Factors involved in the recruitment and retention of voluntary blood donors in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), results from a qualitative study by Susanne Mbaka Ngunza, Isabelle Aujoulat

“…Conclusion In conclusion, many motivational factors may act as incentives or barriers to voluntary blood donation, including high expectations towards the transfusion system. …”
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Alliance matrimoniale traditionnelle en pays Éotilé et Baoulé, XVIIE-XIXE siècles : étude comparative by Kouassi Serge KOFFI & Adjé Séverin ANGOUA

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Prognostic and clinicopathological value of C-reactive protein in patients with bladder cancer: a meta-analysis by Xiangping Feng, Zongxin Zhang, Shuiying Mao

“…Nevertheless, there was no significant relationship between CRP level and sex, tumour size, tumour grade or lymph node metastasis (LNM) in BCa.Conclusions Elevated CRP levels were significantly related to poor OS, CSS, RFS and PFS of BCa patients with BCa. CRP could act as a reliable biomarker for predicting the short- and long-term survival of patients with BCa in clinical practice.…”
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Government Support and Local Residents’ Behavior in E-waste Management: Evidence from Thailand by Peeranart Kiddee, Somsiri Decharat, Suttiporn Bunmak

“…Despite longer lifespans for electronic appliances than they did a decade ago, revisions to the draft waste electrical and electronic equipment Act are underway, aiming to incorporate stakeholder involvement and the extended producer responsibility principle. …”
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Factors limiting glaucoma care among glaucoma patients in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Osamudiamen Cyril Obasuyi, Olabisi Olayemi Yeye-Agba, Oghenevwaire Joyce Ofuadarho

“…The factors limiting Glaucoma care in Nigeria are varied and may act alone or combined with other elements to determine the awareness or knowledge of glaucoma, uptake of glaucoma surgery, medication adherence, or clinic follow-up. …”
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THE GENESIS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REALITY by Tetiana Psota

“…It was determined that the European international legal reality is a regional phenomenon of international law and includes universal and European regional norms and principles, sub-regional European international legal acts, legal culture and legal consciousness, moral value characteristics and institutions of European international law. …”
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Family Support and Its Association with Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Adwa M. AlHaidar, Norah A. AlShehri, Munira A. AlHussaini

“…Therefore, in addition to pharmacotherapy, other measures should be studied regarding psychological aspects mainly among adolescents. The family, which acts as the primary caregiver at this age, may play a major role in disease management. …”
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Contribution of Organic Carbon, Moisture Content, Microbial Biomass-Carbon, and Basal Soil Respiration Affecting Microbial Population in Chronosequence Manganese Mine Spoil by S. Dash and M. Kujur

“…Principal component analysis enables the differentiation of seven different soil profiles into independent clusters based on cumulative variance given by physico-chemical and microbial attributes that indicate the level of degradation of land and act as an index to restore soil fertility.…”
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Problematic aspects of defining a child as a victim of domestic violence by O. V. Korol, A. S. Bakhaieva

“…It has been substantiated that in order to ensure the best interests of a child who has witnessed domestic violence, a police officer should draw up two separate reports on administrative offences under Art. 173-2 of the Code of Administrative Offences: the first for committing domestic violence against an adult, and the second for committing the said act in the presence of a child (provided that the latter was aware of this fact). …”
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Combined delivery of IL12 and an IL18 mutant without IL18BP-binding activity by an adenoviral vector enhances tumor specific immunity by Yan Cheng, Renjie Luo, Erguang Li

“…Here, we tested a combined delivery of IL12 and DR18 in tumor models since IL12 and IL18 are known to act synergistically in potentiating IFNγ production and antitumor immunity. …”
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Psychological readiness for innovative activity and the ability to self-management of the police chiefs by O. M. Voluiko

“…The effectiveness and success of the entire law enforcement system, as well as the quality of performing police professional tasks depend on the capabilities and personal qualities and competencies of a police chief. And the ability to act quickly in a changing environment and psychological readiness for innovative activity should provide a chief with the opportunity to improve the police work. …”
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ABO and RhD blood groups as contributors to dyslipidaemia – a cross-sectional study by Malin Mickelsson, Kim Ekblom, Kristina Stefansson, Per Liv, Anders Själander, Ulf Näslund, Johan Hultdin

“…Thus, the RhD blood group, but not ABO, seems to be associated with dyslipidaemia and may act as a future possible risk marker of cardiovascular disease. …”
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First International Conference on Lysophospholipids and Related Bioactive Lipids in Biology and Disease Sponsored by the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology by Edward J. Goetzl, Gabor J. Tigyi, Timothy Hla

“…As for eicosanoids, the LPLs termed lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) are produced enzymatically from phospholipid precursors in cell membranes and act on cells at nanomolar concentrations through subfamilies of receptors of the G protein–coupled superfamily. …”
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The Prevention of the Renal Chronic Damage: a Priority from Childhood by Aymahara Gómez Morejón, Lidia Rosa Pérez González, Ortelio Chaviano Mendoza, Jan O’neil González Ramos, Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…<strong>Background:</strong> chronic kidney disease in children has become a serious public health problem, it implies a high risk of mortality that increases over the years, its early recognition allows to act on risk factors and prevent their progression to terminal stages. …”
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La création littéraire au carrefour de l’histoire intime et de l’histoire collective by Kaoutar Harchi

“…En conclusion, il apparaîtra que la création littéraire, située au carrefour de l'histoire collective et de l’histoire intime, est susceptible d’être envisagée comme un acte matériel et symbolique de distanciation de l'individu vis-à-vis de l’ensemble des expériences relatives à l’univers familial, professionnel, religieux mais aussi économique, politique et idéologique. …”
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Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties and Characterization of Natural Fiber Composites Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid): Miswak (Salvadora Persica L.) Fibers by A. F. Nur Diyana, A. Khalina, M. S. Sapuan, C. H. Lee, H. A. Aisyah, M. N. Nurazzi, R. S. Ayu

“…The chemical results show that there were high presence of cellulose in the fiber which could act as medium to transfer stress load equally from fiber to matrix. …”
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Airborne Escherichia coli bacteria biosynthesize lipids in response to aerosolization stress by Brooke L. Smith, Meiyi Zhang, Maria D. King

“…One key component of gram-negative bacteria resistance is the functionality and the cells’ ability to repair the outer membrane (OM) which acts as a barrier for the cell to the external environment. …”
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Temperate phage-antibiotic synergy is widespread—extending to Pseudomonas—but varies by phage, host strain, and antibiotic pairing by Rabia Fatima, Alexander P. Hynes

“…Overall, our findings indicate that temperate phages can act as adjuvants in clinically relevant pathogens, even in the presence of antibiotic resistance, thereby drastically expanding their therapeutic potential.IMPORTANCEThe recent discovery that otherwise therapeutically unusable temperate phages can potentiate the activity of antibiotics, resulting in a potent synergy, has only been tested in E. coli, and with a single model phage. …”
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Numerical Modeling and Structure Optimization for Magnetic Levitation Planar Machine Using PCB Coils by Han Zhang, Jiawen He, Xianze Xu, Rui Wang, Manman Xu, Fengqiu Xu

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Immunopathology of Airway Surface Liquid Dehydration Disease by Brandon W. Lewis, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini

“…Multiple layers of host defense act in concert to eliminate unwanted constituents from the airspaces. …”
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