European Wool Carder Bee, Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Samantha Gallagher, Andrea Lucky

“…Some consider male wool carder bees very charismatic and enjoy watching them chase after other bees that invade their territory, while others would call them bullies based on male bees’ aggressive tendencies toward other bees when defending floral resources. …”
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“LIGA O VENTILADOR PROFESSOR...” UMA ANÁLISE PÓS-OCUPAÇÃO SOBRE CONFORTO TÉRMICO DE UM LABORATÓRIO UNIVERSITÁRIO by Guilherme Fernando de Araújo

“…Hoje em dia, já existe uma preocupação em fazer modificações nos locais de trabalho para que os mesmos se adaptem aos seus usuários. Sendo assim, se tornou necessário investir em pesquisas sobre o conforto térmico. …”
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A New Capacitor-Less Buck DC-DC Converter for LED Applications by Munir Al-Absi, Zainulabideen Khalifa, Alaa Hussein

“…Such configuration can be utilized to enlarge the total internal capacitance and hence minimize the output ripple. …”
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Alienation and emancipation at the university through performing arts by Ramiro Tau, Laure Kloetzer, Aneth Sacher, Anna Zolotareva, Yemariam Abebayehu

“…Based on a discussion of the phenomenon of learners' alienation in formal education systems, and its restrictive effects frequently pointed out in the specialized literature, we address the problem of the opening towards autonomy in the definition of an original research problem. …”
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The Imperial ambassador, the nuncio and the favourite: The Count of Pötting, Vitaliano Visconti Borromeo and Juan Everardo Nithard at the time of the Spanish crisis (1668–1669) by Rafaella Pillo

“… The essay aims at touching different aspects of Spanish policy during the regency of Mariana (1665–1675), the interest in the political and physical weakness of the heir to the throne Prince Charles and future King Charles II, the last Hapsburg on the Spanish monarchy. …”
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Innovación y cambio microinstitucional en el sector salud: evidencia de la telemedicina en México by José Luis Sampedro Hernández

“…Se argumenta que la telemedicina es una tecnología social que permite la difusión de información y conocimiento específico para la toma de decisiones críticas y complejas en un menor tiempo, afectando el desarro - llo de habilidades, conocimiento y modos de coordinación. …”
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Effects of traditional Chinese exercises on brain-derived neurotrophic factor in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Jianyu Gan, Jiya He, Kaixiang Zhou, Zhangyuting Shang, Gengxin Dong, Dapeng Bao, Junhong Zhou

“…In the meta-regression, moderators such as the mean age, sex, and baseline BDNF levels of participants, as well as total TCEs time were not associated with outcome variables. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Extra X Chromosome on Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren Disease in Klinefelter and Triple X Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Anna‐Kay Palmer, Irene J. Tan

“…The 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were obtained with STATA statistical software. Results A total of 113,748,373 patients were identified. The prevalence of SLE and SjD was 0.59% and 0.077%, respectively, in men, and 0.381% and 0.388% for SLE and SjD, respectively, in women. …”
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Canadian Credentialing Guidelines for Endoscopic Privileges: An Overview by David Armstrong, Robert Enns, Terry Ponich, Joseph Romagnuolo, Jonathon Springer, Alan N Barkun

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The Burden of Asthma among South Asian and Chinese Populations Residing in Ontario by Sanja Stanojevic, Baiju R Shah, Sonia S Anand, Malcolm R Sears, Jiandong Su, Padmaja Subbarao

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The New Politics of Education and the Pursuit of a Diverse Democracy by Joseph Kahne, John Rogers, Alexander Kwako

“…We find that high schools in purple contexts are particularly likely to experience parent and community pushback related to education toward a diverse democracy and that schools in purple and red communities are less likely to provide support for this priority. …”
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Study of Gaming Disorder and Its Association with Depressive Disorder and Anxiety among Medical Students in India by Hanee Patel, Niraj Pandit, Rudra Patel, Ishita Gupta, Dhairya Jain, Shreya Katoch

“…The Internet GD Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF) was used to assess the intensity of gaming disorders, while patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and generalized anxiety disorder assessment (GAD-7) were used to assess the severity of depression and anxiety, respectively. Results: A total of 194 students were identified as current gamers, out of which 36 had gaming disorders based on DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for IGD from the current study sample. …”
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Distinctive blood and salivary proteomics signatures in Qatari individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease by Ghada Yousif, Selvasankar Murugesan, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Annalisa Terranegra, Giusy Gentilcore, Jean Charles Grivel, Souhaila Al Khodor

“…Additionally, we identified eight common CVD-risk biomarkers shared between both plasma and saliva, demonstrating promising diagnostic tools for identifying individuals at high risk of developing CVD. …”
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Ex-ante impact of pest des petits ruminant control on micro and macro socioeconomic indicators in Senegal: A system dynamics modelling approach. by Joshua Aboah, Andrea Apolloni, Raphaël Duboz, Barbara Wieland, Pacem Kotchofa, Edward Okoth, Michel Dione

“…Vaccination is considered as the main tool for the Global Control and Eradication Strategy for peste des petits ruminants (PPR), and the efficacity of the PPR-vaccine in conferring long-life immunity has been established. …”
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Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 by Raul Montalvo, Eyner Castro, Janet Rojas, Carlos Camargo, Carina Ninahuanca

“…ROX index < 4.8, consolidation-type tomographic pattern, and the presence of complications, such as bacterial pneumonia or thromboembolism, were independently associated with a higher risk of noninvasive ventilation failure with snorkels…”
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La Organización Social de las Abejas Melíferas by Ashley N. Mortensen, Bryan Smith, James D. Ellis, Manrique Planell Ramos

“…Muchas especies viven en grupos durante una parte de sus vidas, pero no todos estos grupos son verdaderamente sociales. Por ejemplo, las abejas chimenea, Anthophora abrupta, viven en grupos durante períodos de tiempo, no obstante, son abejas solitarias. …”
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Világok transzcendentális logikái. Alain Badiou objektív fenomenológiája by György Czétány

“…A koncepció a világok immanens transzcendentális logikáinak kifejtésén keresztül értelmezi újra többek között az esemény és a szubjektum fogalmát. …”
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Herrera complexity and shadows of spherically symmetric compact objects by Subhasis Nalui, Subhra Bhattacharya

“…Advanced observational data analysis tools augments the hope for identification of exotic gravitational objects, like the so called “black hole mimickers” and may serve as testing ground for other gravity theories. …”
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Removal Characteristics of Organic Pollutants from Eutrophic Raw Water by Biological Pretreatment Reactors by Guangcan Zhu, Zhonglian Yang, Xiwu Lu

“…CSBR had much higher removal efficiency (34.3%) than OSBR (22.7%) for DOC, and CSBR could remove 67% BDOC, accounting for 34% of total DOC in source water. 11.5% of DOC was removed through means other than biological degradation, such as biofilm adsorption and bioflocculation. …”
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Nonequilibrium transport and the fluctuation theorem in the thermodynamic behaviors of nonlinear photonic systems by Yang Liu, Jincheng Lu, Zhongfei Xiong, Fan O. Wu, Demetrios Christodoulides, Yuntian Chen, Jian-Hua Jiang

“…Authors of recent studies have shown that such collective phenomena can be effectively described by Rayleigh-Jeans thermodynamics theory, which is a powerful tool for the study of nonlinear multimode photonic systems. …”
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