« J’ai lu votre livre » by Marion Marx

“…Thanks to the female gaze, the poetic evocation of a lesbian love, from its blossoming to its wilting, then to its death, opens up a reflection on a triple isolation: that of the lesbian woman, that of the creative woman, that finally of the elderly woman – three images of women stifled in their desire and their creative impulse, which merge in fine, in an autobiographical burst, in a troubled and double image: that of the author and, like a reflection in the mirror, of the poet Sophia Parnok, her former partner. …”
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Russian Orthodox Church and Covid-19 Pandemic: New Challenges and New Opportunities by Viktoriia Demydova

“…Following the recommendations about the closure of the churches in Russia in late March 2020, ROC confronted serious challenges. …”
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The histopathologic evaluation of local effects of ozone therapy on the healing of experimental calvarial defects of rats by Tolga Bayar, Ebru Deniz Karslı

“…Abstract Background This study evaluates the effects of ozone on hard and soft tissue healing when a free tissue flap is used to close wound areas lacking primary closure over autogenous grafted sites. Methods In our study, 24 male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: two control groups and two ozone-treated groups. …”
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Salvage of Failed Local and Regional Flaps with Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix Aided Tissue Regeneration by Gregory J. Kruper, Zachary P. VandeGriend, Ho-Sheng Lin, Giancarlo F. Zuliani

“…Traditional use of wet to dry dressing to enable proper wound granulation and possible closure with additional flaps or skin grafts is a laborious process. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on Fracture Characteristics of Interface between In Situ Engineered Cementitious Composites and Steel Deck by Weiwei Han, Shuyin Wu, Xue Gao, Xinyao Zong, Jingsong Shan

“…To investigate the fracture properties of bimaterial interface, the double cantilever beam (DCB) and 4-point end notched flexure (4ENF) specimens were used to obtain the fracture toughness, and virtual crack closure technology (VCCT) was used to calculate the energy release rates. …”
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Altered shear stress of blood flow causes plasma membrane damage in endothelial cells by Nikita Raj, Chang Pan, Ann Marleen Starke, Anna L. L. Matos, Oliver Soehnlein, Volker Gerke

“…We also show that endothelial membrane damages inflicted by shear stress alterations are repaired by a Ca2+-dependent process that involves early endosome exocytosis to provide membrane material for wound closure, suggesting conserved and robust membrane repair responses to endothelial damage in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Vaginal Treatment of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence with Visceral Loop Prolapse: A New Challenge in Reparative Vaginal Surgery? by Salvatore Andrea Mastrolia, Edoardo Di Naro, Luca Maria Schonauer, Maria Teresa Loverro, Beatrice Indellicati, Mario Barnaba, Giuseppe Loverro

“…Vaginal cuff dehiscence is a rare, but potentially morbid, complication of total hysterectomy and refers to separation of the vaginal cuff closure. The term vaginal cuff dehiscence is frequently interchanged with the terms of cuff separation or cuff rupture. …”
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Popular education: an alternative for the development of human capacities in the resolution of socioenvironmental conflicts by Carol Peña-Palma, José Terán-Serna, Ángel Gil-Torres, Marly Tafur-Osorio

“…This proposal is an attempt to build an alternative method for the management and resolution of social-environmental conflicts and generate participative dynamics that can help the blossoming and strengthening of the human capabilities of the villagers. …”
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Okra juice used for rapid wound healing through its bioadhesive and antioxidant capabilities by Biao Zhang, Yuanqiang Li, Kaijie Wu, Liqi Wei, Yining Chen, Yuan Zhang, Yiping Ren, Tianshu Zou, Pengcheng Yu, Hongxia Ma, Rui Chen, Xin Liu, Yan Cheng

“…Biological adhesives are generally easy to apply, allowing for quick and efficient wound closure. In this study, we develop a natural biological adhesive derived from okra juice through a simple and environmentally friendly producing process. …”
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Lipoprotein Biology During Induced Oogenesis in the Shortfinned Eel, <i>Anguilla australis</i>—Vascular Transport by Erin L. Damsteegt, Benedetta Mercuriali, Georgia Thomson-Laing, Joanna M. Ward, P. Mark Lokman

“…The ecological, cultural and economic importance of freshwater eels, coupled with declining wild populations, drives the need for artificial propagation of these fish. Despite the closure of the lifecycle in captivity over a decade ago, numerous bottlenecks still prevent production at a commercially viable scale. …”
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Polar Metric-Weighted Norm-Based Scan Matching for Robot Pose Estimation by Guanglei Huo, Lijun Zhao, Ke Wang, Ruifeng Li, Jianqiang Li

“…The results show that the proposed approach outperforms PSM and Mb-ICP in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and loop closure error of mapping.…”
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Advancing Sustainable Infrastructure Management: Insights from System Dynamics by Julio Juarez-Quispe, Erick Rojas-Chura, Alain Jorge Espinoza Vigil, Milagros Socorro Guillén Málaga, Oscar Yabar-Ardiles, Johan Anco-Valdivia, Sebastián Valencia-Félix

“…Hence, this study contributes to its closure by offering a model that facilitates the understanding of key interactions in infrastructure systems.…”
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Utilizing Colpocleisis to Repair a Vesicovaginal Fistula in a Cervical Cancer Patient with History of Pelvic Radiation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ahmad Dahman, Daniel McClelland, Stanley Zaslau, Valerie Galvan Turner, Omar Duenas, Robert Shapiro

“…She subsequently underwent successful transvaginal fistula closure using colpocleisis to optimally address the systemic factors of poor wound healing associated with irradiated tissue. …”
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Peripheral Blood Derived Mononuclear Cells Enhance the Migration and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Niina Hopper, John Wardale, Daniel Howard, Roger Brooks, Neil Rushton, Frances Henson

“…In scratch assay the wound closure was 55% higher after 3 hours in the PBMC stimulated test group (P=0.002), migration rate was 9 times faster (P=0.008), and total MSC migration was 25 times higher after 24 hours (P=0.014). …”
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Determination of NH4+ in Environmental Water with Interfering Substances Using the Modified Nessler Method by Heonsang Jeong, Jongtaek Park, Hyunook Kim

“…If excess nitrogen including NH4 + is present in water, however, it can result in algae blooming and eventually the destruction of the aquatic ecosystem. …”
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Colombia, España, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador: Seguridad Social para el adulto mayor by Oscar José Dueñas Ruiz

“…Estudio de tres bloques de derechos necesarios para el adulto mayor: salud, pensiones y servicios sociales. …”
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La comunicación verbal colaborativa en tres grupos etarios y dos contextos socioeconómicos by Mariano A. Castellaro, Néstor D. Roselli

“…Participaron 41 díadas que realizaron una tarea de construcción con bloques.Las verbalizaciones fueron analizadas mediante categorías ad hoc. …”
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Un modelo de sistema dinámico híbrido utilizando el enfoque de la lógica difusa by Germán García Benítez, Carlos Vera Estrada

“…Para lograr esto se hace una breve descripción de los principales enfoques que se tienen en la actualidad de los sistemas dinámicos híbridos desarrollando las ecuaciones básicas de los bloques que conforman el modelo. Actualmente la teoría del control se ha centrado en el estudio por separado de la dinámica continua y la dinámica discreta; sin embargo, es necesario introducir el estudio de la combinación de ambos en un solo tratado. …”
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Retrospective Study of Vitreous Tap Technique Using Needle Aspiration for Management of Shallow Anterior Chamber during Phacoemulsification by Ashraf Ahmed Nossair, Wael Ahmed Ewais, Lamia Samy Ali

“…Preoperative CDVA in LogMAR units was 0.98 ± 0.75. Coexisting angle closure glaucoma was present in 7 patients (26.92%) preoperatively. …”
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Supraclavicular Artery Island Flap in Head-and-neck Reconstruction: Our Experience by Abhinav Thaduri, Bhinyaram Jat, Amit Kumar, Amit Kumar Tyagi, Abhijeet Singh, Vikramjit Singh Kailey, Dileep Dungala Maharaj, Shahab Usmani, Kartikesh Gupta

“…Two patients required split-thickness skin graft for the closure of the donor site. Conclusion: Supraclavicular artery island flap (SCAIF) is one of the good reconstructive options for midline neck defects, simple oral cavity defects, and cheek skin defects. …”
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