Tr ansatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Consigned to Oblivion or Waiting for a Second Chance? by A. О. Mamedova

“…The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the U.S. and the EU could have become a milestone of the 2010s transforming the current global governance system and the strategic balance of power as well as having a direct impact on the economy and trade. …”
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Thematic Issue on “Red Beetroot as a Source of Nutrients, Bioactive Compounds and Pigments” by Wiesław Wiczkowski

“…Another interesting research article by Spórna-Kucab & Wybraniec [2020] focused on the analysis of saponins, being natural plant compounds exhibiting health benefits, in red beetroot for the first time using high-speed counter-current chromatography in a new solvent system consisting of tert-butyl-methyl ether-butanol-acetonitrile-water. …”
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Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study by Andrew P Costa, Aaron Jones, Darly Dash, Paula Rochon, Patrick Quail, Rachel D Savage, Henry Yu-Hin Siu, Lisa M McCarthy, Nathan Stall, Dee Tripp, Maya Potter, Paul Katz, Samantha Peck

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Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Corneal Ectasia at Multiple Medical Centers in Saudi Arabia: A Hospital-based Study by Waleed Alghamdi, Sulaiman Aldakhil, Saif Hassan Alrasheed, Kareem Allinjawi, Mustafa Abdu, Raghda F. Mutwaly, Khaled Al Rashah, Hani M. Ghazal, Ghassan H. Radwan, Naveen Kumar Challa

“…The severity of the condition was assessed using the k median index from the Pentacam map following the modified Krumeich grading system. Results: We reviewed the medical records of 430 eyes of 215 patients with corneal ectasia. …”
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Seroprevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Infection in Some Wildlife and Cattle in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Y. J. Atuman, C. A. Kudi, P. A. Abdu, O. O. Okubanjo, A. Abubakar, Y. Wungak, H. G. Ularamu

“…The results showed presence of antibodies to FMDV in some wildlife and cattle and suggested that wildlife could equally play an important role in the overall epidemiology of FMD in Nigeria. FMD surveillance system, control, and prevention program should be intensified in the study area.…”
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Unraveling the interplay between NDVI, soil moisture, and snowmelt: A comprehensive analysis of the Tibetan Plateau agroecosystem by Di Wei, Lin Yan, Ziqi Zhang, Jia Yu, Xue’er Luo, Yun Zhang, Bo Wang

“…This study integrates MODIS remote sensing images and ERA5-Land meteorological reanalysis datasets to establish a ternary system encompassing NDVI, soil moisture, and snowmelt. …”
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Sustainable foam glass property prediction using machine learning: A comprehensive comparison of predictive methods and techniques by Mohamed Abdellatief, Leong Sing Wong, Norashidah Md Din, Ali Najah Ahmed, Abba Musa Hassan, Zainah Ibrahim, G. Murali, Kim Hung Mo, Ahmed El-Shafie

“…In this context, the current study proposes a novel approach by developing a thoughtful system for assessing performance and intelligent design utilizing ML models such as Gradient Boosting (GB), Random Forest (RF), Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), and Linear Regression (LR) to predict porosity and compressive strength (CS) of FG. …”
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Flood risk vulnerability assessment using GIS and hydraulic modeling, case study of the Fez river watershed, Morocco by Essahlaoui Narjisse, El Ouali Abdelhadi, Rhazi Abdelaziz, Alitane Abdennabi, Ijlil Safae, Mohajane Meriame, Ammari Zakaria, Oumou Abdellah, Khrabcha Abdelali, El Hafyani Mohamed, Essahlaoui Ali, Aouragh My Hachem, Van Rompaey Anton

“…The results of the study further indicate that the Geographic Information System combined with hydraulic modeling are very effective tools for floodplain mapping and analysis. …”
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Serum β2-MG, sCHE, and PSGL-1 Expression in Patients with Esophageal Cancer and Their Association with Postoperative Lung Infection After Mediastinoscopy by Yu FENG, Rulin QIAN, Dong CUI, Chaoying CHANG, Maolin CHEN

“…An automatic microbiological identification system was used to detect the pathogenic bacteria of lung infection. …”
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CHA2DS2-VASc Score Is Associated With Prognosis in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Without Atrial Fibrillation by Mingjuan Song, MM, Xu Chen, MD

“…Background: Although the prognostic value of the CHA2DS2-VASc (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes mellitus, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, vascular disease, age 65-74 years, and female sex) scoring system in patients with stroke has been explored in several studies, a research gap exists in its application, especially in patients without atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
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Selective dorsal rhizotomy long-term effects on functional motility in Jordanian children with spastic cerebral palsy by Yazan E. Al-kharabsheh, Anas Said, Ismail A. Ismaiel, Issam Khawaja, Marwan Altaher, Ali Bani-Ahmed, Carmen M. Cirstea, Carmen M. Cirstea

“…Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) scores were compared before and 12 months after SDR. …”
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Analysis of the demand and influencing factors of the family members of children with cardiovascular diseases in a certain hospital in Jinan (济南市某三甲医院心血管病患儿家属对居家医养护需求及影响因素分析)... by MOU Xiao (牟啸)

“…Efforts should be made to strengthen the home-based medical service training for family members, especially those with low education level, children with short disease duration, children with poor activities of daily living, and family members who do not know the relevant knowledge of cardiovascular diseases, so as to provide a more perfect care system for these people. (目的 探讨山东省济南市某三甲医院心血管病患儿家属对居家医养护需求现状, 并分析其影响因素。…”
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Evidence Graph Analysis of Postoperative Pain Sensitization Induced by Perioperative Sleep Deprivation by XUE Jianjun, WANG Caihong, GUO Lingling, LI Xiuxia, ZHANG Jie, XU Ziqing, HOU Huaijing, YANG Kehu

“…ObjectiveTo describe and evaluate the clinical studies of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation through the evidence map system, understand the distribution of evidence in this field, and provide reference for subsequent evidence research.MethodsA computer-based search of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from inception to August 2023 was conducted to obtain intervention studies, observational studies and systematic reviews/Meta-analysis of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation. …”
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Association of serum and local GRP78 and CHOP expressions with disease progression in patients with non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head by Peng Zhang, Qing-He Ye, Wen-Xiu Zhu, Yong-Heng Zhao, Hong-Xun Zhu, Biao-Fang Wei

“…Radiographic severity was assessed by FICAT grading system. The visual analogue scale (VAS) together with Harris hip score (HHS) were utilized to determine symptomatic severity. …”
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The effects of weather on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in older adults by Kathryn M. Crosby, Kathryn M. Crosby, Kathryn M. Crosby, Brittany Adams, Elizabeth Zambrano Garza, Mathieu L. Bourbonnais, Melanie Fenton, Christiane Hoppmann, Christiane Hoppmann, Christiane Hoppmann, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Jennifer M. Jakobi

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how various weather variables influence light PA (LPA), moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA), and sedentary behaviour (SB), steps, and time spent walking outdoors.MethodsFifty community-dwelling older adults completed the 10-day assessment period, using a Fitbit fitness tracker, Global Position System (GPS), and completing self-report questionnaires. …”
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Analisis Sentimen terhadap Kebijakan Kuliah Daring Selama Pandemi Menggunakan Pendekatan Lexicon Based Features dan Support Vector Machine by Natasya Eldha Oktaviana, Yuita Arum Sari, Indriati Indriati

“…Sentiment analysis is useful for determining the timeliness of system computing in discussions on Twitter regarding online learning policies that tend to have negative or positive sentiments using the Support Vector Machine and Lexicon Based Features methods. …”
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Effect of video-based trauma-informed care training for nursing staff on seclusion and restraint of psychiatric inpatients: A non-randomized controlled study by Michi Miyake, Megumi Hazumi, Kentaro Usuda, Takahiro Kawashima, Maiko Fukasawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Daisuke Nishi

“…Data were collected using a specialized psychiatric monitoring system from April 2020 to October 2021 pre-intervention and from February 2022 to January 2023 post-intervention. …”
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Detection of genetic sex using a qPCR-based method in the bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Yi-Chien Lee, Li-Lun Tang, Yu-Chen Yeh, Hau-Wen Li, Huei-Mien Ke, Cheng-Ju Yang, Chun-I Chiang, Chia-Hui Wang, Yung-Che Tseng, Ching-Fong Chang, Isheng Jason Tsai, Guan-Chung Wu

“…Analysis of the female and male genome coverage along the assembly confirms a ZZ/Z0 female hemizygous sex-determination system in bigfin reef squid. We identified Z chromosome linked regions and developed a quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based method to measure the copy number variance of these Z-specific regions, normalized by autosomal regions, with ratios of 1:0.5 in ZZ males and Z0 females, respectively. …”
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Electroporation assisted delivery of Roussin salt porphyrin-based conjugated carbon nanoparticles for sono–X-ray–photodynamic prostate cancer in vitro and in vivo treatment by Samir Ali Abd El-Kaream, Abed Elrahman Ahmad Mohamad, Sohier Mahmoud El-Kholey, Samia Abd El-Moniem Ebied

“…Conclusion On the bases of the findings, EP@RRBP-CNP shows a great promise as a novel, efficient selective delivery system for localized SXPDT-activated prostate cancer treatment.…”
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Soap and water cleaning versus bleach-based cleaners for eliminating SARS-CoV-2 infection by Ekong E. Udoh, Ubong A. Udoh, Abiodun Egwuenu, Ekpereonne B. Esu, Aruk Eteng, Faithman E. Ovat, Uduak Okomo, Olabisi Oduwole, Joseph Okebe, Martin Meremikwu

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