Forecasting in Crisis Management Organization by V. N. Lokhanova

“…The article defines the essence of anti-crisis forecasting, its objective, stages and influencing factors. Special attention is given to forecasting methods, their classification, selection criteria. …”
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Liver-Specific Overexpression of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Ameliorates Insulin Sensitivity of Male C57BL/6 Mice by Yang Long, Dan Jia, Libin Wei, Yumei Yang, Haoming Tian, Tao Chen

“…Furthermore, GGT inhibitor could attenuate the changes of insulin-induced blood glucose uptake and AKT phosphorylation in the liver. …”
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Interleukin-6 related signaling pathways as the intersection between chronic diseases and sepsis by Jie Yang, Lin Yang, Yanjiao Wang, Lu Huai, Bohan Shi, Di Zhang, Wei Xu, Di Cui

“…Focused on the interactions of sepsis and IL-6 related pathways, some chronic diseases have been studied for association with sepsis, containing insulin resistance, Alcoholic liver disease (ALD), Alzheimer disease (AD), and atherosclerosis. This article summarized the inflammatory mechanisms of IL-6 cross-talked with other mediators of some chronic diseases in vitro, animal models, and human experiments, leading to the activation of pathways and accelerating the progression of sepsis. …”
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Adaptive Performance as a Dimension of Job Performance: A Theoretical Framework by Ümit Dilekçi, Şenay Sezgin Nartgün

“…The aim of this study is to examine the concept of adaptive performance within atheoretical perspective. For this purpose, jobperformance was first mentioned and the concepts of task performance,contextual performance and counterproductive performance, which are among the dimensions of jobperformance, were briefly mentioned, and then the concept of the adaptiveperformance was discussed. …”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…Lifetime prevalence of BPAD is approximately 4% worldwide. Various attempts have been made to define “predominance” of polarity in BPAD. …”
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A green approach to recovering lithium and cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries using dilute HCl solution mixed with H. sabdariffa flower extract as a leaching agent by Tran T.T., Nguyen T.H., Nguyen P.D., Lee M.S.

“…Studies on the recovery of lithium and cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. For a sustainable battery industry, processes for the recycling of valuable metals from spent batteries have been continuously improved and developed via a “green” approach. …”
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Conformal and Flexible Antennas in Ultra-High Frequencies: Prospects and Challenges for Partial Discharge Diagnostics by M. A. Taher, Mohamadariff Othman, Hazlee Azil Illias, Tarik Abdul Latef, Tengku Faiz Tengku Mohmed Noor Izam, S. M. Kayser Azam, Muhammad Ubaid Ullah, Mohamed Alkhatib, Mousa I. Hussein

“…Recently, UHF antennas have gained attention for unconventional applications, including high-voltage (HV) defect detection, particularly partial discharge (PD) diagnosis. …”
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A construction of the general relativistic Boltzmann equation by P. Dolan, A. C. Zenios

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Evaluation of Heavy Silicon Oil in the Treatment of Retinal Detachment Mainly Iinvolving Lower Quadrants by Adam Cywiński

“…In most cases combined procedures were performed, including lens removal, removal of cerclage or iris reconstruction. Results: Retinal attachment was finally achieved in 88.5% of cases in the eyes with diagnosed primary retinal detachment and in 77.7% in the group with recurrent retinal detachment. …”
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Evaluation of Consumers' Aspects on Organic Farming Products by Regions by Mustafa Aslan, Volkan Burucu, Filiz Pezikoğlu, Duygu Aktürk, Bülent Tarım, Sunay Demir, Ayten Aşkın Kılınç, Murat Doğu, Başak Aydın

“…The main purposes of this study were to analyze the attitude and behavior of the consumers regarding to purchase of the organic food, the socio-economic comparison of the consumers consuming and non-consuming or-ganic food and to determine the organic food consumption in consideration of different regions. …”
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Synthetic Augmented Suture Anchor Reconstruction for a Complete Traumatic Distal Triceps Tendon Rupture in a Male Professional Bodybuilder with Postoperative Biomechanical Assessme... by Maria-Elissavet Nikolaidou, Ingo J. Banke, Thomas Laios, Konstantinos Petsogiannis, Anastasios Mourikis

“…Management, especially in high-demanding athletes, is operative with suture anchor refixation technique being frequently used. …”
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Identifying the predictors of ultra early neurological improvement and its role in functional outcome after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by Yuzheng Lai, Mohammad Mofatteh, José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, Jianfeng He, Wenhao Wu, Daohong Wang, Wenshan Yan, Jicai Ma, Sijie Zhou, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Yi He, Shumei Li, Hao Sun

“…Younger age, shorter LKNPT, higher pre-treatment ASPECTS, final mTICI≥2b, and fewer number of EVT attempts, were independently associated with UENI. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“…Attendance at Cathedral-type worship where dignified ceremony and beautiful music leave the worshipper free to place his or her own interpretation on the words is steadily increasing. …”
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L’émigré à la porte. Risques et revers de l’hospitalité chez A. J. Dumaniant by Genevieve LaFrance

“…En s’intéressant au périple imaginaire d’un aristocrate jeté sur les routes de l’exil par la prise des Tuileries, cette étude attire l’attention sur les revers que la Révolution française fit subir à l’idéal hospitalier hérité des Lumières. …”
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Organic Photovoltaic Cells Based on PbPc Nanocolumns Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition by Yang Liu, Fujun Zhang, Jian Wang

“…The short circuit current density (Jsc) of organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) based on PbPc nanocolumn was increased from 1.19 mA/cm2 to 1.74 mA/cm2, which should be attributed to the increase of interface between donor and acceptor. …”
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Inhibition of the mTOR Pathway Exerts Cardioprotective Effects Partly through Autophagy in CLP Rats by Wen Han, Hao Wang, Longxiang Su, Yun Long, Na Cui, Dawei Liu

“…Rapamycin alleviated the pathological damage of myocardial tissue, attenuated cardiac dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), p<0.05; fractional shortening (FS), p<0.05), and reduced HIF-1a expression (p<0.05). …”
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Role of Vitamin D in the Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer by Pubudu Bulathsinghala, Kostas N. Syrigos, Muhammad W. Saif

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Morality and religion in African thought by P. J. Nel

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A população negra e o acesso à educação nas prisões brasileiras by Andréa Alves Pinto, Roberto da Silva

“…Por meio das respostas apresentadas no questionário aplicado aos professores que atuam com educandos presos, este artigo revela os fatores que condicionam a seleção, matrícula e ocupação das vagas oferecidas nas escolas das unidades prisionais de Franco da Rocha – SP. …”
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Desempenho de Antenas de Microfita com Células Metamateriais Dentro do Substrato by Adelson Menezes Lima, Náthalle Cavalcanti de Almeida Lima, Paulo César Linhares da Silva

“… Neste trabalho, uma antena de microfita para operar na frequência de 5,8 GHz é proposta com arranjos de células metamateriais (MTMs) metálicos para melhorar o seu desempenho através de um aprimoramento dos campos. Para isso, um arranjo de células do tipo Capacitive Loaded Loop (CLL) é inserido dentro do substrato da antena, sendo distribuído em forma de uma matriz de 5 × 7 elementos ressoadores. …”
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