Are Stars Really Ingesting Their Planets? Examining an Alternative Explanation by Nadine H. Soliman, Philip F. Hopkins

“…Our results show that the distribution of refractory abundance variations (Δ[X/H]) has extended tails, with about 10%–30% of all stars displaying variations around ∼0.1 dex. …”
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The Correlation between Chronic Periodontitis and Oral Cancer by Maximilian Krüger, Torsten Hansen, Adrian Kasaj, Maximilian Moergel

“…In front of this background, we present four well-documented clinical cases. All patients showed a significant anatomical relation between OSCC and clinical signs of chronic periodontitis. …”
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Distribution of causes of death and associated organ injuries in road traffic accident-related fatalities: a postmortem study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Gashaw Sete, Selam Temesgen Alemu

“…Urban areas had a higher incidence of accidents (58.1%). All victims had soft tissue injuries, with 75.3% sustaining head injuries, 58.6% sustaining musculoskeletal injuries, and 51% sustaining thoracic injuries. …”
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Differential Cytotoxicity Responses by Dog and Rat Hepatocytes to Phospholipogenic Treatments by James K. Morelli, Paul J. Ciaccio

“…Dog cells exhibited lower survival IC50 values than did rat cells with all phospholipogenic treatments and exhibited a lower capacity to accumulate NBD-PE in 4 of 5 phospholipogenic test conditions. …”
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Application of Machine Learning for Radiowave Propagation Modeling Below 6 GHz by Mohammud Z. Bocus, Afzal Lodhi

“…The performance comparison between varying number of input features highlights that whilst an excellent prediction accuracy can be achieved when the training data include all test scenarios, it also reveals the limitations of pure data driven prediction methods and their inability to generalise. …”
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Issues occult hepatitis B virus infection by I. A. Morozov, L. Yu. Ilchenko, N. I. Gromova, I. G. Fyedorov, I. V. Gordeychuk, A. K. Knyazhentseva, E. V. Zverkova, M. I. Mikhaylov

“…With the help of immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy in all patients with anti-HBcAg antibodies in serum and absence of HBsAg and DNA HBV, presence of HBV virions in liver tissue was revealed. …”
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Singular value decomposition of dynamic response of structures by Yu. A. Kolotovichev

“…This study confirmed the possibility of using displacement matrix SVD to determine the major dynamic parameters of linear dynamic systems: eigenmodes, eigenfrequencies and quantitative damping parameters. All stages of obtaining and subsequent analysis of the dynamic response elementary components are easily automated, which allows to consider SVD as a basis for software development of automatic dynamic monitoring systems of structures under construction and in operation.…”
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A CASE SERIES : HYMENOPLASTY BASED ON THE TYPE OF THE TEAR OR CLEFT PREOPERATION FINDING FOR GOOD SATISFACTION POSTOPERATIVE RESULT by Rianto Noviady Ramli, Agus Santoso Budi

“…Discussion: No complications developed in the patients who had undergone hymenoplasty and all patients stated that the sexual intercourse they experienced was similar to the night of the initial        experience. …”
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Pediatric achalasia. Single-center study of interventional treatment by Andrzej Grabowski, Wojciech Korlacki, Michał Pasierbek, Roksana Pułtorak, Filip Achtelik, Maciej Ilewicz

“…Duration of symptoms was 2 to 36 months, mean 16. All 11 patients were operated on with a laparoscopic approach. …”
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Evaluation of Current Anthropometric Measurements to Detect Abdominal Obesity in Older Adults by Uğur Kalan, Ferhat Arık

“… Objective: Central/Abdominal obesity is an important health problem that is growing all over the world. Abdominal obesity has been recognized as a main risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic events. …”
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Intestinal Infarction and Portal Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Henoch Schonlein Purpura by Mekdess Abebe, Asha Patnaik, Frederick Miller, Heidi Roppelt, Nand K. Wadhwa, Mersema Abate, Edward P. Nord

“…Henoch Schonlein purpura is a systemic vasculitis that commonly affects children and teenagers but also affects adults of all ages. In most instances it has a benign course. …”
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The evaluation of the prevalence of disease among the cats and dogs admitted to clinics of veterinary faculty, mustafa kemal university (2003-2006) by Nuri MAMAK, Ramazan DURGUT, Özkan GÖRGÜLÜ

“…Although the dogs admitted to Veterinary Faculty Clinics were male (n=224, %61). female cats (n=49, 64%) mostly brought to all the departments. Digestive system diseases were most commonly observed in cats and dogs, and these were followed by respiratory and orthopedic disturbances such as trauma, fracture and lameness. …”
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The Value of Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis for Margin Status in Breast Conservation Surgery in a Nontertiary Institution by Mona P. Tan, Nadya Y. Sitoh, Amanda S. Sim

“…This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative frozen section analysis (IFSA) for margin assessment to reduce excision rates. Methods. All patients treated at the authors’ private healthcare facility between 2009 and 2011 for breast cancer were included in the study. …”
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Obesity and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Middle East and UAE by Mayank G. Vats, Bassam H. Mahboub, Hassan Al Hariri, Ashraf Al Zaabi, Deepa Vats

“…A pandemic of obesity is sweeping all across the globe and the Middle East region also does not remain untouched by this prevailing pandemic. …”
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A gender-based review of workplace violence amongst the global health workforce-A scoping review of the literature. by Sioban Nelson, Basnama Ayaz, Andrea L Baumann, Graham Dozois

“…Workplace violence (WPV) impacts all levels of the health workforce, including the individual provider, organization, and society. …”
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LOAD EQUIVALENCE TEST METHOD FOR FATIGUE LIFE OF MULTI-SITE-DAMAGE LARGE SIZE STRUCTURE PART by TIAN HongLei, SUN WeiGuang, YANG WenChao, XIE LiYang

“…Owing to the dispersion of material and structure property,the fatigue life of a structure part depends on all its high stress sites. A multi-site damage structure is a series system with many weak links（ damage sites） in probability sense.Therefore,the fatigue life（ a random variable） of a complex structure part with multiple damage sites will be less than the life of the weakest site on the part. …”
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Microbial flocculant produced by a novel sp., strain A9, using food processing wastewater to replace fermentation medium and its application for the removal of Pb(II) from aqueous... by Binhui Jiang, Lili Fu, Wan Cao, Bo Zhang, Fengda Li, Yana Liu

“…Field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis indicated that bacterial cells, metabolite small molecule acids, and MBFA9 in FBA9 all contributed to the removal of Pb(II). Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry analysis indicated that functional groups such as –OH, –COOH, –CO, and –NH 2 existed in MBFA9 and on the cell surface. …”
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The Effect of Acupuncture along with Conventional Therapies on the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis: A Clinical Trial by Sayed Mostafa Hashemi, Farhang Mokhtarinejad, Seyed Mojtaba Abtahi Forooshani, Mehran Rezvani Habibabadi

“…Materials and Methods: The present randomized, clinical trial was performed on 51 patients with AR. All patients underwent standard AR treatment under the supervision of a specialist physician. …”
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Preliminary study on screening and selection of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) from gastrointestinal tract of naleh fish (Barbonymus sp.) by Yulvizar Cut, Yunita Dewi, A Muchlizin Zainal, Suhartono Suhartono

“…The cell morphology is coccus - shaped (100%) and the bacteria are classified as Gram staining positive (100%). The growth of all LAB isolates from the gastrointestinal tract of the naleh fish is can survive by differences in temperature, NaCl concentration and catalase negative test.…”
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La prise en compte des élèves à « besoins éducatifs particuliers » au prisme des récits de pratiques enseignantes : les logiques en jeu en contexte d’école inclusive by Nicole Galasso-Chaudet, Bertrand Bergier

“…This article is interested, first of all, in the changes arisen in France, since the construction of the school of Jules Ferry (1882) in our days, when it is about the consideration of the pupils at "Particular Educational Needs". …”
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