Study on the stability of excavation process of permafrost subgrade slope in Alpine region by Zhilong Zhang, Jiyang Zhang, Jiangang Chen, Jing Luo, Bingbing Lei

“…Abstract The high-altitude mountainous half-excavated and half-filled embankment slopes primarily focus on the long-term stability of slopes, while the safety evaluation methods for the excavation process have received comparatively less attention. In practical engineering applications, the stability assessment of frozen soil slopes is predominantly based on thawing parameters. …”
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Understanding cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and HPV vaccine acceptance in college-going students: Institutional-based cross-sectional study from Bihar State by Ekta Krishna, Shreyas Kumar Patil, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Bijaya Nanda Naik, Vijay Kumar, Chanda Mani Singh, Vijay Kumar

“…Awareness regarding the etiological role of HPV in cervical cancer was 84.3% in the medical group compared to 16% in the nonmedical group. Most (82.5%) medical students knew of the existence of a vaccine against HPV in contrast to just 12.5% of the nonmedical group. …”
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Magnitude, Characteristics, Maternal and Feto-Neonatal Outcomes of Obstetric Emergencies in Western Ethiopia, Nekemte, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Habte Woyessa, Jote Markos Caffo, Thanasekaran Palanichamy

“…Pregnant women with obstetric emergencies traveled to facility carried by people were found to have died about 8 times more likely as compared to those who were transported by ambulance. …”
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Recycling phosphate mine waste rocks in asphalt mixtures to fully replace natural aggregate: A preliminary study by Fadi Alhomaidat, Mazen J. Al-Kheetan, Sajedah M. Alosifat

“…The complete replacement of limestone with PMWR aggregate resulted in a mixture with 20 % cantabro loss compared to 17 % cantabro loss for the limestone mixture. …”
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A Near Complete Genome Assembly of the Oshima Cherry Cerasus speciosa by Kazumichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Toyoda, Bhim B. Biswa, Takushi Kishida, Momi Tsuruta, Yasukazu Nakamura, Noriko Kimura, Shoko Kawamoto, Yutaka Sato, Toshio Katsuki, Sakura 100 Genome Consortium, Tsuyoshi Koide

“…Detailed structural analysis of these putative centromeric regions revealed that the centromeric regions of C. speciosa comprised repetitive sequences with monomer lengths of 166 or 167 bp. Comparative genomic analysis with Prunus sensu lato genome revealed structural variations and conserved syntenic regions. …”
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Studi Komparasi Naive Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor, dan Random Forest untuk Prediksi Calon Mahasiswa yang Diterima atau Mundur by Puteri Sejati, Munawar Munawar, Marzuki Pilliang, Habibullah Akbar

“…Abstract This study aimed to obtain the best predictive model from New Student Admissions data for 2014 to 2019 by comparing Naive Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor, and Random Forest. …”
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Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid levels of D-lactate, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, -8, and -17 in suspected nosocomial meningitis by Sibel Yorulmaz Goktas, Arzu Yılmaztepe Oral, Emel Yılmaz, Emin Halis Akalın, Furkan Guvenc, Guven Ozkaya, Hasan Kocaeli, Seref Dogan, Selcuk Yılmazlar, Haluk Barbaros Oral

“…Methods: The CSF levels of cytokines and D-lactate were compared across 29 episodes of nosocomial meningitis, 38 episodes of pleocytosis (without meningitis) and 54 control subjects. …”
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Characteristics of pediatric patients with febrile convulsions admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Alanoud A. Abuhaimed, Nawaf A. Alghamdi, Ghadah I. Alhussin, Ghadah S. Alduhaimi, Fatmah Othman, Duaa M. Baarmah, Hamad A. Alkhalaf

“…Developmental delays were more common in children with recurrent FCs (15%) compared to children who had only one episode of convulsion (2.7%) [P < 0.001]. …”
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THE EFFECT OF PLATELET RICH PLASMA ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLs (MSCs) DIFFERENTIATION INTO CHONDROBLAST by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, I Gde Adi Widiastana

“…The same result also occured on the groups that received extra 10% PRP compared to the group without PRP addition (p=0,028). …”
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NMR probing of copper–amyloid β1–16 interactions and self-assembly by Punnepalli Sunanda, Srinivasarao Raghothama, Uma Maheswari Devi Palempalli, Bankala Krishnarjuna

“…While both Cu(II) and Cu(I) delayed Aβ self-assembly, Cu(I) binding to Aβ1–16 or Aβ1–42 resulted in increased ROS production compared to Cu(II). The structural insights provided in this study could contribute to the design and development of new copper ion-specific chelators to reduce excess copper levels and mitigate Aβ-copper-induced neurotoxicity in AD.…”
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Mobile Integrated Healthcare: Preliminary Experience and Impact Analysis with a Medicare Advantage Population by Daniel J. Castillo, J. Brent Myers, Jonathan Mocko, Eric H. Beck

“…Patients participating in the MIH program were compared with contemporaneous, risk-matched non-participants as well as to actuarially expected cost and utilization based on historical claim experience. …”
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The Dependence of Water and Gas Breakthrough on the Choice of Model Parameters in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Sector and Full Reservoir Models by Barham Sabir Mahmood, Mohammed Jamal Awl, Farhad Abdulrahman Khoshnaw

“…In this paper, a sector model has been developed based on the studied example field, and its results are compared with the full reservoir model to find out the degree of resemblance between their outputs. …”
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Experimental investigation and scenario-based optimization of energy flexibility in embedded radiant cooling systems by Yun Xie, Yanxue Li, Hongshe Cui

“…Additionally, different thermal models were developed and compared using measured data. The state-space model was identified as the most accurate and reliable model for capturing system thermodynamics. …”
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An algorithm for cardiac disease detection based on the magnetic resonance imaging by Heng Li, Qingni Yuan, Yi Wang, Pengju Qu, Chunhui Jiang, Hu Kuang

“…Subsequently, the bounding box regression loss function CIoU loss of the model was replaced with the iSD-IoU loss that combines shape loss and distance loss. Finally, comparative experiments were conducted on the Automated Cardiac Diagnosis Challenge cardiac MRI image dataset where it was found that SA-YOLOv8 achieved better results in detecting cardiac pathologies, and improvement of 7.4% in mAP0.5 value and 5.1% in mAP0.5-0.95 value compared to the baseline model.…”
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Comparison of the accuracy of implant impression by conventional open-tray and digital techniques by Joanna Majid Hayder, Fahd Sudad Ikram

“…This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the digital implant impression technique as compared to the conventional technique. Method: A definitive maxillary edentulous model with four implants, two of them 10° anterior-posteriorly angulated, and the other two were parallel implants served as the standard reference for making all the impressions and later for accuracy evaluation. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) Organic Manure on the Growth and Development of Amaranthus Plant Species (Amaranthus Hybridus) In Ndorwa Sub-Coun... by Bagambe, Emmanuel

“…The growth parameters, including plant height, number of leaves, leaf area index (LAI), and biomass yield, were measured and compared with control groups treated with white sand soil and the groups treated with water hyacinth organic manure mixed with white sand soil over 8 weeks. …”
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Analysis on Yields of Optimal Spaced and Broadcasted Grain Amaranth in Kabale Municipality. by Banyenzaki, Daglous

“…The study had the following objectives; to assess the impact of different spacing arrangements on amaranth yield, and to compare the yield of amaranth produced between the spaced one and broadcasted grain amaranth. …”
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Performance Disparity in Mathematics between male and female Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Kamuganguzi Subcounty, Kabale District. by Amos, Musimenta

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to compare males and females’ performance in Mathematics in selected secondary schools in Kabale district. …”
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School feeding program and students Performance: A case Study of Selected Primary Schools in North “A” District, Zanzibar. by Suleiman Hamad, Halima

“…The study discovered the relationship between school feeding and academic performance where children served with rice and beans performed better in their academic performance as compared with children served with Ugali at lunch time. …”
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ON A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE NEUTRAL SURFACE OF THE LAMINATED MONOLITH COMPOSITES by RADU I. IATAN, GEORGIANA LUMINIŢA ENĂCHESCU, PAVEL GH. FLORESCU

“…It enables the distribution of tasks specified in the layers' level for evaluating maximum stresses and comparing them to the existing structure of the materials existing in the structure. …”
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