Deja vu: Medieval Motifs in Modern Arab Political Life by V. V. Naumkin, V. A. Kuznetsov

“…Finally, the third element discussed is the particular role of the army and other security forces in the Arab political systems.The authors provide three possible interpretations of all the revealed coincidences. According to the first one, they are presented as aberrations of the researcher’s scientific consciousness, which make them look for historical equivalents to contemporary issues. …”
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Physiological, biochemical and genetic bases of amaranth (Amaranthus L.) breeding for food and feed purposes (a review) by A. B. Shcherban

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DNA Barcoding Reveals Widespread Co-Occurrence of Other Chub Species in the Range of the Endemic Catalan Chub, <i>Squalius laietanus</i> by Núria Pérez-Bielsa, Sandra Heras, Alba Abras, Jose-Luis García-Marín

“…In a tributary of the Ebro River, all specimens (6%) were identified as the Tagus chub, <i>S. pyrenaicus</i>, another endemic Iberian chub species. …”
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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS: THE CASE FOR LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY by Bankole AWUZIE, Alfred NGOWI

“…Based on these findings, the study proposed the adoption of an all-encompassing methodology – the life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) methodology – in the development of sustainability assessment and rating systems for developing countries like South Africa. …”
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Effects on the sex hormone profile in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery by Ana I. López, Ana Ma. Ortiz-Zableh, Andrés F. Quiñones-Roa, Natalia Patiño-Covelli, Paula Silva, Paul A. Camacho, Bernardo Santamaria-Fuerte

“…A statistically significant improvement in total testosterone levels was evidenced in all the patients; some studies did not find a correlation between this increase and the improvement in seminal parameters. …”
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Low Fat Loss Response after Medium-Term Supervised Exercise in Obese Is Associated with Exercise-Induced Increase in Food Reward by Graham Finlayson, Phillipa Caudwell, Catherine Gibbons, Mark Hopkins, Neil King, John Blundell

“…After acute exercise, liking for all foods increased in NR compared to no change in R. …”
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MODERATION IN INDONESIAN TAFSIR: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE TERMS OF UMMATAN WASATAN IN THE AL-QUR’AN DAN TERJEMAHANNYA BY THE MINISTRY OF RELIGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDON... by Naufal Cholily

“…The production and consumption of texts can then be seen from government policies through the Kementerian Agama in the socialization of moderation in all lines of people’s lives, in religion, intellectuals and society.…”
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Information and methodological support to the implementation of Best Available Techniques in the Russian Federation by D. O. Skobelev

“…It has been emphasised, that objectives of informing a wide range of interested parties, improving professional qualifications, forming the expert society on Best Available Techniques, considering development of norms and standards, assessing modernisation costs and establishing the rationale for setting new technological parameters, their resource efficiency and environmental performance, – all these issues should be regarded as inter-related net of cross-linked solutions. …”
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Detection of Beta-Lactamases (ESBL and MBL) Producing Gram-Negative Pathogens in National Public Health Laboratory of Nepal by Anjana Shrestha, Jyoti Acharya, Jyoti Amatya, Rabin Paudyal, Nisha Rijal

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory during a period of six months. All clinical specimens were obtained and processed for the identification of Gram-negative pathogens by culture, morphological, and biochemical tests. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Ozone Water and Glutaraldehyde on Surface Detail Reproduction of Vinyl Polyether Silicone Impression Materials at Different Time Intervals by Kriti Shankar, Savita Dandekeri, Rajesh Shetty, Kevin Fernandes, Sanath Kumar Shetty, Mallikarjuna Ragher

“…Light-body VPES showed better SDR scores compared to heavy-body VPES across all conditions. Specifically, for light-body VPES, the mean SDR scores at T1 were significantly better for ozone water compared to glutaraldehyde (mean scores: 1.00 vs. 1.27, P = 0.046). …”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on residents’ activities using baidu heat map data: from the lockdown era to the post-pandemic era by Jinyu Zhang, Xuesheng Zhao, Dongxue Han

“…Our results revealed that HAI trends were similar across all streets, but relative changes varied across streets and different time slots. …”
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Addressing challenges in the implementation of precision oncology: An in-depth examination of limitations and disparities in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the Braz... by Luma Princess Schneider, Jean Henri Maselli-Schoueri, Barbara de Souza Gutierres Aguiar, Pedro Nazareth Aguiar, Auro del Giglio

“…Only one participant underwent testing for all recommended biomarkers. Among patients with actionable mutations, 40% did not receive targeted therapy; however, regarding EGFR mutations, only 8% did not get it. …”
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Optimization of Neurons Number in Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting the Power Production of PV Module by Hussain Hamdi Khalaf, Ali Nasser Hussain, Zuhair S. Al-Sagar, Abdulrahman Th. Mohammad, Hilal A. Fadhil

“…Furthermore, the R is recorded as 0.99078, 0.98254, 0.99125, and 0.99005 for training, testing, validation, and all respectively in the proposed model. In addition, the optimization number of neurons in the hidden layer gave sufficient accuracy without referring to the choice of the number of neurons by using the trial-and-error method that most researchers relied. …”
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Economic loss attributable to premature deaths and morbidity among adolescents in India and its states by G Anil Kumar, Anamika Pandey, Rakhi Dandona

“…The cost of lost output is reported in US Dollars (USD) and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for all diseases/conditions together, and separately for communicable diseases (CDs), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and injuries. …”
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A Decision-Making Method for Ship Collision Avoidance Based on Improved Cultural Particle Swarm by Yisong Zheng, Xiuguo Zhang, Zijing Shang, Siyu Guo, Yiquan Du

“…Results show that the proposed approach can automatically realize collision avoidance from all other ships and it has an important practical application value.…”
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Circulating levels of osteoprotegerin and sRANKL and the effect of methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Aadhaar Dhooria, Narendhiran Pandurangan, Karthik Vinay Mahesh, Suchet Sachdev, Aman Sharma, Shefali Sharma, Nidhi Gupta, Varun Dhir

“…Controls were derived from voluntary healthy blood donors after written consent. All patients were started on methotrexate at 15 mg/week, increased by 5 mg every 4 weeks till maximum tolerated dose or 25 mg/week whichever was lower. …”
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Predicting the Use of Public Transportation: A Case Study from Putrajaya, Malaysia by Muhamad Nazri Borhan, Deprizon Syamsunur, Norliza Mohd Akhir, Muhamad Razuhanafi Mat Yazid, Amiruddin Ismail, Riza Atiq Rahmat

“…Putrajaya is a new federal administrative capital of Malaysia which has been set to achieve a 70% share of all travels by public transport in the city area. …”
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Development of a Reduced Order Model-Based Workflow for Integrating Computer-Aided Design Editors with Aerodynamics in a Virtual Reality Dashboard: Open Parametric Aircraft Model-1... by Andrea Lopez, Marco E. Biancolini

“…In this way, the time required for the conception of a new component can be drastically reduced because, even at the preliminary stage, the designer has all the necessary information to make more thoughtful choices. …”
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Probabilistic forecasting of multiple plant day-ahead renewable power generation sequences with data privacy preserving by Hong Liu, Zijun Zhang

“…Results further confirm that, in terms of the averaged performance, the DIFL consistently realizes improvements against all benchmarks based on both real wind farm and solar power plant datasets.…”
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Low Grade Islet but Marked Exocrine Pancreas Inflammation in an Adult with Autoimmune Pre-Diabetes by Hiroshi Nomoto, Tatyana Gurlo, Madeline Rosenberger, Mark D. Girgis, Sarah Dry, Peter C. Butler

“…There was patchy low grade immune infiltration in some, but not all, islets that met criteria for autoimmune insulitis. …”
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