Assessment of Interleukin-1β in Saliva of Smoker and Non-smoker Patients with Chronic Periodontitis. by Solav Abdul-Qadir Mustafa, Haween T. Nanakaly, Hozan Wrya Azeez

“…Materials and methods: Gingival index, Plaque index, probing pocket depth, clinical attachment level, bleeding on probing were assessed in 84 subjects who were equally divided in to three groups. group I periodontally healthy non-smoking subjects ; group II non-smokers with chronic periodontitis; group III smokers with chronic periodontitis; Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test was used for quantification of Interleukin (IL)- 1β in the saliva samples. …”
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Unveiling the intricate interplay: Exploring biological bridges between renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and T cell-mediated immune rejection in kidney transplantation. by Xinyi Xia, Xinrui Fan, Shan Jiang, Yuhan Liao, Yang Sun

“…Decreased survival rates were found in patients who had undergone KT and had high GBP1 and CD69 levels.…”
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Średniowieczne źródła antropocentryzmu by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…., On the other hand, empiricism enhanced both nature (as the subject of cognition and exploitation) and man (as a rational being, who has some extraordinary abilities to use the environment to satisfy his needs). …”
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Pyriproxyfen, villain or good guy? A brief review by Andressa Pereira Cabral, Fabrício Pereira dos Santos Maia, D’Angelo Carlo Magliano, Jones Bernardes Graceli, Paula Soares, Eduardo Andrés Rios Morris, Leandro Miranda-Alves

“…Although the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the use of PPF at a concentration of 0.01 mg/L as unlikely to pose health risks, recent studies have unveiled potential risks associated with PPF exposure to non-target organisms. …”
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Success or Failure in the City? Social Mobility and Rural-Urban Migration in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Groningen, the Netherlands by Richard Paping, Jacek Pawlowski

“…Children of unskilled workers, who rarely went to large cities, were far more successful than rural stayers. …”
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Frequency Of Hyponatremia In Children Admitted To The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In A Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ammar Yasir Khan, Arooba Idris, Asad Shabbir, Sobia Rashid, Asad Iqbal Danish, Syeda Mamoona Qudrat

“…A total of 335 pediatric patients of both genders, aged up to 5 years, who were presented with acute diarrhoea and admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) were enrolled in the study. …”
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Ecology through the eyes of a non-ecologist by Janusz Uchmański

“…Ecology also takes into account those individuals who have lost in the process of natural selection. …”
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Initial Experiences of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Trauma Patients at a Single Regional Trauma Center in South Korea by Ji Wool Ko, Il Hwan Park, Chun Sung Byun, Sung Woo Jang, Pil Young Jung

“…Methods We enrolled a total of 25 trauma patients who were treated with ECMO between January 2015 and December 2019 at a regional trauma center. …”
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FEATURES OF FORMING MARKETING OF AN ECO-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE by Nataliia Butko

“…In order to implement the eco-marketing strategy, it is necessary to develop it that  involves detailed planning and careful positioning of the enterprise as environmentally responsible and attractive to consumers who value environmental aspects. We described the sequence of actions for forming an eco-marketing strategy. …”
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The mental health impact of repeated COVID-19 enforced lockdowns in England: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study by Rashpal K. Dhensa-Kahlon, Siu Tim Wan, Jacqueline A.-M. Coyle-Shapiro, Kevin Rui-Han Teoh

“…Aims To: (a) explore changes in population mental health symptoms over the COVID-19 pandemic period (March 2020 to March 2021) in England, comparing this with trends from a decade before (2009–2019) as well as after (2021–2023); (b) compare the mental health impact of each of the three lockdowns in England with periods of eased restrictions, determining who was most affected; (c) examine the impact of demographics and distinct time periods on the prevalence of mental health symptoms. …”
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Evaluating Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Ultrasound by Togay Evrin, Semih Korkut, Leyla Ozturk Sonmez, Lukasz Szarpak, Burak Katipoglu, Jacek Smereka, Ramazan Guven, Evrim Eylem Akpinar

“…A total of 61 patients with COPD and 40 healthy subjects who had been admitted to Ufuk University Hospital between December 2018 and May 2019 were enrolled. …”
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PRAGMATIZMO RECEPCIJA POSTFILOSOFIJOJE by Jūratė Baranova

“…RECEPTION OF PRAGMATIZM IN POSTPHYLOSOPHY Jūratė Baranova Summary What unites philosophers from two different philosophical cultures: Williams James, who wrote at the end of XIX and at the beginning of XX century and contemporary postmodernists - Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida? …”
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First-line combination therapy of immunotherapy plus anti-angiogenic drug for thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumors in AIDS: a case report and review of the literature by Xiaoling Wei, Xiangju Xing, Wei Yao, Changzheng Wang, Yajie Xiao, Xianzhi Du

“…These tumors are generally resistant to conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy, thereby limiting the availability of effective treatment options.Case presentationWe describe a 69-year-old AIDS patient who initially presented with a fused, enlarged lymph node on the right clavicle and mild, unexplained pain under the right axilla that worsened with severe coughing episodes. …”
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Management of Neglected Floating Knee with Rotational Deformity and Limb Shortening Using the Ortho-SUV Frame: A Case Report by Vishal S Patil, Mohammed Talha Muneer, Archit Gupta, Raj Kamble

“…Hereby the authors present the case of a 38-year-old male who sustained a floating knee injury following a high-velocity Road Traffic Accident (RTA). …”
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Subdural empyema in patient with SARS-CoV-2 positivity: A rare case report of 3 patients by Hamidreza Aghadoost, MD, Ghazaleh Salehabadi, MD-MPH, Esmaeil Fakharian, MD

“…The third one is a 47-year-old gentleman with a known case of epilepsy, who presented with a 2-day history of headache and fever and an event of Generalized Tonic Colonic (GTC) seizure on the day of admission. …”
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Effects of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy on Short-Term Surgical Outcomes and Postoperative Nutritional and Immunological Statuses: A Single-Institution Prope... by Shinsei Yumoto, MD, Hiromitsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kosuke Mima, MD, PhD, Daisuke Ogawa, MD, Rumi Itoyama, MD, PhD, Yuki Kitano, MD, PhD, Shigeki Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Hirohisa Okabe, MD, PhD, Hideo Baba, MD, PhD

“…In total, 306 patients who underwent MIPD (n = 120) or OPD (n = 186) for periampullary tumors from April 2016 to February 2024 were analyzed. …”
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Disparities in Tobacco use and cravings among sexual and gender minority adolescents in the United States by Sunday Azagba, Todd Ebling, Galappaththige S.R. de Silva

“…This study examines tobacco use and tobacco cravings among SGM adolescents who are past 30-day tobacco product users in the United States. …”
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Concept, subject and method of legal psychology by N. M. Demidenko, T. L. Bilous

“…It has been found out that legal psychology is the science of mental, emotional, and sensual states of a person in terms of his/her participation in legal relations as a subject of law who exercises the relevant rights and performs the duties assigned to him/her. …”
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The Predictive Value of the Pentraxin 3 Concentration in Cumulus Cell Culture Media for the Embryo Implantation by Tulay Irez, Yavuz Sahin, Eduard Malik, Onur Guralp

“…STUDY DESIGN: A total of 31 women with idiopathic infertility who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment were prospectively evaluated. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Psychodynamic Short-Time Therapy Complemented with Bodywork. A Clinical Follow-Up Study of 109 Patients by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…This is a study of 109 patients who attended the Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine in Copenhagen during the 2004–2006 period, grouped according to the symptoms they presented with. …”
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