermonuclear) Bursts in the New Transient SRGA J144459.2–604207 by Tao Fu, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan, Long Ji, Yupeng Chen, Lucien Kuiper, Duncan K. Galloway, Maurizio Falanga, Renxin Xu, Xiaobo Li, Mingyu Ge, L. M. Song, Shu Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang

“…We estimate the average hydrogen mass fraction in the fuel at ignition, as $\overline{X}=0.342\pm 0.033$ , and constrain the burst fuel composition as X _0  ≲ 0.4. We found that 14 out of 60 X-ray bursts exhibited photospheric expansion, and thus we estimated the distance to the source as 10.03 ± 0.71 kpc. …”
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Changes in the nutrient composition of top-selling packaged foods and beverages in Colombia between 2016 to 2021 by Luis Carlos Forero, Luis F. Gómez, Mercedes Mora-Plazas, María Parra-Murillo, María Parra-Murillo, Sara Toquica, Lindsey Smith Taillie

“…While a previous study examined the changes in the nutritional composition of beverage and food products offered in Colombia between 2016 and 2018, it is necessary to update this information to understand whether the industry anticipated labeling and tax regulations by reformulating products.MethodsThis study carried out a comparison of the content of selected nutrients of concern and non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) from the nutritional panels of 164 matched pairs of packaged foods and beverages from the top selling brands in Colombia in 2021 compared to 2016. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…In addition, his analysis also points out that a highly homogenous network composition is a statistically significant predictor of joining a political party. …”
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Hospitalizations for bronchiolitis among infants before and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an area-based study of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy by Elisa Ballardini, Marco Manfrini, Silvia Fattori, Elena Pellacani, Branislava Ćosić, Giancarlo Gargano, Alberto Berardi

“…Weighted t-testing and Z-testing was carried out. Results in the study period, 2–4% of infants were admitted for bronchiolitis (10% of all admissions under 1 year) and 59% of them were aged less than 90 days. …”
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Frequency of BK virus genotypes in patients with colorectal cancer by Mahsa Javadi, Gholamabbas Kaydani, Roya Pirmoradi, Abdolhassan Talaiezadeh, Azadeh Haghi Navand, Mohammad Karimi Baba Ahmadi, Manoochehr Makvandi

“…The detection of BK virus DNA VP1 gene and genotyping were carried out through nested-PCR and sequencing techniques. …”
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The patient perspective on transanal irrigation treatment for low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer surgery - a qualitative and quantitative study by Boglarka Rethy, Anna Schandl, Caroline Nordenvall, Gabriella Jansson Palmer, Charlotta Bergström, Maria Williamson, Emil Pieniowski, Asif Johar, Pernilla Lagergren, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…Individual semi-structured interviews were performed and analyzed, according to Graneheim and Lundman with patients who performed TAI regularly for more than one year. Results In total 28 out of 39 patients responded to the questionnaires and 16 patients participated in the interviews. …”
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Comprehensive study for radiation shielding features for Bi2O3–B2O3–ZnO composite using computational radioanalytical Phy-X/PSD, MCNP5, and SRIM software by Y. S. Alajerami, M. H. A. Mhareb, M. I. Sayyed, M. Kh. Hamad, F. Kodeh, M. Rashad, M. Mitwalli

“…Appraisal studies are carried out depending on the simulation capabilities of Phy-X/PSD software in conjunction with MCNP5 to achieve this goal. …”
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Implications of Implementing Promulgated and Prospective Emission Regulations on Air Quality and Health in India during 2030 by Sreyashi Debnath, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Himadri Saini, Akash Vispute, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, D. M. Chate, Sachin D. Ghude

“…Abstract To improve ambient air quality, India has laid out strict action plans to reduce the increment in emissions over regional to urban scale by the year 2030. …”
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Low Birth Weight, Child Gender, Number of Children, and Maternal Education as Risk Factors for Stunting in Palu City - Indonesia by Fahmi Hafid, Nasrul Nasrul, Amsal Amsal, Kadar Ramadhan, Taufiqurahman Taufiqurahman, Sarina Sariman

“…Data collection is carried out through the Cobocollect platform. Results: Logistic regression analysis shows several important findings. …”
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SSNMR confirms silicate ion substitution in the apatitic structure of 0.8wt% Si hydroxyapatite by Marc-Krystelle Mafina, Rory M. Wilson, Gregory J. Rees, Peter Gierth, Alice C. Sullivan, Karin A. Hing

“…Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy was carried out to view the elemental interactions using phosphorus (31P) and silicon (29Si) probes to confirm or refute the presence of silicate groups in relation to phosphate groups in the bulk material structure. …”
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Controls on the geotechnical properties of plastic-bonded pavement blocks produced by artisanal means in Bamenda, Cameroon by Bertrand Tatoh Aziwo, Moses Kuma Mbuh, Irene Bongsiysi Bame, Paul Venyite, Moyouwou Amadou Njoya, Fidelis Toke Ntam, M.V. Nsongka, Ndigui Billong

“…Geotechnical tests were carried out on aggregates and samples of various formulations. …”
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Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol by Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Mohsen Shati, Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Abasali Keshtkar, Mohsen Bazargan, Shervin Assari

“…The most comprehensive definition of polypharmacy will be selected from the final list of definitions through an international expert webinar.Ethics and Dissemination This research is exempt from ethics approval because the work is carried out on published documents. We will disseminate this protocol in a related peer-reviewed journal.…”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…An association between social media use and a greater chance of developing body image concerns was observed in the following outcomes (p<0.05): body comparison (OR:157.22), social media influence on perception/body relation (OR:56.31), influence to "cut out" foods considered "unhealthy" (OR:10.66), follow diets (OR:7.13), follow profiles of diet (OR:6.46), and felt motivated to change aspects of their body (OR:6.14). …”
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Causal associations between socioeconomic status and prostate cancer using two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Zhenxing Wang, Chunyan Wang, Xing Gou, Liang Pei, Xiaoyuan Qiao

“…We employed the inverse variance weighted (IVW), weighted median, weighted mode and MR-Egger to estimate the causal effect, with sensitivity analyses such as Cochran’s Q tests, MR-Egger, MR-PRESSO and leave-one-out performed to detect potential heterogeneity and pleiotropy. …”
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Efferocytosis and inflammation: a bibliometric and systematic analysis by Xin Cao, Xin Cao, Fen Li, Fen Li, Xi Xie, Xi Xie, Guanghui Ling, Guanghui Ling, Xiaoyu Tang, Xiaoyu Tang, Wenfang He, Jing Tian, Jing Tian, Yan Ge, Yan Ge

“…Harvard University (84, 6.74%) contributes the most out of the top 5 institutions. Among the researchers in this field, Serhan CN was the author with the highest number of articles in the field (35, 3.49%), and deCathelineau AM first named “efferocytosis” in 2003. …”
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Stereotypes and social representations associated with pediatric surgeons among medical students, residents and physicians: a cross-sectional study by Coline Ducrot, Max Piffoux, Mathilde Payen, Sebastien Raux, Franck Rolland, Evan Gouy, Linh Nam Truong, Ariel Frajerman, Florent Vinchon, Nawale Hadouiri

“…Pediatric surgery holds a rather neutral social representation (median 3/5 [IQR 3–4]) but only 3.6% of medical peers strongly considered practicing PS, ranking it 10th out of 12 surgical specialties. The specialty is considered as wide, intense, meticulous, and demanding surgical specialty but also as hyperspecialized and confined to academic centers with a unique parent–child–surgeon relationship, embodying traits such as “empathy”, “humanity”, “passion”, “beautiful[ness]” and “honorab[ility]”. …”
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