THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE IT SECTOR: WAS THE ADJUSTMENT AS EASY AS IT SEEMED? THE CASE OF CROATIA by Julia Perić, Ružica Stanić

“…This research can serve as an example of good practice for all organizations looking to digitalize their business and respond to potential new, unexpected crises. …”
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Behavior of Low Grade Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Made with Fresh and Recycled Brick Aggregates by Md. Shariful Islam, Mohammad Al Amin Siddique

“…A simple analytical model is also proposed to generate the ascending portions of the stress-strain curve of concrete. There exists a good correlation between the experimental results and the analytical model. …”
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Synthesis of Fe3O4@MIL-101-OH/Chitosan for adsorption and release of doxorubicin by Iman Najafipour, Nafiseh Emami, Pegah Sadeh, Adonis Amoli, Sareh Mosleh-Shirazi, Ali Mohammad Amani, Hesam Kamyab, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Seyed Reza Kasaee, Ehsan Vafa

“…The characterization results showed that the synthesized nanocomposite has a crystalline structure and good magnetic properties. Also, this nanocomposite has a high specific surface area (610.36 m2/g). …”
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The New “Other” the Endorsement of Islamophobia in American Political Discourse by Hatice Altundal Erkmen

“…More specifically, political discourse, while reframing the discourse as “us” versus “them,” hasmoreover, have been categorized on the one hand as “good” Muslims (the exceptions that prove the rule) who serve American interests and imperial policies and “bad” Muslims who are reluctant to serve imperial interests. …”
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The application of multidisciplinary team combined flipped classroom teaching model in oral general course for clinical undergraduates by Xue-Jing Lin, Jie Zhou, Qing Yuan, Yu-Lei Dong, Wen-Xuan Xia, Diwas Sunchuri, Zhu-Ling Guo

“…The postgraduates team gave relatively good feedback to the MDT combined flipped classroom teaching model. …”
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Chemical Fingerprint Analysis for Discovering Markers and Identifying Saussurea involucrata by HPLC Coupled with OPLS-DA by Qingdong Ma, Xiaoxiang Chen, Ke Zhang, Dahong Yao, Lu Yang, Hangyu Wang, Santai Bulemasi, Jian Huang, Jinhui Wang

“…The model is supported by good R and Q coefficients. In addition, different haplotypes of S. involucrata can be discriminated in the OPLS-DA model using the 20 common peaks. …”
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Synthesis, Molecular Docking, MEP and SAR Analysis, ADME-Tox Predictions, and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Novel Mono- and Tetra-Alkylated Pyrazole and Triazole Ligands by Y. Kaddouri, B. Bouchal, F. Abrigach, M. El Kodadi, M. Bellaoui, R. Touzani

“…Thirteen new heterocyclic compounds containing a pyrazole moiety were synthesized with good yields (29.79 to 99.6%) and were characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and CG-MS techniques. …”
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Aquatic plants and benthic biodiversity: A comprehensive study of community interactions in Aneuk Laot Lake, Sabang by Nurfadillah Nurfadillah, S Darmarini Ananingtyas, Kamal Ahmad, Annisa Annisa, Ediansa Putra Nanta, Maulida Siti

“…The uniformity value ranges from 0.87 to 0.91, which is in the high category, and the dominance index ranges from 0.26 to 0.40, indicating good stability in the macrozoobenthos community. …”
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Analysis of nucleotide sequences of the <i>GT47</i> glycosyltransferase gene in rye cultivars differing in the content of water-soluble pentosans in grain by E. A. Zaikina, R. R. Kayumova, A. R. Kuluev, R. R. Ismagilov, B. R. Kuluev

“…The grain of rye cultivars with high content of water-soluble pentosans has good baking properties, but low fodder qualities. …”
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Clinical Outcomes after Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery with Implantation of the Tecnis Toric Intraocular Lens by Wojciech Lubiński, Beata Kaźmierczak, Jolanta Gronkowska-Serafin, Karolina Podborączyńska-Jodko

“…Cataract surgery with implantation of the Tecnis toric IOL is an effective method of refractive correction in eyes with corneal astigmatism due to the good IOL positional stability, providing high levels of patient’s satisfaction.…”
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The Dutch version of the Dignity Therapy Question Protocol for individual Dutch nursing home residents without cognitive impairments (during COVID-19): a pilot study by Herman van Dammen, Kris Vissers, Gert-Jan van der Putten, Yvonne Engels

“…Method Beaton’s Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice were used to cross-culturally translate dignity therapy. …”
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Recalculating national occurrence of microplastics in China’s freshwater by Dongyu Xu, Bo Gao

“…Most of the locations in China’s freshwater faced a low ecological risk after correction calculation. Our study is a good attempt to rescale microplastic patterns in freshwater nationally and can be applied globally.…”
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Facile universal strategy of presenting multifunctional short peptides for customizing desired surfaces by Ruofei Lu, Bingyang Zhao, Kaiyuan Huo, Hao Liu, Yang Wang, Xingjie Zan, Siwang Hu

“…LbL coatings assembled from polyphenols and positively charged peptides exhibited good substrate generalization, stability, cell proliferation, and antioxidant properties, when prepared as hollow capsules by sacrificing the template, exhibited significant pH and ultrasound stimulation responses, which could be suitable candidates for drug carriers. …”
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Formulation of unavailable diagnostic haptens for the detection of contact allergy to topical medications in the Polish Baseline Series by Radosław Śpiewak, Aldona Maciejewska, Krzysztof Niwiński

“…Nevertheless, legal obstacles did not change the epidemiological situation and patch testing with drugs is still a part of good allergy and dermatology practice. Therefore, the doctors should supplement the presently available Polish Standard I (including most frequent sensitizers except drug haptens) with drugs available from pharmacy. …”
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OPEN BORDERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF CERTAIN EU MEMBER-STATES by E. V. Khakhalkina, K. P. Andreev, G. V. Grosheva, I. A. Kochev

“…Ever since the emergence of supranational structures, freedom of movement, capital, goods, services and labor has all been the principal focus points of the EU countries cooperation. …”
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Understanding City-Wide Ride-Sourcing Travel Flow: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach by Chuqiao Chen, Simon Hu, Washington Y. Ochieng, Na Xie, Xiqun (Michael) Chen

“…The results show the following: (a) GWR has better goodness-of-fit than SAM and OLS. (b) Residential area, enterprise, and bus stations have positive correlations with ride-sourcing OD flows, but education and subway stations have negative correlations. …”
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Negative Expression of DSG1 and DSG2, as Prognostic Biomarkers, Impacts on the Overall Survival in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Shu Xu, Shengfu Huang, Daiqiang Li, Qiong Zou, Yuan Yuan, Zhulin Yang

“…DSG1 expression was positively correlated with DSG2 expression in EHCC (P<0.01). In patients with good differentiation, no invasion, no lymph metastasis, TNM I + II stage, and radical surgery, the positive expression of DSG1 and DSG2 proteins was higher (P<0.05). …”
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Electrochemical Sensor Based on Co-MOF for the Detection of Dihydromyricetin in <i>Ampelopsis grossedentata</i> by Xiaojing Si, Yue Huang, Mei Han, Liqiang Luo

“…The average DMY content in <i>Ampelopsis grossedentata</i> samples was measured to be 3.275 μM, with a good recovery of 108.27% and a relative standard deviation value of 3.46%. …”
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Functional Outcome of Lateral Extraarticular Tenodesis with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Modified Lemaire's Procedure: A Prospective Study by Varrdhaman H Dhariwal, Mathan C Kumar, Elayaraja Mani, Sukumaran S Subramanian

“…Conclusion: Improved post-op Tegner–Lysholm scoring and IKDC scoring show that the modified Lemaire's technique is a good procedure to reduce the rate of revision ACL surgeries. …”
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Evaluation of drinking water quality in Xinjiang based on the improved comprehensive water quality index by Jie Li, Lingshuang Lv, Wei Zhe, Xixi Deng, Qin Lin, Rongxiang Xia, Ruonan Fu

“…Conclusion: The drinking water quality in Xinjiang is generally good, and the water can be safely drunk. Drinking water quality is mainly affected by the water period, sampling type, water source classification, and water supply method. …”
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