Assessing the Logistics Efficiency of Baltic Region Seaports Through DEA-BCC and Spatial Analysis by Vilma Locaitienė, Kristina Čižiūnienė

“…For the DEA-BCC model, constraints were defined for each port based on inputs (number and length of berths) and outputs (cargo and container volumes for 2019–2023). …”
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Bibliometric Analysis on Global Research Trends of Airborne Microorganisms in Recent Ten Years (2011–2020) by Yonghao Jia, Yihan Chen, Ping Yan, Qianli Huang

“…Hence, this study aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of global trends in research on airborne microorganisms in the last ten years (2011–2020). Using the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database, a total of 1087 articles published during this period were selected for analysis. …”
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GENETIC RESOURCES OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) WITH COLORED PERICARP by O. V. Zelenskaya, G. L. Zelensky, N. V. Ostapenko, I. G. Tumanyan

“…These varieties have been introduced into commercial production and are used for dietary nutrition and as a starting material for the creation of new exclusive varieties of rice.…”
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Why is it so difficult to understand why we don’t understand human systemic lupus erythematosus? Contemplating facts, conflicts, and impact of “the causality cascade paradigm”... by Ole Petter Rekvig, Ole Petter Rekvig

“…The focus for the present discussion is basically how we, by critical hypotheses, can re-consider science-based selection of SLE classification criteria in order to delimitate and rationalize SLE. …”
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Simple hypertrophic tonsils have more active innate immune and inflammatory responses than hypertrophic tonsils with recurrent inflammation in children by Qun Huang, Hu Hua, Wei Li, Xi Chen, Lei Cheng

“…Methods Tonsil tissues were surgically removed from the patients and classified based on the patients’ clinical manifestations. …”
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Complete mitogenome characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of traditional Chinese medicinal plant Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep. from the Menispermaceae family by Jing Zhao, Zi-Han Chen, Peng-Cheng Huang, Liu-Wei Chen, Ming-Xian Zhang, Li-Hua Wang, You-Yong Zhu, Jia-Guan Wang, Yu Zhao

“…Its tuberous roots have been used as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for pharmacological properties and are commonly known name as “Jin Guo Lan”. …”
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Pectus Carinatum Repair Using the Sandwiched Bars and Screw Fixation System: A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Single Center Experience by Tran Thanh Vy, Ho Tat Bang, Ha Quoc Hung, Lam Thao Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Binh

“…This study evaluated the safety, effectiveness, and factors associated with the treatment of PC using a sandwiched bar and screw fixation system, first performed in Vietnam at the University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City in 2016. …”
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“Me will homa to France and no be hanged in a strange country”: Comic French Villains in Late Elizabethan Drama by Charles Whitworth

“…Au terme d’une recherche menée en marge du projet de base de données Allusions to France and the French in English Drama to 1642, un nombre fort réduit de cas ont été identifiés, dans des pièces de Greene, Lodge, Marston, ou dans des textes anonymes. …”
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The effects of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine rehabilitation programs on post-acute ankle sprain: A randomized controlled trial study protocol. by Hang Gao, Xiao Chen, Jiayi Ren, Xinglai Zhang, Yuqian Hu, Zhao Ma, Yuanjia Gu, Jiming Tao, Weian Yuan

“…Therefore, this study has the potential to improve the healthcare for post-acute ankle sprains patients and might be used for future standardized evidence-based rehabilitation concepts.…”
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Perspectives towards training approaches to skill achievement in swimming athletes: mixed methods by Ari Tri Fitrianto, Hegen Dadang Prayoga, Oddie Barnanda Rizky, Nina Sutresna, Albadi Sinulingga, Syahruddin Syahruddin, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…Therefore, further studies are needed to explore how coaches train swimming skills from the initial training stages to the development of athletes. …”
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Fondling Breasts and Playing Guitar. Textual and Contextual Expressions of a Sociomusical Conflict in Accra by Tobias Robert Klein

“…The wider aim of this article is to emphasise the need for a combination of cultural, historical and scientific competences in bridging the gap between a contextually inclined ethnomusicology and text-based music theory. The song’s musical and textual variations will thus – with due attention to its dense textual and performative strategies – simultaneously be described as social, cognitive, bodily and structural entities. …”
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The impact of universal mental health screening on stigma in primary schools by Annabel Songco, Deanna A. Francis, Emma A. McDermott, Chloe Y. S. Lim, Abigail Allsop, Joseph Croguennec, Gemma Sicouri, Andrew Mackinnon, Jennifer L. Hudson

“…Methods Across 6 primary schools, a cluster randomised controlled trial allocated schools to one of two conditions. Conditions varied based on the order and frequency of symptom and stigma questionnaires. …”
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Aplicabilidad de las herramientas de gestión administrativa en las unidades empresariales de la zona metropolitana del municipio Libertador del estado Mérida, Venezuela by María Virginia Camacaro

“…Dada las conclusiones se sugiere ampliar los estudios relacionados con el uso de las herramientas cualitativas y su relevancia organizacional, así como desarrollar análisis para pronosticar bajo qué condiciones se utilizan las herramientas cualitativas y cuantitativas.…”
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The Interactive Effects of Fruit Intake Frequency and Serum miR-484 Levels as Biomarkers for Incident Type 2 Diabetes in a Prospective Cohort of the Spanish Adult Population: The D... by Ana Lago-Sampedro, Wasima Oualla-Bachiri, Cristina Maldonado-Araque, Sergio Valdés, Inmaculada González-Molero, Viyey Doulatram-Gamgaram, Elias Delgado, Felipe J. Chaves, Luis Castaño, Alfonso Calle-Pascual, Josep Franch-Nadal, Gemma Rojo-Martínez, Sara García-Serrano, Eva García-Escobar

“…Baseline serum miR-484 levels were measured using real-time qPCR and categorized based on the 25th percentile. …”
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Optimization of Edible Coating Formulation Using Response Surface Methodology for Delaying the Ripening and Preserving Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Fruits by Franck Laurins Tchouala Tazo, Gabriel Kanmegne, Alain Ngotio Tchinda, Odelonne Justine Kenfack, Eugéne Tafré Phounzong

“…The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine the optimal concentrations of the different abovementioned components in the coating, for better delay the ripening process of tomatoes. …”
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Roaming the Seas—Assessing Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity Along Salinity Gradients With Zooplankton and eDNA Metabarcoding by Alica Ohnesorge, Uwe John, Lucie Kuczynski, Stefan Neuhaus, Kingsly Chuo Beng, Bernd Krock, Silke Laakmann

“…In order to address these gaps, we analyzed patterns of marine invertebrate biodiversity based on eDNA from water and sediment samples along a decreasing salinity gradient from the North Sea toward the Baltic Sea. eDNA was collected from surface (SW) and bottom (BW) water, and from the uppermost sediment layer (SE). …”
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Efeitos dos sistemas de avaliação de pesquisa de CAPES e CNPQ nos padrões de publicação dos pesquisadores das ciências da saúde no Brasil by Alejandro Caballero Rivero, Raimundo Nonato Macedo dos Santos, Piotr Trzesniak

“…Introdução: apesar do papel cada vez maior dos sistemas de avaliação da pesquisa na avaliação do desempenho dospesquisadores, manifesta-se escassez de estudos empíricos que analisem se esses sistemas influenciam seus padrões de publicação. …”
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Brief Psychiatric Screening Questionnaire in Parkinson’s Disease by Will Lee, David R. Williams, Andrew Evans

“…Content validity and repeatability were assessed in a second cohort. Results. Data from ninety-five patients were used for BPQ development. …”
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The CD4/CD8 ratio is associated with T lymphocyte functions in long-term virally suppressed patients with HIV by Qing Xiao, Fengting Yu, Liting Yan, Xiaojie Lao, Xuelei Liang, Hongxin Zhao, Liuyue Zhai, Zailin Yang, Xiaomei Zhang, Yao Liu, Fujie Zhang

“…Methods 125 PLWHs and 31 HIV-uninfected controls (UCs) were enrolled and categorized into four groups based on their CD4/CD8 ratios: extremely low ratio (ELR) group: 0.4 < CD4/CD8; low ratio (LR) group: 0.4 ≤ CD4/CD8<0.7; medium ratio (MR) group: 0.7 ≤ CD4/CD8<1; high ratio (HR) group: CD4/CD8 ≥ 1. …”
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Genomic characterization of three marine fungi, including Emericellopsis atlantica sp. nov. with signatures of a generalist lifestyle and marine biomass degradation by Ole Christian Hagestad, Lingwei Hou, Jeanette H. Andersen, Espen H. Hansen, Bjørn Altermark, Chun Li, Eric Kuhnert, Russell J. Cox, Pedro W. Crous, Joseph W. Spatafora, Kathleen Lail, Mojgan Amirebrahimi, Anna Lipzen, Jasmyn Pangilinan, William Andreopoulos, Richard D. Hayes, Vivian Ng, Igor V. Grigoriev, Stephen A. Jackson, Thomas D. S. Sutton, Alan D. W. Dobson, Teppo Rämä

“…The Pezizellaceae genome and the genome of the monotypic Amylocarpus genus represent the first published genomes of filamentous fungi that are restricted in their occurrence to the marine habitat and form thus a valuable resource for the community that can be used in studying ecological adaptions of fungi using comparative genomics.…”
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