Risk factors for long-term severe tricuspid regurgitation following mitral valve replacement: a retrospective study by Shan-Shan Li, Ling-Zhi Dou, Bing Han, Bing-Rong Miao, Sen Wang, He Jiang, Yu-Li Zheng, Jian-Ming Li, Hong-Yun Ruan

“…Conclusions Elevated serum creatinine, atrial fibrillation, and a history of permanent pacemaker implantation were positively associated with the long-term occurrence of severe TR following MVR. In contrast, concurrent intraoperative tricuspid valvuloplasty was found to reduce the likelihood of severe TR development.…”
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Anatomical and Visual Outcomes after LASIK Performed in Myopic Eyes with the WaveLight® Refractive Suite (Alcon® Laboratories Inc., USA) by Imene Salah-Mabed, Sarah Moran, Emmanuelle Perez, Guillaume Debellemanière, Damien Gatinel

“…Pachymetry, keratometry, Q factor, corneal aberrations, visual acuity (VA), contrast sensitivity, dry eye assessment, and quality of vision were measured preoperatively, one day (D1), and 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. …”
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Regional disparities and dynamic adaptation in the forest health-based industry and ecological environment: A case study of Fujian Province, China by Wenyu Chen, Shuhan Yu, Xuwang Jiang, Liyu Zhan

“…In contrast, Zhangzhou and Nanping face more significant challenges that require attention and improvement. …”
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Evaluation of targeting accuracy of cone beam CT guided histotripsy in an in vivo porcine model by Martin G. Wagner, Grace M. Minesinger, Katrina L. Falk, Ayca Z. Kutlu, Meridith A. Kisting, Michael A. Speidel, Timothy J. Ziemlewicz, J. Louis Hinshaw, John F. Swietlik, Fred T. Lee, Paul F. Laeseke

“…A pretreatment CBCT with intravenous contrast was acquired for each swine and the center of the pseudotumor was selected as the target. …”
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Infrared dim tiny-sized target detection based on feature fusion by Peng Zhang, Yaman Jing, Guodong Liu, Ziyang Chen, Xiaoyan Wu, Osami Sasaki, Jixiong Pu

“…In this paper, we propose a dual-layer omnidirectional target enhancement (DODTE) module to address the issue of low contrast, which causes the target to be submerged in the background and lose its position information. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Younger people are confronted with the rapidly changing nature of the workplace as well as the rise in temporary work and zero-hour contracts, and are probably more interested in salaries, entry requirements and work contracts, rather than in end-of-career matters such as pensions and retirement ages. …”
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Un mondo di Storie by Marcello Petrucci

“…La stessa cosa, ovviamente, è valida anche al contrario e cioè che alcuni ospiti continuano a farsi sentire dai volontari anche dopo anni.…”
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Gingival Cyst of the Adult: Report of an Inconspicuous Lesion Associated with Multiple Agenesis by Juliana Mançano Melhado Brod, Fabrício Passador-Santos, Andresa Borges Soares, Marcelo Sperandio

“…The present report describes the case of a miniscule adult gingival cyst in the lower anterior gingiva in a 51-year-old male with agenesis of lower premolars and lateral incisors. This paper contrasts the literature concerning the differentiation between the gingival cyst of the adult and the lateral periodontal cysts as well as the possible misguided concept that the former may be such rare an occurrence.…”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Migrant Farm Labor Camps [Federal] by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“… The purpose of migrant farm labor camp regulations is to provide federal standards for employer or farm labor contractor-provided housing for migrant farmworkers. …”
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Mal du siècle et mal du lieu : bovarysme et romantisme mêlés dans les deux grands romans modernes de Flaubert by Philippe Chardin

“…With a global comparison between Flaubert’s two chief modern novels, Madame Bovary and L’Éducation sentimentale, and a superposition of suggestive examples taken from both of them, this article intends to prove that the sequence of contrasts that firstly appear must not conceal the subtle variations on the same narrative patterns and the same psychological climates. …”
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La función pedagógica de la poesía en el estoicismo y en el platonismo by Laura Liliana Gómez Espíndola

“…En contraste con la interpretación de Marta Nussbaum, que adjudica a los estoicos ortodoxos una concepción meramente cognitivista de las pasiones y de la función pedagógica de la poesía en la formación moral de los individuos, en este artículo se argumenta que las pasiones tienen un elemento cognitivo (juicio errado) y uno no-cognitivo (movimiento físico excesivo), razón por la cual nos podemos valer de los elementos cognitivos y no-cognitivos de la poesía para ayudar al hombre en su formación moral. …”
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La transformación del derecho privado en Colombia by Betty Martínez-Cárdenas, Hernando Tapias-Rocha

“…Este artículo pretende mostrar algunas consideraciones en relación con los aportes más importantes del Código de Comercio expedido en 1971 a la actividad contractual colombiana. Dichos aportes pueden sintetizarse en que dicho Código no buscó modificar o derogar el Código Civil de 1887, sino que, por el contrario, dio continuidad a las instituciones civiles, actualizándolas y transformándolas, por lo que no se justifica ni tendría explicación alguna realizar una nueva codificación en la materia, sino, más bien, se resalta la necesidad de vigorizar y valorar las normas que tenemos vigentes.…”
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Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…However, damage by a colony of this species of treehopper is minor and essentially confined to small oviposition scars in twigs. This contrasts with the closely related thorn bug, Umbonia crassicornis (A. & S.), which can, when abundant, cause considerable dieback or even death of small trees. …”
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Efecto de Mucuna pruriens como abono verde y cobertura, sobre algunas propiedades físicas del suelo by Oscar Eduardo Sanclemente-Reyes, Carlos Omar Patiño-Torres

“…Se encontró un incrementó máximo en la estabilidad estructural de 0.63 cuando se usó la cobertura muerta, complementada con abono orgánico más fertilizante de síntesis. Al contrario, la aplicación de los tratamientos no tuvo efecto sobre la cantidad de humedad del suelo, ni sobre las pérdidas de suelo debidas a erosión.…”
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Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…However, damage by a colony of this species of treehopper is minor and essentially confined to small oviposition scars in twigs. This contrasts with the closely related thorn bug, Umbonia crassicornis (A. & S.), which can, when abundant, cause considerable dieback or even death of small trees. …”
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Gérard Marty, Sociologie des institutions marchandes : le cas de la mise en vente des bois publics en Lorraine by Gérard Marty

“…Then, we have demonstrated that, despite the institutional lock-in that has been organized around the auction, the raise of supply contracts − due to exogenous and endogeneous factors − has indicated the outbreak of an institutional junction regarding the selling methods of public timber.…”
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METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT BANKS ON THE EXAMPLE OF VNESHECONOMBANK by S. Matveevskii

“…It is emphasized that blockchain technology creates a single information field, and in combination with «smart» contracts it allows for the automatic fulfillment of obligations by counterparties. …”
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DE LA UNANIMIDAD SENTIMENTAL A LA INTERACCIÓN DISCURSIVA: UNA INTERPRETACIÓN DE SOBRE LA NORMA DEL GUSTO DE DAVID HUME by Laura Quintana

“…Este artículo pretende mostrar que en su ensayo Sobre la norma del gusto David Hume va más allá de una explicación causal y de una fundamentación universalista del gusto, para sugerir una concepción contextual y dialógica del consenso en asuntos estéticos. Así, en contraste con la mayoría de los intérpretes, se defenderá que en este texto no prevalece el punto de vista dominante en las teorías estéticas del siglo XVIII, sino que junto a éste se presenta un enfoque alternativo.…”
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La señalización como determinante de la satisfacción del turista español en un territorio: el caso de Quintana Roo by Rafael Fabricio Matos Cámara, Alfredo Jiménez Palmero, Martha Verónica Ocampo Franco, Mariana Recio López

“…Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la reputación, el precio, la calidad percibida, los activos específicos y la preservación del medioambiente son determinantes de la satisfacción; al contrario que la publicidad, la cual no ha sido corroborada. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR by A. E. Gukasova, S. P. Kiseleva

“…It has been proposed to expand the practice of using life-cycle contracts as the main way of state support for environmental-oriented procurement, which will subsequently allow you to use effectively available resources, taking into account the environmental factor. …”
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