Agrobiological characteristics of hulless barley cultivars developed at Omsk agrarian Scientific Center by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova

“…The experimental part of the work was carried out in 2015–2017 on the experimental fields of Omsk ASC in the southern forest steppe (third crop rotation after the wheat predecessor; fourth crop after fallow). …”
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Prospective Study of Surgical Management of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures by Pawan Kumar, Mritunjay Kumar

“…Introduction: Fractures of the clavicle constitute 2.6% of all fractures, account for 44% of the injuries around the shoulder girdle, approximately 70%–80% of which occur in the middle third. Even when significantly displaced, conventionally these fractures are treated without surgery. …”
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Pregnant women’s retention and associated health facility characteristics in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Indonesia: cross-sectional study by Michelle Kermode, Margaret Kelaher, Christina Lumbantoruan, Endang Budihastuti

“…This national study was conducted to describe PMTCT programme performance and to identify health facility characteristics associated with this performance in order to inform programme planning and policy development.Design A retrospective cross-sectional study in December 2017.Setting All health facilities providing PMTCT programmes in Indonesia.Participants All health facilities registering at least one woman in antenatal care in 2017.Intervention PMTCT data extraction from the national reporting system on HIV/AIDS and government reports.Outcomes Women retention in the PMTCT programme for at least 3 months and associated health facility characteristics.Results A total of 373 health facilities registering 6502 HIV-positive women in antenatal care were included in the analysis. One-third of women (2099) never started antiretroviral treatment. …”
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Daily feeding frequency impacts muscle characteristics and fat deposition in finishing pigs associated with alterations in microbiota composition and bile acid profile by Luga Hu, Huayu Tang, Zhaoxi Xie, Hongyu Yi, Lunjie Feng, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Xiang Ao, Jianchuan Zhou, Honglin Yan

“…The muscle fiber characteristics, lipid metabolism in adipose tissue, and cecal microbiota and bile acid composition were determined.ResultsThe present study revealed that pigs fed four meals exhibited a lower feed-to-gain ratio, abdominal fat weight, and average backfat thickness (p < 0.05), as well as a higher loin eye area (p = 0.09) and myofiber diameter in the longissimus muscle than their counterparts. …”
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Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Angkana Lekagul, Chawisa Suradom, Peeraya Piancharoen, Anamika Chattong

“…Half of the studies conducted for general population (51.7%). One-third of studies (8, 27.6%) provided interventions to patients with COVID-19 and 20.7% to healthcare workers. …”
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Stachydrine targeting tumor-associated macrophages inhibit colorectal cancer liver metastasis by regulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway by Yang Gui, Gengchen Xue, Yuyi Yuan, Jingbo Wang, Shuangjiao Deng, Fei Gao, Yushi Tian, Zhiqiang Zhao, Heng Fan

“…IntroductionColorectal cancer (CRC) represents the third most prevalent form of cancer worldwide, with liver metastasis representing a significant contributor to mortality. …”
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Color Stability and Roughness of Ocular Prosthesis Between Heat-Cured Acrylic and 3D Printed Acrylic After Artificial Weathering by Shahad Fadhil Bunyan, Shahad Mohammed Shakir, Faraedon Mohidden Mostafa Zardawi

“…Two techniques were used to create 100 samples (2 mm thickness and 20 mm diameter) that were fabricated and divided into 50 heat-cured PMMA samples, and 50 samples were made using Next Dent Denture 3D acrylic resin printed with 3D printing technology stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. …”
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Cross-sectional association between plasma aldosterone concentration and cognitive performance by mini-mental state examination in community dwellers by Aketilieke Nusufujiang, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Nanfang Li, Ling Yao, Wenbo Yang, Hui Wang, Mei Li, Lin Gan, Adalaiti Maitituersun, Miaomiao Liu, Qiaolifanayi Nuermaimaiti, Li Cai, Xiayire Aierken, Xiufang Li, Qin Luo, Jing Hong

“…In logistic regression, the highest third tertile of PAC group showed significantly lower odds for the presence of low cognitive performance in total (OR = 0.83, 95%CI: 0.73–0.93, p = 0.002) and diseased without taking medicine participants (OR = 0.70, 95%CI: 0.57–0.86, p < 0.001). …”
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ABOUT THE MORPHOLOGY OF BUD SCALES AND CATAPHYLLS OF ULMUS GLABRA HUDS. (ULMACEAE) by I. S. Antonova, A. S. Popova

“…Almost completely suberized  external scales represented a thickly grown leaf base fused with  poorly developed stipules. …”
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Factors Associated with Midterm Visual Field Variability in Patients with Stable Glaucoma by Maria Emília V. Guimarães, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Syril Dorairaj, Fábio N. Kanadani, Tiago S. Prata

“…Baseline data assessed were age, gender, educational level, intraocular pressure (IOP), central corneal thickness, best-corrected visual acuity, spherical equivalent, number of hypotensive eye drops, type of glaucoma, number of VFs performed, follow-up in years, lens status, visual field index (VFI) values from the last 5 VF (standard automated perimetry (SAP)) tests, the presence or absence of central scotoma in the VF test, and the level of glaucomatous damage according to the VF mean deviation (MD) index of the last VFs. …”
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Three effective cases of transcatheter arterial embolization after atezolizumab and bevacizumab treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report by Koji Rinka, Kiyohide Kioka, Yuga Amano, Takashi Nakai, Yasuko Kawasaki, Norifumi Kawada

“…Bland transcatheter arterial embolization was performed after completing one course of atezolizumab and bevacizumab and one course of atezolizumab alone. The third patient was an 83-year-old Japanese man with recurrent multiple hepatocellular carcinomas. …”
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Perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Zelalem Nigussie Azene, Catherine MacPhail, Lisa Gaye Smithers

“…Data extraction will be performed independently by two reviewers, with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer. Statistical analysis will be conducted using STATA/SE version 17, employing random-effects models to calculate pooled effect sizes and assess heterogeneity with I2 and Chi-square tests. …”
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Profiles and predictors of access to human and veterinary healthcare in multispecies households by Jennifer W. Applebaum, Courtney Dunn, Shelby E. McDonald, Kaylinn Escobar, Erin K. King, Rosalie Corona, Megan K. Mueller

“…The first subgroup, “Good access/unfair system” (27%) and the second subgroup, “Good access/fair system” (30%) reported high probabilities of good healthcare and veterinary care access and limited financial burden but differed in their perceptions of healthcare fairness. The third subgroup, “Good access/Medicare” (14%), primarily comprised of older adults with Medicare, reported good access to both human and veterinary care and limited financial burden, underscoring Medicare's role in stable healthcare access. …”
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KATEGORINIŲ SAKINIŲ SEMANTIKA PORT ROYALIO LOGIKOJE by Laisvūnas Šopauskas

“…SEMANTICS OF CATEGORICALS IN PORT-ROYAL LOGIC Laisvūnas Šopauskas  Summary In this article, the author analyses semantics of categorical sentences presented by Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole in their famous Logic or the Art of Thinking, known also as Port-Royal Logic. Their semantics of categoricals is analysed in three aspects: understanding of syntax, interpretation of elementary parts and dependence on context. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF ZEN BUDDHISM ON THE FORMATION OF REALISM IN JAPANESE CULTURE: FROM SIMPLICITY TO UNIVERSALITY by Анатолій МЕЛЕЩУК

“…Relevance: In the context of globalization and cultural exchange, the Zen-inspired Japanese approach to aesthetics offers valuable insights into contemporary issues of sustainability, mindfulness, and design thinking. The enduring appeal of Japanese minimalism in modern art, architecture, and design underscores the universality and adaptability of Zen principles, making this topic highly pertinent for cross-cultural studies and global artistic dialogues. …”
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MARKETS IN CRYPTO-ASSETS AND CAPITAL MARKET by Cristian GHEORGHE

“…Somehow similar to financial instruments market architecture the new regulation defines crypto assets types (e-money tokens, ‘asset-referenced tokens’ and third type outside the two defined types), admission to trading of crypto-assets and offer to the public of crypto assets, crypto-asset services and application for authorization as a crypto-asset service provider or operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets, prevention and prohibition of market abuse involving crypto-assets. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <i>Salmonella typhi</i> and <i>paratyphi</i> among Pediatric Population at Tertiary Care Center of North Delhi: A Retrospective Study by Shekhar Biswas, Sulagna Tripathy, Arvind Kumar, Sanjay Chattree

“…Alarming multiple drug resistance patterns were not observed. Third-generation cephalosporins as monotherapy are quite effective, and there is no need of adding azithromycin in combination form. …”
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The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California. by Jennifer P Jain, Yifei Ma, Carol Dawson-Rose, Glenn-Milo Santos, Alvina Han, Jennifer Price, Judith A Hahn, Phyllis C Tien

“…Factors independently associated with PEth levels ≥50 ng/ml in adjusted models were: identifying as Black/African American (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 8.34, 95% CI = 2.06-33.72), having an alanine transaminase to aspartate aminotransferase ratio > 1 (aOR = 3.10, 95% CI = 1.18-8.13), higher high-density lipoprotein levels (aOR = 1.31 per 10 mg/dL increase, 95% CI = 1.01-1.70), and consuming a greater number of drinks per week in the past six months (aOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.10-1.78). Nearly a third of women in this study had PEth levels suggestive of unhealthy alcohol use and potentially under-reported their use. …”
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Smart Contracts and Shared Platforms in Sustainable Health Care: Systematic Review by Carlos Antonio Marino, Claudia Diaz Paz

“…The first role included 6 themes, and the second one included 3 themes. The third factor encompassed the technical features that improve system efficiency. …”
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Towards quantifying exfiltration from in situ sanitary sewer pipes by John F. Griffith, Joshua A. Steele, Adriana Gonzalez-Fernández, Kenneth C. Schiff

“…The measurement system works by: (1) isolating a section of sanitary sewer between maintenance holes using a sewer bypass or equivalent, (2) introducing roughly 4,200 L of water at a controlled rate into the upstream inspection hole so that pipes remain one-third to one-half full, (3) using vacuum pumps to recover the introduced water at the downstream inspection hole, then (4) measuring differences in the volume from what was pumped into the inspection hole to what was recovered. …”
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