Cardiovascular Complications in CKD Patients: Role of Oxidative Stress by Elvira O. Gosmanova, Ngoc-Anh Le

“…Although it is unlikely that any single nontraditional risk factor would fully account for the increased CVD risk in individuals with CKD, oxidative stress appears to play a central role in the development and progression of CVD and its complications. …”
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Unloader brace or high tibial osteotomy in the treatment of the young patient with medial knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial by Mark Stam, Joost Verschueren, Mark V van Outeren, Reinoud W Brouwer, Robert D A Gaasbeek, Sorin G Blendea, Eline M van Es, Max Reijman, Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra

“… Background and purpose: For medial knee osteoarthritis (OA), operative and nonoperative treatment options are available. Two widely applied unloading therapies are a valgus unloader brace and a high tibial osteotomy (HTO). …”
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Analysis on Quantified Self-Behavior of Customers in Food Consumption under the Perspective of Social Networks by Lei Lei, Yaling Zhu, Qiang Liu

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Agricultural workers’ labour satisfaction dependence in Russia with the use of the internet in professional activities by S. G. Bylina

“…Based on data from   The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) from 2010 to 2021, a various aspects’ comparative dynamic analysis of the labour satisfaction level of Internet users and non-users for production purposes, as well as the dynamics analysis of the Internet use by agricultural workers with the dynamics of job satisfaction level various aspects was carried out. …”
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On the Generalized Weighted Lebesgue Spaces of Locally Compact Groups by I. Akbarbaglu, S. Maghsoudi

“…In this paper, we deal with locally convex space 𝐿𝑝(𝐺,Ω) equipped with the locally convex topology generated by the family of norms (‖.‖𝑝,𝜔)𝜔∈Ω. We study various algebraic and topological properties of the locally convex space 𝐿𝑝(𝐺,Ω). …”
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Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence by Frederick Amon-Armah, Solomon Sefa Oduro, Eric Kofi Doe, Moses Asani, Daniel Nyadanu, Sampson Konlan

“…The low selling price of kola nuts was perceived to be the most (74.8%) constraint to kola nut processing and marketing. Respondents noted that the red nuts were preferred for their durability during transportation and longer shelf life, while the white nuts were preferred for their taste. …”
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The PPARγ Agonist Rosiglitazone Is Antifibrotic for Scleroderma Lung Fibroblasts: Mechanisms of Action and Differential Racial Effects by Galina S. Bogatkevich, Kristin B. Highland, Tanjina Akter, Richard M. Silver

“…We present novel data demonstrating that the expression of PPARγ is reduced in lung fibroblasts from black SSc-ILD patients as compared to white patients. …”
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Comparison of ZnS(Ag) Scintillator and Proportional Counter Tube for Alpha Detection in Thin-Layer Chromatography by Marc Pretze, Jan Wendrich, Holger Hartmann, Robert Freudenberg, Ralph A. Bundschuh, Jörg Kotzerke, Enrico Michler

“…The AR-2000 has a better signal-to-noise ratio, and this eliminates the need for additional waiting time after TLC development.…”
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Sex- and site-specific, age-related changes in bone density – a Terry collection study by Niina Korpinen, Petteri Oura, Juho-Antti Junno

“…Although age-related bone loss is a normal phenomenon, studies on archaeological individuals have demonstrated that the pattern how this occurs has experienced changes due to our changing lifestyles. …”
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Monte Carlo simulations of backscattered electron coefficients and average penetration depths for Cu, Au, and Al under electron irradiation by Sami Mohammed Alsharari

“…Therefore, a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation was conducted to examine and explore the electron backscattering coefficients and average penetration depths of copper (Cu), gold (Au), and aluminum (Al) when bombarded by energetic electrons with energies ranging from 0 to 60 kilo-electron volts (keV) at normal incidence. The results showed strong agreement with experimental data. …”
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“Gay Paradise – kind of”. Les espaces de l’homosexualité masculine à Beyrouth. by Marie Bonte

“…To this end, the work on spaces of nightlife and gay cruising areas is attempting to consider the links between local norms and dominant global logics of flows of sexual identities. …”
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AS REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS E O CAMPO SIMBÓLICO DA POLÍTICA Um estudo da política e da identidade na vida cotidiana. by Sergio Silva

“… A fusão interdisciplinar entre formas de conhecimento é um caminho viável para discussões no campo das ciências sociais nos dias atuais, a partir disso buscamos juntar num mesmo contexto elementos discursivos, teóricos e metodológicos, da Ciência Política, Sociologia e Psicologia Social como proposta de analise sobre representações sociais da política e formações identitárias. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF NEW MOROCCAN DOMESTICATED TETRAPLOID OAT LINES OF AVENA MAGNA by R. . Manzali, A. . Douaik, M. . Bouksaim, G. . Ladizinsky, N. . Saidi

“…Statistical analysis revealed noteworthy differences in the chemical composition between the cultivars.…”
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An Improved 3D Localization Algorithm for the Wireless Sensor Network by Yan Xu, Yi Zhuang, Jing-jing Gu

“…The concept of coplanarity is added into the traditional DV-Distance algorithm to reduce the positioning error caused by anchor nodes which are coplanar. Those unknown nodes which have been located are promoted to assistant anchor nodes to improve the positioning coverage. …”
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Contraditório e ampla defesa: direitos? O que dizem os processos de apuração de ato infracional entre os anos 2014 e 2017 em Goiânia, Goiás by Lélia Moreira Borges, Telma Ferreira do Nascimento Durães, Gustavo de Faria Lopes, Ricardo Barbosa de Lima

“…Para responder a essa hipótese, utilizamos diferentes metodologias, buscando compreender a dinâmica da apuração do ato infracional, desde seu início, com a atuação do sistema de segurança, até a fase final no âmbito da justiça especializada. Confirmamos nosso argumento ao observar duas situações: o recrudescimento de um processo seletivo que orienta o sistema de segurança a exercer maior controle e punição das camadas mais pobres da população; e a atuação do sistema de justiça especial, que conjuga paradoxalmente uma racionalidade própria da justiça penal na condução do processo com um julgamento subjetivo, permeado por valores morais, não rompendo, dessa maneira, com o paradigma da situação irregular.…”
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Teaching Creative Thinking in the ELT Context: Beliefs and Practices by Yin Sun, Zehang Chen, Li Li

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Distributed Arithmetic for Efficient Base-Band Processing in Real-Time GNSS Software Receivers by Grégoire Waelchli, Marcel Baracchi-Frei, Cyril Botteron, Pierre-André Farine

“…Indeed, with the increasing performance of modern processors, it becomes now feasible to implement in software a multichannel GNSS receiver operating in real time. …”
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Performance of wood bottom ash as a replacement for Portland cement in coating mortars by Leila Celin Nascimento, Gercyr Baptista Junior, Gustavo de Castro Xavier, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carla Therezinha Dalvi Borjaille Alledi

“…However, the properties that showed improvement were the setting time and the dynamic elastic modulus. Moreover, it was noticed by the calorimetry analysis that the 5% WBA replacement mortar favored nucleation during hydration. …”
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Central precocious puberty associated with duplicated pituitary: a case report and literature review by Kun Yang, Yanmei Sang, Yanmei Sang, Li Dai, Weizhong Wang

“…Patients with duplicated pituitary often have severe neurodevelopmental abnormalities and craniofacial deformities. Till now, only eight patients diagnosed with duplicated pituitary showing barely central precocious puberty (CPP) are reported in the published literature. …”
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Safety evaluation of an extension of use of the food enzyme glucose oxidase from the genetically modified Aspergillus niger strain ZGL by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Daniele Cavanna, Yi Liu

“…When combined with the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) previously reported (1038 mg TOS/kg bw per day, the highest dose tested), the Panel derived a margin of exposure of at least 41,520. …”
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