Factors Associated with Utilization of Dipeptidyl-4 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study by Hasniza Zaman Huri, NorFarahen Selamat, Shireene Ratna Vethakkan

“…This retrospective study was conducted to address the utilization pattern of DPP-4 inhibitors and factors that influence choice in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. 299 subjects taking either sitagliptin or vildagliptin from September 2008 to September 2012 were included in the study. …”
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Nonoperative treatment efficacy prognosis in acute small bowell obstruction by S. G. Shapovalyants, S. Ye. Larichev, Z. A. Zhemukhova, N. A. Soldatova, I. A. Smirnov

“…In retrospective study case records of 385 patients for 2003–2008 have been analyzed. Patients with suspicion to strangulation were not included in investigation. …”
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The Role of Clitoral Anatomy in Female to Male Sex Reassignment Surgery by Vojkan Vukadinovic, Borko Stojanovic, Marko Majstorovic, Aleksandar Milosevic

“…The study included 97 female transsexuals, aged from 18 to 41 years, who underwent single stage metoidioplasty between March 2008 and January 2013. The operative technique involved vaginectomy, the release of clitoral ligaments and urethral plate, urethroplasty by combining buccal mucosa graft and genital flaps, and scrotoplasty with insertion of testicle prostheses. …”
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Ephedra alte (Joint Pine): An Invasive, Problematic Weedy Species in Forestry and Fruit Tree Orchards in Jordan by Jamal R. Qasem

“…A field survey was carried out to record plant species climbed by Ephedra alte in certain parts of Jordan during 2008–2010. Forty species of shrubs, ornamental, fruit, and forest trees belonging to 24 plant families suffered from the climbing habit of E. alte. …”
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN EXPRESSING IDEAS IN DESCRIPTIVE WRITING BY USING PICTURE SERIES TECHNIQUE (A Quasi – Experimental Research at SMPN 14 Bengkulu City) by Leny Susiana

“…The population consisted of the second year students’ of Junior High School Number 14 Bengkulu in Academic Year 2008/2009. The experimental class was treated by picture series technique for one month, while the control class was taught by using the conventional technique. …”
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Major congenital defects. Relevant risk factors. Cienfuegos. 2000-2005. by Vivian Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Torres González, Gabriel González Jiménez, Yobadis Hernández del Sol, Ana López Rodríguez del Rey, Gladis Barberis Pérez

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Severe Weather Caused by Heat Island and Sea Breeze Effects in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil by Felipe Vemado, Augusto José Pereira Filho

“…All SB-HI episodes between 2005 and 2008 are identified and analyzed with surface and upper air measurements, weather radar, and satellite data. …”
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Durability Studies on the Recycled Aggregate Concrete in China over the Past Decade: A Review by Zhiming Ma, Qin Tang, Dingyi Yang, Guangzhong Ba

“…Since China hosted the Olympic Games in 2008, a mass of construction and demolition (C&D) wastes were produced with the rapid urbanization construction. …”
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A Big Data Analytics Approach for Dynamic Feedback Warning for Complex Systems by Wenrui Li, Menggang Li, Yiduo Mei, Ting Li, Fang Wang

“…With the development of science and technology, the application of big data is becoming more and more widespread, and it has gradually expanded to various fields such as economy and commerce. Since the 2008 international financial crisis, the mainstream economics has shown deficiencies to a certain extent. …”
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Exploring the Links Between Forest Stewardship Council Certification and Biodiversity Outcomes at a Global Level by Parag Kadam, Puneet Dwivedi

“…Specifically, using generalized random forests (GRF) and data from 91 countries between 2008 and 2019, we examine the associated factors that govern FSC-FM certifications relationship with percentage threatened species. …”
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New Product Development in an Emerging Economy: Analysing the Role of Supplier Involvement Practices by Using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Technique by Kanagi Kanapathy, Kok Wei Khong, Rob Dekkers

“…This premise was examined by distributing a survey instrument (Jayaram’s (2008) published survey instrument that has been utilised in developed economies) to Malaysian manufacturing companies. …”
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Inovação de Micro e Pequenas Empresas : Mensuração do Grau de Inovação de Empresas Participantes do Projeto Agentes Locais de Inovação by Ana Teresa Silva Néto, Rivanda Meira Teixeira

“…Essa ferramenta foi complementada por Bachmann e Destefani (2008) com a dimensão ambiência inovadora, pois um clima organizacional propício à inovação é pré-requisito na empresa. …”
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Risk Factors Causing Preterm Labor by Evren Kurtul Çam, Nejat Demircan, Ülkü Özmen Bayar, Füruzan Köktürk, İlker İnan Arıkan

“…STUDY DESIGN: Our study was performed between the dates 1st September 2008 - 1st May 2009, among pregnant women, who are hospitalized in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine. …”
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Acumulación de capital, cambio tecnológico y distribución del ingreso en Argentina (1962-2019) by Facundo E. Malvicino, Lucas Terranova

“…A partir de ese momento, el cambio tecnológico adoptó un patrón neutral en sentido de Hicks con un incremento de la rentabilidad hasta 2008, cuando retomó la tendencia negativa hasta el final del periodo analizado. …”
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Bibliography of the Journal Metalurgija 1962–2026 by Ilija Mamuzić

“…Content: – 1962 - 2026 the publishing of the Metalurgija Journal - pp. 255 – – Abstract - pp. 255 – – Introduction - pp. 255 – – Foundation and History of the Journal - pp. 258 – – Past Achievements - pp. 261 – – Organization of Journal Activities - pp. 262 – – Metalurgija and Croatian Universities - pp. 265 – – Instead of conclusion - pp. 269 – Acknowledgement to Reviewers, Metalurgija 64 (2025) 1-4, 1-528 - pp. 272 – List of Boards and Co-workers 1962 – 2026 – pp. 273 – List of Published papers 1962 – 2026 – pp. 279 – The fourth certificate to Croatian metallurgical society (CMS) for successfully business (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 y) – pp. 456 – List of Authors and Co-Authors 1962 – 2026 – pp. 457 – Selected Materials of the Author – pp. 502 – – Publishing Commission, Ministry of Science, Education and sport for Editor-in Chief Ilija Mamuzić 2006 – pp. 502 – – Ministry of Science, Education and sport (MSES), Ministry Dragan Primorac „Financial support of the MSES to Scientific Journal in the field of Technical Science with the example of the Metalurgija Journal“, 2008. – pp. 503 – – Ministry of Science and Education (MSE), Ministry Blaženka Divjak „Openess of science in Croatia by the committee for scientific and publishing activities of MSE“ – pp. 509 – – On the occasion of fifty year (1962 – 2012) publishing of Journal Metalurgija several quotes – pp. 516 – Photo gallery – pp. 517…”
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Princípio dos 3R como ética mínima na experimentação animal by Renata Batista da Silva, Tatiana Tavares da Silva

“…Resumo Animais não humanos são utilizados rotineiramente em pesquisas, ainda que estudos refutem a premissa de que resultados gerados dessa forma tragam benefícios à sociedade. A Lei 11.794/2008 instituiu as comissões de ética no uso de animais, com competência para avaliar normativa e eticamente protocolos de ensino e pesquisa. …”
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Tramo corto de la curva de rendimientos, cambio de régimen inflacionario y expectativas de inflación en Colombia by Luis Eduardo Arango, Luz Adriana Flórez

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Development of the implementation of public information disclosure by regional governments in Indonesia: a systematic literature review by Irsyadinnas Irsyadinnas, Sinta Ningrum, Centurion Chandratama Priyatna

“…In this regard, the Government of Indonesia issued Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning the Openness of Public Information, which must be implemented by all public bodies at every level of government in Indonesia, starting from the central government, and provincial governments, to district/city governments. …”
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Time series forecasting of bed occupancy in mental health facilities in India using machine learning by G. Avinash, Hariom Pachori, Avinash Sharma, SukhDev Mishra

“…This study applies six machine learning models, namely Support Vector Regression, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, Random Forest, K-Nearest Neighbors, Gradient Boosting, and Decision Tree, to forecast weekly bed occupancy of the second largest mental hospital in India, using data from 2008 to 2024. Accuracy of models were evaluated using Mean Absolute Percentage Error, and Diebold–Mariano test for assessing differences in predictive performance. …”
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La demanda de gasolinas en México: Efectos y alternativas ante el cambio climático by Orlando Reyes, Roberto Escalante, Anna Matas

“…Este artículo analiza empíricamente la demanda de gasolinas del sector automotor en México durante el periodo 1960-2008. Las estimaciones de las elasticidades de largo y corto plazos del precio e ingreso fueron: -0.285, -0.041, 1.004 y 0.721, lo que implica que la demanda de gasolinas es sensible a la trayectoria del ingreso e inelástica a los precios. …”
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