Stationary BTZ space-time in Ricci-inverse and $$f({\mathcal {R}})$$ f ( R ) gravity theories by Faizuddin Ahmed, Abdelmalek Bouzenada

“…It is important to clarify that “Ricci-inverse” refers to the inverse of the Ricci tensor, not the Ricci scalar. We consider a general class of this gravity theory, where the function f is defined by $$f({\mathcal {R}}, {\mathcal {A}}, A^{\mu \nu }\,A_{\mu \nu })$$ f ( R , A , A μ ν A μ ν ) , with $${\mathcal {R}}$$ R and $${\mathcal {A}}$$ A representing the Ricci and anti-curvature scalars, respectively and $$A^{\mu \nu }$$ A μ ν is the anti-curvature tensor. …”
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Antibody Levels in Ethiopian Children Five Years after Vaccination with Two Different Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine: Is There a Need for Booster Vaccine? by Edemariam Tsega, John Horton, Erik Nordenfelt, B-J Hansson, Belachew Tafesse, Gizachew Wolde-Hawariat, Johan Lindberg

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Mind-Body Exercises for Nurses with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Review by Pinky Budhrani-Shani, Donna L. Berry, Patricia Arcari, Helene Langevin, Peter M. Wayne

“…This paper summarizes the prevalence of and risk factors for CLBP among nurses, reviews the effectiveness in treating pain and disability of mind-body exercises (yoga and tai chi) for CLBP among the general and nursing population, and describes implications. …”
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RIPK1 in necroptosis and recent progress in related pharmaceutics by Kunhou Yao, Zhihao Shi, Fengya Zhao, Cong Tan, Yixin Zhang, Hao Fan, Yingzhe Wang, Xingwang Li, Jun Kong, Qun Wang, Dingxi Li

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Effects of intravaginal curcumin gels combined with electroporation on vulvovaginal candidiasis by Yizhi Zhang, Xiao Chen, Jing Dai, Chenyun Wang, Shan Ma, Lina Du

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An Ottoman map of Sanjak of Herzegovina and Sanjak of Scutari from 1853 by Elma Korić

“…With this work, he provides the scientific, professional and general public with some of the useful material contained in the maps.…”
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The impact of perceived value, customer expectations, and patient experience on the satisfaction of contracted patients in hospitals by Xin Rao, Li Luo, Jie Xiang, Xingyue Wang

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Exploring Embodiment Form Factors of a Home-Helper Robot: Perspectives from Care Receivers and Caregivers by Katherine M. Tsui, Rune Baggett, Carol Chiang

“…Additionally and unsurprisingly, OAs expected the robot to perform general household tasks and that they would speak to the robot. …”
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Green extraction cascade of UV-absorbing compounds, alginate, and fucoidan from Sargassum using ethanol and natural deep eutectic solvents by Santiago Guerrero-Higareda, Danay Carrillo-Nieves

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A School-Based Exercise Intervention Program Increases Muscle Strength in Prepubertal Boys by Susanna Stenevi-Lundgren, Robin M. Daly, Magnus K. Karlsson

“…Sixty-eight boys aged 6–8 years, involved in a general school-based exercise program of 40 min per school day (200 min/week), were compared with 46 age-matched boys who participated in the general Swedish physical education curriculum of mean 60 min/week. …”
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Association between Pan‐Immune Inflammation Value and Sarcopenia in Hypertensive Patients, NHANES 1999–2018 by Lu Long, Bingquan Xiong, Zhidan Luo, Haiyan Yang, Qiang She

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Abnormal Achilles tendon US findings in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes by Ivan Martinez-Flores, David Aguilar-Obeso

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«Danger: Security»! Securitization Theory and the Paris School of International Security Studies by O. S. Gaidaev

“…Unfortunately, one has to admit that although Russian scholars are familiar with these theoretical approaches in general, the existing reviews are still largely superficial. …”
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REPAIR OF SCIATIC NERVE LESION AUGMENTED WITH AMNION MEMBRANE COMPOSITE AND MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL by Heri Suroto, R. Taufan Mulyo Wibisono

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Features of personal competence of the employees of preventive activity units of the National Police by O. Yu. Shlomin

“…Personal competence is considered to be the basic characteristic of a person, which allows to predict the behavior of a person in life and professional situations, therefore the purpose of the study was to study the general personal competence and specificity of the social competence of police officers of preventive activity units at different stages of the professional genesis. …”
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The Idea of the Withering Away of Law in the Early Soviet Legal Philosophy (1917–1930) by G. T. Bogatyrev

“…Reisner, but his view was even more general — the law should have disappeared by itself when universal equality and justice would have been established in society. …”
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Effects of maternal positions in electronic fetal monitoring: a randomised controlled trial by Tuğba Yilmaz Esencan, Ayça Demir Yildirim, Ebru Sağiroğlu

“…The data were collected via a descriptive form for pregnant women and a general comfort questionnaire. Results A statistically significant difference was found between cardiotocography monitoring positions in terms of cardiotocography duration, basal heart rate, and acceleration during cardiotocography (p < 0.05). …”
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Determination of the Emission Inventory from Road Transport in the Tekkekoy (Samsun) District Center by Göksel Kaya

“…Within the scope of this study, the emission amounts arising from vehicles cruising on the main highway in the Tekkekoy district center in Turkey, where the General Directorate of Highways counted vehicles in 2017, were calculated. …”
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Improved early postoperative cognition in elderly gastrointestinal patients: a randomized controlled trial on the role of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block by Ruyue Xue, Yuexian Li, Mei Zhan, Lin Yang, Defeng Sun

“…BackgroundThis study evaluates the impact of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block (SGB) on early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, as well as its potential effect on oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.MethodsIn this randomized controlled trial, 104 elderly patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic GI surgery were randomized to receive ultrasound-guided SGB before general anesthesia (SGB group) or general anesthesia alone (control group). …”
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Measuring Competency: Improving the validity of your procedural performance assessments by Pamela B. Andreatta, PhD, Christopher H. Renninger, MD, Mark W. Bowyer, MD, Jennifer M. Gurney, MD

“…The objective of the study was to compare the use of ordinal scales and interval scales for capturing surgical competency information for general surgeons performing 3 complex trauma procedures. …”
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