Pervasive systemic disparities: medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust among LGBTQ+ people in the United States by Dustin Z. Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood, Frank Garcia

“…Likewise, LGBTQ+ people conveyed significantly less trust (ORs 0.46–0.53) in primary care providers (59.8% vs. 74.1%), medical specialists (56.5% vs. 71.7%), pharmaceutical companies (17% vs. 28%), insurance companies (15.9% vs. 29.3%), and U.S. healthcare systems (17.8% vs. 30.4%).DiscussionMedical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust are pervasive systemic disparities among LGBTQ+ people. …”
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Planning and analysis methods of revenues and expenses by individual activities of railway transport companies by T. M. Rogulenko, A. A. Bondarenko

“…The problems of formation and improvement of accounting and control system in information support of management railway transportation strategy have been analyzed.Implementation of the purpose of the article related to the improvement of the principles and planning and analysis methods of revenues and expenses for certain activities of railway transport companies on the basis of generalization of the theory and best practices of management of complex economic systems, allowed us to develop proposals aimed at optimizing the planning and analysis methods of profits and expenses for certain activities of railway transport companies. …”
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Entangling Schrödinger’s cat states by bridging discrete- and continuous-variable encoding by Daisuke Hoshi, Toshiaki Nagase, Sangil Kwon, Daisuke Iyama, Takahiko Kamiya, Shiori Fujii, Hiroto Mukai, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Anton Frisk Kockum, Shohei Watabe, Fumiki Yoshihara, Jaw-Shen Tsai

“…Here, we show that such a DV–CV hybrid approach, applied to superconducting Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs), enables us to entangle a pair of Schrödinger’s cat states by two methods. …”
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Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies by Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Desiree H.-A. Skeete, Barbara Nemesure, M. Cristina Leske

“…There were 1101 new cases for an incidence rate of 160.4 (95% Confidence Interval: 151.0–170.2) per 100,000 standardized to the US population. Comparable rates in African-American and White American men were 248.2 (95% CI: 246.0–250.5) and 158.0 (95% CI: 157.5–158.6) per 100,000, respectively. …”
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ANÁLISE DE CORTISOL SALIVAR COMO RECURSO NA AVALIAÇÃO DO ESTRESSE OCUPACIONAL: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DA LITERATURA by Pedro Henrique Marques Andreo, Paulo Cesar Meletti

“…Foi realizada uma busca em periódicos publicados entre 2005 e 2015, nas seguintes bases de dados: BIREME (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde); MEDLINE (US National Library of Medicine); PUBMED (National Library of Medicine and The National Institute of Health); Scopus e Science Direct. …”
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Cystatin C-Based Equations Detect Hidden Kidney Disease and Poor Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Francisco-Javier Cepeda-Piorno, Esther González-García, Alba Méndez-Gallego, Juan Torres-Varona, Vanesa García-Moreira, Christian Sordo-Bahamonde, Cristina AlberdiGarcía-del-Castillo, Elene Astobieta-Madariaga, Maria-Victoria Mateos-Manteca, Segundo González-Rodríguez

“…According to the IMWG criteria, 26% of patients showed RI (3 women/13 men) whilst the use of CysC equations allowed us to identify up to 39% of patients (7 women/17 men). …”
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Sex differences in the association between lipids and cognitive function in older adults by Jiahao Chen, Yinming Wang, Wenyan Guo, Muyuan Jiang, Zixuan Gai, Huinan Zhang, Mulei Chen, Yifan Fan

“…Methods: 2,170 participants from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1999-2002 and 2011-2014) were included. …”
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Contract for Public Procurement in Terms of Private Law by O. L. Zaitsev, S. V. Yasechko

“…The authors have analyzed the way of the origin and consolidation of the public procurement procedure in the Ukrainian national law from 1993 till the present day. That allowed us to determine the main conditions of public procurement, which have not changed during the whole period of existence of the independent legal system of Ukraine, and to critically evaluate them. …”
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Impact of Anterior Commissure Involvement and Frozen Guided Resections on Oncological Outcomes after Laser Cordectomy in Early Glottic Cancers – A 10-year Retrospective Analysis fr... by Elizabeth Mathew Iype, Ankit Vishwani, Bipin T Varghese, Shaji Thomas, Sahya S Lal

“…Frozen positivity helps us in re-excision but signifies that the disease is deeply infiltrative or aggressive and a vigilant follow-up is required for these patients.…”
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Sareomycetes: more diverse than meets the eye by James K. Mitchell, Isaac Garrido-Benavent, Luis Quijada, Donald H. Pfister

“…Our phylogeographic studies also permitted us to study the introductions of these fungi to areas where they are not native, including Antarctica, Cape Verde, and New Zealand and are consistent with historical hypotheses of introduction.…”
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A Culture-Proven Case of Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia Apparently Classified as Nosocomial: Diagnostic and Public Health Implications by Annalisa Bargellini, Isabella Marchesi, Patrizia Marchegiano, Luca Richeldi, Roberto Cagarelli, Greta Ferranti, Paola Borella

“…Water samples from the oncology ward were negative, notably the patient’s room and the oxygen bubbler, and the revision of the case history induced us to verify possible contamination in water samples collected at home. …”
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MICROSOPHY OF POWER IN THE CONTEXT OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE by L. V. Krymets

“…Postnonclassical scientific and educational reality is seen by us as a communicative area that has a dynamic structure and appears in instability and continuous interaction between different levels of development. …”

Are Ancient Durum Wheats Less Toxic to Celiac Patients? A Study of α-Gliadin from Graziella Ra and Kamut by M. Stella Colomba, Armando Gregorini

“…Several aminoacid substitutions or deletions were detected in p31–49, DQ2-Glia-α1 and DQ2-Glia-α2 epitopes, nevertheless, ELISA constantly showed antibody-antigen positive reactions which led us to suggest that mAbs binding was not apparently affected by polymorphisms. …”
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AMERICA IN THE WORLD AFTER HEGEMONY by A. Y. Borisov

“…The paper also touches upon the strategic errors the American elite has made in its relationship with Russia and China referring to them as ”adversaries and revisionist powers” hostile to the US. America shortsightedly opened the gates of modernisation before China in the vain hope to make it an ally against the Soviet Union only to be disappointed later. …”
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Improvement in Explicit Prediction of Water Quality Using Wavelet-Based LSSVR and M5pRT by Rashmi Bhardwaj, Aashima Bangia

“…Therefore, it is necessary to keep a check on essential water quality components that include acidic/basic nature of water. As per the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the drinkable water should have a pH level ranging from 6.5 to 8.5. …”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in COVID-19: A Series of Three Cases by Chaitanya Pal, Paulina Przydzial, Ogechukwu Chika-Nwosuh, Shrey Shah, Pratik Patel, Nikhil Madan

“…Previous respiratory viral pandemics have taught us that bacterial coinfections can lead to higher mortality and morbidity. …”
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Effect of Optiglaze Color on Wear Resistance of Heat Cure Acrylic Prosthesis by Najwah Yousuf Hameed, Atyaf Mseer Naser, Maha Kareem Jabbar

“…Conclusions: When compared to group A, there was no statistically significant wear value in heat cure acrylic resin specimens covered with Optiglaze group (C).Clinical implications: This research will help us learn more about surface glazed heat cure acrylic resin denture materials and how they might increase wear resistance. …”
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Propaganda as a system-forming element of education in authoritarian countries: problems of understanding by Микита Шпильовий

“…An even bigger mystery for us is the question of why the propaganda worked at all, and how did it happen that we did not notice it for years? …”
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Formation Patterns of Major Flavor Substances Based on the Analysis of Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in the Traditional Solid-State Fermentation System of Shanxi Aged Vinegar by SHEN Jin, ZHOU Jingli, LANG Fanfan, YAN Yufeng, WANG Li, XIA Yaoyao, LI Jie, ZHANG Feng, WANG Chenyuan, ZHENG Yu

“…The growth and metabolism of Proteus, Salicicolus, Saccharomyces, Staphylococcus, and Klebsiella in the upper layer of Cupei promoted the production of esters such as ethyl linoleate and ethyl oleate, while the fermentation conditions in the middle and lower layers inhibited the production of some esters. This study helps us to comprehensively understand the brewing mechanism of Shanxi aged vinegar.…”
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Physico-Mechanical Characterization of Plastic (Polyester) Reinforce With Palm Kernel Shell by Mbelle Samuel Bisong, Andy Mbeng, Bayock F. Njock, Valeriy V. Lepov, Kisito Pierre

“…The physical characterization allows us to obtain an experimental volumetric mass for the 0.5 mm sample varying between 1.72 and 1.59 kg/m3 and for the sample 1.25 mm, varying between 1.66 and 1.61 kg/m3 that is the more the percentage of palm kernel powder increases, the lighter our material becomes. …”
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