Current Genetic Epidemiology of 𝛽-Thalassemias and Structural Hemoglobin Variants in the Lazio Region (Central Italy) Following Recent Migration Movements by Antonio Amato, Maria Pia Cappabianca, Alessia Colosimo, Maria Perri, Paola Grisanti, Ivo Zaghis, Donatella Ponzini, Maria Lerone

“…From 1994 until present, 256 immigrant subjects with hemoglobin disorders (including 191 heterozygotes and 65 homozygotes or compound heterozygotes) coming from 44 different foreign countries, have been molecularly characterized. 14 𝛽-globin gene mutations were identified and their frequencies reflect different ethnic origins: 8 of these mutations account for 76.97% of all molecular defects, while 6 of them are much rare, representing less than 2% of the total. …”
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New ways to communicate: Intensive care nurses’ perspectives on using the digital application Talk2Care. A qualitative study by Serine Ramsdal, Heidi Jerpseth

“…Motivation, experience, and available time can also influence the nurses’ use of the application. All of the above require an active adaptation and thorough implementation to identify suitable patients and overcome the barriers to its use.  …”
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Pluripotency Factors on Their Lineage Move by Clair E. Weidgang, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger, Martin Mueller

“…Pluripotent stem cells are characterised by continuous self-renewal while maintaining the potential to differentiate into cells of all three germ layers. Regulatory networks of maintaining pluripotency have been described in great detail and, similarly, there is great knowledge on key players that regulate their differentiation. …”
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Voices for change: inclusion of lived experience self-injury research, practice, education, and advocacy by Penelope Hasking, Amanda Aiyana, Sophie Haywood, Kassandra Hon, Katrina Hon, Sylvanna Mirichlis, Kirsty Stewart, Adrienne Wilmot, Stephen P. Lewis

“…This, in turn, is conducive to advancing our understanding of self-injury and promoting the wellbeing of all people with such lived experience.…”
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LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design. by Bess Hardwick, Deirdre Kerdraon, Hanna M K Rogers, Dimby Raharinjanahary, Eric Tsiriniaina Rajoelison, Tommi Mononen, Petteri Lehikoinen, Gaia Banelyte, Arielle Farrell, Brian L Fisher, Tomas Roslin, Otso Ovaskainen

“…This article describes the five field sampling methods used by the LIFEPLAN project to collect biodiversity data in a systematic manner, all over the world. These methods are designed for use by anyone with basic biology or ecology knowledge from the higher education or university level. …”
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Proficient Node Scheduling Protocol for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks by R. Saravanakumar, N. Mohankumar, J. Raja

“…In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient node scheduling reclustering algorithm in clusters and rotating cluster-head positions to evenly distribute the energy load among all of the nodes by the node scheduling concept of node active and sleep system in both homogeneous and heterogeneous methods to get energy-saving result. …”
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National Economic Burden Associated with Management of Periodontitis in Malaysia by Tuti Ningseh Mohd Dom, Rasidah Ayob, Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, Syed Mohamed Aljunid

“…The economic burden of managing all cases of periodontitis at the national level from the societal perspective was approximately MYR 32.5 billion, accounting for 3.83% of the 2012 Gross Domestic Product of the country. …”
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Increased Serum Soluble (Pro)renin Receptor Levels in Patients with Sarcopenia by Satoshi Morimoto, Haruki Sasaki, Chikahito Suda, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Nobuyuki Ura

“…Lean body mass ratio (lean body mass/body weight), an index of muscle mass, was independently significantly and negatively correlated with serum soluble (P)RR concentrations in all patients. In addition, the lean body mass ratio was independently significantly and negatively correlated with serum soluble (P)RR concentrations in older patients (≥82 y.o.) but not in younger patients (<82 y.o.). …”
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Occurrence of Morphological and Anatomical Adaptive Traits in Young and Adult Plants of the Rare Mediterranean Cliff Species Primula palinuri Petagna by Veronica De Micco, Giovanna Aronne

“…We followed the growth of P. palinuri plants from seed germination to the adult phase and analysed the morphoanatomical traits of plants at all stages of development. Our results showed that the pressure of cliff environmental factors has been selected for seasonal habitus and structural adaptive traits in this species. …”
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Anthropometric and Hematological Profile of some selected Ethiopian Premier League Male Soccer Players in the Final Competitive Season by Ayichew Abay, Wondiye Aychiluhim

“…Descriptive cross-sectional study was employed on purposely selected twenty eighty premier league soccer players from (14) Sidama Coffee and from (14) Hawassa Town soccer club from all positions (GK, DF, MD, SK). Anthropometric, physiological performance and seventeen hematological parameters (WBC, RBC, Lymph, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, PLT, RDW-CV, RDW-SD, PLT, MPV, PDW, PCT, P-LCC, and P-LCR) were measured. …”
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Singularity-Free Neural Control for the Exponential Trajectory Tracking in Multiple-Input Uncertain Systems with Unknown Deadzone Nonlinearities by J. Humberto Pérez-Cruz, José de Jesús Rubio, Rodrigo Encinas, Ricardo Balcazar

“…Likewise, the boundedness of all closed-loop signals can be guaranteed.…”
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Variationally Improved Bézier Surfaces with Shifted Knots by Daud Ahmad, Kanwal Hassan, M. Khalid Mahmood, Javaid Ali, Ilyas Khan, M. Fayz-Al-Asad

“…The Plateau-Bézier problem with shifted knots is to find the surface of minimal area amongst all the Bézier surfaces with shifted knots spanned by the admitted boundary. …”
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Effects of Self-Explanation on the Expansion and Indulgent of Mathematics Teaching: Case of the Students of the University of Wachemo by Abdela Atisso, Dawit Kachine, Dinku Feyissa

“…The alliance of realistic knowledge, procedural expertise, and conceptual indulgent makes all three components operational in powerful ways. …”
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Language Delay Is Not Predictable from Available Risk Factors by Philip Wilson, Fiona McQuaige, Lucy Thompson, Alex McConnachie

“…Identification of this important ESSENCE disorder requires direct clinical contact with all families.…”
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Interests in Petanque Sports Field Visitors Andi Makkasau Parepare City by Ade Yuni Sahruni, Priclya Margaretha Warwuru, Damaris Marlissa

“…The population in this study were all visitors to the Andi Makkasau Field in the city of Parepare with a total of 30 people who regularly come to participate in petanque sports twice a week without specifying an age limit. …”
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Speaking of Animals: A Conceptual analysis of Animal Metaphors in Yoruba by Oluwadamilare Adisa

“…Audio-recordings were subsequently transcribed to extract all animal-related metaphoric expressions. These metaphors were then analyzed, organized and categorized according to Lakoff and Johnson’s Idealized Cultural or Cognitive Metaphor (ICM) framework. …”
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An Investigation for Heavy Metals’ Contamination in Farmers’ Fingernails: Case Study in Libya by Aiman M. Bobaker, Intisar Alakili, Elrashied E. Elkhidir, Sukiman B. Sarmani, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Also, the results showed that As, Cd, and Pb levels in the farmers’ fingernails were found to be higher than in the control group by about 9-, 5-, and 2-fold, respectively. This difference for all heavy metals analyzed was found to be statistically significant P<0.05. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LONG IN HEMODIALIZATION WITH STATUS OF EXCESS VOLUME OF LIQUID IN CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE PATIENTS by Susilo Harianto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla, Devi Purbandari Regita Cahyani

“…Chronic kidney disease is a chronic disease that progresses damage to the kidneys which disrupts the body's fluid and electrolyte balance which affects all body systems. PGK is currently it is one of the many diseases that have become a concern in the world including in Indonesia. …”
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Thyroid disorders among patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…These data were collected between the last months of 2017 to the 15th of April 2018 from overall 300 patients. All the information has been collected from Diabetic and Endocrine Center, Shorsh Hospital and Medical DAIK Group in Sulaiman city. …”
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Clinicoepidemiological Pattern and Quality of Life Indices among Adult Males with Acne Vulgaris: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study by Ananya B. Reddy, Fathima Shafi, Malcolm Pinto, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Amina Asfiya

“…Materials and Methods: All male patients visiting the dermatology outpatient department with acne were included after obtaining informed consent. …”
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