Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Is a Sensitive Predictor of Systemic Complications of Acute Pancreatitis by Dong-Ni Huang, Hao-Jie Zhong, Ying-Li Cai, Wen-Rui Xie, Xing-Xiang He

“…Background. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common and potentially life-threatening inflammatory disease that can cause various complications, including systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), pleural effusion, ascitic fluid, myocardial infarction, and acute kidney injury (AKI). …”
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Relationship Between Islamic Studies Students’ Knowledge of Fiqh Al-Seerah and Healthy Living Practices by Fatin Awanis Hayu, Nik Md Saiful Azizi Nik Abdullah

“…Hence, understanding the way of life of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, known in Islamic scholarship as Fiqh Al-Seerah, is necessary to learn about his healthful lifestyle practices. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the degree of knowledge regarding Fiqh Al-Seerah and the correlation between such knowledge and healthy living practices. …”
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Thermochemical Equilibrium Model of Synthetic Natural Gas Production from Coal Gasification Using Aspen Plus by Rolando Barrera, Carlos Salazar, Juan F. Pérez

“…However, feeding technology clearly has an effect on the process due to the gasifying agent. Simulations results are compared against available technical data with good accuracy. …”
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DESCARTES’ COMPREHENSION OF HUMAN NATURE IN «DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD» by A. M. Malivskyi

“…The implemented analysis confirms the validity of the thesis about text of the "Discourse on Method" by Descartes as a request of substantial unfolding of the anthropological project. …”
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Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach by Lucio Tonello, Luca Giacobbi, Alberto Pettenon, Alessandro Scuotto, Massimo Cocchi, Fabio Gabrielli, Glenda Cappello

“…In particular, subjects with ASD can display momentary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness called crisis behaviors. …”
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Progress of prevention and nursing of mechanical phlebitis associated with peripherally inserted central venous catheter placement (PICC置管所致机械性静脉炎的防治及护理进展)... by JIAO Lijuan (焦丽娟)

“…This paper reviewed the studies about prevention and nursing of mechanical phlebitis associated with PICC placement, and provided reference for clinical practice. …”
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Bystander behaviors in bullying incidents: A cross-sectional study in Belgrade secondary schools by Grmuša Adrijana T.

“…Of those exhibiting defending behavior, about 40% reported the incident to a teacher or someone else, while the remaining 60% tried to help in other ways. …”
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The development of a task to study advice taking across nations and its application in a China-Germany comparison by Thomas Schultze, Zhijun Chen

“…To draw a valid conclusion about cultural differences in advice taking, it is vital to develop a decision task devoid of this confound. …”
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Tysk som tillægskompetence – lærendes motivation, behov og erfaringer by Mirjam Gebauer, Aase Voldgaard Larsen, Anne Grethe Julius Pedersen, Simon Holleufer, Ida Vejnø

“…To evaluate and further develop this new initiative, we have conducted 14 semi-structured interviews with course participants to inquire about their motivation, needs, expectations, and experiences. …”
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Concurrent Liver Hodgkin Lymphoma and Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia on an Explanted Liver with Clinical Diagnosis of Alcoholic Cirrhosis at University Hospital Fundación Santa F... by R. López, L. Barrera, A. Vera, R. Andrade

“…We believe that more research about the utility of performing liver biopsies in patients candidates for transplantation with noncirrhotic hepatic failure is needed in order to establish the etiology and the optimal treatment.…”
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Examining consumer preferences for basic foodstuffs in a highly inflationary economic environment: The case of price-capped chicken breast fillet in Hungary by Zalán Márk Maró, Áron Török, Péter Czine

“…Two-thirds of respondents are largely pessimistic about the future economic environment and the development of consumer prices. …”
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Selfitis: An Analysis on Prevalence and Attitude among College Students by MG Sreejamol, R Radhika, Rajalakshmi Reghuvaran

“…Eighty-five percentage (340) of the study subjects had smartphone and only a few, 60 (15%) were not using it. About 59.5% (238) of them used all the enlisted social media. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide Thin Films Spray-Deposited onto Indium-Doped Tin Oxide for Solar Conversion Scopes by Muhammad Awais, Denis P. Dowling, Franco Decker, Danilo Dini

“…The electrochemical characterization showed that NiOx electrodes possess large surface area (about 1000 times larger than their geometrical area). …”
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Numerical Analysis of J-Hook Connectors’ Effect on the Performance of Steel-Concrete Composite Shear Walls by Seyed Mohammad Farnam, Mohsen Khorshidi

“…Above all, adding concrete to the steel shear wall which consists of two steel sheets, not only rise the wall's bearing capacity by 14 percent, but improve the performance of the interaction between materials by about 17%.…”
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Structured Illumination-Based Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy for Hemato- and Cyto-Pathology Applications by Tieqiao Zhang, Samantha Osborn, Chloe Brandow, Denis Dwyre, Ralph Green, Stephen Lane, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu

“…Structured illumination fluorescence microscopy utilizes interfering light and the moiré effect to enhance spatial resolution to about a half of that of conventional light microscopy, i.e. approximately 90 nm. …”
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Communicating to prospective students through appropriate sources of information by Melanie Wiese, Yolanda Jordaan, Cornelius van Heerden

“…The findings can be used to develop student-focused marketing communication that could aid prospective students in making more informed decisions about the public higher education institution they wish to attend. …”
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Microbiota awareness levels of medical students: the case of Trakya university by İsmail Davarci, Pınar Zehra Davarci

“…This study aimed to examine the awareness of medical students about the microbiota and the factors influencing their awareness. …”
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Commémoration et écriture de l’histoire dans la grande presse allemande à l’époque de Guillaume II : 1789 – 1813 – 1848 by Philippe Alexandre

“…Major anniversaries, such as the centennial of the French Revolution and the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig (October 16-19, 1813) as well as the fiftieth anniversary of the 1848 Revolution, were occasions for debates about the significance of these events or periods for European history, but also for the construction of a national narrative. …”
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Legal Regulation of Interaction of Security Service of Ukraine with Civil Society in Counteracting Terrorism by A. Yu. Helzhynskyi

“…As a result of the analysis of the normative base on the interaction of the Security Service of Ukraine with civil society in fighting against terrorism, it can be stated about the state's efforts to implement the main points of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. …”
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A Multiband Monopole Antenna with the Inverted-Trapezoidal CPW Feeding by Quanqi Zhang, Yuanxin Li, Zhixi Liang, Hong-Zhou Tan, Yunliang Long

“…The antenna generates two wide bands centered at about 900 and 2200 MHz to cover the GSM850/GSM900/DCS/PCS/UMTS/LTE2300/2500 bands and the 2.4 GHz WLAN operation. …”
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