Securitization of Energy Supply within the European Integration by Y. V. Borovsky, O. V. Shishkina

“…It seeks to establish whether the energy supply has been securitized within the European integration process and if so when it happened. The literature review does not give a definitive and comprehensive answer to this question which is essential for all the history of the EEC and the EU. …”
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Predicting high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels and their associations in a large population using decision tree and linear regression by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Toktam Sahranavard, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Mansoori, Elham Amir Fakhrian, Helia Rezaeifard, Mark Ghamsary, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…The proposed DT model appears to be able to predict the hs-CRP levels based on anxiety score, depression scores, fasting blood glucose, systolic blood pressure, and history of cardiovascular diseases.…”
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Sense of Happiness and Wellness Among Adolescents and Their School Environment by Sigita Lesinskienė, Rokas Šambaras, Ieva Ridzvanavičiūtė, Izabelė Jūraitytė, Severija Skabeikaitė, Urtė Stanelytė, Margarita Kubilevičiūtė

“…Results: It was observed that male students felt healthier and happier than females. Also, male students felt safer at school more often than females. …”
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How does a social norms-based intervention affect behaviour change? Interim findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Odisha, India by Hagere Yilma, Erica Sedlander, Satyanarayan Mohanty, Ichhya Pant, Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Lipika Patro, Rohini Ganjoo, Rajiv Rimal

“…These components, separately and together, accounted for most of the overall effect of treatment assignment on IFA use.Conclusions All intervention components increased iron supplement use to differing degrees of magnitude. It appears that a social norms-based approach can result in improving IFA uptake, though improvements in haemoglobin counts were not yet discernible.…”
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Identification and genetic analysis of the recent Avian pox viruses from infected pigeons and chickens by Amira M. Helal, Osama Mahana, Ali Zanaty, Karim Selim, Mohamed. E. Taha, Mostafa M. Saleh, Mohamed I. Hassan, Mona S. Abdallah

“…Abstract Background Avian pox viruses (APVs) are highly contagious poultry diseases, posing a major economic threat to poultry production systems, and have a high mortality rate among young birds, Infected birds also face condemnation of affected carcasses due to the unsightly appearance of the nodular skin lesions. This study aimed to provide an overview of the current genetic status of APV in backyard poultry, with a focus on the commercially available vaccines. …”
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Water-Resistant Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrospun Membranes Enabled by In Situ UV-Cross-Linking for Efficient Daytime Radiative Cooling by Haiyan Zhang, Qingpeng Wang, Zhiguang Xu, Yan Zhao

“…Although slight swelling happens to the cross-linked membrane once it comes into contact with water, the fibrous morphology shows no obvious change when prolonging the water soaking time, indicating excellent water resistance. …”
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Pathogenicity of avian reovirus variant in the immune organs of broiler chicks by Haiyang Yu, Yudong Zhu, Qiong Wu, Wanjun Zhao, You Wang, Dong Wang, Huaguang Lu, Youxiang Diao, Yijing Li, Yi Tang

“…Among them, the spleen and bursa were most seriously damaged, the symptoms of arthritis appeared relatively late, which indicated that the spleen and bursa might be the main target organs preferentially attacked by avian reovirus. …”
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Vascular Contractility Relies on Integrity of Progranulin Pathway: Insights Into Mitochondrial Function by Shubhnita Singh, Ariane Bruder, Rafael M. Costa, Juliano V. Alves, Sivakama Bharathi, Eric S. Goetzman, Thiago Bruder‐Nascimento

“…Therefore, loss of PGRN function appears as a pivotal risk factor in cardiovascular disease.…”
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Efficacy of linaclotide in combination with polyethylene glycol for bowel preparation in Chinese patients undergoing colonoscopy polypectomy: protocol for a randomised controlled t... by Jing Xu, Ping-ping Chen, Dong Chen, Hui-Ying Zhao, Xiao-Feng Cai, Xiao-Bin Wang, Chao-Xu Liu

“…The effectiveness of bowel preparation agents can be hampered by volume and taste, adversely affecting patient compliance and tolerance. …”
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Microneedle technology for enhanced topical treatment of skin infections by Tingting Peng, Yangyan Chen, Xuanyu Luan, Wanshan Hu, Wentao Wu, Bing Guo, Chao Lu, Chuanbin Wu, Xin Pan

“…Skin infections caused by microbes such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses often lead to aberrant skin functions and appearance, eventually evolving into a significant risk to human health. …”
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A Novel CGM Metric-Gradient and Combining Mean Sensor Glucose Enable to Improve the Prediction of Nocturnal Hypoglycemic Events in Patients with Diabetes by Jingzhen Li, Xiaojing Ma, Igbe Tobore, Yuhang Liu, Abhishek Kandwal, Lei Wang, Jingyi Lu, Wei Lu, Yuqian Bao, Jian Zhou, Zedong Nie

“…A novel CGM metric-gradient was proposed in this paper, and a method of combining mean sensor glucose (MSG) and gradient was presented for the prediction of nocturnal hypoglycemia. …”
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The Ischial Spine in Developmental Hip Dysplasia: Unraveling the Role of Acetabular Retroversion in Periacetabular Osteotomy by Gerard El-Hajj, Hicham Abdel-Nour, Rami Ayoubi, Joseph Maalouly, Fouad Jabbour, Raja Ashou, Alexandre Nehme

“…Methods. In a previous paper, we reported the classic coxometric measurements of 178 patients with symptomatic hip dysplasia undergoing PAO where retroversion was noted in 42% of the cases and was not found to be a major factor in the appearance of symptoms. …”
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DAShip: A Large-Scale Annotated Dataset for Ship Detection Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technique by Wenjin Huang, Shaoyi Chen, Yichang Wu, Ruihua Li, Tianrui Li, Yihua Huang, Xiaochun Cao, Zhaohui Li

“…In addition, the scarcity of datasets for ship passage events in the DAS field hampers the adoption of deep learning technologies for enhancing ship detection. …”
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Acromegaly: Is earlier diagnosis possible? Exploration of a screening algorithm to select high-risk patients by Tessa N.A. Slagboom, David de Jong, Peter H. Bisschop, Madeleine L. Drent

“…After exploratory analysis and fine-tuning, an algorithm combining pathognomonic changes in clinical appearance with manifestations considered by medical experts to be most characteristic of acromegaly (hyperhidrosis, sleep apnoea, arthralgia, headache and type 2 diabetes mellitus) detected 48/90 of patients with previously diagnosed acromegaly, while identifying an additional 1844/1,7 million of possible at-risk patients. …”
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G Protein-Coupled Receptor 17 Inhibits Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Secretion via a Gi/o-Dependent Mechanism in Enteroendocrine Cells by Jason M. Conley, Alexander Jochim, Carmella Evans-Molina, Val J. Watts, Hongxia Ren

“…MDL29,951 promoted both Gi/o and Gq protein coupling to mediate cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium signaling. hGPR17L regulation of GLP-1 secretion appeared to be Gq-independent and dependent upon Gi/o signaling, but was not correlated with MDL29,951-induced whole-cell cAMP signaling. …”
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Foraminiferal test dissolution reveals severe sediment acidification in estuarine mudflats: new perspectives for present and historical assessment by Fouet, Marie, Daviray, Maxime, Geslin, Emmanuelle, Metzger, Edouard, Jorissen, Frans

“…Re-investigated foraminiferal tests sampled in 1995–1996 in the Auray estuary show no dissolution marks, suggesting that the dissolution process observed in 2020 appeared over the last thirty years. Therefore, the FTD and CTPR could be used as rapid tools to establish the occurrence of dissolution processes, pending geochemical confirmation. …”
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Ectopic Fat Deposition on Insulin Sensitivity: Correlation of Hepatocellular Lipid Content and M Value by Beverly S. Hong, Ying Li, Shuiqing Lai, Juan Liu, Hongyu Guan, Weijian Ke, Xiaoying He, Yanbing Li

“…Hepatocellular lipid content deposition happens earlier than skeletal muscle fat deposition. …”
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Differences in HIV infection trends in two regions of Cameroon with a longstanding HIV epidemic: insights from 2012 and 2022 by Yannick F. Ngoume, Urmes C. Teagho, Brice Eselacha, Oumarou H. Goni, Dell-Dylan Kenfack, Mérimé Tchakoute, Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Marcel Tongo, Marcel Tongo

“…In this regard, we determined the HIV prevalence in remote communities of the East and South administrative regions of Cameroon where the four cross-species SIV transmissions that gave rise to the four HIV-1 groups likely happened.MethodsWe did this in two different periods: 2012/2013 (Period 1; 4,435 participants enrolled in the East and 2,347 in the South) and 2021/2022 (Period 2; 2,203 participant enrolled in the East and 2,347 in the South) using HIV1/2 rapid assays and standard ELISAs and according to the WHO testing strategy.ResultsDuring Period 1, the HIV seroprevalence in the East was 6.9%. …”
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Production of ACE inhibitory peptides via ultrasonic-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis of microalgal Chlorella protein: Process improvement, fractionation, identification, and in silic... by Jeeraporn Pekkoh, Apiwit Kamngoen, Antira Wichaphian, May Thu Zin, Supakit Chaipoot, Kamon Yakul, Wasu Pathom-aree, Wageeporn Maneechote, Benjamas Cheirsilp, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Sirasit Srinuanpan

“…Q-TOF-LC-MS/MS analysis of the LMW peptides verified the appearance of active sequences, identifying up to 49 LMW fragments within the fractionated LMW peptides. …”
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An Experimental Study on Coal Fines Migration during Single Phase Water Flow by Wenlong Han, Yanbin Wang, Jingjing Fan, Yong Li, Xiang Wu, Yun Yu

“…The fractures can be totally blocked by coal fines, while penetration also happened during the flooding process, causing permeability fluctuation. …”
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