The Ripple Effect of Climate Change: Assessing the Impacts on Water Quality and Hydrology in Addis Ababa City (Akaki Catchment) by Thandile T. Gule, Binyam Tesfaw Hailu, Brook Lemma

“…Maximum temperature increased by 0.03°C/yr for SSP2-4.5 and 0.04°C/yr for SSP5-8.5. Minimum temperature increased by 0.03°C/yr under SSP2-4.5 and 0.07°C/yr under SSP5-8.5. …”
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Simulação realística e gamificação em primeiros socorros para o curso de Fisioterapia by Tatiana de Assis Girardi, Leilane Marcos

“…METODOLOGIA: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa. As atividades teórico-práticas foram desenvolvidas em sala de aula e no laboratório de simulação com acadêmicos de Fisioterapia. …”
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PERFORMANCE NEUROMOTORA EM MULHERES ATIVAS by Erinaldo Luiz Andrade, Sandra Machega Matsudo, Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo

“…Os dados deste estudo sugerem que: a) ape­sar da prática de atividade física com o passar da idade, as mulheres apresentaram piora progressi­va nos resultados de agilidade (66,3%), de força dos membros inferiores: na impulsão vertical sem (53,2%) e com auxílio dos braços (57,1%), impulsão horizontal (47,8%) e de força dos membros superiores (26,7%); b) este declínio foi mais intenso na agilidade e na força de membros infe­riores, sendo menos evidente na força dos mem­bros superiores.…”
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Blood pressure variation and hypertension rates in a pre-modernized Bedouin population: data from tribes of the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) by Hani Monk-Vitelson, Israel Hershkovitz, Eugene Kobyliansky

“…HTN rates in the 4 male tribal groups range between 6% and 20%.No consistent age-dependent increase is evident for males in either BP or HTN rates, although for both traits the youngest Towara men (17-19 years) have lower values than the oldest group (50+): 117/79 vs. 125/86, and 5% vs. 19%. …”
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Predictive value of gemstone spectral imaging for chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer liver metastases: A retrospective study by Hou-Fa Ning, Yun-Long Qin, Kui-Tao Yue, Shuai Wang, Wei-Guang Shao, Guang-Zhi Wang

“…The CT value of the 68 keV VMIs (OR: 1.206; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.021–1.425, P = 0.027) and the iodine concentration value at PVP (OR: 1.952; 95% CI: 1.034–3.684, P = 0.039) were independent prognostic factors for predicting chemotherapy response. …”
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Quem cala, consente? Um estudo com trabalhadores terceirizados em uma Universidade Pública by Adolfo de Alencar Melo Júnior, Diogo Henrique Helal, Síria Freire de Paula

“…Por terem um duplo vínculo empregatício – com a empresa contratante e com a empresa contratada, questões ligadas aos vínculos organizacionais merecem maior atenção, destacando-se o consentimento organizacional, interesse deste artigo. …”
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The Long Noncoding RNA Gm9866/Nuclear Factor-κB Axis Promotes Macrophage Polarization by Xiaomin Liao, Xianxian Ruan, Xiubing Chen, Biaolin Zheng, Xianbin Wu, Zhejun Deng, Zhe Yang, Feng Wang, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang

“…Macrophages are a type of immune cells with high levels of plasticity and heterogeneity. They can polarize into M1 or M2 functional phenotypes. …”
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Causes of admissions and in-hospital mortality among patients admitted to critical care units in primary and secondary hospitals in Vietnam in 2018: a multicentre retrospective stu... by Vu Quoc Dat, Bui Thi Khanh Linh, Giang Bao Kim

“…The in-hospital mortality rate increased with age, from 2.8% (86/3105) in under 5 years old age group to 23.1% (297/1288) in over 90-year age group. Diseases of the respiratory system was the leading causes of death in term of number of deaths (21.8% or 367/1681 of all deaths). …”
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Evaluation of the Accuracy of Cameriere, Modified Cameriere and Willems and Blenkin-Evans Methods for Turkish Children by Tuğçe Nur Şahin, Melike Güleç

“…Kruskal-Wallis test was used to evaluate the appropriateness of the methods, and intra- and interobserver agreement was statistically evaluated using the Intra-Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) (p < .05). Results: The CA- estimated age (EA) difference was underestimated by 0.49, 0.45, and 0.20 years with MCM, WM, and BEM, respectively, and overestimated by 0.22 years with CM for girls; underestimated by 0.52, 0.43, and 0.12 years with MCM, WM, and BEM, respectively, and overestimated by 0.17 years with CM for boys (p < .005). …”
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Preparation of a Silicon/MXene Composite Electrode by a High-Pressure Forming Method and Its Application in Li⁺-Ion Storage by Yonghao Liu, Dawei Zhao, Lujia Cong, Yanfeng Han, Mingdi Fu, Xiaoxin Wu, Junkai Zhang

“…The conductive structure of Ti₃C₂T_X MXene increases the efficiency of charge transfer while reducing internal resistance. …”
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Process optimization studies on xylanase production and bioethanol fermentation by Chia Zhi Tan, Thien Sze Chen Ivory, Yi Peng Teoh, Kok Chang Lee, Balakrishnan Kunasundari, Xian Ooi Zhong

“…The concentration of bioethanol produced by xylanase enzyme from A. niger at optimum operating condition was 15.54±0.47 g/L. This study proved that A. niger is one of the filamentous fungi which show the potential of hydrolysing lignocellulosic material to carbon sources and subsequently to bioethanol production.…”
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Outcomes of Recurrent Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Nichole R. Dean, Larissa Sweeny, J. Scott Magnuson, William R. Carroll, Daniel Robinson, Renee A. Desmond, Eben L. Rosenthal

“…The majority of patients were male (85%) and presented with recurrent stage III (89%) cSCC. Two-year disease-free survival was 62% and decreased to 47% at 5 years. …”
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Hannah Arendt e o conceito de felicidade pública by Ana Carolina Turquino Turatto, Maria Cristina Müller

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Efficacy of Lazolex® Gel in the Treatment of Herpes Simplex Mucocutaneous Infections and the Prevention of Recurrences: A Pilot Study by Tina A. Kituashvili, Vakhtang G. Kvirkvelia, George G. Galdava, Nino G. Archvadze

“…The median effective time to resolution of symptoms (itching, burning, and pain) was 1.97 days in the HSV-1 group and 3.11 days in the HSV-2 group. …”
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Safety of frozen, dried and powder forms of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 by EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Dominique Turck, Torsten Bohn, Montaña Cámara, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Ángeles Jos, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Breige McNulty, Androniki Naska, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Francesco Cubadda, Thomas Frenzel, Marina Heinonen, Monika Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Helle Katrine Knutsen Morten Poulsen, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Josef Rudolf Schlatter, Alexandros Siskos, Henk vanLoveren, Domenico Azzollini, Harry J. McArdle

“…The NF has a protein content that ranges between 19.7 and 20.9 g/100 g in the frozen form and 61.7–68.6 g/100 g in the dried and powder forms. …”
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Le radicalisme au début du xixe siècle, ou le poids des héritages by Edmond Dziembowski

“…Bien présente et très active dès les débuts du mouvement radical vers 1760-1770, la sphère extraparlementaire reste une donnée fondamentale du mouvement. C’est ainsi que la stratégie préconisée par Henry Hunt, visant à instaurer une instance représentative concurrente du Parlement, s’inscrit dans la droite ligne des initiatives prises par les radicaux de l’époque de la Révolution française qui entendaient réunir une Convention des délégués des sociétés populaires. …”
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COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING: SUGGESTIONS FOR UKRAINIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION by Yu.V. Lysanets, J. Ward, C. Zhang, T. Downing, O.M. Bieliaieva

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The Effect of Detethering Surgery on the Bladder Function and Psychology of Children with Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome by Shuai Yang, Zhaokai Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Zhan Wang, Yanping Zhang, He Zhang, Lei Lv, Yibo Wen, Qingwei Wang, Wei Jia, Jinhua Hu, Jian Guo Wen

“…Results: A total of 66 children fulfilled the criteria, with a mean age at surgery of 89.5 ± 13.7 months. There were statistically significant differences in bladder detrusor sphincter synergy and urodynamic score and no statistically significant difference in the remaining urodynamic parameters and psychological-behavioral items before and after DS. …”
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Reliability Analysis of In-person and Virtual Goniometric Measurements of the Upper Extremity by Tracy Spigelman, Leah Simpkins, Casey Humphrey, Yehor Vitel, Aaron Sciascia

“…Intra-rater reliability for individual clinicians were between good and excellent for the in-person measurements (ICC:0.61-0.96) and virtual measurements (ICC:0.72-0.97). There were a greater number of excellent ICC values for the virtual measurements (90%) compared to in-person measurements (70%). …”
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新疆布尔根河狸国家级自然保护区狭耳鼠耳蝠线粒体基因组研究 by 阿斯姑丽·阿布都热合曼, 初雯雯, 戚英杰, 初红军, 吴红潘, 何承斌

“…结果显示：狭耳鼠耳蝠线粒体基因组总长为16 752 bp，总碱基组成为33.8％A、30.4％T、22.7％C和13.1％G；线粒体基因组由13个蛋白质编码基因、2个rRNA（12S和16S）基因、22个tRNA基因和1个非编码控制区组成；控制区基因长度为948 bp，比大鼠耳蝠（<italic>M.myotis</italic>）等姊妹物种短很多；与从NCBI下载的其他鼠耳蝠属蝙蝠线粒体基因组序列的系统发育分析比较，狭耳鼠耳蝠与大鼠耳蝠亲缘关系最近。…”
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