Critical appraisal of diagnostic laboratory tests in the evaluation of central precocious puberty by Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, Luigi Garibaldi

“…Accurate measurements of the gonadotropins and sex steroids are essential to ensure timely diagnosis of precocious puberty, so as to determine optimal management. …”
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Modules for Pipelined Mixed Radix FFT Processors by Anatolij Sergiyenko, Anastasia Serhienko

“…The cores are designed by the method of spatial SDF mapping into the hardware, which provides the minimized hardware volume at the cost of slowdown of the algorithm by r times. Their clock frequency is equal to the data sampling frequency. …”
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XV.-XVI. Yüzyıllarda Isparta Kazası: Nüfus ve Yerleşme by Züleyha USTAOĞLU

“…Isparta which has been known since ancient times and referred as “Seperde” or “Sparda” or “Isparada” in the sources; was the centre town of Hamid Sanjak in the Ottoman Empire in XV. and XVI. century. …”
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Frailty in Older Adults and Physical Activity by Jorge Luis Abreus Mora, Vivian Bárbara González Curbelo

“…Early detection of frailty and the timely use of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative techniques can positively modify the expected expression of disability in the elderly. …”
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CONTRIBUTORS by Prof Ronit Frenkel

“…Over the last decade, The Thinker has gained a reputation as a journal that explores Pan-African issues across fields and times. Ronit Frenkel, as the incoming editor, plans on maintaining the panAfrican scope of the journal while increasing its coverage into fields such as books, art, literature and popular cultures. …”
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Healthy Living: Tips for Staying Regular by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Constipation means having a bowel movement fewer than three times a week. Stools are usually hard and can be painful to pass. …”
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Historical review and actual situation of metallurgy at Kosovo and Metohija by Nikolić Branislav, Jakšić Ljubisav

“…That region is known by metallurgical production of ferrous and nonferrous precious metals from ancient times to nowadays. By the end of twentieth century, the production of ferronickel started. …”
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Data Collection: Poultry Integrations by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“… In this article, a point rarely discussed in industry magazines and scientific journals will be defined: How to collect data to permit competent and timely decision making. This document is VM140, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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The dust-jacket considered by Margit J Smith

“…This article addresses the  history of protective book coverings from earliest times to their current use;  their design as it mirrors changes in the graphic arts and materials over the past century; scholarly, commercial, and marketing use of dust-jackets, collections in institutions. …”
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Joseph Delteil à la recherche de l’Occitanie by Hervé Terral

“…Joseph Delteil (1894-1978), a French-speaking writer from Aude, claims to have been born in Villar-en-Val (Aude) in the garrigue (more likely in a village bedroom), a few dozen kilometers from the Big Blue. At various times in his work, Delteil set out regular milestones for understanding the "Midi", whose different facets he explored in terms of both landscape and history.…”
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Pesticides and Cholinesterase by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Fishel, describes cholinesterase, as well as how several pesticides in different pesticide families can affect cholinesterase levels in humans, and the importance of timely monitoring of cholinesterase levels for any who handle organophosphate or carbamate pesticides, which inhibit cholinesterase. …”
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Il dono di Keynes per l’ordine economico internazionale by Mario Cedrini

“…The rediscovery, in the times of the crisis, of John Maynard Keynes’s proposals for postwar reform of the international economic order invites historians of economic thought to clarify the purposes of Keynes’s international diplomacy. …”
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Luigi Foscolo Benedetto 1920 – Albert Thibaudet 1922 by Peter-Michael Wetherill

“…What our two scholars achieve, even if they are dated at times, is a corrective to the often journalistic, contradictory excesses of present-day readings.…”
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Water availability in southwest Georgia and northeast Florida by Sadie Hundemer, Martha C. Monroe

“…The aquifer’s capacity is large but limited, and meeting the area's water demands will require balancing withdrawals from the aquifer with replenishment from rainfall, a particularly difficult problem in drier times. …”
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Differential between Protein and mRNA Expression of CCR7 and SSTR5 Receptors in Crohn's Disease Patients by Nathalie Taquet, Serge Dumont, Jean-Luc Vonesch, Didier Hentsch, Jean-Marie Reimund, Christian D. Muller

“…When compared to healthy donors, SSTR5 was over-expressed 417 ± 71 times in CD peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). …”
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Effects of Urbanization Expansion on Landscape Pattern and Region Ecological Risk in Chinese Coastal City: A Case Study of Yantai City by Di Zhou, Ping Shi, Xiaoqing Wu, Jinwei Ma, Junbao Yu

“…The urbanization intensity index during 2004–2009 was 3.92 times of that during 1974–1990. The land use types of urban land and farmland changed greatly. …”
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Cellular Responses in Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Treated with Three Endodontic Materials by Alejandro Victoria-Escandell, José Santiago Ibañez-Cabellos, Sergio Bañuls-Sánchez de Cutanda, Ester Berenguer-Pascual, Jesús Beltrán-García, Eva García-López, Federico V. Pallardó, José Luis García-Giménez, Antonio Pallarés-Sabater, Ignacio Zarzosa-López, Manuel Monterde

“…MTA-Fillapex was the most cytotoxic oxidative stress inductor and genotoxic material for HDPSCs at longer times in preincubated cell culture medium, and MTA-Angelus was less cytotoxic and genotoxic than AH-Plus and MTA-Fillapex at all times assayed.…”
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Comparison study on rock breaking characteristics of disc cutters under coupled static–dynamic loads and static loads by Lin, Laikuang, Xia, Yimin, Zhang, Xuhui, Yi, Liang, Fu, Jie

“…The specific energy of disc cutter under the coupled static–dynamic load is approximately 1.5 times smaller than that under the static load, indicating the cutting method with the coupled static–dynamic load can significantly improve the cutting performance. …”
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Highly sensitive, responsive, and selective iodine gas sensor fabricated using AgI-functionalized graphene by Zhuo Chen, Qiong Lei, Yinchang Ma, Jinrong Wang, Yuan Yan, Jun Yin, Jiaqiang Li, Jie Shen, Guanxing Li, Tingting Pan, Xinglong Dong, Bambar Davaasuren, Yaping Zhang, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Jun Tao, Yu Han

“…This mechanism facilitates exceptional sensitivity and selectivity, ultrafast response and recovery times, and room-temperature operation. A multifunctional sensor prototype fabricated utilizing this material achieves the fastest reported response/recovery times (22/22 seconds in dynamic mode and 4.2/11 seconds in static mode) and a detection limit of 25 ppb, surpassing standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), while outperforming commercial I2 gas sensors. …”
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Effect of early rehabilitation on hospital stay and postoperative complications in elderly hip fracture patients: a prospective cohort study by Wen Tang, Yiqi Wang, Yulian He, Bo Liu, Runzhi Yuan, Yanhui Zhou, Huayong Huang

“…Data will be collected using electronic medical records (EMR), standardized clinical tools (Barthel Index, Timed Up and Go), and patient-reported outcome measures (SF-36, EQ-5D). …”
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