The role of the STING inflammatory pathway in hepatic damage in psoriasis with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Shulin Huang, Kun Xie, Xiaohong Li, Xiangjin Xu, Pin Chen

“…The objective of the current study was to examine the potential exacerbation of liver damage due to the coexistence of psoriasis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to explore the impact of interferon gene stimulating factor (STING) on related damage. Material and methods Four patient groups were recruited: normal individuals, individuals with diabetes, those with psoriasis, and those with both diabetes and psoriasis. …”
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Levels Politechnic Community Satisfaction to The Use of Lebuhraya Pantai Timur 2 by Rosmida binti Ab Ghani, Najah binti Mohd Nawi, Norhafiza binti Idris

“…A total of 222 respondent from four polytechnic involved in this study. Analysis of the findings made by using descriptive statistic and T-test through the software Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. …”
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Nutrient composition of meals served to adult inpatients in public hospitals in North West, South Africa by Mantombi J. Jiyana, Lindiwe J. Ncube

“…Setting: The normal diet meals of four district hospitals and one regional hospital in the North West province were collected for this study. …”
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Experimental Study on Flexural Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams Reinforced by CFRP under Chloride Environment by Yunyan Liu, Yingfang Fan

“…Then, part of the beams were reinforced by CFRP and immersed in chloride condition for 120 days. After that, the four-point bending tests were performed. Then, the sectional strain, deformation, flexural stiffness, flexural capacity, ductility, and the cracking characteristics were researched. …”
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The Effect of Load-based Exercise Intensity on Testicular Malondialdehyde Concentration, Testicular Caspase-3 Expression, and Sperm Quality in Mice (Mus Musculus) by Priscilia Pratami Intan, Reny I'tishom, Vellyana Lie, Ria Margiana, Syed Baharom Syed Ahmad Fuad, Gadis Meinar Sari

“…Methods: Male Deutschland–Denken–Yoken mice were divided into four groups: a control group and three intervention groups with different loads (low, moderate, and high) based on 3%, 6%, and 9% of body weight. …”
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Surgical treatment in thoraco-lumbar region fractures. by Jorge Alberto Jerez Labrada, Dania Zúñiga Estrada, Yoan Manuel Quiñones González, Francisco José Lam González

“…The totality of the cases had type IV fracture, and a great part of them had Denis type II fracture having surgical treatment. …”
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Comparative Study of Alcoholic Extracts of Different Syrian Grapevine and Olive Leaf Cultivars for Their Antioxidant Activity and Photoprotective Effects by Farah Alhakim, Antoun Laham, Jameela Hasian

“…Soxhlet extraction with 80% ethanol (v/v) as the solvent produced a result that was satisfactory. Four components of grape leaf extract and one component of olive leaf extract were identified. …”
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Correlation between different boundaries used in upper airway assessment by Gediz Aksoz, Hakan El, J. Martin Palomo

“…Volume and MAA of the oropharyngeal airway were measured in 32 different airway segmentations created with four different upper and eight different lower boundaries using the Dolphin3D (Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions, Chatsworth, California, ABD) software. …”
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Influence of age on voice quality after transoral CO2 laser microsurgery by Jerome R. Lechien, Stephane Hans, Lise Crevier-Buchman

“…Results Seventy-five patients completed the evaluations. Thirty-four and forty-one patients were < 60 or ≥ 60 yo, respectively. …”
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Canine Rise Method: A Conservative Approach for Worn Teeth Rehabilitation with Different Adhesive Restorative Materials by Hamid Kermanshah, Aws Alzwghaibi, Maitham Al-Tufaili, Sholeh Ghabraei

“…In this article, two cases with generalized dental wear and four cases with localized dental wear are reported. …”
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Accumulation and Distribution of Heavy Metals in Mangrove Vegetation of the Coastal of South Sulawesi by Heru Setiawan

“…Vegetation samples were collected from four research location, which were Tanjung Bunga Makassar, Tallo River Makassar, Pare-Pare Bay and Bone Bay. …”
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Evaluating Supply Chain Management Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Technique by ALI Karbalaei Ebrahim, Davood Darvishi Selokolayi, Abbas Ahmadi

“…The conceptual model of the research was presented by experts in four categories of main criteria and 16 sub-criteria. …”
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Methodological developments in the field of structural integrity analyses of large scale reactor pressure vessels in Hungary by Tamás Fekete

“…Although the concept of Structural Integrity first appeared in industrial applications only two-three decades ago, its pertinence has been growing higher ever since. Four nuclear power generation units have been constructed in Hungary, more than 30 years ago. …”
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IAPSM’s Position Paper on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine for Adult Immunization in India by Ranjitha S. Shetty, Anuradha Nadda, Muralidhar Tambe, Abhishek Raut, Kapil Goel, Chythra R. Rao, Aprajita Mehta, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Madhu Gupta, Veena G Kamath

“…HPV vaccination is one of the vital components of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Strategy to speed up the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. In India, four prophylactic HPV vaccines are currently available. …”
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Sheehan Syndrome Presenting with Psychotic Manifestations Mimicking Schizophrenia in a Young Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Janith Galhenage, Madhubhashinee Dayabandara, Noel Somasundaram

“…She had persecutory and bizarre delusions, delusion of thought possession, and elementary auditory hallucinations. These began four months after the birth of her third child. The delivery had been complicated with postpartum haemorrhage. …”
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Public Administration Reform in Bulgaria: Top-down and Externally-driven Approach by Emilia Zankina

“…The article argues that there are four main factors influencing reform dynamics and determining policy outcomes in the Bulgarian case: the specific political choices made by government elites, external influence of the EU and of past national legacies, and the importance of institutions and reform mechanisms. …”
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Evaluation of equine perineural anesthesia simulators with integrated success control for veterinary education by Anna Chodzinski, Sandra Wissing, Andrea Tipold, Florian Geburek

“…The simulators were tested by 68 students in the 5th year who were divided into two groups. Thirty-four students received a training session using the simplified anatomical model (S1) and the other 34 students one on cadaver limbs, the usual instructional tool. …”
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Representing Tatar verbs denoting physiological actions and states in the lexicographic database by A.M. Galieva

“…A number of examples demonstrating that Tatar verbs denoting physiological actions and states form a broad thematic class of items with different semantic, derivational, syntactic characteristics have been provided; within this class we select 28 subclasses, a detailed description of the lexical content of four such subclasses has been performed. Many of the analyzed lexemes lack direct equivalents in the Russian language. …”
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Gambaran Tingkat Kebisingan Akibat Suara Kendaraan Bermotor di Beberapa Sekolah Berlokasi di Sekitar Jalan Raya kota Padang by Galan Eko Saputro, Meifal Rusli

“…Sound levels are measured at four points, i.e. at the main road in front of school, school gate, the nearest and farthest class room from the main road. …”
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A STUDY ON ACEHNESE EFL LEARNERS’ PHONETICS: PRONUNCIATION ERRORS IN PRODUCING ENGLISH CONSONANT SOUNDS by Fera Busfina Zalha, Fachrizal Lefiandi

“…The data from the interview also reveal four perceived factors leading to the pronunciation errors including challenge in enunciating sounds with similar phonetical features, unawareness towards the correct pronunciations, mother tongue’s impacts towards English pronunciation, and lack of practice. …”
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