Providing a Roadmap for the Adaption of Agricultural Sector to Water Scarcity Conditions (Case Study: Selected Crops of Tajan Basin, Iran) by H. Fouladi, H. Amirnejad, S. Shirzadi Laskookalayeh

“…Therefore, the LP Model is a single-objective method. Goal Programming (GP) is an extension of LP in which targets are specified for a set of constraints. …”
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Molecular Response Assessment with Immune Adaptive PERCIST in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Nivolumab: Is It Better Than iRECIST? by Manoj Gupta, Partha S. Choudhury, Parveen Jain, Manish Sharma, Venkata P. B. Koyyala, Sumit Goyal, Chaturbhuj Agarwal, Ankush Jajodia, Sunil Pasricha, Anurag Sharma, Ullas Batra

“…Conclusions We concluded that imPERCIST was equally effective as currently recommended criteria iRECIST for response evaluation of nivolumab in lung cancer patients.…”
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Exposure and response prevention versus risperidone for the treatment of tic disorders: a randomized controlled trial by Jolande M. T. M. van de Griendt, Jolande M. T. M. van de Griendt, Danielle C. Cath, Danielle C. Cath, Agnes A. A. C. M. Wertenbroek, Cara W. J. Verdellen, Judith J. G. Rath, Irene G. Klugkist, Sebastiaan F. T. M. de Bruijn, Marc J. P. M. Verbraak, Marc J. P. M. Verbraak

“…IntroductionThe aim of this study was to directly compare behavior therapy (exposure & response prevention; ERP) with pharmacotherapy (risperidone) with respect to tic severity and quality of life in patients with Tourette's disorder or tic disorders.MethodA total of 30 participants were randomly assigned to either ERP (12 weekly 1-hour sessions) or risperidone (flexible dosage of 1-6 mg) with follow-up at 3 and 9 months after end of treatment. …”
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A comparative study of pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence of Cardiopril tablets 20 mg (JSC «Himfarm», Kazakhstan) and Monopril® tablets of 20 mg («Bristol-Myers Squibb SRL», Italy... by A. K. Sariev, D. A. Abaimov, M. V. Tankevich, S. A. Altinbekov, G. A. Dzholdygulov, V. N. Seryakov, Y. . Budach, O. . Kurilov

“…In a single-dose, two-treatment, two-period, two-sequence crossover study with a 1-week washout period was carry out the bioequivalence study of two tablet coated formulation of fosinopril that given to 18 volunteers in equal doses (20 mg). Drug blood plasma concentrations were determined by validated LC-MS method for 48 hours. …”
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RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERAL ARTERIES by R. R. Movsesyan, G. M. Chizhikov, A. A. Morozov, A. A. Shikhranov, N. V. Antsygin, V. A. Bolsunovskiy, V. G. Lyubomudrov

“…An integral criterion of assessment was the common neo-pulmonary arterial index with boundary measure equal 150 mm²/m². An application of given method allowed the performance of successful radical repair of defect in 15 patients, 4 patients having been operated in one stage. …”
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Ultrasonic chemical sensor with organic monomolecular layer by Andrzej Balcerzak, Feliks Rejmund, Piotr Gutkiewicz, Bogusław Zienkiewicz, G. Zhavnerko

“…The thickness of this layer is equal to dimension of one molecule. The sensor layer was deposited on one channel of the bi-channel sensor delay line (made from lithium niobiate) by means of the Langmuir–Blodgett method. …”
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Assessment of thermal resistance of snow cover in Spitsbergen. by N. I. Osokin, A. V. Sosnovsky

“…The thermal resistance of the snow cover is equal to the sum of thermal resistances of its layers. …”
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Synonymic Syntagms and Utterances as Phenomenologically Reconstructed Discourse Innovations (on the material of modern French fiction) by Anastasiia Lepetiukha

“…The phenomenological method of cognition of being and its structures and categories, which is based on the human tendency to study objects of observation in the form they appear in consciousness, is aimed at ontology. …”
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Moiré Pattern-Based Stripe Density Measurement Using Low-Frequency Component Detection by Pongsak Khokhuntod, Anucha Kaewpoonsuk

“…We use a method where grid lines are drawn with a lower density on the left side and progressively increase in density towards the right, surpassing the target stripe density. …”
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Measurement of sound level in sports clubs with the approach of maintaining the health of athletes by Ling-Hsiang Chang, Hooman Bahmanpour, Ali Fahiminejad

“…The average sound level in sports clubs is equal to 87.6 dB and the level is equal to 90.61 and the daily individual dose of LEp, d athlete in the club is equal to 84.58 dB. …”
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A Multivariate Probit Analysis of Factors Affecting Risk Management Strategy Choices in Dried Apricot Farming by Orhan Gündüz, Ahmet Aslan, Vedat Ceyhan, Zeki Bayramoğlu

“…The risk averse (attitude) coefficients of farmers were estimated by the “equally likely certainty equivalent” method. The factors affecting the risk management strategies choise were estimated using Multivariate Probit Model.…”
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SpaNorm: spatially-aware normalization for spatial transcriptomics data by Agus Salim, Dharmesh D. Bhuva, Carissa Chen, Chin Wee Tan, Pengyi Yang, Melissa J. Davis, Jean Y. H. Yang

“…SpaNorm is versatile and works equally well for multicellular and subcellular spatial transcriptomics data with relatively robust performance under different segmentation methods.…”
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COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF SEVOFLURANEAND DESFLURANE-BASED ANESTHETIC MAINTENANCE AND POSTANESTHETIC AWAKENING PERIODS IN OUTPATIENT SURGERY by M. R. Khalimov, A. M. Ovezov, O. A. Grebenchikov, M. A. Shapkin, V. V. Likhvantsev

“…Objective: to study the specific features of sevoflurane and desflurane-based anesthetic maintenance and awakening periods in outpatient surgery. Subjects and methods. The course of intraoperative and immediate postoperative periods was analyzed in 125 patients. …”
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MODEL OF RATING OF NON PHYSICAL QUANTITY by V. M. Romanchak

“…For example, is equally likely outcomes in classical probability theory or equality of scale interval of a measuring scale. …”
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Tinjauan Terhadap Bilangan 666 Dalam Wahyu 13 by Roby Setiawan

“…The results show that the number 666 is associated with gematria method, but for the writer, the interpretation of the number 666 using gematria method is not acceptable and still need to be tested more deeply so as not to lead to inaccurate allegations. …”
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Poly-Lysine-Derived Carbon Quantum Dots Promote the Repair of Bone Defects in Osteomyelitis Through Antibacterial and Osteogenic Effects by Wu J, Yan H, Yang X, Qiao L, Rao X, Zhou R

“…These PL-CQDs possess antibacterial and osteogenesis ability, and are expected to improve the therapeutic effect of osteomyelitis.Methods: PL-CQDs were synthesized via a dry heat-intermittent ultrasound method and characterized. …”
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Effects of body weight-supported Tai Chi Yunshou training on upper limb motor function in stroke patients: A three-arm parallel randomized controlled trial. by Liying Zhang, Xiaoming Yu, Wangsheng Liao, Jiening Wang, Yan Lu, Naizhen Wang, Zhou Huanxia

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 93 subjects were recruited and randomly divided into conventional rehabilitation treatment (CRT) group, BWS-TCY group and traditional robot-assisted training (RAT) group in equal proportions. …”
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A qualitative study on the relationship between doctors and nurses offering primary health at KwaNobuhle (Uitenhage) by M.D. Qolohle, H.H. Conradie, G.A. Ogunbanjo, N.H. Malete

“…All interviews were analysed using the thematic analysis method. Themes were integrated into a single model. …”
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DYNAMICS OF INCIDENCE WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE POPULATION OF KUZBASS AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE PERIOD 2011-2019 by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Николай Владимирович Абрамов, Сергей Анатольевич Макаров, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин, Наталья Степановна Черных

“…In order to establish a trend and identify the dynamics of the studied number of indicators as it would be outside the influence of «random» factors, the method of alignment by the method of least squares was applied. …”
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A Nomogram Based on Laboratory Data, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and CT Enterography for Activity Evaluation in Crohn&rsquo;s Disease by Zhang H, Shen Y, Cao B, Zheng X, Zhao D, Hu J, Wu X

“…Han Zhang,1,&ast; Yi Shen,1,&ast; Bo Cao,2 Xiaomin Zheng,1 Dehan Zhao,3 Jing Hu,4 Xingwang Wu1 1Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210011, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jing Hu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Department of Gastroenterology, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 139-5510-7753, Email hujing810@163.com Xingwang Wu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Department of Radiology, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 153-7533-0696, Email duobi2004@126.comBackground: Accurately assessing the activity of Crohn’s disease (CD) is crucial for determining prognosis and guiding treatment strategies for CD patients.Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for assessing CD activity.Methods: The semi-automatic segmentation method and PyRadiomics software were employed to segment and extract radiomics features from the spectral CT enterography images of lesions in 107 CD patients. …”
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