EXPERIÊNCIAS NO LOCAL DE TRABALHO DE INDIVÍDUOS LGBTQ+ EM PORTUGAL: UM ESTUDO PILOTO DE MÉTODO MISTO by Henrique Pereira, Colleen Beatriz

“…Objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore and characterize workplace discrimination and support experienced by LGBTQ+ workers in Portugal. Methods: This mixed-method study used online surveys to capture workplace satisfaction, experiences of “coming out” at work, and experienced support and discrimination in the workplace. …”
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Personality characteristics of security police male employees with «pre-disease» somatic health disorders by V. V. Bocharov, K. S. Denisova

“…Clinical psychology method and test psychodiagnostical methods were used in the research. …”
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Malting of Barley and Wheat Grains Impacts Their Metabolic Profiles in a Model of In Vitro Colonic Fermentation by Oona Koivisto, Kaisa Raninen, Otto Savolainen, Arto Koistinen, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Carlos Gómez Gallego

“…The optimized GC-MS method used in this study was able to differentiate the different sample types and is thus an excellent tool for monitoring gut microbial metabolite profiles.…”
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METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPING THE STRUCTURE OF A DICTIONARY ENTRY FOR A “DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF ORAL FOLKLORE” (STABLE AND TEXTUAL AND FIGURATIVE UNITS) by Ruslan L. Serdeha

“…In the future, we plan to pay more attention to various textual and figurative units of folklore and present more or less detailed samples of the parameterization of the abovementioned oral means. …”
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Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Detection in Shrimp Farming Pond Sediments by Ruoxuan LÜ, Xiuhua WANG, Meifeng WANG, Xinyu LIAN, Chen LI, Hua XU, Weili YIN, Peng JIA, Bing YANG

“…Monitoring pathogens in the water environment is a more direct and effective method compared with testing cultivated shrimp for biosecurity investigations and risk assessments. …”
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Etiological profile of early neonatal bacterial sepsis by multiplex qPCR by Walter P Silva-Junior, Almir S Martins, Paula C N Xavier, Kelly L A Appel, Silvio A Oliveira Junior, Durval B Palhares

“…Multiplex qPCR of patients with clinical sepsis matched with 8.1% of the blood samples that tested positive by the microbiological method. …”
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In vitro evaluation of octenidine as an antimicrobial agent against Staphylococcus epidermidis in disinfecting the root canal system by Jia Da Chum, Darryl Jun Zhi Lim, Sultan Omer Sheriff, Shaju Jacob Pulikkotil, Anand Suresh, Fabian Davamani

“…There were no significant differences among the CFU measurements of 2% CHX, 3% NaOCl, and 0.1% OCT showing complete elimination of S. epidermidis in all samples.ConclusionsThis study showed that OCT was comparable to or even more effective than CHX and NaOCl, demonstrating antimicrobial activity at low concentrations against S. epidermidis.…”
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Focal Extraction of Surface-Bound DNA from a Microchip Using Photo-Thermal Denaturation by Kenji Yasuda, Kazunori Okano, Shin'ichi Ishiwata

“…We report here a method for area-selective release and collection of specific DNA, in which an IR laser beam is focused onto surface-bound sample DNA at the target-spotted area to denature hybridized DNA. …”
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Determination of 13 Halogenated Organic Additives in Plastics of Electronic Products by Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry by Rui-fen ZHENG, Yi-zhe ZHU, Ling LIU, Shi-rong MA, Jun-xian HE, Cai-ming TANG

“…The quantitative analysis of 13 HOAs in 11 plastic samples collected from commonly used electronic products was performed by this method. …”
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An artificial intelligence approach to palaeogeographic studies: a case study of the Late Ordovician brachiopods of Laurentia by Akbar Sohrabi

“…Keywords: Brachiopods, Neural network, Morphometrics, Palaeogeography, Late Ordovician     Introduction       Traditionally, paleontology has been a descriptive science, and much of the previous research has been based on qualitative approaches. In recent years, more quantitative methods have been used by paleontologists, in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the relationships between fossils and their palaeogeography, palaeoecology, palaeobiology, and evolutionary history. …”
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Generative Inverse Design of Metamaterials with Functional Responses by Interpretable Learning by Wei (Wayne) Chen, Rachel Sun, Doksoo Lee, Carlos M. Portela, Wei Chen

“…RIGID leverages the interpretability of a random forest‐based “design → response” forward model, eliminating the need for a more complex “response → design” inverse model. Based on the likelihood of target satisfaction derived from the trained random forest, one can sample a desired number of design solutions using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. …”
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Investigation of different process routes for joining thermoplastic composite/steel joints via the embedding of cold formed metallic pin structures by Julian Popp, Dietmar Drummer

“…To assess the mechanical potential of pin joints relatively to established joining methods, we created and tested adhesively joined reference samples. …”
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Comparison of rheological and viscoelastic properties of hyaluronic acid for intraarticular injections by A. P. Prizov, N. V. Zagorodniy, F. L. Lazko, A. A. Nikitin, E. A. Belyak, M. F. Lazko, Ya. A. Kamenchuk, E. A. Il’ina

“…One of the safe non-surgical methods of OA treatment is intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid (HA).Objective: to compare the viscoelastic rheological properties of HA medical products with different concentrations of sodium hyaluronate (SH) available in the Russian Federation.Material and methods. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of adherence to antihypertensive medication: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Muhammad Arshed, Mehwish Kiran, Muhammad Farooq Umer, Jamil Adnan Samkari, Syed Mehmood ul hassan, Shafqat Qamer, Ali Hassan Gillani, Sajid Hameed, Waseela Ashraf, Hasan Mujtaba, Muhammad Naseem Khan

“…A multistage random sampling strategy recruited 32,197 hypertensive patients. …”
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European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases (EUROPAC): protocol for primary and secondary screening in individuals with inherited pancreatic disease syndromes for pancreati... by Paul Thomas, Phil Hopley, William Greenhalf, Richard J Jackson, Chris Halloran, Annabelle Boughey, Ioannis Sarantitis, Beata Gubacsi, Kayleigh Jevons, Emma Crowe, Eleri Hughes, Isobel Quinn, Liam Royle

“…Over 30% of cases are potentially avoidable, and while screening for this disease should be possible, the current methods, without risk stratification to detect high-risk groups, are unlikely to detect these individuals. …”
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Prevalence of HIV/syphilis co-infection among men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rong Su, Yi Liu, Duo Shan, Peilong Li, Lin Ge, Dongmin Li

“…Studies utilizing multiple sampling methods (4.7%, 95% CI: 3.6-6.0%) and recruiting MSM from sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics (9.1%, 95% CI: 3.2-17.6%) showed higher prevalence of co-infection. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and barriers to uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in Uganda, February 2021 by Alex Ndyabakira, Job Morukileng, Alex Riolexus Ario, Bob Omoda Amodan, Patricia Thiwe Okumu, John Kamulegeya, Geoffrey Amanya, Daniel Jacob Emong, Aggrey Byaruhanga

“…To understand the barriers to uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine prior to its rollout, we explored the communities’ knowledge, attitudes and barriers.Methods We conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in Kampala and Ankole subregions in February 2021. …”
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Measuring Mass of Gas in Central Galaxies Using Weak Lensing and Satellite Kinematics in MOND by Li Ma, Ziwen Zhang, Huiyuan Wang, Xufen Wu

“…Additionally, we use the satellite kinematics method in MOND to verify our findings from the weak lensing method. …”
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Alte und neue Wege in der Rheometrie der Polymer-Schmelzen by Joachim Meissner

“…The first results show that after a rotation of the shear flow direction an anisotropy of the shear stress components follows due to the primary molecular orientation which needs time for readjustment to the new shear direction. In part II methods of elongational rheometry are described. In simple elongation small samples provide rheological information even if only a small amount of polymer is available. …”
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The effect of urban sprawl in emerging of transportation flows and urban air pollution in Tehran metropolitan region

“…The article studied the role of transportation in emergence of urban air pollution in Tehran metropolitan region, have population more than 15.98 million. The method of this paper is of analytical and is based on the secondary data and traditions of the Quantitative research methodology. …”
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