Antifungal Treatment for Japanese Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis by Takahiro Takazono, Yoshiyuki Saito, Masato Tashiro, Masataka Yoshida, Kazuaki Takeda, Shotaro Ide, Naoki Iwanaga, Naoki Hosogaya, Noriho Sakamoto, Hiroshi Mukae, Koichi Izumikawa

“…The target population included patients who started antifungal treatment following their initial diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary aspergilloma, or chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis between October 2015 and September 2017. …”
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Effect of the composting process on physicochemical properties and concentration of heavy metals in market waste with additive materials in the Ga West Municipality, Ghana... by Carl Tibu, Ted Y. Annang, Negasi Solomon, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah

“…Results All compost piles recorded temperatures of 38 °C slightly above the recorded ambient temperature of 34 °C at the start of composting. The pH value ranged from 7.12 to 8.2 for the different compost types. …”
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The Greek Revolution of 1821 and Russian Policy in the Eastern Question by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…Ineffective European actions resulted in the fact that Russian government was forced to radically change its policy on the Greek issue and declare its determination to take independent steps to resolve the Greek issue and start military operations against the Ottoman Empire.The Greek uprising of 1821 became the central event of the 1820s. in the Balkans. …”
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Analyzing Interdisciplinary Research Using Co-Authorship Networks by Mati Ullah, Abdul Shahid, Irfan ud Din, Muhammad Roman, Muhammad Assam, Muhammad Fayaz, Yazeed Ghadi, Hanan Aljuaid

“…With the advancement of scientific collaboration in the 20th century, researchers started collaborating in many research areas. Researchers and scientists no longer remain solitary individuals; instead, they collaborate to advance fundamental understandings of research topics. …”
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Optimal Mandatory Lane-Changing Location Planning for CAV Based on Cell Transmission Model by Gao Gao, Zhengfeng Huang, Wei Ji, Pengjun Zheng

“…The constraints include the relation between target CAV lane-changing cell and the corresponding behaviour start time, the updating of the flow, and occupancy for varied cells. …”
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Expression Levels of IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-17RA, and IL-17RC in Prostate Cancer with Taking into Account the Histological Grade according to Gleason Scale in Comparison to Benign Pros... by Marlena Janiczek, Łukasz Szylberg, Paulina Antosik, Anna Kasperska, Andrzej Marszałek

“…A study on IL-17 may become a starting point for further research on an attempt to use, for example, immunotherapy in PCa.…”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMPREHENSION OF A WOMAN-AUTHOR AS THE SUBJECT OF CULTURE THROUGH THE PRISM OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (GENDER ASPECT) by I. A. Koliieva, T. A. Kuptsova

“…Besides the analysis of gender implications in texts allows to start theoretical dialogue on gender problems, which means the participation in the discussion about the targets of our cultural life. …”
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Global Financing Facility investments for vulnerable populations: content analysis regarding maternal and newborn health and stillbirths in 11 African countries, 2015 to 2019 by Mary Kinney, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Issa Kaboré, Joël Kiendrébéogo, Peter Waiswa, Joy E. Lawn

“…Conclusions The GFF country plans present a promising start in addressing MNH. Emphasising links between investments and burden, explicitly including stillbirth, and highlighting high-impact packages, as appropriate, could potentially increase impact.…”
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FORMATION OF ANTIQUE RHETORIC: CHRONOLOGY OF RHETORICAL METHODS AND STYLES (PLATO, ARISTOTLE) by Irina A. Pantelyeyeva

“…Purpose of the article: to analyze the basic points of philosophical concepts of rhetoric of Plato and Aristotle, to prove that from Plato the rhetoric in the true sense starts being approved, and Aristotle is an ancestor of real theory of speech of the new genre, the new form, the new purposes and tasks of the description of verbal art. …”
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes as a genetic and selection trait by K. K. Sidorova, M. N. Glyanenko, T. M. Mishchenko, E. Yu. Vlasova, V. K. Shumny

“…Endemic pea accessions originated from various regions can be successful starting material in breeding for nitrogen fixation intensification, accessions from Egypt and Syria having provided best results. …”
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Surely not!Between certainty and disbelief by Graham Ranger

“…More precisely, surely marks a correspondence between, on the one hand, a preconstructed trajectory leading from a start point to an end point (from (p, non-p) to p), and on the other, the same trajectory constructed in the speech situation by the speaker. …”
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Evaluating the governance and preparedness of the Lebanese health system for the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Rasha Hamra, Marianne Moussallem, Anna Zein-El-Din, Alissar Rady, Michèle Kosremelli Asmar, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm

“…Moreover, the public health surveillance system was overwhelmed a few months after the start of the pandemic. As for the system ‘software’, there were attempts for a participatory governance mechanism, but the actual decision-making process was challenging with limited cooperation and strategic vision, resulting in decreased trust and increased confusion among communities. …”
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A narrative review of long-term inorganic iodine monotherapy for Graves’ disease with a historical relationship between iodine and thyroid by Natsuko Watanabe

“…A summary of these recent reports is given below. The starting dose of potassium iodide is around 50 mg/day, and candidate responders have mild disease, with FT4 <2.76 ng/dL (35.5 pmol/L), a small goiter, and are female and elderly. …”
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Optimization of Rider Scheduling for a Food Delivery Service in O2O Business by Guiqin Xue, Zheng Wang, Guan Wang

“…Takeout food service platforms decide scheduling shifts (start time and duration) of the riders to achieve a service level target at minimum cost. …”
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Combined Combustion of Various Industrial Waste Flows in Boiler Furnaces. Part 1 by Yu. Р. Yarmolchick, R. Schröger, H. Haberfelner, M. Pichler, D. Kostić, G. V. Moroz

“…The combustible properties, chemical composition, and degree of impact of the products of combustion of industrial waste on the environment are determined, depending on the content of various starting substances. The most difficult aspect of the flaming disposal of industrial waste flows is the presence of harmful substances of various hazard classes. …”
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Digital Representations of Illness: Key Issues in Cancer Patient Narratives by Jennifer Moreno

“…Exchanging information has become so easy and quick now that more and more people are starting to share their stories of illness, raising awareness and seeking for emotional support, which has highlighted the therapeutic role of storytelling (Conti, 2019). …”
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A systematic approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection at the cricothyroid junction by Oleksandr Butskiy, Brent A. Chang, Kimberly Luu, Robert M. McKenzie, Donald W. Anderson

“…Abstract Background To describe and evaluate a four step systematic approach to dissecting the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) starting at the cricothyroid junction during thyroid surgery (subsequently referred to as the retrograde medial approach). …”
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AI and Language: New Forms for Old Discriminations? A Case Study in Google Translate and Canva by Martina Mattiazzi

“…Due to their central role in the education of new generations, schools and institutions should prepare students for a critical vision of the phenomenon and provide them with the tools to contrast it. This path could start from teaching AI mechanisms and ethics of technology to students and using an inclusive language in the educational context.…”
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Specific nature of the integrative (complex) effect of environmental factors on hazelnut cultivars in the Russian humid subtropics by T. D. Besedina, A. P. Boyko, Ts. V. Tutberidze, N. S. Kiseleva

“…Peculiar responses of hazel plants to weather conditions in both flowering and fruiting phases were instigated by the biology of their development. Flowering started in January and depended on air temperature and humidity. …”
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Black Soldier Fly Larvae’s Optimal Feed Intake and Rearing Density: A Welfare Perspective (Part II) by Arianna Cattaneo, Simona Belperio, Luca Sardi, Giovanna Martelli, Eleonora Nannoni, Sihem Dabbou, Marco Meneguz

“…As with traditional livestock, it is essential to improve and ensure BSF welfare. A starting point can be an adaptation of the Five Freedoms framework. …”
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