THE INTEGRATION OF ROMANIA INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION MARKET OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS by Radu Lucian PANZARU, Dragoș Mihai MEDELETE, Gavril ȘTEFAN, Mihaela BALAN

“…The importance on the international market is highlighted by the fact that Romania held 22.52 and 26.97% of the world and continental volume of exports (1,070.99 thousand tons compared to 4,755.42 and 3,971.52 thousand tons), and for imports, the shares were 3.96 and 6.05% (183.47 thousand tons compared to 4,629.84 and 3,220.90 thousand tons respectively). …”
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Significance of the determination of proinflammatory cytokines in the serum of polytraumatized patients with sepsis by Šurbatović Maja, Jovanović Krsta, Vojvodić Danilo, Filipović Nikola, Babić Dragan D.

“…Mean values of IL-12 were 1.6-fold higher in survivors (p<0.01), while the values between SIRS and MODS group did not differ significantly; mean values of TNF-a were 3-fold higher in survivors (p<0.05), and 46-fold higher in MODS group (p<0.01). …”
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Costs and effects of abdominal versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: systematic review of controlled trials. by Claudia B M Bijen, Karin M Vermeulen, Marian J E Mourits, Geertruida H de Bock

“…The estimated total costs in the LH group were $3,884 versus $3,312 in the AH group. The incremental costs for reducing one patient with major complication(s) in the LH group compared to the AH group was $35,750.…”
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Toxigenic Genes of Coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus from Milk and Dairy by Burcu Erten, Gül Ece Soyutemiz, Figen Çetinkaya, Tülay Elal Muş

“…The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci were 3.2% and 5.3% with mean counts of 3.46 and 3.16 log CFU/mL-g, respectively. …”
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EVALUATION OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY WITH THE COMBINATION OF OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE by Steven G. Chrysant, Michael A. Weber, Antonia C. Wang, Donald J. Hinman

“…Reductions from baseline in mean trough SeSBP/SeDBP were 3,3/8,2 mm Hg, 20,1/16,4 mm Hg, and 26,8/21,9 mm Hg with placebo, olmesartan medoxomil/HCTZ 20/12,5 mg, and olmesar-tan medoxomil/HCTZ 40/25 mg, respectively. …”
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A break from the pups: The effects of loft access on the welfare of lactating laboratory rats. by Anna S Ratuski, Daniel M Weary

“…Dams housed with lofts spent more time in the loft with increasing pup age; dams spent on average (mean ± SE) 27 ± 5% of their time in the loft when pups were 1 wk old, increasing to 52 ± 5% of their time at 3 wks. When pups were 3 wks old, dams with lofts spent less time passively nursing (10 ± 2% of total time, compared to 27 ± 4% for dams without a loft) and less time nursing overall (36 ± 4% of time versus 59 ± 2% for dams without a loft). …”
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Associative Analysis Data Mining Pattern Against Traffic Accidents Using Apriori Algorithm by Ruswati Ruswati, Acep Irham Gufroni, Rianto Rianto

“…The results of the combination pattern calculation were 3 times iterations on each number of data in each region, the pattern of associations found in the Tasikmalaya region were the relation of the professional variables and the age of the perpetrator with the attribute of the Student profession dataset and the boundary group ages 16 to 30 years, while for the pattern associations found in the area of Ciamis Regency, namely the relation between age and education level with the attribute dataset of the 16 to 30 year age group and high school education level. …”
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Change in Serum Uric Acid is a Useful Predictor of All-Cause Mortality among Community-Dwelling Persons by Ryuichi Kawamoto, Asuka Kikuchi, Daisuke Ninomiya, Teru Kumagi

“…The multivariable-adjusted HRs (95% CI) for all-cause mortality for the first, second to fourth (reference), and fifth %dSUA quintiles were 3.79 (1.67–8.48), 1.00, and 0.87 (0.29–2.61) for male participants and 4.00 (1.43–11.2), 1.00, and 1.19 (0.46–3.05) for female participants, respectively. …”
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Insulin Resistance as a Predictor of Sensory Neuropathy in Prediabetes by Amrinder Singh, Ajay Chauhan, Parul Goyal, Jasmeet Kaur, Priyamvadha Ramesh

“…The maximum fasting serum insulin levels were 21.8 mIU/L, and the minimum fasting serum insulin levels were 3.5 mIU/L, with the mean value being 10.61 ± 4.99 mIU/L. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging of posterolateral plica of the elbow joint: Asymptomatic vs. symptomatic subjects. by Sang-Hee Choi, Suk Kyeong Ji, Seung Ah Lee, Min Jong Park, Moon Jong Chang

“…The median mediolateral and sagittal dimensions of the synovial fold in the asymptomatic group were 3.8 mm and 4.7 mm, respectively. Dimensions in the plica group were 7.0 mm and 7.4 mm, respectively. …”
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Failure and Acoustic Emissions of Coal–Rock Combinations with Different Dip Angles in the Shaqu No. 1 Coal Mine by Yuping Fu, Yongliang He, Chuantian Li

“…When the inclination angle was less than 30°, the cumulative energy of acoustic emissions increased slowly, then decreased, and it finally decreased significantly between 30° and 45°; from 0° → 15° → 30° → 45°, the energy change rates were +3.0%, −25.1%, and −78.2%, respectively. For coal–rock assemblages with different interfacial angles, the sliding damage instability caused by the coal–rock interface increased with increasing interfacial angle within the assemblage. …”
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Prevalence of Classification of Nucleophosmin 1 Gene Mutations in Iraqi Cohort of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Shurooq A. Lafta, Ismail A. Abdulhassan

“…Of the seven mutated AML in males, the number of A, B, and D types were 3, 3, and 1, respectively, whereas for the 9 females were 6, 1, and 2, respectively. …”
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Quality of Life of Nigerians with Unilateral Lower Limb Amputation by Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Adeolu Olusola Kehinde, Babatunde OA Adegoke, Alao Luqman Oyeyemi

“…</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants’ overall health and QoL scores were 3.6(SD 0.9) and 3.9(SD 0.7) respectively. Male subjects had significantly higher scores than females in the domains of physical health (p = 0.007), social relationships (p = 0.024) and overall health (p = 0.012). …”
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The Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Patients with Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits by Tariku T. Gudura, Hanny Sawaf, Randy Ogbenna, Ali Mehdi, Leal Herlitz, Surafel K. Gebreselassie, Shane A. Bobart

“…Mean serum creatinine and proteinuria at biopsy were 3.2 mg/dL and 4.3 g/g, respectively. A detectable monoclonal (M) protein was detected in 28% of cases; however, only 3 patients had underlying hematologic disorders (multiple myeloma, CLL, and B-cell lymphoma). …”
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Comprehensive Metabolomic Profiling of Common Bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) Reveals Biomarkers Involved in Viral Disease Detection and Monitoring by Aggrey Keya Osogo, Clabe Wekesa, Francis N. Muyekho, Hassan Karakacha Were, Patrick Okoth

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Dough rheological properties, physical, consumer acceptability and microbial qualities of wheat and wheat-sorghum biscuits fortified with longhorn grasshopper (Ruspolia differens)... by Amos Kipkemoi Ronoh, Charlotte Atsango Serrem, Susan Balaba Tumwebaze, Gertrude Mercy Were

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ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION CHANGES IN PRE- AND POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by E. B. Prokofyeva, A. G. Avtandilov

“…Mean values of BA diameter were 3,88±0,07, 4,11±0,08, and 4,08±0,08 mm among women in pre-menopause, early menopause, and late menopause, respectively (p&lt;0,05). …”
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Anti-Oral Microbial Effect of Ginkgo biloba Leaf Ethanol Extract: A Multi-Target Approach to Cariogenic and Periodontal Pathogens by Soon-Jeong Jeong

“…The MIC of Aa and Td were 3.75 mg/ml and 6.25 mg/ml, respectively. The MBC for Aa was 5.0 mg/ml, whereas the MBC of Td was non-detected and is estimated to be above 6.25 mg/ml. …”

Current Techniques of Intravascular Imaging and Implantation of Bioresorbable Coronary Vascular Scaffolds (Stents) by I. E. Nikolaeva, I. G. Zagitov, I. V. Buzaev, R. Yu. Risberg

“…The examination results at 12 months follow up established that there were 3.215 more scaffold restenoses in the control group.Conclusion. …”
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Investigation of asthenopia prevalence and related factors in university students with ordered logistic regression by Halil Sengul

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that women were 3.385 times more likely to develop asthenopia than men. …”
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