Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Genes (CagA, BabA, and HomB) with Stem Cell Markers (LGR5 and CD133) in Severity of Gastric Disease by Safyia Khalid Abdullah, Wasan Abdul-elah Bakir, Mais Ibrahim Alsikafi

“…Materials and Methods: For the 140 patients enrolled, H. pylori virulence factors including Cag, BabA, and HomB were detected using Multiplex real-time PCR, while LGR5 and CD133 expressions were determined via immunohistochemistry. …”
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Life stage hypothesis modeling determines insect vulnerability during developmental life stages to climate extremes by J. Simone Durney, Diane M. Debinski, Stephen F. Matter

“…Changes in butterfly population size over time, reflective of indicator life stages, can signal changes that have occurred or are occurring in their environment indicating ecosystem health. …”
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France in the Vienna System of International Relations (the First Half of The 19^th Century) by I. V. Ignatchenko

“…In 1840, during the second Oriental crisis, the French government has opposed themselves to the rest of Europe for the first time since the Napoleonic wars. Ultimately, the strategic position of France in the middle East was weakened. …”
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NUMERICAL STUDY OF THERMAL SCHEMES OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS FULFILLED WITH THE АID OF THEIR TOPOLOGICAL MODELS by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich

“…The ability of CHP to provide heat in required quantity, their capacity to change electricity generation output without excessive fuel consumption is extremely relevant for the energy system that incorporates thermal power plants as dominating component. At the same time the displacement of traditional electrical power regulators take place. …”
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Instilling democratic values in social science learning in junior high school by Mila Wati, Syarbaini Saleh

“…The results of this study suggest that 1) Implementation of Group Discussion: in this case the teacher emphasizes the importance of group work to foster a sense of responsibility among students; 2) Educators use a variety of strategies to instill democratic values, including facilitating discussions that encourage students to express their opinions freely; 3) This involvement is related to their ability to practice democratic values, such as tolerance and respect for different viewpoints; 4) a supportive school environment, including the involvement of teachers and school leaders, plays an important role in the successful implementation of democratic values in the curriculum; 5) The effectiveness of the teaching used in integrating democratic values into the learning process; 6) Supporting and inhibiting factors: a) supporters, namely educators, students, facilities or infrastructure, and school culture; b) Obstacles are limited time and lack of motivation for students' learning.…”
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Virtual machine scheduling and migration management across multi-cloud data centers: blockchain-based versus centralized frameworks by Mohammad A. Altahat, Tariq Daradkeh, Anjali Agarwal

“…To enable informed scheduling decisions, it is critical to facilitate the exchange of real-time and accurate status information between cloud data centers, ensuring optimal resource allocation and minimizing latency. …”
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COVID-19 as a Factor Influencing Air Quality? A City Study in China by Chengming Li, Hui Shang, Zhihao Cui, Zhaoxin Dai, Zhaoting Ma

“…Additionally, the difference between the maximum and the minimum hourly average AQI dropped to almost one-third of the value that in the normal time during winter. We also assessed the influence of meteorological factors and industrial exhaust emissions. …”
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Anthocyanin Colorimetric Strip for Volatile Amine Determination by Ricarl Irish F. Agunos, Danilet Vi M. Mendoza, Michael Angelo S. Rivera

“…Several methods have been used to determine volatile amines to indicate food freshness, and indicator films are deemed as the most time-efficient and economical. In this study, anthocyanin was extracted from mangosteen rind as a natural dye indicator and was incorporated in a chitosan/PVA polymer matrix. …”
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Partner Choices in Long Established Migrant Communities in Belgium by Emilien Dupont, Amelie Van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, Frank Caestecker

“…The conditions analysed in this paper, namely the strength of transnational networks, the cultural boundaries and the ethnic community size, may help to understand why this inclusion takes such a long period of time.…”
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Pilot-Scale Removal of Trace Steroid Hormones and Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Municipal Wastewater Using a Heterogeneous Fenton’s Catalytic Process by George Tangyie Chi, John Churchley, Katherine D. Huddersman

“…The treatment system incorporating the modified PAN catalyst/H2O2 decomposed >90% of the EDCs and >40% of PPCPs using 200 mgL−1 H2O2, 3 hr residence time. The estrogenic potency EE2-EQ was removed by 82.77%, 91.36%, and 96.13% from three different wastewater treatment plants. …”
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Long-term outcomes of LDR-brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer by Lauri Mäkelä, Anssi Pétas, Arto Mikkola, Harri Visapää

“…Additionally, the incidence of late urinary complications was recorded.ResultsMedian follow-up time was 11,6 years. 181 patients (77%) were classified as low-risk patients, while 52 patients (22,1%) were intermediate risk. …”
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Corticosteroid-sparing topical treatment with cyclosporin for juvenile keratoconjunctivitis by Amarilla Barcsay-Veres, Anita Csorba, Illes Kovacs, Laszlo Tothfalusi, Otto Alexander Maneschg

“…The total number of courses of rescue steroids courses decreased from 3.71 ± 1.72 to 0.25 ± 0.49 at month 3 and to 0.13 ± 0.38 dropping bottle at month 6 (p < 0.001 at both time points). The 96.1% of the allergic cohort and 96.4% of the blepharitis cohort experienced a satisfactory good or rapid and good effect during the 6-month follow-up. …”
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KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT ABOUT DIETARY NEED IN FAMILIES WITH GOUT ARTHRITIS: A CASE STUDY by Endah Sri Wijayanti, Iswatun Iswatun, Ali Sairozi, Feby Diah Lestari, Cherlys Tin Lutfiandini

“…Introduction: At this time, people with gout arthritis are not only found in the elderly because lifestyles that pay less attention to their health also have a risk of increased uric acid levels in the blood. …”
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Topology-Aware Bus Routing in Complex Networks of Very-Large-Scale Integration with Nonuniform Track Configurations and Obstacles by Ziran Zhu, Zhipeng Huang, Jianli Chen, Longkun Guo

“…Compared with the top-3 state-of-the-art methods, experimental results show that our proposed algorithm achieves the best overall score regarding specified time limitations.…”
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Risk Perception in Pregnant Adolescents in the “Rafael Valdés” Policlinic in 2009 by Melissa Serra Ruíz, Rosa María Alonso Uría, Miguel Serra Valdés

“…They had family support and pregnancy was booked on time. Nevertheless, there was no correspondence with the reasons exposed to continue with pregnancy. …”
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Reporting Melanoma: A Nationwide Surveillance of State Cancer Registries by Kehinde O. Raji, Lauren Payne, Suephy C. Chen

“…A previous similar survey was conducted in 2012 over the same time frame and results were compared. Kansas state cancer registry provided no data. …”
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Exploring Mosquito Excreta as an Alternative Sample Type for Improving Arbovirus Surveillance in Australia by Tess R. Malcolm, Melissa J. Klein, Karolina Petkovic, Ina Smith, Kim R. Blasdell

“…These processes are labour-intensive, expensive, and time-consuming and can lead to delays in reporting. …”
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Dislocation of a McMinn-Like Prosthesis with Distinctive Metallosis and Fracture of the Os Ilium by Peter Caspar Bünemann, Stefan Luck, Malte Ohlmeier, Thorsten Gehrke, Tobias Malte Ballhause

“…We present a unique case of a 78-year old woman, who received hip resurfacing with a McMinn-like prosthesis 15 years ago. Over the cause of time, metallosis developed and created a bone cyst in the Os ilium, and osteolysis led to a dislocation of the femoral implant. …”
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Methods for measuring body composition in Zambian adolescents living with HIV. by Suzanne Filteau, Molly Chisenga, Cassandra Namunkonda, Cynthia Mukwasi-Kahari, Lackson Kasonka, Victoria Simms, Celia L Gregson, Jonathan C Wells

“…Most people living with HIV infection are in Africa where clinics may lack equipment, utilities or staff time for optimal body composition assessment. Thus, it is important to determine whether less expensive and more available and scalable methods can provide adequate information. …”
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Factors Associated with Duration of Untreated Psychosis - A Retrospective Study done in a Rural Medical College by Arushi Singh, M. Poonam, S. S. Krithishree, R. Annapoorna

“…Background and Aim: Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is the measure of time from the emergence of the psychosis to intervention. …”
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