The application of methodological approach to strategic choice and robustness analysis (Case study: Deciding on product sales promotion and advancement) by Mohammadreza Mehregan, Sahar Jafari, Amir Azara, Shirin Zahedi

“…The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.89 with Cronbach's alpha index. Also, these questionnaires were aggregated using the arithmetic mean.Findings: This study presented a combined approach of strategic choice and robustness analysis to structuring and selecting the final scenario in a decision process. …”
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Macroporous Composite Cryogels with Embedded Polystyrene Divinylbenzene Microparticles for the Adsorption of Toxic Metabolites from Blood by Tanja Eichhorn, Alexander E. Ivanov, Maria B. Dainiak, André Leistner, Ingrid Linsberger, Hans Jungvid, Sergey V. Mikhalovsky, Viktoria Weber

“…Plain PS-DVB microparticles showed efficient adsorption of albumin-bound toxins related to liver failure (bilirubin and cholic acid) and of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6). The rates of adsorption and the amount of adsorbed factors were lower for the embedded microparticles as compared to the parent PS-DVB microparticles, indicating the importance of the accessibility of the adsorbent pores. …”
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Very Late Relapse of Testicular Tumour in Combination with Renal Cancer and Their Retroperitoneoscopic Removal by Mihály Murányi, Morshed Ali Salah, Béla Tállai, Mátyás Benyó, Tibor Flaskó

“…The 36-year-old patient underwent left orchiectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, and chemotherapy, because of mixed tumor including teratoma and embryonal carcinoma. 18 years after the successful primary therapy elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein level had been confirmed, then MRI and PET-CT scans demonstrated a 30 mm left renal mass and 22 mm retroperitoneal lymph node above the bifurcation of the left common iliac artery. …”
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PAGR: Accelerating Global Routing for VLSI Design Flow by Roman A. Solovyev, Ilya A. Mkrtchan, Dmitry V. Telpukhov, Ilya I. Shafeev, Aleksandr Y. Romanov, Yevgeniy V. Stolbikov, Alexander L. Stempkovsky

“…In this paper, we present PAGR (Python Alpha Global Routing) – a solution to the global routing problem in physical synthesis based on data from the ISPD 2024 contest. …”
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Determination of user experience on food business websites by using Neuromarketing techniques by Erhan Babaç, Hilmi Rafet Yüncü

“…The data obtained from the EEG are over Alpha, Beta-1, and Beta-2 frequencies, and revealed respectively attention, high concentration, and anxiety. …”
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The Potential Role of Korean Mistletoe Extract as an Anti-Inflammatory Supplementation by Soo-Min Ha, Ji-Hyeon Kim, Jong-Won Kim, Do-Yeon Kim, Min-Seong Ha

“…Interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were used as markers for inflammation. …”
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Analysis of the Salivary Microbiome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients by Peizeng Jia, Jianyin Zou, Shankai Yin, Feng Chen, Hongliang Yi, Qian Zhang

“…Saliva was collected from 15 OSAS patients and nine healthy controls, and bacterial genomic DNA was extracted for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing based on the Illumina platform. Results. The alpha and beta diversities were not significantly different between patients with OSAS and controls. …”
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Perceived Effects and Prevention of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome among Women Living in Ilorin-South LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria by Abdulqudus Tosin Jamiu, Kamalud-deen Adekunle Uthman, Tawakalitu Kikelomo Ijaodola, Khadijah Morenikeji Mutairu, Opeyemi Funke Obaditan

“…Results: The study revealed that obesity (ᵪ2 =42.837) and infertility (ᵪ2 =76.729) are significant perceived effects of polycystic ovary syndrome and healthy diet (ᵪ2 =39.442) is a significant perceived prevention of polycystic ovary syndrome @ 0.05 alpha level. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a need for proactive interventions to reduce menace caused by PCOS. …”
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Porphyromonas gulae and canine periodontal disease: Current understanding and future directions by Kyu Hwan Kwack, Eun-Young Jang, Cheul Kim, Young-Suk Choi, Jae-Hyung Lee, Ji-Hoi Moon

“…Control strategies discussed include polyphosphate to disrupt haeme/iron utilization, clindamycin with interferon alpha to reduce bacterial load and enhance the immune response, and a protease inhibitor. …”
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Invasive micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis presenting as nonfunctional kidney: A unique presentation and review of the literature by Mohammed Shahin, Sagar R. Tripathy, Prasant Nayak, Prasanna Ram, Pavithra Ayyanar

“…On immunohistochemistry, tumor cells were positive for GATA-binding protein 3, cytokeratin 7, and cytokeratin 20, while negative for paired box gene 8, cluster of differentiation 10, mammaglobin, and alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase. The p63 was positive in the conventional areas and negative in the micropapillary pattern. …”
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Treatment of Decompensated Alcoholic Liver Disease by John Menachery, Ajay Duseja

“…Pentoxifylline, a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) suppressor, and infliximab, an anti-TNFα mouse/human chimeric antibody, has been extensively studied in patients with alcoholic hepatitis. …”
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ITGAX promotes gastric cancer progression via epithelial-mesenchymal transition pathway by Jiali Hu, Jing Cao, Shanshan Huang, Yang Chen, Yang Chen

“…Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for nearly 800,000 fatalities annually. ITGAX (Integrin alpha X) is closely associated with immune cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells. …”
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International competence and knowledge studies and attitudes of the Brazilian Management accountant: analyses and reflections by Ricardo Lopes Cardoso, Octavio Ribeiro Mendonça Neto, José Carlos Oyadomari

“…Data collection instrument presented a 0.884 Cronbach Alpha. From a factorial analysis and after Kruskal-Wallis test 12 competences were obtained as the most relevant segregated in 3 factors, in comparison to international studies of nine common competences 4 were not considered relevant in statistical tests and only one must be prioritized. …”
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The Modeling Process of the Materials Management System in a Manufacturing Company Based on the System Dynamics Method by Małgorzata Baran

“…The study endpoints included the simulation of the model on empirical data, which were collected in the company Alpha and test of the “what ... if ...”. The test showed that the small changes in control norms (constants), which control the system, could have influenced to more rational management of that system.…”
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REVITALISASI KAWASAN BERSEJARAH SEBAGAI WARISAN BUDAYA DI KOTA WATAMPONE KABUPATEN BONE by Wiwied Widyaningsih, Sriany Ersina

“…Forms, namely: umbrellas, Spear, Sokko Racca and Balla Soba (Sauroja). This form has a special meaning for Whitewater Palakka and regions. …”
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A Rare Tumor in a Patient with Hepatic Hydatic Cyst: Adrenal Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma by Fatma Umit Malya, Suleyman Bozkurt, Mustafa Hasbahceci, Gokhan Cipe, Issam Cheikh Ahmad, Zuhal Gucin, Oguzhan Karatepe, Mahmut Muslumanoglu

“…In her routine blood examinations, her alpha feta protein level was found higher than normal and her abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance findings did not reveal any pathological findings rather than hepatic hydatic cysts. …”
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Hemoglobin Sunshine Seth: A Case Report of Low-Oxygen-Affinity Hemoglobinopathy by Leah S. Heidenreich, Jennifer L. Oliveira, Peter J. Holmberg, Vilmarie Rodriguez

“…Mutations in the structure of alpha- and beta-globin chains can alter the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen, and changes in oxygen affinity may result in changes in the oxygen saturation detected by pulse oximetry. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Advanced Accounting II of Payame Noor University by Ahmad Fathi Abdollahi, Mohammadreza Nikbakht, Arash Tahriri, Firooz Mahmoodi

“…Experts’ opinions were obtained for the justifiability of tools and for the reliability of the questionnaire Cronbach's alpha 0.98 was calculated. Results showed that from 51 problems of this textbook, 4 cases are algorithmic problems (8%), 34 cases are story problems (67%) and 13 cases are trouble-shooting problems (25%) and the most problems are algorithmic and story problems and the structure of them is well-structured. …”
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Assessing Farmers\' Willingness to Participation in Land Consolidation Projects in Meymeh District, Isfahan by Alireza yousefi, mahdiyeh shahabinejad, Amimozafar mini

“…Before the survey, the reliability and validity of questionnaire was initially evaluated on a pre-test study respectively by using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, expert’s judgment and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) criteria. …”
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A mutation in LXRα uncovers a role for cholesterol sensing in limiting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by Alexis T. Clark, Lillian Russo-Savage, Luke A. Ashton, Niki Haghshenas, Nicolas A. Amselle, Ira G. Schulman

“…Abstract Liver x receptor alpha (LXRα) functions as an intracellular cholesterol sensor that regulates lipid metabolism at the transcriptional level in response to the direct binding of cholesterol derivatives. …”
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