Diabetic Retinopathy Treated with Laser Photocoagulation and the Indirect Effect on Glycaemic Control by Anna Praidou, Sofia Androudi, Periklis Brazitikos, George Karakiulakis, Eleni Papakonstantinou, Ioannis Tsinopoulos, Stavros Dimitrakos

“…Blood levels of HbA1c in group A were significantly lower 3, 6, and 12 months after laser treatment as compared to blood levels of HbA1c before laser treatment (7.1±0.4% versus 7.6±0.9%, 7.2±0.2% versus 7.6±0.9%, and 7.1±0.2% versus 7.6±0.9%, resp., all P<0.05). Blood levels of HbA1c in group B did not differ significantly in four consecutive measurements. …”
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Experimental Study on RC Deep Beams with Non-Prestressed Tendons as Main Reinforcement by Seyed Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Milad Shakiba

“…The beams were cast in accordance with ACI recommendations and all tests were conducted under the same condition. …”
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The Main Approaches to Economic Diagnostics of the Power Engineering Enterprises by T. F. Mantserova, D. A. Lapchenko

“…Only a comprehensive diagnosis can give a comprehensive unbiased assessment of the enterprise at all stages of its life cycle.…”
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Care guide for patients with class II malocclusion with actively growing permanent dentition by Félix Adjei Tannor, Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción, Waldo Pérez Garcia, Armando San Miguel Pentòn

“…The studied universe was all the Orthodontic specialists in the Villa Clara province, Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos, from which an intentional non-probabilistic sampling was carried out by criteria and the sample was made up of 20 specialists and seven experts (higher category specialists) with criteria of inclusion.…”
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Calculation of the molecular properties of five cephalosporins: cephradine, cephalexin, cefadroxil, cefprozil and ceftobiprole by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Eslhey María Sánchez Domínguez

“…Comparisons were established to measure the effect of substituents on the properties of the beta-lactam ring. All calculations were run on personal computers belonging to the Medical Sciences University of Las Tunas, from November 2009 to March 2010. …”
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IRISS '98: The Intranet as a Learning Tool: A Preliminary Study by K. J. Garland, S. J. Anderson, J. M. Noyes

“…We present the findings of a preliminary study which examined the amount, type and quality of leaning of an undergraduate indroductory history course when presented to three different groups of participants. All participants received four regularly spaced 30 minute study and repeated test sessions over an eight day period. …”
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Torque Analysis of a Triple Acid-Etched Titanium Implant Surface by Ana Emília Farias Pontes, Cássio Torres de Toledo, Valdir Gouveia Garcia, Fernando Salimon Ribeiro, Celso Eduardo Sakakura

“…Twenty-one rats were used in this study. For all animals, the tibia was prepared with a 2 mm drill, and a titanium implant (2 × 4 mm) was inserted after treatment using the subtraction method of triple acid etching. …”
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Experimental Study on Multiple Explosions during the Development and Utilization of Oil Shale Dust by Bo Liu, Yansong Zhang, Yuyuan Zhang, Jinshe Chen, Xiangbao Meng

“…Oxygen-containing functional groups, the aliphatic C-H bond, and the aromatic C-H bond in oil shale dust all participated in the oil shale dust explosion process.…”
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Spatial–Temporal Ontology of Indicators for Urban Landscapes by Francesco Sica, Pierfrancesco De Paola, Francesco Tajani, Endriol Doko

“…This study emphasizes how important indicators are in capturing the complexity of urban settings when assessing urban landscapes and making sure that comprehensive development plans incorporate all these aspects. The work aim is to forward the investigation of the ontology of indicators related to urban sustainability, specifically, a framework for spatial and temporal analysis and an attempt to align terminology with the sustainability indicators of the ISO spectrum. …”
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Improving physical fitness of female students by means of health-saving techniques by Dyachenko, Yulia A.

“…After correcting the applied program by adding additional exercises in the gym, there was a significant improvement in all indicators. Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that it is advisable to introduce the proposed program into the educational process of physical education in conjunction with traditional methods. …”
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Evaluation of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) expression in colorectal carcinoma: Relation to the available cl... by Asmaa E. Bedeer, Nehal Abd El-Ghaffar Heabah

“…Materials and Methods: This study included 50 cases of primary CRC. All cases were stained by CXCR4 and PPAR-γ antibodies to assess their immunohistochemical expression. …”
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Application of Proteomics to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research: Current Status and Future Perspectives by Arash Assadsangabi, Caroline A. Evans, Bernard M. Corfe, Alan Lobo

“…Proteins can be considered the main functional units as almost all intracellular physiological functions as well as intercellular interactions are dependent on them. …”
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Estimates of Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension according to Different International Definitions by Richa Tyagi, Surya Kant, Akshyaya Pradhan, Anupam Wakhlu, Darshan Kumar Bajaj, Jyoti Bajpai

“…This was a cross-sectional study in which all the patients of ILDs (n = 239) attending the outdoor and indoor Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, India, for the duration of one year were subjected to transthoracic echocardiography along with measurement of serum pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and troponin T values. …”
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Regulation of Temperature on Multitrays in an Indirect Solar Dryer (ISD) with Energy Storage and Three Airflow Modes by G. B. Tchaya, E. Tchoffo Houdji, J. H Tchami, C. Kapseu, M. Kamta

“…With temperature sensor in the same tray and 51°C as setpoint temperature, the average temperatures on the three trays are 51.86 ± 1.54°C, 51.60 ± 1.16°C, and 50.42 ± 1.13°C, respectively, in mixed mode, whereas in crossing airflow mode, the temperature gradient does not allow regulation on all trays. The regulation is possible when the temperature in the dryer chamber exceeds the set point temperature by more than 5%. …”
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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN MEDICINE, RELIGION AND LAW by Dan LUPAȘCU, Ioana PĂDURARIU

“…Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures and their role is, first of all, to help people who experience some difficulties or who suffer an inability to have biological children of their own. …”
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Evaluation of Efficacy of 1064 nm Q Switched Nd:YAG Laser Treatment in the Nevus of Ota: Seven-year Retrospective Study by Neenu Kaul, Neeti Kumari, Shiv D. S. Rawat

“…Eight (22%) patients did not show any improvement at all. Only two patients showed near total improvement of >75%. …”
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Autocratización a fuego lento: el caso de Nicaragua (2000-2024) by Macià Serra, Daniel Rodríguez Suárez, Salvador Martí i Puig

“…The first, from 2000 to 2006, during which a liberal democratic regime begins to shift due to spurious political interests; the second, from 2006 to 2011, when the system acquires elements of a hybrid regime and authoritarian elections are introduced; the third, from 2011 to 2019, when the modus operandi—based on co-opting the country’s most influential economic and social actors—abruptly and improvised shifts (following protests) to influence a highly repressive authoritarian system; and a fourth period in which the government deploys a legal framework aimed at curtailing and repressing any form of dissent, hollowing out all state institutions and establishing a closed authoritarian regime. …”
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Clean Procedure and DFT Study for the Synthesis of 2-Amino-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-(aryl)-4H-pyrano-[3,2-c]-chromene-5-ones Derivatives: A Novel Class of Potential Antimicrobial and An... by R. Medyouni, N. Hamdi, R. Ben Said, A. S. Al-Ayed, Fethi Zagrouba

“…The structures of the obtained compounds are confirmed by analytical IR, 1H, and 13C-NMR spectra to elucidate the different positions of protons and carbons and as well as theoretic studies (DFT/B3LYP). All the newly synthesized compounds are screened for their antibacterial. …”
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Cerebral Metastasis from a Previously Undiagnosed Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma by Antonio Biroli, Paolo Cipriano Cecchi, Susanne Pragal, Esther Hanspeter, Andreas Schwarz

“…Brain metastases arise in 10%–40% of all cancer patients. Up to one third of the patients do not have previous cancer history. …”
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Climate change impact on the energy performance of an air handling unit with two-stage heat recovery by Dimchev Ivan, Terziev Angel, Ivanov Martin, Vassilev Momchil

“…The parameters analysed for each of the three climate zones (colder, average and warmer) are SCOP and annual COP of the entire AHU working in all available modes. Two factors - increase in global temperature and increase in CO2 concentration. …”
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