Role of inflammatory aging in the development of age-related macular degeneration by A.S. Khalatyan, Yu. Yusef

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of blindness and visual impairment in patients over 60 years of age in developed countries. The disease has a complex pathogenesis, with inflammation playing a central role in the degenerative processes in both dry and wet AMD. …”
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UPDATE OF WIND CARTOGRAPHY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEUQUÉN by Samuel D. Troncoso Schenker, Lidia Ferreyra, Claudia Palese

“…In recent years the use of the wind resource was increased not only for diversifying the electricity generation matrix of the countries but also to supply energy for small settlements that are isolated from electricity grids. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF USING A VORTEX HEAT GENERATOR IN HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS by I. L. Iokova, E. N. Tarasevich

“…In a number of foreign countries, vortex heat generators have become widespread in decentralized heat supply systems. …”
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Testing Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as an Early Predictor of Entrepreneurial Activities. Evidence From the SEAS Project by Krzysztof Zięba, Jakub Golik

“…Due to the increasing interest in entrepreneurial self-efcacy research and the need to fll the gap in the literature with regard to European post-communist countries (and partcularly – Poland) (Drnovsek, Wincent, Cardon, 2010), in this paper we present a brief overview of ESE research and pose the queston whether ESE of Polish students can serve as an early predictor of their subsequent entrepreneurial actvites, potentally leading them to nascent entrepreneurship. …”
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Temporal Analysis of Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions and Urban Heat Islands during COVID-19 Restrictions in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Lerato Shikwambana, Mahlatse Kganyago, Paidamwoyo Mhangara

“…Recently, national lockdown regulations restricting movement and socio-economic activities to curb the spread of a novel COVID-19 and the associated deaths have been implemented in various countries worldwide. Consequently, these unprecedented restrictions resulted in reductions in traffic volumes and industrial activities in most urban areas across the world. …”
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Labour productivity management model taking into account organizational culture of enterprise by A. O. Ivanov

“…Slowdown in global economic growth and in productivity growth complicates socio-economic development of Russia and other countries. Raising income inequalities and their continued stagnation lead to an increase in economic, social, and political tensions in society. …”
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Legal support for information security of legal entities under Lithuanian and Ukrainian legislation by M. Pleskach, I. Tumasoniene

“…The results of this study highlight the strengths and shortcomings within the legal frameworks of both countries concerning information security for legal entities. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of under-five mortality due to severe acute malnutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Joshua Wambua, Anahita Ali, Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, Paul Kuodi

“…Abstract Background Despite a global drop of under-five mortality by 59% between 1990 and 2019, it remains high in Low- and Middle- income Countries (LMICs)with a preponderance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Southern and Central Asia. …”
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Fundamental Investigation on Seismic Retrofitting Method of Aging Concrete Structural Wall Using Carbon Fiber Sheet-Constitutive Law of Rectangular Section by Kazuhiro Hayashi, Tomoya Matsui, Taiki Saito, Roy Reyna

“…This problem is particularly serious in developing and underdeveloped countries. The multihazard resilience and sustainability (e.g., seismic performance) decrease at the aging building. …”
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Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Kemal Jemal, Mukemil Awol

“…Dietary diversity is still low in low-resourced countries. Therefore, this study aims to determine prevalence of minimum dietary diversity score (MDDS) and associated factors among pregnant women. …”
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Modelling the Impact of Media-Induced Social Distancing on the Containment of COVID-19 in Beijing by Yinjiao Gong, Aili Wang, Jin Guo, Stacey R. Smith?

“…With the multiple waves of COVID-19 in China and other countries, there is an urgent need to design effective containment, especially nonpharmaceutical interventions, to combat the transmission. …”
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The Influence of Coffee Husk Ash as a Filler on the Performance of Bituminous Concrete Mix by Amare Tilahun Tessema, Getachew Asefa Alene, Natnael Melsew Wolelaw

“…Utilization of agricultural waste by-products in road construction has become a common practice in developing countries. The present study investigates the effect of coffee husk ash compared to basaltic stone dust on the performance of bituminous concrete mixes for road construction. …”
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Intestinal Parasites Infection in Children with Cancer in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran by Roya Salehi Kahyesh, Arash Alghasi, Shekoufe Haddadi, Asaad Sharhani

“…Infection with intestinal parasites is widespread worldwide, especially in developing countries. Intestinal parasites are known as one of the leading causes of diarrhea in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised subjects, but cancer patients are highly susceptible to contamination, and it can be deadly for them. …”
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Investigation on the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown and Influencing Factors on Air Quality in Greater Bangkok, Thailand by Parichat Wetchayont

“…With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, many countries announced lockdown measures, including Thailand. …”
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Performance of Composite Filters Assembled from Multiple Layers of Basic Filtration Media by Peng Wang, Zhen Liu, Da-Ren Chen

“…Abstract There is a severe shortage of face masks and N95 respirators due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in countries that were not well prepared in advance. In order to help ease the supply demands of these resources, a strategy of using multiple layers of basic filtration media to construct a composite filter that can match the particle collection efficiency offered by a N95 filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) is proposed. …”
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Confidence intervals for the COVID-19 neutralizing antibody retention rate in the Korean population by Catherine Apio, Md. Kamruzzaman, Taesung Park

“…This requires mass screening of populations for these antibodies. While several countries started reporting population based antibody rate, its simple point estimate may be misinterpreted without proper estimation of standard error and confidence intervals. …”
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Knowledge on Food Safety and Food-Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana by Raymond Addo-Tham, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Hasehni Vampere, Emmanuel Acquah-Gyan, Adjei Gyimah Akwasi

“…Street foods have become a major source of cooked food for most households and individuals in many developing countries including Ghana. However, the rising concern about food-borne illness has questioned the knowledge of the street food vendors to constitute safety practices for food handling. …”
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Use of volunteers in early years interventions for parents: A scoping review of roles and the extent of evaluation research in this area. by Louise Padgett, Sarah L Blower, Hollie Henderson, Maria Bryant

“…Research conducted in the UK or comparable high-income countries since the year 2000 were identified and data relating to the volunteer role, intervention design and evaluation methods were mapped. …”
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Machine learning analysis of the relationships between traumatic childbirth experience with positive and negative fertility motivations in Iran in a community-based sample by Mahdieh Arian, Talat Khadivzadeh, Mahla Shafeei, Sedigheh Abdollahpour

“…Conclusions Positive and negative fertility motivations are significantly affected by the history of traumatic childbirth. Therefore, in countries that want to grow their population, preventing traumatic childbirth and providing counseling interventions should be placed in the priorities of maternal care.…”
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Complex biochemical characteristics of <i>Coriandrum sativum</i> L. by T. V. Khmelinskaya, A. E. Smolenskaya, A. E. Solovyeva

“…The green biomass of  67 coriander accessions from different countries maintained in the VIR collection served as the research material. …”
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