Laboratory Islands: Renaissance(s), Regression and Re-creation in H. G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau and R. L. Stevenson’s The Ebb-Tide by Julie Gay

“…It moreover explores the motif of the island as laboratory, be it a scientific, a political or a literary one, and the various forms of revivals it leads to in the two authors’ works.…”
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Dual feature-based and example-based explanation methods by Andrei Konstantinov, Boris Kozlov, Stanislav Kirpichenko, Lev Utkin, Vladimir Muliukha

“…A new approach to the local and global explanation based on selecting a convex hull constructed for the finite number of points around an explained instance is proposed. …”
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Evaluation of Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Perioperative Patients: A Retrospective Study of the Rad-67^TM (Masimo) by Philipp Helmer, Andreas Steinisch, Sebastian Hottenrott, Tobias Schlesinger, Michael Sammeth, Patrick Meybohm, Peter Kranke

“…., patient age, skin temperature, sex, perfusion index (PI), and atrial fibrillation, were also analyzed. …”
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Anemia and Associated Factors among Public Elementary School Children in Asella Town, Southeast Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Ararso Hordofa Guye, Kasim Hansa, Kasahun Ketema, Meseret Moroda, Dame Banti Shambi

“…Of the participants, 63 (14.5%) were mild anemic and 15 (3.4%) were moderately anemic. Children whose mothers have no formal education (AOR = 3.94, 95% CI: 1.89, 8.21), underweight children (AOR = 3.83, 95% CI: 1.98, 7.40), and parasites in their stool (AOR = 3.72, 95% CI: 1.50, 9.20) were significantly associated with anemia in school-age children. …”
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Anemia in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, determinants, and health impacts in Egypt by Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amar Basil, Sarah Ibrahim, Mohamed S. Elsayed, Muhammad Khattab, Nashwa Nabil, Esraa Abdalwanees, Hala Waheed Abdel Halim

“…Abstract Background The WHO considers anemia in pregnancy a severe public health issue when prevalence surpasses 40%. In response, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine anemia among pregnant women in Egypt, focusing on its prevalence, determinants, and associated complications. …”
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Destin des identifications dans la perte : le fantôme by Ophélie Méchin

“…The mourning person must create a mental place of burial : the ghost is the sign that his mental life is anew after the devastation of trauma and loss. The appearance of these ghosts, as uncomfortable and anxiety-provoking as it may be, signal the possibility and start of the grieving process. …”
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Von Ungestörten Naturprozessen, Totem Holz und Angestammten Natur-Kultur-Ordnungen. Anmerkungen zur Kultur der „Neuen Wildnis“ by Harald Stahl

“…Both positions refer to fundamental ideas about forests: on the one hand, the forest as a world of daily life and work, and, on the other, a nature to be protected from human invasion, a place of biodiversity, but at the same time of recreation, a counter-world of everyday life. …”
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Nesting Behavior of Abispa ephippium (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): Extended Parental Care in an Australian Mason Wasp by Robert W. Matthews, Janice R. Matthews

“…The distinctive funnel-shaped entrance helps females defend nests physically but probably not chemically; dismantled for cell closure material, it is built anew for each cell. Nests contain up to 8 cells; construction and provisioning total about 7 days per cell. …”
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Komunia z Bogiem istotą chrześcijańskiego powołania by Jerzy Wiesław Gogola

“…In the end of the process mystics enjoy anew a deep communion with God, but on the incomparably higher level than the initial one, which is most often represented through bridal symbolism. …”
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Correction of Iron Deficiency in the Cardiorenal Syndrome by Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexler, Adrian Iaina, Doron Schwartz

“…If future long-term studies confirm the safety and efficacy of IV iron in the treatment of iron deficiency in CKD and CHF, this will become a new addition to the therapeutic armamentarium of the cardiorenal syndrome, and parameters of iron deficiency will become part of the routine measurements performed in both CKD and CHF whether or not the patient is anemic.…”
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Electrochemical Detection of Cadmium and Lead in Rice on Manganese dioxide Reinforced Carboxylated Graphene Oxide Nanofilm by Ali Osman Solak, Aslı Erkal, Zafer Üstündağ, İlknur Üstündağ

“…Manganese dioxide decorated carboxylated grapheneoxide (Mn-GO-COOH) attached onto the glassy carbon (GC) electrode to develop anew method for the simultaneous determination of Cd2+ and Pb2+ions in rice samples. …”
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Persistent Gender and Racial Hierarchies: Marriage Migration and Mixedness in Morocco from the French Protectorate to the Present by Catherine Therrien, Catherine Phipps

“…Contemporary and historical couples see mixedness as imbued with new opportunities to express their desire for change, for a new way of living and for creativity. …”
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The Disk Wind Contribution to the Gamma-Ray Emission from the Nearby Seyfert Galaxy GRS 1734−292 by Nobuyuki Sakai, Tomoya Yamada, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Ellis R. Owen, Tomonari Michiyama, Ryota Tomaru, Yasushi Fukazawa

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Correlates of and changes in aerobic physical activity and strength training before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the HEBECO study by Lion Shahab, Abigail Fisher, Phillippa Lally, Aleksandra Herbeć, Dimitra Kale, Verena Schneider

“…The odds for decreasing MSA were higher for having overweight (aOR=1.88, 95% CI 1.39 to 2.55), obesity (aOR=23.38, 95% CI 2.23 to 5.14) and being employed (aOR=1.81, 95% CI 1.34 to 2.46).Conclusion Aerobic and strength training were differently impacted during the first UK lockdown, with poorer outcomes associated with older age, lower education and higher body mass index. Targeted interventions may be required to avoid pandemic-related inequities in physical activity.…”
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Exploraciones personales sobre las condiciones precedentes de la violencia sexual en el marco del conflicto armado enColombia by Paula Natalia Rincón Chitiva, Juan Felipe Monroy Simbaqueba

“…It became evident that in the armed conflict, sexual violence is possible because it is based on gender inequalities already present in the relationships and the communities, which result in a high social tolerance for it. …”
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Mamá Empoderada: study protocol for a pilot trial of a novel parenting and mental health prevention intervention for migrant mothers with young children at the Mexico-US border by Gudelia Rangel, Shira M Goldenberg, Eileen Pitpitan, Kaylee Ramage, Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela, Cecilia Martinez-Torteya, Katherine Rosenblum, Chelsie Hernandez, Monica Alvarez

“…Introduction Migrant women in transit face high risk of developing mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, driven by gendered social-structural factors including violence, social isolation, migration uncertainty, limited access to services and gender inequities. Although migrant women who endure such conditions have high need for mental health prevention, few evidence-based interventions are tailored to this population. …”
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Ranirestat Improved Nerve Conduction Velocities, Sensory Perception, and Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density in Rats with Overt Diabetic Polyneuropathy by Saeko Asano, Tatsuhito Himeno, Tomohide Hayami, Mikio Motegi, Rieko Inoue, Hiromi Nakai-Shimoda, Emiri Miura-Yura, Yoshiaki Morishita, Masaki Kondo, Shin Tsunekawa, Yoshiro Kato, Koichi Kato, Keiko Naruse, Jiro Nakamura, Hideki Kamiya

“…In this study, we revisited one of those mechanisms, the polyol pathway, and investigated the curative effects of a novel strong aldose reductase inhibitor, ranirestat, in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats with preexisting polyneuropathy. …”
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