The Significance of Serum CA-125 Elevation in Chinese Patients with Primary Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Multicenter Study by De-lei Cheng, Hao Xu, Wei-fu Lv, Rong Hua, Hongtao Du, Qing-qiao Zhang

“…The follow-up study indicated that the survival rate and asymptomatic survival rate after interventional treatment were lower in BCS patients with serum CA-125 > 175 U/mL (P<0.05). Conclusion. Serum CA-125 was significantly higher in patients with primary BCS and had a positive correlation with the volume of ascites, severity of liver damage, and poor prognosis. …”
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Enhancing postoperative analgesia in carotid endarterectomy patients: The potential of ultrasound-guided carotid sheath block combined with superficial cervical plexus block: A ran... by Anamarija Kruc, Lada Lijovic, Matteo Skrtic, Iva Pazur, Nikola Perisa, Tomislav Radocaj

“…Analysis of variance, Mann–Whitney U or log-rank test was used to analyse the distinction of selected variables. …”
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Ewa vs. Agnieszka. Reprezentacje reżyserek w wybranych filmach Andrzeja Wajdy i Barbary Sass by Monika Talarczyk-Gubała

“…Analiza reprezentacji reżyserek jako bohaterek filmu fikcji stanowi jeden z kluczowych wątków niespisanej dotąd historii kina kobiet w kinematografii PRL-u. Rozpiętość czasowa dobranych przykładów pozwala na ukazanie pokoleniowych zmian w wizerunku reżyserki w polskiej kulturze filmowej oraz jej statusu w przestrzeni symbolicznej. …”
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Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Algıladıkları Sosyal Desteğin Profesyonel Benlik Gelişimine Etkisi by Berna Kahveci Ceylan, Cennet Çiriş Yıldız

“…Bulgular: Yaş ortalaması 20,63 ± 1,57 yıl olan öğrencilerin %83,51’i kadın olup, %68,04’ü ailesi ile birlikte yaşamaktadır. Öğrenciler, Öğrenci Hemşirelerde Profesyonel Benlik Kavramı Ölçeği’nde ortalama 141,46 ± 19,96 puan ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği’nde ortalama 64,73 ± 13,25 puan aldı. …”
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The Factor of Food in Biopolitics and National Security by S. A. Kravchenko

“…The adopted national programs to address these challenges in a "world risk society" (U. Beck) will not solve them without fully understanding and practical implementation of the principle of the indivisibility of food security for all peoples of the world and implementation of the global food security. …”
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Dental Erosion and Dentinal Sensitivity amongst Professional Wine Tasters in South East Queensland, Australia by Roy George, Allison Chell, Belinda Chen, Rebecca Undery, Humza Ahmed

“…The data were analysed using Mann Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation test. Results. …”
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Optimum Energy Flow Management of a Grid-Tied Photovoltaic-Wind-Battery System considering Cost, Reliability, and CO2 Emission by Meryeme Azaroual, Mohammed Ouassaid, Mohamed Maaroufi

“…A photovoltaic- (PV-) wind turbine- (WT-) battery storage system with maximizing self-consumption and time-of-use (ToU) pricing is conducted to examine the system efficiency. …”
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Who gets to define flourishing? Disentangling social science from theology in flourishing measurement and policy prescriptions by Sarah S. Willen, Abigail Fisher Williamson, Colleen C. Walsh

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Relationship between Indicators of Nutritional Status and the Development of Pneumonia Associated with Ischemic Stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Julia Matilde Pupo Jiménez, Joel Berdú Saumell, Marta Elena Hernández Galano

“…The 39.1 % of the patients presented a certain degree of nutritional risk upon admission, the main factors identified were the global lymphocyte count 7 mmol / l and aspartate- aminotransferase&gt; 25 U / L. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the initial nutritional status, evaluated using the available nutritional status indicators, has an influence on the development of pneumonia in patients with ischemic stroke.…”
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The Factors Affecting Nursing Students’ Career Choices in Turkey: A Cross-sectional Study by Burçin Selçuk, Hatice Serap Koçak, Zeynep Güngörmüş

“…A sociodemographic form and the vocational choices in entering nursing scale (VCENS) were used to collect the data. Mann-Whitney U test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, and analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.  …”
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Are Women More Risk Averse? A Sequel by Christos I. Giannikos, Efstathia D. Korkou

“…by Jianakoplos and Bernasek, suggests refinements in their model in relation to the database used, namely the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), and performs new tests on the latest SCF from 2022. …”
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Animating the critical zone: beavers as critical zone engineers by Clifford Adamchak, Clifford Adamchak, Katherine B. Lininger, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley

“…This article illustrates how beavers modify the critical zone across different spatiotemporal scales, presents research opportunities to elucidate the role of beavers in influencing Western U.S. ecosystems, and, more broadly, demonstrates the importance of integrating animals into critical zone science.…”
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Nature deficit and technology overuse in childhood. A correlational study by gender of its influence on sustainable identity construction in childhood by Sara Serrate González, Judit Alonso del Casar, Carmen Patino Alonso, José Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez

“…The statistical analysis involved calculating descriptive measures such as means, standard deviations, medians, and interquartile ranges (IR). The Mann-Whitney U test was also applied and Spearman’s correlation coefficient was calculated. …”
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Antioxidant System Response and cDNA-SCoT Marker Profiling in Phoenix dactylifera L. Plant under Salinity Stress by Fahad Al-Qurainy, Salim Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohamed Tarroum, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar

“…Similarly, enzyme activities of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were 0.805 and 0.722 U/mg protein/min, respectively, and were greater at 100 and 150 mM NaCl treatments compared to the control plants. …”
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Spatial Variations in PAHs and Nitro-PAHs Bound to Total Suspended Solids in Urban Locations in Taiwan by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…Samples were collected based on U.S. EPA, Method 23A, 1996 with XAD-2, GF7. Analysis was performed using a gas chromatograph tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS) Agilent 7890A GC, USA, equipped with a ZB-EPA-EU 30 m × 0.25 mm × 0.20 µm, column (Agilent, J&W, USA), coupled to Waters Xevo TQ-S (Waters, UK). …”
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Competition for food in macroplankton animals in the Vistula Lagoon by Krzysztof W. Opaliński

“…Animal size (dry weight Dw), daily consumption rate (C), and coefficients of food assimilation efficiency (U-1), as well as utilization of consumed energy for growth (K1), and utilization of assimilated energy for growth (K2) by individuals of particular species were used as measures of individual success in competition for food. …”
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Kocavşar Deresi (Balıkesir) Fitoplankton Ekolojisi by Kemal Çelik

“…Korelasyon analizleri, Bacillariophyta grubundan baskınlık gösteren F. capucina ‘nın elektriksel kondüktivite (EK) ve toplam azot (TN) ile, P. majör pH ile, N. amphibia TP ile, C. affinis NO3-N ve TN ile, D. vulgaris ve U.ulna fosfat (PO4-P) ve TP ile yüksek korelasyon göstermişlerdir. …”
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Caveolin-1 Scaffolding Domain Peptide Regulates Colon Endothelial Cell Survival through JNK Pathway by Kai Fang, Christopher G. Kevil

“…We used mouse colon endothelial cells and found that AP-Cav significantly inhibited VEGF-mediated bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation into colon microvascular endothelial cells. …”
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Explicit Nonlinear Finite Element Geometric Analysis of Parabolic Leaf Springs under Various Loads by Y. S. Kong, M. Z. Omar, L. B. Chua, S. Abdullah

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Intellectual Disability and Parenthood by Isack Kandel, Mohammed Morad, Gideon Vardi, Joav Merrick

“…There is little information on the number of such cases and an overall dearth of information on the effects on the children, although one recent study from the U.K. has shown a varied picture of resilience and a close, warm relationship later on with the family and especially the mother.…”
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