The Brewer of Preston by Andrea Camilleri by Bianca Maria Balestra

“…In contemporary Italian literature Andrea Camilleri’s career as a writer represents a successful story: in a couple of decades he has sold hundreds of thousands copies, has been translated into many languages, has won several awards, his books have been object of workshops. …”
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The Effect of Business Strategy on Company Performance with Emphasis on Management Ability by Seyed Hesam Vagfi, Zohre Nilofari

“…This research is applied in terms of purpose and the methodology of correlation, which is causal (post-event).Methodology: The study's statistical population consists of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange, using the systematic elimination sampling method. One hundred thirty-five companies were selected as a research sample in 9 years between 1390 and 1398. …”
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Protection of Patients’ Medical Records: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Alirumboyo, Aisha

“…The target population was one hundred fifty (150) respondents from which a sample size of sixty (60) respondents was selected. …”
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Anti-Social Behavior and Teenager’s Wellbeing: A Case Study of Northern Division Kabale Municipality. by Kyarikunda, Esau

“…Using data from interviews with antisocial and pro-social teenagers, the study examined the association between antisocial behavior and teenager’s well-being using a sample size of one hundred participants (n = 100). Official arrest records and self-reports of engagement in antisocial behavior were used to classify participants as antisocial and contrasted with teenagers' well-being alongside pro-social teenagers. …”
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Mountains, Shrines, and Rock Art: Landscape in Ancestral Pueblo culture from the Colorado Plateau, North American Southwest by Radosław Palonka, Kathleen M. O’Meara, Katarzyna M. Ciomek, Zi Xu, Brianna Gooch, Claire Moriarty, Bartosz Foryś

“…Although contemporary Pueblo people live a few hundred kilometres south and southeast of the Mesa Verde region, many of these sites still have a special meaning to them and are mentioned in Puebloan oral traditions, histories, and myths. …”
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Identification of Biomarkers for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Feature Selection and Decision Tree Methods by Chun-Wei Tung, Ming-Tsang Wu, Yu-Kuei Chen, Chun-Chieh Wu, Wei-Chung Chen, Hsien-Pin Li, Shah-Hwa Chou, Deng-Chyang Wu, I-Chen Wu

“…Previous studies utilized microarray techniques to identify more than one hundred genes; however, it is desirable to identify a small set of biomarkers for clinical use. …”
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Seismic Analysis of a Viscoelastic Damping Isolator by Bo-Wun Huang, Jao-Hwa Kuang, Jung-Ge Tseng, Jyun-Cin Wang, Yu-Xian Qiu

“…People can feel the earthquake even if living hundreds of miles away. This study is a seismic simulation analysis for an innovated and improved design of viscoelastic damping isolator, which can be more effectively applied to earthquake prevention and damage reduction of high-rise buildings, roads, bridges, power generation facilities, and so forth, from earthquake disaster. …”
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Effects on the sex hormone profile in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery by Ana I. López, Ana Ma. Ortiz-Zableh, Andrés F. Quiñones-Roa, Natalia Patiño-Covelli, Paula Silva, Paul A. Camacho, Bernardo Santamaria-Fuerte

“…To assess the methodological quality of the included studies, the Cochrane-ROBINS-I tool for non-randomized studies was used. Three hundred and eighty-four articles were found. A statistically significant improvement in total testosterone levels was evidenced in all the patients; some studies did not find a correlation between this increase and the improvement in seminal parameters. …”
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Assessment of candidate high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma predisposition genes through integrated germline and tumour sequencing by Deepak N. Subramanian, Maia Zethoven, Kathleen I. Pishas, Evanny R. Marinović, Simone McInerny, Simone M. Rowley, Prue E. Allan, Lisa Devereux, Dane Cheasley, Paul A. James, Ian G. Campbell

“…This confirms enrichment for nearly all previously identified genes. Additionally, one-hundred-and-eleven HGSOC tumours from variant carriers were sequenced alongside other complementary studies, seeking evidence of biallelic inactivation as supportive evidence. …”
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Distribution and Risk Factors of Water-Related Accidents for General Aviation Aircraft by Ruiliang Yang, LibinYang, Lina Zhao, Donghan Geng

“…In the past two decades, dozens to more than a hundred people have died each year in water-related accidents, most of which general aviation has accounted for. …”
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Global atlas of predicted functional domains in Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm translocated effectors by Deepak T Patel, Peter J Stogios, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Malene L Urbanus, Mayya Sedova, Cameron Semper, Cathy Le, Abraham Takkouche, Keita Ichii, Julie Innabi, Dhruvin H Patel, Alexander W Ensminger, Adam Godzik, Alexei Savchenko

“…Abstract Legionella pneumophila utilizes the Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system to deliver hundreds of effector proteins inside eukaryotic cells to ensure intracellular replication. …”
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Effect of Cylinder Size on the Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Concrete from Static and Dynamic Tests by Byung Jae Lee, Seong-Hoon Kee, Taekeun Oh, Yun-Yong Kim

“…For the purposes, two sets of one hundred and twenty concrete cylinders, 150 by 300 mm and 100 by 200 mm, were prepared from three different mixtures with target compressive strengths of 30, 35, and 40 MPa. …”
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Accelerated photonic design of coolhouse film for photosynthesis via machine learning by Jinlei Li, Yi Jiang, Bo Li, Yihao Xu, Huanzhi Song, Ning Xu, Peng Wang, Dayang Zhao, Zhe Liu, Sheng Shu, Juyou Wu, Miao Zhong, Yongguang Zhang, Kefeng Zhang, Bin Zhu, Qiang Li, Wei Li, Yongmin Liu, Shanhui Fan, Jia Zhu

“…This scalable film, selected from hundreds of potential designs, selectively and precisely transmits sunlight needed for photosynthesis while reflecting excess heat, thereby reducing thermal load and evapotranspiration. …”
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Anthropometric and Biochemical Profile of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease in a Predialysis Pediatric Interdisciplinary Program by Vanessa R. Silva, Cristina B. Soares, Juliana O. Magalhães, Isabella Peixoto de Barcelos, Debora C. Cerqueira, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva, Eduardo A. Oliveira

“…This is longitudinal retrospective observational cohort study that evaluated anthropometric and biochemical variables of children and adolescents admitted to a Predialysis Interdisciplinary Management Program (PDIMP) responsible for the follow-up of children and adolescents at stages 2 to 4 of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at a tertiary center. One hundred thirty-eight patients with CKD on predialysis treatment with median age at admission of 9 years and the median follow-up time of 5 years were evaluated. …”
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Association of Serum Adiponectin, Leptin, and Resistin Concentrations with the Severity of Liver Dysfunction and the Disease Complications in Alcoholic Liver Disease by Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska, Agata Surdacka, Maria Slomka, Jacek Rolinski, Krzysztof Celinski, Agata Smolen, Mariusz Szczerbinski

“…Materials and Methods. One hundred forty-seven consecutive inpatients with ALD were prospectively recruited. …”
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An Improved Physarum polycephalum Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem by Xiaoge Zhang, Qing Wang, Andrew Adamatzky, Felix T. S. Chan, Sankaran Mahadevan, Yong Deng

“…The problems are solved by hundreds of algorithms, silicon computing architectures and novel substrate, unconventional, computing devices. …”
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An Integrated Database for Exploring Alternative Promoters in Animals by Feiyang Xue, Yuqin Yan, Weiwei Jin, Haotian Zhu, Yanbo Yang, Zhanhui Yu, Xuewen Xu, Jing Gong, Xiaohui Niu

“…Abstract Alternative promoter (AP) events, as a major pre-transcriptional mechanism, can initiate different transcription start sites to generate distinct mRNA isoforms and regulate their expression. At present, hundreds of thousands of APs have been identified across human tissues, and a considerable number of APs have been demonstrated to be associated with complex traits and diseases. …”
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The Self-Perception and Usage of Medical Apps amongst Medical Students in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Cara Quant, Lisa Altieri, Juan Torres, Noah Craft

“…Frequency of use, type of app used, and perceptions of reliability were assessed via univariate analysis. Results. Seven hundred thirty-one medical students responded, equating to a response rate of 29%. …”
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Evaluation of Interleukin-23 and Creatine Kinase –MB (CK-MB) Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with COVID-19 in Baghdad City by Zahraa kareem Yaseen, Farhan Abood Risan, Suhad Hassan Aubaid

“…Methods: A total of one hundred fifty participants were enrolled in the current study divided into three groups 50 patients with ACS and 50 ACS with COVID-19 patients, while 50 participants as apparently healthy controls. age and sex-matched as healthy controls were involved in the present study. …”
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The Effect of Carpal Tunnel Release on Neuropathic Pain in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Motoki Sonohata, Toshiyuki Tsuruta, Hiroko Mine, Akihiko Asami, Hideki Ishii, Kenji Tsunoda, Masaaki Mawatari

“…Materials and Methods. One hundred and two CTS patients were enrolled in the study. …”
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