A Quantitative Histologic Analysis of Oogenesis in the Flatfish Species <em>Pleuronectes platessa</em> as a Tool for Fisheries Management by Carine Sauger, Jérôme Quinquis, Clothilde Berthelin, Mélanie Lepoittevin, Nicolas Elie, Laurent Dubroca, Kristell Kellner

“…Moreover, the use of stereology showed misclassifications for individuals categorized into a maturity phase using a macroscopic visual method. Misclassifications were found with individuals that had spawned (D) but were put under the immature (A) phase, and individuals in development (B) classified under D.…”
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Quality Indicators of Agaricus bisporus after Ultraviolet Treatment by Vladimir V. Kondratenko, Natalia E. Posokina, Natalia I. Fedyanina, Olga V. Karastoyanova, Nadezhda V. Korovkina

“…The quality indicators underwent a paired two-sample test, which defined the equality/inequality of variances in replicates and equality/inequality of means at a given error probability (α). …”
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Evaluation of the effect of soil and irrigation water characteristics on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Mentha spicata L. essential oil: A plant used in tra... by Vajiheh Gandomi Hosnaroodi, Mansureh Ghavam

“…To evaluate the antibacterial activity of the essential oil, the method of determining the diameter of the inhibition halo (IH) and determining the minimum concentration of growth inhibition (MIC) and killing of bacteria (MBC) was used. …”
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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Patients Attending the Diabetes and Eye Clinics in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya by Nerice Emade, Joseph Nyamori, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi, Stephen Gichuhi

“…Using a purposive consecutive sampling method, we enrolled 100 participants, 50 with diabetic retinopathy and 50 without diabetic retinopathy. …”
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A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping by Lu Chen, Amir Hussain, Yu Liu, Jie Tan, Yang Li, Yuhao Yang, Haoyuan Ma, Shenbing Fu, Gun Li

“…Additionally, we designed a fast approximation method for the nonlinear weighted fusion of features from infrared and RGB frames based on luminance values. …”
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Different Characteristics of Aquaporin-4 and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Seropositive Male Optic Neuritis in China by Honglu Song, Huanfen Zhou, Mo Yang, Junqing Wang, Hongjuan Liu, Mingming Sun, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei

“…To describe different clinical characteristics and prognosis of optic neuritis (ON) in male patients with seropositive aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4-Ab) or myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody (MOG-Ab) in China. Method. Males with ON were recruited from the Neuro-ophthalmology Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, General Hospital from January 2016 to February 2018. …”
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Radiation Treatment Planning After Minimum Metallic Instrumentation for Patients with Spinal Metastases: A Case Series by Jan-Niklas Becker, Mirko Fischer, Hans Christiansen, Michael Schwake, Walter Stummer, Christian Ewelt, Niklas Benedikt Pepper, Hans Theodor Eich, Michael Müther

“…With minimum metallic implants, radiotherapy planning is equal in terms of planning but superior in terms of visual demarcation in comparison to standard titanium VBR, potentially enabling more precise radiotherapy approaches.…”
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Near-zero nonlinear error pressure sensor based on piezoresistor sensitivity matching for wind tunnel pressure test by Yuanying Zhang, Fengyun Liu, Zechen Zhou, Xiubing Liang, Riming Sun, Jinjun Deng, Xiaoliang Luo, Jian Lin, Xing Chen, Xingxu Zhang, Jian Luo, Xiaojing Wang, Binghe Ma

“…A mathematical model for evaluating the sensor’s nonlinear error is established, based on which a piezoresistor sensitivity matching method is proposed to suppress the nonlinear error. …”
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Logic Gate Generation in a Monostable Optical System: Improving the Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Reconfigurable Logic Operation by Samuel Mardoqueo Afanador-Delgado, José Luis Echenausía-Monroy, Guillermo Huerta-Cuellar, Juan Hugo García-López, Erick Emiliano Lopez-Muñoz, Rider Jaimes-Reátegui

“…This paper presents a new method for generating logic gates based on optical systems with an emission frequency equal to that used in current telecommunications systems. …”
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Gender Roles in Understanding and Implementing Green Energy Technology in Indonesian Schools: Rasch Analysis by Ismail Ismail, Riandi Riandi, Ida Kaniawati, Wahyu Sopandi, Supriyadi Supriyadi, Suhendar Suhendar, Febrian Andi Hidayat

“… This study aims to investigate gender differences in the understanding and application of green energy technology in schools in Indonesia. The method used is a survey with a questionnaire that covers aspects of knowledge attitudes readiness and obstacles related to green energy technology from a gender perspective. …”
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Characteristics and advances in signaling pathways, cellular communication, cell junctions, and oxidative stress in lymphedema by Qiancheng Zhao, Zhipu Niu, Ying Pan, Yongqi Hao, Yuan Ma, Jiankai Zhao, Jianshi Du, Jianshi Du, Yiming Yang, Yiming Yang

“…Lymphedema is a chronic inflammatory disease without an effective treatment method, and it results in a high disease burden and psychological distress in patients. …”
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Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testingKey points: by Jessica Hill, Kelly Clanchy, Stewart Trost, Jennifer Fleming, Emma Beckman, Sean Tweedy, Iain Dutia, Sjaan Gomersall

“…The present study explored the usability and acceptability of the tool from the perspectives of the end-users. Method: An online survey was used to gather data on the usability and acceptability of the tool from the perspectives of people with disability, health professionals, community-based fitness professionals, and relevant researchers. …”
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Antibacterial In Vitro Properties of Silver Sulfadiazine in Combination with Tris-EDTA and N-Acetylcysteine Against <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Isolates from Dogs with Suppurativ... by Ioanna Papadogiannaki, Rosario Cerundolo, Jennifer Plant, Elizabeth Villiers, Jenny Littler, Anika Wisniewska, Panagiotis Sgardelis

“…Forty-eight <i>P. aeruginosa</i> strains from dogs with suppurative otitis were analysed using the agar well diffusion method. A volume of 70 μL of Tris-NAC, a water solution of 10% SSD and their combination in equal amount was pipetted into the designated wells. …”
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ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN RYAZAN' REGION by S. S. Yakushin, E. V. Filippov

“…To evaluate economical costs of CVD in Ryazan' Region. Material and methods. The counting of economical expenses was done according to the data of the official statistics, and to the data of the MERIDIAN-RO study (quantity of disabled, their economical and social parameters, quantity of disability certificates and their main reasons during last year before the study). …”
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Conditions of realization of regional civil servants’ rights on pension provision by M. Dityatkovskiy, I. Tretyak

“…Some limits were imposed by the court practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Fe- deration.The methodology. General scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison were used. …”
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Eradicating Teenage Pregnancy in Irewole Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria for the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals by Sikiru Adeyemi Ogundokun, Margaret Funke Faremi

“… For the purpose of social transformation, development and sustainability, the call for gender equality across the globe is desirable. There has been a lot of scholarly contributions as regards Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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MULTICULTURAL ISLAMIC EDUCATION by Khomsatun ROSALINA, Fatmawati Nur HASANAH, Dian RIF'IYATI

“…Then in the thoughts of Gus Dur and Cak Nur, there are similarities that lie in the aspects of multicultural ideas, the objectives of multicultural Islamic education, the concept of educators and learning methods. While the differences are in terms of concepts, curriculum, and implementation of learning evaluation.…”
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Fractures of the humerus during arm wrestling by Bumbaširević Marko Ž., Lešić Aleksandar R., Anđelković Slađana Z., Palibrk Tomislav D., Milutinović Suzana M.

“…The aim of this study was to present our treatment of humerus fracture sustained during arm wrestling. Methods. A total of six patients, aged 22 to 48, were treated at our department form January 2008 to January 2010 with open reduction and internal fixation and with hanging arm casts. …”
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BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PECULIARITIES OF INTRODUCTION OF WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA (LIND. EX ANDR.) H. WENDL. EX BARY AT THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CRIMEA by Yuriy V. Plugatar, Alexandr P. Maksimov, Maksim S. Kovalev, Valeriy D. Rabotyagov, Natalya N. Trikoz, Alexandr F. Khromov

“…Research methods: comparative-ecological, biometric, analytical and visual. …”
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Traditional Indian medicine (TIM) and traditional Korean medicine (TKM): aconstitutional-based concept and comparison by Young Min Kang, Richard Komakech, Chandrakant Shivappa Karigar, Asma Saqib

“…Apart from Homeopathy in TIM, both systems are hinged on similar principle of body constitutional-based concept and similar disease diagnosis methods of mainly auscultation, palpation, visual inspection, and interrogation. …”
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