Cinacalcet Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism by H. M. Rothe, O. Liangos, P. Biggar, A. Petermann, M. Ketteler

“…Although parathyroidectomy remains the only curative approach to most primary hyperparathyroidism cases, medical treatment with cinacalcet HCl has been proven to be a reasonable alternative for several patient subgroups. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Ribbed Rotating Two-Pass Square Duct by Liou Tong-Miin, Chen Shih-Hui, Li Yi-Chen

“…The validation shows that the effect of rotation on the passage-averaged Nusselt number ratio can be predicted reasonably well; nevertheless, the transverse mean velocity and, in turn, the distribution of regional-averaged Nusselt number ratio are markedly underpredicted in the regions toward which the Coriolis force is directed. …”
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Numerical Calculation of Fracture Seepage in Rough Rock and Analysis of Local Pressure Drop by Gang Chen, Ling Ma, Hongsheng Gong, Fengqiang Luo

“…After analyzing the results of solving the NS equation for fracture seepage, it is concluded that the LPD includes the pressure drop caused by area crowding in the recirculation zone (RZ), kinetic energy loss in the RZ, kinetic energy loss in the vortices, and other reasons.…”
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« Ilé Tuntun » à La Havane by Alain Konen

“…However, judging by the reactions of numerous babalawos based in Havana, they appear to be controversial for two reasons. First, Ilé Tuntun, by renewing and reinterpreting historical links to Africa, advocates a ritual subordination to Yoruba religious and political dignitaries. …”
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Investigation on the occupational situation of clinical research associates in China by Can Du, Qi Han, Ziqian Lu, Jia Li

“…But there is a conflict between the large number of CRAs personnel and unsatisfactory quality of clinical trial monitoring, and the reason is unknown. Therefore, our study investigated the occupational status of CRAs through a questionnaire survey. …”
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Targeting ferroptosis: opportunities and challenges of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus by Le Dai, Qing Wang

“…However, recent studies have shown that ferroptosis is not only one of the key mechanisms of β-cell death, but also one of the reasons for extensive cell death within a short period of time after MSCs transplantation. …”
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Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications (1977–2014) by Geoffrey Supran, Naomi Oreskes

“…For example, accounting for expressions of reasonable doubt, 83% of peer-reviewed papers and 80% of internal documents acknowledge that climate change is real and human-caused, yet only 12% of advertorials do so, with 81% instead expressing doubt. …”
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EVALUATION OF STRAIN-STRESS STATE OF THE RAILS IN THE PRODUCTION by V. V. Muravev, K. A. Tapkov

“…High values of residual stresses is one of the most common reason of breaking lots of metal constructions, including rails. …”
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IMBALANCES IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The main task of this research is the analysis of the key imbalances in the Indian economy, as well as their reasons and consequences. The article highlights the main directions of the Indian government’s policy in the 1990–2000s aiming to overcome these imbalances. …”
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The interplay of perceived benefit, perceived risk, and trust in Fintech adoption: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa by Thomas Appiah, Veronica Venyo Agblewornu

“…Furthermore, the model demonstrates reasonable predictive accuracy as evidenced by acceptable R-square, F-square, and Q-square values. …”
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Assessment of Winter Season Air Quality in the Marmara Region Using GIS and Air Quality Data by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Halil Akıncı

“…When considered as a population, it’s determined that there’re approximately 24 million in total. The reason for this density is that the region is a major industrial, commercial, agricultural, tourism region of Turkey. …”
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Removal of Zinc(II) by Activated Carbon Prepared from Almond Husks under Different Conditions by Halil Hasar, Yakup Cuci, Erdal Obek, M. Fatih Dilekoglu

“…The Langmuir and Freundlich constants were both calculated, and the data found to be fitted reasonably well by the Langmuir isotherm. The adsorption capacities for MAC-I and MAC-II as calculated from the Langmuir isotherm were 30.864 mg/g and 35.336 mg/g, respectively.…”
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De la ruche-tronc à la ruche à cadres : ethnoécologie historique de l’apiculture en Cévennes by Ameline Lehébel-Péron, Daniel Travier, Alain Renaux, Edmond Dounias, Bertrand Schatz

“…Such combined historical and biocultural perspectives of beekeeping in Cevennes should serve to elaborate reasonable goals for conservation and should help conciliating the preservation of a patrimonial and traditional beekeeping along with the enhancement of a yet emerging local honeybee market. …”
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The need to minimize personnel resistance to innovative changes in the management system of a high-technological enterprise by N. N. Trofimova

“…Special attention is paid to the reasons for the emergence of resistance in situations of innovation implementation. …”
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Seismic Response Characteristics of Stabilizing Pile Based on Elastic-Plastic Analysis by Honglue Qu, Ying Liu, Hao Luo, Huanguo Hu, Qindi Hu

“…In addition, under the different design parameters, pile shows different seismic response characteristics; namely, changing these parameters reasonably can improve the seismic design.…”
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Smoking Prevalence Increases following Canterbury Earthquakes by Nick Erskine, Vivien Daley, Sue Stevenson, Bronwen Rhodes, Lutz Beckert

“…Of the 273 participants who were current smokers in August 2010, 93 (34.1%) had increased consumption following the earthquake, 94 (34.4%) had not changed, and 86 (31.5%) had decreased their consumption. 53 (57%) of the 93 people whose consumption increased reported that the earthquake and subsequent lifestyle changes as a reason to increase smoking. Conclusion. 24% of ex-smokers resumed smoking following the earthquake, resulting in increased smoking prevalence. …”
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Wiews of the nation's memories: A stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history of the 20th century in Lithuanian documentary films by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“… The article aims to answer the following questions: what are the reasons for the stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history? …”
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Historiography in Samanid’s Period by Maryam Doalatraftar Haghighi, Mohammad Sepehri

“…Historiography in this period was mostly based on personal observation, and for this reason access to the documents belonging to this period is very important. …”
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Assessment of Parents’ Awareness Towards Space Maintainers: A Cross‑Sectional Study by Esra Ceren Tuğutlu, Neslihan Yılmaz

“…Descriptive statistical analysis was employed to interpret the findings.Results: Despite the fact that 45% children lost primary teeth due to decay, trauma or other reasons, 40.9% of parents declared that they had no idea that early loss of primary teeth could damage permanent teeth. …”
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Environmental literacy, the key to sustainable conservation of wetlands in urban areas by Cain NZVERE, Lovemore CHIRUBVU, Thebeth MASUNDA

“…The study highlighted various reasons for residing, farming and dumping waste on wetlands.Moreover, the study explores challenges associated with living in wetlands,while showcasing the limitedlevels of environmental literacy among residents regarding wetlands and environmental conservation. …”
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