Post-Mucilage Distribution, Daily Growth, Mortality, and Hatch Date Timing of Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Juveniles in the Sea of Marmara by Buminhan Burkay Selçuk, Oğuzhan Ayaz, Gençtan Erman Uğur, Tekin Demirkıran, Uğur Özekinci, Ahsen Yüksek, Ali İşmen, Uğur Altınağaç, Adnan Ayaz, Alkan Öztekin, Yusuf Şen, İsmail Burak Daban, Fikret Çakır

“…Individuals were sampled using beach seine nets from 12 equally spaced stations along the Sea of Marmara. …”
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Age- and Gender-Specific Prevalence of Risk Factors in Patients with First-Ever Ischemic Stroke in China by Xiao-ying Yao, Yan Lin, Jie-li Geng, Ya-meng Sun, Ying Chen, Guo-wen Shi, Qun Xu, Yan-sheng Li

“…Hypertension and DM were equally frequent among three groups. Conclusion. Our study showed that vascular risk factors had a specific age and gender distribution pattern in Chinese IS patients. …”
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White Oaks Genetic and Chemical Diversity Affect the Community Structure of Canopy Insects Belonging to Two Trophic Levels by Elgar Castillo-Mendoza, Leticia Valencia-Cuevas, Patricia Mussali-Galante, Fernando Ramos-Quintana, Alejandro Zamilpa, Miriam Serrano-Muñoz, Juli Pujade-Villar, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez

“…Abundance, infestation levels and richness of gall wasps and their parasitoids registered the next pattern: <i>Q. rugosa</i> higher than the hybrids, and the hybrids equal to <i>Q. glabrescens.</i> Oak host genetic diversity was the variable with the highest influence on the quantitative SMs expression, richness and abundance of gall wasps and their parasitoids. …”
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Estimation level of public welfare on the basis of methods of intellectual analysis by S. Kozlovskyi, L. Nikolenko, O. Peresada, O. Pokhyliuk, O. Yatchuk, N. Bolgarova, O. Kulhanik

“…The results of the study allowed us to establish that the level of public welfare (units) in Ukraine on a scale from 0 to 100 will be equal to 25, 17, 32, 26, and 28 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, accordingly.…”
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Effect of Transplantation of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Platelets Rich Plasma on Experimental Model of Radiation Induced Oral Mucosal Injury in Albino Rats by Basma Elsaadany, Samar El Kholy, Dalia El Rouby, Laila Rashed, Tarek Shouman

“…Twelve rats served as control group (N) and 48 rats received a single radiation dose of 13 Gy to the head and neck region; then, they were equally divided into 4 experimental groups: irradiated only (C), irradiated + MSCs (S), irradiated + (PRP) (P), and combined group (PS). …”
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Calcium carbonate sediment corrosion and formation investigation in drinking water distribution network in Sough City, Iran by Abdol Hosein Salehi Sarvak, Seyed Ali Almodaresi, Abolghasem Mirhosseini Deh-abadi, Masoud Reza Shishehbore, Abdol Hosein Kangazian, Ali Akbar Jamali

“…The average PSI in all seasons was more than 7, AI was equal to 12, and pH in all seasons was 7.8, but in the summer it increased slightly to 8.5. …”
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Immune and Inflammation in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications by Haiming Wang, Zifan Liu, Junjie Shao, Lejian Lin, Min Jiang, Lin Wang, Xuechun Lu, Haomin Zhang, Yundai Chen, Ran Zhang

“…Therefore, restoring the balance in autoimmune regulation is essential because proatherogenic and antiatherogenic immunomodulatory effects are equally important in the complex human immune network. …”
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Comparison between Vapocoolant Spray and Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics Cream in Reducing Pain during Spinal Injections by Riyadh Firdaus, Besthadi Sukmono, Annemarie Chrysantia Melati, Berial Dewin Marzaini

“…Both EMLA cream and vapocoolant spray were equally effective in reducing pain during spinal injection. …”
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Peripheral nerve regeneration using a bioresorbable silk fibroin-based artificial nerve conduit fabricated via a novel freeze–thaw process by Tomoki Matsuo, Hiroo Kimura, Takayuki Nishijima, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Taku Suzuki, Narihito Nagoshi, Shinsuke Shibata, Tomoko Shindo, Nobuko Moritoki, Makoto Sasaki, Sarara Noguchi, Yasushi Tamada, Masaya Nakamura, Takuji Iwamoto

“…We found that SFC transplantation significantly promoted functional recovery and nerve regeneration compared to silicone tubes and was almost equally effective as autologous nerve transplantation. …”
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Optimal Revascularization Strategy on Medina 0,1,0 Left Main Bifurcation Lesions in Type 2 Diabetes by Xuwei Zheng, Hongyu Peng, Donghui Zhao, Qin Ma, Kun Fu, Guo Chen, Qian Fan, Jinghua Liu

“…For many patients with complex coronary artery disease, optimal revascularization strategy selection and optimal medical therapy are equally important. In this study, we compared the hemodynamic results of different stenting techniques for Medina 0,1,0 left main bifurcation lesions. …”
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Watershed: a more efficient sampling unit for mountain camera traps by Jun-Jie Li, Yi-Hao Fang, Ji-Cong Zhan, Xue-Jun Yang, Can-Bin Huang, Yan-Peng Li, Kun Tan, Zhi-Pang Huang, Liang-Wei Cui, Wen Xiao

“…Abstract Wildlife camera trap (CT) surveys typically employ two-dimensional equal-area grid sampling, which often neglects the influence of complex mountainous terrain on species distribution, potentially yielding misleading outcomes. …”
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Optimization of dark chocolate formulation with roasted coriander cake as cocoa substitute by Javad Cheragheshahi, Ali Mohamadi Sani, Elham Mahdian, Sharareh Mohseni, Zahra Nazari

“…Coriander cake roasted for 6 min was almost equal to cocoa powder and qualified for use in dark chocolate formulation. …”
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Monitoring of Technical Condition of Buildings by Seismic Method by Alena A. Kurdanova, Mikhail N. Voskresenskiy, Elena A. Kosorotova, Gennadiy I. Parygin

“…Periodic monitoring of technical condition allows to calculate and evaluate changes in dynamic characteristics over time. Equal values of the amplitude extrema of the spectral ratio curve and uniform distribution of the values throughout the building indicate a normal operational state of the structure. …”
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Traditional Chinese acupuncture versus minimal acupuncture for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, controlled pilot trial by Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Ning Sun, Yi Du, Jian-Feng Tu, Yong-Ting Li, Li-Wen Zhang, Yan Cao, Jing-Jie Zhao, Da-Chang Xiong, Hai-Kun Hou

“…Our objective is to evaluate the efficacy of traditional Chinese acupuncture for pain relief and function improvement in mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis (TCAKOA) participants.Methods/analysis 42 patients will be recruited who have been diagnosed with mild-to-moderate KOA and randomly allocated in equal proportions to traditional Chinese acupuncture or minimal acupuncture. …”
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A case series of patients with cardiac amyloidosis evaluated at a Colombian university hospital by Juan David López-Ponce de León, Juan David López-Ponce de León, Juan David López-Ponce de León, Santiago Granados-Álvarez, Juan Pablo Arango-Ibanez, Juan Pablo Arango-Ibanez, Juan Manuel Montero Echeverri, Andrea Alejandra Arteaga Tobar, Andrea Facio-Lince Garcia, Yorlany Rodas Cortes, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa

“…The majority were male (73.3%), with an average age of 70.6 years. ATTRv and AL were equally prevalent (42.8%), followed by ATTRwt (14.2%). …”
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Mechanical Behavior and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Sandstone Under Different Cyclic Loading and Unloading Disturbance Rates by Pengpeng Wang, Liu Bin, Chunwei Ling, Qingshan Ren, Baohui Xu, Xuyu Hu

“…To investigate the mechanical behavior of deep sandstone under mining, cyclic disturbance, uniaxial cyclic loading, and unloading tests with equal amplitude were conducted at four different disturbance rates on the basis of static loading. …”
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Estimation of Antioxidant Levels in Saliva and Serum of Chronic Periodontitis Patients with and without Ischemic Heart Disease by Anahita Punj, Santhosh Shenoy, N. Suchetha Kumari, Priyanka Pampani

“…A total of 80 samples were collected and divided equally into 4 groups of healthy controls, chronic periodontitis patients, ischemic heart disease patients with periodontitis, and ischemic heart disease patients without periodontitis. …”
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Searching for More Effective Food Baits for Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Performance of Newly Developed Vial-Lures Relative to Torula Yeast Borax by Walther Enkerlin, Emilio Arevalo, Jose Eduardo Caballero, Thomas Fezza, Esteban Garavelli, Diana Beatriz Martinez, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Todd Shelly, Milthon Edgardo Thomas, Antonio Villaseñor, Salvador Flores

“…<i>capitata</i> in vial-lure-baited traps were equal to or greater than captures in TYB-baited traps. …”
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Structural Correlates of Neurological Signs in Huntington’s Disease: A Quantitative Approach by E. A. Loh, J. K. A. Roberts, E. Mohr

“…Further, in the “late” group, all CT measures were significantly correlated with QNE scores, with the two “posterior” measures being equally, if not more strongly correlated with QNE scores than the conventional “anterior” measures. …”
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Higher-dimensional Willmore energy as holographic entanglement entropy by Giorgos Anastasiou, Ignacio J. Araya, Pablo Bueno, Javier Moreno, Rodrigo Olea, Alejandro Vilar Lopez

“…Analogously to the previously known d = 3 case, we prove that for CFTs in d = 5 which are holographically dual to Einstein gravity, F(A) is equal to a four-dimensional version of the “Willmore energy” associated to a doubled and closed version of the Ryu-Takayanagi (RT) surface of A embedded in ℝ5. …”
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