Connectedness and spillovers between African and global Islamic equities: implications for portfolio hedging and investment strategies by Andrew Phiri, Izunna Anyikwa

“…Despite the surge in interest of international investors in African and Islamic equities as portfolio diversifiers of international equities, surprisingly, little attention has been paid to the diversifying properties of these stocks against each other. …”
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Dermoscopic Features of Eccrine Porocarcinoma Arising from Hidroacanthoma Simplex by Reiko Suzaki, Takeaki Shioda, Izumi Konohana, Sumiko Ishizaki, Mizuki Sawada, Masaru Tanaka

“…Immunohistochemical study demonstrated a positive CEA staining at ductal structures and atypical clear cells of reddish nodules. A diagnosis of eccrine porocarcinoma arising in a pigmented hidroacanthoma simplex was eventually established, and the dermoscopic features of eccrine porocarcinoma from hidroacanthoma simplex was described for the first time.…”
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Tuning the selectivity of NH3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites by Lu Chen, Xuze Guan, Zhaofu Fei, Hiroyuki Asakura, Lun Zhang, Zhipeng Wang, Xinlian Su, Zhangyi Yao, Luke L. Keenan, Shusaku Hayama, Matthijs A. van Spronsen, Burcu Karagoz, Georg Held, Christopher S. Allen, David G. Hopkinson, Donato Decarolis, June Callison, Paul J. Dyson, Feng Ryan Wang

“…Here, we report a bi-metallic surficial catalyst (PtSCuO/Al2O3) with improved Pt atom efficiency that overcomes the limitations of current catalysts. …”
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How Different Information Sources Interact in the Interpretation of Interleaved Discourse: The Case of Two-Step Enumerative Structures by Marianne Vergez-Couret, Laurent Prévot, Myriam Bras

“…Little attention has been devoted to interleaved discourse structures despite the challenges they offer to discourse coherence studies. …”
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Bifurcation Analysis of a Discrete Basener–Ross Population Model: Exploring Multiple Scenarios by A. A. Elsadany, A. M. Yousef, S. A. Ghazwani, A. S. Zaki

“…Finally, through bifurcation diagrams, maximal Lyapunov exponents, and phase portraits, we uncover a diversity of dynamical characteristics, including limit cycles, periodic solutions, and chaotic attractors.…”
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Cross-sectional Study of EMG and EMG Rise During Fast and Slow Hamstring Exercises by Kasper Krommes, Markus Due Jakobsen, Thomas Bandholm, Lars Louis Andersen, Mette Zebis, Anthony Shield, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg

“… # Methods Out of 28 participants enrolled, the final sample included 23 recreationally active male participants who attended a session for determining RM (repetition maximum) to establish loading (8 and 16RM for Hamstring Catches, and 8, 16 and 24RM for Leg Curl) and to familiarize themselves with the three different exercises (Nordic Hamstring, Leg Curl and Hamstring Catch), and a testing session >4 days after during which EMG data were collected during 3 repetitions of each exercise performed in a random order…”
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Graphene: A Multifunctional Nanomaterial with Versatile Applications by H. C. Ananda Murthy, Suresh Ghotekar, B. Vinay Kumar, Arpita Roy

“…Graphene is among the best electronic materials, but synthesizing a single sheet of graphene has received less attention. The objective of this chapter is to bring awareness to readers on the synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene. …”
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Energy-Efficient Compact Heat Exchangers Made of Porous Heat-Conducting Materials by S. N. Osipov, A. V. Zakharenko

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Cardiovascular Disease, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms; and the Renin Angiotensin System: Is There a MicroRNA Connection? by Terry S. Elton, Sarah E. Sansom, Mickey M. Martin

“…Given that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in blood pressure (BP) control, cardiovascular regulation, and cardiovascular remodeling, special attention has been devoted to the investigation of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) harbored in RAS genes that may be associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Geographic disparities in physical and mental health comorbidities and socioeconomic status of residence among Medicaid beneficiaries in Utah by Roberta Z. Horth, Roberta Z. Horth, Roberta Z. Horth, Srimoyee Bose, Srimoyee Bose, Carl Grafe, Carl Grafe, Navina Forsythe, Angela Dunn

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Assessment of Brush Biopsy Findings and Salivary LDH Levels in Oral Mucosal Lesions of Tobacco Users by Sam P. Davidson, Senthil Kumar, Elangovan Somasundaram, Suman Jaishankar

“…Results: Out of 80 samples, 30 were leukoplakia, 45 were tobacco pouch keratosis and 5 were oral cancer, and 13 samples showed positive dysplastic changes, 26 samples showed atypical dysplastic changes and 41 samples showed no signs of dysplastic changes and concluded as negative. …”
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Three-dimensional mapping of the altermagnetic spin splitting in CrSb by Guowei Yang, Zhanghuan Li, Sai Yang, Jiyuan Li, Hao Zheng, Weifan Zhu, Ze Pan, Yifu Xu, Saizheng Cao, Wenxuan Zhao, Anupam Jana, Jiawen Zhang, Mao Ye, Yu Song, Lun-Hui Hu, Lexian Yang, Jun Fujii, Ivana Vobornik, Ming Shi, Huiqiu Yuan, Yongjun Zhang, Yuanfeng Xu, Yang Liu

“…Abstract Altermagnetism, a kind of collinear magnetism that is characterized by a momentum-dependent band and spin splitting without net magnetization, has recently attracted considerable interest. Finding altermagnetic materials with large splitting near the Fermi level necessarily requires three-dimensional k-space mapping. …”
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New Solitary Wave Solutions of the Lakshamanan–Porsezian–Daniel Model with the Application of the Φ⁶ Method in Fractional Sense by Hicham Saber, Hussien Albala, Khaled Aldwoah, Amer Alsulami, Khidir Shaib Mohamed, Mohammed Hassan, Abdelkader Moumen

“…An advanced analytical solution for it is attained by the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Φ</mi><mn>6</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> technique. …”
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Prophylactic ECMO Support during Elective Coronary Percutaneous Interventions in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Claudiu Ungureanu, Marc Blaimont, Hugues Trine, Pierre Henin, Romain Courcelle, Yves Laurent, Patrick Van Ruyssevelt, Caroline Lepièce, Vincent Huberlant

“…Complex PCI techniques were used: bifurcations with 2 stents in 8 patients, rotational atherectomy was performed in 3, and coronary lithoplasty in 1 case. …”
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Investigation of Drilling Parameters Using Grey Relational Analysis and Response Surface Methodology of Biaxial Glass Fibre Reinforced with Modified Epoxy Resin Composite by I Infanta Mary Priya, B. K. Vinayagam

“…This research work attempts to study the most prominent factor of the drilling operations performed on different thicknesses of biaxial glass fibre reinforced with graphene platelet nanopowder and epoxy composite using three different drills. …”
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VANDENVARDŽIŲ KAITA ŠIAULIŲ KRAŠTO KARTOGRAFINIUOSE KŪRINIUOSE by Valdas Urbanavičius, Ilona Urbanavičienė

“…Smulkieji vandenvardžiai įdomūs, kaip praeityje gyvenusių žmonių dvasinio turto, jų praeities atspindys. Pagrindinis darbo metodas – analitinis aprašomasis, atliktas tyrinėjant kartografinius kūrinius, istorinius dokumentus ir mokslinę literatūrą. …”
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ACTS: INTEGRATING THEORY AND PRAXIS IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY by C. Stenschke

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UFMylation maintains YAP stability to promote vascular endothelial cell senescence by Yanan Liu, Min Zuo, Aiwei Wu, Zhaoxiang Wang, Siting Wang, Yongping Bai, Junzhi Zhou, Hu Wang

“…Here, we reported that YAP was elevated in senescent human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and inhibition of YAP could attenuate HUVECs senescence. Besides, our findings revealed that the activity of UFMylation and the level of YAP were both elevated in senescent cells. …”
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Determining the intention of receiving the influenza vaccine: a cross-sectional survey among international and domestic college students in the USA by Charles Liu, Jiying Ling, ChengChing Liu, Angela Chia-Chen Chen, Nagwan Zahry, Ravichandran Ammigan, Loveleen Kaur

“…This study examined the relationships between the theory of planned behaviour (TPB; attitudes, perceived behavioural control (PBC) and subjective norms) and students’ intention of receiving an influenza vaccine.Design, setting and participants A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 222 domestic students recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk and 197 international students recruited through the Registrar’s Office at a Midwest university.Results International students had higher levels of PBC, intention and attitudes towards receiving an influenza vaccine compared with domestic students. …”
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Measuring plant cysteine oxidase interactions with substrates using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence by Dona M. Gunawardana, Daisy A. Southern, Emily Flashman

“…Our assay revealed that, broadly, AtPCO4 and AtPCO5 have stronger interactions with ERFVII substrates than ZPR2 and VRN2, suggesting ERFVIIs are primary targets of these enzymes. …”
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