BANKS AND BANKING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA IN THE FACE OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS by G. S. Panova

“…The necessity to improve the theoretical, conceptual, methodological, her reasoning and extend the range of retrospective and prospective analysis of the State of the banking sector development strategy of the Russian economy.…”
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Reconstructing the experienced temperature during the larval oceanic migration of anguillid eels from otolith stable oxygen isotopes by Mari Kuroki, Shunsuke Hayasaka, Kozue Nishida, Toyoho Ishimura, Akihiro Okamura, Yoshiaki Yamada, Yu-San Han, Kotaro Shirai

“…The otolith stable oxygen isotopes (δ18Ootolith) of recruited Anguilla japonica glass eels were analyzed to assess the relationship with the experienced water temperature of the early larval stage in laboratory experiments. A negative linear relationship between rearing water temperature and δ18Ootolith values was observed for eel leptocephali reared at five different temperatures between 19 °C and 27 °C. …”
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An Improved Human Evolution Optimization Algorithm for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 3D Trajectory Planning by Xue Wang, Shiyuan Zhou, Zijia Wang, Xiaoyun Xia, Yaolong Duan

“…Additionally, a guidance factor strategy is introduced into the leader role during the development stage, providing clear directionality for the search process, which increases the probability of selecting optimal paths and accelerates the convergence speed. …”
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Does Baseline Serum Androgen Levels Have an Impact on Ovulation Induction Cycle Outcomes by Using Clomifene Citrate among Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? A Retrospe... by Serkan Kahyaoglu, Muzeyyen Gulnur Ozaksit, Gozde Karacan Duman, Deniz Ozturk Atan, Inci Kahyaoğlu, Meryem Kuru Pekcan, Ozlem Moraloglu Tekin

“…Hyperandrogenism results in follicular arrest at the antral stage during folliculogenesis. baseline intrinsic hyperandrogenism affects the success of ovulation induction or not. …”
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Long-Term Predictive Modelling of the Craniofacial Complex Using Machine Learning on 2D Cephalometric Radiographs by Michael Myers, Michael D. Brown, Sarkhan Badirli, George J. Eckert, Diane Helen-Marie Johnson, Hakan Turkkahraman

“…Materials and Methods: Cephalometric radiographs from 301 subjects, taken at pre-pubertal (T1, age 11) and post-pubertal stages (T2, age 18), were analysed. Three ML models—Lasso regression, Random Forest, and Support Vector Regression (SVR)—were trained on a subset of 240 subjects, while 61 subjects were used for testing. …”
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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter components with obesity in children and adolescents in China: The age-sex disparities and key effect modifiers by Jinling Wang, Xinyi Li, Guannan Bai, Rachel Huxley, Kejia Hu, Jinna Yuan, Xuelian Zhou, Xiaochi Zhang, Ke Huang, Guanping Dong, Wei Wu, Bingyan Cao, Rongxiu Zheng, Chunlin Wang, Haiyan Wei, Yan Liang, Hui Yao, Feihong Luo, Pin Li, Zhe Su, Ruimin Chen, Shaoke Chen, Jingsi Luo, Hongwei Du, Mireguli. Maimaiti, Jianwei Zhang, Yu Yang, Min Zhu, Qi Zhao, Junfen Fu

“…However, the key PM2.5 components and whether PM2.5 effect may vary by obesity type, growth stage, sex, and individual/family characteristics have yet been examined. …”
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WORDS ARE LIFE. WRITTEN MEMORIES IN THE HOSPICE EXPERIENCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY by Pieralba Chiarlone, Silvio Giono-Calvetto, Flavia Lena, Gaetano Giuseppe Saita, Roberta Maci, Giovanni Moruzzi, Salvatore Bonanno

“…Results This study presents the results of the first stage of the work, in which we quantified word repetition and analysed the representativeness of words with higher redundancy, comparing them over the two decades. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their role in tumor progression by M. S. Ermakov, A. A. Nushtaeva, V. A. Richter, O. A. Koval

“…This review classifies modern concepts of molecular markers of CAFs, their functional features, and discusses the stages of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and the potential of CAFs as a target for antitumor therapy.…”
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Chimeric cytokine receptor TGF-β RⅡ/IL-21R improves CAR-NK cell function by reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of gastric cancer by Yaojun Ren, Min Xue, Xinhui Hui, Xiuyu Liu, Muhammad Asad Farooq, Yiran Chen, Yuzhou Ji, Yixin Duan, Iqra Ajmal, Jie Yao, Wenzheng Jiang

“…Gastric cancer remains a significant global health burden, characterized by regional variations in incidence and poor survival prospects in advanced stages. Natural killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in the body’s anti-cancer defense, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–NK cell therapy is gaining attention as a cutting-edge and promising treatment method. …”
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INCREASING FITNESS WITH ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBS by Ario Imandiri, Diarista Salfa Pratama, Abdul Rahman

“…Background: Fitness is the state of the body does not experience significant fatigue after doing routine activities. …”
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OZONE IMPROVES AUTOGENOUS GRAFT HEALING IN EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS: A MORPHOMETRIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY by Aysan Lektemür Alpan, Hülya Toker, Hatice Özer

“…Osteocalcin immune positivity in AG groups was higher than those of the Control groups.Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, gaseous ozone application decreased osteoclast number and increased osteoblast number and bone regeneration, especially, in early stages of bone regeneration in diabetic rats. …”
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NOL-7 serves as a potential prognostic-related biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma by Qiucheng Lei, Yingchun Huang, Feiwen Deng, Huazhen Zheng, Xitao Hong, Peng Wang, Jin Lv, Huanwei Chen, Zhenling Ji

“…NOL7 was strongly associated with elevated AFP levels, vascular invasion, TNM stage, poorer tumor differentiation, and poorer survival (all P < 0.05). …”
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Yield components in new pear cultivars and breeding forms in the Middle Urals by G. N. Tarasova

“…New cultivars ‘Letnyaya zolotistaya’ and ‘Sultan’ were highlighted for a combination of valuable traits: earliness, high yield, and high growth rates in the plantlet stage. Cv. ‘Letnyaya zolotistaya’ had attractive good-tasting fruits, weighing 76 g, ripening in summer. …”
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Prognostic factors in transnasal endoscopic surgery for paediatric patients with ossifying fibroma of the paranasal sinuses and skull base by Jingying Ma, Bing Zhou, Qian Huang, Shunjiu Cui, Dingfang Cao

“…Results of χ2 tests indicated that a history of previous surgery, the amount of intraoperative bleeding, and sphenoid and/or sella turcica and clivus involvement were significantly associated with recurrence (P < 0.05). Age; pathological stage; and orbit, anterior skull base, and frontal sinus involvement were not associated with recurrence (P > 0.05). …”
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English Grammar Discrimination Training Network Model and Search Filtering by Juan Zhao

“…In addition, in order to improve the scalability and real-time performance of the recommendation system, the data mining method is used to perform fuzzy clustering for users and projects in the offline data preprocessing stage. This paper proposes a search and filter scheme based on the orientation of the training model in English grammar area, elaborates on the details, constructs a whole set of function structure from representation to weight, and gives the experimental results, which prove that the system has a good filtering effect and is fast. …”
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Analysis of Various Types of Glomerulonephritis with Crescents at a Single Center by Tomo Nakakita, Kenichi Akiyama, Kazunori Karasawa, Yoei Miyabe, Takahito Moriyama, Keiko Uchida, Kosaku Nitta

“…Factors affecting renal prognosis (end-stage renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy) were examined in a multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model. …”
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Health system responsiveness: comparison of different levels of medical institutions in Kunshan City, China by Zhuang Hong, Jing Lu, Gang Chen, Qi Tang, Heqi Sun, Ting Wei, Sitang Zhao, Jun Lu

“…Background Evaluation of health system responsiveness (HSR) can improve patient satisfaction, promote health equity and enhance the quality of health services.Objectives To explore the differences in HSR among medical institutions at different levels and in various domains.Methods A multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to select 820 participants aged 18 years and older from Kunshan City, China. …”
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Functional Development of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract: Hormone- and Growth Factor-Mediated Regulatory Mechanisms by Daniel Ménard

“…The first section addresses the differences in general mechanisms of GI development in humans versus rodents, highlighting that morphogenesis of specific digestive organs and the differentiation of digestive epithelia occur not only at different stages of ontogeny but also at different rates. The second section provides an overview of studies from the author's laboratory at the Université de Sherbrooke pertaining to the development of the human fetal small intestine and colon. …”
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Influential Mechanisms of Roughness on the Cyclic Shearing Behavior of the Interfaces Between Crushed Mudstone and Steel-Cased Rock-Socketed Piles by Yue Liang, Jianlu Zhang, Bin Xu, Zeyu Liu, Lei Dai, Kui Wang

“…Consequently, the sample undergoes more significant shear contraction, leading to reduced interfacial shear strength and anisotropy in the later stages. (2) The damping ratio of the rough interface exhibits an initial increase followed by a decrease, while the smooth interface demonstrates the exact opposite trend. …”
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The impact of industrial synergistic agglomeration on residents’ health levels by Di Qi, Wenhan Xu

“…It explores how green and traditional industry agglomeration models influence residents’ health levels outcomes and identifies the underlying mechanisms driving these effects.MethodsUsing panel data from 283 prefecture-level cities and above in China from 2003 to 2020, the study applies the Generalized Spatial Two-Stage Least Squares (GS2SLS) method. This approach allows for a systematic analysis of both direct and spatial spillover effects, focusing on the comparative impacts of green and traditional industrial agglomeration models.Results(i) Spatial Effects: Residents’ health levels exhibits a significant positive spatial effect, with public health improvements in one city positively influencing neighboring cities.…”
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