Protective and anti-inflammatory effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on arsenic-induced vasculitis in vivo by Yasser Kofiah, Eman A.A. Abdallah, Mohamed F. El-Refaei

“…Results: In the present study, CAPE treatment for 14 consecutive days showed significant improvement in the biochemical markers C-reactive protein, complement-3, complement-4, triacylglycerol, and total cholesterol, as well as the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucellosis in small ruminants slaughtered at Debre Ziet and Modjo export abattoirs, Ethiopia by Amanuel Tsegay, Getachew Tuli, Tesfu Kassa, Nigatu Kebede

“…The Rose Bengal plate test and complement fixation test were conducted using sera samples at National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center (NAHDIC) serology laboratory. …”
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Pancasila-Based Children's Story App: Reading Material for Grade IV Elementary School Students by Decenni Amelia, Isah Cahyani, Kama Abdul Hakam, Cepi Riyana

“…This research aims to develop reading materials story child loaded profile student Pancasila based on mobile application which is a literacy media to help improve interest read students and complement the availability of resources reading which contains the values of the Pancasila lesson profile in story child on the dimension of independence, reasoning critical and creativity as supporters of the independent curriculum. …”
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Validating self-administration as an agile modality for high-frequency diet quality data collection. by Rhys Manners, Anna W Herforth, Maria Delfine, Rosil Hesen, Didier Nkubito, Karin Borgonjen-van den Berg, Eric Matsiko, Marguerite Niyibituronsa, Betül T M Uyar, Elise F Talsma

“…Mobile-phone based tools can provide a low-cost and rapidly deployable modality to complement enumerator-collected data. This study validated self-administration of the Diet Quality Questionnaire using mobile phones, comparing accuracy against enumerator administration, measuring both against an observed benchmark. …”
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Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Biomarker of Response to H1-Antihistamine Therapy in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Xiaonan Qiu, Qiao Ran, Juanjuan Pan, Guozhen Tan

“…Results Patients refractory to H1-antihistamine had significantly higher median NLR (P = 0.039), age (3 P = 0.021), complement C3 (P = 0.026), presence of elevated WBC (P = 0.026) and elevated monocytes (MONO) (P = 0.045) and significantly lower IgM (P = 0.022). …”
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Refining Software Clustering: The Impact of Code Co-Changes on Architectural Reconstruction by Adelina Diana Stana, Ioana Sora

“…The main goal is to investigate whether logical dependencies can complement or even fully replace structural dependencies in this process. …”
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How Beef, Chicken, and Egg Demand Elasticities Vary with Income in Indonesia. by Rulianda Purnomo Wibowo, Dian Pebriyani, Titien Indrawati, Muhammad Khaliqi

“…Income disparities affect substitution patterns, wherein rising chicken prices lead to increased beef consumption, while eggs complement beef and premium varieties are perceived as luxury goods. …”
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ELISA-Based Crossmatching Allowing the Detection of Emerging Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies through the Use of Stored Donors’ Cell Lysates by G. Schlaf, K. Stöhr, A. Rothhoff, W. Altermann

“…About forty years ago the complement-dependent crossmatch assay (CDC-CM) was developed as standard procedure in order to select recipients without donor-specific antibodies directed against human leukocyte antigens of their given donors since the negative outcome of pretransplant crossmatching represents one of the most important requirements for a successful kidney graft survival. …”
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Modeling fin efficiency considering transverse temperature gradients in rocket engine cooling channels by Volodymyr Sliusariev, Valerii Bucharskyi

“…The results of the study thus complement existing approaches to determining finning coefficients. …”
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Prospects for the Botulinum Toxin Use in the Treatment of Children`s Strabismus. Review by E. Y. Markova, K. A. Dubrovina, G. V. Avakyants, E. A. Malayan

“…According to the domestic and foreign literature data we can conclude that the injection of botulinum toxin may be an alternative or complement to surgical techniques, injection of botulinum toxin in the treatment of strabismus in children may be an alternative or complement to surgical and pleopto-orthopto-diploptic correction methods, although not in all clinical cases. …”
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Prevalence of direct antiglobulin test positive in whole blood donors: Study at a tertiary blood center Northern India by Jyoti Bharti, Archana Solanki, Ashutosh Singh, Mallika Agarwal, Tulika Chandra

“…BACKGROUND: The direct antiglobulin test (DAT) detects red blood cell (RBC) sensitivity to complement or IgG in vivo. The clinical disorders of hemolytic disease of the newborn, hemolytic transfusion reaction, and autoimmune and drug-induced hemolytic anemia are some examples of those that can cause in vivo coating of RBCs with antibodies or complement autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). …”
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The Impact of Refugees on the Social Economic Development of the Host Communities: A Case Study of Nyakabande Refugee Transit Kisoro District. by Ngabire, Robert

“…The study established that refugees bring productivity in the host communities, complement the job market, stimulate the economy complement market demand for goods and services, employment opportunities to the people around the transit areas and refugee camps which rises the standard of living, donations by the host communities Environmental degradation, increased demand for goods and services which rises the standards of living of the host communities, land grabbing, sharing of social facilities, cooperation of social functioning and insecurity of the host communities were cited to be some of the social relationship between the refugees and the host communities, deforestation, increased demand for goods and services, infrastructural development, theft, social ills like prostitution, competition for properties, compromised resources. …”
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Circulating B Lymphocyte Subsets in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Joanna Kosałka-Węgiel, Bogdan Jakieła, Radosław Dziedzic, Mamert Milewski, Andżelika Siwiec-Koźlik, Lech Zaręba, Stanisława Bazan-Socha, Marek Sanak, Jacek Musiał, Mariusz Korkosz

“…Some lymphocyte subsets correlated with complement levels, e.g., the percentage of naïve and memory B cells showed associations with C3c complement (r = 0.43, <i>p</i> = 0.018 and r = −0.45, <i>p</i> = 0.016, respectively). …”
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The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is a social network problem. by Jamie Dunning, Josh A Firth, Alastair I Ward

“…We propose the use of social networks, to complement phylodynamic modeling, for better surveillance, prediction, and prioritization of HPAI.…”
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Some New Half-Linear Integral Inequalities on Time Scales and Applications by Haidong Liu

“…Our results not only extend and complement some known integral inequalities, but also provide a handy tool for the study of qualitative properties of solutions of some dynamic equations.…”
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Materials management industrial enterprises by Nadiya Selezniova

“…Proposed traffic control features to complement the material flow accounting and business regulation that will improve the quality of enterprise management in general…”
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Book review: Everyday Parenting with Security and Love: Using PACE to Provide Foundations for Attachment (Jessica Kingsley, 2017) by Kim S. Golding

“…The book is written to complement the Foundations for Attachment programme (Golding, 2014) but it can also be read as a stand-alone text.…”

Detection of Carious Lesions and Restorations Using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Mohammad Naebi, Eshaghali Saberi, Sirous Risbaf Fakour, Ahmad Naebi, Somayeh Hosseini Tabatabaei, Somayeh Ansari Moghadam, Elham Bozorgmehr, Nasim Davtalab Behnam, Hamidreza Azimi

“…Using new technologies, scientists will implement detection and repair of tooth diagnosis intelligently. …”
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Research on a Mobile Malicious Code Management and Control Method Based on Cloud-Pipeline-Terminal by Jun Li

“…In order to solve the increasingly serious security issues caused by malwares in mobile internet,a“cloud-pipeline-terminal”model was proposed to implement detection and killing of mobile internet malwares.The proposed model composes of a cloud computing platform to support the analysis and measurement of the malwares and to implement strategy distribution and management of the system,a monitoring and intercepting system on the side of mobile communication pipelines and a terminal security application to check and kill the malwares.The purpose is to build a safe and harmonious mobile internet environment.…”
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Tannure MC, Gonçalves AMP. Nursing Care Systematization: A practical guide. 2nd ed. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Guanabara Koogan; 2010 by Manoel Gomes da Silva Júnior, Lucia Hisako Takase Gonçalves, Marilia de Fátima Vieira Oliveira

“…This piece of work is divided into 16 chapters, which complement the first edition, and at the end of each of them, questions that must evaluate the reader’s understanding of the subject were included. …”
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