The Lost Gambit: The Third War between Israel and Egypt, its Causes and Lessons by Alek D. Epstein

“…He was personally acquainted with all of the highest representatives of Egyptian political and military elite. …”
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Predicted quality benefits of achievable performance benchmarks of chronic heart failure care in China: results from a nationwide observational study by Xi Li, Chao Wang, Jingkun Li, Yupeng Wang, Xiaoqiang Bao, Meina Liu, Qiuju Zhang, Chang Yin, Xudong Ma

“…Mixed random-intercept models were used to evaluate the contributions of HPCP on patient outcomes and to speculate quality improvement after adjusting HPCP to benchmark level.Results When all hospitals were to operate at the benchmark level, the proportion of patients getting better or recovered after treatment would increase in most hospitals, particularly those with low baseline rates. …”
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Effects of different drying methods on phenolic components and in vitro hypoglycemic activities of pulp extracts from two Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.) cultivars by Zhe Liu, Jiagan Zhang, Shengmin Lu, Weimin Tang, Yibin Zhou, Siew Young Quek

“…Compared with hot-air dried samples, freeze-dried samples had significantly higher contents of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, myricitin-3-O-rhamnoside, quercetin-3-O-galactoside, quercetin-3-O-glucoside and quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside, which had been proved to be the main contributors to the in vitro hypoglycemic activities of bayberry pulp extract. All these results demonstrate that freeze drying is more suitable for the preservation of phenolic components in the pulp extract of Chinese bayberry, and the pulp extract of freeze-dried ‘DK’ could be applied as a potential hypoglycemic food additive.…”
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Novice Inter-Rater Reliability on the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) After a 4-Hour Training Session by Brent Harper, Adrian Aron

“…The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC~2,1~) was moderate (0.60, *p*\<0.001) for all three raters on the 50-point criterion checklist scoring…”
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Osteopathic treatment of infants with infantile colic/excessive crying: a prospective, multicentric, randomized controlled trial and nested observational trial by Florian Schwerla, Marlen Zimmer, Janine Göpfert, Petra Laux, Simone Langenmair, Michaela Rütz, Karl-Ludwig Resch

“…An inter-group comparison of changes revealed clinically relevant improvements in favor of the intervention group for the main outcome – parameter psychological stress – for all 3 questions (e.g., for question 2 respectively 3, NRS: between group difference of means 3.5; 95% CI: 2.6 to 4.4; p < 0.001). …”
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Meat is healthy, green and vital to social and economic sustainability: frames used by the red meat industry during development of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations by Amanda Wood, Janice Swan, Talia Masino, Bjørk Tørnqvist, Elin Röös

“…An example is provided by the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR), the evidence base underpinning all food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) in the Nordic countries. …”
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Quantitative Characterization of Full-Spectrum Pore Size and Connectivity for Shale with Different Sedimentary Facies from the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China by Yushan Du, Na Yin, Qinhong Hu, Mianmo Meng, Xiuchuan Zhu, Jing Chao, Cunfei Ma

“…The spontaneous imbibition experiments using two distinct fluids indicated that all of four facies have a much better pore connectivity towards the hydrophilic fluid than these experienced by the hydrophobic fluid.…”
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Effects of carob rich-polyphenols on oxidative stress markers and physical performance in taekwondo athletes by Nawel Gaamouri, Hassane Zouhal, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Mehrez Hammami, Aloui Ghaith, El Hafedh El Mouhab, Anthony C. Hackney, Ismail Laher, Omar Ben Ounis

“…Participants were divided into an experimental group (EG) or placebo group (PG). All athletes performed a frequency speed of kick test mult (FSKT mult ) before and after a six-week training period. …”
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Identification of a Novel lincRNA-p21-miR-181b-PTEN Signaling Cascade in Liver Fibrosis by Fujun Yu, Zhongqiu Lu, Bicheng Chen, Peihong Dong, Jianjian Zheng

“…Notably, lincRNA-p21 overexpression contributed to the suppression of HSC activation. lincRNA-p21 suppressed HSC proliferation and induced a significant reduction in α-SMA and type I collagen. All these effects induced by lincRNA-p21 were blocked down by the loss of PTEN, suggesting that lincRNA-p21 suppressed HSC activation via PTEN. …”
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Content analysis of food and beverage marketing in global esports: sponsorships of the premier events, leagues, teams and players by Robin Ireland, John William Long, Sara Jordan Maksi, Francisco Javier López Frías, Travis D Masterson

“…The total number of brand sponsorships was then calculated for each product category.Results 90 unique food and beverage brands were identified. Across all brands, a total of 497 food brand sponsorships were identified. …”
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Growth and survival of giant gourami juvenile immerse indifferent frequencies using recombinant growth hormone by Aras Syazili, . Irmawati, . Alimuddin, Komar Sumantadinata

“…Similar body weight of fish in two times (1.72±0.29 g), three times (1.68±0.34 g), and five times (1.81±0.17 g) immersion was obtained. Fish body weight of all controls was lower than the rGH-immersed fish. …”
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Assessments of Antibacterial Effects of Aqueous-Ethanolic Extracts of Sida rhombifolia’s Aerial Part by Demeke Debalke, Mastewal Birhan, Amebaye Kinubeh, Muluken Yayeh

“…The inhibition zone of mean diameters ranging from 0.00 to 7.67mm against all test bacteria was significantly (p<0.05) much less than that of the positive control Chloroamphinicole (30μg/disc) with the range of 14.33mm-15mm of inhibition zone of diameters. …”
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A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Early Cost-effective Assessment from the Total Posterior Spine Sys... by Jared D. Ament, Amir Vokshoor, Yaser Badr, Todd Lanman, Kee D. Kim, J. Patrick Johnson

“…At willingness-to-pay thresholds of $100&#8239;000/QALY, 63% of all 5000 input parameter simulations favor TOPS, even with a $4000 upcharge vs TLIF. …”
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Effect of Reynolds Number and Property Variation on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in the Entrance Region of a Turbine Blade Internal-Cooling Channel by Ben-Mansour R., Al-Hadhrami L.

“…The effect of temperature-dependent property variation showed a small change in the heat transfer rates when all properties were allowed to vary with temperature. …”
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Estimation of Individual Tree Structure and Wood Density Parameters for <i>Ginkgo biloba</i> Using Terrestrial LiDAR and Resistance Drill Data by Ting Li, Xin Shen, Kai Zhou, Lin Cao

“…The accuracy verification was carried out and it showed that the estimation accuracies of individual tree structure parameters (DBH, tree height, and crown width) extracted from tree QSM constructed based on TLS and BLS all had R² > 0.8. The estimation accuracy of DBH based on TLS was slightly higher than that based on BLS, and the estimation accuracy of tree height and crown width based on TLS was slightly lower than that based on BLS. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Mechanical Behavior of Water-Saturated Coal by Muhammad Ali, Enyuan Wang, Zhonghui Li, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li, Izhar Mithal Jiskani, Barkat Ullah

“…In addition, the variation in trends of AE counts, AE accumulative counts, and load with time at various phases of all samples were obtained. It is concluded that AE counts increase suddenly during a slow increase phase and peak at the active increase phase. …”
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Outcomes of cataract surgery training among ophthalmology trainees in the independent sector and within the NHS by Darren Shu Jeng Ting, Philip Severn, Qasim Mansoor, Yunzi Chen, Oonagh Crothers

“…Surgical efficiency was maintained with all lists completed within 4 hours.Conclusion A structured training programme on high-volume lists within IS setting provided two trainees with valuable exposure to diverse cataract cases while ensuring safety and efficiency, producing training outcomes comparable to the NHS and NOD standards. …”
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Coordination and persistence of aggressive visual communication in Siamese fighting fish by Claire P. Everett, Amy L. Norovich, Jessica E. Burke, Matthew R. Whiteway, Paula R. Villamayor, Pei-Yin Shih, Yuyang Zhu, Liam Paninski, Andres Bendesky

“…Furthermore, ventral telencephalic regions and the thalamic preglomerular complex, all of which project to cDm, show increased activity during aggressive interactions. …”
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A Study on Excavation Characteristics of Tunnel with Upper-Soft Lower-Hard Stratum by Jun Feng, Hui-juan Yang, Yu Zhang

“…The results revealed the following: (1) Under all three excavation methods, the tunnel deformation was small and met the requirements for tunnel deformation control. (2) Due to the different excavation support sequence, the distribution of lining bending moment of the three excavation methods was widely different. …”
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Effects of exercise intensity on nutritional status, body composition, and energy balance in patients with COPD: a randomized controlled trial by Tomoyuki Ikeuchi, Kazuya Shingai, Katsuyuki Ichiki, Takeo Jimi, Tetsuya Kawano, Kaori Kato, Toru Tsuda

“…Here, we aimed to explore the effect of reducing exercise intensity on energy balance in patients with COPD experiencing high-intensity training-induced weight loss. Methods All participants underwent high-intensity endurance and resistance training for a 2-week preliminary period. …”
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