Modern modes of chronic hepatitis C treatment by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova, Ye. O. Lyusina

“…To highlight up-to-date modes of chronic hepatitis C treatment.Original positions. Nowadays conventional «gold standard» treatment of chronic HCV-infection is antiviral therapy by pegilated interferon and ribavirin combination. …”
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Homenaje a Susana Lerner by Silvia Giorguli

“…En dicho acto se realizó un recuento de sus varios aportes académicos, entre los que destaca el sustantivo impulso que dio al desarrollo de la sociodemografía mexicana, labor que siempre ha efectuado desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y desde un en- foque original, construido colectivamente, que recupera la diversidad, la heterogeneidad y la desigualdad −social, histórica, institucional y cultural− que caracterizan a nuestra sociedad. …”
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Potential of germanium-based compounds in coronavirus infection by NAROKHA VIOLETTA, NIZHENKOVSKA IRYNA, KUZNETSOVA OLENA

“…Germanium-based compounds have shown the ability to influence the replication of various DNA/RNA viruses, stimulate the body’s natural resistance, prevent the development of metabolic intoxication of various origin, increase the efficacy of vaccines, and prevent the development of excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species, which plays a decisive role in the development of inflammatory response caused by a viral infection. …”
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COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES: RANKING OF COOPERATION PERFORMANCE by Dmitry A. Endovitsky, Sergey N. Komendenko

“…The ranking of companies is used by the Voronezh region government and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was used as a basis for similar research in other regions as well as a prototype for a methodology of monitoring the cooperation between companies and institutions of secondary professional education. Originality/value. For the first time, an assessment of the scale of and factual abundance of specified forms of cooperation between the Russian business community and the system of higher education has been performed. …”
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Immagini migranti, immagini in-discriminanti Latenze e valenze nell’uso di foto e filmati in ambito migratorio by Alberto Baldi

“…Through the study of some cases dating back to the first half of the twentieth century, in several parts of the Italian region of Basilicata, we try to make an analysis of the specific visual and audiovisual languages adopted by some emigrants whose aim was to portray an image of themselves described with an extreme care and meant to fuel a dynamic of both parting and approaching their place of origin. …”
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Analyzing diverse soliton wave profiles and bifurcation analysis of the (3 + 1)-dimensional mKdV–ZK model via two analytical schemes by S. M. Yiasir Arafat, M. A. Saklayen, S. M. Rayhanul Islam

“…Moreover, we show the balance point in the photographic form to examine the signal’s stability by specifying the saddle point and system center. Thus, the originality of this study is that the obtained traveling wave solutions of the mentioned governing model produce a variety of waves, including dark, kink, bell, and cospon bright soliton, depending on spacetime and wave propagation variables, which are illustrated in two-dimension, three-dimension, and contour charts. …”
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An Improved YOLOv7-Tiny-Based Algorithm for Wafer Surface Defect Detection by Mengyun Li, Xueying Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Xiaofeng Hu

“…Experiments conducted on a self-constructed dataset show that the improved algorithm achieved a mean Average Precision (mAP) of 90.1%, representing a 3.2% increase over the original algorithm. The model size is only 5.85MB and the detection speed has been effectively enhanced, providing valuable insights for research in industrial real-time detection applications.…”
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Identifying and evaluating supplier selection criteria in iran's steel industry according to industry 4.0 technologies by Shahab Bayatzadeh, Maghsoud Amiri

“…Weighting and prioritization of criteria is done by using Fuzzy FUCOM method.Findings: The results show that criteria such as quality, price, how to use the internet of things, lead time, settlement method and digital cooperation play an important role in choosing a supplier in Iran's steel industry, considering the role of Industry 4.0 technologies.Originality/Value: For the first time, this research examines the supplier selection criteria in Iran's steel industry, focusing on the technologies and concepts of Industry 4.0. …”
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Numerical Study on Aerodynamic Characteristics of H-Darrieus Wind Turbine with Blunt Trailing-edge Airfoil by Z. Kong, X. Sun

“…When the trailing edge thickness is 3% of the airfoil’s chord length, the power coefficient of the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) at low tip speed ratios can increase by up to 33.2% compared to the original wind turbine. Additionally, the maximum power efficiency can be improved by 2.94%. …”
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Multifocal Pulmonary Granular Cell Tumor Presenting with Postobstructive Pneumonia by Samid M. Farooqui, Muhammad S. Khan, Laura Adhikari, Viral Doshi

“…Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a neoplasm of Schwann cell origin. Its presence in the aerodigestive tract is uncommon and becomes a diagnostic challenge on initial presentation. …”
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A Universal Story: Conversations with Richard Potts About Human Evolution Heritage by Camila Marinetti

“…This article derives from the conversation I had with Richard Potts in June 2023 about his work at the Human Origins Program of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington D. …”
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Genus <i>Nicotiana</i> L.: a review of traits significant for ornamental crop production by E. G. Baranova, K. I. Ivanitsky, V. I. Suchkov

“…Phenotypic assessment of 37 Nicotiana accessions resulted in identifying for the first time 14 traits of ornamental value and selecting 18 original species and 10 hybrids of N. alata × N. × sanderae environmentally adapted to the local conditions and promising for landscaping and garden designing: with bright flowers, prolonged flowering, and relative resistance to stressful weather conditions. …”
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A Rate-Distortion Optimized Coding Method for Region of Interest in Scalable Video Coding by Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhang, Houqiang Li

“…To do it in this way, the possible mismatch between generated reference frames and original ones is also considered during rate-distortion optimization so that a reasonable trade-off between coding efficiency and decoding drift can be made. …”
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New Discoveries in Enantiomeric Separation of Racemic Tofisopam by Miklós Hunor Bosits, Emese Pálovics, János Madarász, Elemér Fogassy

“…Resolution process of tofisopam has been re-evaluated now based on our new investigations. Originally, it was carried out in the water-chloroform system, where the intermediate salt of high diastereomeric excess was described as (R)-TOF·(R,R)-DBTA·(H2O)3. …”
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A Data-Driven Method for Predicting the Cutterhead Torque of EPB Shield Machine by Kairong Hong, Fengyuan Li, Zhenjian Zhou, Feng Li, Xunlin Zhu

“…Using the change point detection method based on linear regression, the separation points between start-up stage and stationary driving stage are identified from the original construction data, and the datasets of the two stages are extracted, respectively. …”
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Virgen, ángel, flor y debilidad: paradigmas de la imagen de la mujer en la literatura colombiana de finales del siglo XIX by Luz Hincapié

“…Posteriormente, se estudian las siguientes novelas de la misma época: Dos religiones o Mario y Frinea (1884) y Del colegio al hogar (1893) ambas por Herminia Gómez Jaime de Abadía (Tunja, 1861-1926) y Soledad: novela original (1893) por Eva Ceferina Verbel y Marea (Cartagena, 1856-1900). …”
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Evaluation of the Supply Process in Public Hospitals: A Qualitative Study by Demet Kavak, Şafak Çınar, Ugur Ugrak, Fırat Seyhan

“…Therefore, well-designed specifications and qualified human resources play an essential role in the supply process.Originality: This study reveals the possible negative effects of a cost-oriented approach in the supply process on quality in public hospitals. …”
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Investigating the effect of marketing on social networks with the mental image of customers of insurance companies in Kurdistan province by Hadi Hosein Panahi, Heresh Soltanpanah

“…Also, among the three variables of social marketing affecting the mental image of insurance companies' customers, according to the respondents, communication programs had an average of 2.29, behaviour management programs had an average of 2.25, and symbolic programs had an average of 1.15.Originality/Value: Using social networks in insurance companies to form the mental image of customers and thus increase the quality of services, profits, and productivity is very effective and valuable. …”
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Harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the hyporheic zone of four streams in central Slovenia by Nataša Mori, Anton Brancelj

“…The goal of this study was to investigate distribution patterns of interstitial harpacticoid assemblages from four pre-Alpine streams originating in the Dinaric Karst and flowing into the Ljubljanica River. …”
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Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research by Kees Mandemakers, Jan Kok

“…In this article we will present an overview of the research that was done with the original themes and the new fields that were introduced over the years. …”
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