Issues of Interpretation and Application of the Notion of “International Legal Legitimation” by A. M. Korzhenyak

“…In the process of adapting to the changing realities of geopolitics and international law, collective legitimation has become one of the main political functions of the UN as a means of politically significant approval (or disapproval) of the behaviour and positions of states as consistent with international law and at the same time meeting the needs of the present, a means of recognising them as legitimate (or illegitimate). …”
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YOLOv8-Based Estimation of Estrus in Sows Through Reproductive Organ Swelling Analysis Using a Single Camera by Iyad Almadani, Mohammed Abuhussein, Aaron L. Robinson

“…Using custom distance functions, we computed the distances for each measurement dimension and aggregated them to determine the overall similarity. …”
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Immune-related gene characterization and biological mechanisms in major depressive disorder revealed based on transcriptomics and network pharmacology by Shasha Wu, Shasha Wu, Qing Jiang, Jinhui Wang, Jinhui Wang, Daming Wu, Yan Ren

“…WGCNA revealed 12 co-expression modules, with modules “darked”, “darkurquoise” and “light yellow” showing significant positive associations with MDD. Functional enrichment pathway analysis indicated that these differential genes were associated with immune functions. …”
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Research progress and prospect of cooling technology for drilling fluid in deep and ultra-deep wells by Chao ZHANG, Jinsheng SUN, Xianbin HUANG, Kaihe LÜ, Jintang WANG, Jian LI, Yuan GENG, Juan HE, Jiajun Dai

“…These extreme thermal conditions considerably threaten the stability, functionality, and reliability of drilling fluids that are essential to successful drilling. …”
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Reconstrução mamária com retalho do músculo grande dorsal e materiais aloplásticos: análise de resultados e proposta de nova tática para cobertura do implante Breast reconstruction... by Jefferson Di Lamartine, Juldásio Galdino Júnior, José Carlos Dahe, Gustavo Souza Guimarães, João Pedro Pontes Camara Filho, Marina de Souza Borgatto, Ricardo Cintra Júnior, Diogo Borges Pedroso

“…After the procedure, 94% of the patients reported that their expectations had been met, 64% reported no functional limitations, and 18% reported mild limitations. …”
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Mortality and Graft Failure With Medical Management Alone Versus Revascularization After Coronary Angiography Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Population-Based Study by Labib I. Faruque, Robert R. Quinn, Pietro Ravani, Tyrone G. Harrison, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Stephen Wilton, Alix Clarke, Matthew T. James, Ngan N. Lam

“…Patients: We included adult, kidney-only transplant recipients between January 1997 and March 2015 who survived at least 1-year post-transplant with a functioning graft and had a coronary angiography during follow-up. …”
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Práticas de gestão no desenvolvimento de produtos em empresas de autopeças Management practices in product development in autoparts industry by José Carlos de Toledo, Sérgio Luis da Silva, Dário Henrique Alliprandini, Manoel Fernando Martins, Fernanda Menezes Ferrari

“…Some of the main findings on the practices are: widespread dissemination and use of reference models for PDP partially implemented; methods and techniques for PDP Management are applied with weak inter functional integration; development team carries out the PDP activities; functional structure is still widely used; the follow-source projects are the most common type, while platform projects were also identified (average of 25% of carry out projects); and the first tier suppliers are the ones that more use practices of international pattern of PDP management. …”
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Leflunomide monotherapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Results of the Russian national Arava mono study by Rimma Mikhailovna Balabanova, Yu A Olyunin

“…The efficiency of the treatment was evaluated by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria using DAS 28 scores, by the ACR criteria, and functional changes using HAQ scores and quality of life using the EQ-5D questionnaire. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in patient-reported outcome measures among total hip and knee arthroplasty patients: a comprehensive analysis of instruments and domains by Joshua M. Bonsel, Max Reijman, Erin M. Macri, Jan A. N. Verhaar, Liza N. van Steenbergen, Gouke J. Bonsel

“…Conclusions Deprived THA/TKA patients have poorer pre- and postoperative health, which was primarily related to worse functioning and pain; the clinical relevance of these differences remain uncertain. …”
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A REMARKABLE FEATURE OF BIODIVERSITY OF THE COASTAL, MARINE AND ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CASPIAN SEA. A NEW LOOK AT THE AGE OF ISLANDS AND LEVEL MODE by G. M. Abdurahmanov, A. A. Teymurov

“…The last only switched on at night.Location of traps recorded by GPS-navigator. Traps Barbera functioned throughout the expedition period. Removal of the collected material was performed at intervals of 3 days. …”
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Case Study of an Integrated Design and Technical Concept for a Scalable Hyperloop System by Domenik Radeck, Florian Janke, Federico Gatta, João Nicolau, Gabriele Semino, Tim Hofmann, Nils König, Oliver Kleikemper, Felix He-Mao Hsu, Sebastian Rink, Felix Achenbach, Agnes Jocher

“…This paper presents the design process and resulting technical concept for an integrated hyperloop system, aimed at realizing efficient high-speed ground transportation. …”
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Retrospective analysis of HIV-associated lymphomas: insights from a single Romanian center over 15 years by Monica-Daniela Padurariu-Covit, Monica-Daniela Padurariu-Covit, Iulia Chiscop, Cristian Gutu, Anca-Adriana Arbune, Anca-Adriana Arbune, Elena Niculet, Elena Niculet, Elena Niculet, Manuela Arbune, Manuela Arbune

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Early rehabilitation challenges of surgical patients with COVID-19 infection - a single-arm study by Simić-Panić Dušica, Bošković Ksenija, Pantelinac Slobodan, Knežević Aleksandar, Jovićević Predrag, Kozios Apostolos, Janjić Nataša, Nikolić Nikola, Vojnović Larisa, Tomašević-Todorović Snežana

“…These patients exhibited significant functional improvement, which was measured by all tests that assessed rehabilitation outcome at discharge: BI (p < 0.001), MBS (p < 0.001), 6MWT (p < 0.001), and TUG test (p < 0.001). …”
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Defects in the necroptosis machinery are a cancer resistance mechanism to checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy by Katja Steiger, Peter May, Florian Bassermann, Anna Sax, Stefan Enssle, Nardine Soliman, Tatiana Nedelko, Giada Mandracci, Fabian Stögbauer, Laura Joachim, Christof Winter, Nadia El Khawanky, Hendrik Poeck, Simon Heidegger

“…However, it is unclear to which extent functional necroptosis in tumor cells contributes to ICI immunotherapy.Methods With genetically engineered tumor cell lines that lack specific components of the necroptosis machinery (mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase (MLKL), receptor interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3)), we addressed the importance of necroptotic tumor cell death for the efficacy of ICI immunotherapy in murine models. …”
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Multimodal versus non-contrast computed tomography for assessment of acute ischaemic stroke: the PRACTISE RCT by Keith W Muir, Salwa El Tawil, Alex McConnachie, Alicia Murray, Ian Ford, Grant Mair, Joanna Wardlaw

“…Treatment decision and delivery times, early neurological recovery and day 90 functional outcomes did not differ significantly between groups. …”
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Enhanced intestinal epithelial co-culture model with orbital mechanical stimulation: a proof-of-concept application in food nanotoxicology by Mattia Santoni, Giovanni Piccinini, Giovanni Piccinini, Giovanni Liguori, Maria Roberta Randi, Massimo Baroncini, Liliana Milani, Francesca Danesi

“…IntroductionCurrent in vitro intestinal models lack the mechanical forces present in the physiological environment, limiting their reliability for nanotoxicology studies. …”
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Advancements in Antimicrobial Surface Coatings Using Metal/Metaloxide Nanoparticles, Antibiotics, and Phytochemicals by Preetha Ebenezer, S. P. S. N. Buddhika Sampath Kumara, S. W. M. A. Ishantha Senevirathne, Laura J. Bray, Phurpa Wangchuk, Asha Mathew, Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda

“…This review evaluates three principal categories of antimicrobial agents utilized in surface functionalization: metal/metaloxide nanoparticles, antibiotics, and phytochemical compounds. …”
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Study of the Safety and Toxicokinetic Parameters of the Drug Eladis® in Preclinical Trials with Repeated Administration by A. A. Matichin, M. V. Miroshnikov, A. A. Matichina, V. M. Kosman, M. V. Karlina, E. M. Petrova, A. A. Globenko, E. A. Jain, A. V. Kapashin, A. L. Vladykin, A. S. Kolosov, M. A. Pasko

“…The results indicated no significant effects of the drug on body weight gain, animal behavior in a battery of functional tests, as well as the estimated physiological, biochemical, and hematological parameters. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-4 Inhibits Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression in the Mouse Macrophage Cell Line RAW264.7 through the Repression of Octamer-Depen... by Miki Hiroi, Yoshiichi Sakaeda, Hana Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori

“…These results suggest that a coactivator/cofactor that functionally interacts with Oct-1 is a molecular target for the IL-4-mediated inhibition of Nos2 and that IL-4-activated Stat6 represses Oct-1-dependent transcription by competing with this coactivator/cofactor.…”
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Comparative miRNAome combined with transcriptome and degradome analysis reveals a novel miRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with starch metabolism affecting pre-harvest sprout... by Longqing Sun, Ting Zhao, Dandan Qin, Jing Dong, Daorong Zhang, Xifeng Ren

“…Abstract Background Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is one of the most important problems associated with the severe decrease of yield and quality under disaster weather of continuous rain in wheat harvesting stage. At present, the functions and mechanisms related to the involvement of post-transcriptional regulation has not been studied very clearly in PHS resistance. …”
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