The centuries-old dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity by M. Clasquin-Johnson

“…Contrary to what one might think, pre-modern Europeans did have some understanding of Buddhism, however limited and distorted it might have been. Asians during the same period had a far better chance of understanding Christianity, because of the widespread presence of the Nestorian Church from Arabia to China. …”
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Screening of breast cancer in higher-risk Taiwanese women using contrast-enhanced mammography by Chen-Pin Chou, Yu-Ting Hong, Yun Lin, Pei-Ying Lin

“…Background: To assess the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) in screening higher-risk Taiwanese women for breast cancer. …”
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Las fuentes clásicas y los libros de caballerías: el caso de Feliciano de Silva by Lluís Pomer Monferrer, Emilio José Sales Dasí

“…Aficionado a la lectura y atento a las corrientes literarias de su época, intenta dotar a sus obras de los elementos que más podían interesar a sus lectores. Uno de los aspectos que denotan su formación cultural es su afición hacia las referencias a la materia clásico-romana. …”
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Predictors of failure of DISE-directed adenotonsillectomy in children with sleep disordered breathing by Noura Alsufyani, Andre Isaac, Manisha Witmans, Paul Major, Hamdy El-Hakim

“…Multivariate analysis identified age greater than 7 years (OR = 1.799, [95% CI 1.040–3.139], p = 0.039), obesity (OR = 2.032, [95% CI 1.043–3.997], p = 0.040), chronic rhinitis (OR = 1.334, [95% CI 1.047–1.716], p = 0.025), deviated nasal septum (OR = 1.745, [95% CI 1.062–2.898], p = 0.031) and tonsil size (OR = 0.575, [95% CI 0.429–0.772], p < 0.01) as independent predictors of treatment failure. Conclusions Obese, asthmatic, and children older than seven years are at increased risk of treatment failure after DISE-directed AT. …”
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Burden of hospitalizations in newly diagnosed heart failure patients in Poland: real world population based study in years 2013–2019 by Przemysław Leszek, Daniel Waś, Kinga Bartolik, Kladiusz Witczak, Andrzej Kleinork, Bohdan Maruszewski, Katarzyna Brukało, Paulina Rolska‐Wójcik, Małgorzata Celińska‐Spodar, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Marta Załęska‐Kocięcka

“…Kaplan–Meier analysis revealed very early readmissions (up to 1–7 days) were associated with better survival compared with rehospitalization between 8 and 30 days. …”
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A New Microstructure Development Model for the Evaluation of Concrete Setting Time by Ho-Jin Cho, Joo-Won Kang, Yong Han Ahn, Sunkook Kim, Xiao-Yong Wang

“…To verify the analytical results obtained using the new model, a critical volume ratio of hydrates was determined and a series of final setting times in concrete were experimentally investigated for different temperatures, mineral admixtures (FA: fly ash; GGBFS: ground granulated blast furnace slag), and a chemical admixture (superplasticizer). …”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of Caspase-1 Ameliorates Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity through Suppression of Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Mice by Jung-Yeon Kim, Jae-Hyung Park, Kiryeong Kim, Jungmin Jo, Jaechan Leem, Kwan-Kyu Park

“…Administration of Ac-YVAD-cmk inhibited caspase-3 activation as well as caspase-1 activation and attenuated apoptotic cell death, as assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling, in the kidneys of cisplatin-treated mice. …”
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Crustacean Zooplankton Ingestion of Potentially Toxic <i>Microcystis</i>: In Situ Estimation Using <i>mcyE</i> Gene Gut Content Detection in a Large Temperate Eutrophic Lake by Helen Agasild, Margarita Esmeralda Gonzales Ferraz, Madli Saat, Priit Zingel, Kai Piirsoo, Kätlin Blank, Veljo Kisand, Tiina Nõges, Kristel Panksep

“…In this study, we quantified <i>Microcystis</i>-specific <i>mcyE</i> synthase genes from the gut contents of various cladoceran and copepod taxa to assess the in situ crustacean community and taxon-specific ingestion of potentially toxic <i>Microcystis</i> in Lake Peipsi, a large eutrophic lake in Estonia, Northern Europe. …”
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Les termitières, un univers de chasse (nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…They are used by adult farmers using the surrounding areas of their plots.Among them, termite mounds’ hunters – namely here, the Gizigas from the Maroua region – remain a separate category associating knowledge about living termite mounds exploited once a year, during sexually matured winged adults’ swarming, and knowledge about dead termite mounds that have been given up by their colonies and become the refuge of a diverse, furry, priclkly and scaly animals. …”
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Expresiones artísticas afroantioqueñas y multiculturalismo en Colombia. Transformaciones locales by América Larraín González, Pedro José Madrid Garcés

“…De esta forma, se busca contribuir a un conocimiento más amplio de lo político en ámbitos interétnicos, así como sobre el papel clave que desempeñan lo artístico y lo cultural en dichos escenarios.…”
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Integrating computational thinking, game design, and design thinking: a scoping review on trends, applications, and implications for education by Chih-Hung Wu, Yu-Cheng Chien, Mei-Tzu Chou, Yueh-Min Huang

“…Future studies could further explore the effects of emotional aspects and differences in cognitive levels, as well as the emotional effects of various subject concepts or prior knowledge/experience, gender, national, or cultural differences. …”
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Comparison of the Porosity Parameter in Sediments Obtained Using Traditional and Precision Methods (Cenomanian Deposits in Western Siberia, Russia) by Vitaliya Naumenko, Mikhail Zavatskij, Daniil Skudar

“…However, this study is based on the need to show that effective reserve assessment and hydrocarbon production planning require a combination of various methods supplemented by dynamic modeling. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the first domestic pegilated interferon alpha-2b «Pegaltevir» at chronic hepatitis C: pilot data of phase III clinical study by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda

“…Aim of investigation. Comparative assessment of efficacy and safety of Pegaltevir and PegIntron in within pattern of combined antiviral therapy in previously untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C.Material and methods. …”
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Heirloom Hot Pepper Varieties for Florida by Monica Ozores-Hampton

“… Here is a guide of the popular pepper varieties used in Florida. The popularity was assessed from a survey among seed suppliers, which include Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Burpee, High Mowing Seeds, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Tomato Grower Supply Company, Seeds of Change, Territorial Seed Company, and My Patriot Supply. …”
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Ectopic Hidradenoma Papilliferum by Aristóteles David Neiva Rosmaninho, Maria Teresa Duarte Pinto de Almeida, Vírgilio Costa, Maria Madalena Vasconcelos Sanches, Carlos Lopes, Maria Manuela Selores Gomes Meirinhos

“…The lesions usually present as an asymptomatic slow-growing, red, firm, mobile, well-delimitated nodule that grows for a long time before resection. …”
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Primjena dinamičkog programiranja u optimizaciji pouzdanosti tehničkih materijalnih sredstava (sistema) by Stjepan Crnić, Željko Čikvar

“…U ovom radu je analizirana 'hladna rezerva', iz teorije rezerviranja, kao moguće rješenje za povećanje pouzdanosti TMS (sistema) i posebno primjene metode dinamičkog programiranja za određivanje asortimana i količine rezervnih dijelova u 'hladnoj rezervi'. …”
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Evaluation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Capacity to Alleviate Abiotic Stress of Olive (Olea europaea L.) Plants at Different Transplant Conditions by María Josefina Bompadre, Mariana Pérgola, Laura Fernández Bidondo, Roxana Paula Colombo, Vanesa Analía Silvani, Alejandro Guillermo Pardo, Juan Antonio Ocampo, Alicia Margarita Godeas

“…Some plants have developed adaptive mechanisms to counteract such adverse conditions such as symbiotic association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). …”
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Signatures of lower respiratory tract microbiome in children with severe community-acquired pneumonia using shotgun metagenomic sequencing by Ting-Yu Yen, Ching Hsu, Ni-Chung Lee, Chao-Szu Wu, Hsin Wang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Chia-Ray Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Mo-Li Tsai, Tzu-Yu Liu, Che Lin, Chien-Yu Chen, Luan-Yin Chang, Feipei Lai, Li-Min Huang

“…Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia was associated with high morbidity and mortality in children. …”
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Legal principles of counteraction to corruption and organized crime and the place of administrative and legal regulation among them by O. O. Voronyi

“…Besides, administrative and legal regulation is, first of all, the system of norms that regulate organizational and administrative issues, aspects of the division of competence of public law entities and their legal relationship. …”
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CFD Recombiner Modelling and Validation on the H2-Par and Kali-H2 Experiments by Stéphane Mimouni, Namane Mechitoua, Mehdi Ouraou

“…The objective of the paper is to present numerical assessments of the recombiner models implemented in CFD solvers NEPTUNE_CFD and Code_Saturne. …”
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