THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE STATE ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION by Rasul A. Gusengadzhiev

“…The state anti-corruption policy aimed at forming a personality with sustainable anti-corruption behavior is of paramount importance in the system of countering a dangerous phenomenon. In contrast to forceful methods, anti-corruption policy, which has a strong legal basis, conducted at the state level, has good prospects. …”
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Isolation of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Strain from Fecal Samples of Zoo Animal by Aseel Mohammed Hamzah, Aseel Mohammed Hussein, Jenan Mahmoud Khalef

“…E. coli O157:H7 isolates were distinguished by agglutination with E. coli O157:H7 latex reagent (Oxoid), identified among the isolates, which showed that multiple E. coli strains were isolated from one petting zoo animal, in which a single animal simultaneously shed multiple E. coli strains; E. coli O157:H7 was isolated only by selective enrichment culture of 2 g of petting zoo animal feces. In contrast, strains other than O157:H7 were cultured from feces of petting zoo animals without enrichment.…”
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Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Is the Only Index of Arterial Stiffness That Correlates with a Mitral Valve Indices of Diastolic Dysfunction, but No Index Correlates with Left A... by Bryan Chow, Simon W. Rabkin

“…There was a significant (P<0.05) correlation between baPWV and E/A ratio with an inverse relationship indicating that higher arterial stiffness was associated with greater diastolic dysfunction. In contrast, there was no significant correlation between E/A ratio and cfPWV, PP, ABI, or AIx. …”
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Assessment of the yield and yield attributing characters of oat (Avena sativa L.) grown under different tillage methods and NPK fertilizer rates in semi-arid conditions by Marwan Noori Ramadhan

“…The highest grain yield was found in the T4 and T3. In contrast, the highest grain yield was observed under F4 and F5 fertilization treatments at location 1 and F5 and F4 treatments at location 2. …”
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Exploring the Inducement for Social Awareness Behavior and Optimal Control Strategy on Nipah Virus Transmission by Saima Efat, K. M. Ariful Kabir

“…In this study, we leverage optimal control theory to address short-term disease dynamics using a single season strategy. In contrast, evolutionary game theory guides our approach on a longer timescale through a repeated seasonal model. …”
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Bilateral Telencephalic Gliomatosis Cerebri in a Dog by Mario Ricciardi, Antonio De Simone, Pasquale Giannuzzi, Maria Teresa Mandara, Alice Reginato, Floriana Gernone

“…MRI revealed diffuse, bilateral, and symmetric T2 and FLAIR hyperintensities in the parieto-occipital white matter and corpus callosum. No mass effect or contrast enhancement was noted. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid revealed normal protein content and mild mononuclear pleocytosis. …”
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Reversible Cortical Blindness as a Prominent Manifestation of Cerebral Embolism due to Infective Endocarditis by Georgios P. Kranidiotis, Alexandra N. Gougoutsi, Theodoros A. Retsas, Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana

“…Computed tomography of the brain without contrast revealed the presence of infarctions in both occipital lobes. …”
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Automated White Matter Hyperintensity Detection in Multiple Sclerosis Using 3D T2 FLAIR by Yi Zhong, David Utriainen, Ying Wang, Yan Kang, E. Mark Haacke

“…T2 fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR images provided good contrast between the lesions and other tissue; however the signal intensity of gray matter tissue was close to the lesions in FLAIR images that may cause more false positives in the segment result. …”
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A Priori Assessment of Algebraic Flame Surface Density Models in the Context of Large Eddy Simulation for Nonunity Lewis Number Flames in the Thin Reaction Zones Regime by Mohit Katragadda, Nilanjan Chakraborty, R. S. Cant

“…It has been found that D is strongly affected by Lewis number and increases significantly with decreasing Le. By contrast, ηi remains close to the laminar flame thermal thickness for all values of Le considered here. …”
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Stress Dependency of Creep Response for Glass/Epoxy Composite at Nonlinear and Linear Viscoelastic Behavior by N. Nosrati, A. Zabett, S. Sahebian

“…Thereby, creep rate reduction and enhancement of creep lifetime and creep resistance would be reported using unidirectional reinforcing in contrast to those of the multilayer sequence one.…”
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‘Over-hopefulness and getting-on-ness’: Ruskin, Nature, and America by Sara Atwood

“…[rising] eminently out of the contrast of the beautiful past with the frightful and monotonous present . . . . …”
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Evolution and Prospects of the «Alternative for Germany» by Аlexander А. Sorokin, Yuri D. Korovin

“…In recent years, the populist Alternative for Germany (AfG) party, which systematically opposes the ruling mainstream parties, has become active on the German political scene. In contrast to the approach of the mainstream parties, the AfG’s views on governance and engagement with the European Union now pose a threat to the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Alliance 90 / The Greens because of the increasing popularity of right-wing populists among the German electorate. …”
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A model of activity-dependent changes in dendritic spine density and spine structure by S. M. Crook, M. Dur-e-Ahmad, S. M. Baer

“…The model is formulated so that this long-term potentiation-inducing stimulus eventually leads to structural stability. In contrast, a prolonged low-frequency stimulation paradigm that would typically induce long-term depression results in a decrease in stem resistance (correlated with stem shortening) and an eventual decrease in spine density.…”
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Event tourism, public policy and socio-cultural development in Dublin by Bernadette Quinn, Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Theresa Ryan

“…It finds a range of policy perspectives at play but overall, there is a clear tendency for festivals and events to be framed through an urban entrepreneurial lens that under-appreciates social and cultural issues. In contrast, a second set of findings reported from primary research undertaken at one of the main tourism–oriented festivals in the city show how festival experiences can generate enjoyment, sociability, pride, inclusion and belonging for both tourists and other city users alike, while simultaneously producing economic returns. …”
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Imaging and MR Spectroscopy in Papillary Craniopharyngioma by Ashima Mahajan, Bheru Dan Charan, Sushant Agarwal, Vinay Goel, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, Vaishali Suri, Ashish Suri, Ajay Garg

“… Sellar-suprasellar masses exhibit a diverse range of differential diagnoses and it is feasible to establish a preliminary diagnosis before surgery by evaluating conventional CT scans and contrast-enhanced MRI results. Nevertheless, certain cases may present with inconclusive findings, making it challenging to anticipate the underlying tissue composition accurately through imaging alone. …”
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A Case of Idiopathic Recurrent Spontaneous Bladder Rupture by Reid Bartholomew, Mentor Ahmeti

“…CT cystogram showed contrast extravasation into the peritoneum. The patient was taken urgently to the operating room for an open repair of the bladder rupture. …”
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Orientation effect of arc array horizontal tubes inside a phase change storage unit on melting and solidification characteristics by Mohamed A. Alnakeeb, Mohaned M. El-Bashouty, Mostafa M. Zaytoun, Medhat M. Sorour

“…During the melting phase, the 180° arc array orientation showed the greatest reduction in total melting time, by 80.75 %, referred to the base case. In contrast, for the solidification phase period, the orientation of the 60° arc array demonstrated the most significant reduction in total solidification time, by 7.46 %, referred to the base case. …”
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Experimental Research on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Felicity Effects during Coal Fatigue Failure under Cyclic Loading by Yongjie Yang, Luyi Xing

“…The acoustic emission in the range of different stress levels shows a different degree of Felicity effect. In contrast, it is more reasonable to use the principal stress difference as a parameter to study the Felicity effect of coal under cyclic loading.…”
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An examination of changes in autumn Eurasian snow cover and its relationship with the winter Arctic Oscillation using 20th Century Reanalysis version 3 by G. J. Marshall

“…Across the full span of 20CRv3, there is a small increase in mean September Eurasian SC. In contrast, there have been significant decreases in both October and November SC. …”
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Unilateral Eyelid Edema as Initial Sign of Orbital Sarcoidosis by Sílvia Miguéis Picado Petrarolha, Bruna Suda Rodrigues, Flávio David Haddad Filho, Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, Samuel Brunini Petrarolha, Pedro Martins Tavares Scianni Morais

“…Magnetic resonance of the orbit showed left eye proptosis and thickening and increase of soft tissues associated with heterogeneous impregnation of contrast in the infralateral region of the left eyelid. …”
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