Characteristics and Treatment Results of 5 Patients with Fibrous Dysplasia and Review of the Literature by Nilufer Ozdemir Kutbay, Banu Sarer Yurekli, Emine Kartal Baykan, Serap Baydur Sahin, Fusun Saygili

“…There was a decrease in bone turnover markers to some degree with medical treatment but no radiological improvement was observed.…”
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Research Advances in Antitumor Mechanism of Evodiamine by Luning Li, Cunxin Zhang, Chen Huang, Xinchen Tian, Wenxue Sun, Shulong Jiang

“…Evodiamine can inhibit Wnt/β-catenin, mTOR, NF-κB, PI3K/AKT, JAK-STAT, and other signaling pathways in various cancer cells, and it can significantly downregulate the expression of many tumor markers, such as VEGF and COX-2. These facts partially explain the antitumor mechanism of evodiamine. …”
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Spatially controlled multicellular differentiation of stem cells using triple factor-releasing metal–organic framework-coated nanoline arrays by Yeon-Woo Cho, Min-Ji Kang, Joon-Ha Park, Yun-Sik Eom, Tae-Hyung Kim

“…The combination of differentiation factors and patterned array allows for generation of adipocytes, osteoblasts, and adipocyte–osteoblast mixtures on nanohole arrays, nanoline arrays, and at the nanohole–nanoline interface, respectively, with mature osteoblasts exhibiting higher marker expression and mineralisation. The sustained release patterned array holds potential for constructing advanced therapeutic and disease state in vitro cellular models.…”
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Finding competitive intelligence on Internet start-up companies: a study of secondary resource use and information-seeking processes

“…The paper reports findings from a study of CI activities involving Internet start-up companies in the telecommunications industry. The CI gathering was conducted by graduate students in library and information science in the context of a class project for a real business client, itself a small Internet start-up company. …”
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CANNIBALIZATION POLICIES: ADOPTION IN THE MAINTENANCE OF FLEET SYSTEMS by Ermilso DIAZ, Mariela MUÑOZ-AÑASCO, Antonio CORRECHER-SALVADOR

“…Finding an equilibrium between the benefits and risks has caught the attention of researchers. This work gathers diverse proposals for applying cannibalization policies and the effects that arise from using them. …”
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The Impact of Social Media Marketing Activities on Purchase Intention by Firas Alnaser, Mahmoud Alghizzawi, Ghaith Abualfalayeh, Fandi Omeish, Sager Alharthi, Saed R. Al Koni

“…A convenience sample strategy was employed to gather data from 338 cosmetic product customers in Palestine through a structured online questionnaire survey. …”
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Speed and Longevity: Elements of the Internationalization of Technology-Based Firms by Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Sílvio Luís de Vasconcellos, Carine Leticia Morandi, Svante Andersson

“…This question serves as the starting point to explore which factors influence international operations’ internationalization speed and longevity in TBFs. We gathered them into two groups based on the types of service provided and the characteristics of their clients. …”
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Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G Antibody to Parvovirus B19 in Ontario by Samia Wasfy, John Nishikawa, Martin Petric

“…In a group of 494 residents from Ontario and the Maritimes, virus-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibody, a marker of acute infection, was found throughout the year but was most prevalent during the late winter and early spring months. …”
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The Significance of Eosinophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Response to Omalizumab Treatment in Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid: A Case Series by Gülfem Akin, Ceylan Avci, Sevgi Akarsu

“…Studies with larger sample sizes should be done to predict the role of type 2 immunity markers in omalizumab therapy of BP patients.…”
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Enhanced multivariate data fusion and optimized algorithm for comprehensive quality profiling and origin traceability of Chinese jujube by Peng Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Rao Fu, Xiaoyan Xiao, Yu Li, Tulin Lu, Tao Wang, Qiaosheng Guo, Peina Zhou, Chenghao Fei

“…Multidimensional trait data, encompassing spectra, texture, and odour, were gathered. By employing multivariate statistical methods, 46 trait characteristic factors (VIP > 1, P < 0.05) were identified and utilized to rapidly differentiate jujube samples originating from different regions. …”
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Analysis on the Impact of Large-Scale Sports Events on Regional Economy Based on SWOT-PEST Model by Lina Wang, Fanfei Zhao, Guanqun Zhang

“…Major sporting events can quickly gather various resources from all over the country and even the world for a city, promoting it to become a world-famous city with international influence. …”
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Life Cycle Stages and Debt Maturity in Brazilian Listed Companies by Leonardo Valter Bregonci, Vagner Antônio Marques, Bruno Magri Magalhães Pinto, Hudson Fernandes Amaral

“…The sample was composed by secondary data from 370 (non-financial) Brazilian listed companies in the period from 2010 to 2019, gathered quarterly. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, tests of differences between means and regression analysis from panel data. …”
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Platelet-white cell ratio is more strongly associated with mortality than other common risk ratios derived from complete blood counts by Brody H. Foy, Jonathan C. T. Carlson, Aaron D. Aguirre, John M. Higgins

“…Here we show that the platelet-to-white-cell ratio, which was selected based on this conserved recovery pattern, is more strongly associated with mortality than other blood count markers and ratios in four important illnesses involving acute inflammation: COVID-19, acute heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. …”
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An Improved Gesture Segmentation Method for Gesture Recognition Based on CNN and YCbCr by Yan Luo, Gaoxiang Cui, Deguang Li

“…In order to enhance the features of gesture recognition, firstly, the hand skin color is filtered through YCbCr color space to separate the gesture region to be recognized, and the Gaussian filter is used to process the noise of gesture edge; secondly, the morphological gray open operation is used to process the gesture data, the watershed algorithm based on marker is used to segment the gesture contour, and the eight-connected filling algorithm is used to enhance the gesture features; finally, the convolution neural network is used to recognize the gesture data set with fast convergence speed. …”
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Malokun Festival and Practices among the Mahin on the Ilaje Coast by Ajishola Omojeje, Raliat Olusola Adu-Peters

“…This article relies largely on oral interviews gathered from stake-holders such as the practitioners of Malokun religious rites, especially the chiefs and other community members. …”
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Community-Based Research among Marginalized HIV Populations: Issues of Support, Resources, and Empowerment by Mario Brondani, Nardin R. Moniri, R. Paul Kerston

“…In order to properly address this inquiry, we developed a community-based participatory research by training peer-led volunteers to facilitate focus-group discussions within Aboriginal and refugees participants following an interview guide. We gathered Aboriginal people and refugees separated into three focus groups each, enrolling a total of 41 self-identified HIV-positive, 38 males. …”
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Family caregiver frailty in adult congenital heart disease is overlooked: A call to action by Arianna Magon, Serena Francesca Flocco, Laura Schianchi, Massimo Chessa, Daniele Ciofi, Salvatore Angileri, Maddalena De Maria, Gianluca Conte, Silvia Favilli, Cristina Arrigoni, Rosario Caruso

“…This brief report examines frailty in FCs as a multidimensional issue stemming from prolonged caregiving demands and cumulative stress. The evidence gathered in this regard identifies three key domains affecting FCs: psychological stress and childcare, physical health decline, and the challenges of caregiving during transitions to adulthood. …”
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NAFLD, Estrogens, and Physical Exercise: The Animal Model by Jean-Marc Lavoie, Abdolnaser Pighon

“…In recent years, there has been substantial evidence coming mostly from the use of the animal model, that indeed estrogens withdrawal is associated with modifications of molecular markers favouring the activity of metabolic pathways ultimately leading to liver fat accumulation. …”
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Predictors of naming latencies in Lebanese Arabic using a set of 274 images by Kanj Rama, Nasser Maya, Khwaileh Tariq

“…We administered a picture-naming task to 75 typical indigenous Lebanese bilingual and multilingual participants between the ages of 18 to 50 using computerized software to record latencies and responses. 42 participants from the same population participated in a rating task to gather measures of subjective frequency, familiarity, age of acquisition, and imageability. …”
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Day and Night GSH and MDA Levels in Healthy Adults and Effects of Different Doses of Melatonin on These Parameters by Shilpa Chakravarty, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi

“…Membrane lipid-peroxidation in terms of malondialdehyde (MDA) and intracellular glutathione (GSH) is considered to be a reliable marker of oxidative stress. The present work was undertaken to study the modulating effect of melatonin on MDA and GSH in human erythrocytes during day and night. …”
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