Recapitulation of Candidate Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Associated Variants in Koreans by Ki-Sung Kwon, Hye-Young Cho, Yeun-Jun Chung

“…A number of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the risk of SLE in diverse populations. However, not all the SNP candidates identified from non-Asian populations have been validated in Koreans. …”
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Pathogenicity test bacteria from Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus aquaculture ponds by Esti Handayani Hardi, Aldi M. Halim, Rudy Agung Nugroho, Mira Mawardi, Alim Isnansetyo, Angela Mariana Lusiastuti, Widianingsih Rahayu, Andi Niklani, Gina Saptiani

“…The average death time of E. coli and E. amnigenus in all three fish were under 48 hours, while E. cloacae caused mortality less than 48 hours in C. gariepinus and P. pangasius. …”
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External validation of population pharmacokinetic models of gentamicin in paediatric population from preterm newborns to adolescents by Črček Mateja, Grabnar Iztok, Zdovc Jurij Aguiar, Grosek Štefan, Kos Mojca Kerec

“…The aim of this study was to externally validate the predictive performance of published population pharmacokinetic models of gentamicin in all paediatric age groups, from preterm newborns to adolescents. …”
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Religion Behind Bars: Faith-based Programs in the Rehabilitation of Offenders in the Medium B Westville Correctional Center, Durban by Sultan Khan

“…The right to religious practice is considered vital in almost all societies. There is a body of research that suggests that a decline in religious conformity erodes the moral fabric of society and hence perceives its decline to contribute to social degeneration leaving society in a state of disarray (Nwube & Edigbo 2023; Ezeonwumelu 2021; Sekhaulelo 2021; Dick, Ede, & Chiaghanam 2020; Nikolova 2018). …”
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Constructing a Risk-Sharing Framework for Sponge City PPP Projects from the Perspective of the Individual Participant by Hui Zhao, Shengbin Ma, Zehui Bu

“…Finally, the sponge city PPP project in Qingshan demonstration area of Wuhan city as an example is employed to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the constructed risk-sharing framework. All the aforementioned studies are expected to provide helpful references for reasonable risk sharing in sponge city PPP projects.…”
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Online Version of the Self-Administered Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Iranian Adult Population by Mehrnaz Morvaridi, Majid Karandish, Hadi Bazyar, Hamid Rasekhi, Hossein Bavi Behbahani

“…Agreement was high for all nutrient intakes ( r  > .8). Among food groups, “Whole grains” showed the highest correlation ( r  = .84), while “Potato” had the lowest ( r  = .25). …”
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Agricultural workers’ labour satisfaction dependence in Russia with the use of the internet in professional activities by S. G. Bylina

“…In order to consolidate highly professional personnel in the industry, a multi-faceted approach is needed, including all possible mechanisms of social and economic support that contribute to growth the satisfaction level of an agricultural employee with the results of his or her labor activity.…”
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Gas-Water Flow Behavior in Water-Bearing Tight Gas Reservoirs by Renyi Cao, Liyou Ye, Qihong Lei, Xinhua Chen, Y. Zee Ma, Xiao Huang

“…Based on the experimental results, this paper presents mathematical models to describe flow behaviors of gas and water in tight gas formations; the threshold pressure gradient, stress sensitivity, and relative permeability are all considered in our models. A numerical simulator using these models has been developed to improve the flow simulation accuracy for water-bearing tight gas reservoirs. …”
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Comparison of hCG Versus Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist to Induce Oocyte Maturation in Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Gulay Beydilli Nacak, Elif Tozkir, Enis Ozkaya, Ebru Cogendez, Fatih Kaya

“…CONCLUSIONS: The use of a protocol consisting of a GnRH agonist trigger after GnRH antagonist cotreatment and freeze-all strategy reduces the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in high-risk patients undergoing IVF without affecting pregnancy rates. …”
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Discourse semiotics of gender in two novels "This street has no speed bumps "and "Rahesh". by نرجس ghabeli, alireza asadi, ali soltani

“…Finally, the analysis of the propositions revealed that the main concern and theme of the novels; The obvious conflict between tradition and modernity lies in the social construction of gender, which is implicitly included in the inner layers of the text and lexical reflection, and the main character of the novels at all stages are in the conflict between the biological construction of gender and its social construction.…”
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Pattern Visual Evoked Potential Changes in Diabetic Patients without Retinopathy by Ozgur Balta, Gulten Sungur, Mehmet Yakin, Nurten Unlu, Oyku Bezen Balta, Firdevs Ornek

“…Only the right eye of each patient was analyzed. All of the patients underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination, and the PVEPs were recorded. …”
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The effect of temperature regimes on laboratory germination rates and germination energy of <i>Astragalus</i> L. by T. V. Kornievskaya

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Investigation of the Effect of Physiotherapists' Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure on Life Satisfaction with Structural Equation Model by Ercan Zorba, Gökhan Dokuzoğlu, Muhammed Ömer Eren

“…Moreover, according to the result of the Independent Sample T-Test between marital status variables and Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity and Satisfaction with Life, a statistically significant difference was detected in all variables except the relatedness variable to Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity, and according to the result of the ANOVA test between Weekly Leisure variable and Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity and Satisfaction with Life, a statistically significant difference was detected only in the autonomy sub-dimension of Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Time (p…”
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An Ecolinguistic look at the works of Moradi Kermani by Hossein Razavian, Tamanna Elahipanah

“…Evaluating stories based on ecosophies suggests that philosophies such as “Valuing life,” “Wellbeing,” and “Respect for the lives of all species” have a high frequency in these texts. …”
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Nutritional Value of Palm Meristem from Phoenix dactylifera L. and Its Effect on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Female Rats Induced with Estradiol Valerate by Ghofran Hadi Mashkour Sangar, Naser Mirazi, Nasim Hayati Roodbari, Abdolkarim Hossieni

“…PCOS was induced with estradiol valerate (EV), which was administered through a subcutaneous injection at 2 mg/kg volume using 0.25 ml of olive oil. After experiments, all animals were subjected to anesthesia, and serums were extracted for biochemical and hormonal evaluation. …”
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Phantom hairy black holes and wormholes in Einstein-bumblebee gravity by Chikun Ding, Changqing Liu, Yuehua Xiao, Jun Chen

“…., the regular phantom black hole reported in (Phys Rev Lett 96:251101), the first law cannot be constructed at all. We also show there still exists a stable circular orbit around the BP black hole. …”
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Research on the improvement method of imbalance of ground penetrating radar image data by Ligang Cao, Lei Liu, Congde Lu, Ruimin Chen

“…We have made a number of improvements to the generator and discriminator, as well as to the newly added encoder. All of these improvements have improved the generation results in terms of metrics. …”
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MODERNITY AND WAR: ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH IN POLEMOLOGY by A. A. Kravchenko, O. V. Starovoit

“…The problem of the mankind salvation is connected with the existence and realization of the ideas and ideals common for all people of the Earth. It is not the subject of the national safety strategies, which are focused on saving, and development of the national and cultural interests. …”
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Evaluation of T memory cells in knee osteoarthritis patients by Rehab S. Mohamed, Alaa M. Hashim, Abdelhafeez M. Moshrif, Ali Sobhy

“…Patients and methods This case–control study was carried out on 30 symptomatic patients with radiographic evidence of knee OA, who were attending Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assuit and 30 healthy volunteers. All the included patients were subjected to radiographic examination, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities score, Kellgren–Lawrence grade, and laboratory investigations (complete blood count–C-responsive protein–erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and assessment of T memory cells by flow cytometry. …”
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The Clostridium difficile cell wall protein CwpV is antigenically variable between strains, but exhibits conserved aggregation-promoting function. by Catherine B Reynolds, Jenny E Emerson, Lucia de la Riva, Robert P Fagan, Neil F Fairweather

“…Other aspects of CwpV are, however, conserved. All CwpV types are expressed in a phase variable manner. …”
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