Gendering the Decision-Making Positions in Higher Education: A Cross-Sectional Gender Audit in Three Selected Universities in Malawi by Juliet Chiwaya Kamwendo

“…The country ratified both international and regional gender protocols as well as enacting the national gender policy to safeguard gender equality at all levels to empower women. The participation of women in decision-making positions is therefore critical at this point. …”
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Effects of irrigation frequency on growth and yields of <i>Taraxacum kok-saghyz</i> Rodin by G. Shen, F. Zheng, L. Zhou, X. Zeng, N. G. Konkova

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Spatial analysis of instability intensity of the villages with sustainable approach in Kaki district, Dashti Township by Sadegh Asghari, gharib Fazelniya, Morteza Tavakoly, marzie shoghi

“…Sustainable development is an environmental concept appropriate to our era that nowadays in all of economic, social, environmental and physical-‌spatial aspects is considered and focused by everyone. …”
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Cox-2 Plays a Vital Role in the Impaired Anxiety Like Behavior in Colchicine Induced Rat Model of Alzheimer Disease by Susmita Sil, Tusharkanti Ghosh

“…The results showed anxiolytic behavior in cAD along with lower serum corticosterone level, both of which were recovered at all the doses of etoricoxib on day 21. On day 14 all of the anxiety parameters showed similar results to that of day 21 at high doses but not at 10 mg/kg body weight. …”
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Rat Brain Normalization Templates for Robust Regional Analysis of [C]ABP688 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography by Jeroen Verhaeghe, Leonie Wyffels, Tine Wyckhuys, Sigrid Stroobants, Steven Staelens

“…All approaches showed similar relative changes in BP ND values with increased blocking. …”
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A Case of Disseminated Hypopigmented Keratoses Improved with Oral Acitretin by Ali Haydar Eskiocak, Cumhur İbrahim Bassorgun, Sarp Uzun, Soner Uzun

“…Considering the extensive lesions, we treated the present patient with 5% salicylic acid in addition to oral acitretin and significant regression in all lesions was achieved, particularly on the keratosis.…”
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Extraction and Hydrophobic Modification of Cotton Stalk Bark Fiber by Ya-Yu Li, Guang-Ming Du, Xin-Jie Feng, Ya-Wei Mu, De-Qiang Li

“…It was found by measuring water retention value (WRV) that these five kinds of modifiers were all effective and the silane coupling agent was best modifier among all. …”
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Skillful prediction of Indian Ocean Dipole index using machine learning models by J.V. Ratnam, Swadhin K. Behera, Masami Nonaka, Kalpesh R. Patil

“…The results based on the IOD index predictions at 1–8 month lead time indicate that the AdaBoost model with Multi-Layer Perceptron as the base estimator, AdaBoost(MLP), to perform better than the other five models in predicting the IOD index at all lead times. Interestingly, the IOD predictions of AdaBoost(MLP) had an anomaly correlation coefficient above 0.6 at almost all lead times. …”
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Challenges relating to comparison of flavonoid glycosides dissolution profiles from Sutherlandia frutescens products by Mbamalu Oluchi N., Syce James, Samsodien Halima

“…The dissolution profile of each marker varied for the different materials investigated. All three media utilised showed differences in flavonoid glycoside dissolution between the S. frutescens products evaluated, with f2 values < 50 for comparison of flavonoid dissolution from any two of the materials. …”
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The Natural History and Outcomes of the Patients with Carcinosarcoma Involving Kidney and Renal Pelvis by Jue Wang, Fen Wei Wang, Anne Kessinger

“…Forty-three patients with CSKP, diagnosed between January 1973 and December 2007, were identified from the national Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and reviewed. Results. 79% of all patients with known SEER stage were classified as having regional or distant stage; almost all the patients with known histology grade had poorly or undifferentiated histology. …”
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH UROLITHIASIS IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD by F. S. Sadulloev

“…The leading microflora causing nosocomial infection in patients with urolithiasis in all treatments are gram-negative microorganisms, including prevailing E.coli (24,0%).…”
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Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Transition Metal Complexes of Bidentate N, O Donor Schiff Bases by Sajjad Hussain Sumrra, Muhammad Ibrahim, Sabahat Ambreen, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Danish, Fouzia Sultana Rehmani

“…Elemental analysis and spectral data of the uncomplexed ligands and their metal(II) complexes were found to be in good agreement with their structures, indicating high purity of all the compounds. All ligands and their metal complexes were screened for antimicrobial activity. …”
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM: EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEMS by O. V. Vorobieva, I. G. Teleshova

“…The European experience shows that the process of qualification framework formation in the spheres of education and science requires the system approach, involvement of all the parties concerned, an overall and thorough discussion of the alignment process on all the levels of qualification. …”
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A Case of Primary Uterina Lymphoma Presenting with Bleeding, Pelvic Pain, and Dysmenorrhea by Lilian Yukari Miura, Miriam Anyury Daquin Maure, Monica Tessmann Zomer, Reitan Ribeiro, Teresa Cristina Santos Cavalcanti, William Kondo

“…Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) can arise from lymphatic cells located in solid organs (extranodal) and it accounts for 25 to 35% of all NHL. Primary lymphoma on the female genital tract (PLFGT) is a rare disease, comprising 0.2 to 1.1% of all extranodal lymphomas in the female population. …”
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Fluoroscopic-Assisted Olecranon Fracture Repair in Three Dogs by Stephen C. Jones, Daniel D. Lewis, Matthew D. Winter

“…Despite the development of mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis in all three dogs, and the nonunion of the anconeal process in one dog, the clinical outcome was considered successful with all dogs subjectively free of lameness at long-term follow-up evaluation. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab in the Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: A Meta-Analysis by Huijuan Lu, Jun Shen, Jieqiong Sun, Jia Sun

“…This meta-analysis finally contained 8 papers. They were all regarded as controlled trials. Six studies reported serum creatinine (standardized mean difference [SMD]: −6.87; 95% CI: −14.09, 0.35; P=0.062), ALB (SMD: 1.91; 95% CI: −0.31, 4.14; P=0.092), and adverse reactions (OR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.36, 0.90; P<0.01), all of which were significantly higher in the test group than in the control group (OR: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.76; P<0.01) Conclusion. …”
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The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, and the Shrinking of American Democracy by Peter Dale Scott

“…The first is America's increasing militarization, and above all its inclination, even obsession, to involve itself in needless and pernicious wars. …”
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Nonoperative treatment efficacy prognosis in acute small bowell obstruction by S. G. Shapovalyants, S. Ye. Larichev, Z. A. Zhemukhova, N. A. Soldatova, I. A. Smirnov

“…The over-all mortality was 2,2% (1 patient of 43).Conclusion. …”
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الحضور الالکترونى للمکتبات الوطنیة العربیة على الویب : دراسة ویبومتریة by د. محمد رجب وهدان

“…Study of the National Libraries Websites available on the Web from theWebometrics Perspective. the Study deals with Webometric monitoring andanalyzing of these Sites, by Identifying the age of them and their Size accordingto the number of their Pages and analyzing the Super-links of them with threeTypes: In Links, Out links and Self links, the study also examines The impact ofthese Sites Depending on one of the measuring tools which is Known as WebImpact Factor (WIF).The most important results of the study is: that the Egyptian NationalLibrary (Dar Alkutub Almisria) site is the most present on the web according tothe Over All Web Impact Factor with an (WIF) of 4,8, followed by the King FahdNational Library site with an WIF of 4,1, then the Lebanese National Librarywebsite with an WIF of 1.1, while the King Fahd National Library was the firstaccording to the Revised WIF with an WIF of 3.2, then the Egyptian NationalLibrary ranked second with an WIF of 3.2, and thirdly came each of TheDepartment of the Jordan National Library, and the Site of the Yemeni NationalLibrary, with an WIF of 2,1 each.The study recommended that: One of the Arab specialized institutions inthe field of libraries and information, as the Arab Federation for Libraries andInformation, should be responsible for measuring the WIF for all kinds of Arablibraries sites, and Issuance a periodic report that includes ranking of sitesaccording to WIF…”
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The Role of Clitoral Anatomy in Female to Male Sex Reassignment Surgery by Vojkan Vukadinovic, Borko Stojanovic, Marko Majstorovic, Aleksandar Milosevic

“…Complications occurred in 27.84% of all patients, related mostly to urethroplasty. Voiding while standing was achieved in all cases. …”
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