Hidden cause of paralysis: tight filum terminale in spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality by Yi Yuan, Yi Yuan, Zong Jian An, Fei Gao, Zhi Hui Li, Wei Li Xu, Yong Sun

“…One patient developed scoliosis and another presented with neurogenic bladder.ConclusionTethered cord syndrome may be a potential underlying cause of SCIWORA. …”
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Design and Realization of Animation Composition and Tone Space Conversion Algorithm by Liang Jing

“…Tone space conversion refers to the conversion or representation of color data in one color space into corresponding data in another color space. Its purpose is to distinguish and process color components such as hue and saturation in an image. …”
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Wages in the U.S. Manufacturing industry by N. E. Petrovskaya

“…It has been noted, that the reduction in the coverage of the trade union movement of American workers is another factor, affecting the level of wages. The correlation between production volume and Gini Coefficient in the USA in the period from 1947 to 2014 has been presented in the article. …”
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Cross-sectional study exploring barriers to adverse drug reactions reporting in community pharmacy settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Tahir Mehmood Khan, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan, Mohammad Safiqul Islam, Mizanur Rahman Moghal, Long Chiau Ming

“…Exploring the barriers to the reporting of ADRs, it was revealed that the top four barriers to ADR reporting were ‘I do not know how to report (Relative Importance Index (RII)=0.998)’, ‘reporting forms are not available (0.996)’, ‘I am not motivated to report (0.997)’ and ‘Unavailability of professional environment to discuss about ADR (RII=0.939)’. …”
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Essence of a legal entity’s reorganization from the standpoint of recognizing hive-out as one of its types by V. H. Zhornokui

“…Therefore, it is more correct to talk about the termination of a legal entity by the universal succession than of its termination by reorganization; 2) succession is a special legal term that determines the process of «transfer of the rights and responsibilities» from one legal entity to another one. The essence of a merger, acquisition, separation, hive-out and reconstruction should be determined not through the category of termination and emergence of legal entities, but through the transfer of the rights and responsibilities from legal entities that have terminated their business to legal entities that have emerged as a result of reorganization; 3) foreign legislation does not prohibit mixed reorganization, in contrast to domestic one. …”
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Medication burden in patients with dialysis-dependent CKD: a systematic review by Xuemei Liu, Ping Chen, Yun Liu, Xiaoyan Jia, Dongmei Xu

“…Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) or Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) methodology checklist was used to evaluate quality and bias. …”
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Role of Legislation and State Policy in Minimizing the Impact of Threats to Environmental Safety in the Automobile Transport Sector by I. V. Bryhadyr, I. V. Panova

“…However, such a refusal raises another problem of greening of road transport – the problem of electrification of transport, in the process of which it is necessary to solve the problems of transport energy and disposal of used batteries of electric vehicles. …”
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South Africa’s Weekly Media: Front-Page Reporting 9/11, Preventing Islamophobia by Muhammed Haron

“…Besides shaping the way that communities perceive others, it also influenced the manner in which communities are dealing with one another. Since a radical Muslim group was blamed for this dastardly deed and since Muslims were implicated for this reprehensible act, the secular media expectedly placed the Muslims – in majority and minority settings – around the world under the spotlight. …”
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Developing and Activated T Cell Survival Depends on Differential Signaling Pathways to Regulate Anti-Apoptotic Bcl-xL by Ruiqing Wang, Huimin Xie, Zhaofeng Huang, Weirong Shang, Zuoming Sun

“…However, the first round of rearrangement may fail, which triggers another round of α chain rearrangement until either successful positive selection or cell death occurs. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Treating Patients of Advanced Age with Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia by Jing Liu, Ying-Ying Xu, Qi-Lin Zhang, Wei-Feng Luo

“…Selected patients n=43 with ITN, recruited from the neurology clinic and inpatient department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between August 2008 and February 2014, were grouped by age, one subset n=14 ≥80 years old and another n=29 <60 years old. Each group scored similarly in degrees of pain registered by the visual analogue scale (VAS). …”
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Elevation gradient effects on grassland species diversity and phylogenetic in the two-river source forest region of the Altai Mountains, Xinjiang, China by Jing Che, Jing Che, Mao Ye, Mao Ye, Qingzhi He, Qingzhi He, Guoyan Zeng, Guoyan Zeng, Miaomiao Li, Miaomiao Li, Weilong Chen, Weilong Chen, Xiaoting Pan, Xiaoting Pan, Jiaorong Qian, Jiaorong Qian, Yexin Lv, Yexin Lv

“…The species diversity along the elevation gradient exhibits a bimodal trend, with an initial increase, followed by a decrease, another increase, and finally a decline as the elevation rises. …”
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Turning Agricultural Biomass Ash into a Valuable Resource in the Construction Industry—Exploring the Potential of Industrial Symbiosis by Olivera Bedov, Ana Andabaka, Suzana Draganić

“…In the proposed CBM, waste from one industry becomes an input for another. The model leverages industrial symbiosis by using sunflower husk ash (SHA) as an alternative hydroxide activator for alkali-activated materials. …”
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The Impact of the Pandemic on Sports Companies: Comparative Rate Analysis of Champions League and Turkish Football Companies by Ayşe Nur Şahin

“…It is understood that the three clubs, which are the ranking leaders in 2021, have strong financial positions that do not differ much from each other. It is another result that the solvency and resource structures of Turkish football clubs and UEFA ranking leaders are far from each other. …”
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Specialists Triaging Referrals to eConsult: a feasibility study including acceptability and impact of providing advice on primary health care providers by Ridha Ali, Geetha Mukerji, Susan Humphrey-Murto, Clare Liddy, Heather Lochnan, Erin Keely

“…To assess PCP opinions on safety (advice was clearly identified and actionable) and acceptability (comfort in patient not seeing a specialist, additional time burden and support for expansion) two surveys, one for those referrals triaged to advice only and another for those triaged to advice and appointment, were faxed 14 days after the referral response. …”
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655Val and 1170Pro ERBB2 SNPs in Familial Breast Cancer Risk and BRCA1 Alterations by Stefania Tommasi, Vita Fedele, Rosanna Lacalamita, Michele Bruno, Francesco Schittulli, David Ginzinger, Gery Scott, Serenella Eppenberger-Castori, Daniele Calistri, Silvia Casadei, Ian Seymour, Salvatore Longo, Gianluigi Giannelli, Brunella Pilato, Giovanni Simone, Christopher C. Benz, Angelo Paradiso

“…One of these, Ile655Val, introduces a structural change in the transmembrane region of ERBB2 and has been the focus of debate over its potential role as a susceptibility marker for breast cancer risk. Another SNP, Ala1170Pro, introduces a structural change in the carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain of the protein, but its clinical and biological importance remains undefined. …”
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DRomics, a workflow to exploit dose-response omics data in ecotoxicology by Delignette-Muller, Marie Laure, Siberchicot, Aurélie, Larras, Floriane, Billoir, Elise

“…Coupled to dose-response experimental designs, they allow a non-targeted assessment of organism responses at the molecular level along an exposure gradient. …”
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Changes in the Order of Family Life Events in 20th-Century Europe: A Cross-Regional Perspective by Reto Burgin, Reto Schumacher, Gilbert Ritschard

“…We also hypothesize cross-regional differences in the timing and in the shape of the transition from one standard to another. Applying specifically developed tools to visualize and analyze event sequences, we show important regional variation in the evolution of the sequencing of family life events. …”
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Integration of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag into palm oil fuel ash based geopolymer concrete: a review by Ying Yi Tan, Hanizam Awang, Noor Haida Mohd Kaus

“…The increase demand for building materials, particularly concrete, has resulted in overproduction of ordinary portland cement (OPC) and consequent significant release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. For addressing these issues, alternative innovative and sustainable materials, such as geopolymer concrete, which utilised waste materials as binding agents have been introduced, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions. …”

Analysis of Circulating MicroRNAs In Vivo following Administration of Dexamethasone and Adrenocorticotropin by Ivan Igaz, Gábor Nyírő, Zoltán Nagy, Henriett Butz, Zsolt Nagy, Pál Perge, Peter Sahin, Miklós Tóth, Károly Rácz, Peter Igaz, Attila Patócs

“…Expression of microRNAs was studied in plasma samples of 10 individuals examined by 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test and another 10 individuals stimulated by 250 μg tetracosactide (adrenocorticotropin). …”
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Study on Artifacts Elimination for Three-Dimensional Interaction Virtual Reality Corridors by Xiaofan Liu, Jinye Wang, Wenjun Zheng, Ying Chen, Er Wu

“…And then, we used the three sets of colors to verify the effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper, comparing them with the adjusted brightness method and the adjusted background method. Compared with another method, the results obtained by the method proposed in this paper exhibit two key advantages. …”
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