Traditions of the revived Lithuanian press in Vilnius in 1904-1914 by Violeta Černiauskaitė

“…In April 1939, the Public Work Management was liquidated, and its functions were commissioned to the Press and Associations Department under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior. …”
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Clinical Specimens are the Pool of Multidrug- resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Harbouring oprL and toxA Virulence Genes: Findings from a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal by Yamuna Chand, Sujan Khadka, Sanjeep Sapkota, Suprina Sharma, Santosh Khanal, Alina Thapa, Binod Rayamajhee, Dhruba Kumar Khadka, Om Prakash Panta, Dipendra Shrestha, Pramod Poudel

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Promoting quality education through blended learning during and post COVID-19 pandemic by De-Graft Johnson Dei

“…Twenty-five (25) tertiary institutions accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) were randomly selected to participate in this study. …”
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The impact of Cochrane Reviews that apply network meta-analysis in clinical guidelines: A systematic review. by Sarah Donegan, James Connor, Zarko Alfirevic, Catrin Tudur-Smith

“…The number of times reviews were commissioned or cited alongside a recommendation was also higher for NMA than PW-MA reviews (rate ratio 4.40 (1.80 to 13.14), p = 0.003). …”
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Essence and elements of crimes in the sphere of official activity by S. Ye. Ablamskyi, M. O. Kolesnyk

“…It has been stated that the key elements of crimes in the sphere of official activity are as follows: they are committed within the framework of exercising official powers by persons holding positions at the relevant enterprises, institutions, organisations; crimes related to official activities may involve not only the commission of any actions, but also inaction, which also takes into account the failure and/or improper performance by an official of his/her duties, which entails significant negative consequences for other individuals and/or legal entities, as well as the state and society as a whole; crimes may include a number of different actions, such as bribery, extortion, forgery, abuse of power, etc.; the crime may be committed only by an official who has official authority; crimes in the field of official activity may be committed for different purposes, including obtaining benefits, avoiding responsibility, etc.; special object, actor and subject of the crime.…”
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Detecting tropical freshly-opened swidden fields using a combined algorithm of continuous change detection and support vector machine by Ningsang Jiang, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng

“…Comparisons with the same year results obtained from the CCDC-Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) show that CCD-SVM (94.69%) outperforms CCDC-SMA (87.52%) primarily due to less commission errors. Features inclusion of terrain and fire greatly improves classification accuracy. …”
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CAUSES OF COLLUSION AMONG PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION by Ayodeji OKE, Clinton AIGVABOA, Zacharia Mangena, Wellington THWALA

“…It will also enable the Competition Commission of South Africa (CCSA) to achieve their mandate, which is fair competition in all industries. …”
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Statewide Variation in Practices and Charges for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Maryland, United States: A Retrospective Study by Grace Lassiter, Eric Etchill, Tamir Sholklapper, Charbel Chidiac, Joseph Canner, Daniel Sangkyu Rhee

“…Methods: We queried the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission database for patients aged 10–40 years admitted with PSP between 2012 and 2020. …”

Risks to human and animal health from the presence of bromide in food and feed by EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Helle Knutsen, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Claude Lambré, Søren Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Villa, Holger Zorn, Vasileios Bampidis, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Marie‐Christine Chagnon, Bruce Cottrill, Keyvin Darney, Jürgen Gropp, Secundino Lopez Puente, Martin Rose, Marco Vinceti, Maria Bastaki, Petra Gergelová, Luna Greco, Matteo Lorenzo Innocenti, Judit Janossy, Anna Lanzoni, Andrea Terron, Diane Benford

“…Abstract The European Commission mandated EFSA to assess the toxicity of bromide, the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs), and possible transfer from feed into food of animal origin. …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of chromium propionate (KemTRACE™ chromium) for all growing poultry species (KEMIN EUROPA N.V) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Jaume Galobart, Maria Vittoria Vettori, Jordi Ortuño, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call

“…Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of chromium propionate as zootechnical feed additive for all growing poultry species. …”
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Initiation and sustenance of small portion size consumption behavior in rural Appalachia, USA: Application of multi-theory model (MTM) by Ram Lakhan, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Manoj Sharma

“…Six counties of the rural Appalachian region of Kentucky defined as distressed, at risk, and transitional on socio-economic indicators by the Appalachians Research Commission (ARC) were selected for data collection. …”
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IgE-based analysis of sensitization and cross-reactivity to yellow mealworm and edible insect allergens before their widespread dietary introduction by Majsiak Emilia, Choina Magdalena, Gromek Weronika, Wykrota Julia, Kozłowska Danuta, Swadźba Jakub, Cukrowska Bożena, Kowal Krzysztof

“…Abstract The European Commission authorized the use of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor - TM) as a food ingredient under Regulation EU 2021/882. …”
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Estimating the global health impact of gender-based violence and violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Joht Singh Chandan, Emmanuela Gakidou, Jaidev Kaur Chandan, Nicholas Metheny, Mariam Khalil, Cory N Spencer, María Jose Baeza, Alexandra Debure, Molly Herbert, Teresa Jewell, Rachel Qian Hui Lim, Sonica Minhas

“…The review has been undertaken in conjunction with the Lancet Commission on GBV and the Maltreatment of Young People with the aim of providing new data insights for a report on the global response to violence.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022299831.…”
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The Campaign to Remove Si Kancil from Indonesian Schools (Kampanye Hapus Si Kancil dari Sekolah Indonesia) by Dipa Nugraha, Suyitno Suyitno, Elisabeth Ashton

“…<p><em>In 2010, the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declared a campaign against the most well-known trickster fable or folktale in Indonesia, Si Kancil. …”
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Drought characteristics and propagation under anthropogenic impacts: A regional-scale modelling analysis in four Large Basins of China by Haoran Hao, Ningpeng Dong, Mingxiang Yang, Xin Huang, Hejia Wang, Hao Wang

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Effect of Staining and External Bleaching on the Color Stability and Surface Roughness of Universal-Shade Resin-Based Composite by AlHabdan A, Alsuhaibani A, Alomran L, Almutib L

“…Color measurements were performed using a spectrophotometer to obtain the International Commission on Illumination parameters, L&ast;; a&ast;; and b&ast; for each of the following periods: baseline, after bleaching, and two weeks after bleaching for the control group. …”
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Overview of styles, content, learning effects and attitudes of students towards digitally enhanced physiotherapy education – a scoping review by Larissa Pagels, Oskar Schindler, Kerstin Luedtke

“…Abstract Background Digital competences are essential for lifelong learning, as highlighted by the European Commission and emphasized in the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027. …”
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Sensitivity of global solar irradiance to transposition models: Assessing risks associated with model discrepancies by Yasser F. Nassar, Hala J. El-Khozondar, Mohamed M. Khaleel, Abdussalam A. Ahmed, Abdulgader H. Alsharif, Monaem Elmnifi, Mark Amoah Nyasapoh

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A bibliometric analysis and complied dataset of natural disasters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since 1900 by Jiawei Yi, Xinning Fan, Yunyan Du, Chunhuan Zhang, Sheng Huang, Rui Xu, Xiaoyue Wang, Dingchen Hu, Minglei Lu, Zhenbo Wang

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Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011–2023 by Anders Malthe Bach-Mortensen, Michelle Degli Esposti, Benjamin Goodair

“…We aimed to test whether ownership (for-profit, public and third sector (non-profit)) influences determinants of closure among all care homes in England, 2011–2023.Methods We created a dataset of all care homes from 2011 to 2023 (29 548 care homes and 8346 closures) and Care Quality Commission inspections from 2014 to 2023 (n=65 726). …”
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