Characterization of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Niovis Sosa Barberena, Roberto Angel Polo Amarante, Sandra Nancy Mendez Rogríguez, Mabel Sosa Barberena

“…Cienfuegos municipality showed the highest prevalence with 27.6 per 100 000 inhabitants. The most common cause of chronic kidney disease was nephroangiosclerosis (33.3%). …”
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A Study on Effect of Melatonin in Dyslipidemia Caused by Experimentally Diabetes by Deniz Uluışık, Ercan Keskin, Durmuş Hatipoğlu

“…Diabetes was induced by subcutaneous injections of streptozotocin at dose of 40 mg/kg for two days as a single dose per day in diabetes group animals. Animals in Diabetes+Melatonin group were made diabetic by streptozotocin in the same way and then these animals received 50 mg/kg melatonin intraperitoneally in daily for eight weeks. …”
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The Growing Challenge of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Overview of Current Knowledge by Rikke Borg, Nicholas Carlson, Jens Søndergaard, Frederik Persson

“…This could lead to a reduced number of preventive treatments per individual, while at the same time improving the prognosis. …”
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Study of Clinical Correlates and Symptomatology with Level of Functioning in Patients with Schizophrenia by Hemashri Chaturvedi, Bharat Shah, Bindoo Jadhav

“…Schizophrenia was diagnosed as per the International Classification of Diseases-10 criteria, and severity of symptoms was rated using Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). …”
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Self-administration of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone with an Electronic Device: Clinical, Economic and Management Benefits of Objective Adherence Monitoring by Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Maria Del Sol Granados Alonso, Carmen Bouza, José Luis Poveda Andrés, José María Amate

“…A better adjustment to prescribed daily dose (accuracy up to 0.01 mg) with the electronic device results in a better optimization of vials and could save an average of 5% of total treatment costs in terms of doses not wasted, amounting to €245 of potential savings per patient and year of treatment. **Conclusion:** The use of an electronic device for r-hGH administration and monitoring may provide a better identification of responder and adherent patients. …”
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Presence of Heavy Metals in over the Counter Teeth Whitening Products– An Evaluative Study by Chitra Ravi, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Manickam Ponnaiah, Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sowmiya Murugavel, Jimson Samson

“…Three products contained inorganic lead levels in parts per million (ppm) of 759 (product 2); 39.4 (product 3) and 28.1 (product 7), way above the permitted levels. …”
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A Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions in a Tertiary Care Centre of Eastern India by Sujata Sinha, Chinamy Kar, Sudip Das, Arnab Dutta, Abhishek De

“…Clinical profiling and drug history were recorded, and causality assessment was carried out as per the Naranjo scale. Result: The commonest CADR in our study was fixed drug eruption (FDE) 48.61%, followed by SJS-TEN spectrum 16.66%, maculopapular rash 11.11% and so on. …”
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Analysis Of The Cognitive Content Of Two Types Of Swimming According To Content Organization Indicators And Their Impact On Technical Performance And Achievement by Muhammad Suhail Najm Al-Hamdani, Doaa Subhan Mahmoud Al-Zuhairi

“…The content application took eight weeks, at a rate of one educational unit per week. Results. The results showed that the experimental group students excelled in achievement and technical performance in freestyle and breaststroke swimming due to the proposed educational content selected according to logical and scientific selection criteria. …”
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The Effect of Translucency and Surface Treatment on the Flexural Strength of Aged Monolithic Zirconia by Rashin Giti, Benika Abbasi

“…Sixty bar-shaped specimens were fabricated from three different types of presintered monolithic zirconia (n = 20 per group) including low translucent (LT) (DD Bio ZW iso, high strength zirconia, Dental Direkt, Germany), high translucent (HT) (DD Bio ZX2 98, high translucent zirconia, Dental Direkt, Germany), and multilayered system (ML) (DD cubeX2®ML, multilayer, cubic zirconia system, Dental Direkt, Germany). …”
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Folate Receptor–Targeted Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography to Detect Activated Macrophages in Atherosclerosis: Can It Distinguish Vulnerable from Stabl... by Leah C.J. Winkel, Harald C. Groen, Bibi S. van Thiel, Cristina Müller, Antonius F.W. van der Steen, Jolanda J. Wentzel, Marion de Jong, Kim Van der Heiden

“…Therefore, we determined tracer uptake per plaque volume and demonstrated higher accumulation of 111 In-EC0800 in the stable plaque normalized to plaque volume. …”
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ON THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF RUSSIA FOR 2018-2030 by D. V. Manturov

“…Achieving this aim in terms of export volume requires constant high growth rates of industrial production – at least 4.2% per year. The industrial policy should be concentrated on several key directions (technological policy, investment, foreign trade, etc.) with a general exportoriented approach. …”
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The precipitation of nanocrystalline structure in the joule heated Fe72Al5Ga2P11C6B4 metallic glasses by Mitrović N., Kane S., Roth S., Kalezić-Glišović A., Mickel C., Eckert J.

“…In this study, the evolution of the nanostructure on dc Joule heated Fe72Al5Ga2P11C6B4 metallic glass ribbons have been investigated. Heating power per square area (PS) was ranging between 0.8 to 7.1 W/cm2 in order to get various stages of relaxation or nanocrystallization. …”
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INVESTIGATING THE SCIENTIFIC FOCUS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE'S POTENTIAL IMPACT ON LABOR MARKET by Ludovic DIOSZEGI

“…This article aims to identify the types of approach, the relevant topics, and the convergences towards possible clusters, along with the measurement of specific quantitative indicators: the number of publications per year, by authors, institutions, and countries. …”
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‘Alexa, play metal’: exploring music selection and personal information management via voice assistants by Jochen Steffens, Jesse David Dinneen, Sascha Donner, Tom Potthoff

“…Having characterised the use of voice assistants to play music, we consider their role in per-sonal music management and make suggestions for improved design and future research.…”
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The Effect of Using Different Geometric Shapes and Different Colors on the Development of Basic Football Skills by Ali Qutaiba Younus, Nawfel F. Rashid

“…The sample consisted of three divisions (a, c, d), they were deliberately selected, to match and approximate the hours of daily lessons, and thus the number of the sample for the three divisions reached (99) students, and a number of members of the sample were excluded, thus reaching the final sample number (42) students divided into (3) experimental groups by (14) students for each experimental group, and with a percentage of (31,587%) of the original community, The proposed educational programs were distributed to the groups by lottery, and the implementation of the educational programs took six weeks, distributed by two educational units per week for each group and the time of the educational unit was (45) minutes, and in light of the results of the research, the researchers concluded that the three educational programs have a positive impact on the development of the art of performing the basic skills selected in football, and the second experimental group, which was used (geometric shapes with cold colors), the researchers recommended emphasizing the use of geometric shapes with cold colors in the design of skill exercises used in the applied part of the lesson.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Three File Systems for Shaping Curved Canals: An In Vitro Approach by Karuna R. Siraparapu, X. Nagamaheshwari, Veerendra S. Patil, Masuna Rukmini Amulya, Sainath Adsare, Karanam Apoorva Prakash

“…Materials and Methods: Forty-five severely curved simulated canals in resin blocks were prepared to an apical size of 25 using the following systems (n = 15 per group): ProTaper Next, TruNatomy, and Flexer heat activation. …”
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Straf eller behandling by Mette Brandt-Christensen, Gitte Ahle, Tina Gram Larsen, Kirsten Nitschke, Michael Ibsen

“…This increase has been especially pronounced in Denmark when viewed on a per capita basis. Explanations that consider the diversity of possible factors influencing the development are currently insufficient. …”
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Cambio en la estructura productiva, 1995-2011: China versus México by Gaspar Núñez Rodríguez

“…Durante este periodo el crecimiento del producto interno bruto (PIB) per cápita en China alcanzó un promedio de 9.18% anual, mientras que para México fue de sólo 0.95%. …”
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Delving Debaters’ Self-Development Strategies in Enhancing Their Speaking Perfomance by Husnul Khatimah, Suzucy Yanelda, Muslem

“…The resarchers found that all of the participants were aware of their learning needs and goals, they knew how to select their learning materials, and they spent about 1-2 hours per day to practice developing their speaking. They monitored their progress based on the mistakes they have made or their peer’s feedback in the ZEC club. …”
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Maximizing Retreaded Tire Hardness: An Experimental Investigation by Wahyu Handayani Putri, Feri Afrinaldi, Taufik Taufik, Ramadhan Rizki Fernando

“…Historical data showed that the process produced 7% of defective tires and cost the company $16 per unit of defective tires. It was identified that curing temperature, mold pressure, inner tube pressure, curing time, and fuel type mixed with adhesive affect tires’ hardness. …”
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