Acute appendicitis characterization in pediatrics patients. Cienfuegos, 2013-2018 by Luis Enrique Jiménez Franco, Carlos Alberto Cabrera Machado

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: acute appendicitis behaved variably depending on the temporal relationship; in correspondence with the ages and sex of highest incidence. It manifested itself mainly in its milder stages, related to uncomplicated forms.…”
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Educational microenvironment at the classical university by R. M. Kumysheva

“…By the example of the medical faculty there is shown its role in the transformation of students’ educational activities into their living space and real practice.…”
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The influence of macroscopic pedestrian structures on train boarding efficiency by Rabia I. Kodapanakkal, Caspar A.S. Pouw, Antal Haans, Jaap Ham, Gunter Bombaerts, Alessandro Corbetta, Andrej Dameski, Andreas Spahn, Federico Toschi

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Symptom clusters and networks analysis in acute-phase stroke patients: a cross-sectional study by Siyu Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Huijuan He, Xiangrong Wang, Mengying Li, Na Zhang, Jiali Song

“…Symptoms were assessed by the Stroke Symptom Experience Scale.Exploratory factor analysis was utilized to extract symptom clusters, and network analysis was conducted to construct the symptom network and characterize its nodes. In this study, four symptom clusters were extracted through exploratory factor analysis. …”
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Trained quantity discrimination in the invasive red-eared slider and a comparison with the native stripe-necked turtle by Feng-Chun Lin, Pei-Jen Lee Shaner, Ming-Ying Hsieh, Martin J. Whiting, Si-Min Lin

“…We further compared it to that of the native stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), which has been previously evaluated for its superior quantity discrimination ability. Specifically, our experimental designs aimed to quantify the learning ability as numerosity pairs increased in difficulty (termed fixed numerosity tests), and the immediate response when turtles were presented with varied challenges concurrently in the same tests (termed mixed numerosity tests). …”
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Impact of Awareness to Control Malaria Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Approach by Malik Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Ahmad Kamran, Malik Muhammad Naeem Mannan, Sangil Kim, Il Hyo Jung

“…The solution to the proposed model is derived through an iterative numerical technique, the Runge–Kutta method. …”
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Forecasting in Crisis Management Organization by V. N. Lokhanova

“…The article defines the essence of anti-crisis forecasting, its objective, stages and influencing factors. Special attention is given to forecasting methods, their classification, selection criteria. …”
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Relatedness of White-Tailed Deer from Culling Efforts Within Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zones in Minnesota by Alberto Fameli, Christopher Jennelle, Jessie Edson, Erik Hildebrand, Michelle Carstensen, W. David Walter

“…Culling has been used to reduce CWD transmission in high-risk areas; however, its effectiveness in removing related individuals has not been assessed. …”
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Smart TV-Smartphone Multiscreen Interactive Middleware for Public Displays by Francisco Martinez-Pabon, Jaime Caicedo-Guerrero, Jhon Jairo Ibarra-Samboni, Gustavo Ramirez-Gonzalez, Davinia Hernández-Leo

“…However, the emergent Smart TV model arises as an interesting alternative for the implementation of a new generation of public displays. This is due to its intrinsic connection capabilities with surrounding devices like smartphones or tablets. …”
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Interleukin-6 related signaling pathways as the intersection between chronic diseases and sepsis by Jie Yang, Lin Yang, Yanjiao Wang, Lu Huai, Bohan Shi, Di Zhang, Wei Xu, Di Cui

“…Interleukin (IL)-6, the core of CS, and its related signaling pathways have been considered as contributors to sepsis. …”
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THE STABILITY OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE SYSTEM OF CULTURE: FROM ANTIQUITY TO ENLIGHTENMENT by L. Filindash

“…The article is devoted to the study of culture as a system, represented in the aggregate of the items «manufacturer - artifact - user». Changes in the social relations of pairwise links within a structure are considered in a historical perspective from Antiquity through the Renaissance to the seventeenth century and the Enlightenment.…”
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Diet breadth of fish communities in Vamanapuram river, Kerala, South India by S. David Kingston, Koos Vijverber, P. Natarajan, Tigist Ashagre Amare

“…Stomachs were cut, food items removed and stored in 4% formalin. Diet breadth was calculated as per the standard methods widely recommended. …”
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Evaluating the Influence of Taxation Levels on the Degree of Economic Freedom of Countries by Kateryna Moskvychova, Olena Korohodova, Tetiana Moiseienko, Natalya Chernenko, Yaroslava Hlushchenko

“…This study aims to identify the ideal level of the tax burden, and its results have implications for various aspects of economic development. …”
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Energy-efficient outdoor air flow control in ventilation systems by A. B. Sulin, A. A. Nikitin, T. V. Ryabova, S. S. Muraveinikov, I. N. Sankina

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The leishmaniases in Kenya: A scoping review. by Grace Grifferty, Hugh Shirley, Katherine O'Brien, Jason L Hirsch, Adrienne M Orriols, Kiira Lani Amechi, Joshua Lo, Neeharika Chanda, Sarra El Hamzaoui, Jorja Kahn, Samantha V Yap, Kyleigh E Watson, Christina Curran, Amina Atef AbdelAlim, Neeloy Bose, Alissa Link Cilfone, Richard Wamai

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>This study used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology to determine the state of leishmaniases research in Kenya and identify research gaps. …”
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Legal and tactical basis for conducting a search of a person’s residence or other property: identifying the ways to resolve the controversial issues by O. O. Kovalenko

“…A search of a person's residence or other property is one of the most typical and, at the same time, the most complex investigative ( search) actions. Its purpose is to identify, record factual data on the event of a criminal offence or related event, find and seize the instruments of a criminal offence, property acquired by illegal means or items excluded from use by law, as well as to establish the location of the wanted persons. …”
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Histological, physiological and transcriptomic analysis in hepatopancreas of Procambarus clarkii under heat stress by Yongfeng Zou, Panhui Cao, Zhiming Bao, Yu Xu, Zhiqiang Xu, Hui Guo

“…The results demonstrated that the survival rate of P. clarkii decreased significantly with the stress time and the temperature increased, with a corresponding damage to its hepatopancreas. Significant fluctuations were observed in the malondialdehyde (MDA) content, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), and activities of pyruvate kinase (PK), hexokinase (HK), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lysozyme (LYS), acid phosphatase (ACP), fatty acid synthase (FAS), as well as lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in response to different stress conditions (P < 0.05). …”
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Knowledge of Future Dental Practitioners towards Oral Cancer: Exploratory Findings from a Public University in Malaysia by Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Nazrin Bin Zakaria, Shazia Qasim Jamshed

“…A total of 162 undergraduate (third, fourth, and fifth year) dental students at International Islamic University, Malaysia, were approached to participate in the study, and those who agreed were administered. A 9-item pretested questionnaire contains questions on oral examination, oral cancer risk factors, and requests for further information. …”
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Regularities of mechanical behavior of steel 40Cr during the postcritical deformation of specimens in condition of necking effect at tension by M.P. Tretyakov, T.V. Tretyakova, V.E. Wildemann

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Organic Photovoltaic Cells Based on PbPc Nanocolumns Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition by Yang Liu, Fujun Zhang, Jian Wang

“…Organic small material lead phthalocyanine (PbPc) nanocolumns were prepared via glancing angle deposition (GLAD) on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates. Organic electron acceptor materials fullerene (C60) was evaporated onto the nanocolumn PbPc thin films to prepare heterojunction structure ITO/PbPc/C60/Bphen/Al organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). …”
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