The Influence of a Tuition Fee Increase on the Drop-out Rate of the Nursing Program by Rumyana Stoyanova, Slaveyah Goranova

“…We used an SPSS17.0 to analyze data from an anonymous survey of 160 Nursing students from March of 2016. …”
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The Impact of Upward Social Comparison on Social Media on Appearance Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model by Jinrui Tian, Boxuan Li, Ronghua Zhang

“…Based on the Stress-Vulnerability Model, the Stress and Coping Model, Objectification Theory, and Self-Compassion Theory, the study constructs a moderated mediation model. An anonymous survey was conducted of 397 young adults (mean age = 21.6 years, <i>SD</i> = 2.12 years). …”
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The Self-Perception and Usage of Medical Apps amongst Medical Students in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Cara Quant, Lisa Altieri, Juan Torres, Noah Craft

“…To determine (1) the usage, reliability, and popularity of mobile medical apps and (2) medical students’ perceptions of app usage effect on the quality of patient-provider interaction in healthcare settings. Methods. An anonymous web-based survey was distributed to medical students. …”
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Prediction of Trolling behavior from sadism and Internet addiction in young adults of Buenos Aires by Pablo Christian González Caino, Santiago Resett

“…Conclusion: Sadism is an important predictor for trolling behavior over the internet, where individuals with these characteristics take advantage of anonymity to carry out their aggressive behaviors.…”
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ROBO-SPOT: Detecting Robocalls by Understanding User Engagement and Connectivity Graph by Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Farhan Riaz

“…The trust score of the callers is then used along with machine learning models to classify them as legitimate or robo-caller. We use a large anonymized dataset (call detailed records) from a large telecommunication provider containing more than 1 billion records collected over 10 days. …”
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Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: (Re)evaluation of the Current State in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2010 by Dirk Bandorski, Ralf Jakobs, Martin Brück, Reinhard Hoeltgen, Marcus Wieczorek, Martin Keuchel

“…Overall 580 questionnaires were sent to the users. 26/5% (Germany/Austria + Switzerland) of the questionnaires were sent back anonymously to the authors. 114 centers (82 hospitals, 11 surgeries, 21 without specification) replied. …”
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Sex-Related Differences in Hematological Parameters and Organosomatic Indices of Oreochromis niloticus Exposed to Aflatoxin B1 Diet by Esther Marijani, Johnson Nasimolo, Emmanuel Kigadye, Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin, Sheila Okoth

“…No sex-related differences in RBC, WBC, lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils levels were observed. However, hemoglobin and hematocrit values for female O. niloticus were significantly lower than those for male O. niloticus. …”
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Electrophoretic patterns of gliadin as markers of genotypes in the analysis of the durum wheat landrace Kubanka by T. I. Peneva, O. A. Lyapunova

“…Within the groups, biotypes are determined by alleles of the GLI-1A, GLI-1B, GLI2B loci. Genetically close monotypic accessions and polytypic ones incorporating 2 to 6 biotypes were identified. …”
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TLR2 Derangements Likely Play a Significant Role in the Inflammatory Response and Thrombosis in Patients with Ph(−) Classical Myeloproliferative Neoplasm by Jen Chin Wang, Guanfang Shi, Chi Chen, Ching Wong, Vladimir Gotlieb, Gardith Joseph, Kiron V Nair, Lakshmi Boyapati, Enayati Ladan, James T. Symanowski, Lishi Sun

“…TLR3, 7, and 9 were not elevated. Cultured monocyte-derived dendritic cells and plasma assays in TLR2-elevated patients were found to secrete more cytokines than those from TLR2-normal patients. …”
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Semantic prosody of deictic verbs in the Holy Qurʾān: a corpus study by Ghuzayyil Mohammed Al-Otaibi

“…Some of the examined verbs are near synonyms, while others share the same root or word pattern. …”
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A sensitive ERK fluorescent probe reveals the significance of minimal EGF-induced transcription by Zhang Weisheng, Jun Nakayama, Yukino Inomata, Shigeki Higashiyama, Toru Hiratsuka

“…Here we modified a previously reported Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe for ERK, EKAREN5 by replacing its mTurquoise2 and YPet sequences with mTurquoise-GL and a synonymous codon variant of YPet, respectively. The modified biosensor, EKAREN5-gl, showed an increased sensitivity to EGF-induced ERK activation responding to a very low dose (20 pg/ml) of EGF stimulation. …”
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Stalled disomes marked by Hel2-dependent ubiquitin chains undergo Ubp2/Ubp3-mediated deubiquitination upon translational run-off by Mario Scazzari, Ying Zhang, Anna Moddemann, Sabine Rospert

“…Our findings show that Hel2 occupancy progressively increases from translating monosomes to disomes and trisomes. We demonstrate that disomes and trisomes with mono- or di-ubiquitinated Rps20 resolve independently of the RQC component Slh1, while those with tri- and tetra-ubiquitinated Rps20 do not. …”
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Relationships Between <i>Candida auris</i> and the Rest of the <i>Candida</i> World—Analysis of Dual-Species Biofilms and Infections by Monika Janeczko, Tomasz Skrzypek

“…<i>G. mellonella</i> larvae were inoculated with monotypic and heterotypic suspensions of <i>Candida</i>. …”
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Pregnant Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Physiological Overview by Muhsin Hmeadi Ubeid

“…The white blood cell (WBC) count is significantly higher in pregnant women with T2DM, particularly in the monocyte subtype of leukocyte, which exhibits a significantly elevated level. …”
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Walter Crane : de l’album considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts by Isabelle Guillaume

“…The economic and educational place of cultural objects for children in Victorian society was not synonymous with literary or artistic consecration. The hierarchy which places the productions for the youth in situation of less aesthetic value overlaps that which distinguishes the fine arts from the arts known as "minor". …”
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Cardiac-Restricted IGF-1Ea Overexpression Reduces the Early Accumulation of Inflammatory Myeloid Cells and Mediates Expression of Extracellular Matrix Remodelling Genes after Myoca... by Enrique Gallego-Colon, Robert D. Sampson, Susanne Sattler, Michael D. Schneider, Nadia Rosenthal, Joanne Tonkin

“…Infiltration of inflammatory cells, which direct the remodelling process, was also altered; in particular there was a notable reduction in inflammatory Ly6C+ monocytes at day 3 and an increase in anti-inflammatory CD206+ macrophages at day 7. …”
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Effect of Oral and Vaginal Hormonal Contraceptives on Inflammatory Blood Biomarkers by Afshin A. Divani, Xianghua Luo, Yvonne H. Datta, James D. Flaherty, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari

“…We assessed the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on inflammatory cytokines including CRP, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, soluble tumor necrosis factor (sTNF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and soluble CD40 ligand. …”
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In Vivo Imaging of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors in Mouse Lungs: A Biomarker of Inflammation by Matthew J. Hardwick, Ming-Kai Chen, Kwamena Baidoo, Martin G. Pomper, Tomás R. Guilarte

“…Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBR) are present in monocytes and neutrophils as well as in lung tissue. …”
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Research on Lexical Usage and Lexicographical Practice by Vilma Zubaitienė

“…The research interest of this period lies primarily in the analysis of lexical structure and systemic relations, whereas publication activity focuses on editing special dictionaries (such as dictionaries of synonyms, antonyms, valency, phraseology, and comparisons), and the publication of textbooks and monographs in the field of lexicology. …”
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HHV8/EBV Coinfection Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Rare Entity with a Favorable Outcome by Dhouha Bacha, Beya Chelly, Houda Kilani, Lamia Charfi, Amel Douggaz, Samia Chatti, Emna Chelbi

“…In situ hybridization confirmed the monotypic kappa light chains and the EBV infection (EBER+). …”
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