Cobalamin and Folic Acid Status in Relation to the Etiopathogenesis of Pancytopenia in Adults at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India by M. Premkumar, N. Gupta, T. Singh, T. Velpandian

“…A total of 140 consecutive patients with pancytopenia were selected from June 2007 to December 2008. Bone marrow examination and other tests were carried out as warranted, including serum cobalamin and folate assays using liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (LC MS/MS). …”
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Possibilities and scope of environmental protection through criminal law: The new environmental crime directive by Stojanović Zoran, Bodrožić Ivana

“…The historical method is also used in a part of the research in which the distinction between prior legal documents from 1998 and 2008 and the new one is analysed, as documents that did not have sufficient effect. …”
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‘‘Near Miss’’ Obstetric Cases: 4 Years Experience of a Tertiary Center by Hüseyin Cengiz, Cihan Kaya, Ramazan Ateş, Yusuf Ziya Yener, Murat Ekin, Levent Yaşar

“…Cases were identified through a retrospective analysis of hospital records of pregnancy-related complications reported between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011. For each case of near miss morbidity and maternal death, data on demographic characteristics were collected, including the patient’s age, parity, previous deliveries, and gestational age at delivery. …”
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A study of serum YKL-40 and its correlation with traditional biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Vinod Narayan, Vasanthi Pallinti, Nalini Ganesan

“…Results: In our study, there was a significant increase in serum YKL-40 level in RA patients (200.8 [141.24–282.7] ng/ml) compared to healthy controls (82.2 [49.01–123.78] ng/ml) with P < 0.001. …”
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Study Environment and Psychological Factors of University Students’ Intention to Drop out by Laima Bulotaitė, Rūta Sargautytė, Irena Žukauskaitė, Dalia Bagdžiūnienė

“…., 2019), Academic resilience (Martin & Marsh, 2006), Study satisfaction (Schmitt et al., 2008), Study environment characteristics (autonomy, feedback, support from teachers and students, and opportunities for development) (Bakker, 2014), Study-related stress, Intention to drop out, along with questions on sociodemographic data. …”
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Use of Sildenafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Findings from a U.S. Healthcare Claims Database by Ariel Berger, John Edelsberg, Simon Teal, Marko A. Mychaskiw, Gerry Oster

“…**Methods:** Using a large U.S. healthcare claims database, we identified all patients with evidence of PAH (International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM] diagnosis codes 416.0, 416.8) and receipt of sildenafil between January 1, 2005 and September 30, 2008. The date of each patient’s earliest pharmacy claim for sildenafil was designated as his or her “index date”; patients with <6 months of data prior to this date were excluded. …”
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Dam-breach process simulation and risk assessment of outburst flood induced by the Tangjiashan landslide-dammed lake by Junxue Ma, Chong Xu, Jian Chen

“…Study region: This study focuses on the Tangjiashan landslide-dammed lake (TJSLL), located in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, China, which experienced a large outburst flood (OF) following the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. The region is characterized by complex river channels and steep terrain, which significantly influenced flood dynamics. …”
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Parameter Uncertainty Analysis for Streamflow Simulation Using SWAT Model in Nashe Watershed, Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia by Megersa Kebede Leta, Dessalegn Geleta Ebsa, Motuma Shiferaw Regasa

“…The calibration and validation model was computed to simulate the observed streamflow data from 1985 to 2008 including two years of warm-up periods. Model calibration, validation, and analysis of parameter uncertainty were conducted for both daily and monthly observed streamflows at the gauging stations through SUFI-2, which is one of the algorithms of the SWAT-Calibration and Uncertainty Program (SWAT_CUP). …”
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Upper Digestive Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Phase of Dialysis by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, David Rodríguez Zamora, Juan Luís de Pasos Carrazana, Libán Álvarez Cáceres, Orelvis Martínez Martínez, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay

“…Gustavo Aldereguía Lima” from Cienfuegos and who had undergone an upper digestive endoscopy from January to May, 2008. The patient’s health record was studied to get information for the variables under study. …”
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El (auto) tropicalismo en Costa Rica: Un análisis de la marca-país del Instituto Costarricense de Turismo dentro de la geopolítica del turismo by Santiago Navarro

“…Este proceso refleja una división global del sistema mundo (Wallerstein, 2005), en la cual los centros mundiales conforman “periferias del placer” (Ash y Turner, 1999), donde algunas se encuentran dentro del circuito geográfico tropical del planeta bajo imaginarios de exotismo (Beltrán, 2008) específicos, los cuales podríamos denominar como “tropicalismo”. …”
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Association between alkaline phosphatase levels and mortality in Chinese patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases: a retrospective cohort study by ZhaoXi Liu, ZiQing Zhang, GuoFang Yu, MingJiang Mo, ChuanYu Xie, DangHan Xu, JieTao Lin, YuChen Zhang, Li Deng, YiChang Luo, YingFeng Huang, Cui Shao

“…Results: Of 195 enrolled patients, 134 (68.72%) were male, and 61 (31.28%) were female, with ages ranging from January 2008 to December 2019. A total of 147 patients (76.96%) were diagnosed with left hemicolon cancer and 44 (23.04%) with right hemicolon cancer. …”
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Assessing the impact on mode competitiveness of improvements of the Trans-Eurasian railway network by Seyed Mohseni, Edwin van Hassel, Thierry Vanelslander

“…Abstract This paper deals with the potential of the different modes of transport on the Eurasian connection, focusing on rail, and comparing with sea and air. Since 2008, a substantial uptake of the rail connection has been observed. …”
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The impact of state policy on the development of organic agriculture in Azerbaijan by Mehriban Aliyeva, Gulnara Tanriverdiyeva, Dilbar Faradjova, Esmira Ahmadova, Oksana Baranovska

“…The study found that organic agriculture in Azerbaijan is actively supported through legislative initiatives, such as the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 650-IIIQ “On Ecologically Clean Agriculture”, adopted in 2008, and government support programmes. The law prohibits the use of genetically modified organisms and chemicals, and sets standards for the certification of organic products. …”
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Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Violencia Organizacional y Agresión en el Clima Laboral en Puerto Rico by Rita Vélez Alvarado, Adam Rosario Rodríguez, Abner Vélez

“…El propósito de este estudio fue analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Violencia Organizacional y Agresión en el Clima Laboral (EVOACL),  desarrollada por Kessler et al. (2008), en una muestra de adultos puertorriqueños. …”
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Renal Complication and Glycemic Control in Korean Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Ye An Kim, Young Lee, Je Hyun Seo

“…This retrospective cohort study examined the data of 3099 patients with type 2 diabetes who were followed for at least 10 years at the Korean Veterans Hospital and for whom glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was measured in 2008 and 2017. Participants were divided into six groups according to their baseline or dynamic HbA1c levels. …”
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Clinical Significance of Prothrombin Time in Cholangiocarcinoma Patients with Surgeries by Hui-shan Wang, Xian-xiu Ge, Quan-peng Li, Jun-jie Nie, Lin Miao

“…We retrospectively analyzed the PT from 86 CCA patients who underwent curative resection in our hospital from December 2008 to August 2017. The relationship between PT and survival times was analyzed through univariate and multivariate analyses (Cox proportional hazards model). …”
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The impact of copper additive content on the synthesis of SiC from rice husks by Kieu Do Trung Kien, Huynh Ngoc Minh

“…The SiC content, mineralogical composition, and microstructure of the products were analyzed using ISO 21068-2:2008, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, x-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Energy Dispersive x-ray Spectroscopy. …”
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Opium use during pregnancy and risk of preterm delivery: A population-based cohort study. by Siavash Maghsoudlou, Sven Cnattingius, Scott Montgomery, Mohsen Aarabi, Shahriar Semnani, Anna-Karin Wikström, Shahram Bahmanyar

“…<h4>Method and findings</h4>We performed a population-based cohort study in the rural areas of the Golestan province, Iran between 2008 and 2010. We randomly selected 920 women who used (usually smoked) opium during pregnancy and 920 women who did not. …”
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Brexit a sytuacja ekonomiczna Wielkiej Brytanii by Katarzyna Czech, Michał Wielechowski

“…., czy kryzysu finansowego w latach 2008–2009. Wynik referendum można łączyć ze wzrostem inflacji oraz spadkiem tempa wzrostu PKB. …”
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نظریۀ «استغلال» در حقوق کشورهای عربی و سنجش آن با نهادهای مشابه در فقه اسلامی by مهدی مفتخری, مجتبی زاهدیان, سید محمد مهدی قبولی درافشان

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