Global Stability of a Host-Vector Model for Pine Wilt Disease with Nonlinear Incidence Rate by Kwang Sung Lee, Abid Ali Lashari

“…Using a Lyapunov function and a LaSalle's invariant set theorem, we proved the global asymptotical stability of the disease-free equilibrium. …”
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The epidemiology of malaria in four districts in southern Mozambique receiving indoor residual spray as part of a cross-border initiative by Rajendra Maharaj, Nada Abdelatif, Mara Maquina, Ishen Seocharan, Vishan Lakan, Krijn Paaijmans, Francois Maartens, Pedro Aide, Francisco Sauté

“…Abstract Background Imported malaria from southern Mozambique drives low levels of disease transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Therefore, the South African Department of Health funded implementation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Mozambiquan districts identified as sources of malaria infection for border communities in KwaZulu-Natal. …”
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Adenosine Receptors and Wound Healing by Bruce N. Cronstein

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that application of topical adenosine A2A receptor agonists promotes more rapid wound closure and clinical studies are currently underway to determine the utility of topical A2A adenosine receptor agonists in the therapy of diabetic foot ulcers. The effects of adenosine A2A receptors on the cells and tissues of healing wounds have only recently been explored. …”
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Radiation-Induced Correlation between Molecules Nearby Metallic Antenna Array by Yoshiki Osaka, Nobuhiko Yokoshi, Hajime Ishihara

“…We theoretically investigate optical absorption of molecules embedded nearby metallic antennas by using discrete dipole approximation method. …”
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Le développement des agricultures durables dans la région andine de Cusco : quelle proximité socio-économique entre conseillers agricoles, producteurs et consommateurs ? by Margaux Girard

“…Since 2000, different models of sustainable agriculture and short food chains emerged in the Cusco region, in the Peruvian Andes. These models theoretically imply a reterritorialization of the agro-food system characterized, among other things, by a search for new proximities between the actors of the system, in particular between agricultural advisors, producers and consumers: a spatial proximity but also a socio-economic proximity. …”
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T-S Fuzzy Model-Based Approximation and Filter Design for Stochastic Time-Delay Systems with Hankel Norm Criterion by Yanhui Li, Xiujie Zhou

“…Based on the Lyapunov stability theory and the Itô differential rule, the Hankel norm criterion is first established by adopting the integral inequality method, which can make some useful efforts in reducing conservativeness. …”
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Anti-HEV antibody reactivity rate in voluntary blood donors in China: a Meta-analysis by XU Niuniu, JIAO Zhanying

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Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Home Accidents Among Toddlers: A Cross-Sectional Study by Narendra Pal Singh Choudhary, A Doris Lily, Soni Chauhan, Surya Kant Tiwari

“…Enhancing educational efforts and integrating safety education into routine healthcare and community programs are essential to reduce the incidence of preventable home accidents among toddlers thereby safeguarding their health and wellbeing.…”
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Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease by Srinivas Rajagopala, Molly Mary Thabah

“…PH can be measured on echocardiography, but the gold standard for diagnosis is right heart catheterization. PH-specific therapy in addition to immunosuppression is the most common treatment used though data are scant. …”
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Nematode Management in Residential Lawns by William T. Crow

“…They use a stylet to puncture plant cells, to inject digestive juices into them, and to ingest plant fluids. The most reliable way to determine whether plant-parasitic nematodes are involved in a turf problem is to have a nematode assay conducted by a professional nematode diagnostic lab. …”
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REGIONAL FACTORS OF MECHANISMS TRANSFORMATION FOR STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR OF UKRAINE by Tetyana Calinescu, Olena Zelenko, Serhii Pidmohylnyi

“…The subject of the present study is the theoretical foundations, modern trends and transformation factors for the mechanisms of strengthening the economic security of entrepreneurial activity in the industrial sector of the Ukrainian regions. …”
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Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Singular Second-Order Three-Point Boundary Value Problem with a Parameter by Jian Liu, Hanying Feng, Xingfang Feng

“…Finally, existence, multiplicity, and nonexistence results for positive solutions are derived in terms of different values of λ by means of the fixed point index theory.…”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Dienogest and Dienogest Plus Ethinylestradiol on Endometriosis Related-Pain by Tolga Karacan, Huseyin Kiyak, Eser Ozyurek, Mevlide San, Engin Oral

“…The intensity of pain symptoms was evaluated before therapy, then after 3 and 6 months of treatment using a 10-point numerical rating scale (0 = no pain and 10 = worst possible pain) (NRS) provided to the patients in advance. …”
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Initial Development and Validation of a Transition Readiness Scale for Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Oded Hammerman, Areej Bayatra, Dan Turner, Arie Levine, Raanan Shamir, Amit Assa, Michael Wilschanski, Yaacov G. Bachner, Eran Israeli

“…The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the reliability and validity of a “Transition Readiness” (TR) measure for adolescents with IBD, as well as to evaluate the level of TR synchronicity between adolescents themselves, their parents, and their pediatric gastroenterologists. …”
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IMPORT SUBSTITUTION: THE BOARDERS OF THE ENERGY SECURITY by N. N. Shvets

“…As the result, goods of foreign manufacture have become significantly more expensive and opportunities for power companies to realize their investing and repair programs have been reduced. Thereby there is a high importance of developing the substitution-oriented production of the high-tech electric equipment within the Russian Federation's territory. …”
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Le corps féminin à Casablanca : un reflet mouvant des rôles de genre ? by Leila Bouasria, Nezha Aidi

“…Less attention is placed on these attributes themselves than on how they evolve in response to societal changes. …”
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An extension of the formula for spreading speeds by Hans F. Weinberger, Xiao-Qiang Zhao

“…A well-known formula for the spreadingspeed of a discrete-time recursion model is extended to a class ofproblems for which its validity was previously unknown. Theseinclude migration models with moderately fat tails or fat tails.Examples of such models are given.…”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of the Causal Agent of Citrus Black Spot in Brazil by Ester Wickert, Antonio de Goes, Andressa de Souza, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos

“…This disease causes irreparable losses due to the premature falling of fruit, as well as its severe effects on the epidermis of ripe fruit that renders them unacceptable at the fresh fruit markets. Despite the fact that the fungus and the disease are well studied, little is known about the genetic diversity and the structure of the fungi populations in Brazilian orchards. …”
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Singular Solutions to a (3 + 1)-D Protter-Morawetz Problem for Keldysh-Type Equations by Nedyu Popivanov, Tsvetan Hristov, Aleksey Nikolov, Manfred Schneider

“…We consider a properly defined, in a special function space, generalized solution to problem PK for which existence and uniqueness theorems hold. It is known that it may have a strong power-type singularity at one boundary point even for very smooth right-hand sides of the equation. …”
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A Case of Carbamazepine-Induced Aggravation of Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes Epilepsy and Valproate-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy in a Child with Heteroz... by Imalke Kankananarachchi, Eresha Jasinge, Gemunu Hewawitharana

“…Hyperammonemia has been described as a known side effect of valproate therapy. It is known that VPA-associated HA is common among patients who hold genetic mutations of the carbomoyl phosphatase synthase 1 gene (CPS1). …”
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