Dancing to improve balance control, cognitive-motor functions and quality of life after stroke: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Emmanuel Morice, Julien Moncharmont, Clémentine Jenny, Anne-Violette Bruyneel

“…Introduction Dance is an intrinsically motivating activity that includes social interaction, stimulation through music, the pleasure of moving despite pathology-induced motor limitations, and it also has good perceived benefits among participants. Feeling pleasure while moving is essential to finding the motivation to engage in a rehabilitation programme. …”
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Caractérisation des systèmes de production et des ressources fourragères dans un terroir test de la zone soudanienne du Burkina Faso by H.O. Sanon, M. Savadogo, H.H. Tamboura, B.A. Kanwé

“…In general, there is not a good integration of crops and livestock in indigenous producers, while non-native producers are investing more. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…Although the kinetics of cytokines differ considerably from blood to lung tissue to alveoli, and blood levels do not correlate to tissue levels, the kinetics of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 in blood, as well as TNF and nitric oxide in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid are good indicators of the evolution of the disease. …”
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Physical literacy: physical literacy knowledge and its relationship to physical fitness of senior high school students by Aprianisa Nur Fajrin, Soni Nopembri, Tri Ani Hastuti

“…The instrument in this study used two tests, were the Adolescence Physical Literacy Questionnaire (APLQ) and the Bleep Test. The APLQ showed good internal consistency (α = 0.951), validity (0.680–0.790), and reliability (0.837–0.981). …”
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Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security. by Michel Dione, Guy Ilboudo, Abdoul Aziz Ouedraogo, Sidonie Aristide Ima, Brice Ouedraogo, Theodore Knight-Jones, Assèta Kagambèga, Robyn Alders

“…However, strict biosecurity and good management of chicken flocks are required to reduce the risk of exposure of communities to chicken waste at household level. …”
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An evaluation of osseous regeneration capability of novel autogenous tooth graft along with orthobiologics for long bone segmental defects by N. Hussain, M.A. Khan, A.K. Mahmood, M.Y. Tipu, S. Aslam

“…We noticed appropriate osteointegration of autologous tooth with the fractured site, good healing and bone remodeling in all groups with superior to lower trends in Tooth-BMA, Tooth-PRP, Tooth-DFS, and Tooth-solo groups respectively. …”
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The Effects of Low-Impact Development Best Management Practices on Reducing Stormwater Caused by Land Use Changes in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Tehran City, Iran by Sajedeh Rostamzadeh, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Fatemeh Mashhadimohammadzadehvazifeh, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

“…Then, by using a combination of geographic information system-based multi-criteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) method and spatial criteria, four types of LID-BMPs, including bioretention basin, green roof, grass swale, and porous pavement, were located in the study area. …”
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State tax policy in Ukraine: historical and legal aspect (based on the example of the XX century) by G. L. Gufman

“…And the economic program is proclaimed still the Bolshevist power provided: Establishment of the progressive income tax; to cancellation of indirect taxes on necessities; establishment of high taxes on luxury goods. At the first stages of the XX century no new types of tax were established, behind an exception the expansion of the bases of application of penalties and only in 1917 it was indicated the need of legal collection of the taxes imposed by provisional government. …”
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Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital by Hussein Alhawari, Zain Albdour, Sameeha Alshelleh, Joud Musleh, Tala Qouzah, Tala Qudisat, Diala Al‐Sukhon, Karam Albdour

“…Females demonstrated better BP control, even though they had lower incomes, lower education levels, and higher BMIs compared to males. Among females, good medication adherence (p = 0.042) was linked to improved control, while stress and a history of preeclampsia were negatively associated (p = 0.01 and p = 0.030, respectively). …”
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Rare Pathology Case Report: Low-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Forming Sex Cord– and Endometrioid Gland–Like Differentiation in Metastatic Foci by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Ghadeer Mokhtar, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…The patient had her initial follow-up appointment after the IVC mass resection, and she was in good health with no complications. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents a unique instance of metastatic LGESS exhibiting both sex cord and endometrioid gland–like differentiation that has not been observed in the primary tumor.…”
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Physical functioning trajectories over statutory retirement: a finnish occupational cohort study by Pauliina Saha, Jatta Salmela, Aapo Hiilamo, Anna Liisa Aho, Tea Lallukka

“…Supporting healthy lifestyles among older employees might maintaining good physical functioning until retirement and beyond.…”
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Carte, autor şi model uman în Predosloviile vechi româneşti by Laura Lazăr Zăvăleanu

“…From this perspective, we will analyze to what extent the author of the preface himself gathers the attributes of an ideal protagonist of this epoch, which are his deontological relations to writing and to the reader to whom he addresses and how – either we speak of self – referentiality of the “lover of labor”, while printing the text, of the invocation of the auctoritas or of the panegyric discourse, re-traceable in the encomiums to aulic or religious authorities – such prefaces remain always centred upon and feature a whole strategy of focusing on certain complex human prototypes (the saint, the hero, the good Christian, praying and merciful, the scholar – crusader, the zealous, the discerner, the enlightened king, the spiritual founder – prelate, etc.). …”
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Review of Fire Tests on Seats for Passenger Coaches and the Materials Used in Them by Dieter Hohenwarter

“…If high-quality flame-retardant foams with a cover fabric are used for the 15 kW flame treatment, the results of the two test institutes show good agreement. If the seats that meet the requirements of the paper cushion test are flamed using the 15 kW treatment, they can catch fire and thus exhibit very different heat release rates, as the CERTIFER interlaboratory test with 12 participating test institutes shows. …”
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Design and Development of Polymer-Based Optical Fiber Sensor for GAIT Analysis by Mamidipaka Hema, Jami Venkata Suman, Boddepalli Kiran Kumar, Adisu Haile

“…Human gait identification is a very difficult process, but it is a suitable distance biometric that also gives good results at low resolution conditions even with face features that are not clear. …”
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Genetic diversity and differentiation of cultured Nile tilapia populations from Ethiopia revealed by ddRAD-seq: implications for better hatchery management by Geletu Temesgen Tola, Tang Shoujie, Zhao Jinliang

“…Hence, the development of aquaculture in Ethiopia faces a major hurdle owing to the absence of good-quality seeds, largely because of the lack of genetic management practices within hatchery centers. …”
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Establishment and Validation of a Machine‐Learning Prediction Nomogram Based on Lymphocyte Subtyping for Intra‐Abdominal Candidiasis in Septic Patients by Jiahui Zhang, Wei Cheng, Dongkai Li, Guoyu Zhao, Xianli Lei, Na Cui

“…The calibration curve showed good predictive values and observed values of the nomogram; the Decision Curve Analysis (DCA) results showed that the nomogram had high clinical value. …”
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How to Improve the Science and Engineering Education in Islamic Countries? by Zekai Şen

“…Researchers should be able to put forward theories of good, right and beauty with ideas and orientations that serve as a reference for future policy makers in different sectors for the prosperity of the nation and humanity in general. …”
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Heterogeneous influences of urban compactness on air pollution: evidence from 285 prefecture-level cities in China by Dan Yan, Shaoxuan Huang, Guoliang Chen, Huan Tong, Peiyuan Qin

“…The main findings are as follows: (1) From 2010 to 2021, the proportion of cities in China with good air quality significantly increased. The cities with high–high pollution clustering are currently located mainly in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. (2) Economic and transportation compactness factors mitigated PM2.5 pollution in most cities, whereas the long-term combined effects of the population and land compactness factors may have exacerbated urban PM2.5 pollution. (3) There was significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the effects of urban compactness factors on air pollution. …”
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The vulnerability of regional agriculture regarding irrigation water from the Tagus-Segura transfer by José Daniel Buendía Azorín, Rubén Martínez Alpañez, María del Mar Sánchez de la Vega

“…This paper use a proposal of a simple and efficient procedure for estimating these parameters from generally available information on road freight transport and goods imports from the rest of the world. Applying them to estimate the input-output matrix of the Region of Murcia (Spain) made it possible to measure the economic impact of the Tagus-Segura transfer and to assess the impact of a reduction in the volume of transferable water. …”
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Combination Treatments of Plasma Exchange and Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failur... by Wen-xiong Xu, Hong-liang He, Shun-wen Pan, Yuan-li Chen, Mei-ling Zhang, Shu Zhu, Zhi-liang Gao, Liang Peng, Jian-guo Li

“…UC-MSCs combined with PE treatment had good safety but cannot significantly improve the short-term prognosis of HBV-ACLF patients with as compared with the single treatment. …”
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