The role of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the formation of atherosclerotic vascular lesions in patients with abdominal obesity by N. L. Denisov, V. B. Grinevich, Ye. V. Chernetsova, Yu. A. Kravchuk, K. V. Ivashkin

“…All patients underwent a complex of laboratory and instrumental tests required by the Russian guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of NAFLD (2015). …”
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Preliminary Compositional Evidence of Provenance of Ceramics from Hatahara Archaeological Site, Central Amazonia by K. P. Nunes, R. G. Toyota, P. M. S. Oliveira, E. G. Neves, E. A. A. Soares, C. S. Munita

“…One hundred twenty four ceramic fragments and six clay samples from the Hatahara archaeological site in Amazonas state, Brazil, were analyzed using instrumental neutron activation analysis, INAA, to determine the concentration of twenty chemical elements: Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Lu, Na, Nd, Rb, Sc, Ta, Tb, Th, U, Yb, and Zn. …”
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Periostin as a Biomarker of the Amniotic Membrane by Mariya P. Dobreva, Larissa Lhoest, Paulo N. G. Pereira, Lieve Umans, Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, An Zwijsen

“…The availability of molecular marker genes that are specifically expressed in the amniotic membrane and not in other extraembryonic membranes would be instrumental to validate unequivocally the starting material under investigation. …”
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Globalization, Security and Governance Challenges in Nigeria by WILSON SIMON OKWOLI, LAMI LENTON ANUGA, JOSEPH ABOGENYE ANUGA

“…Security challenges such as insurgency and political agitations relying on terrorism were studied in the context of a globalized world. The Instrumental Theory of Insecurity was adopted as the theoretical framework guiding the study. …”
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Enhancing the role of mass media in the translation of evidence from health policy and systems research in Nigeria by Prince Agwu, Chinyere Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe

“…On the basis of the cultivation theory, the media was found instrumental in feedback of research results to communities, securing policy-makers’ reactions and stimulating policy actions. …”
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Comprehensive Ultrasound Diagnosis of Sigmoid Diverticulitis by A. I. Кoushnerou, I. A. Hadji-Ismail, A. V. Vorobei, S. I. Rudenka

“…We used the HD15 (Philips, the Netherlands), HS 60 (Samsung, South Korea) and Hi Vision Preirus (Hitachi, Japan) ultrasound instruments equipped with convex and intracavitary microconvex 2–12 MHz linear transducers. …”
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Academic and recreational reading attitudes among primary students in a rural Malaysian village by Astri Yulia, R. Malatesha Joshi, Nor Azilah Husin, Na~Thinamalar Magiswary Nadarajan, Norhayati Mohd Zin, Cheli Nadarajan

“…The research concludes that after-school reading initiatives are instrumental in enhancing children’s academic and recreational reading attitudes, providing valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and researchers focused on literacy development.…”
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Exploring the contribution of integrated healthcare practices to malaria control in Ghana: perspectives of medical herbalists by Irene G. Ampomah, Susan Devine, Genevieve A. Ampomah, Theophilus I. Emeto

“…Medical herbalists perceived integrated care as instrumental in enhancing malaria management through factors such as improved quality assurance, increased accessibility to integrated health facilities, patient-centred care, follow-up practices, and opportunities for continuous professional development. …”
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NeuralACT: Accounting Analytics Using Neural Network for Real-Time Decision Making From Big Data by Leonidas Theodorakopoulos, Alexandra Theodoropoulou, Georgios Kampiotis, Ioanna Kalliampakou

“…The accounting division plays a crucial role in providing accurate financial data and insights, which are instrumental to informed decision-making and strategic planning. …”
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Community-Based Social Capital as a Pillar of Disaster Mitigation in Coastal Areas by Wati Rita, Sujianto, Heriyanto Meyzi, Adianto Adianto, Sutikno Sigit, Febrian Achmad Fajri

“…These networks are instrumental in spreading information, enhancing disaster preparedness, fostering social solidarity, and bolstering community efforts in disaster mitigation. …”
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TYPOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODELS (TO THE PROBLEM OF VALUE IDENTIFICATIONS OF UKRAINIANS) by V. V. Mudrakov, O. S. Polishchuk

“…This person finds himself or herself in the situation of value disorientation, nostalgic impulses and instrumental thinking. Their task is to move towards the "monad personality". …”
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El zapateo en las tradiciones afrocriollas de la costa peruana: una mirada a lo musical by Ricardo López Alcas

“…Paralelo a ello, profundizamos en la expresión propiamente musical del zapateo a través de transcripciones enfocadas en la acción performativo-musical del zapateador, lo cual, desde una perspectiva musicológica, permite develar las relaciones musicales que existen entre los patrones rítmicos del marco instrumental y la variedad de timbres que se produce en el zapateo al ejecutar diferentes rudimentos. …”
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Early Iron Age Pottery Technology of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa) by Valeriy G. Loman

“…Bobrinsky’s method — with the aid of МБС-10 binocular microscope and СНОЛ muffle laboratory furnace — has proven most instrumental in testing the pottery technology. Results and conclusions. …”
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Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Fish Fillet Samples by Viviana Paiano, Elena Fattore, Andrea Carrà, Caterina Generoso, Roberto Fanelli, Renzo Bagnati

“…The linearity of the instrumental response was good, with average regression coefficients of 0.9971 and 0.9979 for PFOS and PFOA, respectively, and the coefficients of variation (CV) of the method ranged from 8% to 20%. …”
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Outcome of spine surgery in the context of spinal metastatic disease: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program by Salim M. Yakdan, Maya Herrera, Nour Wehbe, Monifa Al Akoum, Muhammad Irfan Kaleem, Miguel A. Ruiz-Cardozo, Karan Joseph, Nada Assaf, Hani Dimassi

“…These identified factors can be instrumental in assisting clinicians with risk stratification, preoperative optimization, and postoperative care planning, ultimately improving patient outcomes. …”
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Defect modeling in semiconductors: the role of first principles simulations and machine learning by Md Habibur Rahman, Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi

“…Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on point defects in semiconductors, focusing on the application of density functional theory (DFT) and machine learning (ML) in accelerating the prediction and understanding of defect properties. DFT has been instrumental in accurately calculating defect formation energies, charge transition levels, and other defect-related properties such as carrier recombination rates and lifetimes, and ion migration barriers. …”
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Severe Diverticulitis Associated to <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection in a 91 Year Old Patient (Clinical Case) by A. A. Makushina, L.  N. Androsova, K. B. Puzakov, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Tatarkina, O. S. Shifrin

“…According to the laboratory and instrumental examinations, the patient had signs of acute diverticulitis, antibacterial therapy was corrected twice, positive dynamics of the condition was noted. …”
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Early Warning Simulation of Urban Vulnerability in Coal-Resource-Based Cities Based on System Dynamics by Dongmei Feng, Liang Wang, Xiumei Duan

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Influence of immune cells and inflammatory factors on Alzheimer’s disease axis: evidence from mediation Mendelian randomization study by Linzhu, Jianxin Zhang, Wenhui Fan, Chen Su, Zhi Jin

“…Multiple MR methods were employed to minimize bias, and detailed descriptions of instrumental variable selection and statistical methods were provided. …”
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Is Vitamin D Deficiency the Cause or the Effect of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence from Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Yang Ding, Shengyi Yang, Shasha Fan, Yi Tang, Yan Teng, Xiaohua Tao, Wei Lu

“…Genetic variants associated with vitamin D (n=304,181), 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (n=401,460), and SLE (n=213,683) at genome-wide significance (P<5∗10−8) derived from large-scale publicly available GWAS data were used as instrumental variables. Bidirectional two-sample MR analyses were performed using the inverse variance weighted method (IVW, random, or fixed effect model). …”
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