Anachronism in using the notion of “an entrepreneur” to refer to a mandatory participant of a public contract by E. V. Vakulovych

“…Thus, it has been noted that in case of retail trade, legal entities and individuals-entrepreneurs directly enter into a public contract only if their individual, independent and original economic activity involves the exchange of goods of an industrial and technical nature or intended to meet the personal needs of society to another specific commodity – money. …”
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Study of the Phytochemical Composition, the Antioxidant and the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Two Sub-Saharan Plants: Piliostigma reticulatum and Piliostigma thonningii by K. Boualam, B. Ndiaye, H. Harhar, M. Tabyaoui, N. Ayessou, K. Taghzouti

“…The phenolic content in the methanolic extract of P. reticulatum is 74.66 ± 1.76 μg GAE/mL, which is significantly higher than that of P. thonningii (56.54 ± 1.24 μg GAE/mL). Both plants showed good antioxidant activity. In fact, for the DPPH test, the IC50 value is 8.88 ± 0.11 μg/mL for P. reticulatum and 17.64 ± 0.68 μg/mL for P. thonningii. …”
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Surgical Aspects of Split Liver Transplantation: а Review by S. V. Gautier, R. A. Latypov, A. R. Monakhov

“…The immediate and long-term SLT results require further study, which makes it possible to form a more objective opinion on the effectiveness of the technique.Conclusion. SLT shows good results both in the near and in the remote period. …”
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Impact of Post-Thaw Incubation Time of Frozen Embryos on Clinical Pregnancy Rate by G. Geovin Ranji, Kundavi Shankar, Yamini Asokan, Geetha Veerasigamani, Rashmi Gingade Vittal, Nithya M. Naaram, KR Hema Niveda

“…In recent years, advances in vitrification techniques and improved culture conditions have led to good post-thaw embryo survival rates, thereby increasing pregnancy rates of frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles. …”
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Features of the formation of an effective mechanism of public administration of health care institutions in the context of medical care for military personnel by N. V. Humenna, N. M. Kalyniuk

“…It is found that ensuring the exercise of the right to health for every Ukrainian during martial law in equal proportions is a rather difficult task, but the availability of basic medical services, even if these services cannot be provided in full everywhere, is a rather good indicator for a country which has been at war for a long time. …”
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High sensitivity flexible strain sensor for motion monitoring based on MWCNT@MXene and silicone rubber by Muhammad Luthfi Hakim, Zufar Alfarros, Herianto Herianto, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…The sensor also has a fast response time of about 70 ms, it also has good stability during low (1–5%) and high (20–100%) strain cycle testing and can withstand up to 1200 loading and unloading cycles. …”
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Improved Corn Yields When Humic Acid Extracted from Composted Manure Is Applied to Acid Soils with Phosphorus Fertilizer by Benito H. Purwanto, Putri Wulandari, Endang Sulistyaningsih, Sri N. H. Utami, Suci Handayani

“…Humic acid extracted from composted manure (MHA) is a good alternative to humic acid because it is more reactive and has a higher complexation ability compared with leonardite. …”
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Chemical Vapour Deposition of MWCNT on Silica Coated Fe3O4 and Use of Response Surface Methodology for Optimizing the Extraction of Organophosphorus Pesticides from Water by Veronica W. O. Wanjeri, Sefater Gbashi, Jane C. Ngila, Patrick Njobeh, Messai A. Mamo, Patrick G. Ndungu

“…The obtained results showed that the newly synthesized Fe3O4@SiO2-MWCNT nanocomposite can be an efficient adsorbent with good potential for the preconcentration and extraction of selected OPPs from aqueous media.…”
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Validity of the scoring system for traumatic liver injury: a generalized estimating equation analysis by Kangho Lee, Dongyeon Ryu, Hohyun Kim, Chang Ho Jeon, Jae Hun Kim, Chan Yong Park, Seok Ran Yeom

“…Results The areas under the curve of the SSTLI to predict mortality on post-traumatic days 0, 1, 3, and 5 were 0.736, 0.783, 0.830, and 0.824, respectively. A very good to excellent positive correlation was observed between the probability of mortality and the SSTLI score (γ=0.997, P<0.001). …”
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Selective posterior rhizotomy for the treatment of pure hereditary spastic paraplegia⁃ associated lower limb spasticity by TANG Nan, SHEN Yin, WANG Lei, ZHENG Jiang‐lin, HUANG Ning, ZHOU Ying‐chun

“…The GMFCS score before and 12 months after surgery were no significantly different (t = 1.000, P = 0.347). Conclusions SPR has good efficacy and safety for the treatment of PHSP⁃associated lower limb spasticity.…”
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Knowledge and Practice of Employed Mothers towards Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia by Amare Lisanu Mazengia, Hibru Demissie

“…The study revealed that 92.1% (95% CI: (89.5–94.6)) of participants had good knowledge. However, only 38.5% (95% CI: (33.8–42.9)) employed mothers breastfeed their babies exclusively. …”
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Factors Affecting Student Academic Performance: A Combined Factor Analysis of Mixed Data and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis by Mohamed El Jihaoui, Oum El Kheir Abra, Khalifa Mansouri

“…FAMD analysis identified four underlying factors: prior academic performance, academic delay, socioeconomic status, and class environment; all these factors have good to excellent reliability, with Cronbach&#x2019;s Alpha values ranging from 0.809 to 0.930. …”
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Groundwater quality and associated health risks in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Thomas Acquah, Miriam Appiah-Brempong, Geophrey Kwame Anornu

“…WQI analysis grouped 68 % of the groundwater samples under the ‘excellent’ and ‘good’ water types with the remaining percent categorized under ‘poor’, ‘very poor’ and ‘unsafe’ drinking water types. …”
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Triglyceride glucose index as a biomarker for heart failure risk in H-type hypertension patients by Zhengwen Xu, Xisheng Yan, Dongsheng Li, Xiaodong Huang

“…The TyG index showed high predictive accuracy (AUC = 0.78) with good sensitivity (70.9%) and specificity (72.3%) at a cut-off of 8.88. …”
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Advances in tissue engineering of peripheral nerve and tissue innervation – a systematic review by Jayson Sueters, Rowan van Heiningen, Ralph de Vries, Zeliha Guler, Judith Huirne, Theo Smit

“…As these solutions pose no risk of immunorejection and have demonstrated good outcomes, they are most likely to fulfill the clinical demands.…”
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Nasal microbial diversity is associated with survival in piglets infected by a highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain by Pau Obregon-Gutierrez, Martí Cortey, Gerard E. Martín-Valls, Hepzibar Clilverd, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Virginia Aragón, Enric Mateu

“…In addition, a high abundance of classical swine nasal colonizers belonging to genera such as Bergeyella, Glaesserella, Neisseria and Moraxella (among others), was related with good outcome. On the other hand, a dysbiotic community dominated by Escherichia and a different clade of Moraxella was found in piglets with bad outcome. …”
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Service Quality (Servqual) Toward Rawa Bebek’s Rusunawa Residents in Dki Jakarta by Retnowati WD Tuti

“…Results and Findings, Ser- vice UPRS, or Jakarta to the residents of Rawa Bebek Rusunawa not good, which got only 17% of the ratings high. The second discovery, Model Service to Residents Rusunawa composed after Ratings Service Quality. …”
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Effects of vaginal dilation therapy on vaginal length, vaginal stenosis, vaginal elasticity and sexual function of cervical cancer survivors by Yu-Xuan Lin, Fei-Fei Zhao, Wei-Min Kong

“…Patients with a time interval from the last treatment less than 24 months or those who had moderate or good vaginal elasticity, benefitted more from vaginal dilatation therapy.Conclusions Cervical cancer survivors who had not received timely vaginal dilation still benefitted from vaginal dilation therapy, irrespective of the treatment methods they received. …”
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Uncertainty analysis of linear and non-linear regression models in the modeling of water quality in the Caspian Sea basin: Application of Monte-Carlo method by Sahar Heidari Masteali, Mahmoud Bayat, Pete Bettinger, Mansour Ghorbanpour

“…First, they determined the best distribution of the independent variables in the regression models using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness of fit test. Then, they generated 15,000 random data points based on the characteristics of the identified variable distributions. …”
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Improved Efficacy of a Predictive Model for Swallowing-Induced Breakthrough Pain Based on a Redefined Delineation Method in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Jian-Da Sun, MD, Ze-Kai Chen, MM, Shu-Peng Liu, PhD, Feng Ye, MD, Ting-Xi Tang, MD, Zhen-Hua Zhou, MD, Han-Bin Zhang, MM, Long-Shan Zhang, MD, Ting Xiao, BS, Lin-Lin Xiao, MM, Xiao-Qing Wang, MD, Jian Guan, MD

“…The model for swallowing-induced breakthrough pain constructed based on this method demonstrated good predictive performance. New parameters were found as predictors of severe swallowing-induced breakthrough pain in locally advanced NPC.…”
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