Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose Mimicking a Retained Laparotomy Sponge by Lauren E. Karnolt, Andrea L. Buras, Thomas J. Rutherford, Matthew L. Anderson

“…Oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) is an absorbable hemostat commonly used during gynecologic surgery. …”
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Biological Reduction of Perchlorate from Spent Modified Reed Mediated by an Enriched Microbial Culture by Salem Baidas, Khaled Al-Deyain, Xiaoguang Meng, Baoyu Gao

“…Disposal of untreated perchlorate-laden modified reed (MR) generated in the treatment of contaminated water risks further contamination issues. The primary aim of this study was to assess the enriched microbial culture (EMC)-mediated biodegradation of perchlorate bound to spent quaternary amine-MR adsorbent. …”
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Impact of Capacity Drop on Commuting Systems under Uncertainty by Wenwei Zhang, Hui Zhao, Rui Jiang

“…To alleviate traffic congestion at the bottleneck and avoid capacity drop, we design a time-varying toll scheme and a step toll scheme. …”
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Analysis of singularity planar multi-linkage mechanism of fourth order by E. S. Gebel

“…That is why the singularity problem is relevant for such mechanisms and should be studied to avoid jamming of links or the appearance of uncontrolled movements. …”
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The marketing of an unsought service through an unobtrusive medium: a content analysis of the websites of members of the National Funeral Directors Association of South Africa by Cerneels Coetzee, Tania Maree, Cornelius van Heerden

“… The marketing of intangible services – particularly of unsought services such as those of the funeral industry – can be said to pose inherently unique challenges to marketers. …”
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Investigative didactic-methodological work coordinating socio-medical inter-subjects. by Marta Luján Hernández, Sara Hernández Malpica, Mirtha A. Hernández López, Lino Ortiz Santiesteban, Irma Pasarón Pérez, Pedro Hernández Sánchez

“…Proper correcteness were preformed to avoid recurrence or omission of similar contents in 4^th and 5^th year of medicine specialty. …”
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Synthesis, Chacterization, and Thermal Study of Terpolymeric Resin Derived from m-cresol, Hexamine and Formaldehyde by K. M. Khedkar, V. V. Hiwase, A. B. Kalambe, S. D. Deosarkar

“…Terpolymeric resin was prepared from m-cresol (0.1M), hexamine (0.05M) and formaldehyde (0.2M) by acid catalyzed polycondensation method using 1M HCl in temperature range of 122-130°C.The resin was abbreviated as m-CHF-I. …”
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The concept of most responsible in international criminal law and its problematic reception in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia by José Manuel Díaz-Soto, Diego Borbón

“…This perspective concludes that the lack of precise legal definitions in the JEP could hinder its ability to fulfill its mandate effectively.…”
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Classification, Mechanisms of Action, and Therapeutic Applications of Inhibitory Oligonucleotides for Toll-Like Receptors (TLR) 7 and 9 by Petar S. Lenert

“…The innate force acts as an alarm mechanism that senses changes in the microenvironment through the recognition of common microbial patterns by Toll-like receptors (TLR) and NOD proteins. It rapidly generates an inflammatory response aimed at neutralizing the intruder at the mucosal checkpoint. …”
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Efficacy of education strategies concerning organ shortage: state-of-the-art and proposals by Felix Cantarovich

“…Introduction: Aim of this study was to review the underlying reasons for organ shortage and the efficacy of current education programs, in order to propose messages to modify socio-psychological feelings to donation. …”
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Kazakhstan’s Anti-China Protests: Implications for the Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia by Gökçen Gürel Yeşilçimen, Muhammet Koçak

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Long-Term Oxygen Therapy in COPD: Factors Affecting and Ways of Improving Patient Compliance by Stamatis Katsenos, Stavros H. Constantopoulos

“…The lack of sufficient data regarding COPD patients following oxygen prescription is an enormous void that must be duly confronted to augment clinical effectiveness and cost containment for the long term use. …”
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Not-Not as Another Spatial Logic of Constitutive Negation by Masamichi Tamura

“…The article concludes by highlighting Hara’s non-essentialist approach to avoid the East-West axis and decentralise globalisation from beyond his own horizon in Japan. …”
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Comparison of Two Methods for Assaying Reducing Sugars in the Determination of Carbohydrase Activities by Alexander V. Gusakov, Elena G. Kondratyeva, Arkady P. Sinitsyn

“…The Nelson-Somogyi (NS) and 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) assays for reducing sugars are widely used in measurements of carbohydrase activities against different polysaccharides. …”
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Ka-Band Lightweight High-Efficiency Wideband 3D Printed Reflector Antenna by Yu Zhai, Ding Xu, Yan Zhang

“…A 10 λ reflector is printed with polylactic acid- (PLA-) based material that is a biodegradable type of plastic, preferred in 3D printing. …”
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Genetic Factors in Animal Models of Intestinal Inflammation by R Balfour Sartor

“…Similar differential patterns of intestinal inflammation are apparent in inbred mouse strains challenged with trinitrobenzene-sulphonic acid, Citrobacter freundii or backcrossed with T cell receptor deficient (knockout) mice. …”
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Spontaneous Twin Pregnancy in Uterus Bicornis Unicollis by Arzu Doruk, Ilay Gozukara, Güneş Burkaş, Esin Bilik, Talat Umut Kutlu Dilek

“…Delivery by planned caesarean section could avoid the possible obstetric complications by dystocia.…”
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment for Sustainable Construction Projects: Leveraging Lean Techniques by Ardra Suseelan and Senthil Vadivel. T.

“…To increase productivity and avoid waste, the construction industry has started implementing Lean ideas and methodologies in construction projects. …”
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A Blocking-Aware Scheduling for Real-Time Task Synchronization Using a Leakage-Controlled Method by Mu-Yen Chen, Da-Ren Chen, Shu-Ming Hsieh

“…Based on priority ceiling protocol (PCP) and a graph reduction technique, this method can decrease more energy consumption and avoid priority inversion for real-time tasks.…”
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What do central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections have to do with bundles? by BL Johnston, JM Conly

“…Across the country, hospitals are being invited to join the 'Safer Healthcare Now!' campaign.…”
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