Surgical Repair of Late Complications in Patients Having Undergone Primary Hypospadias Repair during Childhood: A New Perspective by Guido Barbagli, Salvatore Sansalone, Rados Djinovic, Massimo Lazzeri

“…Preoperative evaluation included clinical history, physical examination, urine culture, residual urine measurement, uroflowmetry, urethrography, urethral sonography, and urethroscopy. …”
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THE REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN IN THE LONE RANGER FILM: A GENETIC STRUCTURALISM ANALYSIS by Dyani Prades Pratiwi

“…The research results showed that intrinsically, the character Tonto, played by Johnny Depp (a white), correlated to the economic purpose. As a mass culture, this film was produced to gain profits. choosing John Depp is a form of strategy to achieve the film's success because Johnny Depp is one of the top actors who has many fans. …”
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Notes on Post-criticality: Towards an Architecture of Reflexive Modernisation by Robert Cowherd

“…To what extent can considerations of political economy, culture, globalisation, and environmental crisis be translated into the explicit performance criteria and computational parameters? …”
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Vanadate reduction by gram-positive fermentative bacteria isolated from deep-sea sediments on the northern Central Indian Ridge. by Bokyung Kim, Dong Kyun Woo, Juhwan Jeong, Min Sub Sim

“…In this study, we isolated Tepidibacter mesophilus strain VROV1 from deep-sea sediments on the northern Central Indian Ridge and investigated its ability to reduce vanadium and the impact of vanadate on its cellular metabolism. A series of culture experiments revealed that the isolated strain efficiently reduces V(V) to V(IV) during fermentation, even at mM levels, and this reduction involves a direct biological process rather than indirect reduction via metabolic products. …”
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Senior Schoolchildren’s Mentorship: the Case of St. Joseph’s School by Lijana Gvaldaitė, Roberta Budreckaitė, Donalda Bučinskienė

“…The research found that primary school pupils benefited from homework help from mentors - some of them improved learning motivation, skills and performance, as well as communication skills.The project demonstrated that the mentoring model is also a way to develop schoolchildren’s leadership, strengthen the relationships inside the school community; apart from that, it contributes to the creation of a culture of solidarity and social capital based on generosity and unconditionality. …”
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Analysing perceptions of nature and nature's contributions to people for a Swiss ecological infrastructure by Marina Cracco, Gretchen Walters, Romain Loup

“…Residents in these regions perceive parks, and other areas where nature has been prioritized, provide more benefits than other areas; nature's intrinsic value is as equally important or, for some, even more important than its importance for the economy or culture; and that the perception on the state of nature and nature's contributions differ inside and outside parks. …”
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Evidence for Transfer of Membranes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells to HL-1 Cardiac Cells by Robert A. Boomsma, David L. Geenen

“…MSC were layered onto confluent HL-1 cell cultures in a 1 : 4 ratio. MSC gained gap junction permeant calcein from HL-1 cells after 4 hours which was partially reduced by oleamide. …”
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Providing a Framework for Implementing Agile Big Data-based Supply Chain (Case Study: FMCG Companies) by Hamed Nozari, Javid Ghahremani-Nahr

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Security Challenges: Appraisal of Threats to Nigeria’s Sovereignty in the Fourth Republic (1999-2019) by Olanrewaju Rafiu Memud, Solomon A. Ojo

“…The study recommends good governance and unadulterated fiscal federalism, free and fair elections; discourage culture of impunity, proactiveresponse to intelligence information gathering/usage; and non[1]politicization of unfolding socio-political issues. …”
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Features of using social networks in self-learning foreign languages by O. Shumskyi

“…Moreover, foreign language instruction should encompass not only imparting knowledge and skills for information activities but also cultivating a culture of communication within the digital environment and fostering virtual intercultural competence. …”
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Postoperative Endophthalmitis after Combined Cataract Extraction and iStent Inject Implantation by Johnson Huang, Minh T. Nguyen, Mai Tsukikawa, Andrew Chen

“…The patient underwent a vitreous tap and intravitreal injections of vancomycin (1 mg/0.1 mL) and amikacin (0.4 mg/0.1 mL). Cultures grew Staphylococcus epidermidis. Lab work-up revealed underlying neutropenia. …”
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Developing a Framework to Support the Delivery of Effective Pain Management for Children: An Exploratory Qualitative Study by Joan Simons, Bernie Carter, Jennie Craske

“…Some practitioners indicated that pain management required education and more resources, and that the culture of an area could influence pain management practice. …”
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Use of Micronization and Complex Coacervation to Preserve Antioxidant Properties of Flavonoids by Rinat Fatkullin, Irina Kalinina, Natalya Naumenko, Ekaterina Naumenko

“…The digested fractions of the encapsulated properties reveal better antioxidant properties than their original forms in in vitro tests evaluating the antioxidant properties on cultures of the protozoan Paramecium caudatum and human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. …”
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Final Paleolithic in the Kaliningrad Region: current state of the study and source criticism based on published and archival data by Evgeniia Р. Tkach, Anzhela D. Malyarova, Artem S. Tarakanov

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The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures by Izabella Olejniczak, Grzegorz Makulec

“…We found that soil layer (Kruskal-Wallis test: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), biodiversity of grass culture (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) and the period of the season (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) had an important effect on densities of collembolan communities independently of earthworms presence (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). …”
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following enteric fever: A rare autopsy case report by Gwendolyn Fernandes, Pooja Mhashete, Pranav Pramod Patwardhan

“…Investigations for the etiology of fever and blood cultures were negative while the bone marrow aspirate revealed a normocellular marrow. …”
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains from Rosheim, Middle Neolithic, France by Christina Cheung, Fanny Chenal, Magali Fabre, Marie Horviller, Estelle Herrscher, Aline Thomas

“…Through a comparison of stable isotope compositions of human and faunal remains from the Rhine Basin with those from the contemporary Paris Basin (Cerny culture), this study demonstrates that while there are many similarities in terms of burial rites between RR and Cerny, the RR inhabitants had a more agrarian lifestyle.…”
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Quality of phytopathometric variables generated from a ranking scale for the CABMV-passionfruit pathosystem by Antonio Carlos Mota Porto, Mariana de Lima Santos, Antonio Carlos Oliveira

“…The Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) is one of the most important pathogenic agents in passionfruit culture, causing extensive loss throughout the national territory. …”
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Personality. Development of Thought Throughout Time. Existence by A. E. Razumov

“…A personality can evaluate and contain various cultures, knowledge and beliefs, science and religions. …”
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Seroprevalence of Taenia saginata Cysts in Cattle, Human Hospital Cases, and Risk Factors for Human Taeniasis in Kajiado County, Kenya by Ruphline M. Anyango, Timothy M. Wachira, Gerald M. Muchemi

“…This will gradually result in behavior and culture change that will ultimately reduce the prevalence and lead to the elimination of the disease.…”
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