Inflorescences of the Bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis as Nest Sites and Food Resources for Ants and Other Arthropods in Brazil by Volker S. Schmid, Simone Langner, Josefina Steiner, Anne Zillikens

“…Species accumulation curves and diversity indices indicate that the diversity of stem-occupying ant species is highest in restinga-low (eight species observed, 18 predicted) and lowest in restinga-high (four observed and predicted). Highest similarity of compositions of infructescence-inhabiting ant species was recorded between miconietum and restinga-high, lowest between restinga-low and restinga-high. …”
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Association of triglyceride-glucose-body mass index with all-cause mortality among individuals with cardiovascular disease: results from NHANES by Yiaoran Sun, Yiaoran Sun, Yuecheng Hu, Yuecheng Hu

“…Patients were divided into four groups based on the weighted quartiles of TyG-BMI. …”
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Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Middle Aged and Elderly Nigerian Men: Impact on Quality of Life by Patrick Temi Adegun, Philip Babatunde Adebayo, Peter Olufemi Areo

“…Assessment of symptoms was based on IPSS and bother score completed by the eligible subjects on the same day of their clinic visits. Results. Four hundred patients were studied comprising 229 middle aged and 171 elderly men. …”
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A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a Middle-Aged Adult by Nicole Mahdi, Peter A. Abdelmalik, Mark Curtis, Barak Bar

“…At discharge, his neurological exam had significantly improved with continued steroid treatment and four months later, he was able to perform his ADLs. …”
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Changement climatique et ressource en eau en Himalaya by Joëlle Smadja, Olivia Aubriot, Ornella Puschiasis, Thierry Duplan, Juliette Grimaldi, Mickaël Hugonnet, Pauline Buchheit

“…The investigations that we carried out at four fieldwork sites, which are representative of Nepalese milieus, aimed to find out whether populations noticed any variations in water resources that affected their practices (farming, livestock breeding, tourism) and if they attributed them to climate change. …”
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Monitoring Personalized Trait Using Oscillometric Arterial Blood Pressure Measurements by Young-Suk Shin

“…The representation of personalized traits with features from the oscillometric waveforms using LDA algorithm includes four phases. Data collection consists of blood pressure data using auscultatory measurements and pressure oscillations data obtained from the oscillometric method. …”
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Low-level laser therapy: an efficient supplement to treatments of vulvar Lichen sclerosus to improve quality of life by Pia Kirstine Berthelsen, Sidsel Eb Ipsen, Mohammed R. Khalil

“…All participants received ten LLLT treatments (808 nm and 500 mW) over a period of 8 weeks. The first four treatments were planned as two treatments per week. …”
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Research on Mechanical Model of Canal Lining Plates under the Effect of Frost Heaving Force by Yantao Liang, Fuping Zhang, Mingming Jing, Pengfei He

“…The bending moment Mxy and stress τxy are maximum at the four corners of the plate: although the numerical magnitude is lower than that of Mx, it may cause stress concentration to damage the lining plate and thus cause break. …”
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Optimizing classroom environments for visually impaired school children a scoping review protocol. by Nur Aresya Ahmad Najmee, Zainora Mohammed, Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman, Norliza Mohamad Fadzil, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin

“…The scoping review explored four electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus Emerald Insight, and Web of Sciences. …”
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The efficiency of urban public transport and its impact on environmental sustainability by Joaquín Sánchez Toledano, Beatriz Duarte Monedero, Sandra Flores - Ureba, Clara Simón de Blas

“…The sample comprises companies providing bus and metro transport services in four of the biggest cities in Spain during the period 2017 - 2021.The methodology used will be (1) a description of the main variables of these companies and (2) a data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist index as statistical inference estimators to provide the productivity, efficiency change (EFCH) into Pure Technical Efficiency Change (PTECH), and Scale Efficiency Change of the analyzed companies. …”
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Impact of particle size of pulverized citrus peel tissue on changes in antioxidant properties of digested fluids during simulated in vitro digestion by Yidi Cai, Wei Qin, Sunantha Ketnawa, Yukiharu Ogawa

“…The citrus peel tissue was pulverized and classified into four powder fractions followed their particle size distributions as 125 − 180 μm, 180 − 355 μm, 355 − 500 μm and 500 − 710 μm. …”
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Recent tendencies in the development of 'human rights': Axiological and applied aspects by N.V. Bekirov

“…The number of international treaties on human rights ratified by Russia is four times higher than it is on average in the world. …”
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Walking and standing in Athinas Street: Encountering pedestrian life in Athens’ historical centre by Dimitra Kanellopoulou

“…Over the last three decades the centre of Athens has been the site of numerous pedestrianisation projects, transforming the image and function of Athenian public space within a four square kilometre zone around Acropolis Hill. …”
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The beginnings of vernacular scientific discourse: genres and linguistic features in some early issues of the Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions by David BANKS

“…An analysis of transitivity patterns shows that relational process and verbal process constitute the most common types in the Journal des Sçavans, whereas in the Philosophical Transactions, although the rate of relational process is similar, the rate for material process is four times higher. An analysis of thematic structure shows that the Philosophical Transactions has rather less textual themes than the Journal des Sçavans. …”
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Facilitating high throughput bispecific antibody production and potential applications within biopharmaceutical discovery workflows by Caitlin Fawcett, Joseph. R. Tickle, Charlotte. H. Coles

“…A major driver for the recent investment surge in bispecific antibody (bsAb) platforms and products is the multitude of distinct mechanisms of action that bsAbs offer compared to a combination of two monoclonal antibodies. Four bsAb products were granted first regulatory approvals in the US or EU during 2023 and the biopharmaceutical industry pipeline is brimming with bsAb candidates across a broad range of therapeutic applications. …”
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F-2-Deoxy-2-Fluoro-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Experimental Colorectal Liver Metastases by Gabie M. de Jong, Thijs Hendriks, Robert P. Bleichrodt, Helena M. Dekker, Roel D.M. Mus, Martin Gotthardt, Eric P. Visser, Wim J.G. Oyen, Otto C. Boerman

“…Topographically, the liver was divided into eight segments and the image findings were compared on a segment-by-segment basis with the histopathologic findings. Sixty-four liver segments were analyzed, 20 of which contained tumor deposits. …”
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Quantitative Characterization of Tight Rock Microstructure of Digital Core by Yuwei Liu, Shuping Wang, Rongchen Zheng, Haosen Li

“…The results show the following: (i) It is highly accurate to determine 3D digital core by comparing porosity measurement and calculating porosity; (ii) the average pore radius of the three samples is more than 7 μm, the pore number is less than 651, the average throat length is greater than 159 μm, and the percentage of connected pore volume is above 95%; (iii) large pores are mainly developed in the reservoir, while a certain number of isolated pores exist, and the connected pores are distributed in sheets and strips; (iv) the pores of tight reservoir are mainly micron pores, and the distribution frequency histogram of pore radius is single peak; (v) porosity is related to connectivity, pore radius, and pore number; and (vi) the influence of throat on porosity and permeability is greater than that of pore. …”
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Formation of military position in the valuable system of cadets by Maksim V. Sysolyatin

“…Rokich's “Value Orientations” questionnaire, the characteristics of military identity were determined using the average of four scales of military social identity from the identity questionnaire developed by us based on the questionnaire.The correlation and regression analysis, as well as the arithmetic average calculation of the values for each course, made it possible to identify the conformity of the officer’s ideas about the personality with the value orientations that are formed in the process of military-school education, the diachronic nature of the integration of the structure of value orientations at each of the military-professional stages socialization, as well as the formation of the internal value structure of the personality of the cadet as a future commander. …”
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Effectivity of Inhibition of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Liquid Smoke Against Ganoderma boninense Fungus In Vitro by Cica Riyani, Linda Rahmawati, Zuliyan Agus NM Majid

“…This study was conducted in a completely randomized design with four treatments and six replications. The treatment was the difference in concentration of liquid smoke (1 ml/AC1, 2 ml/AC2, 3 ml/AC3, and control/AC0) in the planting medium, potato dextrose agar (PDA). …”
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La représentation de la censure dans la série romanesque japonaise Library Wars : une lecture à la lueur de Fahrenheit 451 by Maxime Danesin

“…This novelistic series of four volumes, published from 2006 to 2007, is staged in a democratic Japan that is being corrupted by a Censorship Law, promulgated for the sake of morality, and where Library Corps try to defend free speech. …”
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