Cervical cancer screening utilization among HIV-positive women in Edo State, Nigeria by Ngozi R. Osunde, Mercy N. Anayo, Ona Patience, Favour E. Omoregie

“…There was a significant association between awareness of screening and its utilization. (P < 0.001 removed). Among the 305 participants who had not undergone screening, 261 (85.6%) expressed willingness to do so. …”
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A RE-EXAMINATION OF INDIGENOUS VALUES AS PANACEA FOR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA by CHIAKOR ALFRED, EUGENE ALIEGBA, RUTH CALEB LUKA

“… Nigeria is challenged by leadership crises, the intensity of which is tearing the country at its seams. This article highlights the architecture of the indigenous values, which infused merit, integrity, accountability and competence and argues its relevance to the current leadership challenges in modern political developments in Nigeria. …”
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Glutamine-glutamate centered metabolism as the potential therapeutic target against Japanese encephalitis virus-induced encephalitis by Mengyuan Li, Hang Yuan, Xiaofei Yang, Yingfeng Lei, Jianqi Lian

“…Exogenous addition of metabolites and associated compounds and RNA interference were employed to manipulate glutamine-glutamate metabolism to clarify its effects on viral replication. The survival rate, severity of neuroinflammation, and levels of viral replication were assessed to determine the efficacy of glutamine supplementation in JEV-challenged mice. …”
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Enablers and barriers to community pharmacists' readiness to implement deprescribing of inappropriate medications for older adults in Qatar. by Marwa Elshazly, Sondus Jawad, Ayesha Ahmed, Hager ElGeed, Kazeem Babatunde Yusuff

“…A cross-sectional survey of 252 community pharmacists was conducted in Qatar with a pre-tested 24-item questionnaire developed with the theory of domain framework. …”
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Genetic approaches to the investigation of serotonergic neuron functions in animals by U. S. Drozd, E. V. Shaburova, N. N. Dygalo

“…The serotonergic system is one of the most important neurotransmitter systems that take part in the regulation of vital CNS functions. The understanding of its mechanisms will help scientists create new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of mental and neurodegenerative diseases and find out how this neurotransmitter system interacts with other parts of the brain and regulates their activity. …”
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Intelligent physiological signal infosecurity: Case study in photoplethysmography (PPG) signal by Chia‐Hung Lin, Jian‐Xing Wu, Neng‐Sheng Pai, Pi‐Yun Chen, Chien‐Ming Li, Ching Chou Pai

“…Two RBFNs are used to train an encryptor and a decryptor with the authorised cipher codes. Its substitution‐based infosecurity scheme can change the numerical values of PPG raw data for each encrypted communication, and the decrypted PPG data are further applied for time‐ and frequency‐domain analyses in clinical applications, such as heart and respiration rate analysis and arterial stiffness and upper extremity vascular disease evaluations. …”
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Captive breeding, developmental biology and commercial production of<i> Dravidia fasciata</i>- An indigenous ornamental fish of the Western Ghats of India by T.V. Anna Mercy, Eapen Jacob, K. Raju Thomas

“…Its size at first maturity, sexual dimorphism, and developmental biology were studied and described with photographs. …”
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Desarrollo de un modelo de planeación financiera para una compañía de alimentos utilizando simulación Monte Carlo by Luis David Delgado-Vélez

“…Se realizaron 10.000 iteraciones con la técnica de simulación Montecarlo. …”
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Growing Concerns on Antimicrobial Resistance – Past, Present, and Future Trends by Deepak Saxena, Richa Gwalani, Aarti Yadav, Ragini Shah

“…Thus, to halt the spread of AMR it is important to understand what contributes to its emergence and transmission across borders and domains. …”
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L’anachronisme de la prévention des risques : les enjeux d’aménagement du présent réévalués depuis le futur des catastrophes possibles by Julien Langumier, Margaux Knispel

“…In its implementation methods, the prevention of flooding challenges public action temporalities. …”
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The Contemporary System of German Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…The author provides a brief summary of historical and economic background, stages and conditions of its development from the 1950-s to present time. …”
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Dense Sandstone Material Decomposition Based on Improved Convolutional Neural Network by Ran ZHANG, Huihua KONG, Jiaxin LI, Yijiao SONG

“…At present, the material decomposition method based on neural networks overcomes the limited decomposition effect of traditional iterative algorithms. However, the performance of traditional neural networks in feature detail recovery is still not satisfactory. …”
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An integrative approach to the delimitation of pseudocryptic species in the Eucyclops speratus complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) with a description of a new species by Aleksandr Novikov, Dayana Sharafutdinova, Ekaterina Abramova, Tatyana Mayor, Elena Chertoprud

“…Molecular genetic methods (comparison of COI and ITSn molecular markers) have shown that this species represents a species complex, and the following methods were used to search for differences between the species: analysis of qualitative and quantitative characters, linear morphometrics, landmark-based geometric morphometrics, and integumental pore pattern of the cephalothorax. …”
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Importance of Human Faecal Biobanking: From Collection to Storage by Lewandowska Izabela, Grzech Katarzyna, Krzysztoń-Russjan Jolanta

“…In recent years, there has been a particular increase in the number of studies related to the gut microbiome and the importance of its impact on the functioning human body. The review includes research on faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), microbiome analysis, ‘-omics’ research, cancer and parasites. …”
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Inflammation mediates the adverse effects of urinary phthalate exposure on metabolic disease risk: Results from NHANES 2005–2016 by Chenyang Gu, Teng Yao, Chenxian Dong, Zuhai Chen, Wanting Wei, Xiaoju Li, Qiang Niu, Yizhong Yan, Yunhua Hu

“…Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore the associations between single phthalate exposure and obesity and its complications. Weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression and Quantile G-Computation (Qgcomp) models were used to further analyze the associations between mixed phthalate exposure and obesity and its complications. …”
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Ecclesial Politology: in Search of an Adequate Perspective of Viewing the Church in Political Studies by Tadeusz SDS Jarosz

“…Analyses revealing the insufficiency of approaches proposed so far confirm the need for a more adequate perspective of research into its individual aspects. This perspective is created by the normative theological and philosophical content which defines the extent component of the concept of Church. …”
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De Charybde en Scylla. La réunification manquée de la cnt espagnole en exil dans les années 1960 by François Guinchard

“…Since 1945 Spanish anarcho-syndicalism had been divided, up to the reunification of 1961, but the National Confederation of Labour (cnt) only remains united during a few years, and finally splits again. This process gets its causes, and also produces consequences, within the clandestine libertarian movement's evolution in Spain itself. …”
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Topical Tranexamic Acid and Chest Masculinization Surgeries—Impact on Postoperative Hematoma Incidence by Krisztina Sipos, Katriina Joensuu, Susanna Kauhanen, Kaisu Ojala

“…Although there is increasing evidence that topically applied tranexamic acid (TXA) effectively reduces postoperative bleeding in breast surgeries, its impact on masculinization surgeries is understudied. …”
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Architectural Laboratories by Derya Uzal, Aslıhan Şenel

“… This paper examines the emerging role of the laboratory in architecture, investigating how the "lab" framework has transcended its traditional scientific connotations to become integral to creative, practice-based fields. …”
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Modulation of Circulating Cytokine-Chemokine Profile in Patients Affected by Chronic Venous Insufficiency Undergoing Surgical Hemodynamic Correction by Veronica Tisato, Giorgio Zauli, Sergio Gianesini, Erica Menegatti, Laura Brunelli, Roberto Manfredini, Paolo Zamboni, Paola Secchiero

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