Reference intervals for thyroid-stimulating hormone in the adult Lebanese population: Results from the last decade by Elie Naous, Riam Hijazi, Marianne Chalhoub, Nada El Ghorayeb, Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared

“…Conclusion: Using the indirect method, TSH RI in the Lebanese population is wider than the manufacturers'one and that those obtained by the direct method and varies according to age, gender and over time. A periodic reevaluation of RI for each population should be done.…”
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Modeling Possible Cooling-Water Intake System Impacts on Ohio River Fish Populations by Elgin Perry, Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Timothy Lohner, Randy Lewis

“…The model was run to represent a 50-year time period, which is a typical life span for an Ohio River coal-fired power plant. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of 48 weeks of BIC/F/TAF and DRV/c/F/TAF on platelet function in the context of rapid ART start by Akif A. Khawaja, Gary Whitlock, Sarah Fidler, Alfredo Soler-Carracedo, Merle Henderson, Graham P. Taylor, Marta Boffito, Michael Emerson

“…Platelet activation was assessed by real-time flow cytometry to examine integrin activation and granule release and platelet aggregation was evaluated by light transmission aggregometry. …”
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Effect of decitabine on PD-L2 methylation in whole blood of iodine-induced autoimmune thyroiditis rats by Baiming Jin, Yanbo Qi, Hong Chao, Xiaolei Yang, Hongjie Li, Siyuan Wan

“…After injecting Dec intraperitoneally into EAT rats, we performed arsenic-cerium catalytic spectrophotometry, pathological hematoxylin and eosin staining, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, quantitative methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (qMSP), and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to determine the relevant indices. …”
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IMPACT OF NANO-CONVENTIONAL NPK FOLIAR APPLICATION AND ROW DISTANCE ON SOME GROWTH AND CHEMICAL TRAITS OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.) by J. J. Hashim, S. A. Kakarash

“…Data collection at different stages revealed variations in growth and nutrient accumulation over time.…”
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Case presentation: Breast abscess by Obiozor AC, Obiozor AA

“…The prognosis is generally good with timely and appropriate management, although recurrence can occur. …”
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Surgical Outcomes of Concurrent Intraperitoneal Onlay Meshplasty and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Retrospective Observational Study by Prachi Praveen Agrawal, Abhijit S Joshi

“…The following outcomes were studied: duration of surgery, intra and postoperative complications including mesh infection, duration of hospital stay, recurrence of hernia, time taken to resume normal activity, and cost of treatment. …”
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Wide-ranging and Violent Volcanic History of a Quiet Transborder Area: Volcanic Geoheritage of the Novohrad–Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark by Szabolcs Harangi, Imre Szarvas, Réka Lukács

“…In this relatively small area, almost all types of eruption products can be found from basaltic through andesitic to rhyolitic, reflecting the wide-ranging volcanism of the Pannonian Basin over the last 20 million years, which were the largest eruptions in Europe at the time. The Ipolytarnóc Site, the gateway of the geopark and possessor of a European- Diploma for Protected Areas, documents when one of these devastating eruption events buried a subtropical-forested area with thick pyroclastic deposits and preserved vertebrate footprints. …”
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Model Formal Negosiasi dalam Sistem Penjadwalan Rapat Berbasis Agen by Tresnaningtiyas Sudartik Purbo, Tri Astoto Kurniawan

“…Abstract An agent-based meeting scheduling system performs a distributed search to find an acceptable meeting time for the participants. In the search process, agents negotiate to balance meeting preferences and those of the participants. …”
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Experimental Study on Nanomechanical Properties of Yunnan Red-Bed Mudstone by Xian Ye, Yongcai Liu, Haibin Xue, Guo Li, Jin Xing

“…Under the same loading and holding time conditions, sample 3 (Nanhua) has the deepest residual indentation, and SEM tests show that the damage to indentation is obvious. …”
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Profile of Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness of Santri of Al Yumna Qur'an Tahfizh Boarding School by Asep Angga Permadi, Solahudin Solahudin, Azhar Ramadhana Sonjaya, Z. Arifin

“…The sampling technique used a random sampling technique of 57 people consisting of 27 men and 30 women, data collection techniques through the Philippine physical fitness test, BMI with anthropometric measurements, strength with push ups and basic plank, flexibility with zipper test and sit and reach , coordination with juggling test, agility using hexagon agility test, speed with 40 meter sprint test, strength with standing long jump, balance with stork balance test and reaction time speed with stick drop test. Results. The data processing method uses descriptive statistics using Microsoft Excel. …”
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Comparıng The Influence of Force Traınıngs Applıed Wıth Dıfferent Methods by Sinan Akın, Oğuzhan Yuksel, Ali Turker

“…However, depending on string out in terms of time of tending to concentric and eccentric muscular contraction in slow motion force trainings, its influence on balance performance has more come into prominence.…”
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Optimizing personalized psychological well-being interventions through digital phenotyping: results from a randomized non-clinical trial by Giulia Rocchi, Giulia Rocchi, Emanuela Vocaj, Simone Moawad, Alessandro Antonucci, Carlo Grigioni, Vincenzo Giuffrida, Joy Bordini

“…The chatbot collected real-time data on participants’ well-being such as user-chatbot interactions, responses to exercises, and emotional and behavioral metrics. …”
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Revealing speckle obscured living human retinal cells with artificial intelligence assisted adaptive optics optical coherence tomography by Vineeta Das, Furu Zhang, Andrew J. Bower, Joanne Li, Tao Liu, Nancy Aguilera, Bruno Alvisio, Zhuolin Liu, Daniel X. Hammer, Johnny Tam

“…Results We show that P-GAN not only improves RPE cell contrast by 3.5-fold, but also improves the end-to-end time required to visualize RPE cells by 99-fold, thereby enabling large-scale imaging of cells in the living human eye. …”
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Physical Activity Types Among School-Aged Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mshari Alghadier, Reem M. Basuodan, Afnan Gmmash, Reem A. Albesher

“…The parent-reported survey included demographics and PA types across three time periods (pre-, during, and post-lockdown). Chi-squared tests and logistic regression with pairwise comparisons were used to analyze the differences. …”
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Lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) rearrangements among Iraqi de novo acute myeloid leukemia by Riyam Qusay Al Jadir, Saba Abdulmahdi Abdulameer, Jaffar Nouri Alalsaidissa, Ali AlJabban

“…Genetic rearrangements were detected using the Leukemia Q-Fusion Screening Kit through Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcome of Triplet Pregnancies in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A Prospective Observational Study by Sabreen Wani, Fiza Amin, Shagufta Yasmeen Rather

“…Concerning gestational age at the time of delivery, 47.1% (n=16) of patients were near-term (34-36 weeks). …”
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Exploring thematic activity changes in black holes and volcanoes of urban population mobility under daily rhythms by Jing Cai, Rui Li, Shunli Wang, Huayi Wu

“…Considering the stationary of flow sequences within the same time periods and the spatial continuity of flows, we designed a spatial aggregation method based on the relative ratios of population flows in spatiotemporal units. …”
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“Old” and “New” Trust in Higher Education by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky, N. V. Shabrova

“…Today, the crisis of modern higher school and processes of its modernisation are followed by the crisis of institutional, inter-community and interpersonal trust, which has remained a fundamental basis of a high school system of vocational education for a very long time. The need to preserve trust as a fundamental basis and source of development of Russian higher education requires the study of its structural characteristics and understanding of the resource potential of trust by representatives of educational communities.The aim of the research was the sociological substantiation of actualisation in higher education of the old resource properties of trust and the emergence of new ones associated with the prospects of transition to a non-linear model of higher education.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Learning and Teaching Geological Field Skills in a Virtual World: Insights From an Undergraduate Virtual Fieldtrip in Kinlochleven, Scotland by Matthew J. Genge, Valentin Laurent, Philippa J. Mason, Alan R. T. Spencer, Mark D. Sutton, Alex C. Whittaker

“…The data obtained suggests that virtual fieldtrips cannot fully replace their outdoor equivalents, however, they are valuable in supplementing and supporting outdoor fieldtrips, in particular by increasing inclusivity and enabling field time to be used optimally.…”
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