Self-reported knowledge and difficulties towards palliative care among healthcare professionals in rural China: a cross-sectional study by Junwei Niu, Min Feng, Changhui Song, Hui Xie

“…Linear regression analysis showed that participating in at least one PC training session every six months (β = -10.66; p = 0.032), having experience caring for seriously ill people at home (β =  -6.31; p = 0.024), greater knowledge of symptom management (β = -3.72; p = 0.012), and higher levels of basic knowledge (β = -5.12; p = 0.007) were negatively associated with PC difficulties. …”
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Echinococcosis of the liver in Poland – review of the literature and our own clinical material by Antonina Respondek, Maksymilian Baryła, Aleksandra Popławska-Ferenc, Maciej Kosieradzki, Monika Dybicz, Marek Gołębiowski, Olga Tronina, Mansur Rahnama, Edyta Karpeta, Piotr Małkowski

“…Echinococcosis is considered one of the world’s most dangerous zoonoses, and the tapeworm that causes it is one of the two most dangerous parasites to humans globally. …”
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Evaluation of histopathological patterns of testicular biopsies in azoospermic patients: A study of 3 years in Al-Najaf Center by Shaymaa Ahmed Hadi Allebawi, Asaad Abdul Hamza Al-Janabi

“…The second most frequent type is germ cell aplasia/sertoli cell-only syndrome (54 cases) (30%) with spermatogenesis scored as 2. …”
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More on search for causes of sensitization to tuberculin PPD for mammals in cattle by M. O. Baratov, P. S. Huseynova

“…The results of the experiment conducted in 628 cows of a dairy holding confirmed that Actinomyces bovis lacks tuberculin-associated allergenicity: actinomycosis was detected only in one of 96 (15.2%) tuberculin reactors. The conducted clinical tests with high significance level (Р < 0.005) showed that there is no association between allergic reaction to tuberculin PPD for mammals and actinomycosis infection. …”
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Methylxanthine and Flavonoid Contents from Guarana Seeds (Paullinia cupana): Comparison of Different Drying Techniques and Effects of UV Radiation by André Luiz Sampaio da Silva Junior, Madson Moreira Nascimento, Herick Macedo Santos, Ivon Pinheiro Lôbo, Rosilene Aparecida de Oliveira, Raildo Mota de Jesus

“…Guarana seeds are typically processed using one of three drying methods: traditional sun exposure, greenhouse drying, or the alguidar oven technique. …”
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Televizyon Reklamlarından Gençlerin Etkilenme Biçimleri: Reklam Oyuncularının Gençlerin İmajlarının Şekillenmesinde Etkisi by İmran Uğur

“…Gençler, çevrelerindeki güzel ve yakışıklı kişilere dikkat etmekte, giyim ve kozmetik ürünlerine ilgi duymaktadırlar. Onlar bu dönemde kendi imajlarını şekillendirme sorunu yaşayabilmektedirler. …”
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Constraining the Effective Mass of Majorana Neutrino with Sterile Neutrino Mass for Inverted Ordering Spectrum by Jaydip Singh

“…Inspired by the experimental anomalies in neutrino physics and recent oscillation data from short baseline and another neutrino experiment, the realization of one extra neutrino flavor seems to be favoring. …”
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Western Leaffooted Bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by Amelio A. Chi, Russell F. Mizell

“…It transmits a trypanosomatid plant pathogen similar to the one that causes Chagas’ disease and sleeping sickness in humans, but that is only pathogenic to plants. …”
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Haptic Addition to a Visual Menu Selection Interface Controlled by an In-Vehicle Rotary Device by Camilla Grane, Peter Bengtsson

“…Four interfaces were compared during simulated driving: visual only, partly corresponding visual-haptic, fully corresponding visual-haptic, and haptic only. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Holistic Pelvic Examination and Holistic Treatment of Infertility by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…There is, therefore, a need for a procedure that is familiar to and safe for the patient, for all work that involves therapeutic touching of sexual organs over and beyond what is standard medical practice. This paper presents one case story of earlier child sexual abuse and one case of temporary infertility. …”
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Experimental verification of the applicability of methods for calculating the compressibility factor of natural gas at low temperatures by D. Yu. Kutovoy, R. I. Ganiev, M. L. Shustrova, V. B. Yavkin, V. A. Fafurin

“…It is found out that the deviation of the calculated values of the compressibility factor according to the AGA8-92DC, AGA8 Report 1 Detail, GERG-2004/2008, ISO 20765-1 (GOST R 8.662-2009), GSSSD MR 13-03 methods from the experimental ones does not exceed 0,1 %. This fact confirms the possibility of using these methods in the temperature range from 220 to 250 K. …”
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Analysis of Equation of State for Carbon Nanotubes by Jeewan Chandra, Pooja Kapri Bhatt, Kuldeep Kholiya

“…Shanker formulation slightly improves the results obtained by the Suzuki formulation, but only usual Tait’s equation (UTE) of state gives results in agreement to the experimental data. …”
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Aircraft Detection for Remote Sensing Images Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Liming Zhou, Haoxin Yan, Yingzi Shan, Chang Zheng, Yang Liu, Xianyu Zuo, Baojun Qiao

“…Aircraft detection for remote sensing images, as one of the fields of computer vision, is one of the significant tasks of image processing based on deep learning. …”
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Subseasonal Prediction of Heat‐Related Mortality in Switzerland by Maria Pyrina, Ana M. Vicedo‐Cabrera, Dominik Büeler, Sidharth Sivaraj, Christoph Spirig, Daniela I. V. Domeisen

“…Nevertheless, there is only limited assessment of the potential for heat‐health warning systems at a regional level on subseasonal timescales. …”
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Microfluidic Nanoparticle Separation for Precision Medicine by Zhenwei Lan, Rui Chen, Da Zou, Chun‐Xia Zhao

“…As nanoparticles, both of biological origin and for therapeutic purposes, become increasingly important in precision medicine, microfluidic nanoparticle separation proves particularly advantageous for handling valuable samples in personalized medicine. This technology not only enhances detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment accuracy, but also reduces invasiveness in medical procedures. …”
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Aspectos del silencio en la épica latina by Joaquín Beltrán Serra

“… En la primera parte del presente trabajo detallamos los eventuales sujetos del silencio, que son muy numerosos, en once subdivisiones o apartados, y que alcanzan a todo tipo de entes, tanto reales como ficticios. …”
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Differential HLA Association of GAD65 and IA2 Autoantibodies in North Indian Type 1 Diabetes Patients by Neihenuo Chuzho, Neeraj Kumar, Neetu Mishra, Nikhil Tandon, Uma Kanga, Gurvinder Kaur, Paras Singh, Gunja Mishra, Shreya Sharma, Narinder K. Mehra

“…GADA and IA2A were detected in 50.79% and 15.87% of T1D patients, respectively, while only 8.73% had both GADA and IA2A. HLA-DRB1∗03 was observed to be significantly higher in GADA+ T1D patients as compared to GADA– (91.41% vs. 66.13%, Bonferroni-corrected P Pc=1.11×10−5; OR=5.45; 95% CI: 2.67-11.08). …”
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Health Status and Patient Satisfaction after Corneal Graft: Results from the Corneal Transplant Epidemiological Study by Adriano Fasolo, Cristina Capuzzo, Michela Fornea, Anna Chiara Frigo, Cristina Monterosso, Alfonso Zampini, Antonio Avarello, Alessandro Galan, Sandro Sbordone, Adele Elisabetta Ragucci, Claudio Gorla, Francesco Grigoletto, Diego Ponzin

“…This is the first report on the use of the SF-12 and one of the few that assess quality of life in patients after corneal transplantation. …”
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Characterization of the Protective HIV-1 CTL Epitopes and the Corresponding HLA Class I Alleles: A Step towards Designing CTL Based HIV-1 Vaccine by Sajib Chakraborty, Taibur Rahman, Rajib Chakravorty

“…CTL epitope cluster distribution analysis revealed only two HIV-1 proteins, namely, Nef and Gag, which have significant cluster forming capacity. …”
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Acoustic tags versus camera—a case study on feeding behaviour of European seabass in sea cages by I-Hao Chen, I-Hao Chen, Dimitra G. Georgopoulou, Lars O. E. Ebbesson, Dimitris Voskakis, Antonella Zanna Munthe-Kaas, Nikos Papandroulakis

“…However, the relationship between those two different measurement types seems to have not been explored, nor have they been evaluated together in one experimental site.MethodsIn our 1-month study, we compared the activity of 14 sentinel fish and the artificial intelligence (AI)-inferred speed of individuals from the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) sea cage population in three feeding trials. …”
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