Le sainct esprit a yci pourtrait au vif ... Calvin's understanding of the Holy Spirit's modus operandi in the life of believers in the light of the preface to his Commentary on the... by E. Kayayan

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HOW ONESIMUS WAS HEARD – EVENTUALLY. SOME INSIGHTS FROM THE HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION OF PAUL’S LETTER TO PHILEMON by D.F. Tolmie

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A Comparative Analysis of the Antioxidant Profiles Generated by the RoXsta^TM System for Diverse Biological Fluids Highlights the Powerful Protective Role of Human Semina... by Robert J. Aitken, Alexandra Wilkins, Natasha Harrison, Mohammad Bahrami, Zamira Gibb, Kaitlin McIntosh, Quan Vuong, Sarah Lambourne

“…The purpose of this study was to examine its performance utilizing a diverse array of biological fluids including semen, blood plasma, serum, urine, saliva, follicular fluid and plant extracts. (2) Methods: The RoXsta^TM system was used to assess the ability of different fluids to suppress free radical formation as well as scavenge a variety of toxic oxygen metabolites including free radicals and both hydrogen and organic peroxides. (3) Results: Human semen was shown to have significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.001) more peroxide scavenging power than any other fluid tested (10–14 mM vitamin C equivalent compared with 1–2 mM for blood serum or plasma), while urine was particularly effective in scavenging free radicals and preventing free radical formation (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Assessing the Efficacy of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Controlling Bacterial Contamination in the In Vitro Micropropagation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc) by Selam Tewelde, Subban Patharajan, Zenebe Teka, Desta Berhe Sbhatu

“…This problem obliged growers to seek for tens of millions of vigorous and disease-free planting materials very quickly via in vitro micropropagation of shoot tip explants. …”
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Thyroid function abnormalities in individuals with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis by Sagad O. O. Mohamed, Hussein Ahmed, Mohammed A. H. Mohammednoor, Khalefa B. K. Alzubeir, Safaa Fadlelmoula, Osman O. A. Abdallah, Izzut Awad Ahmed

“…While non-significant, there was a trend towards lower levels of triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxin (T4), free T3, and free T4 in the SCD group (T3: SMD = -1.746; 95% CI, -3.561–0.070; p = 0.059; T4: SMD = -1.365; 95% CI, -3.030–0.300; p = 0.108; free T3: SMD = -0.384; 95% CI, -1.128–0.356; p = 0.311; free T4: SMD = -1.205; 95% CI, -2.522–0.111; p = 0.073). …”
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Pembrolizumab plus Pemetrexed and Platinum in Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-Life Study at a Portuguese Centre by Maria João Santos, Filipa Ferro, Andrea Machado, Ana Sofia Vilariça, Direndra Hasmucrai, Paula Alves

“…Median overall and progression-free survival were 12.2 months and 6.7 months, respectively. …”
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Marine Shale Gas Occurrence and Its Influencing Factors: A Case Study from the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Northwestern Guizhou, China by Taotao Cao, Hu Liu, Anyang Pan, Mo Deng, Qinggu Cao, Ye Yu, Yanran Huang, Zhenghui Xiao

“…Shale gas occurrence, free gas/sorbed gas ratio, and their influencing factors are crucial for shale gas exploitation strategy. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Response of the Carbody–Anti-Bending Bars System by Ioana-Izabela Apostol, Traian Mazilu, Mădălina Dumitriu

“…The theoretical principle of this method has been demonstrated employing a passenger rail vehicle model that includes the carbody as a free–free Euler–Bernoulli beam and the anti-bending bars as longitudinal springs jointed to the vertical supports. …”
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Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Fan, Sumin Ma, Jiayi Gu

“…The pooled results of the meta-analysis showed that the clamping group had a significantly higher risk of urinary tract infections (RR=1.47; 95% CI 1.26 to 1.72; p&lt;0.00001) and a longer hour to first void (SMD=0.19; 95% CI 0.08 to 0.29; p=0.0004) compared with the free drainage group. Subgroup analysis of indwelling urinary catheter use durations of ≤7 days indicated that clamping significantly increased the risk of urinary tract infection (RR=1.69; 95% CI 1.42 to 2.02, p&lt;0.00001) and lengthens the interval to first void (SMD=0.26, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.41, p=0.0008) compared with free drainage.Conclusions Bladder training by clamping indwelling urinary catheters increases the incidence of urinary tract infection and lengthens the hours to first void in patients with indwelling urinary catheters use durations of ≤7 days compared with the free drainage. …”
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Relationship between Ca2+ and cAMP as second messengers in ACTH-induced cortisol production in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells by Masahiko Kutsukake, Naoko Kuwabara, Yoshikazu Miyate, Kenzo Kudo, Shoko Goto, Eiichi Taira, Eiichi Tachikawa

“…However, ACTH did not increase either of them in the Ca2+-free medium. ACTH rapidly increased the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the normal medium, but did not influence [Ca2+]i in the Ca2+-free medium, indicating that ACTH caused Ca2+ influx into the cells. …”
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Imbalance of oral microbiome homeostasis: the relationship between microbiota and the occurrence of dental caries by Rui Liu, Yingshuang Liu, Jialong Yi, Yanke Fang, Qiang Guo, Lei Cheng, Jinzhi He, Mingyun Li

“…Results 16 S rRNA gene sequencing of saliva and dental plaque from the Specific Pathogen Free Control group and the Specific Pathogen Free sucrose diet group revealed that a sucrose diet significantly influenced the composition of the oral microbiome. …”
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The association between pretransplant malignancy and post-transplant survival and cancer recurrence in bilateral lung transplantation: An analysis of 23,291 recipients by Wongi Woo, MD, Hye Sung Kim, MD, Ankit Bharat, MBBS, Young Kwang Chae, MD, PhD, MBA

“…If patients with pre-TM are free from recurrence or metastasis for a significant time, there could be some who can benefit from BLT. …”
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Reverse percolation models for growing real-world networks by Tao Fu, Caixia Zeng, Liling Zou, Chenguang Li

“…In the context of preferential attachment, the simultaneous addition of nodes and edges may always produce a proportion of networks exhibiting scare-free structures. However, irrespective of the emergence of scale-free properties, the connectivity status of these networks can be effectively predicted using the proposed reverse percolation model.…”
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A Case of Resistance to Thyroid Hormone with Chronic Thyroiditis: Discovery of a Novel Mutation (I54V) by I. Kammoun, C. Bouzid, H. Kandara, L. Ben Salem, Z. Turki, C. Ben Slama

“…This patient had increased plasma free T3, free T4 at the upper limits with unsuppressed TSH. …”
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Examining Primary School Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices: A Case Study on Curriculum Reform and Implementation by Moeketsi David Ralebese, Loyiso Jita, Olalekan Taofeek Badmus

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Analysis of Puerarin and Chemical Compositions Changes in Kudzu Root during Growth Period by Yiguo Zhao, Mei Xu, Zhinneg You, Dongsheng Li, Mingquan Zhou, Yupeng Zhu, Chao Wang

“…Beyond that, the contents of protein, free amino acids, and lipid in kudzu root ranged from 31.8 to 45.8 g/kg, 2.21 to 4.33 g/kg, and 32.2 to 76.9 g/kg, respectively. …”
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Impact of ionomers on porous Fe-N-C catalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction in gas diffusion electrodes by Jinjie Zhu, Angus Pedersen, Simon Kellner, Robert D. Hunter, Jesús Barrio

“…Abstract Alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) offer a promising alternative to the traditional fossil fuel due to their ability to use inexpensive platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts, which could potentially replace Platinum-based catalysts. …”
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Challenges of Gender Policy Implementation in the Security and Defense Sector by O. M. Tsukan, M. Yu. Burdin

“…The authors of the article have studied the problems of ensuring the principles of gender equality in the free trade sector of the security and defense sector. …”
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Faster model-based estimation of ancestry proportions by Santander, Cindy G., Refoyo Martinez, Alba, Meisner, Jonas

“…We present a new model-based approach, fastmixture, which adopts aspects from likelihood-free approaches for parameter initialization, followed by a mini-batch expectation-maximization procedure to model the standard likelihood. …”
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