Adolescents: Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Ana C. P. Pontes, Jairo C. Cavalcante, E. Sócrates T. Egito, Eulália M.C. Maia

“…This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee, and Epi InfoTM software was used for data and result evaluation using the mean and chi-square statistical test. …”
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Investigation of Air Quality and the Effects of Meteorological Factors on Air Pollution in Nevşehir Province by Kahraman Oğuz

“…Increasing urban air pollution causes important problems affecting the environment and human health. One of the most important sources of urban air pollution is the road transport sector. …”
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New derivatives of sulfonylhydrazone as potential antitumor agents: Design, synthesis and cheminformatics evaluation by Sabbah Dima A., Al-Azaideh Bara’a A., Talib Wamidh H., Hajjo Rima, Sweidan Kamal, Al-Zuheiri Aya M., Sheikha Ghassan Abu, Shraim Sawsan

“…Target compounds exhibited an antiproliferative effect against the human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) cell line. Our cheminformatics analysis indicated that the para-tailored derivatives [p-NO2 (3) and p-CF3 (7)] have better ionization potentials based on calculated Moran autocorrelations and ionization potentials. …”
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Limits and Risks of Digital Transformation by T. S. Akhromeeva, G. G. Malinetskiy, S. A. Posashkov

“…It happens when artificial intelligence systems are assigned strategically important tasks that they must solve at a speed inaccessible to humans.The analysis shows that managing the risks of digital transformation and its limitations requires the attention of the scientific and expert community, as well as active participants in this process.…”
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Analysis of Roadside Land Use Changes and Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment Based on GF-1: A Case Study of the Linghua Expressway by Mengdi Wen, Liangliang Zhang, Huawei Wan, Peirong Shi, Longhui Lu, Zixin Zhao, Zhiru Zhang, Jinhui Wu

“…Landscape ecological risk assessment, as an important means to predict and measure the adverse effects of human activities on the ecological environment, is being paid more and more attention. …”
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Le site funéraire antique du 33, rue du Rio à Saint-Marcel/Argentomagus (Indre) by Fabrice Couvin, Marielle Delémont, Frédéric Poupon

“…(ceramics, glass, small furniture, human and animal bones, carporest). In the absence of a grave in the centre, the nature of the residues collected suggests that these were pyre enclosures. …”
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Buildings, Causalities, and Injuries Innovative Fuzzy Damage Model during Earthquakes by Mohammad Reza Amiri Shahmirani, Abbas Akbarpour Nikghalb Rashti, Mohammad Reza Adib Ramezani, Emadaldin Mohammadi Golafshani

“…One of the human concerns has always been to estimate the damage caused before the earthquake and predict the extent of injuries and causalities. …”
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Optimal locating of Urban Waste Recycling Facility (Case Study: Kelardasht, Iran) by Maryam Ilanloo, Hosein Bicgarian, Mohsen Yahya Soltani, Mohammad Mehdi Bahramian

“…Solid waste is an integral part of human life, generation of various quantities and qualities of which is one of the greatest environmental problems of the current era. …”
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Friendship, joy, and physical fitness of elementary school students: outcome-based macro evaluation of physical education in Madura Island by Arief Wildan Jufri, Sakban Rosidi, Titik Purwati

“…According to hedonism theory, behavioral learning theory, and perceptual theory, humans always seek and repeat any action that gives pleasure. …”
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Clinical Application of Development of Nonantibiotic Macrolides That Correct Inflammation-Driven Immune Dysfunction in Inflammatory Skin Diseases by Carmen Rodriguez-Cerdeira, Elena Sanchez-Blanco, Alberto Molares-Vila

“…Inflammation-driven immune dysfunction supports the development of several chronic human disorders including skin diseases. Nonantibiotic macrolides have anti-inflammatory and/or immunomodulatory activity that suggests the exploitation of these in the treatment of skin diseases characterized by inflammatory disorders. …”
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Intratympanic administration of dexamethasone attenuates radiation induced damage to middle ear mucosa by Hyuk Chan Kwon, Sup Kim, Sheng Jin, Sun-Ae Shin, Jeong Han Lee, Min Jung Park, Soo Jeong Kim, Yong-Ho Park

“…The present study investigated the effects and underlying mechanisms of DEX delivered via intratympanic administration on RTx-induced damage to the middle ear and human middle ear epithelial (HMEE) cells. Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats were exposed to fractionated RTx (6.6 Gy/day for 5 days), and middle ear samples were collected at 1 and 4 months. …”
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Characterization of the bispecific VHH antibody tarperprumig (ALXN1820) specific for properdin and designed for low-volume administration by Paul Tamburini, Dennis Vestergaard Pedersen, Denise Devore, Josh Cone, Rekha Patel, Todd Hunter, Fang Sun, Gregers Rom Andersen, Jeffrey Hunter

“…Tarperprumig incorporates a C-terminal variable domain of a heavy chain only antibody (VHH) that binds properdin (FP) connected via a flexible linker to an N-terminal VHH that binds human serum albumin (HSA). The purified bispecific VHH antibody exhibits an experimental molecular weight average of 27.4 kDa and can be formulated at > 100 mg/mL. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study to explore acceptability, barriers and facilitators of the implementation of new teleophthalmology technologies between community optometry practic... by Ann Blandford, Konstantinos Balaskas, Rima Hussain, Sarah Abdi, Angela Aristidou, Josie Carmichael, Giulia Cappellaro

“…Findings will be reported through academic journals and conferences in ophthalmology, health services research, management studies and human-computer interaction.…”
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Financial inclusion for people with disability: a scoping review by Louise Puli, Natasha Layton, Diane Bell, Abu Zafar Shahriar

“…Background Financial exclusion is a human rights issue affecting health equity. Evidence demonstrates that financial exclusion is exacerbated for people with disability and those in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC). …”
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Supraspinal facilitation of painful stimuli by glutamatergic innervation from the retrosplenial to the anterior cingulate cortex. by Shun Hao, Man Xue, Qi-Yu Chen, Jinjin Wan, Yu-Jie Ma, Wantong Shi, Xuanying Chen, Xu-Hui Li, Jing-Shan Lu, Fang Xu, Guo-Qiang Bi, Wucheng Tao, Min Zhuo

“…The RSC-ACC pathway probably serves to integrate memory engrams with pain perception in both humans and animals.…”
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Congenital cytomegalovirus - current state of knowledge on the treatment and prevention of fetuses and newborns by Katarzyna Miedzińska, Mateusz Grego, Łukasz Stojak, Dariusz Popiela, Karina Urbańska, Filip Kwiatkowski, Mateusz Baczewski, Witold Czyż

“… Cytomegalovirus (CMV)  is common  pathogen in the human population and one of the most  causes of intrauterine infections of the fetus. …”
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Characterization of the Sodium Multi-Vitamin Transporter in the Mosquito <i>Anopheles stephensi</i> and Its Capacity to Mobilize Pantothenate and Biotin by Jun Isoe, Brendan F. Riske, Megan E. Dobson, Hannah L. Kaylor, Jessica C. Brady, Yared Debebe, Laura M. Saavedra, Shirley Luckhart, Michael A. Riehle

“…In this work, we examined Pan levels in the important human malaria vector <i>Anopheles stephensi</i>, including the abundance of Pan during immature development and adulthood. …”
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Evolution of the Web: from Web 1.0 to 4.0 by Asaad Khaleel Ibrahim

“…The goal of this study is to clarify the notion of Web 4.0, which is viewed as an intelligent and symbiotic (human-machine interaction) network with massive interfaces and linkages, as well as to contribute to the literature by studying its many dimensions and investigating its links with new generation technologies. …”
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Lifestyle components of the global oldest old assessed as effective nonpharmacologic strategies to maintain lifelong cognitive and functional health by Cécil J.W. Meulenberg

“…Longevity and high quality of life are amongst the most desired traits of humanity. However, the incidences of non-communicable diseases are rising, while sedentary lifestyles and malnutrition are more common than ever, and in general both functional and cognitive health is declining. …”
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Synthesis, antiproliferative and antiplasmodial evaluation of new chloroquine and mefloquine-based harmiquins by Pavić Kristina, Poje Goran, Carvalho Lais Pessanha De, Held Jana, Rajić Zrinka

“…Testing of the antiproliferative activity of the new UT harmiquins, and previously prepared triazole-(TT) and amide-type (AT) CQ-based harmiquins, against a panel of human cell lines, revealed TT harmiquine 16 as the most promising compound, as it showed pronounced and selective activity against the tumor cell line HepG2 (IC50 = 5.48 ± 3.35 μmol L−1). …”
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