High Fasting Insulin Levels and Insulin Resistance May Be Linked to Idiopathic Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Case-Control Study by Corina-Alina Ispasoiu, Radu Chicea, Florin Vasile Stamatian, Florin Ispasoiu

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the IR (insulin resistance) in patients with idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss. Material and Method. A single center, case control study was performed on one hundred eighteen women divided into case group (with at least two pregnancy losses, earlier than 20 weeks of gestation, and negative for the recurrent pregnancy loss testing) and control group (with at least one live birth, no pregnancy loss). …”
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Assessing the influence of bibliometric factors and organizational characteristics on the centrality degree of inter-university collaborative networks: a neural network approach by Juan David Reyes-Gómez, Efrén Romero-Riaño

“…The centrality degree of a university collaborative network indicates how many other universities the given university has active collaborations with. …”
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Una ciudad fotografiada: comparando imagen cotidiana e imagen turística en Fortaleza (Brasil) a partir de Instagram by Daniel Paul i Agusti, Madson dos Santos Costa

“…Un aspecto que puede ayudar a gestionar una ciudad adaptada a habitantes y turistas. …”
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A Tale of Two Conditions: Pediatric Brugada Syndrome Unveiled—Navigating the Challenges of Coexisting Arrhythmia and Fever‐Induced ECG Pattern by Hei‐To Leung, Sit‐Yee Kwok, Fong‐Ying Shih, Kin‐Shing Lun, Tak‐Cheung Yung, Sabrina Tsao

“…Conclusion Fever plays a significant role in unmasking BrS in children. …”
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TIEMPO, CONCEPTO E HISTORIA: DOS MONUMENTOS, EN PUERTO RICO Y CUBA, A FINALES DEL SIGLO XX by Yolanda Wood

“…Ambos son monumentos conmemorativos a tiempos históricos de las islas, a figuras colectivas como el mundo indígena y el del apalencado, y hacen su rememoración desde fundamentos conceptuales que tributan al pasado con intenciones simbólicas tanto por los sitios de ubicación de los monumentos como por sus materialidades y recursos visuales.…”
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Validation of a Portable Ionized Calcium Detection Device and Changes in the Ionized-to-Total-Calcium Ratio in the Blood of Postpartum Holstein Cows by Zhongming Cao, Yan Zhao, Bo Zhang, John P. Kastelic, Mengjie Hu, Jia Cheng, Mingchao Liu, Jian Gao

“…In addition, 885 blood samples were collected from 102 dairy cows between calving and 9 days postpartum, with iCa concentrations measured using a Horiba LAQUAtwin Ca-11C and tCa concentrations determined by a fully automated biochemical analyzer. …”
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Proceso de validación de una encuesta de consumo de alimentos a escala familiar. Localidad Playa Baracoa by Mayelín Barrios Díaz, Armando Rodríguez Suárez, Ana Ibis Gámez Bernal, Valentina Rodríguez Flores

“…<br /><strong>Métodos:</strong> estudio observacional, de corte transversal sobre consumo de alimentos en 40 hogares, utilizando como referencia el método de recordatorio de 24 horas y como encuesta a validar la de acceso y consumo de alimentos en el hogar. …”
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Validation of the REDS score in hospitalised patients who deteriorated and were admitted to the intensive care unit—a retrospective cohort study by Narani Sivayoham, Oliver Mason, Harriet O’Mara, Natasha Trenchard Turner, Katie Sysum, Georgina Wicks

“…The sensitivity and specificity for a ΔSOFA≥2 was 91.2% (95% CI 83.4 to 96.1) and 15.7% (95% CI 10.9 to 21.5), respectively. …”
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The Numerical Simulation of Hard Rocks for Tunnelling Purposes at Great Depths: A Comparison between the Hybrid FDEM Method and Continuous Techniques by Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Ioannis Vazaios

“…Especially, when it comes to hard rocks at great depths, the rockmass is more likely to respond in a brittle manner during the excavation. Continuum numerical modelling and discontinuum techniques have been employed in order to capture the complex nature of fracture initiation and propagation at low-confinement conditions surrounding an underground opening. …”
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Numerical study on the effects of obstacle shape and thickness on deflagration-to-detonation transition in hydrogen–air mixtures with a transverse concentration gradient by Mohammad Hossein Shamsaddin Saeid, Chang Bo Oh, Chi Young Lee

“…This study explores the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in a 30 % hydrogen–air mixture with a transverse concentration gradient through numerical simulation. …”
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Association Between the Malnutrition Status and All‐Cause Mortality in Patients With Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Bingzhen Li, Shaozhao Zhang, Chaoguang Xu, Mengting Huang, Zhenyu Xiong, Ziwen Hui, Xinxue Liao, Jilin Li, Jianying Chen, Xiaodong Zhuang

“…Cox regression was used to assess the association between nutritional status and all‐cause mortality. During a median 34.2‐month follow‐up period, a total of 120 (22.4%) patients died. …”
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Associations between Age-Related Changes in the Core Vestibular Projection Pathway and Balance Ability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study by Sang Seok Yeo, Jung Won Kwon, In Hee Cho

“…The results suggested that there was a relationship between DTI parameters in the vestibular neural pathway and balance according to aging.…”
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Evaluation of long‐acting cabotegravir safety and pharmacokinetics in pregnant women in eastern and southern Africa: a secondary analysis of HPTN 084 by Sinead Delany‐Moretlwe, Brett Hanscom, Xu Guo, Clemensia Nkabiito, Patricia Mandima, Patricia Ntege Nahirya, Juliet Mpendo, Muchaneta Bhondai‐Mhuri, Nyaradzo Mgodi, Rebecca Berhanu, Jennifer Farrior, Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, Susan L. Ford, Craig W. Hendrix, Alex R. Rinehart, James F. Rooney, Adeola Adeyeye, Raphael J. Landovitz, Myron S. Cohen, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mark A. Marzinke, the HPTN 084 Study Team

“…Pregnancy testing was performed at each visit; participants with a positive test had study product withheld and were offered open‐label TDF/FTC. …”
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Measuring the Impacts of Argentina’s Presidential Election Process in 2023 on the Stock Market Performance Using a Dynamic Event Study Methodology by Eduardo Enrique Sandoval Álamos, Claudio René Molina Mac-Kay, Erwin Octavio Taipe Aquino

“…Therefore, those investors who anticipated the election results by liquidating positions in companies in the materials sector and investing more in companies in the energy and other industrial sectors achieved a superior performance.…”
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Enhancing Royal grape quality through a three-year investigation of soil management practices and organic amendments on berry biochemistry by Ozkan Kaya, Sinem Karakus, Fadime Ates, Selda Daler, Harlene Hatterman-Valenti

“…Using a Randomized Complete Block Design with four replicates of 12 vines, the study tested three tillage methods (chisel, disc harrow, and no-tillage) and four organic fertilizers (Antep radish, broccoli, olive blackwater, and a control). …”
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Discovery of a sushi domain-containing protein 2-positive phenotype in circulating tumor cells of metastatic breast cancer patients by Kai Bartkowiak, Parinaz Mossahebi Mohammadi, Paula Nissen, Stefan Werner, David Agorku, Antje Andreas, Maria Geffken, Sven Peine, Karl Verpoort, Thomas M. Deutsch, Laura L. Michel, Andreas Schneeweiss, Verena Thewes, Andreas Trumpp, Olaf Hardt, Volkmar Müller, Sabine Riethdorf, Hartmut Schlüter, Klaus Pantel

“…Abstract Cell lines derived from circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood provide important biological information on cancer metastasis. CTC-ITB-01 is a CTC cell line derived from a patient with metastatic estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha) positive breast cancer two months before the death of the patient. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

“…These findings should be validated in further studies with a larger sample size.…”
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A Novel Particle Filter Based on One-Step Smoothing for Nonlinear Systems with Random One-Step Delay and Missing Measurements by Zhenrong Yang, Xing Zhang, Wenqian Xiang, Xiaohui Lin

“…In this paper, a novel particle filter based on one-step smoothing is proposed for nonlinear systems with random one-step delay and missing measurements. …”
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Real-life effectiveness and safety of baricitinib in 17 Japanese patients with alopecia areata: a 60-week single center study by Akihiko Uchiyama, Takeshi Araki, Keiji Kosaka, Sei-Ichiro Motegi

“…Alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic immune-mediated skin disorder characterized by non-scarring hair loss. …”
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Reseña de "Sofrimento de indeterminação: uma reatualização da filosofia do direito de Hegel" de HONNETH, A. by Antonio Cesar Machado da Silva

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