International Aspects of Investment Liberalization in the PRC: A Case of EU-China Cooperation by D. A. Potapov

“…The paper examines the role of investment cooperation and national foreign investment regime as a means to promote China’s economic and political interests and to respond to new global challenges that the country faces nowadays. …”
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Variations in Naturalistic Driving Behavior and Visual Perception at the Entrances of Short, Medium, and Long Tunnels by Xinsha Fu, Shijian He, Jintao Du, Xiaofei Wang, Ting Ge

“…A similar general variation of driver visual perception appeared under the respective tunnel conditions, with the number of fixations gradually increasing and the maximum saccade amplitude gradually decreasing as the drivers approached the tunnel portal. …”
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The Life Mission Theory IV. Theory on Child Development by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…When a child denies his or her own sex, it becomes invisible, uninteresting, and vague or becomes like the opposite sex in behavior and appearance. The general holistic solution to the vast diversity of symptoms in children with low quality of life is to improve the situation for the child and give the child the holding and support he or she needs. …”
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Occurrence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Virulence Profiles of Salmonella Serovars Isolated from Wild Reptiles in South Africa by Lungile N. Mlangeni, Tsepo Ramatla, Kgaugelo E. Lekota, Cormac Price, Oriel Thekisoe, Che Weldon

“…Effective antibiotic treatment appears promising for infection, given the minimal drug resistance observed in reptile Salmonella serovars in the current study.…”
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Analysis of color and texture characteristics of cereals on digital images by E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, D. A. Afonnikov

“…Color characteristics, as well as the appearance of the grain shell are an important indicator of plant diseases. …”
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How to resolve cryptic species of polypores: an example in Fomes by Ursula Peintner, Regina Kuhnert-Finkernagel, Viana Wille, Franco Biasioli, Anton Shiryaev, Claudia Perini

“…The ecology is also very important, because the plant host appears to be a central factor driving speciation. …”
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Research Advances and Application Progress on miRNAs in Exosomes Derived From M2 Macrophage for Tissue Injury Repairing by Zhu Z, Zhang X, Lin X, Wang Y, Han C, Wang S

“…Despite the challenges encountered, the therapeutic use of M2-Exos in clinical contexts appears promising, prompting research efforts to focus on improving the efficiency of exosome extraction and application, as well as ensuring the safety of their clinical utilization.Keywords: M2 macrophages, exosomes, miRNAs, tissue repair, drug delivery systems, engineered exosome…”
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NGS sequencing in barley breeding and genetic studies by I. V. Rozanova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…To date, more than 80 papers have been published that describe the results of the GWAS analysis in barley. …”
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Carbon Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Infectious Bone Defects and Wound Scars after Wushu Fractures by Shenghui Wei, Lei Zou, Xu Hu, Qiuming Li

“…Although modern antibiotics and surgical technology have made great progress, when using carbon nanomaterials to treat bone marrow-induced inflammation after martial arts fractures, how to simultaneously repair bone defects and control wound infections is the current focus of orthopedics research. This paper uses electrospinning technology to develop a carbon nanomaterial based on PLA, HA-g-PLA, and vancomycin. …”
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Transmission of potato spindle tuber viroid between <i>Phytophthora infestans</i> and host plants by O. S. Afanasenko, A. V. Khiutti, N. V. Mironenko, N. M. Lashina

“…PSTVd-infected (strain VP87) potato cultivars Gala, Colomba, and Riviera were inoculated with P. infestans isolate PiVZR18, and in 7 days, after the appearance of symptoms, re-isolation of P. infestans on rye agar was conducted. …”
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Are women leaders significantly better at controlling the contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Maxwell SALVATORE, Bhramar MUKHERJEE

“…Introduction: Recent media articles have suggested that women-led countries are doing better in terms of their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to examine an ensemble of public he- alth metrics to assess the control of COVID-19 epidemic in women- versus men-led countries worldwide based on data available up to June 3. …”
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SAPHO Syndrome Mimicking Infectious Spondylodiscitis and Bone Metastasis by S. Biuden, K. Maatallah, H. Riahi, H. Ferjani, M. D. Kaffel, W. Hamdi

“…Scintigraphy showed the characteristic “bullhead” appearance. A 61-year-old woman had thoracic and lumbar pain. …”
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மரபிலக்கண நூல்களில் இடைச்சொற்களின் அமைப்பு முறை / Structure of Interjections in Traditional Grammar Texts... by சி. சங்கீதா / S. Sangeetha

“…After them, “Nannool”, the grammar book that appeared in the Tamil language, in which Bhavanandiyar mentions the development of the language and the innovation that occurred from time to time. …”
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Positive Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick Test: Association With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis In Patients Suffering From Liver Cirrhosis by Sumbul Shahzadi, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Imran Khan, Kanaz Ahmad Siddiqi, Javed Ahmad Khan, Ayesha Ashraf Cheema

“…Afterwards, a dipstick test strip (URS-10A strip) was carefully introduced into each sample. The colour that appeared on the dipstick after 2 minutes was observed and that colour was compared with the colour significance chart mentioned on the dipstick box. …”
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Written monuments in old Prussian by Letas Palmaitis

“… The appearance of historically testified written monuments in Old Prussian is connected with the beginning of the Christianization of Old Prussian tribes, i.e., with the aggression of the Catholic Teutonic Order against the Old Prussians and other peoples of the Baltic region in the 13th century. …”
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Response Surface Methodology and Textural Profile Analysis for Optimization of Fruit Peel-Based Extruded Snack (Elbow Macaroni) by Pragya Mishra, Ena Gupta, Karishma Gupta

“…Individual 3D plots of the different quality response variables were superimposed, and the maximum sensory scores in terms of texture, colour and appearance (C&A), and overall acceptability (OA) were 5.9, 6.6, and 6.1, respectively. …”
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Nb-FAR-1: A key developmental protein affects lipid droplet accumulation and cuticle formation in Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. by Wenmin Qi, Fei Shen, Chuyue Wang, Juan Wen, Xi Pan, Zhongying Zhao, Lihua Xiao, Yaoyu Feng, Dongjuan Yuan

“…Adults in Nb-far-1 RNAi group had the crumpled epidermis loosely attached to the basal membrane of body surface and the breakage of mouth epidermis, accompanied with a decrease in adult egg-shedding and an appearance of abnormal eggs. In vitro culture of eggs showed decreased efficiency of egg hatchability and larval development in the Nb-far-1 RNAi group. …”
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A scoping review of interventions to supplement spoken communication for children with limited speech or language skills. by Maria Antonella Costantino, Maurizio Bonati

“…<h4>Results</h4>Fourteen of 1661 retrieved papers met inclusion criteria. A total of 666 children were included in the review and 7 papers involved only children <5 years old. …”
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Study of resistance to leaf and stem rusts in Triticum aestivum–Aegilops speltoides lines by S. N. Sibikeev, S. A. Voronina, E. D. Badaeva, A. E. Druzhin

“…Presently, the use of bread wheat introgression lines resistant to pathogens in practical breeding is hampered by the lack of their cytogenetic characteristics, data on the genetic control of disease resistance, and influence of alien genetic material on grain productivity and quality. …”
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Study on the Seismic Performance of Small-Diameter Bolts Reinforced in Grottoes by Ningbo Peng, Bo Sun, Jizhong Huang, Yun Dong, Ye Zhu

“…Various diseases have appeared in the grottoes under the general influence of natural and artificial factors. …”
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