CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL DATA AND SURVIVAL IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: THREE-YEAR OBSERVATION RESULTS by L. A. Zotova

“…The annual mortality rate was 20 % and had no significant fluctuations. The main cause of death was heart failure decompensation.Conclusion. …”
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Effect of the Administration of Alpha-Lipoic Acid on Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes by Anna Gębka, Ewelina Serkies-Minuth, Dorota Raczyńska

“…CS was evaluated with the Functional Acuity Contrast Test (FACT, Stereo Optical). …”
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Standing genetic variation in contingency loci drives the rapid adaptation of Campylobacter jejuni to a novel host. by John P Jerome, Julia A Bell, Anne E Plovanich-Jones, Jeffrey E Barrick, C Titus Brown, Linda S Mansfield

“…These changes cause significant alterations in open reading frames of genes in surface structure biosynthesis loci and in genes with only putative functions. Several loci with open reading frame changes also had altered transcript abundance. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Aconitum coreanum and Aconitum carmichaelii and comparative analysis with other Aconitum species. by Inkyu Park, Wook-Jin Kim, Sungyu Yang, Sang-Min Yeo, Hulin Li, Byeong Cheol Moon

“…The two Aconitum chloroplast genomes were 155,880 and 157,040 bp in length, respectively, and exhibited LSC and SSC regions separated by a pair of inverted repeat regions. Both cp genomes had 38% GC content and contained 131 unique functional genes including 86 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. …”
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RESULTS OF THE PROPHYLACTIC EXAMINATIONS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MOSCOW OUT-PATIENT CLINIC by M. V. Sukhinin

“…The majority of children (both boys and girls) had normal physical development; the prevalence of such children increased during the follow-up period. …”
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Molecular Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in PM2.5 from Shanghai by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry by Ning Cuiping, Tang Yutong, Wang Dan

“…A total of 95% of the CHON compounds had an O/N≥3, indicating that these compounds carried the -ONO2 functional group and might be organonitrate compounds. …”
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The latency-associated transcript locus of herpes simplex virus 1 is a virulence determinant in human skin. by Emilia A H Vanni, Joseph W Foley, Andrew J Davison, Marvin Sommer, Dongmei Liu, Phillip Sung, Jennifer Moffat, Leigh Zerboni, Ann M Arvin

“…We sequenced the genomes of our stock of HSV-1 strain 17syn+ and seven derived viruses and found nonsynonymous mutations in many viral proteins that had no impact on skin infection. In contrast, deletions in the LAT locus severely impaired HSV-1 replication and lesion formation in skin. …”
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Investigating the Depolymerization Behavior of Structurally Modified Kraft Lignin in Deep Eutectic Solvents by Wenguang Li, Shubin Wu

“…It was found that after hydroxypropyl modification of phenolic hydroxyl in HKL, the depolymerization extent of PHKL decreased to 29.5%, confirming that phenolic hydroxyl was the key functional group promoting lignin depolymerization. …”
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Frequency and correlates of psychiatric disorders in early childhood: a study of population and clinical samples in Turkey by Saziye Senem Başgül, Nilay Etiler, Nursu Cakin-Memik, Ayşen Coşkun, Belma Ağaoğlu

“… Behavioral and emotional problems experienced in early childhood may have a major impact on the development and functioning of a child, leading to a number of psychiatric problems at a later age. …”
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The peak oxygen uptake of healthy Turkish children with reference to age and sex: a pilot study by Yeşim Gürsel, Birkan Sonel, Haydar Gök, Peyman Yalçin

“…Boys who were 13 years old had higher mean values of maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV), oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold, peak VO2, and exercise test duration than those of girls of the same age (p < 0.05). …”
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Promoting student participation skills through student organizations by Yayuk Hidayah, Cheong Su Fen, Anis Suryaningsih, Sukron Mazid

“…A student organization is a step used to improve students' basic norms, roles and learning functions in accordance with the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture number 155/1998. …”
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Testing a digital and interactive scale (the three circles) to assess emotion regulation by Dylan Moloney-Gibb, Chase S. Sherwell, Sasha Lynn, Jamin Day, James N. Kirby

“…Here we report that evaluation indicated the measure had good construct validity with other validated self-report measures of emotion, emotion regulation, and mental health. …”
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Noninvasive cardiac evaluation of young patient with cystic fibrosis by O Küçükosmanoğlu, N Ozbarlas, A Göçmen, U Ozçelik, N Kiper, A Bilgiç

“…The findings were compared with 26 age- and sex-matched children without a history of cardiopulmonary complaints. All patients had normal values of left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening. …”
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Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Combined Polyherbal Yogurt by Salmaa Sayyidah Nazziyah, Epi Taufik, Kintoko Kintoko

“… Yogurt has become a popular dairy product and is considered a promising candidate for functional food intake. Innovations in yogurt production continue to develop, increasing public interest in yogurt consumption by using herbal plants. …”
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Floral Closure in Lesser Celandine (<i>Ficaria verna</i>) Protects Anthers from Pollen Flushing and Preserves Pollen Viability by Pavol Prokop, Zuzana Provazník, Kristián Tučník

“…Furthermore, flowers that were prevented from closing had fewer viable pollen grains than control flowers. …”
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Finite element modeling of asymmetric expansion using ATOZTM expander. by Abdelhak Ouldyerou, Peter Ngan, Khaled Alsharif, Ali Merdji, Osama M Mukdadi

“…The number of micro-implants had minimal impact on expansion outcomes, while dental support substantially influenced force distribution. …”
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Come rain or shine: effects of external conditions on the properties of linyphiid silk by Daniel Wharton, Nicola Weston, Sara Goodacre

“…Spiders have adapted to a wide range of ecological niches, accompanied by the diversification of their silk, which performs various ecological functions under different environmental conditions. …”
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Refining minimal engineered receptors for specific activation of on-target signaling molecules by Masashi Miura, Masahiro Kawahara

“…Among the myristoylated, cytoplasmic, and transmembrane types of MERs, the cytoplasmic type had the highest signaling efficiency, although there was off-target activation of STAT5 upon ligand stimulation. …”
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Mapping the positive path to moral courage: Through belongingness, meaning in life, and moral disengagement by Muhammet Coşkun

“…Results from a conditional process analysis indicated that moral disengagement had a mediating role in the association between belongingness and moral courage. …”
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The Contributions of Party System to Democratic Development in Africa: A Historical Perspective by Ameen Abdulkadir

“…Democracy instead of being the bedrock of good governance stayed on as an unfulfilled promise because the method of power acquisition remained basically authoritarian and functioned on the basis of a hierarchy of networks and alliances with local tribe, ethnic group or through top-down utter sovereignty of institutions that choke the grassroots politicization of society which had been the moral fibre of the process of democratization. …”
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