Agreement of Immunoassay and Tandem Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Cortisol and Free T4: Interpretation and Implications for Clinicians by Rochelle E. Tractenberg, Jacqueline Jonklaas, Steven J. Soldin

“…Correlations between MSMS measurements and the difference between MSMS and IA results were strong and positive (0.411<  r  <0.823; all P<.05). Conclusions. IA and MSMS provide different measures of cortisol and FT4 at extreme levels, where clinical decision making requires the greatest precision. …”
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The Kurdish Movement’s Factor in US Politics at the Peak of Iran and Afghanistan Crises, 1979 – January 1981 by V. T. Yungblud, A. I. Sennikov

“…The National Security Council (NSC), State Department, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the US Department of Defense all scrutinized the Kurdish movement, evaluating its prospects for advancing American interests. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Lamotrigine, Oxcarbazepine, Lacosamide, and Topiramate in Rat Plasma by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Erjie Qiu, Lu Yu, Qishun Liang, Congcong Wen

“…UPLC-MS/MS detection and Drug and Statistics (DAS) software fitting were performed to blood samples collected from rats after oral administration of lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, lacosamide, and topiramate (5 mg/kg). All drugs examined showed linearity within 5–5000 ng/ml (R2 > 0.9987), the intraday accuracy was within 92%–108%, and the interday accuracy was within 93%–109%. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation and Dynamic Evolution Characteristics of Tourism Ecological Security Using the DPSIR-DS Model in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China by Yue Pan, Jia Wang, Zhaolong An, Jianpu Li, Gangmin Weng

“…Results showed that: (1) the regional security level is in a good trend of weakening fluctuations and stable improvement, in which the upstream and downstream improvement is more significant, but still at a lower level in general. (2) The security levels of the 11 areas included were all located at Risk level to Relative Security level with significant differences, including Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, and Chongqing were the key ecological nodes for tourism ecological security improvement. (3) The transitions among security levels were frequent, while the higher levels were relatively unstable, implying that the tourism ecology has not improved in essence. …”
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How environmentally sustainable are farms? An analysis in Southern Italy through the Life Cycle Assessment methodology by Maria Pergola

“…On the contrary, others presented greater impacts due to the use of considerable quantities of materials, above all support and covering structures (as in table grapes systems) or plastic containers (as in strawberry systems). …”
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Overview on Untargeted Methods to Combat Food Frauds: A Focus on Fishery Products by Giuseppina M. Fiorino, Cristiano Garino, Marco Arlorio, Antonio F. Logrieco, Ilario Losito, Linda Monaci

“…Authenticity and traceability of food products are of primary importance at all levels of the production process, from raw materials to finished products. …”
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Analisis Keberlanjutan Perkebunan Sawit Rakyat dalam Mendukung Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil di Kecamatan Tungkal Ilir Kabupaten Banyuasin by Rizka Nurjanah, Herry Wirianata, Fariha Wilisiani, Juni Mulya Pratama

“…In response to this, the Indonesian government, to ensure the sustainability of the palm oil industry, created a sustainability standard called ISPO, which is mandated to be mandatory for all companies and smallholders through presidential regulation number 44/2020 with a grace period of 5 years to fulfill these obligations. …”
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Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Characteristics of Children with Common Variable Immunodeficiency by Gülsüm Alkan, Sevgi Keles, İsmail Reisli

“…Two patients presented with autoimmune thrombocytopenia and anemia, and one patient exhibited lung empyema. All the patients had immunoglobulin G deficiencies. …”
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Comparative Study of Population-based Metaheuristic Algorithms in Case Study of DNA Sequence Assembly by Lala Septem Riza, Yudi Prasetyo, Muhammad Iqbal Zain, Herbert Siregar, Rani Megasari, Topik Hidayat, Diah Kusumawaty, Miftahurrahma Rosyda

“…AVOA also has the best efficiency because it has a faster computation time than other algorithms in all datasets. Besides AVOA, PSO produces total overlap and computation time that is not far from AVOA. …”
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Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning by Sebastian Ertl, Sebastian Ertl, Patricia P. Wadowski, Henriette Löffler-Stastka

“…Differences between the groups were analyzed through an unpaired t-test.ResultsThe exam results of students who participated in the e-learning course (n = 296) were compared with those of all students at the university (n = 5,800). A statistically significant (p-value &lt; 0.01) improvement in students' final examination grades was observed through intensive training on the offered platform.ConclusionsOur analyses demonstrated the positive influence of a case-based e-learning approach within the Viennese medical curriculum.…”
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High-Performance Steel Bars and Fibers as Concrete Reinforcement for Seismic-Resistant Frames by Andres Lepage, Hooman Tavallali, Santiago Pujol, Jeffrey M. Rautenberg

“…Other experimental variables included axial load (0 or 0.2 fc′  Ag) and volume fraction of hooked steel fibers (0 or 1.5%). All transverse reinforcement was Grade 410, and the nominal concrete compressive strength was 41 MPa (6 ksi). …”
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Quality of the Selection of Patients with Respiratory Symptoms According to the Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Yuri Arnold Domínguez

“…Out of the surveyed patients with respiratory symptoms, retirees accounted for 45.8%. All sputum samples were helpful samples, 12.5% of the cultures were not performed because of contamination or inadequate samples. 12.5% of patients needed more follow-up after diagnosis and 18.8% did not improve. 81% of the patients presented at least one risk factor.…”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“…The results show that Acanthamoeba castellannii is the most common Acanthamoeba species in borehole water in Budiriro District in Harare and all the tested plant samples had no anti-amoebic effects against this isolated Acanthamoeba castellannii. …”
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L’umanizzazione della morte. L’etica dell’accompagnamento del malato terminale by Edmund Kowalski

“…La seconda parte dell’articolo discute varie questioni etiche legate all’accompagnamento del morente: l’atteggiamento di ascolto, la valutazione dell’eredità del passato, la mediazione nelle reazioni del paziente, il rispetto per i valori professati dal paziente, l’entrare nel mondo culturale del morente, l’accompagnamento spirituale, l’accettazione delle sconfitte.…”
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Competitive and Cooperative Adsorption of Aromatic Acids and Bases onto a New Aminated Macroreticular Adsorbent by Wei-Ming Zhang, Jin-Long Chen, Bing-Cai Pan, Quan-Xing Zhang

“…The adsorption behaviour of three aromatic acids [phenol, benzoic acid (BCA) and 2-naphthalene sulphonic acid (2-NSA)] and of one aromatic base (aniline) on an aminated macroreticular adsorbent (NDA103) were investigated employing single or binary batch systems at 293 K and 313 K, respectively. All the adsorption isotherms in the studied systems could be adequately fitted by the Langmuir model, thereby indicating the existence of an exothermic adsorption process for phenol, BCA and aniline. …”
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Deconvolution Filtering for Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Randomly Occurring Sensor Delays via Probability-Dependent Method by Yuqiang Luo, Guoliang Wei, Hamid Reza Karimi, Licheng Wang

“…The purpose is to design an H∞ deconvolution filter such that, for all the admissible randomly occurring sensor delays, nonlinear disturbances, and external noises, the input signal distorted by the transmission channel could be recovered to a specified extent. …”
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THE EFFECT OF NONI (MORINDA CITRIFOLIA L.) LEAVES EXTRACT ON BRUISES HEALING AMONG PERSAUDARAAN SETIA HATI TERATE MARTIAL ARTS ATHLETES by Nur Hidayati, Muhammad Prasetiyo, Abdul Rokhman

“…Results: The results showed bruise healing in less than 7 days after Noni leaves extract therapy was given to all respondents. Noni leaf extract had an effect on bruise healing in martial arts athletes (p=0.001). …”
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Cooperation in the face of crisis: effect of demographic noise in collective-risk social dilemmas by José F. Fontanari

“…Here, we study the dynamics of cooperation in the context of the threshold public goods games, in which groups must reach a cumulative target contribution to prevent a potential disaster, such as an environmental crisis or social unrest, that could result in the loss of all private wealth. The catch is that the crisis may never materialize, and the investment in the public good is lost. …”
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Burnout and retaliatory attitudes: a study of young Brazilian workers by Kely César Martins de Paiva, Thais Pinto da Rocha Torres, Jefferson Rodrigues Pereira, Victor Natanael Schwetter Silveira

“…Organisations can use the results to improve how they deal with younger workers and their specific burnout and retaliatory attitudes, thereby improving quality of life for not only all workers on the job but also young people specifically…”
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A HISTORY OF THE AGILA IN ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE by OCHOGA EDWIN OCHOGA, Imanah Sunday Omoafena

“…Thirdly, their children and descendants apparently formed the twelve clans; fourthly, the socio-cultural stratifications existing among the clans regarding the chieftaincy institution, the Arekwu cults and other customs were collectively agreed by the two Progenitors to be fashioned after the Idah Model. Fifthly and finally, all the Agila clans have peacefully co[1]existed and practiced their rich and unique cultural heritage for centuries. …”
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