First-trimester 3D fetal neurosonography: five standardised views by Fred Ushakov, Adalina Sacco, Pranav Pandya

“…The aim of this study is to present our first-trimester specialist neurosonography protocol with examples of pathology in order to develop a systematic approach to evaluating the first-trimester foetal brain.Methods Women undergoing a first-trimester foetal medicine ultrasound scan between 2010 and 2020 for multiple indications underwent neurosonography according to a set protocol. 3D transvaginal brain examination was performed in all cases (2000 pregnancies scanned). We retrospectively reviewed all imaging to develop this protocol.Results We propose that the following five axial-plane parallel views should be obtained when performing neurosonography in the first trimester, moving from cranial to caudal: 1. …”
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Pramipexole Extended Release: A Novel Treatment Option in Parkinson's Disease by Wolfram Eisenreich, Bernd Sommer, Sebastian Hartter, Wolfgang H. Jost

“…The present study summarizes pharmacokinetics and all essential pharmacological and clinical characteristics of the extended-release formulation. …”
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Utilizing fuzzy banana curve for project monitoring and control by Mahmood Jahanbani, Hamid Shahbandarzadeh

“…According to the results of the research, if the actual progress percentage curve is above the ASAP curve with α-cut=1, the project plan may not be defined accurately; if this curve is below or close to the ASAP curve with α-cut=1, It can indicate the excellent performance of the project management, if this curve is placed under the ALAP curve with α-cut=0, the project manager has used all the capacity to change the duration of the activities and all the floats of the scheduling network and has had the worst performance in the project. …”
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The haematological influences of seaweed extract on growing japanese quails by Ercan Keskin, Zafer Durgun, Mehmet Kocabatmaz

“…At that time the plasma glucose and total protein levels were found obviously higher in group II as compared to other groups and plasma glucose level in group II was significantly different than group I and IV (P<0.05) During the whole experiment, it was not dtermined striking changes in respect to leucocyte types, leucocyte and trombocyte counts in all groups.…”
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IMPACT OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE NIGERIAN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by Idowu ALBERT, Winston SHAKANTU, Kabir IBRAHIM

“…The paper recommends that there should be proper planning of material management practices right from the inception of project execution and should also be practiced on all sites and by all categories of construction industry, whether large, medium or small so as to ensure timely project execution and standard work delivery within reasonable cost, time and quality. …”
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Prognostic value of procalcitonin in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Pang Qiyuan, Lin Changyang, Li Gaigai, Qiu Ju, Zhou Xun

“…<h4>Aims</h4>To evaluate the prognostic role of procalcitonin(PCT) on all-cause mortality in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).…”
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Non-holomorphic modular S 4 lepton flavour models by Gui-Jun Ding, Jun-Nan Lu, S.T. Petcov, Bu-Yao Qu

“…We comment on how these models can be tested and conclude that they are all falsifiable. Detailed analyses are presented in the case of three representative benchmark lepton flavour scenarios.…”
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FORMS OF PROPERTY IN ROMAN LAW by Elena ANGHEL

“…The exceptional vitality of the Roman legal system is explained both by the creation of the legal alphabet, taken over in later societies, and also by the fact that any society that was founded on private property and the exchange economy found all the concepts, principles and the legal institutions necessary to regulate these social relations. …”
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Correlation analysis between disease mortality and public transportation coverage: The case of Taiwan by Wei-Ting Chen, Chung-Yu Chen

“…Furthermore, the absolute values of this correlation coefficient for chronic diseases are higher than 0.3 for all considered periods; they are more marked than those of other diseases in the nine selected regions, with a standard deviation of public transport coverage exceeding 10%. …”
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Avicenna's optimistic theodicy by T.K. Ibrahim

“…Justifying the idea of our world as the best of all possible worlds, Ibn Sina anticipated the famous Leibnizian concept of optimus mundus. …”
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QSAR modeling of benzoquinone derivatives as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors by T.K. Shameera Ahamed, Vijisha K. Rajan, K. Muraleedharan

“…Moreover, molecular docking of all the derivatives to the binding site of 5-LOX was done to show their binding mode and to identify critical interacting residues inside the active site of 5-LOX. …”
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Christology and the Catholic Encounter with World Religions by Francis V. Tiso

“…To accomplish this task, Catholic Christians are invited to find Christ in all phenomena, including in other religions as disclosures of what it is to be human. …”
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Investigation of Fresh and Hardened Characteristics of Self-Compacting Concrete with the Incorporation of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate and Steel-Making Slag by Kashif Ali Khan, Hassan Nasir, Muhammad Alam, Sajjad Wali Khan, Izhar Ahmad, Zia Ur Rehman

“…The findings showed that the workability is enhanced by the incorporation of EVA, while decreased with LFS. Furthermore, all the strength properties were enhanced at all the replacement levels of EVA and LFS except for the splitting tensile strength. …”
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Evaluation of Scintillation Counter Detector Using Gamma Radiation for Gold Detection by Julia Ragab Khalil, Wael Hessen Alawad, Adil Elrayah, Ali Sulaiman Mohamed, Mubark Dirrar Abdallah, Azher S Barrak

“…Then, an energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) was done to compare and verify all results. …”
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An Overview of the BALSAC Population Database. Past Developments, Current State and Future Prospects by Hélène Vézina, Jean-Sébastien Bournival

“…Birth and death certificates from all Catholic parishes have been integrated for the period 1800–1849 and work in underway for 1850–1916. …”
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Diabetes Prevalence in Europe by Sahar Sidahmed, Siegfried Geyer, Johannes Beller

“…Participants with lower education levels and the unemployed ones had a higher chance of reporting having diabetes. This was found across all European regions except for some countries from the Eastern region.…”
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COACHING FAMILY-BASED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT METHOD FOR ADOLESCENT ANOREXIA NERVOSA. A CASE REPORT. by JAANA RONKAINEN, JUKKA RONKAINEN

“…In this article we introduce the c-FBM through four lately treated patient cases who have all benefited from the treatment within one year.…”
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Analysis of spatial distribution and access to schools in district 20th of Tehran ‎municipality by habibollah Fasihi

“…Buffer technique has been used to analyze ‎access to public education schools.  Findings showed that all the schools at different levels from primary, secondary, to vocational   schools had a cluster pattern of spatial distribution.  …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Concrete Alkalinity on Tensile Properties of Preheated Structural GFRP Rebar by Hwasung Roh, Cheolwoo Park, Do Young Moon

“…The tensile strength decreases for all testing cases as the increase of the alkaline immersing time, regardless of the prehearing levels. …”
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Public Policy Design and Implementation in Slovenia by Jernej Mencinger, Polonca Kovač, Tina Jukić, Mirko Vintar

“…Public policy design and implementation is a complex process, and so decision makers try to monitor all of the policy lifecycle stages in a particular policy domain. …”
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