Tailoring anaesthetic strategies for diabetes research: Acepromazine vs. medetomidine in Aachen minipigs. by Sabrina Soares, Elisabeth Wühl, Alexander Schlund, Tobias Schneider, Kyra Sohns, Roman Rukwied, Martin Schmelz, Bettina Kränzlin

“…We aimed to optimize the anaesthetic protocol and animal handling strategies in a diabetes-related-study exemplifying how the anaesthetic approach must be adjusted for individual research targets. Aachen minipigs were used as a model to test long-lasting skin glucose sensors for diabetic human patients. …”
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Lipid-based systems with precipitation inhibitors as formulation approach to improve the drug bioavailability and/or lower its dose: a review by Kovačević Mila, Gašperlin Mirjana, Pobirk Alenka Zvonar

“…However, the inhibiting ability is mainly governed not only by the physicochemical properties of the polymer but also by the API, therefore the choice of optimal precipitation inhibitor is recommended to be evaluated on an individual basis.…”
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CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by LAMBE EMMANUEL OYEWOLE

“…Poor governance and "bad" politics in African countries as the personalized nature of rule, the failure of the state to advance and protect human rights, the tendency of individuals to withdraw from politics, and the extreme centralization of power in the hands of few people are the basis of the crisis of politics. …”
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Differential impact of sickle cell trait on symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria by Eunha Shim, Zhilan Feng, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Individuals who carry the sickle cell trait ($S$-gene) have a greatly reduced risk of experiencing symptomatic malaria infections. …”
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Late Relapse of Previous Pulmonary Cryptococcosis With Symptoms Resembling Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Anatoli Pinchuk, Gernot Geginat, Volker Rickerts, Belal Neyazi, Klaus Peter Stein, Christian Mawrin, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Ali Rashidi

“…The disease can also occur in individuals with various immunosuppressive conditions, frequently involving the brain or lungs. …”
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The role of information skewness in shaping extremist content: A look at four extremists by Waseem Afzal

“…To fill this gap, the current research has used ‘content analysis’ and ‘affective lexicon’ to identify and categorise terms from the publicly available online content of four extremists – two groups and two individuals. The property of information skewness provided the deciphering lens through which the categorised content was assessed.  …”
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Integrating Inquiry and Learning Community in Teaching Speaking: An Experimental Study by Barep Sarinauli, Sabirin

“… Language performance is the output of an individual’s language learning. In specific, speaking may serve as an indicator of students’ language skills. …”
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Detecting and Mitigating Smart Insider Jamming Attacks in MANETs Using Reputation-Based Coalition Game by Ashraf Al Sharah, Taiwo Oyedare, Sachin Shetty

“…Since there is no centralized controller in MANETs, the nodes rely heavily on availability of transmission rates and a reputation for each individual node in the coalition to detect the presence of internal jamming node. …”
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Evidence for the communicative function of human-directed gazing in 6- to 7-week-old dog puppies by Stefanie Riemer, Alina Bonorand, Lisa Stolzlechner

“…Abstract In human infants, the ability to show gaze alternations between an object of interest and another individual is considered fundamental to the development of complex social-cognitive abilities. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes About Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Selin Gas, Gülhan Yildirim

“…Chi-square tests and Student’s t-tests were used to compare the differences between individual items and mean scores of the participants. …”
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The model of online health information-seeking behavior among older adults by Sara Pourrazavi, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi

“…Adopting a purposive and theoretical sampling method 19 older persons, 2 members of their family, a doctor, a psychologist, 4 gerontologists, and a health education specialist participated in this study. In-depth individual interviews were used as the main method of data collection. …”
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Calculation of Rotor Dynamic Coefficients for Labyrinth Seals by B. P. Williams, R. D. Flack

“…The method herein uses a unique iterative technique to first identify the mass flow rate based on pressure drops across the individual teeth, which is then used in the governing sets of continuity and momentum equations. …”
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Craniocerebral trauma characterization in hospitalized patients. Cienfuegos, 2018-2020 by Aymée Marrero Gil, Ernesto López Cabrera

“…The data were collected from the individual medical history and provincial statistical registry.…”
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An Assessment of the Intestinal Lumen as a Site for Intervention in Reducing Body Burdens of Organochlorine Compounds by Ronald J. Jandacek, Stephen J. Genuis

“…Many individuals maintain a persistent body burden of organochlorine compounds (OCs) as well as other lipophilic compounds, largely as a result of airborne and dietary exposures. …”
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LIBERALIOSIOS TEISINGUMO TEORIJOS KRITIKA E. FRAZER IR N. LACEY POLITINĖJE FILOSOFIJOJE by Patricija Droblytė

“…Their main reproach to Kantian theories of justice is that they are ill-equipped to endogenize mechanisms of social exclusion and domination, operating in society, which fails to distribute justice so that it may serve a well-being of each individual person. Keywords: feminism, liberalism, social structure, realism, interpretivism. …”
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The path forward for sustainability of the pension system in a historical context by J. Mertl, R. Valenčík

“…When reforming the pension system in this manner the opportunity arises to begin gradual changes through fully merit system reform and therefore significantly motivating of extending the period of productivity (putting off retirement) through the upgrade of this system for persons who have reached the retirement age as specified by law.This paper aims to substantiate and explore possible changes in this direction that will not endanger anyone’s entitlements when the reforms are implemented (they have got the form of Pareto improvement), as they derive their funds by extending the time of individual productivity. To this end, the possibility of introducing an extension on top of current system of pay-as-you-go insurance, which could be entered voluntarily by persons who have already reached or are near statutory retirement age, is proposed, and modeled. …”
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Disparity in low-flow trends found in snowmelt-dominated mountain rivers of western Canada by Paul H. Whitfield, John W. Pomeroy

“…Basin location and regional climate, rather than individual basin attributes such as elevation or hypsometry drove these differences in streamflow regimes and their responses to climate variations and warming. …”
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The Effects of 6 Common Antidiabetic Drugs on Anti-PD1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Tumor Treatment by Ze-Tao Zhan, Lu Liu, Ming-Zhen Cheng, Yi Gao, Wei-Jie Zhou

“…Diabetes and cancer are common diseases and are frequently diagnosed in the same individual. These patients need to take antidiabetic drugs while receiving antitumor drugs therapy. …”
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Relación entre motivación y resistencia al cambio en personas que trabajan en una empresa del sector público, en Bogotá (Colombia) by Mónica García Rubiano, Pilar Gómez Navarro, Olga Patricia Londoño

“…El estudio presentó aportes a la psicología organizacional en relación con estas dos variables, específicamente con las variables supervisión, participación, afiliación, reconocimiento, comunicación, trabajo en equipo, contenido del trabajo, liderazgo, condiciones motivacionales internas, cultura de cambio, nivel individual y grupal, aceptación de la autoridad, medios preferidos, dedicación de la tarea, resistencia pasiva, expectación, entre otras. …”
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The role of mediation in the activities of law enforcement bodies by V. A. Doroshenko

“…The article shows that foreign countries are actively using police mediation, especially with a view to resolving disputes between individuals and police officers. Among the advantages of using the mediation procedure in the case of complaints against police officers, the following aspects are highlighted: psychological comfort of the process, absence of restrictions on the subject matter of the dispute, the ability to influence the outcome, and confidentiality of the procedure. …”
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