Chromosomal abnormalities in children as a predictor of the development of congenital heart and vascular diseases by Z.V. Selska, O.R. Sadova, V.I. Bobrova, K.E. Popov

“…CHDs occur on average in 8-10 cases per 100 live births. The complexity and diversity of cardiovascular defects is traditionally explained by multifactorial etiology, due to the interaction between several genes and environmental factors (the so-called “polygenic model”), but chromosomal abnormalities are often the leading factor in the occurrence of CHDs. …”
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Fracture Penis: An Analysis of 26 Cases by G.V.Soundra Pandyan, Ahmed Bakeet Zaharani, Mohammed Al Rashid

“…We noted an incidence of 3.5 cases per year, occurring more commonly in unmarried men. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Inhibition of p38 MAPK Pathway on Neuromotor Function in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Wei CHEN, Yaochi WU

“…Objective:To observe the effect of electroacupuncture on neuromotor function of rats with spinal cord injury, and to explore its mechanism based on p38 MAPK pathway.Methods:A total of 63 adult male SD rats were randomly divided into sham group, SCI group and SCI-EA group, with 21 cases in each group.The spinal cord was not injured in Sham group, the SCI group and SCI-EA group were established by crushing the spinal cord with external force.The sham group and SCI group did not take any intervention, At the second day after operation, SCI-EA groupwas treated by electro-acupuncture instrument (continuous wave, frequency 2 Hz, intensity 1 mA), The needling site was T₁₀Jiaji acupoint, 30 minutes per time, once a day, resting every 5 days, continuous treatment for 28 days.Spinal cord injury behavioral score (BBB) was used to evaluate the changes of motor function after spinal cord injury; apoptosis of spinal cord neurons was detected by TUNEL method; Caspase-3 positive cells in spinal cord tissue were detected by immunohistochemical SP method;and protein expression was detected by Western blot.Results:Compared with SCI group, BBB score of SCI-EA group was significantly higher after EA intervention for seven days, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); Caspase-3 positive cells in spinal cord tissue of SCI-EA group were significantly lower, and the number of apoptotic cells reduced significantly, The positive expression of p38 MAPK and iNOS decreased significantly, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Electroacupuncture can inhibit the activation of p38 MAPK and iNOS pathway after spinal cord injury, reduce the apoptosis of spinal cord neurons, and improve the neuromotor function of spinal cord injury rats.…”
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Training and Detraining Effects of Institutional Group Exercise on Upper Extremity Motor Function by Yiling LIN, Minghsia HU, Hongzhe ZHANG, Mingde LI

“…The intervention group received group exercise three times per week for ten weeks, the control group maintained the original life style in the institute. …”
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Effect of a muscular resistance training program to improve physical fitness components in older females by José Antonio Gonzalezjurado, Juan Antonio León-Prados, Alberto Nuviala Nuviala, Edgardo Cristian Molina Sotomayor

“…Fourteen women in Chile (65,86 ± 6.55 kg, 1.55 ± 0.06 m, 67.71 ± 5.31 years old) underwent a program of strength training for 6 weeks, performing Back Test (BT) , Leg Press (PS), Bench Press (BP) and Knee Extension (ER) at 3 sessions per week, recording measurements before and after the period of training on maximal dynamic strength (FDM) estimated indirectly by the mass displaced in a maximal repetitions test on those exercises and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2máx) estimated by the UKK test. …”
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تقییم أثر تمویل المشروعات البحثیىة بجامعة جنوب الوادی على کمیة النشر العلمی ونوعیته by Doaa Elberry

“…The results shown that the SVU funded 80 projects in 2013-2019 by 1.790.000 Egyptian pounds.The total productivity was only 14 publications with 19 citations.The total costs per one publication and citation were 127.9 and 94.2 thousand respectively. …”
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Economic Feasibility of On-Grid Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants at Private Universities in Indonesia by Rijal Asnawi, Antariksa, Sukir Maryanto and Aminudin Afandhi

“…The price of electricity from the on-grid photovoltaic solar power plant is Rp. 930 per kWh. An NPV value of Rp. 7,789,395,602 indicates future profitability, while a PBP of 8.55 years demonstrates feasibility in terms of return on investment. …”
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A Case–Control Study of the Association of Novel Androgens (11-KT and DHT), Classical Androgens (Testosterone and DHEAS), Hormones (LH, FSH, 17-OHP, Insulin, and SHBG), Insulin Res... by Nirmal Kumar, Neera Sharma, Smita Roy, Indu Chawla, Lokesh Kumar Sharma

“…Materials and Methods: A case–control study was conducted on 30 newly diagnosed cases of PCOS as per the Rotterdam criteria and 30 age-matched controls. …”
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Feature Engineering to Embed Process Knowledge: Analyzing the Energy Efficiency of Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking by Quantum Zhuo, Mansour N. Al-Harbi, Petrus C. Pistorius

“…The data were used to test different approaches to quantifying the effects of process conditions on specific electricity consumption (kWh per ton of crude steel). In previous work, inputs such as the proportion of DRI, fluxes, natural gas, and oxygen were linearly correlated with the specific electricity consumption. …”
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Interpretive structural modeling of factors affecting the internal development of cities in arid regions (Case study: Ardakan city by mohamad reza hatafi ardakani, mphammad hosein saraei, mohamad mahdi karimnejad, seyed ali almodaresi, saideh moayed far

“…Because physical development, in addition to land use change, has met the basic needs of urban society, including the provision of safe and sufficient water, green space per capita, urban waste management and environmental pollution. …”
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Bringing Intelligence to SAR Missions: A Comprehensive Dataset and Evaluation of YOLO for Human Detection in TIR Images by Mostafa Rizk, Israa Bayad

“…The tiniest trained model, YOLOv8n, achieves an inference rate of 273.6 frames per second (FPS) while the largest model, YOLOv8, achieves an inference rate of 100.29 FPS. …”
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Internal Parasites of Pigs and Worm Control Practices in Bamboutos, Western Highlands of Cameroon by Marc K. Kouam, Fabrice D. Ngueguim, Vaia Kantzoura

“…The overall prevalence was 74.7% (95 % Confidence Interval (CI): 69.6–79.3%) and the overall mean egg/oocyst per gram of feces (epg/opg) was 304.1±1218.0. The following parasites were found: Strongylid parasites (58.6%; epg= 105.0±134.7); Coccidia (26.9; opg=517.2± 1862.1); Strongyloides ransomi (25.9%; epg=61.9± 40.8); A. suum (3.7%. epg=50±0); Metastrongylus sp (0.9%; epg=50±0); Trichuris suis (0.9%; epg=50±0); and Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (0.62%; epg=50±0). …”
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Modifications of the maximum expiratory flow in bronchial asthma treatment using Intal and Ketotifeno. by Belkis M. Vicente Sánchez, Nallelys Villanueva Bravo, Luis M. Padrón Velásquez, Marylin Aroche Quintana

“…The first one received treatment with Intal Spray (four aplications per day) and the second with Ketotifeno (tab. 1 mg. /2tab par day) egining to make mensurations from FEM to the three, six, nine and twelve months of having implemented the treatment. …”
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Key health impacts and support systems for informal carers in the UK: A thematic review by Susanna A Cottagiri, Peter Sykes

“…Introduction: The economic contributions made by informal carers in the UK per year mount up to £132 billion. This is equivalent to the total amount of the health care costs, yet the health and wellbeing of carers are often not prioritised. …”
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Optimizing conditions to improve polyphenol content and screening antioxidant capacity with DNA protection activity of Perilla frutescens by Ngoc Thien Kim Nguyen, Huynh Anh Vu Truong, Hoang Khue Tu Nguyen

“…The total polyphenolic compounds varied from 6.056 ± 0.08 to 9.630 ± 0.127 mg of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per 1 g dry weight (dw). The highest phenolic content yield was extracted at 70°C for 60 minutes at a pH of 7.0. …”
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Cervical Cancer Visual Screening Experience in the Republic of Tajikistan by Nilufar Muhsinzoda, Alex Bingjie Yuan, Rustam Tursunov

“…The detection rate of precancerous pathology was 26.9 per 100,000 female population, which is 8.2 times higher than the detection rate of CC. …”
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Copper metallurgy at the crossroads by Habashi F.

“…The standing problem in many countries, however, is marketing 3 tonnes of sulfuric acid per tonne of copper produced as well as emitting large amounts of excess SO2 in the atmosphere. …”
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Refugee Crisis in Jordan: The Logic of Development and Possible Solutions by A. V. Demchenko

“…However it soon became evident that restrictive measures could not, per se, improve the social and economic situation in the country and have led to criminalization of migrants. …”
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Evaluation of the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Virological Surveillance System in Polio-Free Morocco, 2010–2018 by Sanae Lemrabet, Maria El Qazoui, Lalla Meryem Idrissi Azzouzi, Ahmed Rguig, Malika Elhamdaoui, Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf, Leila Medraoui, Hicham Oumzil

“…The annualized nonpolio AFP rate per 100,000 children under 15 years ranged from 0.84 during 2011–2015 to 2.29 in 2018. …”
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Herbivore functions in the hot-seat: Resilience of Acanthurus triostegus to marine heatwaves. by Taylor Souza, Jeroen Brijs, Leon Tran, Larry Crowder, Jacob L Johansen

“…Consequently, A. triostegus gained body mass during summer and winter, but lost ~0.8% body mass per day during the marine heatwave. Given marine heatwaves can last for weeks to months, these results indicate that while herbivorous coral reef fishes may continue to remove algae during periods of thermal stress, their ability to control many macroalga may be limited due to precipitous reductions in individual performance. …”
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