Testicular and epididymal dysfunctions: searching a new index for the differential diagnosis by Fernando T. Andrade-Rocha, Walter D. Cardona-Maya

“…Conclusions: The current index proof-of-principle of the success of such a strategy provides valuable information about whether a disorder individually affects testicular and/or epididymal function. …”
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Anthropological Dimension of Commemorative Practices: The Phenomenon of Bodily Memory by I. M. Bondarevych

“…It can manifest itself as an independently organized body-spiritual practice of self-construction (harmonization of the architecture of one’s own body and individuality) on the basis of self-knowledge and self-observation (directing attention to one’s movements, reactions, behaviour, honest recognition of one’s attitudes). …”
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Acceptability and Preferences among Men and Women for Male Involvement in Antenatal Care by Nompumelelo Yende, Annelies Van Rie, Nora S. West, Jean Bassett, Sheree R. Schwartz

“…Adult pregnant women and men attending primary healthcare at Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 2013 to January 2014, were recruited using stratified random sampling to ensure equal representation across gender and HIV status. Results. 300/332 individuals (93.8%) offered participation consented. …”
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Personality associations with online vs. offline social capital and life satisfaction by Miao Chao, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang, Christian Montag

“…Previous research suggests that personality might be relevant to an understanding of individual differences in social capital. For instance, the literature suggests that extraversion is associated with more social capital. …”
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Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Hatoluf Melkamu, Berhanu Seyoum, Yadeta Dessie

“…For most of these determinants interventions can be made at individual and institutional levels, whereas, factors like education and nutrition need societal level integrations.…”
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Coexistence of spiders in floodplain forests as an indicator of ecological stability and landscape sustainability in the inland Danube Delta by Krumpálová Zuzana, Šustek Zbyšek

“…The coexistence of spiders in the Central European floodplains of the Danube River was assessed at 18 study sites (more than 43,000 individuals identified). Environmental conditions, i.e. groundwater level, flood regime, vegetation and tree shading, were defined as the main factors. …”
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Dynamic Automated Search of Shunting Routes within Mesoscopic Rail-Traffic Simulators by Antonin Kavička, Pavel Krýže

“…During the simulation experiments, it is necessary, among other things, to solve tasks related to the determination of track routes along which individual trains or parts of train sets are moved. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B Viral Infection in Pregnant Women at the Suhum Municipality, Ghana by Joseph Boachie, Doreen Pidah, Henrietta Eshun, Emmanuel Jingbeja, Praise Fosu Adjei, Patrick Adu

“…Sociodemographics including history of HBV screening and vaccinations were obtained from consented individuals using pretested questionnaires. Also, venous blood samples were obtained for platelet count, whereas bleeding time assay was performed to assess functional platelet disorders. …”
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Exploring Advances in Natural Plant Molecules for Allergic Rhinitis Immunomodulation in Vivo and in Vitro by Li B, Dong B, Xie L, Li Y

“…Bingquan Li,1,* Boyang Dong,1,* Liangzhen Xie,2 Yan Li2 1Graduate School, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2Ear-Nose-Throat Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Liangzhen Xie; Yan Li, Email xieliangzhen888111@163.com; liyan888111@163.comAbstract: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a prevalent allergic disease that imposes significant economic burdens and life pressures on individuals, families, and society, particularly in the context of accelerating globalization and increasing pathogenic factors. …”
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Teaching ideal quantum measurement, from dynamics to interpretation by Allahverdyan, Armen E., Balian, Roger, Nieuwenhuizen, Theo M.

“…., extracting physical properties of individual runs from $\hat{\mathcal{D}}$(tf), then arises due to the ambiguity of its splitting into parts associated with subsets of runs. …”
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The use of classical and modern methods in rapeseed (Brassica napus) breeding at VNIIMK by L. A. Gorlova, E. B. Bochkaryova, E. A. Strelnikov, V. V. Serdyuk

“…Among the main techniques used for the development of parent material and, eventually, cultivars at the Pustovoit Institute (VNIIMK) is the pedigree method (individual selection from intraspecific and interspecific hybrid populations, combined with inbreeding). …”
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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in US Nursing Homes: A Case Study of CRNP Engagement in the Care Planning Process by Gerald A. Hartle, David G. Thimons, Joseph Angelelli

“…CRNP participation in care conferences may represent a best practice opportunity to revisit goals of care with individuals and their family members in the context of broader interprofessional treatment planning.…”
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Using drawing to learn about figurative language among tertiary EFL English literature students by Clara Boon Ing Ling, Che Aleha Ladin, Jia Wei Lim

“…It can be asserted that integrating drawing empowers individuals to formulate idiosyncratic responses by exploring concepts, articulating emotions, validating responses, and discerning the profound dimensions of literary texts.…”
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Chronic hepatitis C course at elderly and therapeutic approach by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…Expediency of prescription of antiviral therapy to elderly patients should be solved individually, taking into account patient’s activity and quality of life. …”
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Analysis of the relationship between cotton fiber quality and weather conditions in the southeast of Stavropol Territory by N. A. Khodzhaeva, L. P. Podolnaya

“…An analysis of the variability in individual fiber quality parameters showed that they reacted differently to changing weather; particularly sensitive were fiber strength and micronaire. …”
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Investigating causal relationship among inflammatory cytokines and oropharyngeal cancer: Mendelian randomization by Sibo Xu, Yiguo Li, Wei Chen, Ke Wang

“…Inflammatory cytokine data were obtained from 8293 asymptomatic individuals. The study primarily used inverse variance weighted and MR-Egger methods to determine the causal relationship between inflammatory cytokines and cancer incidence, complemented by a series of sensitivity analyses including MR-Egger, simple mode, weighted mode, weighted median and leave-one-out approaches. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Youth-Friendly Reproductive Health Services among Mizan-Tepi University Students, South-Western Ethiopia by Samuel Getachew, Lema Abate, Abyot Asres, Abel Mandefro

“…Youth-friendly reproductive health services are designed to meet the unique needs of young individuals. Nevertheless, in developing countries such as Ethiopia, knowledge, attitude, and utilization of these services are very limited. …”
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Sources of Legal Regulation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Consolidations, Joint Stock Companies in Russia and Corporations in the United States by S. E. Kuzmin

“…The article outlines general characteristics of the sources of law, regulating relations associated with mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of joint stock companies in Russia and corporations in the United States respectively in the Russian legislation and the legislation of the United States and individual States. Both in Russia and in the USA there is a constitutional separation of powers between the Federal authorities and the Subjects of the Federation/States respectively. …”
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Macro- and micro-galvanic corrosion of friction stir welding 6061-T6 Al and C1100 Cu dissimilar joints by Yi-Ting Wu, I-Chung Cheng, Chao-Sung Lin

“…The stir zone tested individually showed that Al/CuAl2/Cu9Al4/Cu micro-galvanic coupling resulted in a uniform Al oxide/hydroxide layer on Al. …”
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Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Associated Risk Factors among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Infection by Adane Bitew, Yeshiwork Abebaw, Delayehu Bekele, Amete Mihret

“…The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis was high and was affected by individual hygiene. Routine culture of vaginal samples should be performed on patients with vaginitis and the drug susceptibility pattern of each isolate should be determined.…”
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