Fumo proibito: la sigaretta erotica dell’Odalisca by Liesbeth Grotenhuis

“…Questa promettente immagine è un invito ai turisti a scoprire l’Oriente, elaborata dall’occidente per sfuggire alla vita quotidiana, e già erotizzata dai racconti delle Mille e una notte. …”
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Damage accumulation near the cold-expanded hole due to high-cycle fatigue by crack compliance method by Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Yuri Matvienko, Vladimir Pisarev, Michael Zajtsev

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The CFTR Met 470 allele is associated with lower birth rates in fertile men from a population isolate. by Gülüm Kosova, Joseph K Pickrell, Joanna L Kelley, Patrick F McArdle, Alan R Shuldiner, Mark Abney, Carole Ober

“…Homozygosity for the Met470 allele was associated with lower birth rates, defined as the number of births per year of marriage (P = 0.0029). The Met470Val locus explained 4.36% of the phenotypic variance in birth rate, and men homozygous for the Met470 allele had 0.56 fewer children on average compared to Val470 carrier men. …”
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The efficiency of some post-emergence herbicides for controlling problematic weeds of lawn areas by R. Gürbüz, H. Alptekin

“…Of these detected weed species, Trifolium  repens L. (5.49 weed/m2),  Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (3.24 weed/m2),  Trifolium  pratense L.  (1.23 weed/m2), Melilotus albus Medik. (1.07 weed/m2) and Convolvulus arvensis L. (1.03 weed/m2), the density of 5 of them was determined as 1 weeds/m2 and above. …”
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Spherical harmonics texture extraction for versatile analysis of biological objects. by Oane Gros, Josiah B Passmore, Noa O Borst, Dominik Kutra, Wilco Nijenhuis, Timothy Fuqua, Lukas C Kapitein, Justin M Crocker, Anna Kreshuk, Simone Köhler

“…Here, we present Spherical Texture extraction, which measures the variance in intensity per angular wavelength by calculating the Spherical Harmonics or Fourier power spectrum of a spherical or circular projection of the angular mean intensity of the object. …”
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Body mass index and risk of knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies by Huaqing Zheng, Changhong Chen

“…Category-specific risk estimates were further transformed into estimates of the RR in terms of per increase of 5 in BMI by using the generalised least-squares method for trend estimation. …”
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The influence of meteorological factors on the technical performance of football teams during matches by Yonghan Zhong, Shaoliang Zhang, Qing Yi, Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

“…Two technical indicators, “dribbles won” and “shots from the 6-yard box,” were both significantly influenced by two meteorological factors. “Cards per foul,” an understudied variable, displayed a close association with all the three meteorological factors. …”
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The effect of sustainable agricultural practices on crop productivity in Ethiopia: insights from a meta-analysis by Tadesse Tolera Ejeta, Tadesse Tolera Ejeta, Xiuguang Bai

“…Individuals who adopted SAPs achieved crop productivity that was 980 kilograms per hectare higher than those who did not. (2) Factors such as age, farm size, family size, livestock units, credit access, off-farm income, market distance, and cooperative membership negatively affect crop productivity, whereas education and extension services have a positive impact. (3) The positive effects of education and extension services on crop productivity strengthen over time. …”
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Comportamiento de lealtad de clientes en los segmentos identificados en la Banca Universal by María Virginia Baptista Araujo, María de Fátima León de Álvarez

“…en esta se realiza un análisis del compor tamiento de lealtad de los clientes per tenecientes a la banca universal del municipio Liber tador del estado mérida, partiendo de una segmentación basada en la lealtad. …”
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An Educational Intervention on Situational Awareness and Understanding of Menstrual Hygiene, Knowledge, Taboo, and Its Practices among School-going Adolescent Girls in Rural Areas... by Nagma Khan, Arati Mahishale

“…Materials and Methods: Four eighty-four adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19 years were randomly assigned into the intervention group (IG group) and control group (CG group) (n = 242 per group). Both groups received one session of an educational intervention. …”
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Low-Level Laser-Aided Orthodontic Treatment of Periodontally Compromised Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sachin B. Mangalekar, Ipsita Jayanti, Anurag Tiwari, Shobhit Saxena, Abhijith Ajith, Arun Vashisht, Naina Pattnaik

“…LLLT was applied at a wavelength of 810 nm with an energy density of 5 J/cm² for 10 min per session, twice weekly for 8 weeks. Results: The experimental group showed a significant improvement in periodontal indices, with a mean reduction in probing depth of 2.3 mm compared to 1.2 mm in the control group (P < 0.05). …”
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Corrosion behavior of Shape Memory Alloy in NaCl environment and recovery maintenance in Cu-Zn-Al sysytem by Andrea Brotzu, Barbara De Filippo, Stefano Natali, Laura Zortea

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Efficient biosorption of cadmium by Eucalyptus globulus fruit biomass using process parameters optimization by M. Samimi

“…The results from the experimental data of the adsorption studies were consistent with pseudo-second-order kinetics (maximum capacity of 128.2 milligram per gram), indicating that the chemical adsorption of cadmium on the used biomass occurring in monolayers.…”
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Thermodynamic analysis and energy balance for environmental sustainability of simple gas turbine inlet cooling system in AFAM power plant by Aniekan Ikpe, Imoh Ekanem, Enefiok Usungurua

“…The findings showed that the level of sustainability is directly influenced by the reduction in the turbine intake cooling system, as per the design criteria. The refrigeration method, which had an input condition of 15℃, obtained a Sustainability Index (SI) of 2.243. …”
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Nutrition Education and Vitamin D Supplementation Improving Nutrition Intake, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Soccer Athlete by Weni Kurdanti, Agus Wijanarka, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

“…The treatment group received nutrition education (classroom, individual, and nutrition assistance) and vitamin D supplementation of 800 IU per day, while the control group was only monitored. …”
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Development and Validation of a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire (SH-FFQ) in Iranian Adults: A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Sakineh N. Saeidlou, Parvin Ayremlou, Mohammad Alizadeh

“…The 24-hour dietary recalls (24-HDRs) (three times per month: A total of 12 numbers) were collected as reference for validation of SH-FFQ. …”
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Optimizing Reservoirs to Provide Water in Times of Crisis, With Emphasis on the Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Different Uses by Mohammad Reza Shamsaeifar, Nasser Mehrdadi, Ghulamreza Nabi Bidhandi

“…Results: A 50 m3 cylindrical steel emergency tank, connected to the urban water network, was proposed to provide 3 L of potable water per person for three days in a crisis. The system includes solar panels, a 250-W pump, and a hydraulic shut-off valve to maintain water quality and availability. …”
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Reparative histogenesis of bone tissue in femoral fractures in rats using biocomposite material along with immunocorrection by V. V. Reshetnyak, V. V. Burdeyniy, V. V. Pronin, Ye. A. Iskaliev

“…This process was the most pronounced in the group where the components were used in complex, i.e. the bone defect was filled with RVI during the surgery, as well as RV-2 was injected intramuscularly to rats at a dose of 10 mcg per 1 kg of live weight for five days, starting immediately after the surgery. …”
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Temporal Trends in Gestational Diabetes Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcomes at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, between 2004 and 2016 by Per Glud Ovesen, Jens Fuglsang, Mette Bisgaard Andersen, Charlotte Wolff, Olav Bjørn Petersen, H. David McIntyre

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Differences in Home Health Nursing Care for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Stage of Progress: Patients in Hoehn and Yahr Stages III, IV, and V by Yumi Iwasa, Izumi Saito, Miyoko Suzuki

“…The nurses visited each patient nine times per month, on average. The number of visits was positively correlated with HY stage. …”
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