Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 Study by Andrew Walkty, Melanie DeCorby, Kim Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…METHODS: From January to December 2007 inclusive, 12 sentinel hospitals across Canada submitted clinical isolates from patients attending emergency rooms, medical wards, surgical wards and intensive care units (ICUs) (the Canadian Ward Surveillance Study [CANWARD 2007]). …”
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Combining AI Techniques for Recognizing Aerobics Sport Videos by Meiling Duan

“…We further realize the similarity identification of aerobics athlete’s trajectory through the wear polymorphic liquefaction method. …”
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Significance of the Lesion–Pleura Relationship in Differentiating Peripheral Inflammatory Lesions and Lung Cancers by Tao Y, Zhang WT, Ding C, Fu BJ, Lv FJ, Chu ZG

“…Regarding the 728 lesions attached to pleura or with a lesion-pleura distance ≤ 16 mm, the AUC of the model based on the clinical and CT features for predicting PLCs significantly increased from 0.812 to 0.879 after including lesion-pleura relationship (narrow basement or lesion-pleura distance ≤ 8.9 mm) (P < 0.001). …”
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Developing a Model for Foot Anthropometric Descriptors for the Design of Prosthesis and Footwear in Nigeria by I.S. Monye, S.A. Omotehinse

“…The objective of this study is to develop a model of foot anthropometric descriptors for the design of prosthesis and footwear in Nigeria using craft questionnaires structured with Likert’s 5-point attitudinal scale which was administered to 100 respondents and the corresponding data analyzed with Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance (KCC) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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The Necessary Accidental by Ashraf Jamal

“…Watching a documentary on the making of the ‘The Head and The Load’, I was struck by the production’s frenzied energy, and the exhaustive attempt to break down any predictive or conclusive vision. …”
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Football Fans in Indonesia and Malaysia in the 2000s: Fanaticism, Conflict, and Friendship by Faishal Hilmy Maulida

“…Similar to the political relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, there are ups and downs in the relationship between football fans in both nations. This study attempts to provide an overview of the emergence of fanaticism, conflict, and amicable interactions among Malaysian and Indonesian football fans. …”
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Erratum: Investigating the dynamic relationship of sleep-disordered breathing, orthodontic treatment needs, and dental esthetics in the general population

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A novel approach to $ \mathit{q} $-fractional partial differential equations: Unraveling solutions through semi-analytical methods by Khalid K. Ali, Mohamed S. Mohamed, M. Maneea

“…These equations are significant in $ \mathit{q} $-calculus, which has gained attention due to its relevance in engineering applications, particularly in quantum mechanics. …”
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Age-Dependent Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) Activity and LDL Oxidation in Wistar Rats during Their Entire Lifespan by Dileep Kumar, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi

“…Oxidative stress plays a crucial role in the development of atherosclerosis by oxidation of LDL. This study was conducted to determine age-dependent changes in plasma PON1 arylesterase activity and LDL oxidation in rats during their entire lifespan. 48 Wistar strain rats were grouped in six different age groups (1, 4, 8, 12, 18, and 24 months). …”
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Protection of personal data under martial law in Ukraine by V. A. Svitlychnyi

“…The recommendations aimed at preventing such threats and improving the level of personal data protection during martial law have been provided. Particular attention has been paid to the need to develop and implement specialised legal acts that would regulate the protection of personal data in such emergency situations. …”
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“NEW PERIPHERY” AS A FACTOR FOR STRENGTHENING THE POSITIONS OF ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST by Y. I. Kostenko

“…The "periphery doctrine" was a grand strategy, meant to attain the major political-security goal of countering Arab hostility through relations with alternative regional powers and potential allies. …”
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Das konzeptuelle Potenzial des deutschen Konfixes bio-. Eine korpusbasierte Netzwerkanalyse by Elżbieta Pawlikowska-Asendrych

“…This article therefore attempts to analyse the polysemy of the German confix bio-. …”
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Hydroxyurea mitigates diabetic kidney disease through mTOR-S6K signaling pathway in STZ-induced diabetic mice by Wanying Cheng, Cenzhu Wang, Meican Ma, Yu Zhou

“…HRMC cells were cultivated in HG conditions, and HU effectively attenuated the HG-induced inflammation and apoptosis. …”
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Novel Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives from Furan-2-Carbaldehyde: Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structures, and Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antioxidant, and Antitumor Activities by Wilfredo Hernández, Fernando Carrasco, Abraham Vaisberg, Evgenia Spodine, Maik Icker, Harald Krautscheid, Lothar Beyer, Carmen Tamariz-Angeles, Percy Olivera-Gonzales

“…Compound 4 was ten times less active than amphotericin B (MIC = 5 μg/mL) against Candida albicans (ATCC90028 and ATCC10231), while 1 exhibited a moderate effect of scavenging of DPPH radical (IC50 = 40.9 μg/mL) in comparison to ascorbic acid reference compound (IC50 = 22.0 μg/mL). …”
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An Adaptive Clustering Scheme for Improving the Scalability in Intelligent Transportation Systems by Yen-Wen Lin, Hao-Chun Weng, Tsung-Han Lee, Shan-Yin Hou

“…Internet-enabled ITS applications get increasingly attractive recently. In this context, gateway is the portal of accessing the Internet. …”
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Rethinking the Viability and Utility of Inhaled Insulin in Clinical Practice by Lutz Heinemann, Christopher G. Parkin

“…Pulmonary administration of prandial insulin represents an attractive option that overcomes limitations of SC insulin by providing more a rapid onset of action and a faster return of action to baseline levels than SC administration of rapid-acting insulin analogs. …”
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Sustainable business practices in SMEs: a retrospective insight on catalysts and hurdles by Ubais Parayil Iqbal, Lenin Kumar Nooney, Fatma Said Sulaiman Al Ghafri, Tilda Mary Daniel

“…Sustainability being the buzz word, in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and increasing climate change issues, has attracted the attention of academic and industrial researchers. …”
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A new framework to assess the impact of new IT-based technologies on the success of quality management system by Yiying Cao, Farah Qasim Ahmed Alyousuf

“…Due to the importance of the factor of comprehensive quality management (QM), big data, and information technology (IT) in the industry and the increasing attention to it, different attitudes regarding the ways and means of reaching it have been presented by these sources. …”
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Sacrificial MOF-derived MnNi hydroxide for high energy storage supercapacitor electrodes via DFT-based quantum capacitance study by Elahe Torabi, Amir Kazemi, Mohsen Tamtaji, Faranak Manteghi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard

“…Among the various synthesized samples, MnNi-6 exhibited the best performance, with a remarkable specific capacitance of 4031.51 mF cm⁻2 at 2 mA cm⁻2, attributed to its high surface area of 186 m2/g, optimized particle size, and abundant micropores. …”
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Surgery Averted Using a Novel, Minimally Invasive Approach to Treat Very Severe Radial Artery Spasm by Anthony A. Cochet, Daniel A. Bellin

“…Prior to committing to surgery, use of an axillary nerve block to hinder sympathetic vascular tone was suggested and attempted. This intervention resulted in atraumatic catheter removal. …”
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