Use of the Silastic Sheath in Bladder Neck Reconstruction by D.A. Diamond, G.F. Quimby, R.C. Rink, P.G. Ransley

“…Similar surgical technique was employed in the two centers but, over time, the London approach included use of a non-reinforced silastic wrapped loosely around the bladder neck with the interposition of omentum. …”
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Micro-vibration assisted dual-layer spiral microneedles to rapidly extract dermal interstitial fluid for minimally invasive detection of glucose by Khaled Mohammed Saifullah, Asim Mushtaq, Pouria Azarikhah, Philip D. Prewett, Graham J. Davies, Zahra Faraji Rad

“…However, current methods are time-consuming and typically require 10–15 min to extract 3–5 mg of ISF. …”
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The Effect of P-Cymene on Glucose, Insulin, Antioxidant Power, and the Level of AKT Gene mRNA in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Model in Male Wistar Rats by Maryam Arabloei Sani, Zahra Hajebrahimi, Parichehreh Yaghmaei, Nasim Hayati Roodbari

“…Histological, biochemical, and real-time PCR analyses were done to study the effects of metformin (55 mg/kg) and p-cymene (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg) on levels of glucose, insulin, oxidative stress status, and the expression of AKT mRNA. …”
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Merger of Higher Education Institutions and Educational Competitiveness: Interrelationship Issues by E. S. Anichkin

“…In the context of Russian higher education modernization, merger of universities is viewed as one of the tools to increase their competitiveness. At the same time, the impact of the unification of universities on the competitiveness of their educational activities has not been subjected to special research. …”
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Effect of Process Parameters on Repeatability Precision of Weight for Microinjection Molding Products by Quan Wang, Jinrong Wang, Chongying Yang, Kaihui Du, Wenli Zhu, Xiaoli Zhang

“…The influence of mold temperature, melt temperature, packing pressure, and packing time on the weight of microinjection molding products was studied by Taguchi orthogonal experiment. …”
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Highly viable gastrointestinal Chlamydia trachomatis in women abstaining from receptive anal intercourse by Philip A. Karlsson, Mimmi Wänn, Helen Wang, Lars Falk, Björn Herrmann

“…The ddPCR showed 94% positive and 100% negative agreement with Abbott Alinity STI-M for endocervical samples, and 92% positive and 87% negative agreement in rectal samples. …”
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A Novel Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatographic Method for Separation of Metal-DDTC Complexes by Arfana Mallah, Saima Q. Memon, Amber R. Solangi, Najma Memon, Kulsoom Abbassi, Muhammad Yar Khuhawar

“…The separation was achieved from fused silica capillary (52 cm × 75 𝜇m id) with effective length 40 cm, background electrolyte (BGE) borate buffer pH 9.1 (25 mM), CTAB 30% (100 mM), and 1% butanol in methanol (70 : 30 : 5 v/v/v) with applied voltage of −10 kV using reverse polarity. …”
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Research on Safe Driving Evaluation Method Based on Machine Vision and Long Short-Term Memory Network by Dongmei Shi, Hongyu Tang

“…ROC, accuracy rate, and loss function experiments are carried out in the FDDB database, VOT100 data set, and self-built video image set, respectively. …”
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Effects of Osseointegration by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 on Titanium Implants In Vitro and In Vivo by Fu-Yuan Teng, Wen-Cheng Chen, Yin-Lai Wang, Chun-Cheng Hung, Chun-Chieh Tseng

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Emulsifying property, antioxidant activity, and bitterness of soybean protein isolate hydrolysate obtained by Corolase PP under high hydrostatic pressure by Haining Guan, Chunmei Feng, Min Ren, Xiaojun Xu, Dengyong Liu, Xiaoqin Diao

“…Hence, the study aimed to investigate the effects of enzymatic hydrolysis by Corolase PP under different pressure treatments (0.1, 100, 200, and 300 MPa for 1–5 h at 50 ℃) on the emulsifying property, antioxidant activity, and bitterness of soybean protein isolate hydrolysate (SPIH). …”
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Characterization of Injuries in Male and Female Ultimate Frisbee Players at the Elite Club-Level by Kevin J Khoo, Joshua M Gellert, Mia S Hagen

“…Prior to the 2019 season, 97% of female respondents and 100% of male respondents reported a previous Ultimate-related injury in their career, with all reporting a prior lower extremity injury. …”
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High Energy Solar Particle Events and Their Relationship to Associated Flare, CME and GLE Parameters by C. O. G. Waterfall, S. Dalla, O. Raukunen, D. Heynderickx, P. Jiggens, R. Vainio

“…Analysis of the SEP events in this time period over three high energy channels is performed, and SEP properties are compared to flare and CME parameters. …”
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Web-based Mental Health Literacy Education Program for Adolescent Students: A Randomized Control Study Protocol by Özlem Özkan, Fatma Şeyda Özbıçakçı

“…Opinions of field experts will be obtained for the developed educational content. 100 students will be recruited from a middle and high school. …”
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TEST-SYSTEM BASED ON INDIRECT “SANDWICH” ELISA TO DETECT THE LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS ANTIGEN by O. A. Ryabikina, V. I. Diev, O. P. Byadovskaya, A. V. Konstantinov, S. K. Starov, A. V. Kononov, V. Yu. Kulakov, O. N. Petrova

“…The test specificity was 100%, and analytical sensitivity – 3.5 lg TCD50. …”
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Evaluation of high-resolution snowpack simulations from global datasets and comparison with Sentinel-1 snow depth retrievals in the Sierra Nevada, USA by L. Sourp, L. Sourp, S. Gascoin, L. Jarlan, V. Pedinotti, K. J. Bormann, M. W. Baba

“…We implement a tool to simulate snowpack properties at high resolution (100 m) by using only global datasets of meteorology, land cover and elevation. …”
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Assessment of Water Poverty Index (WPI) Under Changing Land Use/Land Cover in a Riverine Ecosystem of Central India by Girish Kumar, M. M. Singh, Dheeraj Kumar Singh, Bal Krishan Choudhary , Vijay Kumar Singh Rathore and Pramod Kumar

“…Land use/land cover (LULC) change and water poverty scenario over time. In the present study, the samples were chosen from seven sampled villages for the Water Poverty Index (WPI) in the upper Tons River Basin. …”
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Polystyrene Nanoplastics Elicit Multiple Responses in Immune Cells of the <i>Eisenia fetida</i> (<i>Savigny</i>, 1826) by Huijian Shi, Yaoyue Wang, Xiangxiang Li, Xiaoyang Wang, Yuntao Qi, Shaoyang Hu, Rutao Liu

“…Additionally, assays on neutral red retention time, lysozyme activity, and Ca²⁺ levels demonstrated that NPs resulted in a loss of lysosomal membrane stability and a reduction in immune resistance. …”
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Bioinsecticide Production from Cigarette Wastes by Badhane Gudeta, Solomon K, M. Venkata Ratnam

“…On the cabbage aphid, the emulsified concentrated extract performed best at a ratio of 1 : 100 (emulsified concentrated to solvent).…”
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Evaluation of fermented rice bran to replace soybean meal in the diet of Clarias sp. fingerling by Achmad Noerkhaerin Putra, Mas Bayu Syamsunarno, Dede Rohayati, Yuhana Marta Sarah, Ghulam Abdul Matien

“…There were two research stages, first the fermentation test of A. niger on rice bran that used a completely randomized factorial design consisting of 2 factors, namely the dose of A. niger (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2 g/100 g) and incubation time (0. 24 and 48 hours). …”
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Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Sreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy, Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda, Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju

“…Results:In this time bound study, 61.88 % of the study participants were male and 38.13 % were females. …”
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