Role of visual function and performance of activities of daily living in cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study by Chunhui Zhou, Ganfeng Yang, Marc Theeboom, Hua Yang, Ruiting Zhu, Zijian Zhou, Dong Zhu

“…BackgroundMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to dementia, with many patients showing early decline in activities of daily living (ADLs). …”
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Hemodynamic Effect of Unequal Anterior Cerebral Artery Flow Rates on the Anterior Communicating Artery Bifurcation: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study by Thomas Rau, Xing He, Prem Venugopal, Fernando Viñuela, Gary Duckwiler, Daniel J. Valentino

“…Unequal flow rates through the ACA parent arteries result in bifurcation of the higher flow parent stream and a shifting of the impingement points along the A2-ACOM adjoining wall toward the contralateral ACA. …”
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Evaluation of the Frequency of HLA-DQ2/DQ8 Genes Among Patients with Celiac Disease and Those on a Gluten-Free Diet by Marek K. Kowalski, Danuta Domżał-Magrowska, Ewa Małecka-Wojciesko

“…Background: Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic, permanent, gluten-dependent disease that manifests itself with inflammation of the small intestine and malabsorption in genetically predisposed individuals with HLA-DQ2 and -DQ8 (human leukocyte antigen) histocompatibility antigens. …”
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Short-term and long-term revision rates after lumbar spine discectomy versus laminectomy: a population-based cohort study by Yao-Chun Hsu, Feng-Chen Kao, Chang-Bi Wang, Yuan-Kun Tu, Pao-Hsin Liu

“…This study aimed to compare these two surgical treatments in the postoperative revision rates.Design A population-based cohort study from analysis of a healthcare database.Setting Data were gathered from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).Participants We enrolled 16 048 patients (4450 women and 11 598 men) with a mean age of 40.34 years who underwent lumbar discectomy or laminectomy for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2007. …”
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A Comparative Study of Newly Developed HPLC-DAD and UHPLC-UV Assays for the Determination of Posaconazole in Bulk Powder and Suspension Dosage Form by Dalia A. Hamdy, Tarek S. Belal

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Context-dependent similarity analysis of analogue series for structure–activity relationship transfer based on a concept from natural language processing by Atsushi Yoshimori, Jürgen Bajorath

“…Scientific contribution A method is reported to systematically search for and align analogue series with SAR transfer potential. …”
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Respuestas socio-tecnológicas frente a la COVID-19 en México: Spin-offs, repositorios e impresión 3D by Maximino Matus Ruiz

“…El objetivo del artículo es analizar dos iniciativas sociotecnológicas, una ciudadana y otra gubernamental, que se configuraron en México como respuesta a la escasez y el acaparamiento de dispositivos sanitarios y medicos en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19. …”
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„Ubodzy, a wzbogacający wielu” (por. 2 Kor 6, 10). Ubóstwo Chrystusa i wiernych w nauczaniu św. Pawła by Danuta Piekarz

“…Zachęca ich do wzajemnej troski i współodpowiedzialności, przypominając, iż w Chrystusie wszyscy – także, a może zwłaszcza ci najsłabsi – są członkami jednego Mistycznego Ciała, a nawet najuboższy członek wspólnoty ma bezcenną wartość, skoro Chrystus przelał za niego swoją krew. …”
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The Effect Of Mild Exercise Induced Dehydration On Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3) Scores: A within-subjects design. by Sean M Collins, Monica R Lininger, Thomas G Bowman

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Religião, política e espaço público no Brasil: perspectiva histórico/sociológica e a conjuntura das eleições presidenciais de 2018 by Marcelo Ayres Camurça

“…A partir de uma perspectiva histórica e sociológica discute que a despeito da separação Igreja/Estado na formação constitucional da República em 1891, a religião nunca deixou de ter presença e influência no espaço público no país. …”
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Typhoon Maria Precipitation Retrieval and Evolution Based on the Infrared Brightness Temperature of the Feng-Yun 4A/Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager by Gen Wang, Kefu Wang, Wei Han, Dongyong Wang, Xuexing Qiu

“…Recognizing the importance and challenges inherent in the remote sensing of precipitation in typhoon monitoring, a study of the Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI) data from Feng-Yun 4A on typhoon precipitation was conducted. …”
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Short-term effects of brief stair climbing interruptions on postprandial hyperglycemia during prolonged sitting: a randomized cross-over trial by Eswaran Thirunavukkarasu, Manaswi Reddy Aerva, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, G. Arun Maiya, Chythra R. Rao

“…Stair climbing interruptions may serve as a feasible and effective countermeasure to high glycaemic variability or excursions that occur during prolonged sitting after postprandial hyperglycaemia.…”
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Health-related quality of life and its predictors among chronic kidney disease patients: A hospital-based cross-sectional study. by Tasmia Tasnim, Kazi Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Tanjina Rahman, Harun-Ur Rashid

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a significant impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of affected individuals due to its progressive and disabling nature. …”
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Effect of intraoperative noise isolation on postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery: protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Chong Fu, Fan Xia, Zihan Yan, Han-bing Xu, Wei-ming Zhao, Yi-shan Lei, Chang Xu, Wen-wen Huo, Duo-duo Tao, Juan Wang, Xi-sheng Shan, Ke Peng, Hong Liu, Fu-hai Ji, Hua-yue Liu

“…Patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio and stratified by age into either the control group (Group C), without noise-cancelling headphones, or a noise reduction group (Group NR), using noise-cancelling headphones from anesthesia induction until the end of surgery. …”
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Influence of Tool Pin Profiles on Aluminium Alloy A356 and Ceramic-Based Nanocomposites for Light Weight Structures by Friction Stir Processing by L. Karthick, Mruthunjaya M., Srinivas. S., Prasanna Venkatesh R., Naveen Kumar Gurajala, Meghavath Mothilal, Hari Banda

“…Similarly, the maximum obtained hardness processing parameter are 2000 rpm of spinning speed, 5 mm of tool pin sizes and 90 mm/min of tool travel speed. A scanning electron microscope was utilized to investigate the dispersed Cr2O3 in the A356 alloy for confirming the refinement grains in the nugget zones of FSPed A356 alloy. …”
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Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR by Aixin Yu, Yiqi Wang, Chao Duan, Jun Qin, Miaomiao Liao, Haiyan Zhu, Junrong Lei, Jun Liu, Zehao Yang, Li Yu, Hui Gui, Jinxin Xin, Weiwei Tao, Wendai Bao, Zhiqiang Dong

“…Abstract Hypoxia is a common feature of glioblastoma (GBM). Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are identified as regulators in cancers. …”
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Determination of Traces of Pd(II) in Spiked Samples by Using 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehydeisonicotinol-hydrazone as a Chelating Agent with UV Visible Spectrophotometer by S. Lakshmi Narayana, C. Ramachandraiah, A. Varada Reddy, Dongyeun Lee, Jaesool Shim

“…A simple, rapid, sensitive and inexpensive method has been developed for the determination of trace amounts of palladium(II) using 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehydeisonicotinoylhydrazone (3,4-DHBINH). …”
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Presenting a model to explain unfavorable risk and favorable risk according to psychological variables in predicting market fluctuations in the Iranian capital market. by Hasan Rezaeikangi, Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri, Hojat Babaei, Ali Raeispour Rajabali

“…Abstract The aim of the current research is to provide a model to explain unfavorable risk and favorable risk with regard to psychological variables in predicting market fluctuations in the Iranian capital market. …”
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IgG Glycosylation Profile and the Glycan Score Are Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in Independent Chinese Populations: A Case-Control Study by Zhiyuan Wu, Haibin Li, Di Liu, Lixin Tao, Jie Zhang, Baolu Liang, Xiangtong Liu, Xiaonan Wang, Xia Li, Youxin Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuhua Guo

“…IgG glycosylation profiles were associated with type 2 diabetes and the glycan score may be a novel indicator for diabetes which reflected a proinflammatory status.…”
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L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg de Jean-Paul Riopelle du Musée National des Beaux-Arts de Québec by Véronique Lefrançois

“…Profondément relié à l’institution, l’Hommage à Rosa Luxembourg de Jean-Paul Riopelle devient à la fois le marqueur de la relation intime entre l’artiste et l’institution ainsi qu’entre la production de l’artiste et l’intérêt du directeur de l’époque de son acquisition. …”
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