Conflits armés et environnement by Al–Hamandou Dorsouma, Michel-André Bouchard

“…Not much can be done during the actual conflict phase, but a number of International legal instruments do exist that deal with the Protection of the Environment in war times; belligerents should be duly informed and reminded of those as preventive and protective measures of the environment. …”
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Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inte Santana Carballosa, Victor René Navarro Machado, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus

“…<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: during the epidemiological situation caused by COVID-19, patients were admitted to intensive care units with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia not related to the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Timely treatment, in some cases artificial mechanical ventilation, even prolonged, contributed to the low lethality and discharge with a better quality of life.…”
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GROWTH, YIELD, AND SUNFLOWER CULTIVAR PERFORMANCE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PLANT DENSITY. by Sinan A. Abas, Zeyad A. Abdulhamed, Nihad M. Abood

“… To determine the impact of climate change on the growth and yield of sunflower when planted at two different climatic times, a field experiment was conducted in Anbar Governorate, specifically in the Ramadi district, in the fields of one of the farmers. …”
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Setting and Reaching Targets with Computer-Assisted Cochlear Implant Fitting by Bart Vaerenberg, Geert De Ceulaer, Zoltán Szlávik, Patrizia Mancini, Andreas Buechner, Paul J. Govaerts

“…For each patient, 66 measurable psychoacoustical outcomes were recorded several times after cochlear implantation: free field audiometry (6 measures) and speech audiometry (4), spectral discrimination (20), and loudness growth (36), defined from the A§E test battery. …”
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Leveraging the Aspects of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice as an Alternative to Prevent Detrimental Impacts of Stunting by Novia Luthviatin, Ninna Rohmawati, Dwi Martiana Wati, Jihan Darmaningtyas, Yessinia Hanatha Pasha

“…All students received nutritional health education through drama performances and lectures about healthy food and practiced bringing healthy packed meals at certain times. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test and Friedman test. …”
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Comparing the effects of computerized versus manual methods of identifying point-specific acupuncture as an adjunct to physiotherapy in the management of knee osteoarthritis: A ran... by Lee Chai Li, Mohd Azzuan Ahmad, Tan Chee Hou, Angeline Low Ann Je, Lee Zi Lin, Tay Yan Ling, Peng Yan

“…Outcome measures, including the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, active knee flexion range, Timed Up and Go test, Visual Analog Scale for pain, Short Form-36 health survey, and Personal Integrated Energetics score, will be assessed at baseline and immediately post-intervention. …”
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Determining prognostic factors in the treatment of primary hemifacial spasm: Clinical outcomes and complications. A literature review by Juan Carlos Acevedo-González, Alex Taub-Krivoy, Julian Alfonso Sierra-Peña, Julian Geronimo Lizarazo

“…Conclusions: PHFS significantly impacts patients' lives, necessitating timely surgical intervention if initial treatments fail. …”
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The HLA-Cw12 Allele Is an Important Susceptibility Allele for Psoriasis and Is Associated with Resistant Psoriasis in the Turkish Population by Nahide Onsun, Serpil Pirmit, Dilek Ozkaya, Şirin Çelik, Aylin Rezvani, F. Pelin Cengiz, Cigdem Kekik

“…HLA-C⁎06 and HLA-C⁎12 were significantly more frequent in the psoriasis group. HLA-C⁎06 was 4.11 times more common in psoriasis patients. An increase in PASI (Psoriasis Area Severity Index) scores was compatible with HLA-C⁎12 positivity. …”
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Development of low-pressure polymeric membrane incorporated with powdered activated carbon and nanosilica for groundwater applications by Pei Ling Soo, Ling Yong Wong, Lai Peng Wong, Kin Yang Wong

“…The membranes’ performance is tested multiple times to evaluate for their pure water permeation, groundwater filtration flux, the effectiveness of groundwater turbidity, colour, chemical oxygen demand (COD), iron, and lead removal. …”
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The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review by Neema Kaseje, Meghna Ranganathan, Monica Magadi, Kevin Oria, Andy Haines

“…Background Rural community health workers [CHWs] play a critical role in improving health outcomes during non-pandemic times, but evidence on their effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic is limited. …”
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Parents’ views and experiences of raising babies born with cleft lip and palate: a qualitative study by Delaram Alinezhad, Farnoosh Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Kharazifared, Mahdia Gholami, Sarvin Sarmadi, Samaneh Razeghi

“…The diagnosis theme was associated with timing. Key concerns within the psychosocial experiences theme included initial reactions, pressure from society, the child’s future in the community, hiding from family, feeling guilty about the anomaly, and couples’ relationships. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of PD‐1/PD‐L1 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer by Qichen Zhang, Xiaojuan Han, Jiayi Liu, Hui Qiao

“…Results In the PD‐L1 group, 16 patients achieved partial or complete response, versus 12 in the PD‐1 group, though the difference in the ORR was not statistically significant (50.0% vs. 36.8%, p = 0.308). Median survival times were 21.0 months for PD‐L1 and 17.0 months for PD‐1, with no statistically meaningful difference (p = 0.180). …”
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Inflammatory Cytokine Pattern Is Sex-Dependent in Mouse Cutaneous Melanoma Experimental Model by Mihaela Surcel, Carolina Constantin, Constantin Caruntu, Sabina Zurac, Monica Neagu

“…In the male mice group, only circulatory KC increased 4 times, while IL-1-beta and TNF-alpha doubled their circulatory values. …”
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Perceiving Excitation Characteristics from Interactions between Field Road and Vehicle via Vibration Sensing by Yuansheng Cheng, Xiaoqin Li, Xiaolan Man, Feifan Fan, Zhixiong Li

“…In addition, it also indicated that when the vehicle was driven without autonomous power, the vehicle vibration frequency mainly depended on the excitation frequency of the field road surface and the frequency at the maximum vehicle vibration intensity was 2 or 3 times of that at the maximum field soft road excitation. …”
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Efficacy of 0.5% Levofloxacin and 5.0% Povidone-Iodine Eyedrops in Reducing Conjunctival Bacterial Flora: Metagenomic Analysis by Caixia Fan, Baoxia Yang, Yusen Huang

“…A total of 2.4 × 106 high-quality sequencing reads were generated from 93 conjunctival samples obtained from 31 eyes scheduled for cataract surgery before prophylactic therapy (group 1), after administration of 0.5% levofloxacin eyedrops into the conjunctival sac 8 times before surgery (group 2), and at 3 minutes after instillation of 5.0% PVI solution in the conjunctival sac (group 3) followed by surgery irrigation. …”
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EFISIENSI EFEKTIFITAS PENYELENGGARAAN PELAYANAN PUBLIK MEWUJUDKAN PELAYANAN PRIMA (STUDI DI KELURAHAN TLOGOMAS KECAMATAN LOWOKWARU KOTA MALANG) by Agustinus Ghunu, Annisa Purwatiningsih, Noora Fithriana

“…In conducting it, the research gathered primary and secondary data and concluded that the sub-district provided its public services timely and accurately by guiding to Standard Operational Procedures. …”
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Medical treatment of patients before surgical myocardial revascularization by I.V. Shklianka, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…A special emphasis is payed to the timing of the suspension of anticoagulants and antiplatelets to reduce the incidence of postoperative complications, in particular, bleeding. …”
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Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Spent Coffee Grounds as a Substitute for Rice Bran in Feeds for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus: An Evaluation of Growth Performance and... by Wikit Phinrub, Sontaya Sookying, Phanit Srisuttha, Nantaporn Sutthi, Paiboon Panase

“…Growth and serum biochemical indices were monitored three times at 30, 60, and 90 days. During the experiment, there were no significant differences (P >0.05) observed in growth indices, including weight gain (WG), daily WG, specific growth rate, feed conversion rate, protein efficiency ratio, and survival rate among the groups at 30, 60, and 90 days. …”
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Knowledge-driven semantic converting method of multimodal models toward a geospatial perspective by Jianbo Lai, Jun Zhu, Pei Dang, Jianlin Wu, Yukun Guo, Xinyu Yang, Na Li

“…The experimental results show that the method proposed in this article can accurately convert between BIM models, numerical analysis models, and GIS scene models, with spatial coordinate accuracy controlled within 1 mm and a conversion efficiency increase of more than 10 times. This can effectively enhance the integrated performance of models in applications such as digital geospatial twin scenarios.…”
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Experimental Study on Fatigue Characteristics and Life Prediction of Rotating Restricted Short Suspender in Suspension Bridge by Lei Zhao, Zhili Yang, Xianneng Tong, Yang Zhang, Ruifeng Nie

“…When the fatigue load cycle reaches 345,000 times, the suspender is already in a dangerous state. …”
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