Hydrogels for the Application of Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering: A Review of Hydrogels by Er-Yuan Chuang, Chih-Wei Chiang, Pei-Chun Wong, Chih-Hwa Chen

“…The chondrogenic phenotype of these materials may be enhanced by embedding living cells. Artificial hydrogels fabricated from biologically derived and synthesized polymeric materials are also used as tissue-engineering scaffolds; with their controlled degradation profiles, the release of stimulatory growth factors can be achieved. …”
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Removing Heavy Metals from the Soil with Phytoremediation by Mustafa Aybar, Ayla Bilgin, Bülent Sağlam

“…Environmental pollution is one of the most critical factors adversely affecting human health. Improvement in living standards, the rapid increase of urban populations, and widespread industrial production, all result in the generation of huge amounts of environment-polluting waste. …”
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Social support, parenting style and mental health of children and adolescents by Sandra Midori Sakuramoto, Carolina Elisabeth Squassoni, Thelma Simões Matsukura

“…The challenge for future research and development of actions among families relates to the development of interventions that can reach parents to enlighten them about the importance of practical daily care and attention to children, even when there are adverse living conditions.…”
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Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Residential Prices in Qingdao and Its Driving Factors by Yanjun Wang, Yin Feng, Kun Han, Zishu Zheng, Peng Dai

“…As an important indicator of the level of urban economic development and the quality of the residents’ lives, housing prices are affected by various factors, such as the spatial distribution of the housing market, the housing characteristics of neighborhoods, and the location conditions. …”
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Prevalence of Tinea Versicolor among Dormitory Students by Soheil Taherpouran, Ali Asadi Zeidabadi Asadi Zeidabadi, Arian Alhani, Ensieh Lotfali

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 350 students between the ages of 18-25 years who lived in a school dormitory and were suspected of clinical diagnosis of Tinea versicolor. …”
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Geotourism and Cultural Heritage by Kerran Olson, Ross Dowling

“…An area’s geo-heritage can be defined as the geological base that, when combined with climate, has shaped the plants and animals of an area, which in turn determine an area's culture; that is, how people have lived in that area both in the past as well as in the present. …”
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A Survey of Data Mining Implementation in Smart City Applications by Zainab Salih Ageed, Subhi R. M. Zeebaree, Mohammed Mohammed Sadeeq, Shakir Fattah Kak, Zryan Najat Rashid, Azar Abid Salih, Wafaa M. Abdullah

“… Many policymakers envisage using a community model and Big Data technology to achieve the sustainability demanded by intelligent city components and raise living standards. Smart cities use different technology to make their residents more successful in their health, housing, electricity, learning, and water supplies. …”
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Teenage Motherhood and its Effect on the Social Welfare of The Victims: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Kwesiga, Siifa

“…Teenagers in Uganda are increasingly starting sexual intercourse at early ages in their lives. Hence the study offers an in-depth analysis of the relative contribution of some socio¬demographic factors in explaining adolescent pregnancy in Kabale Municipality. …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…Moving cloth covers a living body, but in the grave it embodies the absence of the deceased. …”
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Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by James R. Meeker, Wayne N. Dixon, John L. Foltz, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…This aggressive tree killer is a native insect that lives predominantly in the inner bark of pine trees. …”
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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Sleep Quality and Mental Health of College Students by Lu Li

“…In recent years, people’s living standards have been greatly improved, but at the same time, it also brings many health problems, among which mental health problems and sleep problems of college students are important problems. …”
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Quality of Life Study in Chronic Diseases: More Needed Than Ever by Laurentius Aswin Pramono

“…Numerous thyroid diseases can impact patients’ lives, one of which is Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO). …”
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Extending the concept of total pain to cancer survivorship by Marian Krawczyk, Kari Nyheim Solbrække, Lisbeth Thoresen

“…While there is a growing body of research on quality of life in cancer survivorship, we still do not have a good understanding of the lived complexities that many people experience after successful treatment. …”
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Dispute Resolution of Marriage Cancellation through Religious Court Decisions in Indonesia by Mhd. Yadi Harahap

“…There are at least three legal consequences of resolving disputes over marriage cancellations, namely: the position of the child remains as a legitimate child, joint property can be divided if the marriage is based on good faith, and the husband is not obliged to provide a living for his wife during the iddah period.…”
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Energy Expenditure in Infants in Health and Disease by Ross Shepherd

“…Current estimates of energy and fluid requirements in both health and disease in infants need reappraisal. Bedside and free living energy expenditure methodology should be used to define accurately components of energy requirement in individual infants.…”
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Ethnoecology of pollination and pollinators by Marie Roué, Vincent Battesti, Nicolas Césard, Romain Simenel

“…To understand the dynamics of anthropo-ecosystems, the outcomes of a long co-evolutionary process involving a wide range of living beings, an interdisciplinary approach is mandatory. …”
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Dancing Hands: On Neurodivergent Embodied Knowledge by Anna Püschel

“…Opening up the art world is not a mere act of solidarity—lived inclusion makes it more accessible and safer for everyone.…”
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Adverse Reactions Caused by Biomaterials Used in Dentistry by Marco Antonio Mesache Villagómez, María Daniela Morales Núñez, Gabriela Vaca Altamirano

“…A dental biomaterial is the material used in dental practice, except drugs, that interacts with living tissues and performs a particular function without causing damage, both local and systemic, to the host, so the objective of this bibliographic review is to describe the main adverse effects caused by the most widely used dental biomaterials in the dental field. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 and its prevention among medical and dental students in an educational institution in Telangana by Preeti U. Deshpande, Anuradha Basavaraju, Nagapraveen Veerapu, Ashish Akula

“…Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged as a global pandemic, threatening millions of lives worldwide. Everyone was overwhelmed by the plethora of information from different sources, creating confusion, misconceptions, and panic in the community. …”
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Impact of E-Learning, Perception and Attitude among Students and Faculty following the COVID-19 Pandemic by Syed Hamza Zia, Ghina Rizwan, Afifa Ehsan, Zarnab Rizwan, Rabia Masood, Naila Umer

“…Many efforts such as social distancing was made to cut down the spread of the virus in its early days and restrictions were followed by numerous countries worldwide which resulted in serious hurdles in all sectors of our daily lives such as education, financial and social activities. …”
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