Gender Disparity in the Relationship between Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Metabolic Syndrome Components: The SHDC-CDPC Community-Based Study by Xiaoying Ding, Ying Xu, Yufan Wang, Xiaohua Li, Chunhua Lu, Jing Su, Yuting Chen, Yuhang Ma, Yanhua Yin, Yong Wu, Yaqiong Jin, Lihua Yu, Junyi Jiang, Naisi Zhao, Qingwu Yan, Andrew S. Greenberg, Haiyan Sun, Mingyu Gu, Li Zhao, Yunhong Huang, Yijie Wu, Chunxian Qian, Yongde Peng

“…The study is aimed to investigate the pathogenesis underlying the increased prevalence of thyroid nodule (TN) in different levels of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and analyze the relationships between TN and MetS components. A total of 6,798 subjects, including 2201 patients with TN, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Efficacy and Prognostic Factors for Y-90 Radioembolization (Y-90) in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors with Liver Metastases by Erica S. Tsang, Jonathan M. Loree, Janine M. Davies, Sharlene Gill, David Liu, Stephen Ho, Daniel J. Renouf, Howard J. Lim, Hagen F. Kennecke

“…Y-90 resulted in partial response (53%), stable disease (33%), and progressive disease (12%). Y-90 was well-tolerated, with infrequent grade 3-4 biochemical toxicities (2%) and grade 3 abdominal pain (6%). …”
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Model Predictive Current Control with Asymmetric Stacked Multilevel Inverter and LCL-Filter Based STATCOM by Mostafa Q. Kasim, Raaed Faleh Hassan

“… The work presented in this paper deals with a proposal of a new topology of a multilevel inverter to act as a Static synchronous Compensator (STATCOM). …”
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An Intelligent Carbon-Based Prediction of Wastewater Treatment Plants Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Anwer Mustafa Hilal, Maha M. Althobaiti, Taiseer Abdalla Elfadil Eisa, Rana Alabdan, Manar Ahmed Hamza, Abdelwahed Motwakel, Mesfer Al Duhayyim, Noha Negm

“…Prediction of wastewater quality content which is presence of total nitrogen (T-N) and total phosphorous (T-P) elements, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical demand (BOD), and total suspended solids (TSS) is associated with eutrophication that should be prevented. …”
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Vocational Counseling and Training for Medical Degrees by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Pena, Mabel Rocha Vázquez, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…Vocational guidance and training in the Cuban educational context aims to reaffirm the inclination of youth towards medical studies, where they fully develop their potential, on the basis of consolidating values and feelings, and a high social, moral and unconditional commitment to the practice of the profession. …”
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Effect of Four Grape Varieties on the Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Unripe Grape Verjuice by Najiba Salah Eddine, Sami Tlais, Ali Alkhatib, Rasha Hamdan

“…Both “Tfayfihi” and “Black” grape verjuice has the highest total suspended solids (40 g/L±1.3 and 40 g/L±2.9, respectively) among all studied verjuice. …”
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Osteopathic treatment of infants with infantile colic/excessive crying: a prospective, multicentric, randomized controlled trial and nested observational trial by Florian Schwerla, Marlen Zimmer, Janine Göpfert, Petra Laux, Simone Langenmair, Michaela Rütz, Karl-Ludwig Resch

“…Furthermore, the average daily crying time (measured using the Likert scale), the crying intensity (measured using the NRS) and the parents' self-confidence (measured using the Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale) were assessed. Results A total of 103 infants (average age 39.4 ±19.2 days) were included, 52 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group. …”
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Utility of AD8 for Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Physical Examination Population: A Preliminary Study by Yue Xie, Ya Gao, Jianjun Jia, Xiaohong Wang, Zhenfu Wang, Hengge Xie

“…AD8 scale is a convenient and effective tool for cognitive screening in routine physical examination population.…”
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Unilateral Head Impulses Training in Uncompensated Vestibular Hypofunction by Ana Carolina Binetti, Andrea Ximena Varela, Dana Lucila Lucarelli, Daniel Héctor Verdecchia

“…Her report of blurred vision only improved after she completed a rehabilitation program using fast head impulse rotations towards the affected side for 5 consecutive days. …”
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A 3.9 μs Settling-Time Fractional Spread-Spectrum Clock Generator Using a Dual-Charge-Pump Control Technique for Serial-ATA Applications by Takashi Kawamoto, Masato Suzuki, Takayuki Noto

“…The random jitter and total jitter at 250 cycles at 1.5 GHz are less than 3.2 and 10.7 psrms, respectively. …”
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Usefulness of Immunological Detection of the Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase by Annalisa Volpi, Sara Bravaccini, Laura Medri, Serenella Cerasoli, Michele Gaudio, Dino Amadori

“…Whether hTERT protein detected by immunostaining with hTERT-specific Tel 3 36-10 antibody is actually the degraded form of the protein that retains hTERT antigenicity but not enzymatic function, or whether it represents the real, potentially functional catalytic subunit of the enzyme, immunohistochemistry would not seem to represent a useful tool to investigate the role of telomerase and the mechanisms involved in its regulation.…”
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Two-Stage Mucogingival Surgery with Free Gingival Autograft and Biomend Membrane and Coronally Advanced Flap in Treatment of Class III Millers Recession by Avita Rath, Smrithi Varma, Renny Paul

“…It is, paradoxically, a common finding in patients with a high standard of oral hygiene, as well as in periodontally untreated populations with poor oral hygiene. Changing the topography of the marginal soft tissue in order to facilitate plaque control is a common indication for root coverage procedures and forms a major aspect of periodontal plastic surgeries. …”
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Formation of strength abilities in students of agricultural university by Antsyperov, Vladimir V., Sychev, Pavel A., Vlasova, Tatyana N., Kozlova, Tatyana N., Popova, Olga M.

“…The obtained results showed that the strength development of students increases from course to course, which is clearly expressed by the average total results of relative strength: the average coefficient according to the GL Points-IPF formula in the first year was 214.0 ± 6.4, in the second year it was already 219.2 ± 7.7, and on the third reached 237.6 ± 7.6 points, which is obviously due to the use of not only strength exercises, but also age related changes, characterized by an increase in muscle mass and its qualitative changes. …”
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Fatigue of SFRC in compression: Size effect & autogenous self-healing by G. Ruiz, Á. de la Rosa, J. J. Ortega, E. Poveda, R. C. Yu, M. Tarifa, X.X. Zhang, Lucía Garijo

“…It explores the fatigue behavior of SFRC, focusing on fiber reinforcement’s role in post-cracking toughness, crack propagation, and fatigue endurance. …”
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RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS: THEORY AND PRACTICE ACTIVITIES by Vladislav L. Benin, Timur Z. Urazmetov

“…The scientific inconsistency of widespread concepts "sect", «totalitarian sect», and «a destructive cult» is proved. …”
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Psikoz Olgularina Tedavi Uyumuna Yonelik Bir Terapi Programi Uygulanmasi by Ece Yazla, Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Halil Ibrahim Olcum

“…In the study, 26 patients took place in the case group while 24 patients were included in the control group. …”
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Right Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Report and A review by Thaimi Conde Cueto, Ivette Cepero Pérez, Francisco Olascoaga Pérez, Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino

“…The computerized axial tomography revealed a right hemithorax filled with intestinal loops, liver and gallbladder. …”
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Model Test on Bearing Characteristics of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Lining by Dao-yuan Wang, Jia-suo Qi, Guang-yao Cui, Yanling Yang, Jie Chang

“…Compared with plain concrete, basalt fiber-reinforced concrete has the advantages of strengthening, toughening, and crack resistance. Compared with steel fiber-reinforced concrete, basalt fiber-reinforced concrete has better construction performance. …”
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Thermal performance analysis capturing variable liquid characteristics based on chemically reactive rheological liquid with diffusive-thermo and thermo-diffusive effect by Attia Boudjemline, M. Waqas, Nurnadiah Zamri, Mohammed Jameel, Hala A. Hejazi, Saidani Taoufik, Meznah M. Alanazi, Oqila Ganiyeva

“…Such reaction can considerably affect the diffusion together with flow aspects within boundary-layer, influencing factors like species concentrations and temperature. …”
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Firing propagation in empirical cognitive networks of human brain by Dehua Chen, Ruohua Gao, Zhiyin Yang, Siyu Huo, Zonghua Liu

“…We find that the firing propagation can be seriously influenced by both the global topology of the network and the local topology of the source node. …”
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