Silvicultural Attempts to Induce Browse Resistance in Conifer Seedlings by Bruce A. Kimball, Fred Pfund, Mark Gourley, Doreen L. Griffin, John H. Russell

“…Growth and browse damage data were collected for all seedlings over a period of 17 months. Additionally, foliar concentrations of monoterpenes and simple carbohydrates were assessed in western redcedar (Thuja plicata) seedlings over a period of three years. …”
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Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Intense Pulsed Light in the Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction by Xiaodan Jiang, Huibin Lv, Hang Song, Mingzhou Zhang, Yan Liu, Xiaodan Hu, Xuemin Li, Wei Wang

“…Significant improvements were observed in single and total ocular surface symptom scores, TBUT, and conjunctival injection at all the visits after the initial IPL treatment (P<0.05). …”
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Data‐Driven Kinematic Modeling of Physical Origami Robots by Mustafa Mete, Alexander Schüßler, Yves Martin des Taillades, Bruno Trivelli, Jamie Paik

“…However, physical origami robots possess inherent material compliance and mechanical imperfections, presenting challenges in modeling and redundant actuation for accurate control of all degree of freedom (DoF). Herein, a data‐driven kinematic modeling approach tailored for physical origami robots to effectively address the inherent compliance is introduced. …”
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Legal Aspects of the Social Regulator of Contractual Relations in Labor Law of Ukraine by T. P. Golopуch, I. M. Golopуch

“…Based on international experience it has been proved that problems of economic and public life are addressed optimally, if the orientation is implemented not towards the confrontation, but towards the achievement of social compliance, adjustment of social partnership on the principles of cooperation between employers and employees, which are realized in forms of negotiations, the conclusion of collective agreements and collective arrangements, coordination of draft regulatory and legislative acts and consultation in decision-making by social partners at all levels. It has been defined that social partnership is implemented by means of social dialogue, as a set of coordination procedures of interests of association of employees, employers and the state. …”
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Effect of 4DryField® PH, a Novel Adhesion Barrier, on Recurrence of Intestinal Adhesions after Extensive Visceral Adhesiolysis by Gerhard Blumhardt, Matthias Haas, Stefanie Polte

“…One patient with complex situation due to Gore-Tex mesh in the lower abdomen showed no adhesions at scheduled second-look operation but after six months had relaparotomy for adhesiolysis. All other patients have remained free of adhesions or adhesion-related symptoms during follow-up. …”
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Robust Automated Harmonization of Heterogeneous Data Through Ensemble Machine Learning: Algorithm Development and Validation Study by Doris Yang, Doudou Zhou, Steven Cai, Ziming Gan, Michael Pencina, Paul Avillach, Tianxi Cai, Chuan Hong

“…The supervised SONAR method outperformed existing benchmark methods for almost all intracohort and intercohort comparisons using area under the curve and top-k ConclusionsSONAR achieves accurate variable harmonization within and between cohort studies by harnessing the complementary strengths of semantic learning and variable distribution learning.…”
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In Women with Previous Pregnancy Hypertension, Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers May Be Modulated by Haptoglobin Polymorphism by Andreia Matos, Alda Pereira da Silva, Maria Clara Bicho, Conceição Afonso, Maria José Areias, Irene Rebelo, Manuel Bicho

“…Finally, we study the influence of Hp genetic polymorphism on all these biomarkers and as a predisposing factor for PE and its remote cardiovascular disease prognosis. …”
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Adrenal Hemangioma: A Case of Retroperitoneal Tumor by Genta Iwamoto, Kota Shimokihara, Takashi Kawahara, Daiji Takamoto, Masahiro Yao, Jun-ichi Teranishi, Masako Otani, Hiroji Uemura

“…Due to the difficulty of the preoperative diagnosis of adrenal hemangioma, almost all of the cases were diagnosed by a histopathological analysis of surgical specimens. …”
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The Comparison of Nailfold Capillaroscopy between Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls: Correlation with Laboratory and Clinical Parameters by Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami, Navid Namazi, Raheleh Assari, Seyed-Reza Najafizadeh, Zohreh Hassannejad, Vahid Ziaee

“…Forty-nine patients with SLE, all meeting the 1997 revised ACR criteria for SLE classification, and 30 healthy controls were included. …”
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Monitoring of Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles culicifacies in Twelve Districts of Madhya Pradesh, Central India (2017–2019) by Ashok K. Mishra, Praveen K Bharti, Gyan Chand, Aparup Das, Himanshu Jayswar, Manju Rahi, Kamaraju Raghavendra

“…An. culicifacies was found resistant to DDT 4% in all the 12 districts and malathion in 11 districts. …”
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Estimating Left Ventricular Mass from the Electrocardiogram across the Spectrum of LV Mass from Normal to Increased LV Mass in an Older Age Group by Simon W. Rabkin, Jeremy C. J. Zhou

“…Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that some but not all QRS voltages correlated with each other. In multivariate analysis, using only single variables and not combination of QRS variables, the only significant relationship between QRS voltage and left ventricular mass was for men the S in V3 (p=0.04) and for women S in V4 (p=0.016) and R in V6 (p=0.04). …”
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Analysis of multidrug resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility forming small, less hemolytic colonies. by Hirotsugu Banno, Kouji Kimura, Yosuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Wanchun Jin, Jun-Ichi Wachino, Keiko Yamada, Keigo Shibayama, Yoshichika Arakawa

“…Group B streptococci (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) are the leading cause of neonatal invasive diseases and are also important pathogens for elderly adults. Until now, nearly all GBS with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) have shown β-hemolytic activity and grow on sheep blood agar. …”
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Moisture Loss from Cheese During Baking: Influence of Cheese Type, Cheese Mass, and Temperature by Justyna Tarapata, Ewa Szymańska, Liesbeth van der Meulen, Joost Miltenburg, Thom Huppertz

“…Browning, assessed through changes in lightness (L*), was more noticeable at higher temperatures, particularly in Mozzarella and processed Cheddar, after approx. 30% moisture loss in all cheeses.…”
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Technique for Measuring the Internal Diameter and Area of Visible Vessels of the Eye by V. A. Firago, A. I. Kubarko

“…A prototype of the equipment with a spatial resolution of 2 µm video is described, which allows to trace all visible blood vessels, including capillaries. …”
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Characteristics of abdominal herniation and its associations among patients operated in a Sudanese tertiary hospital: a retrospective review by Ahmed Abdellateef Hassan Bakry, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammed Mahmoud Fadelallah Eljack, Ghassan E. Mustafa Ahmed

“…Abstract Background & aims Hernia is a very common surgical condition affecting all ages and both sexes. Data regarding abdominal wall hernias is essential to hernia management in an institution. …”
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Homogeneous Model in Finite Element Analysis for Natural Frequency Calculation of Axisymmetric Shells by Volodymyr Lipovskyi

“…The study is limited to the analysis of determining the natural frequencies of axisymmetric shells and does not cover all possible geometric features. Future research may focus on developing simplified models based on the equivalence of stiffness and mass parameters. …”
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Determination of FMDV 146S particle concentration by spectrometric method during viral RNA quantification by M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, D. A. Lozovoy, Yu. S. El’kina, A. V. Borisov

“…The spectrometric method showed 94.5–99.5% correlation with real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and complement fixation test based on the results of tests of 360 non-inactivated suspensions of FMDV of all types. Tests of the positive control demonstrated 99.0–99.6% compatibility of actual and expected results. …”
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Le prédateur inconnu : engagement et distanciation dans les prédations marines by Estienne Rodary

“…However, policies are struggling to define this part of the world, torn as they are between the logics of distancing/contiguity and commitment/security. This is all the more true given that the ways in which human and non-human predators coexist maintain a complex relationship with knowledge, in which the production of ignorance is a determining factor. …”
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Investigating lightweight foamed concrete prepared using selected brands of detergent and cement grades by Michael Asante‐Amankwa, Anthony Andrews

“…The results demonstrated that all detergents in specific formulations successfully produced foamed concrete that met or exceeded the ASTM requirements of 1.4 MPa. …”
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Relevance of histamine and tryptase concentrations in nasal secretions after nasal challenges with phosphate buffered saline and allergen by D. Wang, P. Clement, J. Smitz, M.-P. Derde

“…Results showed that the concentrations of tryptase in almost all samples were under the minimal detection limit (< 0.5 μU/g) and only a sigrtificant increase of tryptase (median, 28 μU/g) occurred immediately after nasal allergen challenge in the patient group. …”
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