Evaluation of antibiotic consumption using WHO -antimicrobial consumption tool and AWaRe classification by Julie Birdie Wahlang, Reuben P. Syiem, Chayna Sarkar, Nari M. Lyngdoh, Iadarilang Tiewsoh, Dhriti K. Brahma, Aitilutmon Surong, Arky J Langstieh

“…A majority of the data on drug sales and consumption in India comes from the private sector and is typically gathered from private commercial organization. …”
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Local Ecological Knowledge on Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Strategies Promote Resilience in the Middle Zambezi Biosphere Reserve, Zimbabwe by Olga Laiza Kupika, Edson Gandiwa, Godwell Nhamo, Shakkie Kativu

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Synthesis and Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of Functionalized Mono-, Bis-, and Trisanthracenyl Bridged Ru(II) Bis(2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine) Charge Transfer Complexes... by Adewale O. Adeloye, Peter A. Ajibade

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Commentary on the published position statement regarding the pathogenesis of fetal basal ganglia- thalamic hypoxic-ischaemic injury by J Anthony, J Smith, L Murray, G F Kirsten, G Gericke, Y Kara, V Davies, D Pearce, R van Toorn, M M Lippert, J W Lotz, S Andronikou, B Alheit, L van Wyk, A S Ebrahim, B S Schifrin

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Sources of Information on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi by Belinda Chimphamba Gombachika, Ellen Chirwa, Address Malata, Alfred Maluwa

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Prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Puerto Rico by Enid J García-Rivera, Krystel Ruiz-Serrano, Edgar I Miranda, Luis C Mejía, Adolfo Pinzón, Cecile Marqués-Goyco, José G Quijada, Homero Monsanto, Juan C Orengo

“…This is a descriptive study using healthcare claims data from patients with T2DM from public and private healthcare insurance companies providing services in Puerto Rico in 2013, aimed to estimate the prevalence of comorbidities in this population. …”
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Soft Tissue Stability around Single Implants Inserted to Replace Maxillary Lateral Incisors: A 3D Evaluation by F. G. Mangano, F. Luongo, G. Picciocchi, C. Mortellaro, K. B. Park, C. Mangano

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INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS VS ENDOWMENTS by E. S. Biryukov

“…Institutional investors of both these types ceased to focus on conservative instruments - bonds and deposits , and use other options: Global - stocks , Yale – private equity , hedge funds, real estate investments , etc. …”
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AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING: IS THE EU CONSUMER LAW FIT FOR THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY? by Monica CALU

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Examining Examples and Elements of Illegal Competition and Anti-Competitive Practices with an Emphasis on the Resulting Civil Liability by Leila Ghaemi, Hossein Ghorbanian, Alireza Hasani

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Civil Liability of Banks for Sayadi Checks by Ahmad Reza Davarpanah, Mehdi kazemi Moghadam, Jamileh Jafari

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Suicidal ideation and its associated risk factors among students of a medical college in Chennai—A cross-sectional study by M Koushik, Prarthana Veeramani, L Pooja Mary Vaishali, B Charumathi, Timsi Jain

“…Methodology: An institutional-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2021 to October 2021 in a private medical college in Chennai. Data were collected from the medical students of the private medical college using Beck’s suicidal ideation scale, (DASS-21), and a semistructured questionnaire. …”
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Les réformes foncières dans les régions de montagnes post-socialistes et leur impact sur l’aménagement du territoire – une étude de cas dans le Caucase by Alexey Gunya

“…The consequences of these reforms include the almost total disappearance of collective farms and the emergence of the private ownership of land. In the 1990s, the state delegated political power, including the disposability of land, to local authorities. …”
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Social Protection in Developing Countries: Legal, Economic, and Social Trends by Nodira Rustamova, Sardorbek Sharifzoda, Xurshida Burxanxodjaeva, Lola Rahimqulova, Mukhammad Turdialiev, Farrukh Nurullaev, Dauletbike Eshchanova

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Novel fingerprint key generation method based on the trimmed mean of feature distance by Zhongtian JIA, Qinglong QIN, Li MA, Lizhi PENG

“…In recent years, biometrics has become widely adopted in access control systems, effectively resolving the challenges associated with password management in identity authentication.However, traditional biometric-based authentication methods often lead to the loss or leakage of users’ biometric data, compromising the reliability of biometric authentication.In the literature, two primary technical approaches have been proposed to address these issues.The first approach involves processing the extracted biometric data in a way that the authentication information used in the final stage or stored in the database does not contain the original biometric data.The second approach entails writing the biometric data onto a smart card and utilizing the smart card to generate the private key for public key cryptography.To address the challenge of constructing the private key of a public key cryptosystem based on fingerprint data without relying on a smart card, a detailed study was conducted on the stable feature points and stable feature distances of fingerprints.This study involved the extraction and analysis of fingerprint minutiae.Calculation methods were presented for sets of stable feature points, sets of equidistant stable feature points, sets of key feature points, and sets of truncated means.Based on the feature distance truncated mean, an original fingerprint key generation algorithm and key update strategy were proposed.This scheme enables the reconstruction of the fingerprint key through re-collecting fingerprints, without the need for direct storage of the key.The revocation and update of the fingerprint key were achieved through a salted hash function, which solved the problem of converting ambiguous fingerprint data into precise key data.Experiments prove that the probability of successfully reconstructing the fingerprint key by re-collecting fingerprints ten times is 0.7354, and the probability of reconstructing the fingerprint key by re-collecting fingerprints sixty times is 98.06%.…”
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Mandibular posterior bone anchorage technique using steel wire: a retrospective descriptive study on dental movements and clinical tolerance by Grzelczyk Lucie, Ligerot Romain, Filippi Raphaël, Cresseaux Paul, Carlier Adélaïde

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Analysis of Morphologic and Rheological Properties of Hyaluronic Acid Gel Fillers to Body Contouring and Its Clinical Correlation by Maria Cláudia Almeida Issa, Renata M. M. Viana, Paulo R. de Souza Mendes, Mônica F. Naccache, Priscila R. Varges, Eliana P. Marín Castaño, Eliandre Palermo

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Continuing dental education (CDE) programs: Are dentists keeping themselves updated? by Ramandeep S. Gambhir, Umang Jagga, Rina Singh, Ramandeep Kaur, Garish Kumar, Aanchal Gupta

“…Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the perception, participation, and obstacles of private dental practitioners toward participation in continuing dental education (CDE) programs in India. …”
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Leisure Boredom Scale: the Factor Structure and the Demographic Differences by Bulent Gurbuz, Erman Oncu, Feyza Kara

“…In total 312 employees from public and private sectors (167 female, 145 male) residing in Ankara participated in this study. …”
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Fracture Resistance of Endodontically Treated Maxillary Premolars Restored by Various Direct Filling Materials: An In Vitro Study by Jozef Mincik, Daniel Urban, Silvia Timkova, Renata Urban

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