The Effects of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on Soils and Plant Communities in the Deserted Rangelands of Bahrain by Manal A. M. Sadeq, Mohammed S. Abido, Ahmed A. Salih, Jameel A. Alkhuzai

“…Nonetheless, the influence of mesquite on flora could be beneficial for annual understory plants but subject to many operating factors, including density and cover of mesquite trees.…”
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Public Administration’s Regulatory Acts: Classification Issues by V. R. Bila

“…Program and planning acts do not cause the immediate effects of legal consequences such as the emergence, change or termination of subjective rights and legal obligations and related legal relations, which, however, does not mean that they do not lose the features of normativity. …”
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Space-based long term condition monitoring of cold region pavement with PS-InSAR by Yusheng Jiang, Xiong Yu

“…This helps identify areas of pavement subjected to frost heave and thaw weakening. The study demonstrates that potential of space-based InSAR technology to achieve spatial resolution and sensitivity for monitoring the performance of cold region pavement. …”
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Anti-Abortion Mobilization in Latin America: Signs of a Field in Transformation by Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, María Angélica Peñas-Defago, Camila Gianella Malca

“…It identifies significant commonalities among the cases and raises the hypotheses that shifts in the composition of the anti-abortion networks, in mobilization strategies and frames are inserted in a trend that has been transnationally diffused and subject to different processes of vernacularization. …”
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Screening of serum biomarkers in patients with PCOS through lipid omics and ensemble machine learning. by Ji-Ying Chen, Wu-Jie Chen, Zhi-Ying Zhu, Shi Xu, Li-Lan Huang, Wen-Qing Tan, Yong-Gang Zhang, Yan-Li Zhao

“…Serum from PCOS patients and non-PCOS subjects were collected for untargeted lipidomics analysis. …”
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The military service as part of the social ideal in Serbia by Starčević Srđan, Blagojević Srđan

“…Starting from the assumption that the suspension of the compulsory conscription remains valid, the authors examine the possibilities for increasing the interest of young people in voluntary military service, which is the subject of this paper. The aim of the paper is to show the necessity, justification and content of state incentives for young people who opt for military service, as well as to point out their probable social consequences. …”
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High-Cadence Cycling Promotes Sustained Improvement in Bradykinesia, Rigidity, and Mobility in Individuals with Mild-Moderate Parkinson’s Disease by Angela L. Ridgel, Dana L. Ault

“…The purpose of this study is to assess if six bouts of high-cadence cycling improves motor function and mobility in individuals with PD. Methods. Sixteen subjects with mild-moderate idiopathic PD were randomized into either a high-cadence cycling or a control (stretching) group. …”
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IMAGE OF HUMAN IN THE POSTMODERN EPOCH by L. M. Mykulanynets

“…In its essence, postmodernism does not set the goal to realize a retrospection of subject type. However, separating from the cultural memory the excerpts of ideas about a person, by certain styles and directions, it builds on their formations its own eclectic image of the individual.…”
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Investigation of Procedural Decisions at the Beginning of Pre-Trial Investigation by Yа. A. Burlaka

“…The author has determined that the adoption of a procedural decision is impossible without a mandatory component of such a mechanism as the subject endowed with the relevant powers, and the quality of the decision itself directly depends on professional competence. …”
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Relationship between Maternal Mood Disorders and Dietary Intake of 3-Year-Olds by Minatsu Kobayashi, Kohei Ogawa, Naho Morisaki, Hisako Tanaka, Reiko Horikawa, Kevin Y. Urayama

“…Differences in the children’s physical measurements, energy, and food intake with the presence or absence of support for subjects with or without mood disorders were compared. …”
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Periscapular Strength Profile Changes in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers Over the Course of a Season by Patrick S Pabian, Victoria Roach, Roselin Howard, Lauren Johnston, Ryan McGuire

“…Isometric scapular plane abduction (scaption), external rotator, internal rotator, middle trapezius, and lower trapezius isometric strength was measured on throwing arm of each subject using a MicroFET 2 handheld dynamometer. Data were collected in a single session at the preseason, midseason, and postseason of the college baseball season, which spanned a five-month period. …”
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Diurnal changes of corneal epithelial and stromal thickness maps and visual quality in mild form of Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy by Iva Krolo, Aida Kasumović Bećirević, Ivana Radman, Armin Kasumović, Ines Matoc, Idoia Goñi Guarro, Ivan Sabol

“…Methods: This prospective study included 30 eyes with the mild form of FECD. Subjects underwent functional and structural testing at 8 AM, 2 PM, and 8 PM. …”
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Clausewitz's conceptualization of war as an ontological starting point in its research and understanding by Barišić Igor I., Vračar Milinko S., Đorđević Ivica Lj.

“…As a one-of-a-kind and complex social phenomenon, war has always been a subject of interest and analysis of different fields of science, chiefly the social and humanistic sciences. …”
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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING CONDITIONAL SENTENCES OF THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF TARBIYAH FACULTY IAIN ANTASARI by Saadillah Saadillah, Herlena Herlena

“…This study are supposed to know the students’ ability in using conditional sentences and the most students’ common errors in using conditional sentences. The subjects in this research are 69 of 79 students in the English Department of IAIN Antasari in academic year 2011/2012. …”
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Multi-attribute temporal descriptive methods in sensory analysis applied in food science: Protocol for a scoping review. by Michel Visalli, Mara Virginia Galmarini

“…These methods differ in several parameters: how attributes are characterized (intensity, dominance or applicability), the number of attributes evaluated, the moment of sample characterization (simultaneously with the tasting in continuous or discrete time, retrospectively), the required panel (trained subjects or consumers), etc. At the moment, there is no systematic review encompassing the full scope of this topic. …”
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The Acute effects of Talocrural MWM compared with the application of Soft-tissue of the plantarfascia on chronic Lateral Ankle Sprains for ankle Dorsiflexion R.O.M. by Peter Hempenstall, Brian O'Rourke

“…The objective of this study was to further explore the effectiveness of MWM compared with soft-tissue (ST) application of the plantarfascia on acute ankle DFROM. 20 male Gaelic footballers (Mean ± SD: Age = 22.5 ± 1.5 years, Ankle DFROM = 29.9⁰ ± 8.6⁰) with a history of chronic LAS (>6-months with no current or recent lower-chain injuries andDFROM) were split into two groups using subject-matching: MWM (n=10), plantarfascia (n=10). …”
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Evaluation of Serum Zonulin Level and Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria and the Relationship Between Serum Zonulin Level and Disease Severity by Simge Ünal, Selda Pelin Kartal, Ahmet Ozsoy, Fevzi Nuri Aydın

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of intestinal permeability in the etiopathogenesis of CSU by measuring serum zonulin levels, a marker of intestinal permeability, in both CSU patients and control subjects. Additionally, the study sought to explore the correlation between the severity of the illness and zonulin levels. …”
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Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid levels of D-lactate, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, -8, and -17 in suspected nosocomial meningitis by Sibel Yorulmaz Goktas, Arzu Yılmaztepe Oral, Emel Yılmaz, Emin Halis Akalın, Furkan Guvenc, Guven Ozkaya, Hasan Kocaeli, Seref Dogan, Selcuk Yılmazlar, Haluk Barbaros Oral

“…Methods: The CSF levels of cytokines and D-lactate were compared across 29 episodes of nosocomial meningitis, 38 episodes of pleocytosis (without meningitis) and 54 control subjects. Results: The CSF levels of IL-6, IL-8, and D-lactate were higher in the group with nosocomial meningitis compared to the control group and the group with pleocytosis without meningitis (P < 0.05). …”
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Role of information and communication technologies in the development of listening skills of non-linguistic students at a technical university by Nina S. Shvaikina, Alexander A. Popel

“…Thus, the object of the research is the process of developing listening skills of nonlinguistic students in foreign (English) language classes. The subject of the research is interactive tasks based on web-services, aimed at developing their listening skills. …”
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Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Diseases in Older Adults by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Karla Hurtado Serrano, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero

“…The selection criterion was based on the subjects being older adults of both genders, with ages equal to or greater than 65 years, with residence in the province of Tungurahua for at least the last five years. …”
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