A cycle-based model to predict no usable blastocyst formation following cycles of in vitro fertilization in patients with normal ovarian reserve by Xue Wang, Chen-yue Dong, Cui-lian Zhang, Shao-di Zhang

“…Methods The model was derived from 7,901 patients who underwent their first oocyte retrieval and subsequent blastocyst culture, of which 446 cases have no usable blastocysts formed. …”
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Socio-Economic dynamics of octopus fisheries for the livelihood sustainability of small-scale fishers in East Java, Indonesia by Indrabudi Terry, Triyanti Riesti, Safitri Widya, Candra Wirawan Arief Mochamad

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Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Ritika Jha, Sumit Sengupta, Anshuman Mukhopadhyay, Ritam Chakraborty

“…Upper and lower respiratory BIOFIRE panels, sputum culture, blood culture, urinary pneumococcal antigen, and Xpert Flu were used to identify the pathogens. …”
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Microplastics in a Traditional Turkish Dairy Product: Ayran by Serkan Kemal Buyukunal, Sanae Rbaibi Zipak, Karlo Muratoglu

“…Microplastics were detected in all examined filters except for the starter culture samples. The samples with the highest MP number were salty water (43 MP number/100 mL), salt (33 MP number/100 g), and milk samples taken from homogenization and pasteurization phases (26 MP number/100 mL). …”
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A Critical Review of the Equality Iranian God/Goddess ‎with the Gods/Goddess of Greeks Case Study: Vanand, Ashi and Nike by Reza Mehrafarin, Shahin Aryamanesh

“…However, the kingdom, as Vologases I, made an outstanding contribution to rebuilding Iranian culture and religions when it came to reign and also tried to eliminate the cultural remains of Greek in Iran. …”
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Wnt1 Accelerates an Ex Vivo Expansion of Human Cord Blood CD34+CD38− Cells by Kamonnaree Chotinantakul, Patcharee Prasajak, Wilairat Leeanansaksiri

“…In this study, umbilical CB-CD34+ cells were cultured in two different cytokine cocktails: 4 factors (4F = Flt3-L, SCF, IL-6, and TPO) and 5 factors (5F = Wnt1 + 4F) in both serum and serum-free media. …”
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International Heart Valve Bank Survey: A Review of Processing Practices and Activity Outcomes by Wee Ling Heng, Helmi Albrecht, Paul Chiappini, Yeong Phang Lim, Linda Manning

“…The similarities included (1) use of sterile culture media for procedures, (2) antibiotic decontamination, (3) use of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a cryoprotectant, (4) controlled rate freezing for cryopreservation, and (5) storage at ultralow temperatures of below −135°C. …”
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Induction of MAP Kinase Homologues during Growth and Morphogenetic Development of Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) under the Influence of Host Factor(s) from Wheat Spikes by Atul K. Gupta, J. M. Seneviratne, G. K. Joshi, Anil Kumar

“…In order to determine the roles of such regulatory genes in Tilletia indica, the causal pathogen of Karnal bunt (KB) of wheat, semi-quantitative and quantitative RT-PCR was carried out to isolate and determine the expression of MAP kinase homologues during fungal growth and development under in vitro culture. Maximum expression of TiFus3 and TiPmk1 genes were observed at 14th and 21st days of culture and decreased thereafter. …”
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Origin of Serum Affects Quality of Engineered Tissues Produced by the Self-Assembly Approach by Stéphane Chabaud, Melissa Simard, Isabelle Gendreau, Roxane Pouliot, Stéphane Bolduc

“…Despite the emergence of serum-free media for cell culture, the use of serum to supplement the culture media is still essential in order to produce engineered urologic tissues using the self-assembly approach, not only for the stromal compartment but also for the uroepithelium. …”
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Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran by Leila Azimi, Abbas Motevallian, Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh Namvar, Babak Asghari, Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari

“…All of patients had at least 1 positive culture with Pseudomonas and/or with Acinetobacter. …”
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Unveiling the Influencing Factors of the Residual Life of Historical Buildings: A Study of the Wuhan Lutheran Missions Home and Agency Building by Bo Huang, Xueqi Liu, Lanjun Liu, Zhiyong Li, Zhifeng Wu, Bin Huang, Zimo Jia

“…The development of a city needs the accumulation of culture, and historical buildings are the most direct witness of the rise and fall of a city. …”
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Educational creative task as the main teaching tool for formation of compositional abilities of prospective leaders of the studio of decorative and applied creativity by Ekaterina S. Sachkova

“…In the process of research the theoretical analysis of pedagogical, psychological, methodological literature on the problem of research and empirical methods: pedagogical observation, testing, stating and forming experiments.As a result of the research the specificity of compositional activity in the sphere of decorative and applied art is revealed, the definition and structure of compositional abilities of leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is formulated, the complex of pedagogical means of formation of compositional abilities of students of higher education institutions of culture and arts - prospective leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is developed and tested.The formation of compositional abilities of prospective leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is carried out in the process of specially organized activities, the main content of which is the solution in the prescribed manner and combinations of educational and creative composite tasks presented in various techniques of decorative and applied art and in computer performance, having a certain level of complexity, subjects and orientation. …”
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Principles of Organizing Self-directed Learning of First-year Students within the Flipped Classroom Technology by T. A. Borzova

“…In teaching the “Russian Language and  Culture of Speech” course, the following interactive and electronic tasks are  used to form skills and abilities in a reproductive, reconstructive, and creative performance: essays, glossary, mutual reviews, business games, projects, etc. …”
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NGUYEN DU’S PERCEPTION ABOUT CHINA UNDER THE QING DYNASTY THROUGH BAC HANH TAP LUC by Lê Quang Trường

“…His “trivial notes” revealed his complicated thinking and feelings about the Chinese landscape, people and culture under the rule of the Jiaqing emperor. This article analyzes Nguyen Du’s rational and emotional perceptions of China, especially Chinese culture as implied in “Bac hanh tap luc”, to better understand a case of direct interaction of a Vietnamese Confucian scholar with imperial China.…”
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Drug Resistance by Targeted Nanopore Sequencing Technology by Chen Tang, Feng Xu, Xiaoqun Zheng, Guangxin Xiang

“…Our method for MTB drug resistance assessment offers the benefits of being culture-free, efficient, high-throughput, and highly accurate, which could significantly aid in clinical patient management and the control of TB infections.…”
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THE PROFESSIONAL THINKING FUTURE DIRECTED BY THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AND HOLIDAYS: RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK by Elena G. Protsenko

“…Testing of the proposed system was carried out on the basis of the Samara State Institute of Culture, the sample were third-year students majoring 70209.65 Directing theatrical performances and holidays, specialty "Directing concert and entertainment programs and traditional festivities". …”
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Assessing Changes in Reaction Time Following RAMP Warm-Up and Short-Term Repeated Volleyball Specific Exercise in Young Players by Kacper Cieśluk, Dorota Sadowska, Justyna Krzepota

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SERPINA1 mRNA as a Treatment for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency by Brendan Connolly, Cleo Isaacs, Lei Cheng, Kirtika H. Asrani, Romesh R. Subramanian

“…Our data demonstrates increased SerpinA1 protein in culture media from treated AAT patient fibroblasts and AAT patient fibroblast-derived hepatocytes. …”
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Aetiologies and Management of Retropharyngeal Abscess in Paediatric Age Group by Prem Kumar, Abhilasha Somashekhar

“…Initial antibiotics should be a broad spectrum until the pus culture sensitivity reports are available. There is a recent trend is Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus especially in younger children.  …”
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Robert Walsers Tiere by Lucas Marco Gisi

“…Les animaux de Walser ne sont donc pas en premier lieu le miroir de la nature (animale) de l’homme, la relation homme-animal reflète plutôt le processus qui fait de la culture humaine et donc de l’homme lui-même un produit de l’animal ; c’est la thèse qui est défendue ici. …”
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