Determinants of impaired growth among hospitalized children: a case-control study by Marilia de Carvalho Lima, Maria Eugênia Farias Almeida Motta, Eliane Cavalcanti Santos, Gisélia Alves Pontes da Silva

“…Increased risks of infant malnutrition were also significantly associated with households that had no toilet facilities or refrigerator, high parity for the mother, no breastfeeding of the infant, inadequate vaccination coverage and previous hospitalization for diarrhea and pneumonia. …”
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Mechanistic Study on Critical Heat Flux in Vertical Eccentric and Rod Bowing Internally Heated Annuli by GUO Junliang;KONG Huanjun;GUI Miao;PENG Yujiao;SHAN Jianqiang

“…An experiment was carried out to obtain data on CHF in vertical internally heated annuli cooled with Refrigerant (R-134a) at high-pressure subcooled and low-quality conditions (outlet pressure: 1.78-2.72 MPa, mass flux: 587-2 135 kg/(m2·s), critical quality: -0.64-0.12). …”
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HCFC-123-induced toxic hepatitis and death at a Korean fire extinguisher manufacturing facility: a case series by Mu Young Shin, Jong Soo Park, Hae Dong Park, Jihye Lee

“…We report two simultaneous cases of toxic hepatitis related to exposure to 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123), a common refrigerant, at a Korean fire extinguisher manufacturing facility. …”
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Production of acetone by catalytic hydration of acetylene by Karjavov Abdikhakim, Fayzullaev Normurot, Baykulov Azim

“…The gas-vapour mixture leaving the reactor was cooled in a refrigerator. The reaction products were collected with water. …”
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Three-Dimensional Printing Properties of Polysaccharide Hydrocolloids–Unrinsed Sturgeon Surimi Complex Hydrogels by Kang Liu, Nana Zhao, Chenxi Xiang, Yujin Li, Xiaoming Jiang, Mingyong Zeng, He Xu, Haiyan Wang, Haohao Wu, Xiaoqing Yu, Yuanhui Zhao

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Optimization of heat transfer performance of a micro‐bare‐tube heat exchanger using a genetic algorithm by Shilong Li, Wenjie Zhou, Hersh A. Sangani, Jian Wang, Jiajun Wang

“…Using a temperature of minus 30°C and a 0.5–1.0 mm tube outer diameter, a 1.7–8.0 mm longitudinal tube pitch, a 1.7–5 mm transverse tube pitch, and a 1.0–5.0 m/s velocity at minimum free flow area, with carbon dioxide as the refrigerant, a comparative variation analysis was performed to optimize the heat transfer coefficient of a micro‐bare‐tube heat exchanger. …”
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218 Social-ecological approach To Outline Risks to Medication adherence during Disasters (STORM MEDs): Preliminary Results by Claire Romaine, Erin Peacock, Laura Perry, Stephen Murphy, Marie Krousel-Wood

“…The survey includes the Household Emergency Preparedness Index Access and Functional Needs Section (HEPI AFN), a validated measure of medical preparedness that accounts for special circumstances including refrigerated medication and electricity-dependent medical equipment. …”
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Novel Mucoadhesive Chitosomes as a Platform for Enhanced Oral Bioavailability of Cinnarizine by Oransa HA, Boughdady MF, EL-Sabbagh HM

“…Additionally, it displayed a remarkable sustaining of CIN in vitro release up to 8 h and exhibited a good stability at the refrigerated temperature up to 3 months. In vivo pharmacokinetic assessment revealed that the CIN bioavailability from the optimized chitosomal formulation C2 was enhanced by 2.79 and 1.92 folds compared to the free drug and uncoated niosomal formulation F1, respectively. …”
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Suculência e solubilização de pectinas de maçãs 'Gala' submetidas a diferentes tempos de resfriamento e aplicação de 1-MCP Juiciness and pectins solubilization of 'Gala' apples sub... by Rosangela Lunardi, Auri Brackmann, Anderson Machado de Mello, Sérgio Tonetto de Freitas, Jocemar Francisco Zanatta, Cesar Valmor Rombaldi

“…<br>The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of postharvest application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP, 625 nL.L-1) and cooling time of 'Gala' apples (slow cooling (SC) for eight days or fast cooling (FC) for three days) on the juiciness loss, flesh firmness, soluble pectin content (SPC) and pectinmethylesterase (PME) and polygalacturonase (PG) activities after 6 months under refrigerated storage (RS). The storage temperature was 0.5°C. …”
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Zero-Waste Approach Applied to Pomegranates for Prolonging Fish Burger Shelf Life by Olimpia Panza, Amalia Conte, Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile

“…Specifically, the pH and microbiological and sensory quality of all the fish burgers were monitored during refrigerated storage for about 1 month. The results from the in vitro test clearly indicate that the peel is abundantly more effective than seeds on selected spoilage bacteria and that the ground peel powder is slightly more antimicrobial than the same re-ground powder. …”
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مقارنة بعض مواصفات زيت الزيتون المستخلص بطرائق مختلفة في محافظة اللاذقية ومطابقتها مع المواصفات القياسية السورية... by مفيد ياسين, ريم محمد

“… This study aimed to compare some properties of olive oil and conformity them with Syrian standards for samples extracted using different methods (cold pressing, centrifugation, and khreeg) collected from distributed areas along the province of Lattakia / Syria including (Jableh, Qurdaha, Kanjra and Mashqita), The samples were collected over four consecutive days (11,12,13,14) November 2015, kept in the refrigerator until the time of the analysis, and the studied properties were determined using reference analysis methods. …”
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FEATURES OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY USE WITH APPLICATION OF HEAT PUMP UNITS UNDER LOW AIR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS by Vyacheslav I. Maksimov, Amer Saloum

“…It is established that this layer reduces significantly the intensity of heat transfer to the refrigerant in evaporation zone. The efficiency of the heat pump is reduced to a minimum. …”
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A new approach to increasing the efficiency of the ship main engine air waste heat recovery cooling system by R. Radchenko, M. Pyrysunko, M. Bogdanov, Yu. Shcherbak

“…The efficiency of integrated cooling air at the intake of Turbocharger and Scavenge air at the inlet of working cylinders of the main diesel engine of dry-cargo ship by transforming the waste heat into a cold by an Refrigerant Ejector Chiller (ECh) as the most simple in design and reliable in operation and by complex in design but more efficient Absorption Lithium-Bromide Chiller (ACh) was analyzed. …”
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An overview of commercialization and marketization of thermoelectric generators for low-temperature waste heat recovery by Kuan-Ting Lee, Da-Sheng Lee, Wei-Hsin Chen, Yu-Li Lin, Ding Luo, Young-Kwon Park, Argel Bandala

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Compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures among chronic disease patients in Wolaita and Dawuro zones, Southern Ethiopia: A proportional odds model. by Temesgen Bati Gelgelu, Shemsu Nuriye, Tesfaye Yitna Chichiabellu, Amene Abebe Kerbo

“…The final proportional odds model identified that perceived susceptibility (AOR: 0.91, 95%CI: 0.84, 0.97), cues to action (AOR: 0.89, 95%CI: 0.85, 0.94), having access to drinking water piped into the dwelling (AOR: 0.52, 95%CI: 0.32, 0.84), having no access to any internet (AOR: 0.62, 95%CI: 0.42, 0.92), having no functional refrigerator (AOR: 2.17, 95%CI: 1.26, 3.74), and having poor knowledge (AOR: 1.42, 95%CI: 1.02, 1.98) were the independent predictors of low compliance level with COVID-19 preventive measures.…”
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Influence of Different Packages and Storage Temperatures on the Quality of Edible <i>Allium</i> Species by Maria I. Ivanova, Elena Yanchenko, Anna Kashleva

“…The maximum yield of marketable products was noted in hermetically sealed plastic bags when stored for 10 days at a temperature of +6 to +8 °C in a refrigerator with controlled conditions: <i>A. turkestanicum</i>—70.0%, <i>A. cyathophorum</i>—75.5%, <i>A. altyncolicum</i>—84.9%, <i>A. nutans</i>—92.9%. …”
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Aspectos da biologia floral relacionados à produção de frutos de pinha (Annona squamosa L.) = Floral biology aspects related to the production of sugar apple (Annona squamosa L.) f... by Generosa Sousa Ribeiro, Abel Rebouças São José, Tiyoko Nair Hojo Rebouças, Cláudio Lúcio Fernandes Amaral

“…The results provided by the regression analysis and by the variance analysis enabled the conclusion that: Anthesis occurs at 5 a.m., and that the pollen grains preserved in a refrigerator (5 to 7ºC) are still viable up to 12 hours after collected, enabling the production of fruits with commercially accepted weight.…”
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مقارنة بعض مواصفات زيت الزيتون المستخلص بطرائق مختلفة في محافظة اللاذقية ومطابقتها مع المواصفات القياسية السورية... by مفيد ياسين, ريم محمد

“… This study aimed to compare some properties of olive oil and conformity them with Syrian standards for samples extracted using different methods (cold pressing, centrifugation, and khreeg) collected from distributed areas along the province of Lattakia / Syria including (Jableh, Qurdaha, Kanjra and Mashqita), The samples were collected over four consecutive days (11,12,13,14) November 2015, kept in the refrigerator until the time of the analysis, and the studied properties were determined using reference analysis methods. …”
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Assessment of the Freshness of Fish and Poultry Meat by Fast Protein and Metabolite Liquid Chromatography Using a New Optical Sensor by Georgii Konoplev, Alar Sünter, Artur Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Frorip, Vadim Korsakov, Oksana S. Stepanova, Daniil Lyalin, Oksana V. Stepanova

“…The samples were kept refrigerated at +4 °C, measurements were taken daily during a 14 day period. …”
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Experiments and CFD simulation of an air-conditioned tractor cabin for thermal comfort of tractor operators in Pakistan by Mahmood Riaz, Muhammad Hamid Mahmood, Muhammad Nauman Ashraf, Muhammad Sultan, Uzair Sajjad, Khalid Hamid, Muhammad Farooq, Faming Wang

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