Patient Perceptions of Surgeon Attire, Professionalism, and Gender Bias in Pakistani Public Hospitals by Maham Arshad, Zara Ali, Talha Tariq, Kainat Raza, Fatima Hashmi, Tarim Nayab

“…Ratings were based on perceived professionalism, experience, and friendliness using a 5-point Likert scale. Participants also identified the doctors' likely professions and indicated their preferred gender for seeking medical assistance. …”
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Confounding Risk Factors in Developing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Children and Adolescents at Sulaimani Chronic Diabetes Health Center by Pary Mohammad Azize, Chia H. Sadiq

“…Descriptive statistics data (frequency, percentage, mean and stander deviation) and also Factorial analysis (principal component analysis) was used in order to identify the effective factors affecting diabetes in children and Adolescents. …”
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Effects of wire diameter on mechanical and microstructural properties of Inconel 625 fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing by Fakada Dabalo Gurmesa, Hirpa G. Lemu, Wakshum Mekkonen Tucho, Adugna Deressa Akessa

“…Finer grains promote mechanical strength but negatively affect ductility. Also, the findings indicated that variations in mechanical properties typically microhardness revealed the anisotropic nature, and the results varied with wire diameter. …”
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Practical analysis of using PPPH and raPPPid for Precise Point Positioning in Europe by Saber Mohamed, El-Mewafi Mahmoud, Awad Ahmed

“…RMSE in Up direction estimated by raPPPid varied from 0.8 cm to 5.2 cm, while RMSE in Up direction estimated by PPPH varied from 0.9 cm to 5.5 cm. 3D Positioning error was also estimated by both software and it was found that the 3D positioning error estimated by raPPPid varied from 0.2 cm to 2.2 cm, whereas the 3D positioning error estimated by PPPH varied from 0.9 cm to 4.1 cm. …”
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EFFECT OF AUDIT QUALITY ATTRIBUTES AND IFRS ADOPTION ON FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY OF LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Aisha Chado Muhammad

“…Audit fee (-0.0604 and – 0.0418) and Audit firm size (-0.9163 and -0.0096) have negative correlation and are also statistically not significant to financial reporting quality. …”
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Analysis of Aerosol Type and Fine- and Coarse-mode Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing over Regions in East and Southeast Asia Based on AERONET Version 3 Data by Jianyu Lin, Xinyong Shen, Lizhu Xing, Huizheng Che, B. N. Holben

“…The fine fraction dominated in northern China and also played a crucial role on the Tibetan Plateau and in southern China and Southeast Asia, whereas the coarse fraction prevailed in Northwest Asia. …”
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Self-other distinction modulates the sense of self-agency during joint actions by Laura Zapparoli, Marika Mariano, Lucia Maria Sacheli, Tommaso Berni, Caterina Negrone, Carlo Toneatto, Eraldo Paulesu

“…To quantify the intentional binding phenomenon, an index of implicit sense of agency, we also measured the perceived compression of the time interval between the active or passive movements and their outcomes. …”
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Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples by Elena Fabbri, Antonia Vecchiotti, Federica Mattucci, Edoardo Velli, Vilde Arntzen Engdal, Nicola Baccetti, Adriano De Faveri, Pavel Hulva, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Urmas Saarma, Elisabetta Cilli, Romolo Caniglia

“…Therefore, in this study, we morphologically and genetically analyzed historical and contemporary wolf samples, also exploiting the optimization of an innovative bone DNA extraction method, to describe the morphological variability of the subspecies and its genetic diversity during the last 30 years. …”
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Worker’s Personal Exposure to PM0.1 and PM4 Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials during Packaging by Ichiro Higashikubo, Rizki Andre Handika, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hidesuke Shimizu, Thunyapat Thongyen, Suthida Piriyakarnsakul, Amin Muhammad, Mitsuhiko Hata, Masami Furuuchi

“…The number of particles of 0.01–10 µm was also monitored online in order to examine the short-term fluctuation in the concentration and size distribution of particles. …”
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Motorcycle Taxi: Initial Discussion on Guidelines for Riding Ajnabiyah Women According to The Sharia Perspective by Mohd Azhar Abdullah, Abdul Azib Hussain, Mohd Saiba Yaacob, Muhammad Lukman Ibrahim, Khairulnazrin Nasir

“…The traffic congestion crisis and rising public service fares have also affected Malaysia. In early 2019, the initial proposal to expand Gojek in Malaysia sparked controversy, but it faced delays due to various factors. …”
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«Så sitter du der og plutselig leser for alle» – en nærstudie av barnehageansatte som litteraturformidlere by Malgorzata Wild, Christina Berg Tveitan

“…The result shows that there is not a clear correlation between the pedagogical staff’s own reading and their choice of reading as an activity in kindergarten. We also observe that the majority of the informants point to the language supporting function of the literature when they legitimise choosing reading as an activity. …”
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EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SIMULATOR FOR MONITORING READING TECHNIQUE AND SPEED BASED ON SPEECH-TO-TEXT (STT) METHODS by Olesia Barkovska, Heorhii Ivashchenko, Dmytro Rosinskiy, Daniil Zakharov

“…The results of testing children with dyslalia, meaning the rearrangement of sounds in words when reading, also showed that the Jaro algorithm has a shorter line comparison time for large text arrays (by 7%). …”
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High-power ultrasound pretreatment for enhanced protein extraction from lupin flour: Impact on yield, anti-technological and anti-nutritional factors, and techno-functional propert... by Paola Navarro-Vozmediano, Esperanza Dalmau, Jose Benedito, Jose V. Garcia-Perez

“…Total protein yield, adding LPC and LPI, was increased by 15 % due to the pretreatment, which also enhanced the techno-functional properties of LPI, such as water absorption index (avg. 26 %) and foaming (avg. 8 %) and emulsifying properties (avg. 14 %). …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…The daily PM2.5 concentration peaked and troughed during the nighttime and the daytime, respectively, at all of the sites, which is consistent with local ground-level pollution sources, such as woodsmoke; this diel pattern was also confirmed by Aaethalometer Delta-C (DC) data, a woodsmoke PM indicator. …”
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Characterization of New Particle Formation in Soft X-ray Radiolysis Reactor: AMCs-to-Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by Jiyoon Shin, Kyungil Cho, Yoonkyeong Ha, Giwon Kang, Jihye Park, Hunkwan Park, Changhyuk Kim

“…The NPF and subsequent particle growth in the reactor were also positively affected by the exposure time to soft X-rays and the residence time. …”
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Investigation of the Flow Field Characteristics of Aortic Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves with Different Leaflet Shapes Using PIV by Y. Qiang, T. C. Duan, M. Z. Zhang, L. Qi, L. J. Wei

“…The curved leaflet design also increased the effective flow area, preventing blood stagnation and reducing local concentrations of coagulation factors, thus lowering the risk of thrombus formation. …”
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Exploration of the molecular mechanism behind a novel natural genic male-sterile mutation of 1205A in Brassica napus by Lijing Xiao, Jinze Zhang, Shaomin Guo, Hairun Jin, Qingjing Ouyang, Xu Long, Zhongbin Yan, Entang Tian

“…A strong correlation was also established between BnaC03g27700D and thirteen metabolites. …”
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PM2.5 in Sri Lanka: Trend Analysis, Low-cost Sensor Correlations and Spatial Distribution by Ranil Dhammapala, Ashani Basnayake, Sarath Premasiri, Lakmal Chathuranga, Karen Mera

“…Back trajectory analyses suggest long range transport also contributes to elevated PM2.5 during these months. …”
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Significant role of anionic behavior of cocoyl glutamate on lead(II) ion adsorption towards activated carbon adsorbent from cigarette butts by Moh Zeinur Ridho, Retno Pertiwi, Eldo Delta Bagaskara, Raya Rambu Rambani, Chika Synthia Pitaloka, Fanta Mei Wahyuni, Istiqomah Rahmawati, Muhammad Reza

“…Based on these results, CA-DCG is potentially applied as a lead(II) ion adsorbent. It also could reduce the existing cigarette butt waste in the environment.…”
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An advanced technique to adjust hull girder load: Part 1 = generalisation by Chang Hwan Jang, Do Kyun Kim

“…It is necessary to consider not only the node position but also the size and orientation of the element for force distribution. …”
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