Assessment of the Relationship between Diabetic Retinopathy and Nailfold Capillaries in Type 2 Diabetics with a Noninvasive Method: Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy by Seyit Uyar, Ayşe Balkarlı, Muhammet Kazım Erol, Bayram Yeşil, Abdullah Tokuç, Doğan Durmaz, Süheyla Görar, Ayhan Hilmi Çekin

“…In logistic regression analysis, only tortuosity was shown significant (OR, 2.16; p=0.036). …”
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Secondary Smoking and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Bella Weijia Luo, Ivy Guofang Sun, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Chun Hung Chu

“…A meta-analysis of 11 of them revealed that children with secondary smoking exposure had an odds ratio of 1.77 in caries risk (P < .001), whereas one cross-sectional study found no increase in caries risk without data reporting. …”
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Current directions for improving the administrative, legal and organisational principles of the activities of higher education institutions of the MIA of Ukraine which provide poli... by K. L. Buhaichuk, O. A. Morhunov

“…It has been proven that institutions of higher education with specific learning conditions, which train police officers, must quickly adapt to changes in the tasks and powers of the National Police, so that the skills and abilities of students of higher education meet not only the standards of higher education in the relevant specialties, but also the state of internal security environment of the state and new areas of activity of state law enforcement agencies in a special period. …”
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Recognition and Classification of 3D Objects of Different Details by Islam A. Alexandrov, Maxim S. Mikhailov, Alexander N. Muranov, Vladimir Zh. Kuklin

“…It was shown how much more effective the use of the three descriptors was compared to the use of each one individually. An example of object recognition using the proposed method was also given. …”
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Gaussian Process-Based Response Surface Method for Slope Reliability Analysis by Bin Hu, Guo-shao Su, Jianqing Jiang, Yilong Xiao

“…Results of four case studies including one nonslope and three slope problems indicate that the proposed method is more efficient to achieve reasonable accuracy for slope reliability analysis than the traditional RSM.…”
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ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST by M. V. Makarych

“…It is used for evaluating person’s language skills not only at educational establishments but also while acquiring citizenship or getting a job. …”
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Development of a Family of Chaotic Systems with Infinite Equilibria and Its Application for Image Encryption by Xiaofeng Li, Yulong Bai, Weishuan Pan, Di Wang, Yong-Jie Ma

“…Therefore, this study not only enriched the research on infinite equilibria chaotic systems but also further expanded secure communication technology by combining chaotic synchronization control and DNA coding in image encryption.…”
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Le mythe du microcèbe primitif by Fabien Génin, Judith C Masters

“…They probably experienced at least 3 independent events of dwarfing which lead to parallel changes in the proportions of the head and limbs (allometry). The first one (dwarfing) has led to a decrease in the size of body and limbs, without any significant change in cranial form (with the exception of teeth) in the largest forms Phaner, Mirza, and the largest forms of the genus Cheirogaleus). …”
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Model Reduction Technique Tailored to the Dynamic Analysis of a Beam Structure under a Moving Load by Yuanchang Chen, Bangji Zhang, Shengzhao Chen

“…The nature of the dedicated condensation method tailored to address the moving load case is that the master degrees of freedom are reselected, and the coefficient matrices of the condensed model are recalculated as the load travels from one element to another. Although this process increases computational burden, the overall computational time is still greatly reduced because of the small scale of motion equations. …”
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Random k conditional nearest neighbor for high-dimensional data by Jiaxuan Lu, Hyukjun Gweon

“…The k nearest neighbor (kNN) approach is a simple and effective algorithm for classification and a number of variants have been proposed based on the kNN algorithm. One of the limitations of kNN is that the method may be less effective when data contains many noisy features due to their non-informative influence in calculating distance. …”
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Economic relations between Russia and Syria: investments, commodity turnover and prospects by A. H. Eid

“…Commodity turnover between these countries is characterised by a much larger flow in one direction – to Syria, which is not surprising, as Syria has been under sanctions since 2011 and is still on its way to economic recovery.…”
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International prevalence of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amie Steel, Jon Adams, Brenda Leung, Holger Cramer, Matthew J Leach, Jon Wardle, Joshua Goldenberg, Janet Schloss, Rebecca Redmond, Joanna Elizabeth Harnett, Claudine Van de Venter, Andy McLintock, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hawrelak, Kieran Cooley

“…This study reports a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies describing the global prevalence of history of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner by the general population.Setting The included literature was identified through a systematic search of eight databases between September and October 2019, as well as the grey literature.Participants Studies were included if they reported the prevalence rate of consultations with a naturopathic practitioner by the general population.Interventions Survey items needed to report consultations with a naturopathic practitioner as defined in the country where data was collected, and not combine naturopathic consultations with other health services or only report consulations for illness populations.Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary measures used for the analysis was consultations in the previous 12 months. …”
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La refonte d’un référentiel de compétences : processus et enjeux by Alexia Stumpf

“…This article is about the process of reworking the skills’ repository in a University of Teacher Education in Switzerland who are training for teaching in high or grammar schools. In a first time, once the main notions have been defined, we are presenting the questions at the origin of this research and the methodology used to achieve the process.In a second time, we are highlighting the more professionalizing aspects of the new repository and pointing out ideas that can lead to a better harmonization with the curricula and more adequacy between the different levels that render the notion of professionalization. …”
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Evaluation of Bone Healing on Sandblasted and Acid Etched Implants Coated with Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite: An In Vivo Study in Rabbit Femur by Lory Melin Svanborg, Luiz Meirelles, Victoria Franke Stenport, Per Kjellin, Fredrik Currie, Martin Andersson, Ann Wennerberg

“…A submicron thick coating of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals deposited onto blasted and acid etched screw shaped titanium implants did not enhance bone healing, as compared to blasted and etched control implants when placed in trabecular bone.…”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…This is an indication not only of a significant widespread of the virus in the region, more than the one reported officially, but also of the ineffectiveness of the lockdown; enacted too late and enforced inefficiently. …”

Real-Time Neuropsychological Testing for Hydrocephalus: Ultra-Fast Neuropsychological Testing During Infusion and Tap Test in Patients with Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus by Ilaria Guarracino, Sara Fabbro, Daniele Piccolo, Serena D’Agostini, Miran Skrap, Enrico Belgrado, Marco Vindigni, Francesco Tuniz, Barbara Tomasino

“…To select shunt-responsive patients, infusion and tap tests can be used. Only gait is evaluated after the procedure to establish a potential improvement. …”
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Evaluation of a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis derived from a hypomethylated DNA signature of human motor neurons by Calum Harvey, Alicja Nowak, Sai Zhang, Tobias Moll, Annika K Weimer, Aina Mogas Barcons, Cleide Dos Santos Souza, Laura Ferraiuolo, Kevin Kenna, Noah Zaitlen, Christa Caggiano, Pamela J Shaw, Michael P Snyder, Jonathan Mill, Eilis Hannon, Johnathan Cooper-Knock

“…Our findings are important for the ongoing development of ALS biomarkers. The MN-specific hypomethylated genomic regions we have derived could be usefully combined with more sensitive detection methods and perhaps with study of CSF instead of plasma. …”
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Molecular Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) Associated with Carissa edulis, an Endangered Plant Species along Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya by Benard O. Ogoma, Stephen F. Omondi, Jane Ngaira, Josephine W. Kimani

“…Molecular analysis also revealed presence of four genera, but only two (Glomus and Acaulospora) were common for both the analyses with Glomus as the most predominant genera. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Extreme Hydroclimatic Events in the Bani River Basin by Fousseini Kouyaté, François Kossi Guédjé, Assane Ndiaye, Orou Moctar Ganni Mampo

“…Using indices such as the maximum rainfall over a one-day period (RX1DAY), maximum rainfall over a five-day period (RX5DAY), rainfall exceeding the 95th percentile (R95P), simple daily precipitation intensity (SDII), and peak discharge (Qmax), the modified Mann–Kendall test and Pettitt’s test were applied to assess the trends and identify potential breakpoints. …”
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Des TIC au TOC. Contribuer à OpenStreetMap : entre commun numérique et utopie cartographique by Marina Duféal, Matthieu Noucher

“…Since the advent of geoweb, the landscape of geographic information has been constantly invested by new technical, legal and organizational arrangements on one hand, and new data producers, on the other hand. …”
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