La comunicazione come atto complesso nella Sclerosi Laterale Amiotrofica: indagine conoscitiva su paziente e caregiver by Simona Tufoni, Laura Grappini, Isabella Baglioni, Fabio Sarzana, Enrico Ceroni

“…Da ciò nasce l’esigenza per le persone con SLA ed i loro caregiver di apprendere nuove modalità di comunicazione come la comunicazione aumentativa alternativa (CAA). …”
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COMBINATION OF ULTRASOUND THERAPY, MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE, AND SUSTAINED NATURAL APOPHYSEAL GLIDES IN NON-SPECIFIC NECK PAIN – A CASE SERIES by Ni Komang Ayu Juni Antari, Anak Agung Gede Angga Puspa Negara, Made Hendra Satria Nugraha

“…Case: The intervention was given in 12 sessions (3 times per week for 4 weeks) with the total duration of therapy per session is 20 minutes. …”
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Research note: Effects of L-carnitine and L-arginine on sperm quality and fertility potential of aged broiler breeder roosters by Habibeh Samiei, Shaban Rahimi, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi, Ali Baghbanzadeh, Rasoul Vaez Torshizi, Vahid Esmaeili, Jesse Grimes

“…Treatments included (1) control (CON), 2) diet supplemented with 150 mg LC per kg diet, (3) diet supplemented with 500 mg L-Arg per kg diet, and (4) diet supplemented with 75 mg LC + 250 mg L-Arg. …”
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Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Min Du, Shimo Zhang, Min Liu, Jue Liu

“…The pooled incidence rate of CVD was 6.31 per 1000 person-years. Among the 14 risk factors analyzed, the most prevalent was a history of CVD (odds ratio [OR]=3.47), followed by age (per 10-year increase) (OR=1.79), current smoking (OR=1.76), hypertension (OR=1.57), smoking (OR=1.53), diabetes (OR=1.50), previous smoking (OR=1.30), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (OR=1.18). …”
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Analysis of Economic-Biological Traits of Hull-Less Barley and Creation of Source Material for Resistance to Environmental Stress Factors by L. A. Tokhetova, S. I. Umirzakov, R. D. Nurymova, B. K. Baizhanova, G. B. Akhmedova

“…Traits less affected by external factors, such as plant height, spike length, number of spikelets per spike, and number of productive spikes per 1 m2, are determined. …”
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Impact of Low Light on Photosynthetic Characteristics, Antioxidant Activity, and Yield of <i>Brassica napus</i> L. by Yue Hu, Hafiz Hassan Javed, Li Liu, Yalong Liu, Xiaohui Yang, Feifei Xu, Ying Liu, Xiao Peng, Yongcheng Wu

“…The reduced number of pods per plant and the number of pods per grain are the direct factors leading to the decrease in rapeseed grain yield, while the increase in grain weight compensates for some of the yield loss. …”
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Vaccination with Enzymatically Cleaved GPI-Anchored Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni Induces Protection against Challenge Infection by Vicente P. Martins, Carina S. Pinheiro, Barbara C. P. Figueiredo, Natan R. G. Assis, Suellen B. Morais, Marcelo V. Caliari, Vasco Azevedo, William Castro-Borges, R. Alan Wilson, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…The protection engendered by this vaccination protocol was confirmed by 42% reduction in worm burden, 45% reduction in eggs per gram of hepatic tissue, 29% reduction in the number of granulomas per area, and 53% reduction in the granuloma fibrosis. …”
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Transcriptome Sequencing of Gynostemma pentaphyllum to Identify Genes and Enzymes Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis by Qicong Chen, Chengtong Ma, Jieying Qian, Xiuwan Lan, Naixia Chao, Jian Sun, Yaosheng Wu

“…Next, we used RPKM (reads per kilobases per million reads) to calculate expression of the unigenes and we performed comparison of our data to that contained in five common databases to annotate different aspects of the unigenes. …”
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Incidence of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes among People Aged over 20 Years in Ahvaz: A 5-Year Perspective Study (2009–2014) by Seyed Mahmoud Latifi, Majid Karandish, Hajieh Shahbazian, Leila Hardani Pasand

“…The city of Ahvaz with type 2 diabetes incidence of 13.64 per 1000 person-years is one of the areas with high incidence of diabetes in Iran.…”
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Design and Performance Analysis of Multirate-NOMA by Hamad Yahya, Emad Alsusa, Arafat Al-Dweik

“…Most of the work in the literature considers the analysis of the single-rate (SR)-NOMA, which can only vary the power per user, limiting its flexibility and bit error rate (BER) performance. …”
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Multiple UAV Swarms Collaborative Firefighting Strategy Considering Forest Fire Spread and Resource Constraints by Pei Zhu, Rui Song, Jiangao Zhang, Ziheng Xu, Yaqi Gou, Zhi Sun, Quan Shao

“…Increasing payload quantity per UAV and swarm number can further enhance task completion efficiency and firefighting effectiveness. …”
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Revised dietary exposure assessment of the food enzyme triacylglycerol lipase from the genetically modified Aspergillus oryzae strain NZYM‐LH by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Daniele Cavanna, Yi Liu

“…Dietary exposure to the food enzyme‐TOS was calculated to be up to 0.284 mg TOS/kg body weight (bw) per day in European populations. When combined with the no observed adverse effect level previously reported (1080 mg TOS/kg bw per day, the highest dose tested), the Panel derived a margin of exposure of at least 3803. …”
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Nitrogen addition and drought impose divergent effects on belowground bud banks of grassland community: a meta-analysis by Jing Wu, Jing Wu, Xian-zhang Hou, Jin-lei Zhu, Ren-hui Miao, Michael Opoku Adomako, Michael Opoku Adomako

“…The meta-analysis comprises 231 observations of bud bank density per unit area and 410 observations of bud bank density per tiller.ResultsResults indicate that N addition remarkably promotes bud banks densities and plant functional groups of grass in the belowground bud banks. …”
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Costs of typhoid vaccination for international travelers from the United States by Heesoo Joo, Brian A. Maskery, Louise K. Francois Watkins, Joohyun Park, Kristina M. Angelo, Eric S. Halsey

“…Oral vaccination costs averaged $81.23 per person [95 % CI: $81.14–$81.33], encompassing $86.61 [95 % CI: $86.13–$87.10] at clinics and $80.14 [95 % CI: $80.09–$80.19] at pharmacies. …”
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Fertilization Rate and Number of Embryos on Day 2 after Intrauterine and Deep Intrauterine Insemination Using Frozen-Thawed Boar Semen in Multiparous Sows by Kakanang Buranaamnuay, Yodchai Panyaboriban, Padet Tummaruk, Mongkol Techakumphu

“…The inseminations were conducted using IUI with 2×109 FT sperm per dose (n=6) and DIUI with 1×109 FT sperm per dose (n=6). …”
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Biology of Omaspides pallidipennis Boheman, 1854 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) by Paula A. A. Gomes, Fábio Prezoto, Fernando A. Frieiro-Costa

“…In the first cycle, the average number of eggs was 55.7±15.5 eggs per egg cluster (n=1,837 eggs in 33 clusters) and in the second it was 61.6±14.2 eggs per egg cluster (n=5,607 eggs in 91 clusters). …”
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Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit of an Influenza Vaccination Program for Health Care Workers by Annalee Yassi, Joel Kettner, Greg Hammond, Mary Cheang, Myrna McGill

“…Benefits, measured as the value of sick time avoided, compared with costs, including materials, occupational nursing staff time, employee time during vaccination, and time lost due to adverse reactions, revealed a net benefit of $39.23 per vaccinated employee. Sensitivity analyses highlighted vaccine efficacy and absenteeism due to influenza and adverse reactions to vaccination as the most important factors; with time lost due to adverse reactions as much as 0.013 days per vaccinated employee and a vaccine efficacy of 70%, net positive benefits could be achieved if influenza-induced absenteeism is 0.5% or greater of paid employee time during the epidemic season. …”
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Evaluation of energy, carbon dioxide, and air emission implications of medium- and heavy-duty truck electrification in the United States using EPA’s regional TIMES energy systems m... by Andrew Zalesak, Noah Kittner, Daniel H Loughlin, Pervin Ozge Kaplan

“…Combining a tax of $100 per ton of CO _2 , increasing at 5% per year, with electrification targets would yield a net 52% reduction in energy system CO _2 emissions in 2050. …”
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EVALUATION OF REFILLABLE DRINKING WATER QUALITY BASED ON MPN COLIFORM AND ESCHERICHIA COLI INSESETAN VILLAGE, SOUTH DENPASAR, BALI by Pande Nyoman Tri Saguna Wyasena, Ni Luh Gede Sudaryati, I Putu Sudiartawan, I Made Dwi Mertha Adnyana

“…The Ministry of Health standard 492/Menkes/PER/IV/2010 is used to assess drinking water quality. …”
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Plasma Treatment Maintains Surface Energy of the Implant Surface and Enhances Osseointegration by Fernando P. S. Guastaldi, Daniel Yoo, Charles Marin, Ryo Jimbo, Nick Tovar, Darceny Zanetta-Barbosa, Paulo G. Coelho

“…Five adult beagle dogs received 8 implants (n=2 per surface, per tibia). After 2 weeks, the animals were euthanized, and half of the implants (n=20) were removal torqued and the other half were histologically processed (n=20). …”
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