The Hydrogeochemical Stratigraphy of Brines and Its Implications on Water Management in the Central Jordan-Dead Sea Rift Valley, Israel by Eliahu Rosenthal, Peter Möller, Orna Buch-Leviatan, Moshe Politi

“…Following the increase of groundwater exploitation, the Cl- concentrations increased and ionic ratios changed indicating inflow of Ca2+-Cl- brines, the origins of which were hitherto unknown. Data from the new MJ1 borehole revealed that rock porosities decrease with depth. …”
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EVALUATION OF SELF-FERTILITY IN BLACK CURRANT CULTIVARS IN THE NORTHWEST OF RUSSIA by O. A. Tikhonova

“…Fifty-seven black currant cultivars of different genetic and ecogeographic origin were the material of the research. The degree of self-fertility was measured by conventional techniques in 3 variants of pollination: 1) natural self-pollination; 2) artificial self-pollination; and 3) free pollination. …”
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Antisense oligonucleotides for the arterial hypertension mechanisms study and therapy by L. O. Klimov, A. A. Seryapina, V. F. Zarytova, A. S. Levina, A. L. Markel

“…However, with the undoubted advantages of the method, there are difficulties in its application, related both to the properties of the oligonucleotides themselves (insufficient stability and poor penetration into cells), and to the variety of mechanisms of the origin of a particular pathology, arterial hypertension, in our case. …”
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Method for Calculating Transients in a Gas Pipeline by A. S. Fikov

“…In order to simplify the calculations, the original differential equation is transformed in such a way that the boundary conditions acquire the property of homogeneity. …”
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Longitudinal Invariance Testing Of The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score For Joint Replacement Scale (KOOS-JR) by Alexandra Dluzniewski, Caleb Allred, Madeline P Casanova, Jonathan D Moore, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…. # Study Design Original research. # Methods Longitudinal data extracted from the Surgical Outcome System (SOS) database of 13,470 knee pathology patients who completed the KOOS-JR at baseline, three-months, six- months, and one-year. …”
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Somatic Transformations in the Context of Antropotechnogynesis at the Modern Stage by І. Р. Pecheranskyi

“…The author determines the understanding of the concept "somatic transformations" in the frames of anthropotechnogynesis is possible only on the base of integrative approach and combination of post-non-classical scientific paradigm methodology, theory of the technological development, ideas of trans-humanism, informative society concepts, and net technologies influence on the identity of the human being with robots in the sphere of bioethics and nanoethics, the ethics of new technologies and legal documents which are regulating the processes of technotransformation of the human being. Originality. The author has proved on the example of analysis of the somatic transformations own psychosomatics as he solves some important global in the context of anthropotechnogynesis that a person with help of technological enlargement of and branch problems, so he is trapped of alienation in the very crucial stage, loses the identity and crashes the corporeality in his self. …”
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Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis or cardiac sarcoidosis? A retrospective audit of a nationwide case series by Kaj Ekström, Anne Räisänen‐Sokolowski, Jukka Lehtonen, Hanna‐Kaisa Nordenswan, Mikko I. Mäyränpää, Markku Kupari

“…In all except one case, this was based on finding sarcoid granulomas that either had been originally missed (n = 29) or misinterpreted (n = 11) or were found in additional posttransplant myocardial specimens (n = 3) or samples of extracardiac tissue (n = 1) accrued over the disease course. …”
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Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation of the Probiotic Potential of the Bacteriocinogenic Strain Enterococcus lactis PMD74 Isolated from Ezine Cheese by Başar Uymaz Tezel

“…Ezine cheese is a nonstarter and long-ripened cheese produced in the Mount of Ida region of Çanakkale, Turkey, with a protected designation of origin (PDO) status. The nonstarter fermented foods serve as sources for the isolation of novel strains. …”
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Huntington’s disease modeling on HEK293 cell line by D. V. Sharipova, T. B. Malankhanova, A. A. Malakhova

“…We showed that mutant cells partially reproduce the pathological phenotype, that is, they have reduced proliferation activity, an increased level of apoptosis and high sensitivity to treatment with 5μM MG132 proteasome inhibitor compared to the original HEK293 Phoenix cell line. Our results indicate that the mutation in the first exon of HTT gene affects not only neurons, but also other types of cells, and HEK293 cell clones bearing the mutation can serve as in vitro model for studying some mechanisms of HTT functioning.…”
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Application of ursodeoxycholic acid at non-alcoholic and alcohol-induced steatohepatitis by Ye. A. Fedos’ina, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…To cite the literature data, confirming efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) at alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).Original positions. Prevalence of liver steatosis as pathomorphologic substrate of various liver diseases is quite high, however the special attention is given to patients with signs of inflammation and fibrosis, i.e. with confirmed alcohol-induced and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. …”
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Culture and end of life care: a scoping exercise in seven European countries. by Marjolein Gysels, Natalie Evans, Arantza Meñaca, Erin Andrew, Franco Toscani, Sylvia Finetti, H Roeline Pasman, Irene Higginson, Richard Harding, Robert Pool, Project PRISMA

“…We analysed the literature which was unearthed, in its entirety and by type (reviews, original studies, opinion pieces) and conducted quantitative analyses for each country and across countries. …”
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Decision-making in ethical dilemmas faced by auditors: a case study of small and medium sized audit firms that are trusted by the stock exchange by Maryam Rokhshi, Kaveh Azinfar, Seyyed Ali Nabavi Chashmi

“…Also, there is no significant relationship between the ethical decision-making of audit problems (dilemmas) and the pressure received by the auditor from the client (employer) or the auditing firm.Originality/Value: This research can help improve the quality of audits in small and medium enterprises and increase public confidence in financial reports. …”
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RELIGIOUS FAITH: EXISTENTIAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL MEANINGS by O. I. Predko

“…The existential potential of religious faith serves as the "fulcrum" of a person, thanks to which he self-actualizes, self-fulfills and forms a certain worldview model. Originality. The author has proved that religious faith, which is the projective model of a person, turns out to be one of the possible ways to solve its existential problems, as it concerns not only the nature of the essential characteristics, the properties of the Divine itself but also the ultimate foundations of person in all the uniqueness and specificity of his being. …”
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Ploidy levels influence cold tolerance of Cyclocarya paliurus: insight into the roles of WRKY genes by Zanpei Zhang, Qianxing Mao, Yueying Gu, Xulan Shang, Yanmeng Huang, Shengzuo Fang

“…Cyclocarya paliurus, a diclinous and versatile tree species originally in subtropical regions, has been introduced and cultivated in the warm temperate zone of China to meet the increasing market demand for its leaf yield. …”
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Liquid biopsy in organ damage: introduction of an innovative tool for assessing the complexity of blunt splenic injury by Aliona Wöhler, Bingduo Wang, Robert Schwab, Veronika Lukacs-Kornek, Arnulf G. Willms, Miroslaw T. Kornek

“…Specifically, we observed that blood-borne small EVs originating from monocytes (CD9+CD14+ sEVs) were directly correlated with AAST scores. …”
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A Critical Analysis of the Book History and Social Theory by Maryam Eskafi Noghani, Gholamreza Sedigh Ouraee

“…In this article, the original and translated text have been compared together, and its strengths and weaknesses have been extracted. …”
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Neural induction in Xenopus: requirement for ectodermal and endomesodermal signals via Chordin, Noggin, beta-Catenin, and Cerberus. by Hiroki Kuroda, Oliver Wessely, E M De Robertis

“…The origin of the signals that induce the differentiation of the central nervous system (CNS) is a long-standing question in vertebrate embryology. …”
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Testing the Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale by Wai Tong Chien, Zenobia Chung-Yee Chan, Sally Wai-Chi Chan

“…First, the semantic equivalence with the original English version and test-retest reliability at 2-week interval of the Chinese version was examined. …”
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A review of the Bovis Calculus’s intervention mechanism and clinical application in ischemic stroke by Ke Xu, Bowen Deng, Tongtong Jia, Mihong Ren, Hai Chen, Jing Zhang, Jinlin Guo, Yong Li, Jian Wang

“…Noticeably, BC has been used in TCM for thousands of years to prevent or treat IS-related diseases.MethodsThe historical origins of BC in the treatment of IS were investigated through the examination of ancient Chinese medical texts. …”
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An improved TDM-based controller for a multilevel three-phase active frontend with variable DC ratios: The extended Negev rectifier by Eli Barbie, Dmitry Baimel

“…The new controller expands the Negev rectifier to attain a DC-link supply of either Equal DC Sources (EDCS) or Unequal DC Sources (UDCS) with variable DC ratios up to 1:5 while preserving the power factor correction functionality of the original Negev rectifier and reducing its switching frequency by more than 50 %. …”
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