Oral Health Impact Profile in Celiac Patients: Analysis of Recent Findings in a Literature Review by Gabriele Cervino, Luca Fiorillo, Luigi Laino, Alan Scott Herford, Floriana Lauritano, Giuseppe Lo Giudice, Fausto Famà, Rossella Santoro, Giuseppe Troiano, Gaetano Iannello, Marco Cicciù

“…The studies were different in terms of the structure, findings, outcomes, and diet quality evaluation, and for this reason, it was not possible to accomplish a meta-analysis of the recorded data. …”
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Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in out-patients of the Russian Federation: DIREG 2 study results by V. T. Ivashkin, O. M. Drapkina, I. V. Mayev, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Blinov, L. K. Palgova, V. V. Tsukanov, T. I. Ushakova

“…The rate NAFLD cases within primary or secondary patients, who admitted the healthcare institutions for any reason, including those with suspected NAFLD was 37,3%. …”
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Psychosocial determinants of the willingness to pay for social health insurance among workers at a commercial bank in Dessie, Ethiopia: a multi-setting study by Alemayehu Mebratu Abate, Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Abebe Kibret Assfaw, Husien Nurahmed Toleha, Ewunetie Mekashaw Bayked

“…More than half (50.4%) of the participants were willing to pay, of which 88.5% (40.5% of the total participants) were interested in paying the 3.0% premium set by the government. The main reason for the WTP was to help those who could not afford medical costs, while the primary reason for not paying was the scheme’s limited benefit packages. …”
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Self-Organized Criticality of Rainfall in Central China by Zhiliang Wang, Chunyan Huang

“…In this paper, our objective is to find the evidence of self-organized criticality (SOC) for rain datasets in China by employing the theory and method of SOC. For this reason, we analyzed the long-term rain records of five meteorological stations in Henan, a central province of China. …”
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Du macaque rhésus au macaque fascicularis : le refus de l’Inde de l’exportation de ses rhésus (1970-1990) by Laure Hoenen

“…Neither approach proved to be sustainable in the long term. For this reason, the decision was made to switch the primate model from the rhesus to the fascicularis macaque. …”
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Systematic Approach toward the Clinical Diagnosis of Functional Dyspepsia by Pierre Paré

“…The steps are as follows: determine the duration and the course of the disease; characterize the current syndrome and review the alarm symptoms; elicit the patient-perceived dominant symptom and/or condition; and identify the patient’s reason for consulting and address the psychosocial factors. …”
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ISSUES OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN RUSSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR ELIMINATION by Tatiana V. Sidorenko, Svetlana V. Ryboushkina

“…However, it must be admitted that the system of language education at a university level comes up against serious problems of historical, economic or political background, for which reason there are processes in the system that hinder or hamper solution of the tasks set before the university. …”
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Degree-Days: Growing, Heating, and Cooling by Clyde W. Fraisse, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“…Atmospheric temperature can predict the growth rates of many plants. For this reason, growers use a concept called growing degree-days (GDD), sometimes called heat units. …”
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Characterization and process development for the selective removal of Sn, Sb, and As from anode slime obtained from electrolytic copper refining by Steinlechner S.

“…The aim of this work was to develop a process for the removal of Sn, Sb and As from anode slime out of copper refinery to disburden a subsequent pyrometallurgical processing for precious metals refinement. For this reason, a detailed literature survey was conducted, followed by a characterization to find the present compounds/alloys and their morphology. …”
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Globalização da economia e reestruturação produtiva: as repercussões sociais das novas configurações do trabalho by Noêmia Lazzareschi

“…They are studies and research whose fundamental characteristic is the consensus among the authors about the specificities and social repercussions of new configurations of the worlds of work, reason enough to assign them scientific expression.…”
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Breast Neuroendocrine Tumor. Case Report and Literature Review by Lidia Torres Aja

“…This is the first tumor of this histological characteristic diagnosed in Cienfuegos, reason why its publication is considered of scientific interest.…”
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Combination of external and internal fixation in the treatment of an exposed fracture of the tibial pylon. Case Presentation by Yaniel Truffin Rodriguez, Osmany Pérez Martínez, Sergio Miguel Samón Matos, Annia Lázara López Hernández

“…Adequate management of these conditions by the medical staff avoids the appearance of important complications, for this reason it was decided to share the experience in the management of these conditions by presenting a case.…”
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Exploiting Scanning Behavior for Predators Can Reduce Rice Damage Caused by Birds by Takeshi Honda

“…Bird nets are sometimes used as countermeasures; however this approach is expensive and labor intensive. For this reason, farmers generally eschew bird nets, even though no alternative countermeasures are available. …”
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Protection from Negative Psychological Effects in the Work Environment: An Occupational Health Perspective by Guobaitė Ramunė

“…It presents the results of qualitative interviews, illustrating situations described by victims in which they have suffered damage to their health as a result of psychological effects at work, citing this damage as the main reason for terminating the employment relationship at their own request. …”
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Aluminum-Doped SnO2 Hollow Microspheres as Photoanode Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Binghua Xu, Zeng Chen, Shengjun Li

“…The properties of the assembled DSCs were significantly improved, especially the open-circuit voltage. The reason for the enhancement was explored through the investigation of dark current curves and electrochemistry impedance spectra. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Physician-Based Fuzzy System for Ventilator Adjustments in ARDS Patients to Ensure Lung Protection by Jimmy Nabende Wanzala, Michael Robson Atim, Johnes Obungoloch

“…This, therefore, calls for the need of a logic system that will reason for the physician, that is, guide the physician. …”
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Éducation à la laïcité et enseignement laïque du fait religieux : enjeux d’une pédagogie du discernement by Anne Vézier

“…An educational aim which institutes tolerance and respect for the pluralism of beliefs risks, however, making the support of critical reason as an accessory, if the teaching of the religious fact does not rely on the teaching of the scientific approach that allows to speak of religious fact. …”
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RAISING QUALIFICATION OF ENGINEERING PERSONNEL: ORGANIZATIONAL NOVATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES by Vasyliy G. Ivanov, Svetlana V. Barabanova, Olga Yu. Khatsrinova

“…The authors reveal the problems of implementing the additional educational programs for engineering personnel such as alienation from the real practice, interdisciplinary approach ignoring, neglect of students’ personal professional and social experience and others. So, this is the reason for development of innovative strategies for additional vocational training in conditions of public-private partnership and forconstructing a system of listeners’ scientific and methodological support. …”
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Drunkards and Singers: A Mongolian Battle of Sounds by Laurent Legrain

“…The problem with drunkards lies in the fact that they are unable to participate and even noisily impede this rite of convergence. The main reason is that they are not sufficiently detached from their own inner realm. …”
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