Hiroshima and Nagasaki at 65 – A Reflection by Norimatsu Satoko

“…The average age of the 227,565 hibakusha who hold atomic-bomb health books as of March 2010 is 76.73. On August 6 this year, the names of 5,501 hibakusha who had died during the past year were added to the Hiroshima Cenotaph, making the total number of deaths of Hiroshima's hibakusha 269,446. …”
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Developments in Religious Education During the Transition Period to Pluralist Democracy in Turkey by Ayşe Çalal

“… By the republic era, it could be said that the most important reform, we may call “milestone in the field of education”, is the law ofTawhēd - Tadrīsāt, enacted in March three 1924 to remove themaktab-madrasahpredicament from the system of education. …”
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The Use of Statistical Tests to Calibrate the Black-Scholes Asset Dynamics Model Applied to Pricing Options with Uncertain Volatility by Lorella Fatone, Francesca Mariani, Maria Cristina Recchioni, Francesco Zirilli

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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HUMAN-PET RELATIONSHIPS IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA: A PUBLIC SENTIMENT ANALYSIS by Nazhan Ilias, Fathrurahiman Saidin, Nur Indah Ahmad, Moniza Waheed, Murni Wan Mohd Noor, Mokrish Ajat

“…A total of 1,829 tweets related to human-pet interactions during COVID-19 were retrieved from Twitter between March 17th and September 17th, 2020. Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) was utilized to analyze the tweets with human moderation. …”
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Analysis of Air Pollution Migration during COVID-19 Lockdown in Krakow, Poland by Mateusz Zaręba, Tomasz Danek

“…In a 24-hours averaging period, the concentration of PM10 has exceeded EU norms in 10 days in pandemic March 2021. It is estimated that 50% of the carbon fraction in PM10 measured in Krakow comes from domestic heating. …”
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Preliminary Study: Expulsive Effect of Empagliflozin on Small Lower Ureteric Stones in Type II Diabetic Patients by Alsayed S. Abdelaziz, Mohab AS. Abdalaziz, Mostafa M. Ebraheem, Ali A. Raheem, Ayman M. Ghoneem

“…Methods Between July 2018 and March 2020, 111 diabetic patients coming to urology outpatient clinics with a single 5–10 mm lower ureteral stone were randomly assigned to two groups: Empagliflozin group (Group A, n=54): Patients got an oral dose of 10 mg of empagliflozin once daily, and Tamsulosin group (Group B, n=57): Patients received tamsulosin 0.4 mg once daily but no SGLT2 inhibitor. …”
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Amniotic Fluid β2- Microglobulin Measurements by Emine Aydın, Alp Tuna Beksaç, Ergün Karaağaoğlu, M. Sinan Beksaç

“…STUDY DESIGN: One hundred patient’s amniotic fluid β2-microglobulin levels had been evaluated retrospectively (March-October 2009). The most common amniocentesis indication was advanced maternal age (33.3%). …”
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Morphometrics and Reproductive Characteristics of the Freshwater Crab Sartoriana spinigera from the Habitat of Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh: An Approach to Conservation by Sanjida Akther, Mohammad Amzad Hossain, Debasish Pandit, Thouhidur Rahman Chowdhury, Sohel Mian

“…Fulton’s condition factor and allometric condition factor were found to be highest in March and lowest in October. The sex ratio was 1.59 : 1 for the male to female, which did not show a considerable divergence from the expected 1 : 1 ratio in the chi-square test (P<0.05). …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“… The composition and distribution of planktonic fauna (adult form of zooplankton and planktonic juvenile forms of higher animals) within the eastern part of the Lagos Lagoon were investigated in July, 2008 and March, 2009 representing rainy and dry season respectively. …”
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L’utilisation de la cartographie des valeurs sociales et culturelles comme outil dans l’adaptation aux changements climatiques : exemple d’un projet pilote à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouar... by Irene Novaczek, Josh MacFadyen, Darren Bardati

“…In this paper we report on a pilot study of social and cultural values mapping performed on Prince Edward Island in January - March 2010. We conclude that this methodology has potential as a tool to support decision-making for climate change adaptation, and it can be implemented and modified as required by a variety of stakeholders.…”
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Application of endocrine biomarkers to update information on reproductive physiology in gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). by Valentina Melica, Shannon Atkinson, John Calambokidis, Aimée Lang, Jonathan Scordino, Franz Mueter

“…We measured hormone concentrations using enzyme immunoassay (EIA) techniques in blubber biopsies collected from 106 individual whales from March to November over a span of 12 years (2004-2016) between California and Alaska. …”
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Randomised Trial: Adrenaline & Dexamethasone Vs. Adrenaline In Children With Bronchiolitis by Sidra Choudhary, Israr Liaqat, Sidra Tul Muntaha, Rafiq Ahmad, Jawad Niazi, Mian Mansoor

“…Methods: It was a Randomized controlled trial parallel group ratio 1:1 with non-probability convenient sampling conducted at the Pediatrics Department, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi from 1st September 2022 to 2nd March 2023. A total of 64 children were included. …”
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The Electoral History of the Post-Soviet Crimea: from UkSSR to Russia by A. A. Tokarev

“…In addition, the article focuses on the results and sociological basis of the last Crimean referendum held in March 2014. On the one hand its procedure creates many questions: the lack of equality in the agitation, the presence of paramilitaries, the vote in the absence of actual voter lists, etc. …”
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Effects of Location-Specific Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Daily Infection in a Tropical Climate: A Case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Ezekiel Kaura Makama, Hwee San Lim

“…In this study, the possible effects of location-specific meteorological parameters in a tropical climate on new daily COVID-19 infection (NDI) are investigated in Kuala Lumpur from 14 March 2020 to 31 August 2020. A generalized additive model (GAM) was imposed on ambient temperature (T) and absolute humidity (AH) to explore their nonlinear relationship with NDI. …”
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Gamma-knife radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannomas. A systematic review and meta-analysis by Timoleon Siempis, Spyridon Voulgaris, George A. Alexiou

“…Methods: A literature review until 28th of March 2023 was performed. All studies looking at the outcomes of radiosurgery for the treatment of JFS were included. …”
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Surface Quality Monitoring and Improvement for Dimensional Metrology in Inline CT by Denoising with Neural Networks and Fast Surface Quality Metric by Faizan Ahmad, Ahmed Baraka, César Cardona-Marin, Steffen Kieß, Dominik Wolfschläger, Robert H. Schmitt, Sven Simon

“…Furthermore, we propose a fast surface quality metric based on the marching cubes algorithm and Hausdorff distance to enable realtime monitoring of voxel dataset quality during continuous CT scans, as required in inline CT. …”
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Characterization of patients hospitalized for bronchiolitis according to severity and risk factors. Ghardaia, 2023-2024 by Alexander Torres Molina, Rafael Rosales González

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> Descriptive study, carried out at the Gueddi Bakir Specialized Hospital Establishment, belonging to the Ghardaia commune, in Algeria, from December 2023-March 2024. In a population of 327 patients admitted for bronchiolitis, the studied variables: age, sex, severity of the disease, risk factors related to the host and environmental factors. …”
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Association of anti-phospholipid antibodies and hepatitis B virus infection in Najaf Governorate by Ameer Mohammed Kadhim, Hawraa Ameer Mubark, Dhefaf Hameed Al-Mudhafar, Zainab Hayder Abdulmajeed

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done in Najaf from September 2022 to March 2023, and it included 113 patients (70 were males, age range was 15–85 years) with HBV infection and without any history of APS. …”
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Calculation of the molecular properties of five cephalosporins: cephradine, cephalexin, cefadroxil, cefprozil and ceftobiprole by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Eslhey María Sánchez Domínguez

“…All calculations were run on personal computers belonging to the Medical Sciences University of Las Tunas, from November 2009 to March 2010. <strong><br />Results:</strong> The structural parameters of the beta-lactam ring do not change as a result of changes in the side chains. …”
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La santé et la sécurité au travail des travailleurs immigrants à Montréal : résultats d’une enquête exploratoire by Sylvie Gravel, Laurence Boucheron, Michel Kane

“…The survey was conducted from October 2000 to March 2001 with 17 key informants from community organizations, occupational health institutions and research centres. …”
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