Changes in Chemical Composition, Sources, and Health Risk of PM2.5 with Sand Storm at a Small City in North China by Jihong Wei, Ting Hou, Zhiyong Li, Songtao Guo, Zhenxin Li

“…Abstract Sand storm (SS) is highly concerned based on its adverse impacts on environment and health. …”
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Tipología y problemática de la ganadería bovina en Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Guerrero, México by Josué Jonathan Ríos-Hilario, Adelaido Rafael Rojas-García, María de los Ángeles Maldonado-Peralta, Francisco Palemón-Alberto, Mirna Vázquez-Villamar, Mariana Espinosa-Rodríguez

“…El agrupamiento jerárquico aglomerativo, con base en los primeros tres componentes principales y su correlación con las variables, permitió identificar tres tipos de ganadería bovina: especializada en venta de becerros engordados (EVE), doble propósito (EDP) y venta de becerros destetados (EVP). …”
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Proposals by the Ministry of Internal Affairs Commission Headed by F. K. Girs to Subordinate the Kirghiz Inner Horde under Astrakhan Governorate: Administrative Structure and Judic... by Evgeniy A. Gunaev

“…The mentioned proposals constituted a total of five journals and were an earliest reform-related resolution that basically dealt with and somewhat criticized the preceding initiatives of Orenburg-based authorities to restructure the Horde. …”
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Reliability, Objectivity, Validity and Reference Levels of the Austrian Balance Check (ABC)—A Novel Balance Field Test for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults to Assess Static B... by Gerald Jarnig, Reinhold Kerbl, Mireille N. M. van Poppel

“…Tests were carried out with participants from regular school classes (RSC) and elite sports school classes (ESC). …”
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A land-cover-assisted super-resolution model for retrospective reconstruction of MODIS-like NDVI data across the continental United States by blending Landcover300m and GIMMS NDVI3... by Zhicheng Zhang, Zhenhua Xiong, Xuewen Zhou, Kun Xiao, Wei Wu, Qinchuan Xin

“…The root mean square error (RMSE) of the model results is 0.094 from 2001 to 2010, while that of GIMMS NDVI3g data is 0.154. …”
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[(2-Dimesitylboryl)phenyl]ethynyl-Substituted [2.2]Paracyclophane Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Both Solution and Solid-State by Lianfeng Guo, Mengyuan Zhang, Cuihua Zhao

“…Thus, it is possible to achieve tunable CPL from blue to yellow in solution with high <i>B</i>_CPLs ranging from 56.7 to 26.6 M⁻¹ cm⁻¹ and intense blue CPL combing high <i>Φ</i>_F and |<i>g</i>_lum| in the solid state.…”
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Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…MethodsBased on the fiscal budget report data from 2016 to 2025 published on the official website of the CDC, descriptive statistical methods such as time series analysis, structural comparison, and trend analysis were used to understand the CDC′s funding input and allocation in the field of public health from 2016 to 2025. …”
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Methods to appraise available evidence and adequacy of data from a systematic literature review to conduct a robust network meta-analysis of treatment options for patients with hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia. by Laura Puzniak, Ryan Dillon, Thomas Lodise

“…Trial design characteristics, outcome definitions, assessment time points, and analyses populations varied across studies. Using "clinical response," an efficacy end point to health technology assessment agencies, we assessed potential network credibility, which collapsed from the overall data set to four studies and five interventions. …”
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BMI gain and dietary characteristics are risk factors of MASLD in non-obese individuals by Hirokazu Taniguchi, Miho Ueda, Yukiko Kobayashi, Takatomo Shima

“…The diagnosis of MASLD was based on the results of abdominal ultrasonography and cardiometabolic criteria. …”
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Mnemonic diplomacy in Russian-Serbian relations: The limits of the possible by A. M. Ponamareva

“…The author argues that the Russian-Serbian memory alliance is based primarily on common assessments of the events of World War II. …”
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Mitigating Risks in the Disaster Management Cycle by Huay Ling Tay, Ruth Banomyong, Paitoon Varadejsatitwong, Puthipong Julagasigorn

“…Our study has several limitations. First, although we followed a systematic process in computing the risk scores based on the likelihood of occurrences and impacts, the scores are nonetheless considered subjective perceptions of the respondents. …”
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Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic by Ozra Golsanamloo, Sanaz Iranizadeh, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Leila Erfanparast, Ali Vafaei, Yalda Ahmadinia, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…Interexaminer reliability was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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Assessment of Malaysia-wide PM2.5 Forecasts from a Global Model by Zhixian Tan, Mohd Talib Latif, Matthew J. Ashfold

“…Hence, this study aims to evaluate the performance of PM2.5 forecasts produced by a global CTM and to assess their suitability for use nation-wide in Malaysia. We used the surface PM2.5 forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s (CAMS) global atmospheric composition forecast dataset (CAMS-GACF) and evaluated them against hourly PM2.5 observations recorded throughout Malaysia from 2018 to 2020 via exceedance and accuracy analyses. …”
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Comparative analysis of alectinib and brigatinib in real-world treatment of advanced NSCLC with ALK rearrangements by Kyuhwan Kim, Kyu Yean Kim, Hye Seon Kang, Ah Young Shin, Sung Kyoung Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Sang Haak Lee, Seung Joon Kim, Jeong Uk Lim, Chang Dong Yeo

“…Background and objectives: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of the second-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) alectinib and brigatinib in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ALK rearrangements based on real-world data. Design and methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study using the Clinical Data Warehouse from seven university hospitals affiliated with the Catholic Medical Center. …”
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Placental malaria infection is associated with downregulation of STAT-6 and ANG-1 in decidual macrophages by Fred Owino, Fred Owino, Fred Owino, Caroline Kijogi, Caroline Kijogi, Caroline Kijogi, Omu Anzala, Omu Anzala, Edwin Walong, Obiero Jael, Steven G. Nyanjom, Agola Lelo Eric, Bernard N. Kanoi, Bernard N. Kanoi, Jesse Gitaka, Jesse Gitaka

“…Here, we determined the influence of placental malaria on decidual macrophages, by assessing their distribution based on their unique phenotypes, and examining their expression levels of transcription factors as well as angiogenic factors, in placentas from women living in a malaria-endemic area.MethodsWe compared these macrophage parameters in placentas from malaria infected women to those from the uninfected women. …”
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SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS OF NATIONAL HISTORY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE MEMORY POLICY OF THE SOVIET STATE by Isabella S. Ogonovskaya

“…Materials and methods. The source base of the research is school history textbooks published in Soviet Russia and the USSR in 1917-1989, curricula, the diary of the historian S.A. …”
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Prospective surveillance study to detect antimalarial drug resistance, gene deletions of diagnostic relevance and genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambique: protocol by Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Caterina Guinovart, Pedro Aide, Francisco Saute, Alfredo Mayor, Bryan Greenhouse, Baltazar Candrinho, Joshua L Proctor, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Clemente da Silva, Eduard Rovira-Vallbona, Craig Bonnington, Caitlin Bever, Arlindo Chidimatembue, Maria Rodrigues, Neide Canana, Paulo Arnaldo, Simone Boene, Sonia Enosse

“…We will use a multiplex amplicon-based next-generation sequencing approach targeting informative single nucleotide polymorphisms, gene deletions and microhaplotypes. …”
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Disability weights for environmental noise-related health states: results of a disability weights measurement study in Europe by Juanita A Haagsma, Periklis Charalampous, Carolien C H M Maas

“…We aimed to obtain a set of disability weights for environmental and non-environmental noise-related health states (NOISE) using a nationally representative sample survey among the general population of four European countries; and to compare the resulting NOISE disability weights with those estimated in the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD 2010) and European (EURO) disability weights measurement studies.Methods We administered a web-based survey among a cohort of individuals from Hungary, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. …”
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Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines by Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo

“…Several cases of poisoning resulting in human fatalities and stemming from the ingestion of coral reef crabs have been reported from the Indo-Pacific region. …”
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Selective correlation of hippocampal volumes with WADA memory scores in mesial temporal sclerosis patients by Lourdes Khalife, Wassim Nasreddine, Fatima Jaafar, Huda Abboodi, Karim Nasreddine, Ahmad Beydoun

“…Hippocampal volumes were measured from high-resolution brain MRIs using automated software (volBrain), which were harmonized and normalized to whole brain volume. …”
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