Eastern Dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Europeanization Mutual Trap by V. A. Latkina

“…Suffering from the lack of clear strategy and ultimate goal in the European Neighbourhood Policy the European Union enhances external democratization and its governance in post soviet states without immediate Union's membership perspective. Underestimation of common neighbourhood geopolitical duality in the context of growing rivalry between European (EU) and Eurasian (Custom Union/Eurasian Economic Union) integration gravitation centers presents the Eastern partners of the EU with a fierce dilemma of externally forced immediate geopolitical and civilizational choice while not all of them are well prepared to such a choice. …”
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Bladder Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells: Basic Science and Implications for Therapy by Richard T. Bryan

“…Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Western society, with the global burden predicted to increase significantly in the foreseeable future. …”
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Persevering Routing Technique Based on Event Occurrence Patterns for Wireless Sensor Networks by Majid Rafigh, Maghsoud Abbaspour

“…While the sensing objectives of these environments are unique and application dependent, a common performance criteria for wireless sensor networks is prolonging network lifetime while satisfying coverage and connectivity in the deployment region. …”
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13C Methacetin Breath Test for Assessment of Microsomal Liver Function: Methodology and Clinical Application by Katarzyna Gorowska-Kowolik, Agata Chobot, Jaroslaw Kwiecien

“…Assessment of the liver function, and the need of constant monitoring of the organ’s capacity, concerns not only patients with primary liver diseases, but also those at risk of hepatopathies secondary to other chronic diseases. Most commonly, the diagnostics is based on measurements of static biochemical parameters, which allow us to draw conclusions only indirectly about the function and the degree of damage of the organ. …”
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Optimization of the Plastic Area of a Borehole Based on the Gas Extraction Effect and Its Engineering Application by Kuan Wu, Shiliang Shi, Yi Lu, He Li, Min Li

“…Gas extraction is most commonly used to control gas disasters in coal mines. …”
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Equity of Incentives: Agent-Based Explorations of How Social Networks Influence the Efficacy of Programs to Promote Solar Adoption by Heike I. Brugger, Adam Douglas Henry

“…This paper examines how a common characteristic of social networks, known as network segregation, can dampen the indirect benefits of solar incentive programs that arise from peer effects. …”
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Topologies Generated by Two Ideals and the Corresponding j-Approximations Spaces with Applications by Mona Hosny

“…Two ideals represent two opinions instead of one opinion which is very useful for using the insights of two groups of experts to study the problem and elicit decisions based on their common vision. Topology is a rich source for constructs that is helpful to enrich the original model of approximations spaces. …”
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Exploring Travel Medicine Perspectives among Primary Care Physicians in Kurnool District: A Comprehensive Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices by Rajesh Raja Satharla, Hindustan Abdul Ahad

“…However, the study identified a knowledge gap, as 11.4% of individuals were unaware of the origin of typhoid infection. The most common health issues reported during posttrip consultations were diarrhea and respiratory infections. …”
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Introduction: emerging approaches in the anthropology/primatology borderland by Vincent Leblan

“…The purpose of this Revue de Primatologie issue is to put forward the multiple ways to look at primates across the fields of anthropology and primatology which are commonly thought to be (and which, for the most part, actually are) academically and epistemologically very remote from one another. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Platinum Nanotubules Made via Template Wetting Nanofabrication by Eric Broaddus, Joel Brubaker, Scott A. Gold

“…This type of comparison has not been widely explored for nanostructured platinum electrodes that have become increasingly common. In this work, a platinum nanotubule array electrode was fabricated via a simple template-based process and evaluated using the standard ferrocyanide redox reaction. …”
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Spinal Cord Injury and Bladder Dysfunction: New Ideas about an Old Problem by Célia Duarte Cruz, Francisco Cruz

“…As such, a better understanding of NDO has generated new opportunities to investigate novel therapeutic approaches for NDO.In the present paper, we aim to update recent data concerning SCI-induced LUT dysfunction and therapeutic approaches commonly used to deal with NDO. We make a brief description of LUT control and changes occurring after SCI, and refer to new therapeutic options, including vanniloids and botulinum toxin. …”
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Pravastatin-Induced Eczematous Eruption Mimicking Psoriasis by Michael P. Salna, Hannah M. Singer, Ali N. Dana

“…Statins, an example of the most commonly prescribed medications to the elderly, are not without side effects. …”
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Molar anchorage loss and its influencing factors in orthodontic cases with premolar extraction by ZHOU Yue, TANG Zhenxing, LI Yu

“…In orthodontic treatment for protrusion, premolar extraction is a common option. The extraction spaces are closed by the reciprocal movement of posterior and anterior teeth. …”
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by Carissa Du, Daniel Zongliang Zhao, Latha Ganti

“…Although ADHD has had more advocacy recently, misdiagnoses are still common, resulting in ADHD being mistaken for other disorders. …”
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF PREHISTORIC CAVES IN BA THUOC DISTRICT, THANH HOA PROVINCE: PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION by Khac Su Nguyen

“…In addition, the caves in Ba Thuoc were also places for the mountain-dwelling inhabitants of the Dong Son culture to visit and bury their dead in the centuries before and after the beginning of the common era. In this study, we systematized the documents on monuments and artifacts, and evaluated the outstanding cultural heritage of the prehistoric caves in Ba Thuoc district, which need to be preserved and promoted in the present day.…”
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Developing an Optimization Model to Manage Unpaved Roads by Promothes Saha, Khaled Ksaibati

“…This research intends to develop a management system using optimization techniques for managing unpaved roads within limited budget. The common factors that play the most important role for identifying projects are road condition parameters, unpaved road deterioration model, treatment types, cost-factors associated with selecting treatment types, traffic counts, budget, and treatment cost. …”
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Flexural and Shear Behavior of FRP Strengthened AASHTO Type Concrete Bridge Girders by Nur Yazdani, Farzia Haque, Istiaque Hasan

“…The differences in flexural versus shear FRP strengthening and comparison with available design guidelines are also beneficial to design professionals. In this paper, a common AASHTO type prestressed concrete bridge girder with FRP wrapping was analyzed using the ANSYS FEM software and the ACI analytical approach. …”
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Hemoglobin: A Nitric-Oxide Dioxygenase by Paul R. Gardner

“…Indeed, the NOD function has emerged as a more common and ancient function than the well-known role in O2 transport-storage. …”
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Pitfalls in Diagnosis: JMML versus KMT2A Rearranged Juvenile AML by Liesbeth Vanheeswijck, Sanjay Tewari, Robin Dowse, Nicola Potter, Jelena Jovanovic, Caroline L. Furness, Elsje Van Rijswijk

“…Lysine methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) rearrangements are commonly found in juvenile acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). …”
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Study on Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring of Plant under Stress Based on Integrated Op-Amps and Patch Electrode by Weiming Cai, Qingke Qi

“…The amplification detection system can make nondestructive acquisition for Aquatic Scindapsus and Guaibcn with high precision, high sensitivity, low power consumption, high common mode rejection ratio, and working frequency bandwidth. …”
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