Comparison of Natural Radioactivity of Commonly Used Fertilizer Materials in Egypt and Japan by Nabil M. Hassan, Byung-Uck Chang, Shinji Tokonami

“…The radiological hazards of radium equivalent activity (Raeq), external (Hex) and internal (Hin) indexes, alpha and gamma indexes, and annual effective dose, due to the presence of these radionuclides, were calculated and compared with each other.…”
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TOURQUAL: Proposal of a Protocol For Quality Evaluation on Services at Tourist Attractions by Tiago Savi Mondo, Gabriela Gonçalves Silveira Fiates

“…In the confidence and questionnaire validation test the Alpha Conbranch presented an excellent result of 0.904 confirming the proposed model.…”
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Natural Killer Cell and Large Granular Lymphocyte Deficiency in the Gut of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by F Hadziselimovic, LR Emmons, U Schaub

“…The authors also present a new therapeutic strategy consisting of low dose interferon-alpha-2a that is efficacious in ameliorating ulcerative col iris and Crohn's disease and concomitantly increasing the number of natural killer cells and LGL in the gut.…”
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Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Presenting as an Acute Abdomen in a Young Female Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Walid E. Abdelrahim, Kamal E. Mohamed, Salwa O. Mekki, Eltaib A. Saad

“…The preoperative diagnosis was difficult due to the rarity of the disease and the presence of a solitary hypodense mass in the left lobe of the liver on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan with a normal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and negative cytology. She underwent an uneventful extended left hemihepatectomy, and the surgical biopsy revealed a PHL—of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) type—with negative resection margins. …”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…Once the data was collected, factory data analysis was conducted to assure validity and reliability through items' loadings and Cronbach's Alpha values. Furthermore, the scales were tested for convergent validity through partial least-square path modelling using Smart PLS 3 software. …”
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Glutamate Receptors in Neuroinflammatory Demyelinating Disease

“…These drugs interact with the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and <mml:math alttext="$alpha$"><mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> </mml:math>-amino-3-hydroxy-5-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)/kainate family of glutamate receptors reported to control neurovascular permeability, inflammatory mediator synthesis, and resident glial cell functions including CNS myelination. …”
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Varied Age of First Presentation of Sickle Cell Disease: Case Presentations and Review by Alexis Claeys, Susanne Van Steijn, Lydia Van Kesteren, Elizabet Damen, Machiel Van Den Akker

“…Many factors are responsible for the age at which sickle cell disease is diagnosed: doctor’s delay (unfamiliarity with the disease), patient’s delay (education and financial position of the parents, cultural factors), high- versus low-resource country (availability of newborn screening), fetal hemoglobin, reticulocyte count, and genetic modulators, such as SCD genotype, alpha-thalassemia, fetal hemoglobin concentration, and G6PD deficiency. …”
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The Molecular Architecture for the Intermediate Filaments of Hard α-Keratin Based on the Superlattice Data Obtained from a Study of Mammals Using Synchrotron Fibre Diffraction by Veronica James

“…Most of these studies have been confined to one or two forms of alpha keratin. This high- and low-angle synchrotron fibre diffraction study extends the study to cover all available data for all known forms of hard α-keratin including hairs, fingernails, hooves, horn, and quills from mammals, marsupials, and a monotreme, and it confirms that the model proposed is universally acceptable for all mammals. …”
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Interactions between Phosphoric/Tannic Acid and Different Forms of FeOOH by Lefu Mei, Libing Liao, Zise Wang, Chunchun Xu

“…Alpha, beta, gamma, and delta hydroxyl ferric oxides (FeOOH), as the most common rust layers on iron surface, play different roles in iron preservation. …”
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Two Cases of Heavy Chain MGUS by Jan Van Keer, Björn Meijers, Michel Delforge, Gregor Verhoef, Koen Poesen

“…The first patient is a 51-year-old woman with alpha paraprotein on serum immunofixation. The second case is a 46-year-old woman with gamma paraprotein on urine immunofixation. …”
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Learning predictive signatures of HLA type from T-cell repertoires. by María Ruiz Ortega, Mikhail V Pogorelyy, Anastasia A Minervina, Paul G Thomas, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra M Walczak

“…Here we analyze the TCR alpha and beta repertoires of large cohorts of HLA-typed donors to systematically infer such associations, by looking for overrepresentation of TCRs in individuals with a common allele.TCRs, associated with a specific HLA allele, exhibit sequence similarities that suggest prior antigen exposure. …”
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Spontaneous slow cortical potentials and brain oscillations independently influence conscious visual perception. by Lua Koenig, Biyu J He

“…Pre-stimulus ongoing activity influencing conscious perception includes both brain oscillations in the alpha (7 to 14 Hz) and beta (14 to 30 Hz) frequency ranges and aperiodic activity in the slow cortical potential (SCP, <5 Hz) range. …”
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Trend in obtaining career information in the digital era within the context of post-covid-19 career anxiety by Meylia Sari, Abu Yazid Abu Bakar, Yuda Syahputra

“…Furthermore, career anxiety scale was used as the main measurement tool, which has high reliability with Cronbach's alpha of 0.85 and item reliability in Rasch 0.98. …”
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Rules and Beliefs of Relationship Permanence: Design and Validation of a Measure by Alejandra Elizabeth Pérez Pérez, Rozzana Sánchez Aragón

“…Following the procedure proposed by Reyes Lagunes & García y Barragán (2008), the scale consists of 32 grouped into five factors: Ideal relationship, Tradition thoughts, Loyalty, Satisfactory interaction and Coincide, these factors explained 69.88% of the total variance and have a .81 Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient. The findings coincide with the foundations of the different theoretical perspectives of the study of relational permanence and included cultural aspects particular to the context of Mexican socio-culture, the findings and implications for future research are discussed in this way.…”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…All criteria, including Cronbach's alpha and significance of factor loadings between the questions and underlying variables, confirm suitability of the measurement model. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of cephalopods and their responses to changes in the marine environment in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China by Jun Liang, Jun Liang, Yongdong Zhou, Yongdong Zhou, Tian Wu, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Kaida Xu, Kaida Xu, Guangjie Fang, Yazhou Zhang, Yazhou Zhang

“…In autumn, U. duvaucelii and Abralia multihamata were the dominant species, and the coastal waters of Zhejiang presented two high-density distribution areas in the northern and central waters, with lower resource density in the southern waters. Analysis of the alpha diversity index revealed relatively low cephalopod community diversity, with significant differences in spatial and seasonal distributions. …”
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Herb5GluCon: A novel polyherbal formulation with dual-action inhibiting properties against oxidative stress and glycoside hydrolases – an in silico and in vitro approach by Abbirami Balachandran, Patrick N. Okechukwu, Baskaran Gunasekaran, Jeleń Małgorzata, Beata Morak-Młodawska, Gabriele R.A. Froemming, Sameer Sapra, Charlie A. Lavilla, Jr., Merell P. Billacura, Salini D. Rajendran, Anis Najwa Abdul Rani, Anand Gaurav

“…Introduction: Oxidative stress contributes to hyperglycaemia by inducing the hyperactivity of alpha-amylase (AA) and alpha-glucosidase (AG) enzymes. …”
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Modulation of brain activity in brain-injured patients with a disorder of consciousness in intensive care with repeated 10-Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): a... by David Williamson, Francis Bernard, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Caroline Arbour, Virginie Williams, Louis de Beaumont, Catherine Duclos, Béatrice P De Koninck, Daphnee Brazeau, Amelie A Deshaies, Marie-Michele Briand, Charlotte Maschke

“…The current’s frequency targets alpha brain oscillations (8–13 Hz), known to be associated with consciousness. …”
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Knowledge Sharing antara Tenaga Pendidik Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam (PTKI) by Khairan AR, Nazaruddin Ahmad

“…Untuk pengujian hipotesis, digunakan uji T-Statistic dengan nilai T-Value sebesar 1,96 dan alpha 5% (0,05). Setelah dilakukan pengujian, ditemukan bahwa, dari enam konstruk laten tersebut, hanya konstruk laten Motivasi (MT) yang berpengaruh positif terhadap keinginan berbagi pengetahuan di kalangan Tenaga Pendidik UIN Ar-Raniry dan STAIN Tengku Dirundeng, dengan nilai 5,135. …”
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Investigation of Moral Literacy Levels of University Students (The Case of Mus Alparslan University) by Fatma BİLDİRİCİ, Teceli KARASU

“…The data obtained from the study was analyzed with the SPSS 22 statistical package program. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was used in the reliability analysis of the scale. …”
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