Lying and rumination time as predictors of subclinical ketosis, metritis, and hypocalcaemia in dairy cows during the periparturient period: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sadiq, Mohammed B., Zaini, Syamira-Syazuana, Shaik Mossadeq, Wan Mastura, Ramanoon, Siti Zubaidah, Syed-Hussain, Sharifah Salmah

“…Meanwhile, the MD of RT was significantly different in both periods (MD = −61.76 and −73.33 min/day, P < 0.05) for SCK and during the prepartum for metritis (MD = −23.37 min/day, P = 0.04). …”
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Compressive strength of cemented sand by Chong, Ying Jie.

“…In this paper, the four main factors affecting the compressive strength of cemented sand will be investigated: water-cement ratio of 0.5, 0.6, 0.7; sand-cement ratio of 4.0, 5.0, 6.0; curing age at 3, 7 and 28 days; strain rate of 0.5mm/min, 1.0mm/min, and 2.0 mm/min. The other factors such as dry density, sample dimensions (height and diameter), curing conditions were kept constant. …”
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Combinatorial algorithms for scheduling jobs to minimize server usage time by Ren, Runtian

“…This thesis is concerned with three combinatorial optimization problems for job scheduling, named the MinUsageTime Dynamic Bin Packing problem, the Energy-Efficient Job Scheduling problem and the Flexible Job Scheduling problem. …”
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Investigation on frosting and defrosting performance of superhydrophobic metal additively manufactured materials by Yew, Yun Chian

“…However, between etching time of 10 min and 15 min, there is no significant difference in the frost retardation rate of AM metal. …”
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Associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep with next-day cognitive performance in older adults: a micro-longitudinal study by Bloomberg, M, Brocklebank, L, Doherty, A, Hamer, M, Steptoe, A

“…Each 30-min increase in SB was associated with working memory scores 0.05 SD (0.00 to 0.09) lower (p = 0.03); adjustment for sleep characteristics on the previous night did not substantively change these results. …”

Effect of heat-producing needling technique on the local skin temperature : clinical dataset by Liao, Zehuan, Zhao, Yan

“…Within each session, the local ST36 skin temperature and basal body temperature of each participant were measured at 1 min before needle insertion, just after needle insertion and manipulation (if any), 5 min after needle insertion with needle removal immediately after temperature taking, and 5 min after needle removal. …”
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Glycosylated copper sulfide nanocrystals for targeted photokilling of bacteria in the near‐infrared II window by Hou, Shuai, Mahadevegowda, Surendra Hittanahalli, Mai, Van Cuong, Chan‐Park, Mary Bee Eng, Duan, Hongwei

“…Afterward, a laser in the near‐infrared II window is used to kill the bacteria, and the critical role of targeted binding in efficient killing of bacteria is highlighted. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on behaviors in physical activity, sleep quality and usage of sport facilities in university students by Lim, Qing Feng

“…Sedentary (sitting) behaviour was seen to increase by an average of 90.5 min/day (p < .001). There were also a decreased in the booking frequency in sports facilities (2.1 to 1.6, p < .001) and time spent in a sports facility (127 to 51.6 min/week, p < .001). …”
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Report for project A1017-101on hybrid solar PV thermal (PVT) system using a tracking solar trough I by Cheung, Wai Kin.

“…The findings on the 2 above mentioned studies appeared that at this level of convergence of sunlight, the heat effects is not pronounced when applied with a cooling system running at 0.448l/min & 0.938l/min respectively. It is also witnessed that the temperature behind the cell with cooling at 0.448 l/min reached 63.7°C, while the water harnessed from the cooling system output reach 57.5°C which is comparable to water temperature in the hot spring. …”
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Combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging of blood clot during microbubble-assisted sonothrombolysis by Das, Dhiman, Pramanik, Manojit

“…In the first case, US and PA SNR values increased by 4.6% and reduced by 20.8%, respectively after 30 min of sonothrombolysis treatment. After 10 min of sonothrombolysis treatment of the blood clot in blood, the US and PA SNR values increased by 7.7% and 38.3%, respectively. …”
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Response of appetite and potential appetite regulators following intake of high energy nutritional supplements by Fatima, S, Gerasimidis, K, Wright, C, Tsiountsioura, M, Arvanitidou, E-I, Malkova, D

“…Appetite and metabolic rate measurements and blood collection were conducted prior to and during 240 min after the intake of the supplements. Energy intake was recorded during ad libitum buffet breakfast and lunch served 60 min and 240 min post supplementation respectively.…”

Optimal location queries on road network by Vu, Minh Tam

“…Solutions to two variants of optimal location queries, Competitive Location and Min Sum Location, are discussed in this report. …”
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The effect of food deprivation on the rate of sulfamethazine elimination in goats by Abdullah, A.S., Baggot, J.D.

“…This decreased from 2.26±0.28 ml/min· kg ( {Mathematical expression} ±SD, n=6) in the control group to 1.16±0.54 ml/min·kg in the fasting group (p<0.01). …”
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Dynamic prediction of the incident duration using adaptive feature set by Ghosh, Banishree, Muhammad Tayyab Asif, Dauwels, Justin, Fastenrath, Ulrich, Guo, Hongliang

“…Moreover, for longer duration incidents (greater than 65 min), prediction improves significantly with time. …”
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Jamming-based covert communication for rate-splitting multiple access by Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Luong, Nguyen Cong, Feng, Shaohan, Elbassioni, Khaled, Niyato, Dusit

“…Additionally, it is observed through simulation that RSMA can achieve up to three times better than non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in terms of min-rate.…”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…The functionalized alkyl and aryl diazirine polyester films when tested for shear adhesion to ex-vivo swine aorta tissues, showed 450±50 mN/cm2 and 476±50 mN/cm2 adhesion strength when activated for 10 min and 2 min respectively using 0.5±0.1 mW/cm2 UV light of 365 nm. …”
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Applying liquisolid technique to enhance curcumin solubility: a central composite design study by Aghajanpour, Sareh, Yousefi Jordehi, Shabnam, Farmoudeh, Ali, Negarandeh, Reza, Lam, Matthew, Ebrahimnejad, Pedram, Nokhodchi, Ali

“…Experimental results confirmed the formulation’s effectiveness, with a marked reduction in the time to dissolve 63.2% of the drug to 165 min, compared to 300 min for conventional formulations. …”
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Thermo-catalytic decomposition of cotton seed press cake over nickel doped zeolite Y, hydrogen: enhanced yield of bio-oil with highly selective fuel-range hydrocarbons by Afraz, Marrij, Nisar, Jan, Shah, Afzal, Ali, Ghulam, Muhammad, Faisal, Anwar, Farooq, Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina

“…Employing Kissinger model, activation energy (Ea) and frequency factor (A) for various components of biomass i.e., hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin were calculated as 83.14 kJ mol−1, 99.76 kJ mol−1, 124.71 kJ mol−1 and 1.9 × 107 min−1, 1.0 × 108 min−1, 1.0 × 1010 min−1, respectively. …”
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Stability studies of papaya pectinesterase by Asbi, B.A, Ghazali, H.M, Yaakob, Che Man, Selamat, Jinap

“…After heating al 60°C for 5 min. 65 6 and 82% activity still remained at pH 4 and pH 7-5. respectively. …”
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Wear behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloys by Yan, Lina

“…For example, since mechanical properties of NiTi SMAs are close to those of cortical bones, NiTi SMA based implants such as joint replacements, bone plates, and spine fracture fixations were developed. However, complex wear modes on the surface may cause undesired reactions from neighboring tissues, leading to a serious inflammation of the human body. …”
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