Lysozyme-based spray for treatment of radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis by Zdenka Gojković, Jelena Rožić, Nataša Gašpar, Aziz Šukalo, Meliha Mehić, Amna Tanović Avdić, Una Glamočlija

“…The availability of new treatment options based on lysozyme, a natural enzybiotic present in the saliva of healthy subjects, could bring added value to the treatment of oral mucositis and the prevention of its complications. …”
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Present(ed) bodies, absent agency: “patients’ perspectives” at the Museum Vrolik of the body and medicine by Azia Lafleur

“…The most central pattern emerged as a dissonance between the affective orientation I bring into the space due to my own situated-ness and the orientations prompted by the museum’s frames. …”
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Vascular Tissue Analysis as a Decisive Tool for Tropical Hardwood Identification: The Case Study of Ekop Species in Cameroon by Pierre Paul Mbarga, Armand William Mala, Marie Marguerite Mbolo

“…The perforation plates and vessel-ray pitting of tropical hardwoods are typical features that make it possible to mark species within a botanical family. This study aims to bring out a consistent and robust framework for a clear distinction through anatomical features among various Ekop woods based on usual nomenclature on trade. …”
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TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY: UKRAINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Tetyana V. Danylova

“…Scientific novelty. It is essential to bring Ukrainian legislation into conformity with the constitutional principles of equality and European standards; develop appropriate and effective anti-discrimination norms and sanctions for violating gender legislation; introduce special measures to ensure gender parity in decision-making, in all public offices; conduct special information campaigns; develop and institutionalize gender studies and gender education at all stages; get more public control over the implementation of international commitments and principles of equal rights and opportunities for women and men. …”
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Reimagining Geoscience Education for Sustainability by Ellen P. Metzger

“…Efforts to recruit future geoscientists must diversify to highlight a wide range of sustainability-related career paths and to attract people who bring perspectives from different backgrounds, cultures, gender identities, and life experiences. …”
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Density of Langerhans Cells in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers: A Systematic Review by Joanna Pogorzelska-Dyrbuś, Jacek C. Szepietowski

“…Finally, as at present, there is a paucity of available risk scores for the recurrence or progression of BCC or SCC, the creation of classification stratifying that risk including the density of LCs could bring additional information both for the physician and the patient.…”
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Chatbot Programmes’ ‘Arms Race’: Africa and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…The ‘arms race’ to create chatbots that can rival Open AI’s ChatGPT-4.0 technology by big technology companies such as Google and Meta, is not only hastening the pace of the AI revolution but is also bringing to the fore the double-edged nature of this technology. …”
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Transmutations of Long-Lived and Medium-Lived Fission Products Extracted from CANDU and PWR Spent Fuels in an Accelerator-Driven System by Alper Buğra Arslan, İlayda Yilmaz, Gizem Bakir, Hüseyin Yapici

“…The ADS is operated under subcritical mode until the value of keff increases to 0.984, and the maximum operation times are obtained as 3400, 3270, and 5040 days according to the spent fuel cases of A, B, and C, respectively. The calculations bring out that in the modified ADS, LLFPs and MLFPs, which are extracted from thermal reactors, can be transformed to stable isotopes in significant amounts along with energy production.…”
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The High Price of Gender Noncompliance: Exploring the Economic Marginality of Trans Women in South Africa by Siyanda Buyile Shabalala, Megan Campbell

“…This study brings trans women to the forefront of global discourse on gender‐based economic inequalities. …”
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Molecular basis and genetics of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasias by V. A. Kovalskaia, T. Cherevatova, A. V. Polyakov, O. P. Ryzhkova

“…Moreover, this article brings up the possibility of recurrent mutations in the EDA and WNT10A genes. …”
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Multidisciplinary and Nonpharmacological Management of Pain in Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs) by Elżbieta Kubala, Danuta Lietz–Kijak, Paulina Strzelecka, Aneta Wieczorek, Piotr Skomro, Helena Gronwald

“…Treatment using ELF-MF and ELF-MF in combination with LED light in the course of TMD brings about a significant improvement in the subjective pain experience expressed in VAS pain scores. …”
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THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AS A CULTURAL TRAUMA OF UKRAINE by Ya.O. Yakovlieva

“…The article analyzes theoretical approaches to the study of the consequences of the Chernobyl tragedy in the context of cultural searches of modernity in the prospect of "memorial paradigm." The aim is to bring the concept of perception of the Chernobyl accident and the "exclusion zone" as "cultural trauma" and "places of memory" in the background of Ukrainian national history. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic Responses Based on an Improved SEIR-SD Model by Yang Liu, Bingrui Liu, Yi Deng, Jia Liu

“…In the medical aspect, the more stringent quarantine brings the earlier inflection point of the epidemic; more importantly, improving the treatment rate significantly reduces the scale of the epidemic. …”
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State Control and State Supervision in the Pharmaceutical Field: Problems of Differentiation by О. S. Khovpun

“…Based on the results of the state supervision one can carry out state control, which should be understood as a set of actions and measures aimed at ensuring legality and discipline at all stages of production and sale of medicinal products, prevention of deviations and bringing into line with current legislation of Ukraine, as well as prosecuting guilty party. …”
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Prediction of microvascular obstruction from angio-based microvascular resistance and available clinical data in percutaneous coronary intervention: an explainable machine learning... by Zhe Zhang, Yang Dai, Peng Xue, Xue Bao, Xinbo Bai, Shiyang Qiao, Yuan Gao, Xuemei Guo, Yanan Xue, Qing Dai, Biao Xu, Lina Kang

“…Although we observed the inconsistency between AMR and MVO but the ML-based construction of MVO prediction model is feasible, which brings the possibility of timely prediction of patients with MVO and timely imposition of interventions during PPCI.…”
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Possibilities of using immersive learning based on abstract highly formalized mathematical models for training future mathematics teachers by Valentina A. Matveeva, Olga Yu. Zaslavskaya

“…The asymmetric RSA encryption system is chosen as the observed model. To bring the studied model closer to the real situation, the Maxima computer algebra system is used. …”
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A Ray of New Hope for the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability by Nancy Thakur, Kamli Prakash, Sanchita Pugazhendi, Achla Gaikwad

“…It has been found that parenting skill program brings positive motivation, guidance, and zeal in parents and also enhances personal and parental self-efficacy which further helps to improve the family functioning. …”
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The prevalence of and the effect of global stressors on eating disorders among medical students by Muneera B. Almahmeed, Muna A. Almutawa, Yahya M. Naguib, Yahya M. Naguib

“…Response to global stressors such as COVID-19 pandemic was significantly correlated to worsening EDs status in high-risk individuals.ConclusionEating disorders have been discovered to be highly prevalent among medical students, which brings to light an undervalued health concern. This warrants both awareness programs on campus, and the development of individual-tailored eating disorder treatment programs to halt progression and increase overall quality of life and education.…”
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Sensitizing performance of air purifiers for the high-rise commercial buildings in urban core by Sandeep Budde, Sandeep Budde, Prabhjot Singh Chani, Sandeep Agrawal

“…There are thousands of pollution monitoring stations which are recording the data 24×7, the present research question is using this data to solve bring out a relationship between natural ventilation and air conditioning. …”
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Quand les paroles s’envolent : réflexions sur les caractéristiques et la forme phonétique du High Rising Terminal en anglais contemporain by Stephan Wilhelm

“…Hirschberg & Ward 1995, Ladd 1996, Fletcher et al. 2005, Liberman 2006b) insist that the name ‘High Rising Terminal’ implies that the intonation contours favoured by ‘uptalkers’ are mainly high-rises, i.e. rising nuclear tones which start relatively high in the speakers’ pitch range and end at a very high pitch, so that the voice often becomes ‘squeaky’ (Cruttenden 1997). …”
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