Variation in energetic balance among free-ranging polar bears during the spring mating and foraging season by Anthony M. Pagano, Stephen N. Atkinson, Louise C. Archer

“…Large carnivores are capable of consuming substantial biomasses that can significantly alter their body mass and condition over short periods. Here we examine the intra-seasonal variation of polar bear (Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774) body mass, energy intake, and condition in the spring from two subpopulations. …”
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The Appearance and Disappearance of Exocomet Gas Absorption by Barry Y. Welsh, Sharon L. Montgomery

“…Inspection of the extracted CaII K-line absorption lines has determined that one late B-type (HD 58647) and four new A-type (HD 56537, HD 64145, HD 108767, and HD 109573) stellar systems exhibit short-term (night-to-night) absorption variation within these profiles. …”
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Physicochemical kinetics of rapid soil stabilization using calcium sulfoaluminate-based cements by Nicholas Benjamin Petersen, Ashish Bastola, Pavan Akula, John Rushing

“…This study investigates the physicochemical effects of using Calcium Sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement-based stabilizers for rapid stabilization of weak clays, focusing on early age (<1 day) reaction kinetics and its effect on the short-term and long-term engineering characteristics. …”
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Experiment and Numerical Simulation on Creep Mechanical Behaviors of Mudstone under Unloading Condition by Xudong Feng

“…When the axial stress is higher than the yield strength of the rock mass, the rock mass enters the tertiary creep stage (which is characterized by large deformation and instability failure in a short period of time). An improved nonlinear viscoelastic-plastic rock creep model, which can simulate three creep stages, is established (well verified). …”
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Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Akademik Başarılarının Barınma Ortamı ve Diğer Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi by Mehmet Fatih Köse, Gözde Cobanoğlu

“…Gruplar arası farklılıklardan dolayı akademik başarı tahminindeki sistematik hatayı azaltmak amacıyla eğilim skoru ile eşleştirme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Nedensel karşılaştırma modelinde tasarlanan araştırmada sonuç değişkeni olarak öğrencilerin akademik başarısı, işlem değişkeni olarak devlet yurtlarında kalma durumu; ortak değişken olarak ise yaş, cinsiyet, öğretim türü, fakülte ve sınıf değişkenleri kullanılmıştır. …”
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Asthma by Elizabeth F Juniper

“…Both adults and children with asthma are distressed by symptoms, such as shortness of breath, cough and chest tightness, and they are limited in their day-to-day activities, such as sports, employment or school work and participation in activities with friends. …”
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Fractal-Based Robotic Trading Strategies Using Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and Fractional Derivatives: A Case Study in the Energy Market by Ekaterina Popovska, Galya Georgieva-Tsaneva

“…This paper presents an integrated robotic trading strategy developed for the day-ahead energy market that includes different methods for time series analysis and forecasting, such as Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA), Rescaled Range Analysis (R/S analysis), fractional derivatives, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Networks, and Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) models. …”
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Healthcare utilisation by pregnant patients with asthma in South Korea: a cohort study using nationwide claims data by Deog Kyeom Kim, Chang-Hoon Lee, Ho Il Yoon, Jae-Joon Yim, Eun Jin Jang, Jimin Kim, Yun Jung Kim, Seongmi Choi, Joon-Ho Lee

“…Among those with asthma requiring healthcare utilisation, 6.9% were hospitalised and treated with systemic steroids and short-acting β2-agonists during pregnancy. Oral drugs were prescribed less during the third trimester than during the first trimester (all p values for trends were &lt;0.001). …”
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis, Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Maria Varvoutsi, Maria Synodinou, Panagiota Giamarelou, Helen Kosmidis

“…In conclusion, MPNSTs arising in patients with NF1 are high grade sarcomas with short survival. Individuals with NF1 should be followed closely in order to identify early the development of MPNSTs. …”
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Evaluating patient outcomes and quality of life following laparoscopic extended totally extraperitoneal repair for ventral hernia: A prospective study by Cuddapah Manoj Krishna, Pothula Rajendra Vamsi Krishna, Vembuluru Dwarakanath Reddy, Dhaval Patel, Bonny Natesh

“…CONCLUSION: eTEP is associated with less postoperative pain, short hospitalization periods, and low recurrence rates. …”
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Damage Assessment of an SRC Frame-Core Tube Structure under the Action of a Main Aftershock Sequence by Peng Wang, Qingxuan Shi, Feng Wang, Siusiu Guo

“…In general, the time interval between the main shock and the aftershocks is relatively short, and structure repair work is often not completed before the aftershocks occur. …”
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THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN THE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK by A. A. Shirmazanyan

“…A person can partially present him/her self in the network by selecting a short templated response to each closed question from a narrow range of alternatives. …”
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Therapeutic Doses of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Inhibit Osteosarcoma MG-63 Osteoblast-Like Cells Maturation, Viability, and Biomineralization Potential by E. De Luna-Bertos, J. Ramos-Torrecillas, O. García-Martínez, A. Guildford, M. Santin, C. Ruiz

“…The osteoblastic differentiation was evaluated by mineralization and synthesis of collagen fibers by microscopy and alkaline phosphatase activity (ALP) by spectrophotometric assay. Short-term treatment with therapeutic doses of NSAIDs modulated differentiation, antigenic profile, and phagocyte activity of osteoblast-like cells. …”
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Evaluation of Fructooligosaccharides and Inulins as Potentially Health Benefiting Food Ingredients by HPAEC-PED and MALDI-TOF MS by Chiara Borromei, Maria Careri, Antonella Cavazza, Claudio Corradini, Lisa Elviri, Alessandro Mangia, Cristiana Merusi

“…The developed HPAEC-PED methods are able to analyze FOS (fructans with DP 3–10) and inulins (DP ranging from 3 to 80) with a good resolution and relatively short retention times to evaluate structural differences between fructooligosaccharide and inulins and the possible presence of inulooligosaccharides as well as of branching. …”
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Study on radial oil spray cooling of end windings with hairpin motors by JinCheng Feng, Ping Sun, Dong Wei, WeiBo Shi, Song Yang, Zhe Zhao

“…Hairpin motors were widely regarded for high slot fill rate, low DC resistance short, and end length compared to round-wire motors. …”
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Preoperative Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis for Preventing Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation by Akihito Sannomiya, Toru Murakami, Ichiro Koyama, Kosaku Nitta, Ichiro Nakajima, Shohei Fuchinoue

“…Although the observation period was short, FSGS did not recur in all 5 patients receiving preoperative LDL apheresis. …”
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Serum Lipids Alterations in Patients Under Systemic JAK Inhibitors Treatments in Dermatology: Clinical Aspects and Management by Giovanni Paolino, Mario Valenti, Andrea Carugno, Matteo Bianco, Dario Didona, Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Pier Luigi Acutis, Carmen Cantisani, Vittoria Giulia Bianchi, Nicola Zerbinati, Alessandra Narcisi, Antonio Costanzo, Santo Raffaele Mercuri

“…<i>Results</i>: JAK inhibitors are consistently associated with an increase in both LDL and HDL levels shortly after treatment initiation, which tend to stabilise over time. …”
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Extraocular Surgical Approach for Placement of Subretinal Implants in Blind Patients: Lessons from Cochlear-Implants by Assen Koitschev, Katarina Stingl, Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, Angelika Braun, Florian Gekeler, Udo Greppmaier, Helmut Sachs, Tobias Peters, Barbara Wilhelm, Eberhart Zrenner, Dorothea Besch

“…Primary outcomes were patient short term safety as well as effectiveness. Nine patients participated in the first part of the multicenter trial and received the subretinal visual implant in one eye. …”
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Different approaches for plasma nitrocarburizing of austenitic stainless steel using a plasma-activated solid carbon precursor in a hot-wall reactor by Saeed M. Jafarpour, Anke Dalke, Horst Biermann

“…In particular, the influence of afterglow and direct glow conditions during short-time nitrocarburizing treatments performed at 440 °C in a N2–H2 plasma on the modifications of the resulting surface properties of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel is studied comparatively. …”
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Rosuvastatin-Induced Oral Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Metab Algeffari, Mansour Alsharidah

“…Four weeks later at a follow-up appointment, all workup did not show any significant findings, the examination revealed a new ulcer on the dorsum of the tongue, and he reported no improvement after antifungal lozenges, nor when administered a short one-week treatment with oral steroids. After eight weeks of statin discontinued, the patient showed improvement with no episodes of ulceration. …”
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