Neurodevelopment in very low birth weight newborns in Matanzas during 2016-2018 by Gerardo Rogelio Robaina Castellanos, Solangel de la Caridad Riesgo Rodríguez, Dariana Hernández Morales

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: prospective observational study, which included preterm newborns with birth weight &lt;1500 g discharged alive from the Provincial Gynecobstetric Teaching Hospital of Matanzas, in the period 2016-2018, and who had completed their follow-up in a neurodevelopment consultation at two years old corrected age (N=52). The data contained in the medical records were stored in a database (SPSS v. 22.0), from which the statistical processing was performed. …”
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Raising public awareness on anthropogenic underwater noise by means of playful activities and serious games by Paolo Diviacco, Massimiliano Iurcev

“…For example, it is possible to explain how noise can make a message contained in an acoustic signal unrecognizable, staging the case of a teacher explaining something to a noisy class. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and BSA-Binding Studies of Novel Sulfonated Zinc-Triazine Complexes by Nalin Abeydeera, Inoka C. Perera, Theshini Perera

“…Four Zn(II) complexes containing a pyridyl triazine core (L1 = 3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-di(2-furyl)-1,2,4-triazine-5′,5″-disulfonic acid disodium salt and L2 = 3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine-4′,4″-disulfonic acid sodium salt) were synthesized, and their chemical formulas were finalized as [Zn(L1)Cl2]·5H2O·ZnCl2 (1), [Zn(L1)2Cl2]·4H2O·2CH3OH (2), [Zn(L2)Cl2]·3H2O·CH3OH (3), and [Zn(L2)2Cl2] (4). …”
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An analytic solution of the non-linear equation ∇2λ(r)=f(λ) and its application to the ion-atmosphere theory of strong electrolytes by S. N. Bagchi

“…A critical analysis of these results eventually led to the formulation of a new approach to the statistical mechanics of classical systems, (see Bagchi [2]), In view of the uncertainties inherent in the nature of the system to be discussed below, it is believed that this voluminous work, (containing 35 tables and 120 graphs), in spite of its legitimate simplifying assumptions, would be of great assistance to those who are interested in studying the properties of ionic solutions from the standpoint of a physically and mathematically consistent theory.…”
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Biofortification of Spring Barley Grain with Microelements through Sulfur Fertilization by Bożena Barczak, Magdalena Jastrzębska, Marta K. Kostrzewska

“…Marked differences in the effect of the application rates of 20 and 40 kg·S·ha−1 were observed only for fertilizers containing the ionic form of sulphur. The beneficial effect of sulphur on the biofortification of microelements in spring barley grain indicates the need to include this nutrient in cultivation of this species.…”
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Biological Evaluation of Pupalia lappacea for Antidiabetic, Antiadipogenic, and Hypolipidemic Activity Both In Vitro and In Vivo by Vivek Kumar, Parag Jain, Kalpana Rathore, Zabeer Ahmed

“…Animals were divided into five groups: normoglycemic control, diabetic control, reference group (glibenclamide, 5.0 mg/kg), AS001 (250 mg/kg extract), and AS002 (500 mg/kg extract) each containing six animals for in vivo study. Antidiabetic and hypolipidemic activity of extract were determined by in vivo method on STZ induced diabetic rats. …”
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Biosorption of Cadmium by Filamentous Fungi Isolated from Coastal Water and Sediments by Lebeth C. Manguilimotan, Jayzon G. Bitacura

“…Potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates containing Cd (25, 50, 75, and 100 ppm) were used to isolate Cd tolerant fungi from the samples. …”
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Histological Inflammation in Human Ureter either Healthy or Fitted with Double-Pigtail Stent or a Thin 0.3 F Suture Thread: A Preliminary Study by Benoît Vogt, Ilham Chokri

“…Fortuitously, a dilation of the ureter containing the sutures was discovered. In addition, no inflammation was seen on the ureter wall around the suture in endoscopy. …”
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A novel lidocaine-chitosan-barium titanate microemulsion gel for prolonged local anesthesia: An in vitro study by Qiao Xiaoru, Li Ling

“…In conclusion, a new formulation of lidocaine microemulsions containing chitosan and BaTiO3 was developed and utilized to deliver lidocaine through the skin to achieve topical anesthesia.…”
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The Legal Values of the Formal Composition in the Interior Spaces of Beauty Centers as a Model by Liqa Ahmad Abd al- Rhman, Rana Abdalkareem Saieed

“…The researcher found that the formal composition of the interior design vocabulary in beauty centers can achieve notional values   through the features that these vocabulary excel in, some of which are related to direct relations with the interior space that contains functional and performance harmony, including those related to In the light of the foregoing, the research problem can be formulated by the following question: What are the legal values   in the formal formation of the interior spaces of beauty centers? …”
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Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation – novel dangerous disease of farmed Salmonidae by V. P. Melnikov, V. V. Pronin

“…Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation is a novel and understudied highly contagious transboundary disease of Salmonidae characterized by erythrocyte damage, blood circulation failure, jaundice and aggregated signs of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation. …”
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Enhancement of Hydrophobicity of Fish Skin Gelatin via Molecular Modification with Oxidized Linoleic Acid by Wipawee Theerawitayaart, Thummanoon Prodpran, Soottawat Benjakul

“…Fish gelatin possesses hydrophilicity in nature since it contains a few hydrophobic amino acids and a large portion of hydrophilic amino acids. …”
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Study of the vaccination effects against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, causing mastitis and endometritis in cows by E. V. Ivanov, A. V. Kapustin, N. N. Avduevskaya

“…The high contagiousness of staphylococcal infections and emergence of antimicrobial resistant strains call for search and development of new highly effective drugs and vaccines against infectious animal diseases. …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…The sampling units consisted of districts, areas and sections containing the dwellings where the subjects were chosen. …”
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Phosphorus-modified Zr-based metal-organic framework materials for their effective removal of thorium from aqueous solutions by Yinghao Zhuang, Shuai Sun, Kai Jia, Lei Shi, Xiangshan Yang

“…The excellent adsorption performance of UiO-66-COOH-PA-2 at low pH values indicates that adsorption material containing phosphorus is suitable for the removal of thorium especially in acidic systems. …”
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Speech Enhancement Using Joint DNN-NMF Model Learned with Multi-Objective Frequency Differential Spectrum Loss Function by Matin Pashaian, Sanaz Seyedin

“…The conventional MSE loss function computes the discrepancy between the estimated speech and clean speech across all frequencies, disregarding the process of changing amplitude in the frequency domain which contains valuable information. The differential spectrum representation retains spectral peaks that carry important information. …”
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Physicochemical Study of Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Supported Palygorskite Clay Mineral by Lahcen Bouna, Benaissa Rhouta, Francis Maury

“…This study deals with the influence of physicochemical parameters, namely, the photocatalyst loading, dye concentration, and pH of polluted solutions, on the degradation efficiency of Orange G (OG) solutions containing TiO2 nanoparticles supported on palygorskite clay mineral (TiO2-Pal). …”
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Fabrication Technique of Dental Restoration Using Hybrid Ceramic With Cad Cam Method by Meita Andriyani, Sonya Harwasih, Eny Inayati

“…Review: Hybrid ceramic is a material that combines the advantages of ceramics and composite elasticity. This material contains a hybrid structure with two networks, ceramic and polymer are linked to each other, known as double hybrid network. …”
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A Wearable Iron-Based Implant as an Intramedullary Nail in Tibial Shaft Fracture of Sheep by Sitaria F. Siallagan, Marzuki Silalahi, Arief Boediono, Sri Estuningsih, Deni Noviana

“…Based on the analysis carried out, the samples contained 90,02% and 60,81% Fe for iron-based implant and stainless implant, respectively. …”
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On the Work of Cartan and Münzner on Isoparametric Hypersurfaces by Thomas E. Cecil, Patrick J. Ryan

“…This paper is a survey of the fundamental work of Cartan and Münzner on the theory of isoparametric hypersurfaces in real space forms, in particular, spheres. This work is contained in four papers of Cartan published during the period 1938–1940 and two papers of Münzner that were published in preprint form in the early 1970s and as journal articles in 1980–1981. …”
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