Genotypic and Phenotypic Assessment of Hyaluronidase among Type Strains of a Select Group of Staphylococcal Species by Mark E. Hart, Morgan J. Hart, Anna J. Roop

“…This would suggest that hyaluronidase represents yet another potential virulence factor employed by S. aureus to cause disease and may represent a diagnostically important characteristic for distinguishing S. aureus from other members of this genus.…”
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Update on Peripheral Arterial Vasodilation, Ascites and Hepatorenal Syndrome in Cirrhosis by Mladen Knotek, Boris Rogachev, Robert W Schrier

“…Orthotopic liver transplantation has remained the only curative treatment for patients with advanced liver disease; other modalities such as transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt or vasopressin analogues may serve as a bridge to transplantation. Another complication of decompensated cirrhosis is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, the incidence of which can be reduced by primary or secondary antibiotic prophylaxis by using orally active antibiotics.…”
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Advancements in Regenerative Medicine for Articular Cartilage Repair in the Management of Osteoarthritis: A Review of Modern Treatment Methods by Jakub Dziewic, Maria Przygoda, Joanna Śnieżna, Gabriela Trestka, Kamila Stępień, Sabina Adamczyk, Urszula Zelik, Wojciech Florczak, Wiktoria Domino, Jagienka Włodyka, Karol Dzwonnik

“…The regenerative treatments analyzed in this review have great potential in cartilage defect repair and possible symptom alleviation for OA; long-term efficacy, however, and limitations of cost and invasiveness do have to be more extensively considered. Another discussion concerns macrophages, modulators of the inflammatory environment of the joint, and whether they could serve as potential therapeutic targets. …”
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Noise Risk Assessment at Air Separation Plant PT. X Surabaya (Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon Plant) by Hanif Rizqi Diniari, Tofan Agung Eka Prasetya, Erwin Dyah Nawawiwetu, Abdul Rohim Tualeka

“…These results consisted of 5 (42 %) noise risks with low category, 2 (16 %) with middle category, and another 5 (42 %) with high category. The highest noise intensity measurement result was found on Recycle Nitrogen Compressor (RNC) machine, which was 116,5 dBA.  …”
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Le plurilinguisme du perroquet by Manuel Mühlbacher

“…On the contrary, the translator seems to be the antithesis of the parrot when he moves from one language to another. He endeavours to convey a similar meaning, but by different signs. …”
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Collisions of Animals With Road Vehicles in Traffic in the Czech Republic in Connection with Tourism – Analyses of Causes and Prevention by Petr Šmíd, Emílie Pecharová, Dagmar Škodová Parmová

“…After 2008, the rate of accidents involving collisions with animals had a declining trend, but rapidly increased again from 2010. Another finding is that highest damage to property occurred in 2016 in the amount of €13,974,886, while the least was in 2009 in the amount of €4,225,879. …”
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Synthesis and Properties of Bionanocomposites of Polyhydroxybutyrate-Polylactic Acid Doped with Copper and Silver Nanoparticles by Galo Cárdenas-Triviño, Nelson Linares-Bermúdez, Mario Núñez-Decap

“…Likewise, TGA results showed different marked decomposition points (except for PLA/PHB 70/30), which is another indicative parameter. Regarding tensile tests, PLA/PHB/nanoparticle (NP) blends showed higher Young modulus value action improving exponentially some properties and they can act as a powerful complementary component even in small amounts. …”
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Young people’s political participation in the digital environment by S. A. Grishaeva, P. A. Shamaev

“…The political participation modes were compared with each other in terms of their relevance to young people, including in the context of the using safety one mode or another. The research results provides an opportunity to designate the problem and significantly speed up the process of solving it, and will make it possible to considerably simplify the young people’s entry process into the political system through digital technologies.…”
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Fiberoptic-Coupled Spectrofluorometer with Array Detection as a Process Analytical Chemistry Tool for Continuous Flow Monitoring of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics by Nader Shokoufi, Maryam Vosough, Mona Rahimzadegan-Asl, Atefeh Abbasi-Ahd, Mahsa Khatibeghdami

“…The fluorescence emitted upon excitation is collected at the right angle using another optical fiber and then transmitted to the fluorescence spectrometer which utilizes an array detector. …”
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TOURIST PERCEPTIONS ABOUT FOOD SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS IN ACCOMMODATION ENTERPRISES: AN IMPORTANTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS by Zeki Akıncı, Gülseren Yurcu, Caner Küçüker

“…The characteristics that need to be concentrated on comprised music and image portrayed, service equipment, menu diversity and menu presentation while the characteristics with low priority consisted of staff service skills and knowledge, food service style, food price and value for money, and product serving. Another remarkable finding of this study is that there were no possible overkills in food services as perceived by tourists. …”
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Automated synthesis of technological fixture constructions by D P. Kunkevich, I. I. Polozkov, A. A. Baryshev

“…Most of them are various kinds of technological equipment. There is another type of such equipment – fixtures for locating and clamping parts on the technological operations of assembly, welding, cutting, etc. …”
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Substitute locations of urban spaces in films shot in Spain: motivations, representations and consequences by Víctor Aertsen, Carlos Manuel Valdés, Antonio Martínez Puche

“…Although the use of one location to stand in for another is a common film practice, it hasn’t received much attention in film studies and related fields. …”
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On the regularity of metonymy across languages (exemplified on some metonymies in medical discourse) by Brdar Mario

“…The topic of metonymy regularity has cropped up in several recent articles, a welcome sign of growing interest in this phenomenon, which may eventually contribute towards shedding more light on the phenomenon of metonymic competence, paralleling metaphoric competence (Littlemore & Low, 2006). …”
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A Ship Domain-Based Method of Determining Action Distances for Evasive Manoeuvres in Stand-On Situations by Rafal Szlapczynski, Przemyslaw Krata, Joanna Szlapczynska

“…In the paper, documenting continuation of the research, another kind of scenarios is considered. This paper is focused on situations where the own ship is the stand-on one and the target is supposed to manoeuvre. …”
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Phototherapy in vitiligo by Anuradha Bishnoi, Iltefat Hamzavi

“…Narrowband ultraviolet B therapy is highlighted as the most effective and widely used phototherapeutic option, promoting melanocyte proliferation and migration. Excimer laser, another phototherapy modality, offers targeted treatment with fewer side effects and has shown success in localized vitiligo. …”
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Blind Channel Estimation Based on Multilevel Lloyd-Max Iteration for Nonconstant Modulus Constellations by Xiaotian Li, Jing Lei, Wei Liu, Erbao Li, Yanbin Li

“…Then, the estimation information is transmitted from one level to another. By doing this, accurate blind channel estimation for NMC is achieved. …”
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Perikymata number and spacing on early modern human teeth: evidence from Qafzeh cave, Israel by Janet M. Monge, Anne-Marie Tillier, Alan Mann

“…The number of perikymata on complete and unworn teeth is within the range of variation of other hominins and does not provide specific evidence for attributing these specimens to one hominin taxon or another. Similarly, the pattern of perikymata compaction toward the cemento-enamel junction of the Qafzeh specimens is compared to published sources.…”
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Legislation and Policy Capacities in Agricultural Water for Adapting to Climate Change in Iran by N. Heydari, M. Mumtaz, F. Taran

“…Proper implementation of adaptation measures is another issue that is not fully or effectively addressed and supported by the national legislation.…”
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RevCAR-mediated T-cell response against PD-L1-expressing cells turns suppression into activation by Eugenia Crespo, Liliana R. Loureiro, Antonia Stammberger, Lydia Hoffmann, Nicole Berndt, Anja Hoffmann, Claudia Dagostino, Karla E. G. Soto, Luise Rupp, Claudia Arndt, Martin Schneider, Claudia R. Ball, Michael Bachmann, Marc Schmitz, Anja Feldmann

“…Furthermore, we demonstrate in vitro and in vivo an AND-gated targeting of cells simultaneously expressing PD-L1 and another tumor-associated antigen by the Dual RevCAR system. …”
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Modeling Spatial Social Complex Networks for Dynamical Processes by Shandeepa Wickramasinghe, Onyekachukwu Onyerikwu, Jie Sun, Daniel ben-Avraham

“…The study of social networks—where people are located, geographically, and how they might be connected to one another—is a current hot topic of interest, because of its immediate relevance to important applications, from devising efficient immunization techniques for the arrest of epidemics to the design of better transportation and city planning paradigms to the understanding of how rumors and opinions spread and take shape over time. …”
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