Evolving trends in the prevalence and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Korea from 2010 to 2023: a population-based study by Yu-Seon Jung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Se Rim Choi, Sun-Young Jung, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…The prevalence of AS increased from 26.76 per 100,000 individuals in 2010 to 81.87 per 100,000 in 2023. The proportion of patients over 50 years rose from 19.5 to 32.5%, and female representation increased from 17.9 to 24.0%. …”
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Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Saving Obtained by Renovation of Building Envelope of Existing Residential Buildings by Rui Chen, Xiaoping Feng, Chengjing Li, Huapeng Chen

“…First, we used energy consumption simulation software (BESI) to individually analyze the energy performance of each scheme. …”
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Looking into the Content of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM): A Danish Cross-Sectional Study by Anette Enemark Larsen, Sonja Wehberg, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

“…Bearing this in mind, the COPM seems useful to identify individual clients’ prioritized OPIs in a Danish context.…”
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How to push oil and gas companies to realise climate change mitigation by Rebecca Scholten, Anaїs Stekelenburg, Tineke Lambooy, André Nijhof

“…Lessig identifies four regulators— Market, Law, Architecture and Norm —that influence behaviour of individuals and organisations. Findings –While the regulator Law has actioned the sector towards Phase 1, it is the interplay between the Norm and Market that dictates the pace. …”
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Human involvement with the rise of artificial intelligence in the realm of Geospatial Health by Mahdi Fallah, Tajoddin Karami, Moosa Kamanroodi Kojouri

“…In this research, spatial questions were conducted by considering public opinion, stakeholders, and decision makers under varying mental and emotional conditions. additionally, two different statistical and ranking methods were employed to comprehend the intricacies of individuals' mental states in a mathematical environment. …”
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Fine‐Scale Genetic Structure of Small Fish Populations in Islands: The Case of Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) in Saint‐Pierre and Miquelon (France) by Julie Viana, Guillaume Evanno, Céline Audet, Fabrice Teletchea

“…We investigated fine‐scale population diversity and structure in native brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) by genotyping 10 microsatellite loci in 244 individuals at three spatial scales in Saint‐Pierre and Miquelon, France. …”
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Hybrid and/or mixed infection by pig and human Ascaris in a Guarani indigenous village in southern Brazil. by Veridiana Lenartovicz Boeira, Renata Coltro Bezagio, Marina Silva de Carvalho, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Ana Paula de Abreu, Cristiano Lara Massara, Cristiane Maria Colli, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo

“…DNA from A. lumbricoides and A. suum, individually, was detected in samples from humans and pigs, respectively, and the soil, while DNA from hybrid and/or Ascaris spp. was detected in samples from both hosts and the soil.…”
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Variable Absorption of Clavulanic Acid After an Oral Dose of 25 mg/kg of Clavubactin® and Synulox® in Healthy Cats by Tom B. Vree, Eric Dammers, Eri van Duuren

“…The aims of this investigation were to calculate the pharmacokinetic parameters and to identify parameters, based on individual plasma concentration-time curves of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid in cats, that may govern the observed differences in absorption of both drugs. …”
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CHALLENGES OF LOCALIZATION OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA by BEJI GOWAL BEKUMA, JOHN UKAWUILULU

“…In Nigeria, threats from violent extremism are targeted against individuals, groups and the state. These threats have gravely undermined economic development, social progress, political stability, national and human security, and peaceful coexistence in the country. …”
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Mediterranean landraces of durum wheat preserved in the Vavilov collection (VIR) by O. A. Lyapunova

“…An analysis of the results of the comparative study of the Mediterranean landraces manifested great diversity of their morphological characteristics and undoubted value of individual varieties possessing various important economic traits.…”
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Table ronde autour d’une performance dans un panier en osier by Baptiste Buob, Jérémy Demesmaeker, Laurence Maillot, Carl Lavery, Vincent Rioux

“…It is a simultaneous look at the past and future, at how the individuals who participated—those four at least—got down to work and continue to pursue a desire to get down to work, in quadruple connection with: i) Rouch’s Les Maîtres fous; ii) a performance by the company Dodescaden, also entitled Les Maîtres fous; iii) the fifty hours of film of the performance; iv) the programming of a machine, an art installation called Performance in absentia, which presents possible arrangements of those films such that it re-enacts the performance in a way that is both controlled, because it is configured, but also uncontrolled, because the programme has the built-in ability to produce unexpected results.…”
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Network Graph Analysis of Gene-Gene Interactions in Genome-Wide Association Study Data by Sungyoung Lee, Min-Seok Kwon, Taesung Park

“…The proposed method was applied to Korean Association Resource (KARE) data, containing 8838 individuals with 327,632 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, in order to perform GxG interaction analysis of body mass index (BMI). …”
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Importance of Public Interests in Patent Law by O. V. Pikhurets, A. O. Pikhurets

“…The problems of the influence of patent rights on the possibility of individuals to realize their rights in the health care sector are identified. …”
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Correlation Analysis between Macular Choroidal Thickness and Visual Field Mean Defect in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Fan Li, Yiming Huo, Lihua Ma, Guangxian Tang

“…The macular choroidal thicknesses and volumes in POAG patients were not significantly different from those in healthy individuals. The macular choroidal thickness was not correlated with MD in POAG patients. …”
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Analysis of the Ukrainian legislation on labour protection adaptation to the European Union acts by S. A. Petrovska, M. V. Petrovskyi

“…The main focus of the ongoing process of Ukraine's legislative approximation with the EU should not be on the implementation of individual directives, but on the transfer of the overall architecture of EU legislation on health and safety, starting with the alignment with Framework Directive № 89/391/ЄЕС. …”
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Exploring the Status of Preference, Utilization Practices, and Challenges to Consumption of Amaranth in Kenya and Tanzania by Winnie A. Nyonje, Ray-Yu Yang, Dyness Kejo, Anselimo O. Makokha, Willis O. Owino, Mary O. Abukutsa-Onyango

“…The preference for varieties and cooking habits differs depending on the community and individuals. Amaranthus dubius and Amaranthus blitum were most common in Kenya, while Amaranthus dubius and Amaranthus hypochondriacus were most common in Tanzania. …”
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Retinal Microvascular Density and Perfusion during an Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia Episode: A Warning Call by Gerardo González-Saldivar, José Gerardo González-González, David Robert Chow, Jesús Mohamed-Hamsho, Jesús Hernan González-Cortés, Adriana Sánchez-García, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez

“…To evaluate retinal vascular perfusion and density by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) before, during, and after hypoglycemia in individuals with diabetes mellitus with or without diabetic retinopathy (DR). …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of antipsychotic efficacy from brain gray matter structure in drug-naive first-episode schizophrenia by Xiaodong Guo, Enpeng Zhou, Xianghe Wang, Bingjie Huang, Tianqi Gao, Chengcheng Pu, Xin Yu

“…We developed a machine learning model to predict individual responses to antipsychotic treatments, which could positively impact clinical treatment protocols for schizophrenia.…”
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The effect of a combined long‐duration static stretching and resistance training regimen on a competitive bodybuilder: A case study by Kai A. Homer, Eric R. Helms, Alyssa‐Joy Spence

“…Abstract Both resistance training (RT) and long‐duration, high‐intensity stretching induce muscular adaptations; however, it is unknown whether the modalities are complementary or redundant, particularly in well‐trained individuals. A case‐study was conducted on a competitive bodybuilder implementing long‐duration, high‐intensity stretching of the plantar flexors (60 min 6x/week for 12 weeks) in conjunction with their habitual RT. …”
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Administrative and Legal Principles of Prosecutor’s Office Interaction with Public Administration Entities on the Issues of Performing Assigned Functions by A. Yu. Prokopenko, V. I. Kravtsov

“…The authors have established the following main directions of the interaction between the prosecutor’s office and the state authorities: consideration of Mps inquiries by the prosecutor’s office, participation of prosecutors in the work of investigative commissions and temporary special commissions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, interaction of the prosecutor’s office with the Accounting Chamber of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, prosecutors’ representation of state interests in the court by presenting lawsuits within administrative, commercial or civil proceedings, interaction of the prosecutor’s office with the judicial branch of power in the process of judicial system, coordination of law enforcement activity, informing the representative authorities about the results of the activity of the prosecutor’s office and the rule of law in the state and individual territorial community. Improvement of legal principles of cooperation between prosecutor’s office and public administration entities can take place in such areas as bringing the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On the Prosecutor’s Office” in line with the Constitution of Ukraine, development of a common form of request to all prosecutor’s office in regard to represent the interests in court, establishment of uniform terms for all authorities to consider their requests by the prosecutor’s office, establishment of a separate norm in the Law of Ukraine “On the Prosecutor’s Office” that would regulate the procedure and conditions of coordination of law enforcement activities of other authorities by the prosecutor’s office.…”
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