Ascending aortic replacement versus aortic root replacement in patients with type A aortic dissection involving the aortic root by Fausto Biancari, Giuseppe Gatti, Timo Mäkikallio, Tatu Juvonen, Giovanni Mariscalco, Zein El-Dean, Matteo Pettinari, Javier Rodriguez Lega, Andrea Perrotti, Francesco Onorati, Konrad Wisniewki, Till Demal, Petr Kacer, Dario Di Perna, Igor Vendramin, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Eduard Quintana, Joscha Buech, Caroline Radner, Antonio Fiore, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Paola D’Errigo, Stefano Rosato, Gianluca Polvani, Sven Peterss

“…Background: Extensive surgical resection of the thoracic aorta in patients with type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is thought to reduce the risk of late aortic wall degeneration and the need for repeat aortic operations. …”
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ORGANICITY OF THE PHENOMENON OF CULTURE AS AN EXPLICATION OF VITALITY by D. B. Svyrydenko, O. D. Yatsenko, O. V. Prudnikova

“…The originality of the authors’ thought lies in the interpretation of the essence of culture as an explication of vitality, as a logical and natural extension of life. …”
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Prevention Is the Best Medicine : Development of a Work and Health Toolkit for New Immigrants Using Settlement Services in Ontario by Agnieszka Kosny, Marni Lifshen, Peter Smith, Ron Saunders, Roland Rhooms

“…Settlement staff identified a lack of time and knowledge about OHS and WC as barriers to delivering this information. Both groups thought it was important that work-related mental health issues be addressed in the material. …”
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The Śāriputra and Raudrākṣa – On the Identity of the Bronze Drum in the Dunhuang Murals by Minqian Liao

“…Traditionally, the cross pattern was thought to symbolise a ‘broken drum skin’ or ‘wind-broken drum’, representing the defeat of Raudrākṣa’s followers. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Inversely, Otto shows that his empire is not civitas terrena or civitas diaboli—according to St. Augustine, who thought that the fight for the salvation of souls was going on the earth and in "another" world as eschatology minor. …”
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Prevalence and immunopathologic characteristics of seropositive and seronegative hepatitis B virus-associated membranous nephropathy: a retrospective study of 420 biopsy-proven cas... by Haitao Lu, Qianqian Xu, Guming Zou, Hongmei Gao, Yue Yang, Wenge Li, Li Zhuo

“…Additionally, the positive group had significantly lower levels of serum albumin and IgG than the negative group (p < .01).Conclusions This comprehensive study reveals a significantly higher prevalence of seronegative HBV-MN than previously thought. The blood creatinine values and incidence of liver function abnormalities was higher in the serology-positive group than in the serology-negative group. …”
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Taurine inhibits acute ammonia-induced oxidative stress, immune response, and apoptosis of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) during keep-live transport by Xin Zhao, Zhenkun Xu, Jun Mei, Jing Xie

“…Ammonia is thought to be the main chemical contaminant that stresses fish during keep-live transport. …”
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Aging towards walkable futures: insights from a multidisciplinary workshop held in Barcelona, Spain by Enric Vall-Garcia, Laura Delgado-Ortiz, Lisa Alcock, Laura Coll-Planas, José Augusto García-Navarro, Susanne Iwarsson, Josep Maria Jansà, Carl-Philipp Jansen, Sarah Koch, Simon Schwartz, Merja Rantakokko, Adelaida Sarukhan, Willeke van Staalduinen, Lynn Rochester, Judith Garcia-Aymerich

“…Future work can draw on the discussions held during this event in a thought-provoking and hypothesis-generating way.…”
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Angiotensin Inhibition Reduces the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Patients With Hypertension by Mohammad Hossein Abbasi, Colleen M. Brensinger, Emily K. Acton, Christopher G. Favilla, Jan‐Karl Burkhardt, Scott E. Kasner

“…Background Local angiotensin activity is thought to play a critical role in arterial wall homeostasis and remodeling, and impaired arterial wall integrity contributes to the pathogenesis of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). …”
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Developing and Validating a Novel Generic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure &ndash; Postoperative Recovery Scale for Adult (PRSA): A Prospective Observational Study by Liu Y, Yu R, Fu Y, Zuo Y, Qiu Y, Liu J

“…Besides, the time to complete the PRSA was 27.5s (95% CI: 24.5– 30.0 s) shorter than QoR-15, and more patients thought that completing the PRSA was easy compared to QoR-15 (65.7% vs 57.2%, P < 0.001).Conclusion: The PRSA scale is a universal patient-reported outcome measure that can be utilized for evaluating postoperative recovery. …”
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Analysis of general plans of the USSR universities in 1970–1980 by A. V. Popov, A. A. Semenchukova

“…The general plans of universities developed during the Soviet period are characterized by a well-thought-out planning structure that takes into account most of the needs of the average student of that time. …”
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The epidemiology of substance use disorders in Saudi Arabia: findings from the Saudi national mental health survey by Yasmin Altwaijri, Corina Benjet, Marya Akkad, Lisa Bilal, Mohammad Talal Naseem, Abdulhameed Al-Habeeb, Abdullah S. Al-Subaie, Nouf K. Al-Saud

“…Conclusions SUDs in Saudi Arabia are more prevalent than previously thought, associated with significant psychiatric comorbidities and role impairment. …”
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Evaluation of Relationship between Schemas and Panic Disorder through a Case Treated with Schema Therapy by Esra Yancar Demir, Gonca Soyg&uuml;t

“…Patient who had been thought of more functional ways coping instead of inadaptive ways was free of her panic attack symptoms which were resistant to medical treatment. …”
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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…The most significant difference is thought to lie in the fact that the 1926 coup was directed against the reforms that were planned or undertaken by the left-wing coalition, while the 1934 political upheavals attempted to prevent a possible takeover by the right-wing extremists, though some data can be found that by means of a coup K. …”
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Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial with gamma-band transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of schizophrenia refractory auditor... by Xiaojuan Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Yuan Chang, Jingmeng Liao, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

“…Transcranial alternating current stimulation is thought to enhance connectivity between different brain regions by modulating brain oscillations. …”
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The role of the Kazan school of journalistic education in the training of national journalists by V.Z. Garifullin

“…Furthermore, courses on the history of Tatar people, its socio-political thought, musical art, the place of Islam in the spiritual culture have been introduced. …”
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Diagnostic ability of myxovirus resistance-A in pediatric cases of viral-acute respiratory tract infections with vitamin A and zinc deficiencies by Dian Kesumapramudya Nurputra, Amalia Setyati, Nur Arfian, Endy Paryanto Prawirohartono, Zulvikar Syambani Ulhaq

“…Notably, the activation of interferons is thought to be influenced by plasma vitamin A and zinc levels. …”
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Overexpression of metalloproteinase PAPPA accelerates cancer progression and correlates with immune cell infiltration in gastric cancer: insights from bioinformatics and in vitro i... by Shiya Yu, Shiyao Zheng, Jinwei Qiu, Hongming Lin, Xiaojuan Yu, Huiyan Chen, Junhong Wu, Weihang Wu, Jiong Chen, Yongyuan Chen, Jianwei Chen, Hu Zhao, Yu Wang

“…Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A(PAPPA) is thought to play an important role in the occurrence and progression of cancer, yet its significance in the development of GC has not been reported. …”
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Historical origin and development of politically motivated criminal offences: Political delicts by Matić Goran D.

“…One of the most important achievements of the European legal culture and thought from humanism and the Renaissance to the most recent times is the establishment of the concept and legal institute of political delict, as a privileged delict - criminal offence regulated by law, in terms of general and legal culture, despite the fact that it has been limited mainly to verbal political actions in democratic states. …”
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The Coronal Power Spectrum from MHD Mode Conversion above Sunspots by Hemanthi Miriyala, Richard J. Morton, Elena Khomenko, Patrick Antolin, Gert J.J. Botha

“…The p- modes are fast waves below the equipartition layer and are thought to undergo a double mode conversion as they propagate upward into the atmosphere of sunspots, which can generate Alfvénic modes in the upper atmosphere. …”
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