On the edge of Prehistory. Preliminary results of excavations at three Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites in southern Jordan by Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Marek Nowak, Michał Wasilewski, Barbara Witkowska, Jacek Karmowski, Marcin Czarnowicz, Justyna Zakrzeńska, Agnieszka Brzeska-Zastawna

“…This article summarizes the research conducted between 2019 and 2022 by a Jagiellonian University (JU) team at three important sites in southern Jordan: Umm Tuweyrat, Wadi Quseir/Huseiniya, and Wadi Faynan 731. The data gathered provide new perspectives on population groups inhabiting the southern part of modern Jordan during Late Prehistory and give insights provoking reconsiderations of previous assumptions. …”
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Analysis of QTLs Associated with the Rice Quality Related Gene by Double Haploid Populations by Gyu-Ho Lee, Byung-Wook Yun, Kyung-Min Kim

“…The index of coincidence for the QTLs related to amylose, protein, and lipid content was 70%, respectively. These markers showing high percentage of coincidence can be useful to select desirable lines for rice breeding.…”
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La littératie en voie de changement : respect du genre et jonctions interpropositionnelles dans des lettres à des professionnels du droit sur Internet by Soili Hakulinen, Meri Larjavaara

“…The letters are written by Internet users to professional lawyers. They are clearly coherent and follow a certain structure. …”
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Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration in Pediatric Workers and Undergraduate Medical/Nursing Students by Yong Wang, Yong-fang Liu, Hao Li, Tingyu Li

“…The 656 questionnaires were gathered from pediatrician, pediatric interns, and medical students (PIS) and pediatric nurses, nursing interns, and nursing students (NIS). …”
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Preface by Francois Tolmie

“… From text: On 13 and 14 March 2006 twenty-three scholars gathered at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, for a conference on the rhetorical analysis of the Letter to the Galatians. …”
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Impact of Strategical Sustainability on Real Estate Industry’s Sustainability Performance by Sanchaniya Rashmi Jaymin, Geipele Ineta

“…Through quantitative data gathered from the Latvian real estate industry, the research study demonstrates that greater emphasis on business strategy efforts and activities is positively associated with improved sustainability performance. …”
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Can Transthoracic Echocardiography Be Used to Predict Fluid Responsiveness in the Critically Ill Patient? A Systematic Review by Justin C. Mandeville, Claire L. Colebourn

“…We systematically evaluated the use of transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of dynamic markers of preload to predict fluid responsiveness in the critically ill adult patient. …”
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Eleven Primary Melanomas, Colon Cancer, and Atypical Nevi in the Same Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Lea Juul Nielsen, Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich

“…The literature indicates that patients with MPM are not uncommon, although 11 primary melanomas are rarely described, that patients with MPM may have a better survival than patients with single primary melanoma, that atypical nevi are a risk marker of not only melanoma in general but also MPM, and that melanoma patients have a significantly increased risk of developing nonmelanoma skin and other cancers, which may be even higher for patients with MPM.…”
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Improving Prognosis Estimation in Patients with Heart Failure and the Cardiorenal Syndrome by Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, Shaan Chugh, Douglas S. Lee

“…The coexistence of heart failure and renal dysfunction constitutes the “cardiorenal syndrome” which is increasingly recognized as a marker of poor prognosis. Patients with cardiorenal dysfunction constitute a large and heterogeneous group where individuals can have markedly different outcomes and disease courses. …”
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On Programmed Cell Death in Plasmodium falciparum: Status Quo by Dewaldt Engelbrecht, Pierre Marcel Durand, Thérèsa Louise Coetzer

“…Inconsistencies relate mainly to the number and type of PCD markers assessed and the different methodologies used in the studies. …”
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The state of the art in anti-aging: plant-based phytochemicals for skin care by Merve Tomas, Deniz Günal-Köroğlu, Senem Kamiloglu, Tugba Ozdal, Esra Capanoglu

“…Carotenoids, vitamins, essential fatty acids, and phenolic compounds work by acting as antioxidants, inhibiting enzymes like hyaluronidase, collagenase, and elastase, which degrade skin structure, and reducing levels of inflammatory markers (IL-6, IL-8, etc.) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, MMP-2) linked to aging. …”
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Beta-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Producing Osteosarcoma of the Sacrum in a 26-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ryan Glass, Jaya Ruth Asirvatham, Leonard Kahn, Mohamed Aziz

“…Ectopic secretion of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin is considered a poor prognostic marker in epithelial tumors. However, very few cases have been reported in sarcomas. …”
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The Role of Islamic Banks in Tackling Financial Exclusion in North-East Nigeria by Tijjani Muhammad, Zanna Khalil

“…The paper uses a quantitative approach in which 2500 questionnaires were distributed out of which 2352 were received back from the respondents. The data was gathered and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling, and descriptive, correlation and regression analyses. …”
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Late and Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Main Barrier to Long Term Graft Survival by Qiquan Sun, Yang Yang

“…C4d had been regarded as a diagnosis marker for AMR. Although most early AMR episodes can be successfully controlled or reversed, late and chronic AMR remains the leading cause of late graft loss. …”
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On physical analysis of topological indices and entropy measures for porphyrazine structure using logarithmic regression model by Asma Khalid, Shoaib Iqbal, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Tariq Javed Zia, Brima Gegbe

“…By utilizing the new Zagreb-type indices to analyze the chemical structure of porphyrazine, we can gather more information about their bonding and connecting patterns. …”
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Performance analysis of a wireless sensor network with cognitive radio capabilities in structural health monitoring applications: A discrete model by Hassel Aurora Alcalá Garrido, Mario E Rivero-Angeles, Eleazar Aguirre Anaya, Felipe A Cruz-Perez, S Lirio Castellanos-Lopez, Genaro Hernandez-Valdez

“…This article studies the performance of a wireless sensor network with cognitive radio capabilities to gather information about structural health monitoring of buildings in case of seismic activity. …”
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The Effect of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals on Osseointegration of Titanium Implants: An In Vivo Rabbit Study by Karin Breding, Ryo Jimbo, Mariko Hayashi, Ying Xue, Kamal Mustafa, Martin Andersson

“…The RT-PCR, however, showed significant differences for osteoblast, osteoclast, and proinflammation markers when HA nanocrystals were present.…”
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Evaluating Digital Scholarship: Suggestions and Strategies for the Text Encoding Initiative by Sarah L. Pfannenschmidt, Tanya E. Clement

“…Second, feedback concerning evaluation criteria for digital scholarship has not been explicitly gathered from the TEI community and may provide additional understanding of the value, process, and assessment of text encoding. …”
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A Promising Candidate: Heparin-Binding Protein Steps onto the Stage of Sepsis Prediction by Yang Yang, Guihuan Liu, Qingnan He, Jie Shen, Linyong Xu, Ping Zhu, Mingyi Zhao

“…It is reasonable to speculate that the HBP in plasma may serve as a novel diagnostic marker for sepsis, bacterial skin infection, acute bacterial meningitis, leptospirosis, protozoan parasites, and even some noncommunicable diseases. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of the Discretization of a Continuous Fractional Order Prey-Predator Model with the Effects of Harvesting and Immigration in the Population by Md. Jasim Uddin, Sarker Md. Sohel Rana

“…We show analytically that a fractional order prey-predator model supports both a Neimark–Sacker (NS) bifurcation and a period-doubling (PD) bifurcation under specific parametric circumstances. …”
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