Debates on the Role of the US Theatre Missile Defense in Regional Deterrence of Russia and China by O. O. Krivolapov

“…The Russian Federation and China possess significant nuclear arsenals, which already make nuclear escalation involving these countries and the United States possible. Adding yet another variable (TMD) into this equation only aggravates the situation.…”
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Detection of Insulin in Insulin-Deficient Islets of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Yuliya Krivova, Alexandra Proshchina, Dmitry Otlyga, Anastasia Kharlamova, Sergey Saveliev

“…These results suggest that islet α-cells may contain insulin and/or other insulin-like proteins (proinsulin, C-peptide). …”
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Glycoalkaloids and phenolic compounds in three commercial potato cultivars grown in Hebei, China by Cheng-Yu Jin, Hong Liu, Dan Xu, Fan-Kui Zeng, Yu-Ci Zhao, Hai Zhang, Gang Liu

“…By contrast, Atlantic and Shepody potatoes contain considerable caffeic acid. The loss rate of phenolic compounds in Russet Burbank during dehydrated potato flake processing is 50.47%. …”
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Morphological Features and In Vitro Cytopathic Effect of Acanthamoeba griffini Trophozoites Isolated from a Clinical Case by Arturo González-Robles, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Maritza Omaña-Molina, Maria Reyes-Batlle, Carmen M. Martín-Navarro, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales

“…Coincubation of trophozoites with MDCK cell monolayers resulted in a local damage to target cells after 24 h of interaction, suggesting that the cytopathic effect is contact-dependent. By transmission electron microscopy, amoebae appeared to engulf small portions of the MDCK cells; however, the cells that were not in contact with trophozoites had an unaltered morphology. …”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…In addition, the specified documents contain norms that are different in terms of content on ensuring the safety and health of female workers. …”
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Successful open defecation-free intervention in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative synthesis systematic review protocol by Vera Yulyani, Iswanto Iswanto, Daniel Daniel, Fitrina Mahardani Kusumaningrum, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi

“…Introduction The results of open defecation-free (ODF) programmes vary greatly, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study will systematically investigate available qualitative research to identify the elements contributing to open defecation programmes’ effectiveness in various situations across LMICs. …”
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Potato spindle tuber viroid by A. V. Kochetov, A. Y. Pronozin, N. V. Shatskaya, D. A. Afonnikov, O. S. Afanasenko

“…RNA replication is prone to errors and infected plants contain a population of mutated forms of the PSTVd genome. …”
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Factores que influyen en el proceso de la enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés: una revisión sistemática by Estrella Rocio Landaverde, Ma. Teresa García Ramírez

“… El inglés es una habilidad básica con la que debe contar cualquier profesionista. Al aprender una segunda lengua es necesario considerar diversos elementos que tienen un impacto en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. …”
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Food Insecurity Resilience Capacity of Rural Households in the Face of Induced-Weather Extremities in Bauchi State of Nigeria by Mohammed Sadiq, Muhammad Ahmad, Mahmood Bala, Invinder Singh

“…However, evidence showed that food insecurity resilience capacity has a lasting effect on general well-being of rural households while households’ hunger resilience capacity has a transitory effect as it can only contain food crises on the short-term basis. Nevertheless, income and consumption smoothening were the commonest short-term food coping strategies adopted in the study area. …”
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Service Life Assessment of Historical Building Envelopes Constructed Using Different Types of Sandstone: A Computational Analysis Based on Experimental Input Data by Václav Kočí, Jiří Maděra, Jan Fořt, Jaromír Žumár, Milena Pavlíková, Zbyšek Pavlík, Robert Černý

“…The climatic data for three characteristic localities are experimentally determined by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and contain hourly values of temperature, relative humidity, rainfalls, wind velocity and direction, and sun radiation. …”
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The Benefits of Adding Sulfur and Urea to a Concentrate Mixture on the Utilization of Feed, Rumen Fermentation, and Milk Production in Dairy Cows Supplemental Fresh Cassava Root by Phussorn Sumadong, Sarong So, Anusorn Cherdthong

“…Fresh cassava roots that contain hydrocyanic acid (HCN) can be hazardous to animals when consumed. …”
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Investigation of Information Overload in Electronic Health Records: Protocol for Usability Study by Saif Khairat, Jennifer Morelli, Marcella H Boynton, Thomas Bice, Jeffrey A Gold, Shannon S Carson

“…Information overload can be especially prevalent in medical intensive care units (ICUs) where patients are often critically ill and their charts contain large amounts of data points such as vitals, test and laboratory results, medications, and notes. …”
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Avaliação de cultivares de alho no município de Governador Dix-sept Rosado-RN, Brasil by Alinne Menezes Soares, Maria Zuleide de Negreiros, Francisco Vilela Resende, Welder de Araújo Rangel Lopes, José Francismar de Medeiros, Leilson Costa Grangeiro

“…O Brasil é um dos grandes produtores de alho do mundo, entretanto, apesar de possuir condições edafoclimáticas favoráveis à cultura e contar com mão de obra abundante, ainda não alcançou a autossuficiência na produção de alho, sendo, por isso, necessária a sua importação. …”
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A Validated Reverse Phase HPLC Analytical Method for Quantitation of Glycoalkaloids in Solanum lycocarpum and Its Extracts by Renata Fabiane Jorge Tiossi, Mariza Abreu Miranda, João Paulo Barreto de Sousa, Fabíola Silva Garcia Praça, Maria Vitória Lopes Badra Bentley, James Dewey McChesney, Jairo Kenupp Bastos

“…Fruits of this species contain the glycoalkaloids solasonine (SN) and solamargine (SM), which display antiparasitic and anticancer properties. …”
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Frequency-Dependent Anisotropic Electromagnetic Responses of Fractured Reservoirs with Various Hydrate Distributions Based on Numerical Simulation by Shengbiao Liu, Gaowei Hu, Qingtao Bu, Yapeng Zhao, Zhiwen Sun

“…The fractures in digital cores are aligned along a certain direction and contain the hydrate with various distributions and saturations. …”
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The Research and Mechanism of Extracting Vitamin B6 Using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems by Changyu Lu, Luning Gao, Aibing Chen, Duo Li, Yahong Zhou

“…The aim of this work is to investigate the quaternary systems which contain (polyethylene glycol/isopropyl alcohol) + ethanol + salt (Na2SO4/Na2CO3) + water to understand their liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) and salting-out ability and apply them to definite uses. …”
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Phenotypic Definition of the Progenitor Cells with Erythroid Differentiation Potential Present in Human Adult Blood by Valentina Tirelli, Barbara Ghinassi, Anna Rita Migliaccio, Carolyn Whitsett, Francesca Masiello, Massimo Sanchez, Giovanni Migliaccio

“…In Human Erythroid Massive Amplification (HEMA) cultures, AB mononuclear cells (MNC) generate 1-log more erythroid cells (EBs) than the corresponding CD34pos cells, suggesting that MNC may also contain CD34neg HPC. To clarify the phenotype of AB HPC which generate EBs in these cultures, flow cytometric profiling for CD34/CD36 expression, followed by isolation and functional characterization (colony-forming-ability in semisolid-media and fold-increase in HEMA) were performed. …”
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The potential of Sonneratia caseolaris mangrove leaves extract as a bioactive food ingredient using various water extract [version 4; peer review: 2 approved] by Maharani Pertiwi Koentjoro, Bambang Semedi, Ike Listya Anggraeni, Hartati Kartikaningsih, Nur Fitriana

“…S. caseolaris leaves contain various active compounds, contributing to their popularity in the treatment of various diseases. …”
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Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antidiabetic Effects of Leaf Extracts from Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) by Mercy Makopa, Benjamin Mangiza, Benjamin Banda, Winnie Mozirandi, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…It was concluded that the leaf extracts of P. americana contain phytochemicals with antibacterial, antifungal, and α-glucosidase inhibitory effects. …”
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Microstructural Analysis and Radiological Characterization of Alkali-Activated Materials Based on Aluminosilicate Waste and Metakaolin by Nataša Mladenović Nikolić, Aleksandar Kandić, Jelena Potočnik, Nemanja Latas, Marija Ivanović, Snežana Nenadović, Ljiljana Kljajević

“…In this paper, we evaluate physico-chemical properties, microstructure, and radiological environmental impacts when wastes that contain elevated levels of naturally occurring radionuclides (NORs) such as fly ash and wood ash are made into “green cements” such as AAMs. …”
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