Glimepiride monotherapy versus combination of glimepiride and linagliptin therapy in patients with HNF1A-diabetes: a protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled t... by Torben Hansen, Tina Vilsbøll, Filip Krag Knop, Alexander Sidelmann Christensen, Heidi Storgaard, Sofie Hædersdal

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Grupos estratégicos, niveles de riesgo y desempeño empresarial. Un análisis de la industria farmacéutica española by Enzo Piña Mavarez, Eugenia Suárez Serrano

“…Para establecer los grupos estratégicos hemos seleccionado una muestra de 45 laboratorios farmacéuticos y hemos utilizado variables propias del sector para el período 2000-2003. Los resultados nos revelan que no existen diferencias entre las agrupaciones obtenidas y los niveles de desempeño económico, mientras que al considerar los resultados ajustados por el riesgo asumido por las empresas hemos confirmado la existencia de diferencias entre los grupos estratégicos.…”
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La filosofía de Heráclito en la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco by Blanca Álvarez-Caballero

“…Posteriormente se profundiza en los ciclos de la naturaleza desde el enfoque filosófico de la fugacidad y el devenir en tres etapas líricas de la poesía del mexicano, la primera de las cuales está integrada por los poemarios Los elementos de la noche (1963) y El reposo del fuego (1966); la segunda, por la obra publicada desde No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (1969) hasta Los trabajos del mar (1984), y la tercera, por Miro la tierra (1987) hasta Como la lluvia y La edad de las tinieblas (ambos de 2009).…”
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Warifteine, an Alkaloid Purified from Cissampelos sympodialis, Inhibits Neutrophil Migration In Vitro and In Vivo by Thaline F. A. Lima, Juliana D. B. Rocha, Anderson B. Guimarães-Costa, José M. Barbosa-Filho, Débora Decoté-Ricardo, Elvira M. Saraiva, Luciana B. Arruda, Marcia R. Piuvezam, Ligia M. T. Peçanha

“…Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl is a plant from the Northeast and Southeast of Brazil. Its root infusion is popularly used for treatment of inflammatory and allergic diseases. …”
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Food Supply Chain: Possible Impact and Consequence Analysis of Reducing Working Hours of Food Retailers by Aija Pilvere, Irina Pilvere, Liga Proskina, Sallija Cerina, Aleksejs Nipers

“…The research found that if the working hours of the four leading food supermarkets (Maxima, Rimi, Lidl, Sky) in Latvia were reduced, their turnover, market shares, and taxes paid to the national government, as well as the hours worked by their employees, would decrease, thereby leading to some redundancies causing some negative socio-economic consequences. The novelty of the research is that retail is an essential link in the food supply chain from farm to fork, making food available to consumers. …”
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Gastrochilus obovatifolius (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from the Daba Mountains of Chongqing, China by Chi Xiong, Xiao-Ying Fu, Ke Tan, Ya Huang, Hong-Jing Zhang, Yi-Chen Wang, Yu-Bing Yang, Si-Rong Yi

“…Gastrochilus obovatifolius, a new species discovered in the Dabashan of northeast Chongqing (China), is described and illustrated. …”
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Communicating with Deaf Patients in the Clinical Environment through Deaf-Hearing Teams: Lessons Learned from a Virtual Patient Panel [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Dimitrios Papanagnou, Natalie P. Snyder, Rosemary Frasso, Benedicta O. Olonilua, Julia Croce

“…The panel was presented to 271 second-year medical students at our institution in November of 2023. Following this discussion, students were encouraged to share one or two key takeaways from the session through a survey link. …”
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Interaction of dietary replacements of fishmeal by protein blend and feeding frequency on growth performance and protein utilization of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio var. CAS V) by Yongning Yu, Yu Wang, Junyan Jin, Dong Han, Xiaoming Zhu, Haokun Liu, Zhimin Zhang, Yunxia Yang, Shouqi Xie

“…Dietary blended proteins elevated trypsin and chymotrypsin activities (P < 0.01). Notably, the adverse effects observed with blended proteins (ratio at 1:1:8:2) on total essential amino acid digestibility and muscle protein metabolism-related gene expression were mitigated with increased feeding frequency, thus alleviating growth inhibition. …”
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Potential of Black Phosphorus in Immune-Based Therapeutic Strategies by Wenjuan Dong, Hu Wang, Hailin Liu, Chunqiao Zhou, Xuelin Zhang, Song Wang, Lin He

“…Compared with PTT and PDT, the novel techniques of sonodynamic therapy (SDT) and photoacoustic therapy (PAT) exhibit amplified ROS generation and precise photoacoustic-shockwaves to enhance anticancer effect when BP receives ultrasound or NIR irradiation. …”
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Global Bifurcation from Intervals for the Monge-Ampère Equations and Its Applications by Wenguo Shen

“…We shall establish the global bifurcation results from the trivial solutions axis or from infinity for the Monge-Ampère equations: det(D2u)=λm(x)-uN+m(x)f1(x,-u,-u′,λ)+f2(x,-u,-u′,λ), in B, u(x)=0, on ∂B, where D2u=(∂2u/∂xi∂xj) is the Hessian matrix of u, where B is the unit open ball of RN, m∈C(B¯,[0,+∞)) is a radially symmetric weighted function and m(r):=m(x)≢0 on any subinterval of [0,1], λ is a positive parameter, and the nonlinear term f1,f2∈C(B¯×R+3,R+), but f1 is not necessarily differentiable at the origin and infinity with respect to u, where R+=[0,+∞). …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the exercise-related cognitive errors questionnaire among Chinese emerging adults by Mengyao Guo, Jin Kuang, Ting Wang, Fabian Herold, Alyx Taylor, Jonathan Leo Ng, Jonathan Leo Ng, M. Mahbub Hossain, M. Mahbub Hossain, Arthur F. Kramer, Arthur F. Kramer, Robert Schinke, Zhihui Cheng, Liye Zou

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La pratique de la parenté : politique factionnelle, redoublement et réitération d’alliance chez les Katukina (Brésil) by Jérémy Deturche

“…Understanding factional politics then becomes necessary to explain the patterns of marriages and helps to perceive how kinship nomenclature is “practiced” in the political dynamics that underlie the compositions of local Katukina groups. …”
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Nano-zeolite-modified concrete: A comprehensive study of mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and microstructural of concrete under varied exposure conditions by Ahmed Elsayed Mohamed, Magdy Ali Abdelaziz, Ahmed Serag Farid, Khaled M. Osman

“…The corrosion resistance of concrete samples exposed to normal and internal attack circumstances exhibited the optimum efficiency of 3% NZ, while 4.5% NZ was optimal for concrete samples exposed to external attack.…”
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Utilizing bioinformatics and machine learning to identify CXCR4 gene-related therapeutic targets in diabetic foot ulcers by Hengyan Zhang, Ye Zhou, Heguo Yan, Changxing Huang, Licong Yang, Yangwen Liu

“…BackgroundDiabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication of diabetes mellitus that manifests as chronic, non-healing wounds that have a significant impact on patients quality of life. …”
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A Latent Implementation Error Detection Method for Software Validation by Jiantao Zhou, Jing Liu, Jinzhao Wu, Guodong Zhong

“…From the view of integrating model checking and conformance testing into a tightly coupled validation approach, this paper presents a novel approach to detect latent errors in software implementation. …”
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Economic and environmental aspects of the transportation sector by Zahid Amirkhan Pashayev, Shoyusupov Shoakbar

“…In addition, global sales of electric vehicles, a study by American scientists on electric vehicle sales, the global impact of air pollution caused by the transport sector on health, and the UN Climate Change Conference or COP29, which will be held in November 2024 in Azerbaijan are discussed. The article provides effective proposals for the formation of economically, environmentally and socially responsible consciousness among people.…”
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Trend of skin cancer mortality and years of life lost in China from 2013 to 2021 by Jingyi Li, Jiaqi Zeng, Yuanchao Yang, Biran Huang

“…This study aimed to estimate the mortality trends of skin cancer in China within 2013–2021.MethodsA retrospective analysis of skin cancer deaths within 2013–2021 was performed using the China death cause surveillance dataset compiled by the National Health Commission Statistics Information Center and the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Center. …”
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Characterization of infectious salmon anaemia virus survival and infectivity in seawater by Simon Chioma Weli, Marit Måsøy Amundsen, Ole Bendik Dale, Sonal Jayesh Patel

“…We designed in vitro experiments to study infectivity of two Norwegian ISAV isolates, in natural non-sterile seawater (NSW). …”
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La captura de lo imperceptible. Vida, política y afecto en las ficciones de Alan Pauls by Cecilia Sánchez Idiart

“…En el marco de estos debates, el ciclo de novelas conformado por Historia del llanto (2007), Historia del pelo (2010) e Historia del dinero (2013), del escritor argentino Alan Pauls, se dedica, por un lado, a desmontar los procesos de subjetivación de la militancia e interrogar los sentidos cristalizados en los discursos y las políticas de la memoria. …”
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Association of COMT Val158Met Polymorphism with Fibromyalgia in Khartoum State, Sudan by Safaa Mamoun Abdelmageid, Faisal Mousa Alamir, Hassan Yousif Abdelrahman, Hind Mohamed Abushama

“…Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is involved in catabolizing catecholamines such as norepinephrine. The most common variant studied in the COMT gene is the valine (Val) to methionine (Met) substitution at codon 158. …”
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