Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma from Transplanted Kidney with Complete Response to an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor by Ryan S. Chiang, Ashton A. Connor, Brant A. Inman, Wen-Chi Foo, David N. Howell, John F. Madden, Matthew J. Ellis, Aparna S. Rege, Michael R. Harrison

“…Routine radiologic surveillance has demonstrated 15-month progression-free survival to date off pembrolizumab, and she is now under consideration for retransplantation. …”
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Simulation and prediction of land use and land cover change using GIS, remote sensing and CA-Markov model by H.A. Khawaldah, I. Farhan, N.M. Alzboun

“…The areas around the central and eastern parts of the governorate are predicted to have significant expansion of the built-up area by these dates, which should be taken into consideration in future plans. …”
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Application of kDNA Minicircle PCR-RFLP to Characterize Leishmania donovani Clinical Isolates Obtained from Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Eastern Nepal by Ojesh Pokhrel, Keshav Rai, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Suman Rijal, Arpana Rijal, Basudha Khanal

“…Molecular epidemiological characterization of L. donovani isolates obtained from VL and PKDL isolates is essentially required in order to understand the transmission dynamics of the VL infection. To date, genetic variation among the VL and PKDL L. donovani isolates was not fully elucidated. …”
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Proximal Hypospadias Repair Outcomes in Patients with a Specific Disorder of Sexual Development Diagnosis by Blake W. Palmer, William Reiner, Brad P. Kropp

“…Such procedures are done to correct ventral curvature of the phallus, reposition a proximally located urethral meatus, and cosmetically correct the appearance of labioscrotal folds. No studies to date have assessed if patients with a specific DSD diagnosis have worse outcomes for severe proximal hypospadias procedures or whether or not these patients require more extensive surgical maneuvers than severe proximal hypospadias patients without a specific DSD diagnosis. …”
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Tropical montane forest loss dominated by increased 1–10 hectare-sized patches by Xinyue He, Dominick V Spracklen, Joseph Holden, Zhenzhong Zeng

“…Our study provides up-to-date and spatially explicit information on the scale of tropical mountain forest loss, and temporal trends associated with these patterns, which is crucial for assessing the sustainability of mountain forest ecosystems, highlighting the need for targeted, region-specific strategies to slow or reverse forest loss.…”
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Germination and establishment of Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng plants are affected by scarification treatment used by Yanier Acosta, Sershen, Jorge A. Sánchez, Inaudis Cejas, Dayamí Fontes, Marcos E. Martínez-Montero

“…Spreng. Study site and date: Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, 2019 year. Methods: Four scarification treatments (sanding, sulfuric acid, hot water, and liquid nitrogen (LN)) were evaluated under controlled laboratory and field conditions. …”
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Analysis on the Vertical Additional Force of Shaft and Drainage Settlement Characteristics of Topsoil Containing Multiaquifers by Tao Han, Tingting Luo, Tao Zhang, Yong Yan, Xiaoxu Hu, Tao Yan, Weihao Yang

“…The vertical additional force induced by the drainage consolidation settlement of the topsoil is one of the main factors for shaft wall fracture. To date, the number of aquifers of topsoil rises with the depth increasing of shaft, which would lead to a more serious additional force effect. …”
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Blockchain-Powered Secure and Scalable Threat Intelligence System With Graph Convolutional Autoencoder and Reinforcement Learning Feedback Loop by Mohamad Khayat, Ezedin Barka, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Farag Sallabi, Khaled Shuaib, Heba M. Khater

“…As the field of cybersecurity has experienced continual changes, up-to-date techniques have become increasingly necessary to analyze and defend against threats. …”
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Exercise and Caloric Restriction Alter the Immune System of Mice Submitted to a High-Fat Diet by Frederick Wasinski, Reury F. P. Bacurau, Milton R. Moraes, Anderson S. Haro, Pedro M. M. Moraes-Vieira, Gabriel R. Estrela, Edgar J. Paredes-Gamero, Carlos C. Barros, Sandro S. Almeida, Niels O. S. Câmara, Ronaldo C. Araujo

“…Exercise and caloric restriction are two important, nonpharmacological tools against body mass increase. To date, their effects on the immune cells of adipose tissue in obese organisms, specifically when a high-fat diet is consumed, have been poorly investigated. …”
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The Psychosocial Impact of the Romanian Government Measures on the Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Armenia Androniceanu, Doina-Mihaela Marton

“…The research was conducted between 28 November and 25 December 2020, but refers to the measures taken by the government and local authorities from the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic to date. The sample, representative for Bucharest, included 421 citizens living in Bucharest, aged between 19 and 40 years. …”
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History of origin and development of customer service by T. N. Sakulyeva, S. Trombetta

“…These two concepts in an inseparable bundle to more accurately reflect the importance of service both in small trade transactions and for the work of transport industry leaders, – have been considered in the article.The trade and economic breakthrough in the development of international trade relations, which dates back to the XIII century. The most important period for studying the history of the service concept as a key aspect of trade. …”
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A Decision Model Assessing the Owner and Contractor’s Conflict Behaviors in Construction Projects by Guangdong Wu, Huanming Wang, Ruidong Chang

“…To add value to the construction project, the owner should establish an impartial and reasonable benefit-sharing mechanism, optimize the owner and contractor’s resource arrangement, maximize the positive effect of conflict on project benefits, and avoid the negative effect of conflict. Few studies to date have investigated the effects of conflict behaviors on project benefits in terms of modeling and simulation in construction projects. …”
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The perceptions of morality of secondary school learners: a cross-cultural study by J. Coetzee, D. A. Louw, J. C. Jooste

“…More specifically, the possible role that gender, culture, lifestyle, religion and sexual practices in these perceptions of morality may play will be investigated. To date, no studies have attempted to measure the youth’s perceptions of morality. …”
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Creating a model of threats to Ukraine’s national critical infrastructure as a basis for ensuring its security and resilience by D. S. Melnyk

“…The purpose of the article is to create an up-to-date threat model that formalises the likely impacts on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, which will improve the effectiveness of its protection. …”
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The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets by Belete Kuraz Abebe

“…Therefore, the primary goal of this review was to provide and synthesize scientifically confirmed and up-to-date information on the dietary usage of pigeon pea for food and feed. …”
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Chaotic and Quasi-periodic Regimes in the Covid-19 Mortality Data by Ekrem Aydıner, Erkan Yılmaz

“…In the present study, four countries: Türkiye, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have been selected since they exhibit similar characteristics in terms of the pandemic’s onset date, wave patterns, measures taken against the outbreak, and the vaccines used. …”
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THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW by Nia Kania, Yaya Sukjaya Kusumah

“…The study endeavors to offer a comprehensive overview of measuring instruments for HOTS in mathematics, utilizing precise and up-to-date global data. Methodology - The research adheres to the PRISMA methodology, employing the systematic literature review (SLR) technique, encompassing ten distinct steps. …”
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Estimating Potential for Drug Budget Reallocation Following Expiration of Exclusivity of Pharmaceutical Products by Samira Toghanian, John Moshtaghi-Svensson, Maria Papageorgiou, Kristin Kittelsen, Christiaan Dolk, Markus Hultstrand, Stina Salomonsson

“…**Methods:** Pharmaceutical sales data, drug costs and LOE dates were modeled and forecast using an analytical framework (Affordability by ReallocaTing Funds model \[ART\]) to estimate future incremental budget availability using scenario analyses in Greece (GR), the Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO) and Sweden (SW). …”
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Multiobjective Optimization Model of Production Planning in Cloud Manufacturing Based on TOPSIS Method with Combined Weights by Zhiru Li, Wei Xu, Huibin Shi, Qingshan Zhang, Fengyi He

“…Then, a multiobjective optimization model has been constructed according to the product delivery date, product cost, and product quality that customers care most about. …”
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