EXISTENTIAL CHOICE. AN ESSAY ABOUT THREE AFRICANS (REFLECTION ON AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS) by S. V. Sannіkov

“…The use of comparative procedures made possible to show the ineffectiveness of self-contained Camus' and Darrida’s existential searches, and at the same time, demonstrate the success of finding selfhood and self-knowledge by Augustine, who was open for the gift descending from Above. …”
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Analysis of Benzene-Induced Effects on Rhodococcus sp. 33 Reveals that Constitutive Processes Play a Major Role in Conferring Tolerance by Tony Gutiérrez, Robert Learmonth, Iain Couperwhite

“…Under the phase and transmission electron microscope, the mutants were found to have lost the ability to produce extracellular polymers, and many cells appeared pleomorphic, containing intracellular membrane invaginations and mesosome-like structures. …”
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Forest planning, rural practices, and woodland cover in an 18th-century Alpine Valley (Val di Fiemme, Italy): A geohistorical and GIS-based approach to the history of environmental... by Nicola Gabellieri, Ettore Sarzotti

“…The case study of Val di Fiemme (Italy) has been chosen for two reasons: it is an area that has high forest presence and peculiar vegetation cover and the local archive contains a great deal of documentation. Specifically, the documents drafted by an Austrian Commission for forest management in the 18th century have been interpreted as an attempt by the Habsburg Crown to restructure the valley towards a timber economy. …”
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Experimental study on the simultaneous effect of smart water and clay particles on the stability of asphaltene molecule and emulsion phase by Mina Sadat Mahdavi, Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

“…We observed significant decreases in viscosity and AOP when crude oil was exposed to the aqueous phases containing brine and clay, which was also reflected in the IP-143 results. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Shear Strength of Directly and Indirectly Loaded Flanged Recycled Self-Compacted Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams by Thamer Hussein Amer Alhussein, Jamal Abdul Samad Khudhair

“…Experimental and numerical investigations of the behavior of directly and indirectly loaded flanged reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams cast with self-compacted concrete (SCC) containing recycled concrete as coarse aggregate (RCA) were conducted in this research. …”
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DNA Methylation May be Involved in the Analgesic Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen via Regulating FUNDC1 by Kun Liu, Hao Wu, Rui Gao, Guang Han

“…We investigated the role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in expression of FUN14 domain-containing 1 (FUNDC1), which is associated with DNA methylation. …”
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Effect of short basalt fibers on energy-dissipating properties of lightweight rubberized concrete shear wall by Artem Zaitsev, Evgenii Matiushin, Victoria Shvetsova, Alexander Burukhin, Stepan Konev, Radmir Karamov, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow – 121205, Russia.

“…The first concrete mixture had a volume fraction of 10 % crumb rubber, and the second concrete mixture contained a volume fraction of 0.3 % basalt fiber in addition to 10% crumb rubber. …”
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Navigating uncertainty in environmental DNA detection of a nuisance marine macroalga. by Patrick K Nichols, Kaʻuaʻoa M S Fraiola, Alison R Sherwood, Brian B Hauk, Keolohilani H Lopes, Colt A Davis, James T Fumo, Chelsie W W Counsell, Taylor M Williams, Heather L Spalding, Peter B Marko

“…Detecting nuisance species at low abundances with minimal uncertainty is vital for successful containment and eradication. We developed a novel eDNA assay to detect a nuisance marine macroalga across its colonization front using surface seawater samples from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM), one of the world's largest marine reserves. …”
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Formulation and Development of a Water-in-Oil Emulsion-Based Luliconazole Cream: In Vitro Characterization and Analytical Method Validation by RP-HPLC by Vijay Kumar Panthi, Utsav Nepal

“…Luliconazole (LCZ) is a new antifungal agent containing imidazole moiety which revealed broad-spectrum antifungal activity. …”
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Lack of Clinically Meaningful Effect of Cariprazine on the Pharmacokinetics of a Combined Oral Contraceptive by Márta Erzsébet Rosa, Zoltán Juhász, Gabriella Pásztor Mészáros, Gabriella Magyar, Judit Harsányi, Balázs Szatmári, Zoltán Hujber, Máté Szabó, Margit Kapás

“…Methods The phase I, fixed-sequence multicenter study involved two periods with 24 patients with schizophrenia, aiming to evaluate the effect of CAR on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing 30 μg ethinylestradiol (EE) and 150 μg levonorgestrel (LNG). …”
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Vibration Signal Analysis of Water Seal Blasting Based on Wavelet Threshold Denoising and HHT Transformation by Jiang-chao Liu, Wen-xue Gao

“…The blasting vibration signal obtained from tunnel construction monitoring is affected by the external environment, which contains a lot of noise that causes distortion during signal processing. …”
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Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Promotes High-Glucose-Induced Dysfunction and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Lidan Xue, Lili Huang, Yajing Tian, Xin Cao, Yu Song

“…The serum and aqueous humor from patients with PDR contained higher levels of TMAO compared to patients with nontype 2 diabetes (Control), non-DR (NDR), and non-PDR (NPDR). …”
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A systematic review of the clinical use of a single-layer bovine collagen-elastin acellular dermal matrix by David M. Hill

“…Results: Five hundred and thirty-five manuscripts containing potential details of CEM usage were identified. …”
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Risk factors for re-hospitalization within 90 days of discharge for severe influenza in children by Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Can Qi, Yinghui Guo, Le Wang

“…Abstract Background Influenza virus is a contagious respiratory pathogen that can cause severe acute infections with long-term adverse outcomes. …”
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Search for CP violation in $${{{\textrm{D}}}^{{0}}} \rightarrow {{\textrm{K}} _{\text {S}}^{{0}}} {{\textrm{K}} _{\text {S}}^{{0}}} $$ D 0 → K S 0 K S 0 decays in proton–proton col... by CMS Collaboration

“…The analysis uses a dedicated data set that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 41.6 $$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$ fb - 1 , which consists of about 10 billion events containing a pair of b hadrons, nearly all of which decay to charm hadrons. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between General Anesthesia and Early Brain Atrophy: A Case-control Study by Zoubin Souri, Mahsa Eghrari Gigloo, Soheil Soltanipour, Hakimeh Sarshad, Gelareh Biazar

“…Patients with early brain atrophy were included as the case group, and those who did not have early brain atrophy as the control group; 27 people in each group were studied. A checklist containing demographic data, history of receiving anesthesia, age of receiving anesthesia, and number of times receiving anesthesia was completed and the obtained data were compared between the two groups. …”
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The problem of norovirus infection in animals (literature review) by V. А. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, T. B. Nikeshina, O. N. Petrova, Yu. V. Brovko, A. I. Kushlubaeva

“…Epidemiological features of norovirus infection include: prolonged shedding of the virus by the diseased animals and carriers, various transmission routes (fecal-oral, contact) and high contagiousness. In late 20th and early 21st century a large number of dairy and meat cattle were imported to the Russian Federation from various countries, including norovirus-infected countries. …”
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Formulation and Characterization of Sodium Caseinate/Phloretin Complexes as Antioxidant Stabilizers in Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Najme Kheynoor, Jean-Christophe Jacquier, Mohammadreza Khalesi, Amir Mohammad Mortazavian, Mohammad-Taghi Golmakani

“…Control emulsions with protein alone showed poor stability with increased droplet sizes from 0.33 µm to 5.18 µm after 30 days, while no significant change was observed in emulsions containing phloretin (remaining below 400 nm). The in vitro antioxidant activities increased with increasing phloretin concentrations (0 to 10 mM). …”
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Optimizing the Micropropagation of Red-Stalked Rhubarb Selections: A Strategy for Mass Production of High-Quality Planting Material by Agnieszka Wojtania, Piotr Waligórski

“…The initial growth was obtained for 45 to 75% of initial explants because of bacterial contamination and low bud activity of some genotypes. …”
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How much does government’s short-term response matter for explaining cross-country variation in COVID-19 infection outcomes?... by Gordon G Liu, Junjian Yi, Hanmo Yang, Xiaoyun Peng

“…Objective We study the predetermined characteristics of countries in addition to their government non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to shed light on the correlates of the variation in COVID-19 infection outcomes across countries.Methods and analysis We conduct a systematic investigation of the validity of government responses in 84 countries by gradually adding the predetermined cultural, natural and socioeconomic factors of each country using a fixed-effect model and daily panel data. …”
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