LAFCADIO HEARN VE JAPONYA ALGISI / LAFCADIO HEARN AND HIS PERCEPTION OF JAPAN by Okan Haluk AKBAY

“…</p><p>Ondört yıl boyunca Japonya’da yaşayan Lafcadio Hearn, Japonya ve Japon kültürü üzerine çok sayıda eser kaleme almış ve bu eserler batıdaki Japonya bilgisinin oluşumuna büyük katkı sağlamıştır. …”
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Prediction of Preterm Birth by Maternal Characteristics and Medical History in the Brazilian Population by Enio Luis Damaso, Daniel Lober Rolnik, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Silvana Maria Quintana, Geraldo Duarte, Fabricio da Silva Costa, Alessandra Marcolin

“…The data were inserted in the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) online calculator to estimate the individual risk of PTB. …”
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A New Approach to Supplier Selection: Interval Ranking of DEA with Double Frontiers by Feloora Valizadeh Palang Sarae

“…Findings: The results showed that the traditional DEA method measures only the best relative efficiency of a group of decision-making units while avoiding pessimistic performance. …”
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The essence and features of housing legal relations by M. Ye. Vasylenko

“…It has been argued that housing legal relations accompany a person almost all his/her life, since housing is one of the basic needs of every person. That is why an important task of the legislator is to create all the necessary legal and organisational conditions for the proper functioning of the latter.…”
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Significance of the Lesion&ndash;Pleura Relationship in Differentiating Peripheral Inflammatory Lesions and Lung Cancers by Tao Y, Zhang WT, Ding C, Fu BJ, Lv FJ, Chu ZG

“…Additionally, the lesion–pleura relationship was one of independent indicators for differentiation (odds ratio, 9.433; P < 0.001).Conclusion: When differentiating peripheral lesions (≥ 1.5 cm), it is crucial to consider the basement-to-pleura and lesion-pleura distance besides patients’ clinical characteristics, laboratory parameters and morphological features.Keywords: lung neoplasms, diagnosis, differential, tomography, X-ray computed…”
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The Public Signs of Vilnius: Languages and Genres by Inga Daraškienė

“…Lithuanian is used in all types of signs, and the only monolingual Lithuanian signs are road signs and street names, apart from decorative plaques with foreign languages on them. …”
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Evolution of secondary phases in 0.17C-16Cr-11Mn-0.43N austenitic stainless steel at 800 and 850°C: Thermodynamic modeling of phase equilibria and experimental kinetic studies by Čička R., Bakajová J., Štefániková M., Dománková M., Janovec J.

“…For the investigated steel the computational thermodynamics can be used only for qualitative interpretation of the experimental results as the measured endothermal peaks were found to be shifted of about 50 ÷ 70°C related to the computed results.…”
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Treatment of Tanning Effluent Using Seaweeds and Reduction of Environmental Contamination by V. Sampathkumar, S. Southamirajan, Elango Subramani, Senthilkumar Veerasamy, D. Ambika, Dineshkumar Gopalakrishnan, G. E. Arunkumar, K. Raja, S. Arulmozhi, Dhivya Balamoorthy

“…One of the main sources of dangerous chemicals that are dumped untreated into land and water bodies and have a negative influence on the ecosystem are industrial effluents. …”
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Legal interventions for perinatal depression in India: a qualitative study with clinical specialists having expertise in perinatal mental health by Ritika Behl, Vivek Nemane, Shashikala Gurpur

“…Objectives To provide insights into the perspectives of clinical specialists (CSs) regarding the efficacy of existing legal interventions (health laws, policies, guidelines, etc) in addressing and managing perinatal depression (PND) in women in India, in the background of the existing policy gap.Study design and methods After adopting the consultative participatory approach, a qualitative study involving online, semi-structured, in-depth interviews was conducted. …”
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Residue Kinetics of Ethofumesate in Texturally Diverse Soils of Sugar Beet Crop under Field Conditions by Shishir Tandon, Suman Lata Pal

“…Indiscriminate use of pesticides and growing awareness of environmental and health problems had led to monitoring their residues in soil and crops. Ethofumesate is one of the widely used herbicides for controlling weeds in sugar beet. …”
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The “State Interest” and Humanitarian Diplomacy of Oliver Cromwell by L. I. Ivonina

“…Cromwellian Foreign Policy in SavoyPiedmont demonstrates one of the most significant cases of implementing the humanitarian principles in international relations. …”
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Ambrosia Beetles, Platypus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Platypodidae) by T. H. Atkinson

“…This document is EENY-174 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 321), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Multidimensional comparison of life cycle footprint of hydrogen production technologies by Péter Németh, Anikó Zseni, András Torma

“…It is not possible to identify one stand-alone technology that would be the most environmentally friendly in all circumstances, it is essential to investigate all the technologies in the given context of use. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Anorexia Nervosa in a Middle‐Aged Woman: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review by Maen Nizam Baroudi, Anwar I. Joudeh, Mohammed Kays Alattiya, Abdo Qaid Ahmed Lutf, Hassan Abuzaid, Salah Mahdi

“…Although SLE could be linked to multiple neuropsychiatric manifestations, the co‐occurrence of anorexia nervosa was only described through a few case reports that mainly affected children and adolescents. …”
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Canine Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area for Human Leishmaniasis in Nicaragua by Byron Flores, Brenda Mora-Sánchez, Dayana Torres, Jessica Sheleby-Elías, William Jirón, José Luis Balcazar

“…Amastigotes were found in 22% of venous or peripheral blood samples, whereas a high prevalence of 28.89% (95% CI: 14.53–43.24) was found by PCR. Only 1/12 of positive dogs in PCR presented dry exfoliative dermatitis, therefore, there was no significant difference (p≥0.05), the age and sex of the dogs were also not factors associated with infection (p≥0.05). …”
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Dimeric and polymeric IgA, but not monomeric IgA, enhance the production of IL-6 by human renal mesangial cells by T. J. F. Reterink, W. E. M. Schroeijers, L. A. van Es, M. R. Daha

“…Depositions of IgA in the renal glomerular mesangial area are a hallmark of IgA nephropathy, and are thought to be crucial for the onset of inflammation processes in IgA nephropathy. …”
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Surgical Management of a Large Chronic Prepatellar Bursitis: 2-Stage Technique by Sriskandarasa Senthilkumaran, Steven W. Hamilton

“…We present a 2-stage technique using negative pressure dressings which produced a good outcome with no recurrence at one year after surgery.…”
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The possibility of effective using the conservative and the minimally invasive treatment methods at various stages of the Dupuytren disease by Ekaterina K. Ovchinnikova, Sergey I. Gilfanov

“…The modern approach is focused on the invasive treatment of only later disease stages and of the severe contracture cases. …”
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Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yiren Chen, Lijun Wu, Zijun Liao, Yiying Huang, Qin Liu, Shaoli Li, Junting Liu, Xinnan Zong, Jun Tai, Fangfang Chen

“…SDB was significantly associated with BMI, fat mass percentage (FMP), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), SBP, triglycerides (TG), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) across all age groups (p < 0.05), while SDB was positively correlated with HAZ only in children aged 6–11 years (β = 0.240, p < 0.05). …”
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Hydroxyurea mitigates diabetic kidney disease through mTOR-S6K signaling pathway in STZ-induced diabetic mice by Wanying Cheng, Cenzhu Wang, Meican Ma, Yu Zhou

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