Dioxin Control in the Co-processing of Waste Printed Circuit Board and Copper Concentrate with an Ausmelt Furnace by Wei Li, Jia Sun, Deng-Feng Ma, Xian-Long Liu, Sheng Li, Jian-Ye Bei, Ming-Xiu Zhan, Xiao-Qing Lin, Tong Chen

“…Co-processing of WPCB and copper concentrate is an economic and effective way to realize the resource utilization of WPCB. However, there are few reports on the inhibition of dioxin by high concentration of SO2 generated from copper concentrate during co-processing. …”
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Impact of Out-of-pocket Costs on Varenicline Utilization and Persistence by Aaron Galaznik, Katherine Cappell, Leslie Montejano, Geoffrey Makinson, Kelly H. Zou, Gregory Lenhart

“…**Conclusions:** Higher varenicline out-of-pocket costs were generally associated with lower utilization of and persistence with treatment. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a modality of treatment in patients with fibromyalgia by Rawan M. El Shahat, Mona A. El Sebaie, Sahar F. Ahmed, Shereen I. Fawaz, Marwa A. Kamel, Marwa A. Nassef

“…Aim of the work The study aimed to evaluate the role of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating fibromyalgia. …”
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Does IVF-ET Procedure Increase the Pregnancy Rates in Women Underwent Laparoscopic Endometriosis Surgery? by Gürhan Güney, Aytekin Tokmak, Ali İrfan Güzel, Turgut Var, Esra İşçi, Ali Sertaç Batıoğlu

“…In women with stage III and IV of endometriosis, the pregnancy rate was lower than the stage I and II group. Moreover, the fecundity rate in women older than 35 years was statistically significantly lower than women under the age of 35 years (p=0.003). …”
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Association between parental education level and intelligence quotient of children referred to the mental healthcare system: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Michał Olech, Paweł Jurek, Łucja Bieleninik, Bartosz M. Radtke

“…No significant interaction was observed between parental education and child’s sex in predicting child IQ. However, a significant interaction was observed with age, showing that IQ decreases with age in children of parents with lower education, while it increases with age in children of parents with higher education. …”
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Experimental Investigations of Self-adjusting Bionic Flaps on Low-aspect Ratio Wings by A. Verma, V. Kulkarni, S. Shinde

“…The effectiveness of such a flap was explored mostly for infinite or high aspect ratio (AR) wings from low to high Reynolds numbers (Re) in prior studies. However, the aerodynamic characteristics of a high AR wing are completely different from the lower one due to wingtip vortices. …”
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Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Use in Patients with Schizophrenia and Criminal Justice System Encounters by Madhav P. Bhatta, Saroj Bista, Antoine C. El Khoury, Eric G. Hutzell, Neeta Tandon, Douglas Smith

“…The incidence of arrests was lower in the 6-month (27 vs 85 arrests), 1-year (46 vs 132 arrests) and 2-year (88 vs 196 arrests) periods post-index LAI medication than in the corresponding periods pre-index LAI medication among individuals with a history of prior arrest. …”
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The Clinical Utility of the Seated Wall Angel as a Test with Scoring by Chad Kofoed, Allison Palmsten, Jonathon Diercks, Michael Obermeier, Marc Tompkins, Terese L Chmielewski

“…The authors hypothesized that SWA test scores would be lower on the injured than uninjured side, improve over time, and show stronger association with patient-reported shoulder function than shoulder mobility tests…”
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Detection of Inguinal Hernia in Patients with Groin Pain on Ultrasound by Muhammad Arif Afridi, Imran Khan, Adnan Ahmed, Ibrar Ahmad, Mehmood Khan, Malik Mairaj Khalid

“…The inclusion criteria comprised patients of all ages and genders with right or left lower quadrant pain suspected of having a hernia. …”
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The Reliability and Validity of a Novel Clinical Test for Assessing Shoulder Rotation ROM in Collegiate Baseball Players: Functional Assessment of System Tension of the Shoulder (F... by Steven Dischiavi, Jesse Perry, Connor Burk, Jeremy Chiang, Chris Bleakley

“… # Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the intra-rater reliability of the FAST-SHDR test in young, healthy, male Division 1 baseball players…”
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Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S. by Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling

“…Results Results reveal significant disparities in health outcomes, with transgender individuals reporting lower proportions of good general health and more days of poor mental and physical health compared to cisgender individuals. …”
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Explaining the Unexplained: Examining the Predictive Value of Semen Parameters, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Metal Levels in Unexplained Infertility by Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Kamla Kant Shukla, Srividhya Nandagopal, Sunil Raikar, Shailendra Kumar, Priyanka Kathuria, Dinesh Choudhary, Poonam Elhence, Pratibha Singh

“…The mean sperm DFI was significantly lower among fertile men (10.83 ± 6.28 vs. 21.38 ± 10.28, P < 0.0001). …”
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Full-space trifunctional metasurface with independent control of amplitude and phase for circularly polarized waves by Li Xi Ming, Zhao Yuan, Lu Ren Pan, Sun Xiao Feng, Yang Zhao, He Hai Dan, Liu Yan Hui, Du Guo Hong

“…Flexible and diverse manipulation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in half space (reflection or transmission) has facilitated strong aspiration toward full-space wave control. However, it remains challenging to achieve independent amplitude and phase control, which seriously hinder the real-world applications. …”
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Siamese Neural Networks in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Target Tracking Process by Athraa Sabeeh Hasan Allak, Jianjun Yi, Haider M. Al-Sabbagh, Liwei Chen

“…On the basis of the intersection over union loss, the effective intersection over union loss is proposed to improve the loss function, and an improved YOLOv5 target recognition model is established. …”
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Development of sugar- and fat-reduced pulse cookies with improved predicted glycemic behavior by Xinying Suo, Marianna Tagliasco, Matteo Bonfini, Laura Bonfili, Oscar Moreno Araiza, Anna Baggio, Anna Maria Eleuteri, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Elena Vittadini

“…Developed cookies had higher protein and fiber contents, reduced sugar (∼45 - 50 % reduction), and saturated fats (∼77 - 80 % reduction) and also had a lower predicted glycemic index compared to traditional cookies. …”
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Investigation on heat transfer mechanism simulation and structure optimization design of hydraulic turbine bearing semi-ring cooler by Yongfei Wang, Yinhui Cai, Jian Zhang, Zhenyu Chen, Chenhao Li, Weipeng Sun

“…Bearing is an important support to carry radial force and axial force, when hydro generator set is running, a large amount of heat produced by the rotor shaft and bearing touching will yield oil mist and jeopardize equipment health. …”
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The Influence of Mode-of-Injury on Psychological Readiness for Return-To-Sport Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched-Controlled Study by Jenifer Presley, Lane Bailey, Kevin Maloney, Brian Duncan, Mathew Reid, Christopher Juneau, Walter R Lowe

“…The ‘in-sport’ group exhibited significantly lower total ACL-RSI scores (55.3 ±12.9 versus 60.8 ±11.6, t = 2.747, P < .001) when compared to the ‘out-of-sport’ group. …”
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Marek's disease virus-1 unique gene LORF1 is involved in viral replication and MDV-1/Md5-induced atrophy of the bursa of Fabricius. by Chenyi Bao, Jun Chu, Qi Gao, Shasha Yang, Xiaoyu Gao, Wenwen Chen, Fuchun Yang, Fei Jiang, Chenxi Tong, Mingyi Lei, Linlin Jiao, Jitong Li, Kexin Wei, Xue Lian, Kai Li, Suresh Kumar Tikoo, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Lorne A Babiuk, Yufeng Li, Yong-Sam Jung, Yingjuan Qian

“…Consistently, viral loads of rMd5ΔLORF1 were obviously lower than those of rMd5 or rMd5-reLORF1 in the bursa, but not in the spleen. …”
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Quadriceps and Hamstrings Activation Peaks Earlier as Athletes Repeatedly Hop, but There are Differences Depending on ACL Reconstruction Technique. by Einar Einarsson, Olivia Barbosa, Magnus Kjartan Gislason, Kristin Briem, Argyro Kotsifaki, Rodney Whiteley

“…A significant time shift in peak muscle activation was seen for lateral hamstrings (earlier) in all but the BTB group's injured leg and the medial hamstrings in the control group only. Lower peak activation levels of the vastus lateralis (p\<0.001) and vastus medialis (p\<0.001) were observed in the injured compared to healthy legs and lower peak lateral hamstrings activity (p\<0.009) in the injured leg compared to control leg. …”
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Characteristics of PM and PAHs Emitted from Oil-fired Process by Ming Wei Chang, Minh Man Trinh, Chian Kou Lien, Moo Been Chang

“…The results show that the emission factors of PAHs and FPM obtained for this oil-fired boilers are lower than the values measured in other studies.…”
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