Polycystic ovary syndrome in a patient with type B insulin resistance syndrome can improve with glucocorticoid treatment: a case report and literature review by Tetsuhiro Watanabe, Saori Okabe, Shohei Sakamoto

“…The blood testosterone level normalized at 41 weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate that enlarged polycystic ovaries and a menstrual disorder in TBIRS improved after glucocorticoid treatment. …”
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Floristic novelties in the context of interdisciplinary studies by N. P. Stepanyan-Gandilyan, R. A. Hovsepyan

“…It is noteworthy that, as a result of such surveys, not only “synthetic” new data could be obtained, but also data in the specific fields of knowledge that compose these multidisciplinary complexes. …”
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Assessment of Nutritional Status among the School-going Adolescents in a Rural Community of Bankura District, West Bengal: A Cross-sectional Study by Eashin Gazi, Amit Kumar Samanta, Arup Jyoti Rout, Tushar Kanti Saha

“…Conclusions: School-based as well as community-based adolescent-friendly health and nutrition education and services and economic development may improve the overall health and nutritional knowledge and status of adolescents.…”
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New Method of Depositing the Nanostructured Amorphous Carbon for Carbon Based Solar Cell Applications by A. N. Fadzilah, K. Dayana, M. Rusop

“…On the other hand, FESEM images exhibited a nanostructured sized a-C with the particle size less than 100 nm. To the best of our knowledge, the presence of nanostructured particle of a-C by a self-prepared AACVD has not frequently been reported.…”
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An Innovative Approach to Estimate Chloride Diffusion Coefficient in Submerged Concrete Structures Using Soft Computing by Seyyed Ali Habibi, Ali Hemmati, Hosein Naderpour

“…The work that has established the connection between these two methods has not been done, to the best of our knowledge. This article aims to develop a model in order to estimate the chloride diffusion coefficient in rebar corrosion in submerged concrete structures. …”
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Estimating the Contribution of the Summer Traffic Peak to PM_2.5, NO_x, and NMVOCs by Petra Dolšak Lavrič, Andreja Kukec

“…Data from the bottom-up approach, estimating emissions from transit vehicles and tourism activities, was identified as a critical knowledge gap. Our study identifies and evaluates the issue of vehicle congestion on the roads during the summer, primarily driven by transit demands and tourism activities. …”
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Construction of Gene Regulatory Networks Using Recurrent Neural Networks and Swarm Intelligence by Abhinandan Khan, Sudip Mandal, Rajat Kumar Pal, Goutam Saha

“…The proposed methodology has been first applied to a small artificial network, and the results obtained suggest that it can produce the best results available in the contemporary literature, to the best of our knowledge. Subsequently, we have implemented our proposed framework on experimental (in vivo) datasets. …”
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Impact of patient compliance with inhaler therapy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity: a rural tertiary care perspective by Nandakishore K. S., Preethiraj Ballal, Anirudha Katipalla, Shruthi Rai P., Supreetha T., Dixith T., Sanjay Srinivas, Shree Dhanusha, Pramod Pujar, Sushmitha Sudeesh, Vignesh T. M.

“…Abstract Background Inhaled medications have been the cornerstone of treatment for the exacerbations as well as stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is one of the leading cause of deaths in the recent times. Inadequate knowledge on handling of inhalers leads to noncompliance which in turn results in increased hospital visits limelighting the negative impact on the morbidity status. …”
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Corneal Transplant Infection due to Alternaria alternata: A Case Report by Vasileios Konidaris, Andreana Mersinoglou, Timoleon-Achilleas Vyzantiadis, Domniki Papadopoulou, Kostas G. Boboridis, Panagiotis Ekonomidis

“…Combined antifungal treatment, locally and systematically, was important in attempting to prevent the further spread of the fungus to the interior of the eye. To our knowledge, the case presented here is only the second one in the literature concerning a keratomycosis due to Alternaria alternata corneal transplant infection.…”
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F. NIETZSCHE’S POŽIŪRIS Į TIESĄ: MIRTINAS ĮKANDIMAS? by Aivaras Stepukonis

“…Keywords: epistemology, sociology of knowledge, truth. …”
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Changes in Serum Iron, Total Iron Binding Capacity and Transferrin Saturation Percent in Sudanese Females Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Khartoum Oncology Hospital: A case-... by Rufaida Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa, Nazik Elmalaika Obaid Seid Ahmed Husain

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Children's environmental citizen science: Stakeholders' experiences and perceptions by Catherine Wilson, Sarah Mills, Paul J. Wood

“…These were (1) purpose of the project, (2) safety of child participants, (3) supervision of child participants, (4) knowledge and cognitive abilities, (5) attitude and behaviour and (6) commitment to the project. …”
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Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by Ammar Al Hassani, Yassir Abdul Rahman, Ahad Kanbar, Ayman El-Menyar, Abubaker Al-Aieb, Mohammad Asim, Rifat Latifi

“…LIMA injury as a cause of hemothorax is not uncommon, but to our knowledge our case is the first massive tension hemothorax with witnessed cardiac arrest reported in the literature requiring emergency thoracotomy, performed in trauma room, with full recovery. …”
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WiFi-based Respiration Detection Aided by Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces by Yun WU, Dongheng ZHANG, Ganlin ZHANG, Xuecheng XIE, Fengquan ZHAN, Yan CHEN

“…Furthermore, the system can be easily deployed without the prior knowledge of antenna placement or environmental intricacies. …”
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Reactive Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: A Retrospective Analysis of 69 Cases by Vaddadi Sindhuja, Vipparthi Sharon Raj, Divya Uppala

“…Despite resembling neoplastic proliferations clinically, proper knowledge about these lesions is crucial for accurate diagnosis. …”
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A dynamic modeling for green business development in oil refining industry by N. Barforoush, A. Etebarian, A.R. Naghsh, A. Shahin

“…Based on the experts’ opinions, management support (0.78), cost (0.77), knowledge management (0.73), quality (0.64), staff training and empowering (0.63) customer satisfaction (0.63), environmental plan (0.61), production and process design (0.58) as well as suppliers (0.35) are the determining parameters in modeling green oil refining industry, respectively. …”
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Examination Of Sport Managers' Self-Efficacy Status And Time Management by Ali Erdoğan, Erkan Faruk Şirin, Pınar Karacan Doğan, Ahmet Azmi Yetim

“…In addition, a weak positive and significant (p lt;0.05) relationship was found between general time management and sports managers' self-efficacy (decision-making, personal characteristics, Knowledge and Interpersonal Roles).…”
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Systemic Thrombolysis for Treatment of Postpartum Saddle Embolism Complicated by Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review by Kathy Mostajeran, Hillary Boswell, Ziad Haidar

“…Our case demonstrates a rare occurrence of a saddle embolism after a vaginal delivery within the first postpartum week which was successfully managed with the use of systemic thrombolysis and minimal intervention to manage the iatrogenic delayed postpartum hemorrhage. To the authors’ knowledge, no other similar case report exists. This case highlights the need to develop guidelines for the use of thrombolysis in mothers who present with massive pulmonary embolus and a noninvasive means to manage adverse bleeding events in the puerperium.…”
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Motor Control System for Adaptation of Healthy Individuals and Recovery of Poststroke Patients: A Case Study on Muscle Synergies by Fady S. Alnajjar, Juan C. Moreno, Ken-ichi Ozaki, Izumi Kondo, Shingo Shimoda

“…Understanding the complex neuromuscular strategies underlying behavioral adaptation in healthy individuals and motor recovery after brain damage is essential for gaining fundamental knowledge on the motor control system. Relying on the concept of muscle synergy, which indicates the number of coordinated muscles needed to accomplish specific movements, we investigated behavioral adaptation in nine healthy participants who were introduced to a familiar environment and unfamiliar environment. …”
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Optimal Containment Control for Unknown Active Heterogeneous MASs via Model-Free Recursive Reinforcement Learning by Lina Xia, Qing Li, Ruizhuo Song, Gaofu Yang

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