Evaluation of bacterial biofilm, smear layer, and debris removal efficacy of a hydro-dynamic cavitation system with physiological saline using a new ex vivo model: a CLSM and SEM s... by He Liu, Xi Wang, Zhejun Wang, Ya Shen

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A Randomized, Endoscopist-Blinded, Prospective Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Patient Tolerability between Bowel Preparation Protocols Using Sodium Picosulfate Magnesium Citrate... by Sang Hoon Kim, Ji Hyeong Kim, Bora Keum, Han Jo Jeon, Se Hyun Jang, Seong Ji Choi, Seung Han Kim, Jae Min Lee, Hyuk Soon Choi, Eun Sun Kim, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Chang Duck Kim

“…Sodium picosulfate magnesium citrate (SP-MC) solution is an alternative option with better palatability than PEG. Therefore, in this study, we compared the efficacy and patient tolerability among the following three bowel preparation protocols: 2 L PEG-ascorbic acid (ASc), 1 L PEG-ASc plus bisacodyl, and SP-MC 340 mL plus bisacodyl. …”
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Experience of Aging in the Ngäbe-Buglé Community in Coto Brus, Costa Rica: A Qualitative Study by Melissa Rallo, Nicholas Leahy, Alexis Vetack, Hima Konduru, Shania Bailey, Lillianna Pedersen, Christine Wan, Wendel Mora, Virginia Rowthorn, Shailvi Gupta, Carlos Faerron Guzmán

“…Results: Three primary themes emerged: economic difficulties, insufficient social support, and cultural aspects related to La Casona. …”
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Combined Diagnosis of PD Based on the Multidimensional Parameters by Mohammad Heidari

“…The HFC, ultrasound, and UHF PD are calculated under different types of faults. Therefor the characteristic values, as nine basic characteristic parameters, eight phase characteristic parameters, and the like are calculated. …”
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Torture, Crimes Against Humanity and the Abuse of International Law by Ronald J. Rychlak

“…While those individuals who are guilty of abuse should be punished, neither they nor the Church officials who dealt with them (or failed to do so) are responsible for torture or crimes against humanity. …”
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Fecal microbiota is more stable during degradation and more diverse for ex situ cheetahs in Namibia compared to the USA by Morgan A. Maly, Morgan A. Maly, Morgan A. Maly, Morgan A. Maly, Reade B. Roberts, Mia M. Keady, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel, Meagan Maxwell, Laurie Marker, Matthew Breen, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz, Adrienne E. Crosier

“…We collected eight fresh fecal samples from cheetahs in Namibia and allowed them to decompose for four days, taking subsamples each day. …”
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Chemical Potential-Based Modeling of Shale Gas Transport by Jisheng Kou, Lingyun Chen, Amgad Salama, Jianchao Cai

“…The second law of thermodynamics provides a theoretical criterion to justify any promising model, but it has been never fully considered in the existing models of shale gas. …”
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The role of violence in the classics of Brazilian Social Thought by Bruno de Souza Lessa, Jaqueline Silinske

“…We concluded that these seminal books give support to our argument insofar as violence appears in all of them as an element that grants cohesion to society as it ensures the submission of the dominated to the dominant.…”
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Use of stepwise m5 model tree to forecast the P24max based on teleconnection indices by Golnar Ghanbarzadeh, Khalil Ghorbani, Meysam Salarijazi, Chooghi Bairam Komaki, Laleh Rezaei Ghaleh

“…No strong and statistically significant correlation between each tele‐index and P24max was observed. Therefore, it is not appropriate to attribute climate changes in the region to a single factor such as El Niño, but rather consider the combined influence of multiple factors. …”
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Novel Pt (II) Complexes With Anticancer Activity Against Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells by Erika Stefàno, Gianluca Rovito, Luca G. Cossa, Federica De Castro, Viviana Vergaro, Asjad Ali, Giulia My, Danilo Migoni, Antonella Muscella, Santo Marsigliante, Michele Benedetti, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

“…However, it did appear to influence the rapid loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨM), suggesting that these complexes could potentially be used as mitochondria-targeted lipophilic cations in anticancer therapy.…”
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Clinical case of heart transplantation in the conditions of «the recipient-to-donor» transportation by B.M. Todurov, O.O. Samchuk, G.I. Kovtun, A.O. Shpachuk, M.V. Goncharenko, I.M. Kuzmich, O.M. Druzhina, O.A. Loskutov, O.I. Kvasha, S.M. Sudakevich, A.Yu. Melnik, Yu.I. Golik, R.V. Domashich, I.Z. Humenny

“…Heart transplantation was performed in a patient with NYHA functional class IV heart failure, refractory to conservative therapy. The postoperative period was uneventful. …”
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The School of Salamanca Under Scrutiny by Daniel S. Allemann

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Effect of Trehalose and Trehalose Transport on the Tolerance of Clostridium perfringens to Environmental Stress in a Wild Type Strain and Its Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mutant by Miseon Park, Wilfrid J. Mitchell, Fatemeh Rafii

“…Protection of C. perfringens from environmental stress could therefore be correlated with the ability to take up trehalose.…”
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“It Helps if I Don’t Come Across as the Intersex Person but as the Regular Guy”. LGBTIQ* Movements, Credibility, and Mis-Fitting in Knowledge Spaces in Austria by Boka En

“… Knowledge spaces as diverse as universities, parliaments, and activist organisations are fraught with difficulty for those who do not easily “fit” into them. They are governed by discursive, behavioural, somatic, and material norms concerning who does or does not belong in them as well as which/whose knowledges are or are not to be considered credible. …”
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Incidence of constrained condylar and hinged knee implants and mid- to long-term survivorship: a register-based study from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) by Jake von Hintze, Ville Ponkilainen, Annette W-Dahl, Nils P Hailer, Ove Furnes, Anne M Fenstad, Mona Badawy, Alma B Pedersen, Martin Lindberg-Larsen, Mika J Niemeläinen, Keijo Mäkelä, Antti Eskelinen

“…Both designs showed consistent 15-year revision risks of 11–14%, with no major differences between them. The higher revision risk compared with MS TKAs may reflect the complexity of the surgeries. …”
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Post-Translational Modifications of Proteins Orchestrate All Hallmarks of Cancer by Pathea Shawnae Bruno, Aneeta Arshad, Maria-Raluca Gogu, Natalie Waterman, Rylie Flack, Kimberly Dunn, Costel C. Darie, Anca-Narcisa Neagu

“…On the other hand, PTMs of proteins can enhance anticancer mechanisms in the tumoral ecosystem or sustain the beneficial effects of oncologic therapies through degradation or inactivation of carcinogenic proteins or/and activation of tumor-suppressor proteins. …”
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Nontrivial Solutions for a Class of p-Kirchhoff Dirichlet Problem by Xian Hu, Yong-Yi Lan

“…The main tools are variational method, critical point theory, and mountain-pass theorem.…”
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Efficiency and Safety of Prolonged Levosimendan Infusion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure by Georgios Aidonidis, Ioannis Kanonidis, Vasileios Koutsimanis, Till Neumann, Raimund Erbel, Georgios Sakadamis

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Mechanism of seismic-collapsed loess landslides induced by the Ms6.2 earthquake in Jishishan County, Gansu Province, China by Yali Wang, Ping Wang, Guofu Luo, Shaofeng Chai, Wenguo Ma, Chenyang Ye, Shiyang Xu, Haoran Yu

“…The research findings provide a theoretical foundation for further investigations into the disaster mechanisms of seismic-collapsed loess landslides.…”
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Macroscopic Hematuria due to Placenta Percreta: Report of Two Cases and Short Review by Ourania Koukoura, George Lialios, Antonios Garas, George Sveronis, Asterios Nidimos, Irondiana Gkorezi, Zoi Alevra, Vassilios Tzortzis, Athanasios Oeconomou, Ioannis Zachos, Alexandros Daponte

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