The Shadow Economy – the Polish Perspective by Grzegorz Gołębiowski

“…The analysis contains quantitative data illustrating the scale of such factors in Poland (alongside international comparisons). …”
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Branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair decreases platelet reactivity and platelet-rich thrombus formation – a prospective, cohort study by Aleksandra Gąsecka, Ewelina Błażejowska, Agata Konieczka, Mateusz Leśniewski, Magdalena Ostaszewska, Michał Łomiak, Magdalena Gajewska, Sylwester Rogula, Łukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Mateusz Zawadka, Katarzyna Jama, Paweł Andruszkiewicz, Marcin Grabowski, Tomasz Jakimowicz

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The influence of intermittent venovenous hemodiafiltration on the course of acute kidney injury in multiple trauma victims by V.M. Dubyna, O.V. Kravets

“…We investigated the levels of total creatine kinase and myoglobin, indicators of kidney function, frequency of vasopressor support, indicators of general blood analysis, liver complex, coagulogram, acid-base and gas composition of blood. …”
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An iASPP‐derived short peptide restores p53‐mediated cell death in cancers with wild‐type p53 by Shi Qiu, Wei Qi, Wen Wu, Qian Qiu, Jiali Ma, Yingjun Li, Wenhui Fan, Junli Li, Yang Xu, Hai Chen, Jie Liu

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Soil types create different rhizosphere ecosystems and profoundly affect the growth characteristics of ratoon sugarcane by Xiaoming Wang, Junjun Ma, Chaoxian Fang, Jinghuan Zhu, Shilong Wang, Zuli Yang

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Total immunoglobulin E levels in induced sputum reflect asthma control status by Wenhui Chen, Xiaofang Liu, Xiujuan Yao, Yanghe Hao, Zhuo Zhou, Chengshuo Wang, Ming Wang, Luo Zhang

“…Univariate and multifactor ordinal logistic regression analysis indicated that sputum total IgE was the unique significant risk factor for poor asthma control (adjusted odds ratio = 6.25; 95% CI, 1.07–36.55; p < 0.05) among pulmonary inflammation indicators including different indices of pulmonary function test, sputum IgE and FeNO. …”
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Effects of pork protein ingestion prior to and following performing the Army Combat Fitness Test: markers of cognition by Claire Baetge, Kelly Hines, Hudson Lee, Sarah E. Johnson, Adriana Gil, Nicolas D. Barringer, Christopher J. Rasmussen, Ryan Sowinski, Drew E. Gonzalez, Richard B. Kreider

“…Data were analyzed using general linear model statistics and percentage changes from baseline with 95% confidence intervals.Results Multivariate analysis revealed a time (p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.281) with no treatment ×time effect (p = 0.330, ηp2 = 0.026) for the TMT, wherein the univariate analysis indicated improvements in the time required to complete TMT tasks A (p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.386) and B (p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.214) tests, with no interaction effects observed between treatments (p > 0.05). …”
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Integrating multi-omics data reveals the antitumor role and clinical benefits of gamma-delta T cells in triple-negative breast cancer by Guixin Wang, Shuo Wang, Wenbin Song, Chenglu Lu, Zhaohui Chen, Long He, Xiaoning Wang, Yizeng Wang, Cangchang Shi, Zhaoyi Liu, Yue Yu, Xin Wang, Yao Tian, Yingxi Li

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Phenomenology of modern education quality by Natalya G. Kulikova

“…Theoretical methods of research are used in the paper: analysis of scientific literature, system analysis, analogy, systematization, and generalization. …”
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قياس كفاءة القطاع المصرفي العراقي الخاص 2011- باستخدام نموذج التحليل الحدودي العشوائي للمدة 2007 by وسام حسين علي العنيزي

“…Ali Al Aneizy Al_wesam_83@yahoo.com Abstract The research aims to measure the Iraqi private banking sector efficiency for the period 2007-2011, after the implementation of financial liberalization and banking procedures in Iraq and using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method and determined efficient banks, in addition to determine banking sector efficiency in general, to achieve the goals of the research, we application SFA on 20 private Iraqi bank data for the period 2007 to 2011 by using two models : the pooled and random effects model using production function in bank sector, the results showed that Iraq Trade bank is the best bank, which achieved the highest percentage efficiency for investments and loans outputs and the Iraqi banking sector has achieved increasing efficiency ratios during the period 2007-2011 for investments and loans outputs'. …”
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A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF QUALITY OF SERVICE MECHANISMS IN PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS by A. I. Khobnia, V. D. Liauchuk, O. M. Demidenko

“…The paper presents analysis and generalization of the quality of service mechanisms in packetswitched networks. …”
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Application of two-step diffusion couple technique in high-throughput screening of optimal composition and aging temperatures for alloys design: A demonstration in binary Ni-Al sys... by Shang Y.-J., Cao D.-J., Li Q., Yang K., Deng C.-M., Zhang L.-J.

“…The effect of composition and aging temperature on the aging microstructure was studied in detail by means of different experimental techniques and statistical analysis. The volume fraction, grain size, and shape factor of γʹ precipitates in the three diffusion couples were plotted as a function of alloy composition and annealing temperatures. …”
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Paley and Hardy's inequalities for the Fourier-Dunkl expansions by Anis Elgarna

“…Originality/value – Dunkl theory is a generalization of Fourier analysis and special function theory related to root systems. …”
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Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm for Forward Position Solution of Parallel Mechanism by Yi Jian

“…This strategy is dynamically incorporated into DE algorithm to form an adaptive DE（ ADE） algorithm,which adopts hybrid mutant operators,and scale and cross factors with trigonometric function perturbations. The numerical results of the forward kinematic analysis for a general 6-SPS parallel mechanism show that ADE algorithm can obtain all high accuracy solutions with lighter computational cost. …”
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MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF SPECIALIZED TEXTS IN TECHNICAL DISCOURSE by Yuliia V. Polycheva, Volodymyr I. Vetokhin

“…Firstly, in linguistics, there has been a general turn to functional pragmatism, in particular, to the study of linguistic performance, including the interaction of sociocultural and cognitive factors of speech activity. …”
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Single-cell and spatial analyses of the GDF family in tumors, with a focus on the prognostic and biological role of GDF15 in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xiaoqian Feng, Qian Huai, Fumin Zhang, Wenkang Yuan, Xingyu Li, Zhuo Yu, Hao Zhang, Yaoling Zhu, Xu Zhang, Baole Tao, Ying Dai, Yishan Du

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Optimum Design of Fibre Orientation in Composite Laminate Plates for Out-Plane Stresses by Rasoul Khandan, Siamak Noroozi, Philip Sewell, John Vinney, Mehran Koohgilani

“…However, the methodologies utilised in these studies cannot be used for general analysis of such problems. In this research, an extra term is added to the optimisation penalty function in order to consider the transverse shear effect. …”
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The relevance of creating a new combined ophthalmic drug with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects by L. I. Kucherenko, D. V. Okolzin

“…Methods of systematic analysis and information search were used. In the process of work, a bibliosemantic approach was used to analyze the relationship between key topics and areas of research, as well as methods of descriptive and generalized analysis. …”
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Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: Differences Between the Subject Group and Comparison Group by Hye-seung Kim, Yong-won Seo, Youngil Lee, Chang Min Lee, Do Hyun Kim, Minsun Kim, Myung Ho Lim

“…The participants consisted of 403 Korean college students aged 18–29 who were divided into a subject group with a history of NSSI (n = 198) and a comparison group (n = 205) with no history of NSSI. The Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF), Social Experience Questionnaire (SEQ), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale—16 item version (DERS-16), Experiences in Close Relationship Questionnaire-Revised (ECR-R), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Parents as Social Context Questionnaire-Kids (PSCQ-KA), and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11-Revised (BIS-11). …”
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Procedural powers of tax authorities in the field of fiscal security provision by Kirill V. Maslov

“…The overall objective involves a number of specific tasks:–  definition of the concepts of competence and procedural legal status of tax authorities in the field of fiscal security;–  identification of the objectives of law enforcement activities of tax authorities in the field of fiscal security provision;–  identification of the principles of law enforcement activities of tax authorities in the field of fiscal security provision.The methodology of the study includes general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparative method, description) as well as particular academic methods (interpretation of legal acts, formal‐legal method).The main results and scope of their application. …”
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