Critical Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Annie M. Wu, Connie M. Wu, Benjamin K. Young, Dominic J. Wu, Curtis E. Margo, Paul B. Greenberg

“…AMD CPGs published by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO) were appraised by independent reviewers using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument, which comprises six domains (Scope and Purpose, Stakeholder Involvement, Rigor of Development, Clarity of Presentation, Applicability, and Editorial Independence), and an Overall Assessment score summarizing methodological quality across all domains. …”
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Parties in the digital jungle by I. A. Lavrov

“…Social platforms present an opportunity to form a loyal community, which will follow the political process through the prism of the values of the preferred party, and eventually become politically active in the coming elections. …”
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The renovationist movement in the Tula diocese (1922–1927) by Evseev Nikolay, Priest

“…However, another vicar of the Tula diocese, Bishop Ignatius of Belevsky (Sadkovsky) refused to recognize the authority of the new church and, on the basis of his vicariage and the Belevsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, created a community that remained loyal to His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon. This community was known as the “Belevskaya Autocephaly” in the renovation periodicals. …”
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The Use of Intravenous Neostigmine in Palliation of Severe Ileus by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi

“…Both bolus and infusion are noted to be effective and lead to prompt evacuation of flatus or stool with a reduction in abdominal distention on physical examination. …”
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Aragonese and Bourbons Taught by Giovanni Pontano by Margherita Sciancalepore

“…The paper investigates how these works were read, interpreted, and re-proposed by Grisolia for the education of members of the royal family, confirming the universality of Pontano’s teaching ad institutionem principis, whose validity has spanned the centuries, proving capable of addressing past generations of sovereigns as well as modern ones. …”
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La principauté médiévale savoyarde by Florentin Briffaz

“…This relationship, which is historically more sensitive on the Italian side (with the exile of the former royal family from 1946 to 2002), has now given way to a deep disinterest for a large part of the public. …”
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The Effect of Probiotics on Childhood Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Double Blind Clinical Trial by M. Sadeghzadeh, A. Rabieefar, P. Khoshnevisasl, N. Mousavinasab, K. Eftekhari

“…In this placebo controlled trial, fifty-six children aged 4–12 years with constipation received randomly lactulose plus Protexin or lactulose plus placebo daily for four weeks. Stool frequency and consistency, abdominal pain, fecal incontinence, and weight gain were studied at the beginning, after the first week, and at the end of the 4th week in both groups. …”
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Ascetical and mystical experience in Chinese Buddhism by Dabetić Ilija

“…In the period from the fourth to the second century before Christ, the presence of a sorcerer named "fangshi" (the way of the immortal - "Fangxiang dao") at the royal society was an established custom. The main idea of those spells was searching for ways that would provide man with eternal life. …”
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Management of Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations of the Small Bowel by Masahiro Hirakawa, Rie Ishizuka, Masanori Sato, Naotaka Hayasaka, Hiroyuki Ohnuma, Kazuyuki Murase, Kohichi Takada, Tatsuya Ito, Takayuki Nobuoka, Koji Miyanishi, Masayoshi Kobune, Ichiro Takemasa, Junji Kato

“…Five years later, the patient had recurrent intermittent bloody stools with a significant decrease in hemoglobin levels. …”
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Elements of mathematical phenomenology and analogies of electrical and mechanical oscillators of the fractional type with finite number of degrees of freedom of oscillations: linea... by Katica R. (Stevanović) Hedrih, Gradimir V. Milovanović

“…Following the ideas about analogies, mathematical, qualitative, and structural, introduced by Mihailo Petrović in Elements of Mathematical Phenomenology (Serbian Royal Academy, Belgrade, 1911), in this paper we present our research results focused on analogies of fractional-type oscillation models between mechanical and electrical oscillators, with a finite number of degrees of freedom of oscillation. …”
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Bone mineral density in human femurs of documented age-at-death in a comparative context by Emmanuel Gilissen, Sarah Tayach, Rosine Orban

“…This contribution aims at answering the question of the how and the why of invasive, micro-invasive and non-invasive analysis of anthropobiological remains, through the study of a collection comprising 51 skeletons of known age and sex (27 males and 24 females born between 1837 and 1916) stored in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. We have attempted to identify possible age-related trends in femoral bone mineral content in the context of modern clinical references and archaeological skeletal series. …”
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Humdrum Tasks of the Salaried Men: Edwin Williams, a London County Council Architect at War by Nick Beech

“…Working at the London County Council Architects’ Department through the 1930s to 1950s, and known (if at all) as a member of the design team for the Royal Festival Hall, Edwin Williams is usually presented as a regressive figure, his design work marked by his Beaux Arts training. …”
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Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes: From Pathophysiology to Lifestyle Modifications by Alfredo Caturano, Maria Rocco, Giuseppina Tagliaferri, Alessia Piacevole, Davide Nilo, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Ilaria Iadicicco, Mariarosaria Donnarumma, Raffaele Galiero, Carlo Acierno, Celestino Sardu, Vincenzo Russo, Erica Vetrano, Caterina Conte, Raffaele Marfella, Luca Rinaldi, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso

“…Hyperglycemia in T2DM promotes oxidative stress through various pathways, including the formation of advanced glycation end products, the activation of protein kinase C, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the polyol pathway. These processes enhance ROS generation, leading to endothelial dysfunction, vascular inflammation, and the exacerbation of cardiovascular damage. …”
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Role of Antidiarrhoeal Drugs as Adjunctive Therapies for Acute Diarrhoea in Children by Christophe Faure

“…Only racecadotril and diosmectite reduce stool output, but no treatment has yet been shown to reduce hospitalisation rate or mortality. …”
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Politiser le regard sur les marges. Le cas du mouvement « sur la voie 96 » d’Imider by Soraya El Kahlaoui, Koenraad Bogaert

“…Exploited by the Managem group, a subsidiary of the royal holding, the mining industry has faced a strong challenge from local communities since its installation in the 1970s. …”
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Assessing the Health Impact of the following Measures in Schools in Maradi (Niger): Construction of Latrines, Clean Water Supply, Establishment of Hand Washing Stations, and Health... by Halima Boubacar Maïnassara, Zilahatou Tohon

“…An individual questionnaire, analysis of stool samples, and a group questionnaire were administered to children and teachers, respectively. …”
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Flower-Like Mn-Doped CeO2 Microstructures: Synthesis, Characterizations, and Catalytic Properties by Ling Liu, Jingjing Shi, Xiaojun Zhang, Jianzhou Liu

“…Mn-doped CeO2 flower-like microstructures have been synthesized by a facile method, involving the precipitation of metallic alkoxide precursor in a polyol process from the reaction of CeCl3·7H2O with ethylene glycol in the presence of urea followed by calcination. …”
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Formulation of the Seven Principles of Iranian Art A Critique of the Book Seven Decorative Principles of Iranian Art by Alireza Taheri, Roya Zarifian

“…The findings show that in order to achieve this goal, first the royal workshop and library of Tabriz were dissolved as an influential centers and promoters of Ghezelbashi thought, and in the next step, the visual elements of Iranian painting were regulated in two main and sub-areas. …”
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The effect of Clostridium difficile infection on the course of liver cirrhosis by A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…All patients underwent clinical interviewing with assessment of past history, daily blood pressure (BP) measurement with calculation of the mean blood pressure level, blood tests, ECG, abdominal ultrasound, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, echocardiography, chest X-ray, lactulose hydrogen breath test, Clostridium difficile ELISA stool test. Results. Clostridium difficile infection was found in 26 (55.3%) of 47 patients with decompensated LC. …”
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Prémisses de la critique textuelle dans la culture écrite du XVIII-e siècle by Eugen Pavel

“…There are written proofs of the attempts done at the royal court of Nicholas Mavrocordatos, among which the ones made by Transylvanian Hellenist specialist Stephan Bergler to critically edit some medieval manuscripts, followed by the hard work of some typographic correctors, such as the Greek monk Mitrofan Gregoras, or as the monks Rafail, Anatolie and Lavrentie, from the Hurezi convent, and also Mihalcea Litterati or Cozma Vlahul, who prove their incipient qualities of editors. …”
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