Ne plus se laisser prendre à leurs Jeux. by Anaïs Bohuon, Lucie Pallesi

“…In the 1970s and 1980s, the exclusion of certain athletes led them to use the reasoning of institutions on the supposed «natural» physical inferiority of women to be rehabilitated. …”
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Exploring the efficacy of explicit encoding and fast mapping in second language vocabulary acquisition among Chinese graduate students by Jingjing Wu, Le Cheng, Xiaowen Zhao

“…It aims to expand existing vocabulary learning theories and offer empirical evidence for the education of Chinese graduate students.…”
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Identifying and evaluating causes of waste effect in green building projects by Usama Hamed Issa, Ahmed Gamal AbdelHaffez, Alaa Atif Abdel-Hafez, Kamal Abbas Assaf

“…These causes affect the objectives of GB projects (economic, environmental, and social). Therefore, this research aims to define causes of waste in GB projects and evaluate the effect of these causes on the objectives of GB projects. …”
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Secondary Smoking and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Bella Weijia Luo, Ivy Guofang Sun, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Chun Hung Chu

“…A meta-analysis of 11 of them revealed that children with secondary smoking exposure had an odds ratio of 1.77 in caries risk (P < .001), whereas one cross-sectional study found no increase in caries risk without data reporting. …”
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Optimal individual strategies for influenza vaccines with imperfect efficacy and durability of protection by Francesco Salvarani, Gabriel Turinici

“…We prove the existence of a Nash equilibrium by Kakutani's fixed point theorem in the context of non-persistent immunity. …”
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Diagnostics of accomplishing regional goals of the national project “Ecology” (on the example of the Vologda region) by E. N. Yakovleva, M. V. Andreeva, I. V. Krukova

“…In general, the identified problems are typical for many constituent entities of the Russian Federation, therefore, the authors’ recommendations for their solution can be widely applied and will increase the efficiency of environmental activities and the quality of performance of the national project “Ecology”.…”
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Recognition and Classification of 3D Objects of Different Details by Islam A. Alexandrov, Maxim S. Mikhailov, Alexander N. Muranov, Vladimir Zh. Kuklin

“…Traditional approaches face accuracy, speed, and reliability problems due to the complexity and diversity of object shapes, sizes, degrees of detail, and the presence of noise and artifacts in the data. Therefore, our goal was to improve the object recognition efficiency. …”
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Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy through a Knowledge of Its Pathogenesis and Risk Factors by Michele Andreucci, Teresa Faga, Antonio Pisani, Massimo Sabbatini, Domenico Russo, Ashour Michael

“…During the past several years, in many patients undergoing computed tomography, iodinated contrast media have not been used for the fear of ARF, thereby compromising the diagnostic procedure. But recent studies have demonstrated that CIN is rarely occurring in patients with normal renal function and that preexisting chronic renal failure and/or diabetes mellitus represent(s) predisposing condition(s) for its occurrence. …”
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Genomic Analysis of miR-21-3p and Expression Pattern with Target Gene in Olive Flounder by Ara Jo, Hee-Eun Lee, Heui-Soo Kim

“…Thus, we analyzed target genes of miR-21-3p. Among them, 3’ UTR region of PPIL2 gene indicated the highest binding affinity with miR-21-3p based on the minimum free energy value. …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis by Vivian O. Chukwurah, Comfort Takang, Chinelo Uche, David B. Thomas, Waguih El Masry, Hakan R. Toka

“…After four weeks of antibiotic therapy and with blood cultures remaining negative, he was treated with rituximab. …”
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Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy with a 23-Month Overall Survival Time in a Patient after a Surgery due to Splenic Hemangiosarcoma Rupture: A Case Report with the Literature Review by M. Bilski, D. Surdyka, I. Paśnik, M. Bilska, P. Cisek, P. Korona, J. Szumiło, L. Grzybowska-Szatkowska

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Development of a Family of Chaotic Systems with Infinite Equilibria and Its Application for Image Encryption by Xiaofeng Li, Yulong Bai, Weishuan Pan, Di Wang, Yong-Jie Ma

“…Then, based on Lyapunov stability theory and the adaptive control method, the synchronous control of the system with infinite equilibria is designed. …”
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Reconciling the IPC and Two-Hit Models: Dissecting the Underlying Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Two Seemingly Opposing Frameworks by Carlos F. M. Morris, Muhammad Tahir, Samina Arshid, Mariana S. Castro, Wagner Fontes

“…This seemingly contradictory role that the two models attribute to a first inflammatory hit, as priming in the former and protective in the latter, has set these two theories on opposing corners of the literature. The present review tries to reconcile both models by showing that, rather than debunking each other, each framework offers unique insights in understanding and modulating inflammation-related injuries.…”
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Algae by Diego F. Gomez-Casati, Mathieu Pernice, Thierry Tonon

“…Abstract Algae are versatile photosynthetic organisms, with remarkable adaptability and metabolic properties that allow them to live in diverse and extreme habitats, as well as holding great potential for biotechnology. …”
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International prevalence of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amie Steel, Jon Adams, Brenda Leung, Holger Cramer, Matthew J Leach, Jon Wardle, Joshua Goldenberg, Janet Schloss, Rebecca Redmond, Joanna Elizabeth Harnett, Claudine Van de Venter, Andy McLintock, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hawrelak, Kieran Cooley

“…Objectives Naturopathy is a traditional medicine system informed by codified philosophies and principles, and an emphasis on non-pharmacologic therapeutic interventions. While naturopathy is practised by approximately 75 000–100 000 000 naturopathic practitioners in at least 98 countries, little is known about the international prevalence of history of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner. …”
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Engineering Characteristics and Reinforcement Approaches of Organic Sandy Soil by Jun Hu, Liang Jia, Wei Wang, Hong Wei, Juan Du

“…As the unconfined compressive strength of the cement-admixed organic sandy soil was much lower than that of ordinary sand, some innovative ground improvement technologies were proposed for stabilizing organic sandy soil, such as thermal pile, fiber, and steel-, bamboo-, and freezing-cemented soil columns. …”
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Study of genetic diversity of globulin proteins in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) genotypes by Gunay H. Zeynalova, Saltanat A. Aghayeva

“…In addition, the genetic diversity index (H-) was calculated for zones (ω-, ϒ- β- and α-) according to the frequency of occurrence of patterns in the electropherograms of globulin storage proteins in the seeds of soybean plant samples. 26 spectra and 56 patterns were detected in soybean samples, and polymorphism was observed in most of them. 9 spectra and 20 patterns were observed in the ω-zone, 5 spectra and 8 patterns in the ϒ-zone, 5 spectra and 7 patterns in the β-zone, and 7 spectra and 21 patterns in the α-zone. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…Because of the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government, people are inclined to become individualistic, retreat within themselves, feeling constrained and frustrated. People are now living with limitations to work, to sustain themselves and their families, to conduct what were their usual life activities and all due to a lockdown that is not proving to be so effective. …”

Evaluation of a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis derived from a hypomethylated DNA signature of human motor neurons by Calum Harvey, Alicja Nowak, Sai Zhang, Tobias Moll, Annika K Weimer, Aina Mogas Barcons, Cleide Dos Santos Souza, Laura Ferraiuolo, Kevin Kenna, Noah Zaitlen, Christa Caggiano, Pamela J Shaw, Michael P Snyder, Jonathan Mill, Eilis Hannon, Johnathan Cooper-Knock

“…In support of our experimental finding, we show theoretically that the relative sparsity of lower MN sets a limit on the proportion of plasma cfDNA derived from MN which is below the threshold for detection via WGBS. …”
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Optimization Design of Wind Turbine Blade Based on an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Combined with Non-Gaussian Distribution by Fangjin Sun, Zhonghao Xu, Daming Zhang

“…The non-Gaussian distribution combined with PSO provides a more reliable theoretical basis for the design of wind turbine blades.…”
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