The Role of von Willebrand Factor Antigen in Predicting Survival of Patients with HBV-Related Cirrhosis by Youmin Pan, Renyong Guo, Yan Lv, Dawei Cui, Jue Xie

“…The endpoint of this study was defined as the time to liver transplantation or death. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess the risk factors associated with transplant-free mortality. …”
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Porcine sperm bind to an oviduct glycan coupled to glass surfaces as a model of sperm interaction with the oviduct by Sandra Soto-Heras, Larissa J. Volz, Nicolai Bovin, David J. Miller

“…Finally, the ability of the suLeX-coverslip to maintain sperm fertilizing ability over time was assessed. After 24 h of incubation, fertilization by sperm bound to the suLeX-coverslip was sustained, compared to sperm with unmodified coverslips (12.0 vs. 1.0%, p < 0.05). …”
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IL-6-mediated MHC class II induction on RIN-5AH insulinoma cells by IFN-γ occurs via the G-protein pathway by S. Vassiliadis, G. K. Papadopoulos

“…As in another study, the ability of IFN-γ to amplify MHC class II antigen expression 4-fold is demonstrated. At the same time we noted a 5-fold increase of these histocompatibility antigens by IL-6. …”
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Peran Faktor Persalinan terhadap Stunting pada Balita: Studi di Desa Tasikmadu, Indonesia by Della Kurnia Fauziah, Nurul Pujiastuti, Fitriana Kurniasari Solikhah, Tri Nataliswati

“…These factors include the untimely introduction of complementary foods alongside breastfeeding (MP-ASI), irregular MP-ASI feeding schedules, a predominantly carbohydrate-based MP-ASI menu, erratic breastfeeding timings, and premature discontinuation of exclusive breastfeeding. …”
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Ekologia rodziny w kontekście współczesnego społeczeństwa by Wojciech Bołoz

“…“Freedom from a child” allows to make a better use of time for self fulfilment. All these factors lead to individualization of life, the process of individualization changes the members of the society into self efficient atoms, individuals who reject social life and its limits and only look after themselves, focus on their own development and destiny though many can’t tackle the situation and lose. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRATION IN ITALY by E. J. Tsareva

“…In the recent decade, Italy has been pursuing a tight budgetary policy regarding its obligations under the Economic and Monetary Union. At the same time, the government realizes the necessity of radical restructuring of the national market, both taking measures to encourage entry of fully qualified migrants and by restricting illigal or low-skilled immigrants. …”
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Preparation and Sound Insulation Performance of Superfine Metal Powder/Nitrile-Butadiene Rubber-Polyvinyl Chloride Microcellular Foaming Material by Sheng Hu, Jun Cai, Guofeng Liao, Qiang Fu

“…In the meantime, the sound insulation index of SFM/NBR-PVC microcellular material increases by 7.2 dB to 30.5 dB, which conforms to the requirements of new lightweight sound insulation materials in modern time. Finally, the mechanism of the optimization conducted for sound insulation performance after the addition of SMF is explained.…”
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Essence and prospects of media criticism research in contemporary Russia by R.P. Bakanov

“…Here the speeches of professional critics coexist with the texts of so-called amateur critics – those who, for the first time, decided to publicly express their attitude to a particular program, the conduct of a guest or guest in the studio, the quality of a certain article, etc. …”
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Efficient removal of aqueous Pb(II) using partially reduced graphene oxide-FeO by Ting Guo, Chaoke Bulin, Bo Li, Zhiwei Zhao, Huitao Yu, He Sun, Xin Ge, Ruiguang Xing, Bangwen Zhang

“…The impacts of pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage, temperature, and foreign substances on Pb(II) adsorption performance were investigated. …”
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Multi-level adaptive coordinated AC fault ride-through control strategy for hybrid cascaded UHVDC transmission system by LYU Yanbei, ZHAO Wenqiang, SHI Qiaoming, YAO Qixin, SUI Shunke, CHANG Haotian

“…Multi-level control strategies, namely controlling the negative sequence voltage of the faulty VSC converter, adopting the auxiliary DC voltage control of the sound VSC converters, switching on the controllable energy dissipation devices at the receiving end and retarding of the LCC converters at the sending end, adjusting the DC power of the converters at the sending and receiving ends, are adaptively coordinated within converters, between converters and between stations to effectively mitigate the overvoltage issues in VSC sub-modules and realize AC fault ride-through of the hybrid cascaded UHVDC system. A closed-loop real-time digital simulation test platform is built based on actual control and protection devices and the topology used on site. …”
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Barriers to Implementing Intermittent Catheterisation in Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport, U.K. by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Tun Oo, Peter L. Hughes

“…Barriers to intermittent catheterisation are (1) caregivers or nurses are not available to carry out five or six catheterisations a day; (2) lack of time to perform intermittent catheterisations; (3) unavailability of suitable toilet facilities in public places, including restaurants and offices; (4) redundant prepuce in a male patient, which prevents ready access to urethral meatus; (5) urethral false passage; (6) urethral sphincter spasm requiring the use of flexible-tip catheters and α-drenoceptor–blocking drugs; (7) reluctance to perform intermittent catheterisation in patients >60 years by some health professionals; and (8) difficulty in accessing the urethral meatus for catheterisation while the patient is sitting up, especially in female patients. …”
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NMR Analysis Method of Gas Flow Pattern in the Process of Shale Gas Depletion Development by Rui Shen, Zhiming Hu, Xianggang Duan, Wei Sun, Wei Xiong, Hekun Guo

“…The signal amplitudes of methane in pores of various sizes at different pressure levels were calculated according to the conversion relationship between the NMR T2 relaxation time and pore radius, and then, the flow patterns of methane in pores of various sizes under different pore pressure conditions were analyzed as per the flow pattern determination criteria. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Pinned Fuse with Simple Replacing in Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames and Design Parameters Determination by Soroush Soltani, Mohammad Javaheri-tafti, Mohamad Vetr

“…However, repairing and regenerating damaged organs is a challenging and time-consuming process. In this study, the proposed fuse element consists of a number of steel sheets that connect the link beam to out-of-link beam through a complete joint connection, in the form of groove and tongue by pin. …”
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Three-Dimensional Wave-Field Characteristics of Earth-Rock Dams with Different Hidden Hazards by Kui Wang, Jie Liu, Ying Zou, Mingjie Zhao, Yue Qiang

“…The greater the difference between the wave velocity of the hazardous materials and the dam body is, the stronger the energy of the scattered wave will be, which in turn will produce clearer lineups of the scattered wave on the time-history profile. For a single wave movement signal, the dominant frequency amplitude is exponentially correlated with the longitudinal wave velocity of the hazardous materials. …”
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Lilla’s Heritage. Cultural Sketches of the Vay Branch in Hungary by Lili Veronika Békéssy

“…Lilla Vay was involved in various cultural events and dedicated much of her time to representing causes promoting the interests of Hungarian literature and art, in addition to her social and philanthropic activities. …”
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Berlin Congress 1878 Through the Eyes of Phanariot Alexander Karateodori Pashi by R. Mihneva, V. Kolev

“…It contains fascinating details of the relationship between representatives of a collective Europe at that time, the nature of their interests, and factors that outlined the fate of the Balkan region for decades to come. …”
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State legal doctrines of the 19th century in theses of Kazan University by E.A. Apolski

“…The paper reveals the results formulated by the authors in their theses, which often took the form of scientific hypotheses or ideas. At the same time, it has been found that the authors often did not aim to obtain the final objective knowledge about a particular institute or a problem, but their work was assessed as a background for future research. …”
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Essence, purpose and objectives of pre-trial investigation: theoretical and legal characteristics by V. V. Matus, V. V. Ablamska

“…The following key tasks of the pre-trial investigation have been identified: to find out the circumstances of the criminal offence (time, place, method of its commission, information about the person who committed the crime); to collect evidence that undoubtedly proves that a particular person committed the crime (testimony, photo and video materials that can help establish the facts of the crime and identify the person who committed it); to establish the circle of suspects, etc. …”
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Efficient Removal of Basic Fuchsin from Synthetic Medical Wastewater and Competitive Adsorption in the Mixture by Harez Ahmed, Kareem Salihi, Stephan Kaufhold, Bakhtyar Aziz, Musa Hama Radha, Lava Karim, Hevi Nooralddin

“…The adsorption kinetics show a relatively fast equilibration time (60-70 minutes). A second-order pseudokinetic model better fits the experimental kinetic data. …”
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Tackling somatic DNA contamination in sperm epigenetic studies by Anamika Kumari, Anamika Kumari, Rajender Singh, Rajender Singh

“…We have put together a comprehensive plan including evaluation under a microscope, SCLB treatment, inclusion of CpG biomarkers for sample quality evaluation, and applying a 15% cut off at the time of data analysis to completely eliminate the influence of somatic DNA contamination in sperm epigenetic studies. …”
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