Evaluation of diastole by echocardiography for detecting early cardiac dysfunction: an outcome study by Tatiana Kuznetsova, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, František Sabovčik, Yukari Kobayashi, Francois Haddad

“…Here, we evaluated the prevalence of LVDDF and its prognostic significance in the general population using two grading approaches: the 2016 ASE/EACVI recommendations and population‐derived, age‐specific criteria. …”
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Strength Training Session Induces Important Changes on Physiological, Immunological, and Inflammatory Biomarkers by Ayla Karine Fortunato, Washington Martins Pontes, Débora Maria Soares De Souza, Jéssica Santos Ferreira Prazeres, Lucas Soares Marcucci-Barbosa, Júlia Miranda Mól Santos, Érica Leandro Marciano Veira, Eduardo Bearzoti, Kelerson Mauro De Castro Pinto, André Talvani, Albená Nunes Da Silva

“…Both groups hold 4 sets of leg press, knee extensor, and leg curl at 65% of personal one-repetition maximum (1RM), 90 s of recovery, and 2″conc/3″eccen of duration of execution in each repetition. …”
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Unraveling the depth-dependent causal dynamics of methanogenesis and methanotrophy in a high-latitude fen peatland by Shuai Yang, Jinyun Tang, Zhen Li, Kunxiaojia Yuan, Qiong Wu, Kuang-Yu Chang, Suzanne B Hodgkins, Rachel M Wilson, Qing Zhu, Robert F Grant, William J Riley, Scott R Saleska, Virginia I Rich, Ruth K Varner

“…To better understand CH _4 cycling dynamics, we first applied an advanced biogeochemical model, ecosys , to explicitly simulate methanogenesis, methanotrophy, and CH _4 transport in a high-latitude fen (within the Stordalen Mire, northern Sweden). …”
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Antimicrobial and antiproliferative activity of biosynthesized manganese nanocomposite with amide derivative originated by endophytic Aspergillus terreus by Nashwa El-Gazzar, Reem Farouk, Nervana S. Diab, Gamal Rabie, Basel Sitohy

“…The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) determined for MnNCs were 10 µg/mL against C. albicans and E.coli. Furthermore, MnNCs were reduced hepatocellular carcinoma viability. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…The article deals with the bibliophiles who lived in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 18th century. The Lithuanian nobility living outside Lithuania is not discussed in the article. …”
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children: Changing Trends in Etiology and Local Resistance Patterns over a Three-Year Period by Patrícia Sousa, Lucinda Delgado, Susana Correia-de-Oliveira, Cecília Pereira, Ângela Dias, Ana Cláudia Tavares

“…Resistances to nitrofurantoin (9.0% vs 0.3%, p < 0.001) and fosfomycin (1.7% vs 0.3%, p < 0.036) significantly decreased from group 1 to group 2. Conclusion: E.coli remains the predominant pathogen in pediatric urinary tract infections. …”
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An improved statistical bias correction method for Global Climate Model (GCM) precipitation projection: A case study on the CMCC-CM2-SR5 model projection in China’s Huaihe River Ba... by Yuning Luo, Ke Zhang, Wen Wang, Xinyu Chen, Jin Feng, Haijun Wang, Wei Liu, Cheng Guo, Cuiying Chen, Xiaozhong Wang

“…The Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) extreme precipitation indices and spatial patterns of extreme precipitation in July 2020 in the observations and bias-corrected data were then compared to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods on capturing precipitation extremes.New hydrological insights for the region: Results show that the LS-EDCDF method outperforms the other three methods in correcting monthly CDFs, reducing biases, and preserving extreme precipitation. …”
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Emblematic illustrations in the editions dedicated to Jonušas Radvila (1612-1655) by Aistė Paliušytė

“… Jonušas Radvila, the hetman of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy and the voivode of Vilnius, was one of the most ambitious art as well as book patrons of the first half of the seventeenth century in the LGP. …”
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A Few Words about the Hybrid Nature of Mawlid’s Text of the 18th Century by Alla Kozhinowa

“…Although, the last rewriting of the manuscript is most likely to have taken place no earlier than the second half of the 18th century, that is, according to some researchers, when the Polish language prevailed in texts written by the Tatars who lived on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The language of the text under consideration can be described as hybrid. …”
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Lignin Metabolism Is Crucial in the Plant Responses to <i>Tambocerus elongatus</i> (Shen) in <i>Camellia sinensis</i> L. by Wenli Wang, Xiaogui Zhou, Qiang Hu, Qiuhong Wang, Yanjun Zhou, Jingbo Yu, Shibei Ge, Lan Zhang, Huawei Guo, Meijun Tang, Xin Li

“…Furthermore, the gene expression analysis revealed that transcripts of genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis, such as <i>CsCHI</i>, <i>CsF3H</i>, <i>CsF3′H</i>, <i>CsFNS</i>, <i>CsFLS</i>, and <i>CsUFGT</i>, were down-regulated, while genes involved in the lignin pathway were up-regulated by insect infestation, suggesting that lignin probably plays a pivotal role in tea plant response to <i>T. elongatus</i> infestation. …”
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Escherichia coli combination with PD-1 blockade synergistically enhances immunotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme by regulating the immune cells by Guochen Li, Haiyan Yang, Tengfei Ke, Na Tan, Xiaolan Du, Xirui Duan, Xinyan Zhou, Guangrong Zheng, Chengde Liao

“…H&E staining and immunofluorescence staining were used to observe the tumor inhibition markers. Results E.coli can specifically target into the tumor region, and activate the innate immune response in mice. …”
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Geospatial mapping of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence in Africa at national and sub-national levels by Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Archie C.A. Clements, Fasil Wagnew, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

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Lithuania's Image in Modem History Schoolbooks of Russia by Nerijus Šepetys

“…In the textbooks for 6 to 11 grades, the most attention is being paid to the early period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) (till the end of the 14th century), with special note to the process of the "unification of Russian lands." …”
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Models of Historical Memory and past Representation of Vilnius University in the 19th-20th Centuries by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…The shifts in the historiography at the juncture of the 20th and 21st centuries enable us to perceive the Great Duchy of Lithuania as a country of East Central Europe, bound to make a leap towards Europeanization. …”
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East Central Europe in the Federalist-Regional Concepts of the Polish Emigrants of the Second Half ofthe 20th century by Barbara Stankevič

“…The journals "Culture" and "Notebooks of History", edited by Giedroyc, presented the concept of ULB (to name the former lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus) and the geopolitical programme of the peaceful co-existence of Poland with its Eastern neighbours in the "subregion" of East Central Europe. …”
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Juozas Jurginis in 1961 was criticized by Moscow by Arūnas Vyšniauskas

“…A historical periodization according to Lithuanian statehood phases from Grand Duchy of Lithuania until Soviet Lithuania was a particular concern raised by Moscow in Jurginis' textbook. …”
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Identifikasi Bakteri Coliform yang Terdapat pada Minuman Es Teh di Rumah Makan Tepi Laut Purus Padang Barat by Muhammad Nurman Ariefiansyah, Netti Suharti, Eliza Anas

“…Thirteen of fourteen positive contained E.Coli and the other contain Clebsiella. This result showed that ice tea from Purus Beach West Padang restaurant is unqualified as government has set required microbiological.…”
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Romantic balticphilia in Latvian istoriography by Zenonas Butkus

“…A number of Latvian historians, treating Livonia like a German state, idealized the Lithuanian Grand Duchy, indicating that it was not solely Lithuanian, but Latvian too; a pure state of the Balts. …”
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Mapping Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Hunan Province, China by Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

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Is CAR T a drug or a therapeutic pathway? Intention to treat versus per protocol analysis of real world studies of CAR-T cell therapy in relapsed refractory diffuse large B cell ly... by Rossana Di Staso, Beatrice Casadei, Frederick L. Locke, Michael Jain, Timothy J. Voorhees, Adam S. Kittai, Mariana Bastos-Oreiro, Antonio Gutiérrez, Alejandro Martin Garcia-Sancho, Maria Jose Terol, Monica Mead, Michael J. Maranzano, Gloria Iacoboni, Pere Barba, Mi Kwon, Rebeca Bailen, Juan Luis Reguera-Ortega, Agrima Mian, Brian Hill, Emmanuel Bachy, Franck Morschhauser, Roch Houot, Catherine Thieblemont, Steven Le Gouill, Riccardo Masetti, Davide Gori, Alessandro Broccoli, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Lisa Argnani

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