The southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is developing resistance to deltamethrin insecticide by Amgd sayed Ali, Asim Iqbal, Tamilarasan Kamalanathan, Antony Raj Gnanaprakasam, Sabu Shajahan, Mohammad Hamad Alsadeq, Mohamed Mahmood Al Marzooqi, Mohamad Hamdan, Mohammad Ali Al-Deeb

“…We screened Cx. quinquefasciatus adults (N = 174) for the presence of the mutation using allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) and DNA sequencing. …”
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Territorialidade e ancestralidade: formação e reconhecimento da comunidade pescadora extrativista do Quilombo do Degredo, Brasil by Lorena Lins, Augusto Cesar Salomão Mozine

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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“… # Methods Three hundred and fifty-eight figure skaters (age: 15.4±3.3 years, 213 females, 145 males) of multiple disciplines completed the BESS during the United States Figure Skating's Standardized Testing of Athleticism to Recognize Skaters (S.T.A.R.S.) combine. …”
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Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Siobhan Smith, Babac Salmani, Jordan LeSarge, Kirsten Dillon-Rossiter, Anisa Morava, Harry Prapavessis

“…Similarly, there was a significant improvement in postprandial interstitial glucose after the sedentary behaviour intervention compared to control (SMD:-0.347,95%CI:-0.584,-0.110,p = 0.004). Ten out of eleven longer-term (Range: 5 weeks- 3 years) sedentary behaviour interventions improved at least one measure of sedentary behaviour compared to control. …”
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The Relationship between Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction and Ocular Abnormality in Chinese T2DM by Dandan Wang, Baiyu Shen, Chunrong Wu, Yanyan Xue, Yanjun Liu

“…The means of hands and feet ESC were higher than 60 μS, and CAN-RS was 33.1 ± 14.8%. In logistic regression analysis, CAN-RS was positively associated with lens (OR = 1.055, P<0.001) and vitreous (OR = 1.044, P<0.01) abnormality. …”
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Rapid Multiorgan Dissemination of Low-Grade Myxofibrosarcoma: A Case Report by Yasutaka Murahashi, Mitsunori Kaya, Tamotsu Soma, Mikito Sasaki, Satoshi Nagoya, Takuro Wada, Toshihiko Yamashita

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A Modified o-Phthalaldehyde Fluorometric Analytical Method for Ultratrace Ammonium in Natural Waters Using EDTA-NaOH as Buffer by Hongzhi Hu, Ying Liang, Shuo Li, Qing Guo, Chancui Wu

“…The results showed that the optimal pH range was between 10.80 and 11.70. EDTA did not obviously affect the fluorometric intensity. …”
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Preschool abilities of children born preterm and low weight by Sasha A. Martínez-Espiet, Irene Sumaza Laborde, Leila Crespo Fernández, Maribel Campos Rivera, Frances Boulon Díaz

“…The group of children born prematurely scored significantly lower on tests measuring visual perception skills (µ1 83.65 ; µ2 93.7) (p = 0.0001), visual-motor integration (µ1 93.6 ; µ2 104.8) (p = 0.001) and fine motor (µ1 36.00 ; µ2 44.25) (p=0.033) (p = 0.033), when compared to the group of children born after a full term. …”
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Study on Fatigue Fracture Behavior of S32750 Duplex Stainless Steel at Different Solution Temperatures by Shun Bao, Han Feng, Zhigang Song, Jianguo He, Xiaohan Wu, Yang Gu

“…The findings reveal that elevating the solid solution treatment temperature from 1080 °C to 1180 °C results in an increase in the yield strength of the tested steel by approximately 36 MPa and a substantial enhancement in fatigue life by 34%. …”
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Automatic Detection of Cracks in Cracked Tooth Based on Binary Classification Convolutional Neural Networks by Juncheng Guo, Yuyan Wu, Lizhi Chen, Guanghua Ge, Yadong Tang, Wenlong Wang

“…The trained CNN is tested on 100 images with 1920×1080-pixel resolutions, which achieves an average accuracy of 90.39%. …”
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High Lyso-Gb3 Plasma Levels Associated with Decreased miR-29 and miR-200 Urinary Excretion in Young Non-Albuminuric Male Patient with Classic Fabry Disease by Sebastián Jaurretche, Germán R. Perez, Graciela Venera

“…A 23-year-old male was diagnosed with FD. αGalA decreased enzyme activity: 0.1 nmol/hour/liter; genotype: [c.317T>G (p.L106R)]; GFR: 104.4 mL/min/m2; urinary albumin excretion: 6.00 mg/day; plasma Lyso-Gb3: 124.5 nmol/L. …”
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Design of Incremental Conductance Sliding Mode MPPT Control Applied by Integrated Photovoltaic and Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System under Various Operating Conditions for... by Jehun Hahm, Hyoseok Kang, Jaeho Baek, Heejin Lee, Mignon Park

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Reduced Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea by Thomas Rehling, Anne Margareta Banghøj, Marie Hvelplund Kristiansen, Lise Tarnow, Stig Molsted

“…There was no difference in IMS between the OSA group (median (range) 77 (35–124) cmH2O) and the non-OSA group (84 (33–122) cmH2O) (p=0.97). …”
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Acupuncture for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and related symptoms after combat exposure: Protocol for a scoping review of clinical studies. by Hye-Bin Seung, Jungtae Leem, Hui-Yong Kwak, Chan-Young Kwon, Sang-Ho Kim

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The Impact of Economic Growth and Foreign Investment on the Advancement of E-commerce by Du Wenyang, Yihong Zhang, Bolot Dzhamankulov

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A quantitative analysis of Koopman operator methods for system identification and predictions by Zhang, Christophe, Zuazua, Enrique

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Percepciones de los docentes sobre el comportamiento de niños con altos niveles de inclusión y exclusión social dentro de su grupo escolar by Jorge Mario Jaramillo, Adriana Lorena Tavera, Alexandra Velandia Ortíz

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Treatment approaches for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Annik Steimer, Mike O. Becker

“…The summary relapse rate across studies was 18.1%. Subgroup analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in the effectiveness of treatment approaches for the outcomes “regression of fibrosis” (QM = 2.72, p = 0.74), “freedom from ureteric stent” (QM = 7.21, p = 0.13), “relapse rate” (QM = 11.34, p = 0.08) and “clinical improvement” (QM = 9.54, p = 0.15). …”
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Refractory Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis by Ara Darakjian, Ani B. Darakjian, Edward T. Chang, Macario Camacho

“…A few years later his AHI was 100.4 events/hour. His disease has gradually progressed over time and he was restarted on PAP therapy. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Mortality-Associated Factors in Trauma Patients Undergoing Permanent Versus Temporary Tracheostomy by Ahmad K. Alnemare

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that mortality risk was independently associated with advanced age (OR 1.018, 95% CI 1.016–1.021), higher injury severity scores (OR 1.004, CI 1.002–1.007), female sex (OR 1.187, CI 1.078–1.308), and cardiovascular surgical intervention (OR 1.487, CI 1.350–1.638). …”
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