Abuse of patent rights for pharmaceuticals in wartime conditions by A.O. Kodynets, O.F. Doroshenko, I.P. Volynets, G.K. Dorozhko, V.O. Petrenko, V.V. Belitsky

“…The aim of the study is to summarize the problems of patent rights abuse in the national legislation, identify ways to resolve them, and formulate conclusions to reduce such abuses. The study employs general scientific and specialized methods of scientific cognition, including dialectical, formal-logical, system-structural, comparative-legal methods, as well as modeling, analysis, and synthesis. …”
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Global burden and trends of norovirus-associated diseases from 1990 to 2021 an observational trend study by MengLan Zhu, MengLan Zhu, ZiLing Huang, TongTong Liu, ChenNan Wu, ZhiHan Shang, LuLu Zhang

“…For trend analysis, we employed annual percentage change (EAPC) through linear regression and applied Joinpoint analysis to identify significant changes over time. …”
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Application of dynamic systems modeling approach to rank optimal urban waste management strategies using SWOT method by Hamid Shahbandarzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kabgani

“…Among ST strategies, culturing for recyclable containers weighing 0.51 is in the first place. Employing knowledgeable people for proper waste segregation and disposal among WT strategies, with a weight of 0.57, was ranked first, and finally, the strategy of encouraging the private sector to invest, with a weight equivalent to 0.43 among WO strategies, Ranked first. …”
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Improving NGOs’ participation in implementing HIV preventive interventions: a case of adolescents with high-risk behaviors in Iran by Haniye Sadat Sajadi, Laleh Ghadirian, Azadeh Sayarifard, Fatemeh Rajabi, Maryam Nazari, Narges Rostamigooran, Nina Loori, Haniyeh Haji Abolhasan Memar, Mojgan Farshadi, Parvin Afsar Kazerooni, Maryam Sargolzaeemoghaddam, Reza Majdzadeh

“…Abstract Background The study aimed to identify the obstacles that NGOs face in their participation in implementing HIV preventive interventions among adolescents with high-risk behaviors in Iran and to propose interventions to enhance their involvement. Methods The study employed a qualitative approach in three phases to identify barriers and solutions to NGOs’ participation in HIV preventive interventions. …”
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Designing and Modeling Digital Transformation in the Automotive Industry: Leveraging the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Mohammad Saeed Mozafari Mehr, Mohammad Taghi Taghavifard

“…Methods This study adopts an applied-developmental approach in terms of its purpose, utilizes a descriptive survey method for data collection, and employs a mixed data analysis method. The community of participants in the qualitative section comprised of experts, policymakers, academics, managers of knowledge-based companies, and senior managers of Iran Khodro Company. …”
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The prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and its associated factors among children in Ethiopia, 2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Molla Azmeraw, Dessie Temesgen, Amare Kassaw, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Gashaw Kerebeh, Gebremeskel Kibret Abebe, Addis Wondmagegn Alamaw, Biruk Beletew Abate

“…A Galbraith plot was employed to illustrate outliers. Sensitivity analysis was also applied.ResultThis study included a total of six articles with 4,338 participants. …”
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Regulation of LPS-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells via TLR4-Mediated NF-κB and MAPK Signaling Pathways by Lactoferrin by Kai Zhang, Ruizhen Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Min Zhang, Hong Su, Feifei Zhao, Daqing Wang, Guifang Cao, Yong Zhang

“…Western blotting was employed to evaluate the phosphorylation levels in the inflammatory signaling pathways MAPK/P38/ERK and NF-κB/P65, while RT-qPCR was used to examine the impact on TLR4 receptor gene expression. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with long COVID among diverse healthcare workers in the UK: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide study (UK-REACH) by Kamlesh Khunti, Katherine Woolf, Luke Bryant, Manish Pareek, Carolyn Tarrant, Christopher A Martin, Amani Al-Oraibi, Laura B Nellums

“…The primary exposure of interest was self-reported ethnicity. We employed univariable and multivariable logistic regression to identify associations. …”
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Hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol to 1,2-pentanediol catalyzed by first row transition metal salts by Muhammad Rafi Pratama, Istifhamy Irnanda, Hendra Julius Situmorang, Yessi Permana, Siti Hartinah Qurbayni, Husni Wahyu Wijaya, Ubed Sonai Fahruddin Arrozi

“…One type of catalyst that can be used for synthesizing this compound is transition-metal-based catalysts, employed in the hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol (FOL). …”
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Contemporary approach to the surgical management of traumatic submacular hemorrhage with choroidal rupture (case series) by A.V. Seleznev, U.L. Amashova, A.Yu. Brezhnev, Z.M. Nagornova, A.C. Egorova, A.V. Kuroyedov

“…The active management strategy employed for these patients (pneumodislocation plus enzymatic lysis) was analyzed based on the results of optical coherence tomography, eye fundus photography, and visual acuity measurement. …”
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Identifying Touchpoints for Foreign Tourists in the Customer Journey through 5 A's Approach by Mostafa Esmaeili Mahyari, Mohammad Ghaffari, Hamid Reza Irani, Elham Ebrahimi

“…MethodologyThe study employed an abductive research method, utilizing convenient and snowball sampling methods to select foreign tourists who have visited Iran in the last four years as participants. …”
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Age-associated microglial transcriptome leads to diminished immunogenicity and dysregulation of MCT4 and P2RY12/P2RY13 related functions by Martin Škandík, Lara Friess, Guillermo Vázquez-Cabrera, Lily Keane, Kathleen Grabert, Mireia Cruz De los Santos, Mercedes Posada-Pérez, Austeja Baleviciute, Mathilde Cheray, Bertrand Joseph

“…To address these unresolved questions, we employed a novel and highly controlled approach utilizing long-term cultivated BV-2 microglia, exempted from additional external stimuli. …”
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Efferocytosis-related gene IL33 predicts prognosis and immune response and mediates proliferation and migration in vitro and in vivo of breast cancer by Xiao He, Xianjie Cheng, Zhun Zhang, Lanhui Chen, Changjun Xie, Mengjie Tang

“…Our study seeks to create a predictive model for BRCA using efferocytosis-related genes (ERGs) to explore the significance of efferocytosis in this disease.MethodsIn this research, Differential analysis, and univariate Cox regression were employed to identify genes linked to prognosis in BRCA patients. …”
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Development of machine learning models for diagnostic biomarker identification and immune cell infiltration analysis in PCOS by Wenxiu Chen, Jianliang Miao, Jingfei Chen, Jianlin Chen

“…Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were employed to verify the accuracy of models by SVM and XGBoost. …”
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Clinical outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 38 patients with refractory/relapsed primary or second... by Jiaying Wu, Wanying Liu, Yang Cao, Yang Yang, Zhen Shang, Mi Zhou, Yicheng Zhang, Fankai Meng, Xiaojian Zhu, Yi Xiao

“…The Kaplan–Meier method was employed to estimate survival curves, and group comparisons were performed using the log-rank test. …”
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Business’ Attitudes Towards Corruption in Selected Central European Countries by Nenad Vretenar, Ana Marija Filipas, Martina Briš Alić

“…Therefore, this paper employs the difference between de jure and de facto transparency as a categorisation criterion to analyse the factors influencing the perception of corruption. …”
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Effective leaf rust resistance genes of wheat in Novosibirsk Province in connection with the variability of the <i>Puccinia triticina</i> population by L. P. Sochalova, N. I. Boyko, A. A. Poteshkina, V. V. Piskarev

“…Additionally, a set of cultivars with the Lr19, Lr20, Lr28, Lr39; 6 – Lr6Agi2, Lr6Agi1, LrKu, and LrSp2 genes was employed.   Results. A high frequency of virulence was detected for cultivars with the Lr3ka, Lr10, Lr1, Lr2a, Lr2c, Lr3a, Lr11, Lr18, Lr20, Lr30, Lr16, Lr17, and LrB genes (66.7–100 %). …”
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Easy Data Augmentation untuk Data yang Imbalance pada Konsultasi Kesehatan Daring by Anisa Nur Azizah, Misbachul Falach Asy'ari, Ifnu Wisma Dwi Prastya, Diana Purwitasari

“…Our work investigates the Easy Data Augmentation (EDA) algorithm, which is sentence paraphrase-based in the OHC texts that often in non-formal sentences by using techniques of synonym replacement (SR), random insertion (RI), random swap (RS), and random deletion (RD). We employ the Indonesian thesaurus for changing synonyms in the EDA and do empirical experiments on parameters required by the algorithm to obtain optimal results of text augmentation. …”
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Predictive modelling and identification of critical variables of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Olawande Daramola, Tatenda Duncan Kavu, Maritha J. Kotze, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Boniface Kabaso, Thomas Moser, Karl Stroetmann, Isaac Fwemba, Fisayo Daramola, Martha Nyirenda, Susan J. van Rensburg, Peter S. Nyasulu

“…Aside from clinical methods, artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions such as machine learning (ML) models have been employed in treating COVID-19 cases. However, limited application of AI for COVID-19 in Africa has been reported in the literature. …”
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The prevalence and influencing factors of COVID-19 in pregnant women post-relaxation of epidemic control measures in Hunan Province, China by Yingxia Wang, Yixu Liu, Kehan Zou, Min Yang, Yinglan Wu, Donghua Xie

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in pregnant women after relaxation of epidemic control measures.MethodsThis cross-sectional study employed a multistage stratified sampling method, involving six sampling sites (districts/counties) of three cities (Zhuzhou, Chenzhou, and Huaihua) in Hunan Province, China. …”
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