Efficacy of Q-switched Nd : YAG laser in treatment of melanocytic nevi by Abd E.H. Younes, Mahmoud Abd El S. Makki, Azza A. Fadel

“…The Q-switched (QS) Nd : YAG laser is capable of penetrating into the deeper regions of the skin. Therefore, it is able to destroy melanocytes. Patients and methods This study was carried out on 100 patients who presented with acquired melanocytic nevi and attended the laser unit of the Dermatology and Andrology Department at Al-Azhar University Hospital (Assiut) between October 2018 and December 2019. …”
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Research on end hopping and spreading for active cyber defense by Leyi SHI, Hongbin GUO, Xiao WEN, Jianlan LI, Yuwen CUI, Mengfei MA, Hui SUN

“…Inspired by the spread spectrum technology for communications,the concept of end spreading was proposed to represent a piece of information of the data transmission with a sequence of multiple end information,of which each piece of end information was irrelevant to the information it conveys.Thus the covert data transmission can be performed.Further,an active cyber defense model of end information hopping and spreading was presented,in which the hopping strategy was separated from the synchronization strategy.The synchronization was accomplished by means of end information spreading for synchronous authentication of both parties,which can solve the high-speed hopping synchronization problem with high concealment requirements.The mode of generation,transmission and authentication of the spreading sequence,and the data migration strategy in the end hopping and spreading model were described in detail,and the security performance and synchronization performance were analyzed and verified experimentally.Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the cyber defense model of end information hopping and spreading has improved the availability and confidentiality of network services under high-speed hopping and has good anti-attack performance,which is of great significance for the proactive defense application of high intensity confrontation.…”
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Constitution and negotiation of rural students' identities at an urban South African university by Kolisa Siqoko, Saloshna Vandeyar

“…Much of the research on rurality in South Africa has focused on rural areas as places, and not on the people occupying them. This qualitative study employed a narrative inquiry using the Life Course Theory of Development as its theoretical framework. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Biological Studies on New Zirconium(IV) Porphyrins with Axial Ligand by Gauri D. Bajju, Gita Devi, Sapna Katoch, Madhulika Bhagat, Deepmala, Ashu, Sujata Kundan, Sunil Kumar Anand

“…Besides the fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, and thermogravimetric studies, the complexes were also screened for antimicrobial and anticancer activities. …”
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Catalpol alleviates the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response of BV2 cells by Sijie Liu, Jiayi Zhu, Hao Huang, Jiaxiang Xu, Biao Zhang, Yi Luo

“…Catalpol can improve the morphology of lipopolysaccharide-induced BV2 cells, decrease the level of inflammatory factors, and reduce the production of iNOS and ROS. Therefore, catalpol can inhibit the lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of BV2 cells and has anti-inflammatory effects.   …”
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SOCIALINĖS EPISTEMOLOGIJOS IDĖJA IR NATŪRALISTINĖ DILEMA by Audronė Rimkutė

“…The article argues that the theories of such ?weak? naturalism are inevitably methodologically inconsistent. …”
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Persuasive strategies in grant recommendation letters written by senior faculty in a Ghanaian university by Afful Joseph Benjamin Archibald, Hesse Eugene Kwesi, Agbaglo Ebenezer, Bonsu Emmanuel Mensah

“…To address this gap, this study examined the persuasive strategies used in GRLs. Using Aristotle’s Theory of Persuasion and a qualitative inductive discourse analysis, we analysed 90 GRLS. …”
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Blood clots affect the response of tympanic membrane perforations to gelfoam grafting after ventilation tube insertion by Zhengcai Lou

“…In addition, a confounding factor was added in the gelfoam group, thereby affected the assessment of TM closure. Thus, the conclusion is not rigorous and scientific.…”
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中日候鸟首次环志合作 by 杨若莉, 川崎惟男, 刘岱基, 尾崎清明

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Estradiol-dependent and independent effects of FGF21 in obese female mice by T. V. Jakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, A. D. Dubinina, N. Yu. Balybina, K. O. Baranov, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…FGF21 administration has potent benef icial effects on obesity and diabetes in humans, cynomolgus monkey, and rodents. The therapeutic effects of FGF21 have been studied mainly in males. …”
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Gene Carriers and Transfection Systems Used in the Recombination of Dendritic Cells for Effective Cancer Immunotherapy by Yu-Zhe Chen, Xing-Lei Yao, Yasuhiko Tabata, Shinsaku Nakagawa, Jian-Qing Gao

“…Therefore, it is essential to improve the transfection efficiency of DC-based vaccination in immunotherapy. …”
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Different approaches for plasma nitrocarburizing of austenitic stainless steel using a plasma-activated solid carbon precursor in a hot-wall reactor by Saeed M. Jafarpour, Anke Dalke, Horst Biermann

“…In particular, the influence of afterglow and direct glow conditions during short-time nitrocarburizing treatments performed at 440 °C in a N2–H2 plasma on the modifications of the resulting surface properties of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel is studied comparatively. Therefore, the expanded austenite generated during each treatment is characterized by analysis of the cross-sectional microstructure, surface morphology, phase composition, elemental-depth profile, surface hardness and resistance to dry sliding wear and pitting corrosion. …”
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Efficient Degradation of Congo Red Under Ultrasonic Irradiation Using Carbon Quantum Dots /Cellulose Composites by Pang Yean Ling, Soh Christopher Chun Min, Lim Steven

“…The structure and morphology of the CQDs/composites were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal analysis, and surface area analysis. The sonocatalytic activities of the CQDs/composites were investigated in an ultrasonic bath to study the degradation of Congo Red. …”
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Patent portfolios and Patent Assertion Entities: antitrust issues and future perspective under the Unified Patent Court by Pietro Cappabianca

“…However, in the past years antitrust authorities found themselves in front of a tangled question: the strategic use of patents in order to unlawfully prolong the protection time and, by so doing, to exclude competitors from the market. …”
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nearly Zero Energy Modules – Low-impact modular housing models for the city of the future by Rosa Romano, Eleonora Di Monte

“…They collaborated synergistically to promote process optimisation related to the concept of Industry 4.0 and the circular economy theme by adopting open innovation processes.   …”
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Céréales, pains, levains et fours dans la région d'El Hoceima by Dominique Caubet, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…Our cross-disciplinary ethnobotanical and linguistic approach focuses on discourses and terms that seek to better understand the uses of different forms of speech and to convey what the social groups under study attribute to prepared foods and to the nature of the plants that make them up. These ethnobotanical and linguistic studies in the Rif open the way to better understanding this knowledge, through the expression of language and the nature of exchanges between communities speaking different dialects.The Rif is an ideal situation for both linguists and ethnobotanists to study exchange situations, language contacts and food techniques, on the borders between Arabic-speaking and Berber-speaking groups.On the ethnobotanical level, this work allowed us to identify the operating chains of cereal processing into flour, bread and cooking methods, including a very rich lexicon explaining the importance of these products for the inhabitants of the two villages studied. …”
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An Image of Britain during the Second World War: The films of Humphrey Jennings (1939-1945) by Elena Von Kassel

“…Puis, Jennings a réalisé Heart of Britain, le thème portant, cette fois, sur la résistance de toute l’Angleterre. …”
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Is epinephrine still the drug of choice during cardiac arrest in the emergency department of the hospital? A meta-analysis by Hou Min, Dong Su, Kan Qing, Ouyang Meng, Zhang Yun

“…Epinephrine is the first-line emergency drug for cardiac arrest and anaphylactic reactions but is reported to be associated with many challenges resulting in its under- or improper utilization. Therefore, in this meta-analysis, the efficacy and safety of epinephrine as a first-line cardiac emergency drug for both out-of-hospital and in-hospital patients was assessed. …”
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Predicting the Viscosity of Petroleum Emulsions Using Gene Expression Programming (GEP) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) by Abubakar A. Umar, Ismail M. Saaid, Aliyu A. Sulaimon, Rashidah M. Pilus

“…This is followed by the amount of solids, also believed to be as a result of increasing coverage at the interface of the water droplets, limiting the movements of the dispersed droplets (reduced coalescence), thereby increasing the viscosity of the emulsions.…”
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Dual-Modality Probes for in Vivo Molecular Imaging by Seulki Lee, Xiaoyuan Chen

“…The combination of two popular imaging modalities that investigates the strengths of different methods might offer the prospect of improved diagnostic and therapeutic monitoring abilities. To date, only a few hybrid systems have become clinically adopted, but there are encouraging signs that the new generation of multimodality systems will be undergoing evaluation in the near future. …”
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