Selected Determinants of Mezzanine Financing in Poland by Robert Golej

“…Of particular importance for the innovativeness of the economy is to have companies from the SME sector, and therefore we also carried out research in this group. Innovations are often initiated in special purpose companies, start-up, etc., that operate in the SME sector. …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease by smoking status by Olga V. Nakhratova, Daria P. Tsygankova, Joseph M. Tsenter, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data of 381 patients with CAD hospitalized for routine myocardial revascularization were analyzed. Out of examined patients, 107 were considered active smokers. …”
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Neonatal near Miss and Its Predictors among Neonates Delivered at Debretabor General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia; A Retrospective Analysis by Habtamu Abie Tassew, Fisseha Yetwale Kassie, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret

“…Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and cross tabulations were carried out. The binary logistic regression model was fitted and variables with p value < 0.20 were entered in the multivariable logistic regression model. …”
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The performance of a machine learning model in predicting accelerometer-derived walking speed by Aleksej Logacjov, Tonje Pedersen Ludvigsen, Kerstin Bach, Atle Kongsvold, Mats Flaaten, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen, Paul Jarle Mork

“…The performance of the classifier was evaluated by leave-one-out cross-validation. Results: Total recording time was ∼600 min (∼25 min per participant). …”
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Phenotypic and genetic extended spectrum beta lactamase profiles of bacterial isolates from ICU in tertiary level hospital in Kenya [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Edwin O. Magomere, Lucy Muchiri, Leon Otieno, Frank G. Onyambu, Ali Kassim, Job Mwale, Brian Maina

“…Cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria were assessed by PCR to detect the presence of ESBL genes including ( bla CTX-M, bla SHV, bla TEM, bla OXA) Results and discussion Out of the 168 Gram-negative isolates, Acinetobacter baumanii was the most abundant (35%). …”
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Changes in Techno-Functional Characteristics of Cow Colostrum Powder Prepared by Freeze Drying by Anamika Das, Raman Seth, Ayon Tarafdar, Swarnima Dey, Yogesh Kumar, Ranjna Sirohi

“…BCWP exhibited lower phagocytic activity as well as lymphocyte proliferation index as compared to BSCP which was carried out in vitro. The observations of the study provide an insight about the components present in BCWP and BSCP apart from the physical characteristics of the products which might pave the way for its utilization in various food formats.…”
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Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated with Diagonal Earlobe Crease (Frank Sign) in Mexican Adults: Aging, Obesity, Arterial Hypertension, and Being Male Are the Most I... by Rogelio Molina-Gallardo, Nomely S. Aurelien-Cabezas, Daniel Tiburcio-Jimenez, Jorge E. Plata-Florenzano, Jose Guzman-Esquivel, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Roque Molina-Osorio, Adrian A. De-la-Madrid-Cernas, Jorge Armando Barriguete-Melendez, Ivan Delgado-Enciso

“…A case-control study was carried out on a total of 805 patients with and without cardiovascular risk factors or acute coronary syndrome. …”
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Some illegal acts and inaction of law enforcement bodies, the damage caused by which is compensated on general basis: analysis of court practice by Havrylenko O.

“…Originality. It is singled out some illegal actions and inaction of law enforcement bodies or their officials, the damage caused by which should be compensated on general grounds, and it is emphasized that the formation of a list of such illegal actions, decisions and inaction will potentially contribute to correct application by courts of the norms of substantive law, which determine the general principles of compensation for damage, to legal relations for compensation for damage caused by law enforcement bodies or their officials.It is determined that the existence of such list, in its turn, will increase the effectiveness of the legal institution of compensation for damage caused by law enforcement bodies as a means of protecting human rights and freedoms. …”
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Impact of Silent Cerebral Embolism during and after Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion on Long‐Term Cognitive Function by Kexin Wang, Zhe Wang, Caiyi Jin, Mingjia Xu, Mingfang Li, Hailei Liu, Zidun Wang, Hongwu Chen, Weizhu Ju, Minglong Chen

“…These evaluations were also repeated at 45‐day, 3‐month, 6‐month, and 1‐year follow up. Results Out of 75 patients included in the final analysis, 29 (38.7%) patients suffered from new SCE during LAAO. …”
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Isotropy of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton and the Kinematics and Dynamics of the Human Arm by Joel C. Perry, Janet M. Powell, Jacob Rosen

“…Moreover, results of a manipulability analysis of the exoskeleton system indicate that the singular configuration of the exoskeleton system may be moved out of the human arm physiological workspace while maximising the overlap between the human arm and the exoskeleton workspaces. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN PENUNTUN PRAKTIKUM FISIKA DASAR II MENGGUNAKAN TEKNOLOGI AUGMENTED REALITY PADA MATERI RANGKAIAN LISTRIK DAN OPTIK GEOMETRIS by Aris Dermawan Siahaan, Rosane Medriati, Eko Risdianto

“…Kata  kunci:  Penelitian Pengembangan, Penuntun Praktikum, Augmented Reality This research was aimed to produce a Valid Practicum Guide Modul of Second Basic Physics by using augmented reality technology in the material of electric circuits and geometric optics, as well as to find out student responses about that. This research was a type of development research (Research and Development) with four stage, namely Define, Design, and Develop. …”
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Small- to Large-Scale Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion of Functionally Graded Steels by Carlos Botero, William Sjöström, Emilio Jimenez-Pique, Andrey Koptyug, Lars-Erik Rännar

“…Feasibility experiments were first carried out in a downscaled build setup, in which a single powder container was installed on top of the rake system. …”
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O QUE REVELAM AS PESQUISAS SOBRE AS CLASSES MULTISSERIADAS NOS ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL DA EJA? by Ada Guimarães Ribeiro, Regina Magna Bonifácio de Araújo

“…The objective of this research is to present the educational researches developed about the object of study mentioned, so as to draw a panorama of what has been produced about the subject, making next a selection of the researches carried out between the years 2010 and 2017 in the country. …”
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A Pilot Study Investigating the Expression Levels of Pluripotency-Associated Genes in Rectal Swab Samples for Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis by Ryan Wai-Yan Sin, Dominic Chi-Chung Foo, Deepak Narayanan Iyer, May Sau-Yee Fan, Xue Li, Oswens Siu-Hung Lo, Wai-Lun Law, Lui Ng

“…Dysregulated genes and joint panels based on such genes were examined for their diagnostic potentials for both polyp and CRC. Out of 15 genes, Oct4, CD26, c-MYC, and CXCR4 showed significantly differential expression among normal, polyp, and CRC patients. …”
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»Von einem Mann gesungen ist sie so etwas vollkommen anderes«. Schuberts Winterreise in der Deutung von Sängerinnen by Thomas Seedorf, Marc Bangert

“…In doing so, they were able to rely, on the one hand, on the example of great female lieder singers of the first half of the twentieth century such as Elena Gerhardt and especially Lotte Lehmann; on the other, they were able to point out that Winterreise deals with basic human insights which are not gender-specific. …”
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Military Aspects of the Lithuanian-Polish Conflict of 1918-1920 by Vytautas Lesčius

“…Having not renounced their idea to repeat military actions, the Poles, taking advantage of a favourable situation, by a sudden assault on 19-21 April 1919, beat the Bolsheviks and drove them out of Vilnius. In governing the city until 14 July 1920, they not only had no consideration for the position of the Lithuanian Government but also persistently infiltrated further into the country, occupying a greater area.   …”
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Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania by Jurgita Girčienė, Miglė Damijonaitytė

“…It was found that in most libraries, at least one bibliotherapy service is provided by their own staff. Out of them, slightly more than twice (both qualitatively and quantitatively) of services are attributable to passive bibliotherapy, exclusively covering an intrapersonal level of communication, based on recommendations of books to be read, which is traditionally more characteristic of these institutions, rather than those to be associated with its active variety, which includes an individual interaction of a reader with a librarian inspired by the read book, or a group one - with the members of the book club led by them that integrates an interpersonal level of communication as well. …”
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La atención de las necesidades educativas especiales y la labor docente en la escuela primaria / Response to Special Educational Needs and Teaching Efforts in Elementary School by Mayela Dabdub-Moreira, Alejandra Pineda-Cordero

“…To gather this information, interviews were carried out with fifteen first to sixth grade primary school teachers in a private elementary school in Moravia, Costa Rica. …”
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Magnitude of fruit and vegetable consumption and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attending health services at selected health centers in... by Lelisa Worku, Burtukan Hussien, Teshome Bekele Elema, Taferi Atomsa Rekiti, Amana Ogatu Luke, Addisu Tadesse Sime

“…Data collection was carried out via a structured questionnaire, followed by interviews and further analysed using SPSS V.25. …”
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Enhancing Food Security via selecting Superior Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) parents: a positive approach incorporating pheno-morphological traits, fatty acids composition, and Toc... by Amin Ebrahimi, Hamzeh Minaei Chenar, Sajad Rashidi-Monfared, Danial Kahrizi

“…Conversely, in the realm of biochemical traits, lines 35, 66, 47, 30, 65, 135, 83, 27, 4, 77, 62, 81, and 93 stood out for their elevated potential. The gene expression analysis related to the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway revealed distinct expression patterns. …”
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