Lens disorders in degenerative myopia. Treatment options by M.H. Rabadanova, Zh.G. Oganezova, E.V. Kremkova, M.M. Yakh'yaeva

“…Potential complex therapy with anti-cataract drops characterized by antioxidant effect is discussed as a pathogenetic approach to delay cataract progression in patients who (for various reasons) are not suitable for surgery. Recommendations for modifying the lifestyle to prevent cataract development are provided. …”
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“The Founder and Father of his Empire”: Voltaire on the Peace of Nystad and the Imperial Status of Russia by S. A. Mezin

“…The author finds out, why Voltaire, condemning fascination with the history of wars and kings, in his two works: «The History of Charles XII» and «The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great» paid great attention to the Northern War and Peter I’s participation in it.The reasons of the French historian interest to the named subject are viewed in terms of the modern methods of historical analysis, «philosophical» basis of his views on war and civilization, features of historical presentation.The paper shows Voltaire’s change in attitude on interpretation of the military historical subjects, first covered in «The History of Charles XII» and then in «The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great». …”
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Distribution of energy in propagation for ocean extreme wave generation in hydrodynamics laboratory by D. Fadhiliani, M. Ikhwan, M. Ramli, S. Rizal, M. Syafwan

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The hydrodynamic uncertainty of the ocean is the reason for testing marine structures as an initial consideration. …”
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Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Inhibits Skin Renewal through Inhibiting WNT-Dependent Lgr5+ Hair Follicle Stem Cell Activation in C57BL/6 Mice by Minghui Wang, Shangsheng Yao, Dehua He, Mulan Qahar, Jinqing He, Meifang Yin, Jun Wu, Guang Yang

“…This may be an important reason for the reduction of skin renewal ability and the formation of chronic wounds caused by diabetes. …”
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Experts Participation in Crime Scene Search while Investigating Murders by A. H. Vuima

“…According to the analysis of investigative and judicial practice of investigating intentional homicides, the author has defined the frequency of involving forensic experts by investigators to crime scene search, where the dead body was found. The reasons why investigators do not examine the corpse at the place of its discovery have been established. …”
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METHODOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE (THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION) by E. M. Dorozhkin, E. F. Zeer

“…Politicians, economists and scientists’ speeches are all about the shortage of skilled personnel. They see the main reason of this catastrophic situation in the present system of primary andsecondary vocational education. …”
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Electrically Controlled Rotor Blade Vortex Interaction Airloads and Noise Analysis Using Viscous Vortex Particle Method by Taoyong Su, Yang Lu, Jinchao Ma, Shujun Guan

“…In addition, the different intensity of wake vorticity is the main reason for the differences of the BVI-induced airloads and noise among the ECR with different pre-index angles.…”
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Leveraging hybrid model of ConvNextBase and LightGBM for early ASD detection via eye-gaze analysis by Ranjeet Bidwe, Sashikala Mishra, Simi Bajaj, Ketan Kotecha

“…ASD is affecting the world hard, and its global presence continuously increases. One of the reasons for this trend may be a pandemic, which increases screen time for children and decreases communication with peers or family. …”
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Genesis of feudalism in Western Europe and its influence to the globai process of history: The conceptions of L. Vasilyev and E. Gudavičius by Nerijus Babinskas

“…The character of the social structure of Germanic kingdoms in the early Middle Ages differed essentially from oriental societies in the stage of early politogenesis. The reason for that was the alodization of Germanic society. …”
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Cardiac magnetic resonance quantified epicardial fat volume is associated with complex coronary artery disease among diabetics by Shimaa Sayed Khidr, Bakeer Mohamed Bakeer, Hatem Abdel-Rahman Helmy, Heba Mahmoud El-Naggar

“…Different cutoff points of EFV significantly predicted high SS among diabetics and non-diabetics with respective reasonable sensitivity and specificity. Age and EFV were consistently predictive of high SS on different multivariable regression models. …”
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Allogenic faecal microbiota transplantation for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in critically ill patients (FEBATRICE)-Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial... by Ivana Cibulkova, Veronika Rehorova, Hana Soukupova, Petr Waldauf, Monika Cahova, Jan Manak, Martin Matejovic, Frantisek Duska

“…We will exclude patients with ongoing sepsis, need of systemic antibiotics, or those after recent bowel surgery or any other reason that prevents the FMT. Randomisation will be in 1:1 ratio. …”
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Forecasting Foreign Exchange Volatility Using Deep Learning Autoencoder-LSTM Techniques by Gunho Jung, Sun-Yong Choi

“…Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, the foreign exchange (FX) market has become an important focus of both academic and practical research. There are many reasons why FX is important, but one of most important aspects is the determination of foreign investment values. …”
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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain Expecting Couples Birth Preparedness Intentions in a Rural Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study from Rukwa, Southern Tanzania by Fabiola V. Moshi, Stephen M. Kibusi, Flora Fabian

“…Birth preparedness intention among male partners was higher compared to their female partners. The reason for the difference could be the concern each group puts on the issue of birth preparedness. …”
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Global knowledge gaps in acute febrile illness etiologic investigations: A scoping review. by Chulwoo Rhee, Grishma A Kharod, Nicolas Schaad, Nathan W Furukawa, Neil M Vora, David D Blaney, John A Crump, Kevin R Clarke

“…<h4>Background</h4>Acute febrile illness (AFI), a common reason for people seeking medical care globally, represents a spectrum of infectious disease etiologies with important variations geographically and by population. …”
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Comparison of Aging Performances and Mechanisms: Super-Durable Fire-Resistant “Xuan Paper” Versus Chinese Traditional Xuan Paper by Li-Ying Dong, Ying-Jie Zhu, Jin Wu, Han-Ping Yu

“…The experiments reveal the reasons for the deteriorated properties and reduced durability by aging of the traditional Xuan paper based on cellulose fibers, and the mechanism for the super-durability and excellent performances of the fire-resistant “Xuan paper” based on ultralong HAP nanowires during the accelerated aging process.…”
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SOCIO-CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL-LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF THE GENDER IDENTITY PROBLEM by V. S. Blikhar, I. M. Zharovska, I. O. Lychenko

“…The motivated position of the authors is that the level of education and professionalism of women cannot serve a reason for discrimination against women, which now exists in the economic and political sphere in the post-Soviet space. …”
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WHY DO VIETNAMESE FIRMS HOLD CASH? by Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân, Hoàng Mai Phương

“…This research aims at exploring the current state and the reasons for holding cash of Vietnamese firms. Using a dataset of 199 companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in the period from 2011 to 2018, statistical analyses indicate that the median level of cash holding by net assets of Vietnamese firms is about 5.9%, which is lower than firms in many countries in the region. …”
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Profile to frontal face recognition in the wild using coupled conditional generative adversarial network by Fariborz Taherkhani, Veeru Talreja, Jeremy Dawson, Matthew C. Valenti, Nasser M. Nasrabadi

“…However, many of these deep FR models perform much better in handling frontal faces compared to profile faces. The major reason for poor performance in handling of profile faces is that it is inherently difficult to learn pose‐invariant deep representations that are useful for profile FR. …”
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in High-Surgical Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience and Outcome by Fatma A. Taha, Hesham Naeim, Fareed Alnozha, Osama Amoudi, Reda Abuelatta

“…TMViV and TMViR are reasonable as the first treatment approaches, and TMViMAC seems encouraging.…”
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Use of lay vaccinators in animal vaccination programmes: A scoping review. by Christian Tetteh Duamor, Katie Hampson, Felix Lankester, Maganga Sambo, Katharina Kreppel, Sally Wyke, Sarah Cleaveland

“…From 30 identified studies, lay vaccinators were used by non-government developmental (n = 12, 40%), research (n = 10, 33%) and government (n = 5, 17%) programmes to vaccinate domestic animals. The main reason for using lay vaccinators was to provide access to animal vaccination in the absence of professional veterinarians (n = 12, 40%). …”
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