Assessment of Meteorological Drought in Korea under Climate Change by Jaewon Kwak, Soojun Kim, Jaewon Jung, Vijay P. Singh, Dong Ryul Lee, Hung Soo Kim

“…For the spatial characterization of drought, the standardized precipitation index (SPI) is calculated from the 45 observatories in Korea and the spatial distribution is also estimated based on the joint probability analysis using the copula method. …”
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Update on Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Urothelial Carcinoma by Carrie Costantini, Frederick Millard

“…Gemcitabine and cisplatin is the current standard of care for first-line treatment in fit patients with metastatic disease. …”
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Eminescu restituit: o „versiune integrală” a Luceafărului by Ara Alexandru Şişmanian, Dana Şişmanian

“…La réintégration dans le poème de 50 strophes inconnues de l’édition «standard», extraites du labyrinthe des variantes manuscrites éditées par Perpessicius, continue l’initiative de Petru Creţia qui avait publié 13 strophes inédites du discours du Démiurge (Manuscriptum, 1/1991). …”
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Towards the Application of Atorvastatin to Intensify Proapoptotic Potential of Conventional Antileukemic Agents In Vitro by Jolanta D. Żołnierczyk, Arleta Kaźmierczuk, Paweł Hikisz, Barbara Cebula-Obrzut, Ewa Wawrzyniak, Jerzy Z. Błoński, Małgorzata Misiewicz, Paweł Robak, Piotr Smolewski, Zofia M. Kiliańska

“…On the other hand, combined treatment of leukemia with statins and the conventional chemotherapeutics is questionable because of unknown influence of the first on the standard treatment results. This study has revealed that in vitro atorvastatin increases the proapoptotic potential of cladribine and mafosfamide in CLL cells isolated from peripheral blood of patients. …”
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A “Novel” Protocol for the Analysis of Hydroxycinnamic Acids in Leaf Tissue of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L., Asteraceae) by Meriem Bahri, Philippe Hance, Sébastien Grec, Marie-Christine Quillet, Francis Trotin, Jean-Louis Hilbert, Theo Hendriks

“…A “novel” protocol is presented for easy and reliable estimation of soluble hydroxycinnamate levels in Cichorium intybus L. leaf tissue in large-scale experiments. Samples were standardized by punching 6 discs per leaf, and hydroxycinnamates were extracted by submerging the discs in 80% ethanol with 5% acetic acid for at least 48 h in the darkness at 4°C. …”
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Possibilities and limitations of local economic development in Serbia by Aničić Dušan, Gligorijević Jasmina, Jelić Miloje A., Stojanović Milosav

“…The economic system in Serbia has features of high unemployment rate and low living standard among the population, and therefore local government taking a larger part in local economic development issues is seen as a real possibility for reducing these problems. …”
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L’écart entre la théorie et la pratique : les protections en santé et en sécurité au travail et la réalité de la main-d’œuvre étrangère temporaire du domaine agricole en Ontario... by Janet McLaughlin, Jenna Hennebry, Ted Haines

“…The article concludes with recommendations to improve shortcomings, including standardized and specific OHS training, random OHS inspections, and full inclusion of agricultural workers in provincial legislations. …”
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EFFECT OF DICLOFENAС SODIUM ON MECHANISMS OF DIFFERENTIATION OF BONE MARROW CELLS AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Yu. Bahmut, O. S. Ivanov, G. V. Tsapko

“…The pharmaceutical industry creates new drugs from the group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, but the “gold” standard remains the drug Diclofenac Sodium. In some conditions, a person is forced to take the drug for a long time, and sometimes all life. …”
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An Inhomogeneous Cell-Based Smoothed Finite Element Method for Free Vibration Calculation of Functionally Graded Magnetoelectroelastic Structures by Yan Cai, Guangwei Meng, Liming Zhou

“…To verify the accuracy and trustworthiness of ICS-FEM, we investigated several numerical examples and found that ICS-FEM simulated more accurately than the standard FEM. Also the effects of various equivalent stiffness matrices and the gradient function on the inherent frequency of FGMEE beams were studied.…”
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Towards artificial intelligence based rail driving assistance tool by Merlevede Jean-Valentin, Enjalbert Simon, Vanderhaegen Frédéric, Flammini Francesco

“…Finally, the Safety Manager ensures the system’s compatibility with safety standards.…”
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Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme by Smit Shah, Joshua Green, Shantelle A. Graff, Qi Li, John D. Heiss

“…The possible benefits of combining gene therapy with standard GBM treatments will also be covered.…”
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Dynamic Echocardiographic Imaging of a Valve-in-Valve Mitral Prosthesis by Bishoy Wassef, Mina Masry, Mounir Ghali, John N. Makaryus, Amgad N. Makaryus

“…Most bioprosthetic heart valves degenerate over a given time and hence require repeat valve replacement which carries a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Reoperation is the standard of care and may still be required after the first successful surgery due to complications disrupting either mechanical or bioprosthetic valves. …”
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Rethinking the residual approach: leveraging statistical learning to operationalize cognitive resilience in Alzheimer’s disease by Colin Birkenbihl, Madison Cuppels, Rory T. Boyle, Hannah M. Klinger, Oliver Langford, Gillian T. Coughlan, Michael J. Properzi, Jasmeer Chhatwal, Julie C. Price, Aaron P. Schultz, Dorene M. Rentz, Rebecca E. Amariglio, Keith A. Johnson, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Paul Maruff, Yen Ying Lim, Colin L. Masters, Alexa Beiser, Susan M. Resnick, Timothy M. Hughes, Samantha Burnham, Ilke Tunali, Susan Landau, Ann D. Cohen, Sterling C. Johnson, Tobey J. Betthauser, Sudha Seshadri, Samuel N. Lockhart, Sid E. O’Bryant, Prashanthi Vemuri, Reisa A. Sperling, Timothy J. Hohman, Michael C. Donohue, Rachel F. Buckley

“…We propose an alternative strategy which overcomes the standard approach’s limitations using machine learning principles. …”
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Microbial profile of some ready-to-cook frozen food items sold in Dhaka city, Bangladesh by Md. Shamimuzzaman, Rajib Kanti Roy, Toma Rani Majumder, Nirmal Chandra Barman, Nazia Nawshad Lina, Md. Tarek Hasan, Biplab Kumar Dash

“…Microbiological analyses were carried out to enumerate total aerobic counts of mesophilic bacteria, yeast and mold and to detect some common foodborne pathogens according to standard microbiological criteria. Higher microbial loads in all animal-based food types, other than chicken strips were found. …”
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Engineering Personnel Training System in Modern Russia: Educational Trajectories and Quality Control by A. N. Danilov, M. B. Gitman, V. Yu. Stolbov, E. K. Gitman

“…The paper stresses the need to create modern funds for assessment the level of professional competencies agreed with employers in accordance with industry professional standards.The authors recommend applying the joint experience of universities and enterprises in working out fund of assessment tools comprising situational tasks for the procedure of final attestation of graduates…”
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Two Bootstrap Strategies for a k-Problem up to Location-Scale with Dependent Samples by Jean-François Quessy, François Éthier

“…This accounts for the fact that one works with empirically standardized data instead of the original observations. …”
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The Curative and Prophylactic Effects of Xylopic Acid on Plasmodium berghei Infection in Mice by J. N. Boampong, E. O. Ameyaw, B. Aboagye, K. Asare, S. Kyei, J. H. Donfack, E. Woode

“…Xylopic acid exerted significant (P<0.05) effects on P. berghei infection similar to artemether/lumefantrine, the standard drug. Furthermore, it significantly (P<0.05) reduced the lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced fever in Sprague-Dawley rats similar to prednisolone. …”
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Spectrphotometric Determination of Buclizine as Hydrochloride Using Various Chromogenic Reagents by V. Annapurna, G. Jyothi, A. V. Subbayamma, B. B. V. Sailaja

“…Regression analysis using the method of least squares was made to evaluate the slope(b), intercept(a) and correlation coefficient (r) and standard error of estimation (Se) for each system Determination of BUCZ in bulk form and in pharmaceutical formulations were also incorporated.…”
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Microlaparoscopy in Sex Reassignment Surgery by S. De Stefani, C. Trombetta, M. Raber, G. Savaco, U. Moro, E. Belgrano

“…Sex reassignment (male to female surgery) is a standard operation which is aimed at constructing female genitalia and obtaining a cosmetic and functional result that is similar to that of a normal female subject. …”
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6G in Clinical Applications: Integrating New Network Approaches in Healthcare by Kolb Sven, Jurosch Franziska, Kröger Nicolai, Mehmeti Fidan, Bernhard Lukas, Fuchtmann Jonas, Speidel Stefanie, Kellerer Wolfgang, Wilhelm Dirk

“…While many existing approaches aim to tackle these challenges, they are generally based on current network architectures and standards and are thus constrained by the limitations of these networks. …”
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