NEGATION, INCLUDING, GRADUAL OBLIVION: STATE STRATEGIES ON SOVIET HERITAGE IN GEORGIA, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN by A. A. Tokarev

“…Discursive and symbolic decommunization had no impact on the way this country is ruled.The study is based on the data from national censuses, sociological studies, texts of official documents and, especially, the invaluable experience of the included observation of symbolic politics in all three countries.…”
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Nutrition before and during Surgery and the Inflammatory Response of the Heart: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Marlieke Visser, Hans W. M. Niessen, Wouter E. M. Kok, Riccardo Cocchieri, Willem Wisselink, Paul A. M. van Leeuwen, Bas A. J. M. de Mol

“…Inflammatory cells, especially leukocytes, were present in cardiac tissue in all study groups. No significant differences were found in the myocardial inflammatory response between the enteral, parenteral, and control groups. …”
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Microbiological Safety and Health Properties of Marketed Fermented Root Vegetables by Eliza Knez, Rafał Hałasa, Katarzyna Turecka, Justyna Ośko, Kornelia Kadac-Czapska, Krzysztof Waleron, Małgorzata Grembecka

“…The average antioxidant potential among all fermented roots decreased in the following order: beetroot > celeriac > radish > carrot > white radish. …”
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Contrasting vector competence of three main East African Anopheles malaria vector mosquitoes for Plasmodium falciparum by Prisca A. Kweyamba, Lorenz M. Hofer, Ummi A. Kibondo, Rehema Y. Mwanga, Rajabu M. Sayi, Fatuma Matwewe, Dickson W. Lwetoijera, Mgeni M. Tambwe, Sarah J. Moore

“…Our findings indicate that all three malaria vector species may contribute to malaria transmission in East Africa, with An. funestus demonstrating superior vector competence. …”
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Novel machine learning algorithm in risk prediction model for pan-cancer risk: application in a large prospective cohort by Chi-Pang Wen, Xifeng Wu, Qingfeng Hu, Huakang Tu, Shan Pou Tsai, David Ta-Wei Chu

“…The XGBoost model with all 155 features in males and 160 features in females achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.877 and 0.750, respectively. …”
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Fracture resistances of heat-treated nickel-titanium files used for minimally invasive instrumentation by Yoo Jung Kang, Sang Won Kwak, Jung-Hong Ha, Gianluca Gambarini, Hyeon-Cheol Kim

“…SEM revealed typical fracture features across all groups, with distinct milling grooves in PG and TN, not in ER. …”
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International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Its Japanese Amendment Have Improved Diagnostic Ability over Existing Criteria by Masahiro Maruyama, Takayuki Watanabe, Keita Kanai, Takaya Oguchi, Takashi Muraki, Hideaki Hamano, Norikazu Arakura, Shigeyuki Kawa

“…The ICDC achieved the highest diagnostic ability in terms of accuracy (95.0%), followed by JPS 2011 (92.9%), Korean (92.2%), HISORt (88.7%), Asian (87.2%), and JPS 2006 (85.1%). Nearly all criteria systems exhibited a high specificity of 100%, indicating that the enhanced diagnostic ability of the ICDC and JPS 2011 likely stemmed from increased sensitivity brought about by inclusion of diagnostic items requiring no endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. …”
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Effect of Obesity-Linked FTO rs9939609 Variant on Physical Activity and Dietary Patterns in Physically Active Men and Women by Nathan R. West, James Dorling, Alice E. Thackray, Nicola C. Hanson, Samantha E. Decombel, David J. Stensel, Stuart J. Grice

“…Body mass, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio were not significantly different between individuals expressing different FTO rs9939609 risk variants (all P≥0.66). The cohort was physically active (4516 (3043) total MET min·week−1), although homozygous risk allele carriers (AA) displayed higher TFEQ cognitive restraint compared with nonrisk allele carriers (TT) (ES = 0.33 and P=0.03). …”
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Selective Binding of Distamycin A Derivative to G-Quadruplex Structure [d(TGGGGT)]4 by Bruno Pagano, Iolanda Fotticchia, Stefano De Tito, Carlo A. Mattia, Luciano Mayol, Ettore Novellino, Antonio Randazzo, Concetta Giancola

“…Quadruplex-prone sequences are found in many regions of human genome and in the telomeres of all eukaryotic organisms. Since small molecules that target G-quadruplexes have been found to be effective telomerase inhibitors, the identification of new specific ligands for G-quadruplexes is emerging as a promising approach to develop new anticancer drugs. …”
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Effect of Used Motor Oil and Bitumen as Additive on the Permeability and Mechanical Properties of Low Plastic Soil by Kamran Iqbal, Chengshun Xu, Hassan Nasir, Muhammad Alam, Asim Farooq, Edward J. Williams

“…Stability of permeable soils near large-scale water reservoirs for paved and unpaved road pavements is all too frequently compromised due to excessive seepage and the climatic conditions of that area. …”
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Evaluating machine learning models for supernova gravitational wave signal classification by Y Sultan Abylkairov, Matthew C Edwards, Daniil Orel, Ayan Mitra, Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev, Ernazar Abdikamalov

“…We test convolutional and recurrent neural networks, as well as six classical algorithms: random forest, support vector machines, naïve Bayes(NB), logistic regression, k -nearest neighbors, and eXtreme gradient boosting. All models, except NB, achieve over 90 per cent accuracy on our dataset. …”
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Natural Language Processing and Social Determinants of Health in Mental Health Research: AI-Assisted Scoping Review by Dmitry A Scherbakov, Nina C Hubig, Leslie A Lenert, Alexander V Alekseyenko, Jihad S Obeid

“…MethodsThe search was conducted in September 2024 using a broad search strategy in PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL Complete. All citations were uploaded to Covidence (Veritas Health Innovation) software. …”
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A Review on Bioactive Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Aegiceras corniculatum: A Pharmaceutically Important Mangrove Plant by Pritam Sarkar, Tasfiya Rufaidah Ahnaf, Razina Rouf, Jamil Ahmad Shilpi, Shaikh Jamal Uddin

“…Articles published until July 2023 were extracted and all the information was sorted based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Evaluation of Two Different Treatments for Larch Logs as Substrates to Cultivate <i>Ganoderma tsugae</i> in the Forest by Lei Xia, Xiao Tan, Peng Wang, Dahai Yang, Yang Zhang, Yanru Cui, Ya Yu, Weidong Zhang, Xiao Huang, Jiawei Wen

“…After larch wood segments were sun-dried, they were divided into two groups; one group was bagged and autoclaved, while the other group was bagged without any treatment. Subsequently, all segments were inoculated with the <i>G. tsugae</i> strain HLXL1 and ensconced under the canopy of a <i>Pinus koraiensis</i> forest, thereby approximating the conditions of natural growth. …”
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Influence of Partially Substituting Wheat Flour with Tiger Nut Flour on the Physical Properties, Sensory Quality, and Consumer Acceptance of Tea, Sugar, and Butter Bread by Nazir Kizzie-Hayford, Joshua Akanson, Jerry Ampofo-Asiama, Ernest Ekow Abano

“…Substituting WF with 10% TNF for Bb or 25% TNF for Tb led to significantly higher consumer (N=56) scores for all attributes and overall acceptability. However, no significant effect on the overall acceptability of Sb was observed. …”
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Nuances of preoperative care before cataract extraction. What do we overlook when performing biometry, calculating IOL power, and examining the eye? by A.B. Movsisyan, A.E. Egorov

“…The best possible refractive outcome is now the priority. All components of biometry contribute to IOL power calculation accuracy. …”
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Constipation and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a Danish population-based matched cohort study by Henrik Toft Sørensen, Kasper Adelborg, Péter Szentkúti, Jens Sundbøll, Szimonetta Komjáthiné Szépligeti, Hans Gregersen

“…Objectives To assess the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and heart failure in patients with constipation compared with a general population cohort.Design Population-based matched cohort study.Setting All Danish hospitals and hospital outpatient clinics from 2004 to 2013.Participants Patients with a constipation diagnosis matched on age, sex and calendar year to 10 individuals without constipation from the general population.Main outcomes measures Comorbidity-adjusted and medication-adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for cardiovascular outcomes based on Cox regression analysis.Results 83 239 patients with constipation were matched to 832 384 individuals without constipation. …”
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Transient Elastography in Alcoholic Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis by Changzhou Cai, Xin Song, Xueyang Chen, Weihua Zhou, Qi Jin, Shenghui Chen, Feng Ji

“…The reference standard of all included studies was liver biopsy. A random-effects model was applied. …”
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Gum and Resin Production and Marketing: Implications for Pastoral Livelihood in Adadle District, Somali Region, Ethiopia by Bishar Ahmed Yussuf, Latamo Lameso Lelamo, Mahamud Mahamed Abdi

“…Recurrent drought, lack of market access and market expertise, lack of institutional cooperatives, and lack of infrastructure and facilities were all determined to be obstacles to the production and sale of gum and resin. …”
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Ultrasensitive detection and quantification of bovine Deltapapillomavirus in the semen of healthy horses by Anna Cutarelli, Francesca De Falco, Francesco Serpe, Simona Izzo, Giovanna Fusco, Cornel Catoi, Sante Roperto

“…Abstract BPV1, BPV2, BPV13, and BPV14 are all genotypes of bovine delta papillomaviruses (δPV), of which the first three cause infections in horses and are associated with equine sarcoids. …”
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