Influence of Aging and Immune Alterations on Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Pneumonia in the Elderly by Nathan Kang, Veedamali S. Subramanian, Anshu Agrawal

“…In non-institutionalized elderly individuals, the annual incidence ranges from 25 to 44 per 1000, approximately four times higher than in those under 65. …”
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Emotional words evoke region- and valence-specific patterns of concurrent neuromodulator release in human thalamus and cortex by Seth R. Batten, Alec E. Hartle, Leonardo S. Barbosa, Beniamino Hadj-Amar, Dan Bang, Natalie Melville, Tom Twomey, Jason P. White, Alexis Torres, Xavier Celaya, Samuel M. McClure, Gene A. Brewer, Terry Lohrenz, Kenneth T. Kishida, Robert W. Bina, Mark R. Witcher, Marina Vannucci, Brooks Casas, Pearl Chiu, Pendleton R. Montague, William M. Howe

“…Overall, these experiments provide evidence that neuromodulator-dependent valence signaling extends to word semantics in humans, but not in a simple one-valence-per-transmitter fashion.…”
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Écouter et voir dans un monde technique : Effets de la discontinuité des horaires sur l’activité de travail des infirmières by Ana-Maria Seifert, Karen Messing

“…The analysis revealed short patient stays and a great discontinuity in work periods for nursing personnel : 60 % of health care workers in one department worked for fewer than five shifts per month in this department. Thus, the workers often have little information on patients, and the constant changes in the work teams can affect the strategies that they use to remedy the situation. …”
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Comparative Investigation of Synesthesia in “Sight al-Zand” by AbulʿAla Al-MaʿarriAnd the Poetical Works of Shoorideh-E-Shirazi by Javad Gholamalizadeh, Abdolbaset Arab Yosefabadi, Reza Asghari

“…He divided synesthesia into 9 combinations and suggested specific principles per combination. Analyzing diverse types of Baudelaire synesthesia in the works of two Arabic and Persian blind poets, Abul Ala Al-Maarri (937-1057) and Shoorideh-Shirazi (1857-1927), using a descriptive-analytical method, the present study aims to demonstrate the beauty in blind poets’ poems which results from deep imagination. …”
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Head in the game: the impact of cognitive abilities on performance of National Football League quarterbacks by R. Thomas Boone, Nicholas S. Zambrotta, Andrew M. Manocchio, James K. Bowman

“…Reaction Time; Visual Spatial Processing and Decision Making to a lesser, but notable degree; predicted NFL performance metrics such as Career Approximate Value, Quarterback Rating, passing and rushing yards per game, turnover worthy plays, and throwing accuracy. …”
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Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Cydonia oblonga Miller (Quince) on Sexual Behaviour of Wistar Rats by Muhammad Aslam, Ali Akbar Sial

“…The extract was administered orally by gavage in the dose of 500 mg/kg and 800 mg/kg body weight per day as a single dose for 28 days. The observed parameters were mounting frequency, assessment of mating performance, and orientation activities towards females, towards the environment, and towards self. …”
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Potential for using sepiolite as dispersing agent in phenolic resin crosslinked natural rubber/silica composites by Nabil Hayeemasae, Sitisaiyidah Saiwari, Siriwat Soontaranon, Mohamad Irfan Fathurrohman, Abdulhakim Masa

“…The influence of a small sepiolite addition (1–5 part(s) per hundred parts of rubber, phr) on the properties of NR composites was studied. …”
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Key Success Factors and Future Perspective of Silicon-Based Solar Cells by S. Binetti, M. Acciarri, A. Le Donne, M. Morgano, Y. Jestin

“…PV devices based on silicon are the most common solar cells currently being produced, and it is mainly due to silicon technology that the PV has grown by 40% per year over the last decade. An additional step in the silicon solar cell development is ongoing, and it is related to a further efficiency improvement through defect control, device optimization, surface modification, and nanotechnology approaches. …”
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Projection-Type Holographic Display With Observation Area Expanded Using Time-Division Reproduced Light Generation System by Tomoki Kanno, Yasuyuki Ichihashi, Takashi Kakue, Koki Wakunami, Ryutaro Oi, Tomoyoshi Shimobaba, Tomoyoshi Ito

“…In addition, we succeeded in generating reproducing 3D video at 20 frames per second.…”
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Nació, nacionalitat, Constitució i dret a l’autogovern by Enoch Albertí Rovira

“…Analitza el sentit que té aquest reconeixement de les nacionalitats a la Constitució espanyola, per primera vegada en el constitucionalisme espanyol, i el contingut del dret a l’autonomia que els reconeix, que es diferencia de l’autonomia de les comunitats autònomes. …”
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Bilateral Double Ureters with Bladder Neck Diverticulum in a Nigerian Woman Masquerading as an Obstetric Fistula by Imran O. Morhason-Bello, Sikiru A. Adebayo, Rukiyat A. Abdusalam, Oluwasomidoyin O. Bello, Kehinde H. Odubamowo, Olatunji O. Lawal, E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, Oladosu A. Ojengbede

“…A 43-year-old woman presented with 20-year history of leakage of urine per vaginam. She had one failed repair attempt. …”
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Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale) by Célestin Defo, Théophile Fonkou, Paul Blaise Mabou , Paulin Nana, Yacouba Manjeli

“…A volume of about 1440 m3 of faecal waste are pumped per year by tankers and are poured without treatment at the edge of the Noun river.…”
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An Unusual Case of Asystole following Penetrating Neck Trauma and Anoxic Brain Injury by Matthew Nayor, Alissa J. Berliner, Grant V. Chow, David D. Spragg

“…His recovery was complicated by prolonged periods of sinus arrest and asystole, lasting over 60 seconds per episode. This case illustrates that sustained asystolic episodes may occur following significant neurologic injury, and may continue to recur even months after an initial insult. …”
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Next-to-Leading Order Differential Cross Sections for J/ψ, ψ(2S), and Υ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at a Fixed-Target Experiment Using the LHC Beams by Yu Feng, Jian-Xiong Wang

“…Using different NLO fit results of the NRQCD long-distance matrix elements, we evaluate a theoretical uncertainty which is certainly much larger than the projected experimental uncertainties with the expected 20 fb−1 to be collected per year with AFTER@LHC for pp collision at the center of mass energy s≃115 GeV.…”
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Valproate Treatment in an ALS Patient Carrying a c.194G>A Spastin Mutation and SMN2 Homozygous Deletion by Lucio Tremolizzo, Gessica Sala, Elisa Conti, Virginia Rodriguez-Menendez, Antonella Fogli, Angela Michelucci, Paolo Simi, Silvana Penco, Christian Lunetta, Massimo Corbo, Carlo Ferrarese

“…The patient was started on valproic acid (VPA, 600 mg/die per os) considering the capacity of this drug of increasing survival motor neuron through an epigenetic mechanism. …”
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Connection between the number of manifestations and promotional activities of local tourism organizations and hotels on the social network Facebook by Garabinović Dušan, Anđelić Slavica

“…According to this, the aim of this paper is to establish the connection between the number of events/manifestations per month and the number of posts by local tourist organizations and hotels in Moravica district territory (Cacak, Lucani, Gornji Milanovac, Ivanjica) in 2018, on Facebook as most used social network by the analyzed local tourism organizations and hotels.…”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: Financial Summary for 1995-2001 by Albert de Vries, Russell Giesy, Lane Ely, A. de Araujo, Andy Andreasen, Brent Broaddus, Shepard Eubanks, Doug Mayo, P. Miller, T. Seawright, Christopher Vann

“…Each dairy then received a report detailing its financial results compared to the average results for the other participants and the dairies with the highest net farm income from operations per cwt. This publication is a summary of the data collected for the years 1995 through 2001. …”
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Partial Molar Pregnancy Presenting as a Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy by Mariam Ayyash, Monica Kole, Quoc Le, Yulei Shen, Monique Swain

“…The incidence is approximated at 1.5 per 1,000,000 pregnancies. Case. We report the case of a 22-year-old woman with an overall initial stable clinical presentation who was noted to have a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. …”
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Examining Internal Stakeholder Influence on Firm Sustainability: The Moderating Role of Organizational Support by Rachetty Hariprasad, Ashok Doraiswamy

“… Sustainability is one of the trending topics everywhere. As per the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), every developing and developed nation has to implement them. …”
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Synthesis, characterization and gene expression of novel bis-Schiff base compounds and study their anti-bacterial activity using different genes by Mohammed Adnan Abid, Mustafa A-Jabbar Al-Jumaili, Ali Adnan Abed

“…The two genes of E. coli (oxyR1 and perR) expressed downregulated when treated with all compounds, specifically A and E. …”
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