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Particle breakage in soils is a well-recognised behaviour. Conventional methods for quantifying the breakage process rely on calculating the area between the particle size distribution (PSD) curves produced before and after crushing. A key aspect of...

Heat damage is a major abiotic stress that affects maize yield and quality. Although the differential impacts of heat damage during various growth stages have been widely documented, the grade levels of heat damage at different growth stages remain i...

Glucocorticoid administration is a common clinical practice that attempts to decrease the inflammation associated with and improve the resectability of canine mast cell tumors (MCTs). However, the impact of neoadjuvant glucocorticoids on the histolog...

Maize, the world’s most widely cultivated food crop, is critical in global food security. Low temperatures significantly hinder maize seedling growth, development, and yield formation. Efficient and accurate assessment of maize seedling quality...

Metals are an essential part of modern living. Ensuring the future supply of metals is a key issue in politics, science, and economics because the available amount of mineral resources is limited. To measure the depletion of mineral resources, severa...

Background: Consistent evaluation methods foster fairness, reduce bias, and enhance student understanding and motivation. Notably, mathematical inconsistencies, such as improper weighting, flawed averaging, and unsound scaling, can undermine the accu...

Student retention has emerged as a significant and expensive challenge for higher education institutes worldwide. Although several studies have been conducted on increasing student numbers and diversity in higher education institutes, studies on the...

As a kind of important insect pest of cotton crops, aphids cause serious damage in cotton yields and quality worldwide, posing a significant risk to economic losses. Automatic detection of the pest damage level plays an important role in cotton field...

As technologies become increasingly diverse and complex, Intelligent Massage Systems (IMS) are evolving from traditional mechanically executed modes toward personalized and predictive health interventions. However, the field still lacks a unified gra...

Background: Metastatic pancreatic cancer carries a poor prognosis, and reliable prognostic markers are needed to guide treatment decisions. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score and Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) grade are simple measures of inf...

The presented research delivers a comprehensive evaluation of anticorrosive cathodic electrodeposition (CED) coatings through an integrated performance and process capability analysis—an approach that remains extremely limited in the literature...

Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that dietary factors may affect cardiometabolic health, but the associations between the quality of plant-based diets and chronic-low grade inflammation have been insufficiently explored. The aim of this stu...

Grassland desertification has become one of the most serious environmental problems in the world. Grasslands are the focus of desertification research because of their ecological vulnerability. Their application on different grassland desertification...

Meningiomas with inherently high mitotic indices and poor prognosis, such as WHO grade III meningiomas, have not been investigated separately to establish interchangeability between conventional mitotic index counted on H&E stained slides (MI) an...

Conventional methods for assessing the quality of components mass produced using injection molding are expensive and time-consuming or involve imprecise statistical process control parameters. A suitable alternative would be to employ machine learnin...

This study analyses the factorial structure of Mathematics Progress Indicators (IPAM), by using Confirmatory Factorial Analysis (CFA) techniques. For this purpose, a longitudinal study was carried out with a sample of 176 first-grade students from th...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors of implant failure in patients with periodontitis and their impact on the prognosis of having a peri-implant disease and/or implant failure. Data regarding 325 implants among 84 patients with periodont...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the capability of various steel rope manufacturers to maintain the desired variability within the strength class of wires used in the production of steel ropes. From a service life perspective, it is optimal...

The Yellow River Basin is an essential ecological barrier in China, but it is relatively underdeveloped. The human–land relationship needs to be coordinated, and the ecological environment is fragile, which seriously restricts the sustainable d...

This work assesses the frictional wear of lubricated transmission chains, correlating the coefficient of friction, root mean square (RMS) acoustic emissions, and vibrations induced by friction, incorporating Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) compo...

Background: Although diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is known to coexist with the ossification of spinal ligaments (OSLs), details of the radiographic relationship remain unclear. Methods: We prospectively collected data of 239 patien...

Biological soil crusts are important components of dryland ecosystems, showing variations in appearance, morphology, and function across developmental stages. However, the methods for recording biocrust developmental stages have not been simplified a...

Research findings indicate a decline in students’ motivation towards science learning through grade levels. However, there is a lack of studies investigating students’ motivation comparing learning between science subjects and at differen...

Evaluating the extent of implementation and variation of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports in the Republic of Ireland is a public health priority. Therefore, a national audit into the different levels of typ...

Background: The level of consciousness and cerebral edema are among the indicators that best define the intensity of early brain injury following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Although these indicators are usually altered in patients wit...

To reveal the characteristic physicochemical indicators of wines of different quality grades and explore their feasibility as auxiliary indicators for grading, 23 wines from the Manas subregion of Xinjiang were used as test materials. Sensory evaluat...

Meningiomas (MGMs) are currently classified into grades I, II, and III. High-grade tumors are correlated with decreased survival rates and increased recurrence rates. The current grading classification is based on histological criteria and determined...

At present, various climate disasters, global warming and other problems feed off of one another. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, and drought as well as human-made disasters such as petrochemical plant safety accidents and...

Extensive research suggested that the core of how to use pesticides scientifically is the careful and accurate determination of the severity of crop diseases. The existing grading standards of plant leaf diseases have been excessively singular. Thus,...

Dysregulated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found in human diseases, especially in cancer. Emerging evidence indicates that dysregulated lncRNAs are implicated in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. LncRNA AB073614 characterized as a new c...

One-third of the Earth in China is formed by Karst topography, which exposes different Karst landforms in three topography grades from southeast to northwest, corresponding to below several hundred meters for the first grade, one to two thousand mete...

This cross-sectional study examined eye movements during reading across grades in students with differing levels of reading efficiency. Eye-movement recordings were obtained while students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 silently read normed grade-l...

The Sijiaying iron deposit is located in the Eastern Hebei area of the southern section of the northern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) and is the largest single iron deposit in China. The deposit contains many banded iron formations (BIFs) an...

The stress–strain–strength behavior of hydraulic asphalt concrete is critical to the safety of the high asphalt concrete core. To study the effect of bitumen grade on the stress–strain–strength behavior of hydraulic asphalt co...

This study explores teacher candidates’ experiences of grading in higher education. A phenomenographic approach was adopted and four qualitatively different categories were identified. Grading was experienced as: self-identification, motivation, pers...

Background and objective: Enterovirus 71 (EV 71) infections may result in the rapid progression of cardiopulmonary failure. Early endotracheal intubation is considered to be of primary importance. However, the appropriate timing for this is still not...

We investigated the feasibility of detecting the presence of specific autoantibodies against potential tumor-associated peptide antigens by enriching these antibody–peptide complexes using Melon Gel resin and mass spectrometry. Our goal was to...

Predicting students’ academic performance and the factors that significantly influence it can improve students’ completion and graduation rates, as well as reduce attrition rates. In this study, we examine the factors influencing student...

With the increasing traffic volume and gradually higher percentage of hazardous goods transport vehicles, bridge fire accidents are more frequent and the resulting losses are striking. Therefore, the assessment of fire risk in bridges has important i...

Lung ultrasonography (LUS) provides an estimation of peripheral airspace (PAS) geometry of the lung. Altered PAS produces sonographic interstitial syndrome (SIS). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) involves peripheral lung with altered PAS. The aim...

Implementing green development is important to realizing a harmonious relationship between humans and nature, and has attracted the attention of governments all over the world. This paper uses the PMC (Policy Modeling Consistency) model to make a qua...

The thermodynamic landscape method is becoming a more popular approach for urban heat island research with the development of remote sensing technology. However, a limited amount of research discusses the theoretical and methodological issues of this...

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationships between seven descriptors of movement proficiency used by an expert to grade an athlete’s single-leg squat and the overall subjective ‘grade’ and the ability to...

The Global Matrix 3.0 “Report Card” assessment of physical activity was developed to achieve a better understanding of the global variability in child and youth physical activity. Lithuania joined the Global Matrix 3.0. The aim of this ar...

Meningiomas are the most frequent central nervous system tumors in adults. The majority of these tumors are benign. Nevertheless, the intraoperative identification of meningioma grade is important for modifying surgical strategy in order to reduce po...

Senior high school education (SHSE) forms a connecting link between the preceding junior high school education and the following college education. Through SHSE, a student not only completes k-12 education, but also lays a foundation for subsequent h...

MOOCs (massive open online courses) have a built-in forum where learners can share experiences as well as ask questions and get answers. Nevertheless, the work of the learners in the MOOC forum is usually not taken into account when calculating their...

A higher risk of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) has been reported in patients with preoperative idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM); however, whether the formation of PCME depends on the grade of ERM has not been well established. We cond...

In order to accurately judge the tendency of rock burst disaster and effectively guide the prevention and control of rock burst disaster, a rock burst intensity-grade prediction model based on the comprehensive weighting of prediction indicators and...

This study established a set of indicators for and evaluated the effects of health care system reform in Hubei Province (China) from 2009 to 2011 with the purpose of providing guidance to policy-makers regarding health care system reform. The resulti...