The influence of incidental haptic sensations in evaluating consumer brands by Leigh Leo, Elizabeth Swinstead, Freddie Crous, Gideon Pieter de Bruin

“…In two experiments (N = 178 and N = 128) evidence was found to support this hypothesis. Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed. …”
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A case report of acute promyelocytic leukemia with myeloid sarcoma of the lumbar spine and literature review by Yiwen Du, Kun Yang, Yantao Ling, Ying Zhang, Yuping Gong

“…Routine blood tests were unremarkable, and bone marrow smears and immunophenotyping showed no evidence of abnormal myeloblasts or promyelocytes. …”
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Stock investment funds in Brazil: performance and management expertise by Paulo Rogério Faustino Matos, Artur Nave

“…The quadrimestral rebalancing of the portfolios based on these rankings permits inferring that in scenarios characterized as economic booms or recovery of financial markets, the strategies with equal participation in winner funds provides significantly higher average monthly gains, reduction of risk associated with diversification and consequently enhanced performance in relation to market or sector benchmarks. This evidence is robust to the use of different performance metrics for fund selection, indicating that active investors in winning funds demand good performance not only in terms of the Sharpe ratio, but also with respect to other metrics, such as the Treynor, Calmar and Sortino ratios. …”
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Do Investments in Innovation and Quality Management Systems Ensure Superior Financial Performance? A Quantitative Study of Brazilian Publicly Traded Companies by Lis Lisboa Bernardino, Paulo S. Figueiredo, Abel Ribeiro de Jesus, Flávio Garcia de Oliveira Soares Filho

“…Regression results shows evidence that Brazilian publicly traded companies are having little success in regards to financial results by their six sigma efforts, and that R&D efforts and ISO 9001 certification exert positive and significant impact on profitability, via the ROA index. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Heart Failure Treatment by Leonardo Maikel Gómez Carcassés, Raiko Cruz Sosa, Francisco Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Juan José Navarro López, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…The clinical practice guidelines are the result of the compilation and evaluation of all the relevant evidence available, on a particular topic, with the aim of helping physicians select the best diagnostic and therapeutic strategy to apply to a patient suffering from a determined disease. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Banana Fiber-Reinforced Materials Poly (Lactic Acid) Composites by Tuan Anh Nguyen, Thi Huong Nguyen

“…SEM observations showed visual evidence that surface impurities were removed from the fiber by NaOH treatment.…”
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Thermal Hazards of Synthesizing a Grignard Reagent under Different Dosing Rates by Wei Wang, Jiancun Gao, Chenguang Shi, Shengnan Wang, Yujing Li, Xiong Dai, Tianmeng Jiang

“…These findings provide further evidence that the dose rate of 0.5 g⋅min−1 was safer to produce Grignard reagents.…”
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Abdominal Wall Defects: Hydrogel based solutions in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction by Alook Kumar Ajay, Shashi Ranjan, Rajendra Singh, Shalini Kapoor Mehta

“…Preclinical and clinical evidence suggests that hydrogel technology could revolutionize the standard of care for abdominal wall defects, offering a more effective and patient-friendly solution. …”
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Developmental and Activity Dependent Regulation of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors at Synapses by Elek Molnar, John T.R. Isaac

“…Here we discuss the evidence that these basic mechanisms are used during developmental synaptic plasticity.…”
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Socio-Legal Strategies against a Total Abortion Ban in El Salvador: Alliances in Hostile Contexts by María Angélica Peñas Defago, Violeta Cánaves

“…Abstract The case of El Salvador provides unique evidence of how solidarity is possible among different social movements in struggles over abortion law reform and its impact, even in contexts of extreme criminalization. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Positive Youth Development Program for Secondary Students in Macau by Andrew L. Luk, K. M. Leong, Annah M. L. Au

“…In view of the paucity of youth studies in Macau, the present study can contribute to evidence-based youth work and provide baseline data for the program to be evaluated in the Secondary 3 periods in the future.…”
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Milnacipran for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia by Harshit Gupta, Brook Girma, Jack S. Jenkins, Sarah E. Kaufman, Christopher A. Lee, Alan D. Kaye

“…This review presents the background, evidence, and indications for using milnacipran as a treatment option for this condition…”
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The Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TB): TB/HIV Coinfection, Multidrug-Resistant TB and the Resulting Public Health Threat from Extensively Drug-Resistant TB,... by Paul E Alexander, Prithwish De

“…However, the emergence and transmission of drug-resistant TB, including the recently detected extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), is driven, in part, by the synergistic relationship between TB and HIV (TB/HIV coinfection). There is evidence that persons infected with HIV are more likely to experience XDR-TB. …”
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Late Onset Atypical Pantothenate-Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Natalie Diaz

“…As the radiographic findings are quite characteristic, genetic testing should be performed if the MRI shows evidence of iron accumulation. Optimal treatment strategies are not known, and at the current time therapies should be directed at the specific manifestations of the disease.…”
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Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in Patients without Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Paradigm Shift in Mechanical Ventilation by Jed Lipes, Azadeh Bojmehrani, Francois Lellouche

“…We will briefly review the physiologic rationale for low tidal volume ventilation and explore the current evidence for protective ventilation in patients without lung injury. …”
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Cellular Signaling in Müller Glia: Progenitor Cells for Regenerative and Neuroprotective Responses in Pharmacological Models of Retinal Degeneration by Yang Liu, Chenguang Wang, Guanfang Su

“…Müller glia are a major component of the retina and considerable evidence suggested these cells can be induced to produce the lost neurons in several species. …”
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Exacerbation of Congenital Hydronephrosis as the First Presentation of COVID-19 Infection in Children by Masoumeh Mohkam, Mahnaz Jamee, Farshid Kompani, Mitra Khalili, Atena Seifi, Leily Mohajerzadeh

“…The common aspect in all these patients was the evidence of a COVID-19 infection. Conclusions. Infection with COVID-19 in children with antenatal hydronephrosis may exacerbate the degree of hydronephrosis and renal APD in ultrasonography, which itself may be mediated by the increase in inflammatory mediators.…”
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Beyond Anything Realism Can Represent? Monstrous Crime in Marx’s Victorian Novel by Jayson Althofer

“…It highlights his development of Engels’s Gothic realism, demonstrates how <i>Capital</i> begins <i>in media res</i>—its first sentence presenting an immense, monstrous collection of evidence of Capital’s cannibalism—and links this opening crime scene to Marx’s portrayal of the 1863 case of Mary Anne Walkley. …”
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Why women or why not men? sex and autoimmune diseases by Gilberto Cincinelli, Elena Generali, Rajkiran Dudam, Vinod Ravindran, Carlo Selmi

“…Eventually, research has focused on sex as a determinant of antirheumatic treatment response with promising evidence for a further personalized management of patients with autoimmune diseases.…”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Exosomes: Novel Therapeutic Approach for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Cheng-mei Tian, Mei-feng Yang, Hao-ming Xu, Min-zheng Zhu, Yuan Zhang, Jun Yao, Li-sheng Wang, Yu-jie Liang, De-feng Li

“…The anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived Exos (MSC-Exos) provide a rationale for novel cell-free therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Growing evidence has shown that MSC-Exos can be a potential candidate for treating IBD. …”
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