Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Producing Short-Duration Heavy Rainfall over the Tianshan Mountain Area by Jiangang Li, Lianmei Yang, Wen Liu, Cailian Jiang

“…In low-elevation areas and on the windward slope of the mountains, MCSs initiated more easily and more frequently over the northern and western slopes than that over the southern and eastern slopes. …”
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Renal Tissue-Derived Exosomal miRNA-34a in Diabetic Nephropathy Induces Renal Tubular Cell Fibrosis by Promoting the Polarization of M1 Macrophages by Shuai Zheng, Yi Zeng, Liqing Chu, Taiyang Gong, Sihong Li, Min Yang

“…After exosomal culture, macrophages are co-cultured with normal renal tubular cells to detect renal tubular cell fibrosis. Q-PCR and western blot were undertaken to detect related RNA and proteins. …”
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Spatial Variability and Application of Ratios between BTEX in Two Canadian Cities by Lindsay Miller, Xiaohong Xu, Amanda Wheeler, Dominic Odwa Atari, Alice Grgicak-Mannion, Isaac Luginaah

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The Impact of Interdisciplinary Team-Based Care on the Care and Outcomes of Chronically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review by Kongkar R, Ruksakulpiwat S, Phianhasin L, Benjasirisan C, Niyomyart A, Ahmed BH, Puwarawuttipanit W, Chuenkongkaew WL, Adams J

“…Ruttanaporn Kongkar,1 Suebsarn Ruksakulpiwat,1 Lalipat Phianhasin,1 Chitchanok Benjasirisan,1 Atsadaporn Niyomyart,2 Bootan Hasan Ahmed,3 Wimolrat Puwarawuttipanit,1 Wanicha L Chuenkongkaew,4 Jon Adams5 1Department of Medical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 3Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 5School of Public Health, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence: Suebsarn Ruksakulpiwat, Email suebsarn25@gmail.comObjective: To examine the impact of interdisciplinary team-based care (ITBC) on chronically ill patients and their outcomes as reported in relevant contemporary literature.Methods: In this systematic review, PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, CINAHL Plus Full Text, and ten publishers were searched to identify studies published between 2019 and 2024. …”
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GENDER EQUALITY AS A MODERN PHENOMENON by S. V. Storozhuk, I. M. Hoyan

“…Forming the axiological system of Western society, with the intentions to establish gender equality as a guarantee of a just society being taken into account, on the one hand, and preserving the traditional gender stereotypes inherent to patriarchal gender roles in a considerable part of the world, on the other hand, is actualizing the study of the factors that have contributed to realizing the problem of gender inequality and discrimination. …”
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Lock-out, lock-in, and networked sovereignty. Resistance and experimentation in Africa’s trajectory towards AI by Iginio Gagliardone

“…African governments “borrowed concepts from the Western lexicon such as “national interest”, “risks”, “threats” or “national security” [which] refer to a philosophy of movement and a philosophy of space entirely predicated on the existence of an enemy in a world of hostility” disregarding Africa’s “long held traditions of flexible, networked sovereignty” (Mbembe, 2017). …”
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Learning team-based quality improvement in a virtual setting: a qualitative study by Einar Hovlid, Gunnar Husabø, Eivind Alexander Valestrand, Miriam Hartveit

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The Fake Diary of a Historical Figure: Klementyna Tańska-Hoffmanowa’s Journal of Countess Françoise Krasińska (1825) by Magdalena Ożarska

“…The diary was rendered so convincingly that it was for decades taken as a transcript of a real journal (hence its several translations into Western languages). Yet it is now quite clear that the novelist produced her manuscript on the basis of genuine correspondence of Françoise Krasińska, to which she had unrestricted access, and historical newspaper accounts, but not a journal as it had never existed. …”
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The effect of Garcinia livingstonei aqueous leaf extract on hyperglycaemic-induced human sperm cell: An in-vitro study by Murendeni Nethengwe, Kunle Okaiyeto, Chinyerum S. Opuwari, Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju

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Beutin (Pas-de-Calais) : une installation thermale domestique en pays morin by David Labarre

“…We also note the presence of a semi-sunken area in the south-western half of the building, which probably corresponds to the imprint of a totally dismantled hypocaust. …”
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Creation and evaluation of a gender diversity focused cultural competency training for phlebotomists: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Henrietta Maku, Christina C. Pierre, Dina N. Greene, E. Henderson, Camille L. Rogers, Cameron Whitley, Gabrielle N. Winston-McPherson

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Groundwater Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment using a Dar-Zarrouk Parameter in a Proposed Aboru Residential Estate, Lagos State, Nigeria by M.A. Ayuk

“…The Total Longitudinal Unit Conductance, S varies from 0.0164 - 0.1168 mhos indicating a poor to weak protective capacity rating across the study area and the APC map reveals that the north-eastern and western parts of the study area show areas with weak protective capacity ratings while other areas are characterized by poor protective capacity rating. …”
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The Accuracy of the Clinical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Diagnosis before the Nerve Conduction Studies by A. Atkočiūnas, A. Šimkutė, Rasa Mameniškienė

“…According to different studies, the prevalence of CTS among adults (15–65 years old) in Western Europe ranged from 0.29% to 43%. CTS affects middle-aged active workers and is associated with high healthcare costs and a hefty economic burden. …”
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Anti-Tn Monoclonal Antibody Ameliorates Hyperoxia-Induced Kidney Injury by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neonatal Mice by Julie Chi Chow, Hsiu-Chu Chou, Jaulang Hwang, Chung-Ming Chen

“…The kidneys were excised for histology, oxidative stress, cytokine, and Western blot analyses on postnatal day 7. The O2 + PBS mice exhibited significantly higher kidney injury scores, 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) expression, and cytokine levels than did the RA + PBS mice or RA + anti-Tn mice. …”
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Guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association on diagnostics and treatment of a chronic pancreatitis by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, T. L. Lapina, M. F. Osipenko, V. I. Simanenkov, I. B. Khlynov, S. A. Alekseyenko, O. P. Alekseyeva, M. V. Chikunova

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On some current aspects and new approaches to scientific understanding of the national characteristics of Russian statehood formation and evolution by N. A. Omelchenko, T. V. Rastimeshina, Yu. V. Sinchuk

“…The article substantiates the position on the enduring significance of domestic researchers’ and thinkers’ conclusions about the uniqueness of the process of Russian statehood foundations origin in the Old Russian state, which was fundamentally different from similar processes in Western states, the Tsardom of Muscovy political system specificity, which consisted in the cathedral structure of the state and received ideological justification in the “autocratic sobornost” doctrine. …”
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Stress buffering effects of physical activity in adolescents: the moderating role of physical activity attitudes by Pingping Liu

“…Methods A stratified and cluster sampling method was used to select 2420 junior high school students from nine provinces from each of the three economic zones (with high GDP level, medium GDP level, and low GPD level) of eastern, western, and central China and the Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist, the Calgary Symptoms of Stress Inventory, the Physical Activity Rating Scale, and the behavioral attitude dimension of the Physical Activity Attitude Scale were used to investigate adolescent stress events, stress symptoms, physical activity, and physical activity attitudes respectively. …”
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Can the digital economy foster advancements in the healthcare sector? — a case study using interprovincial data from China by Zhengqi Wei, Keke Wei, Jing Yang, Meilin Zhang, Feng Yang

“…The eastern region particularly benefits from the digital economy's enhancement of service levels, while the central and western regions see less impact. The digital economy enhances services by improving medical resource levels and promoting their coordinated development. …”
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Metadag: a web tool to generate and analyse metabolic networks by Pere Palmer-Rodríguez, Ricardo Alberich, Mariana Reyes-Prieto, José A. Castro, Mercè Llabrés

“…In a microbiome study, MetaDAG accurately distinguished between Western and Korean diets and categorized individuals by weight loss outcomes based on dietary interventions. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and Association of Coloproctologists of Russia on Diagnosis and Treatment of Constipation in Adults by V. T. Ivashkin, Yu. A. Shelygin, I. V. Maev, A. A. Sheptulin, D. V. Aleshin, S. I. Achkasov, E. K. Baranskaya, N. D. Kulikova, T. L. Lapina, A. I. Moskalev, M. F. Osipenko, E. A. Poluektova, V. I. Simanenkov, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. Yu. Fomenko, O. S. Shifrin

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