English-Polish contrastive grammar at Polish universities by Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld

“…The aim of the present paper is to characterize and evaluate the courses offered in the English departments of selected Polish universities and to suggest an “ideal” syllabus. …”
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Strategic business movements? The migration of online romance fraudsters from Nigeria to Ghana by Suleman Lazarus, Mark Button, Kaina Habila Garba, Adebayo Benedict Soares, Mariata Hughes

“…Ghanaian police officers and Nigerian law enforcement officers were consulted for their perspectives. …”
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Urban redevelopment, governance and vulnerability: thirty years of ‘regeneration’ in Dublin by Niamh Moore-Cherry

“… Over the last three decades, state intervention through urban regeneration has focused on ‘fixing’ perceived social and spatial vulnerabilities within particular neighbourhoods, communities or city spaces but has often generated new urban crises. Previous research examining regeneration over significant periods of time in the UK and Ireland, suggests that often the same spaces and communities are subject to repeated rounds of intervention. …”
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Silent enemy of the hand: The Viking disease by Stoiljković Vera

“…Dupuytren's contracture (DK) is the most common progressive idiopathic fibrosis of the superficial palmar fascia, often asymptomatic at its onset, caused by changes in the palmar aponeurosis, resulting in flexion contractures in the fingers of the hand. …”
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Rapid isolation and recovery of Salmonella using hollow glass microspheres coated with multilayered nanofilms by Rutwik Joshi, Hesaneh Ahmadi, Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem, Fariha Afnan, Siva Parameswaran, Chau-Chyun Chen, Gizem Levent, Wei Li

“…Despite the progress of innovative microfluidic or immunomagnetic isolation techniques, sophisticated lab equipment and microfabrication are often needed. Here, we present a novel, rapid yet simple method for isolation and recovery of Salmonella from mixed bacterial populations in food matrices and blood. …”
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The status and influencing factors of death anxiety among Chinese college students under the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Guangjian Li, Zhou Wang, Tingye Gao, Xin Gao, Junli Sun, Peng Li, Fengda Wu, Shouzhi Wu, Jie Zhou, Yaping Kong, Xugui Sun

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Indigenous Environmental Activism and Media Depiction by Raphaela G O Pavlakos

“…Media bias is a reality of the infoglut we are bombarded with every day. However, we often consider bias to be consigned to the textual realm of information. …”
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The role of emotional and cognitive engagement in refugee entrepreneurship and business sustainability: Evidence from Ghanaian SMEs by Samuel Oduro Owusu, Mathew Thomas Gil

“…By integrating the Mixed Embeddedness Theory and Kahn’s Theory of Engagement, this study offers novel insights into how refugee entrepreneurs overcome socioeconomic barriers to sustain their businesses. …”
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Identification Procedures as Tools for Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machinery by Susanne Seibold, Claus-Peter Fritzen

“…System identification procedures offer the possibility to correct erroneous models, based on measurement data. …”
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Retos y expectativas de investigadores y académicos en el marco del bicentenario de las Relaciones Diplomáticas Colombia-Estados Unidos by Andrea Borrero Saa, Deyner Alexis Caicedo Camacho, Maria José Parra Zuñiga

“…A través de sus conversaciones, ofrecen una visión profunda sobre temas cruciales en educación y política global. …”
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Elevated BP180 ELISA at Diagnosis Correlates with Disease Severity and Relapse in Oral Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: Preliminary Results from a Retrospective Monocentric Italian Stud... by Andrea Gabusi, Davide B. Gissi, Roberto Rossi, Federica Filippi, Camilla Loi, Cosimo Misciali, Giacomo Clarizio, Michelangelo La Placa, Federico Bardazzi

“…Circulating anti-BP180 IgG was measured using the same available ELISA kit (Euroimmun cut-off 20 U/mL). Clinical severity at diagnosis was measured using the oral disease severity score (ODSS). …”
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LA ROUMANIE AU BOUT DE LA TRANSITION DÉMOGRAPHIQUE: DISPARITÉS ET CONVERGENCES RÉGIONALES by IONEL MUNTELE

“…The analyses of some long series of demographic data, got by processing various and often contradictory recordings, clearlypoint out the distinct stages of the Romanian society’s adjustment to the classical pattern of the demographic transition. …”
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Content and face validity in virtual reality with children: a validation in five steps+1 of a wheelchair basketball game by Imanol Ceberio, Mohammad Al-Rashaida, Maitane García, Juan Francisco Lopez Paz, Monika Salgueiro, Nicole Passi, Humberto Pavel, Imanol Amayra

“…The study also criticized the face validity cut-offs often used in adult-focused research, emphasizing the need to adapt them for children´s developmental stages.ConclusionThis study proposes a sixth step not traditionally included in content and face validity processes, specially focusing on the child user. …”
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Evolution of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from Early Rockets to HIMARS and Beyond by Mykola Bondarenko, Volodymyr Habrinets, Mykhailo Vorobei

“…Practical Implications. The article offers recommendations for military analysts on using HIMARS and selecting appropriate missiles for combat scenarios. …”
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Toward medical test recommendation from optimal attribute selection perspectives: a backward reasoning approach by Nengjun Zhu, Jieyun Huang, Jian Cao, Liang Hu, Siji Zhu

“…However, over-testing can often occur in any medical speciality or level of expertise. …”
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Acute Renal Failure after Abdominal Trauma: Renal Artery Spasm Hypothesis in Ischemic Infarction in a 12-Year-Old Girl by Aphaia Roussel, Jean-Daniel Delbet, Tim Ulinski

“…Posttraumatic renal failure is often due to postischemic renal infarction, caused by identified vascular lesions. …”
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High prevalence of p16 staining in malignant tumors. by Noémi De Wispelaere, Sebastian Dwertmann Rico, Marcus Bauer, Andreas M Luebke, Martina Kluth, Franziska Büscheck, Claudia Hube-Magg, Doris Höflmayer, Natalia Gorbokon, Sören Weidemann, Katharina Möller, Christoph Fraune, Christian Bernreuther, Ronald Simon, Christian Kähler, Anne Menz, Andrea Hinsch, Frank Jacobsen, Patrick Lebok, Till Clauditz, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Rainer Krech, David Dum, Till Krech, Andreas Marx, Sarah Minner

“…p16 (CDKN2A) is a member of the INK4 class of cell cycle inhibitors, which is often dysregulated in cancer. However, the prevalence of p16 expression in different cancer types is controversial. 15,783 samples from 124 different tumor types and 76 different normal tissue types were analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray format. p16 was detectable in 5,292 (45.0%) of 11,759 interpretable tumors. …”
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Impression management techniques employed by listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange when using Twitter by Naledi Nkhi, Zakiyyah Varachia, Dannielle Cerbone

“…Negative tweets predominantly did not contain hashtags, once again indicating that companies often conceal negative information. Most positive and neutral tweets contained hashtags, illustrating that companies often use Twitter as a means to alter users’ perceptions towards a positive image. …”
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The Impacts of Hybrid Fuels on Fuel Efficiency: Reasons and Implications by Zhao Qisen

“…Hybrid fuels, comprising mixtures of conventional and alternative energy sources, have shown promise in enhancing fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, they offer potential benefits in stabilizing fuel prices and fostering economic growth by diversifying energy sources. …”
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Esophageal submucosal gland duct adenoma: a case report and literature review by Bing Zhou, Jian Zheng, Ling Huang, Hua Hao

“…IntroductionEsophageal submucosal gland duct adenoma (ESGDA) is a rare, benign tumor with non-specific clinical features and imaging findings, often leading to misdiagnosis.Case reportIn this report we describe the clinicopathological features of a new-onset case of ESGDA and review 19 previously-reported ESGDA cases in the literature.ResultsThe median age of the 20 patients was 70 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 5:2. …”
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