IMPACT OF STUDENT LOANS ON HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HOW MUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT LEND AND WHAT CAN STUDENTS AFFORD WITH IT IN COLOMBIA? by Alexander Fernández

“…Los resultados del artículo están pensados para motivar aquellos académicos y todos los interesados sobre economía de la educación superior en profundizar y ampliar los estudios que promuevan un balance social eficiente en los préstamos para acceder a la educación superior en el país.…”
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Development and Evaluation of an ICU Nurse Training Program on Oral Mucosal Pressure Injury Prevention and Management Using the ADDIE Model by Jia T, Lan Y, Pang J, Ma M, Ding Z, Wang Y, Jiang E

“…One hundred and thirty-eight ICU nurses received the training course program in the hospital. The total score of MMPI knowledge-attitude-practice of the ICU nurses was (167.73± 8.13) after the training, which was significantly improved compared with the score before the training (145.81± 13.57) (t = 16.283, P< 0.001). …”
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Distance-Based Congestion Pricing with Day-to-Day Dynamic Traffic Flow Evolution Process by Qixiu Cheng, Jiping Xing, Wendy Yi, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiao Fu

“…It is well known that, after an implementation or adjustment of a new congestion toll scheme, the network environment will change and traffic flows will be nonequilibrium in the following days; thus it is not suitable to take the equilibrium-based indexes as the objective of the congestion toll. …”
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On the stability of periodic solutions in the perturbed chemostat by Frédéric Mazenc, Michael Malisoff, Patrick D. Leenheer

“…This means that thelong-term species concentration and substrate behavior enjoys ahighly desirable robustness property, since it continues toapproximate the prescribed oscillation up to a small error whenthere are small unexpected changes in the dilution rate function.…”
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Determining the Potential Roles of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in the Regulation of Muscle Growth in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Based on Transcriptome and MicroRNA Sequencing by Xianglin Cao, Han Cui, Xinyu Ji, Baohua Li, Ronghua Lu, Yuru Zhang, Jianjun Chen

“…Subsequently, the transcriptome and small RNAome sequencing of carp skeletal muscle were performed. A total of 43,414 known and 1,112 novel genes were identified, in addition to 142 known and 654 novel miRNAs targeting 22,008 and 33,824 targets, respectively. …”
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Prescripción de glucosamina para la osteoartritis y sus efectos en personas con diabetes by Levi González Rivero

“…Su aparente inocuidad en personas con diabetes controlada y de corto tiempo de evolución, no puede extrapolarse a toda la población con diabetes, y menos a aquellos en riesgo potencial de padecerla. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Lymphoma Presenting with Chronic Compartment Syndrome of Leg after Trauma by Jhong-You Li, Chung-Liang Li, Chun-Kuan Lu

“…Postoperative pathologic examination and bone marrow aspiration revealed B-cell lymphoma with bone marrow involvement postoperatively. Tumor lysis syndrome took place, presenting with drowsiness, poor appetite, and oliguria, after the operation along with multiple organ failure. …”
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Is a viable hemp industry in Florida’s future? by Trent Blare, Martha Rivera, Fredy H. Ballen, Zachary Brym

“… Disease and foreign competition have made many growers question the viability of traditional commodity crops such as tomatoes, citrus, and avocados. Industrial hemp appears to be an attractive alternative, as the 2018 Farm Bill permitted its production. …”
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Informative EST-SSR markers for genotyping and intraspecific differentiation of Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. by M. N. Shapturenko, T. V. Pechkovskaya, S. I. Vakula, A. V. Jakimovich, Yu. M. Zabara, L. V. Khotyleva

“…Microsatellites (SSR) are highly polymorphic markers of plant genomes and represent one of the most effective tools for assessing genetic polymorphism. Among microsatellites, EST-SSR are most interesting, because they are directly linked to the expressed sequences and for that reason are widely used for analysis of genetic diversity and population structure. …”
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The Efficacy of Monetary and Fiscal Policies on Economic Growth: Evidence from Thailand by Pathairat Pastpipatkul, Htwe Ko

“…First, we used Bayesian additive regression trees (BART) and Bayesian variable selection (BASAD) methods to determine macro factors with the highest probabilities influencing growth, in addition to monetary and fiscal policy tools during the studied periods. Second, we used the time-varying coefficients seemingly unrelated equation (TVSURE) model to examine the economic impact of MP and FP. …”
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Characteristics and Dynamics of Full Arch Distalization Using Transpalatal Arches with Midpalatal and Interradicular Miniscrews as Temporary Anchorage Devices: A Preliminary Finite... by Mashallah Khanehmasjedi, Sepideh Bagheri, Vahid Rakhshan, Mojtaba Hasani

“…Along the Z-axis, the mesial intrusion of the first molar and the distal extrusion of this tooth can be seen in both models. Again, the displacement values are higher in the second model (with interradicular miniscrews). …”
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The impact of the ursodeoxycholic acid as monotherapy and in the combination with the lactulose on the biochemical blood tests values of the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients by I. V. Mayev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. V. Morozov, M. G. Saidullayeva, M. L. Akhtayeva, N. Yu. Stukova, E. A. Krasnyakova

“…The tendency towards the more expressed impact of the combination of UDCA and lactulose (Ursoliv®) in comparison to the monotherapy by UDCA (Ursosan®) on the biochemical parameters were discovered. …”
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A fluid flow model for the software defined wide area networks analysis by Karol Marszałek, Adam Domański

“…This modification allows for the simulation of various networking topologies and can be used to test novel routing and active queue management algorithms in more detail. …”
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State of the Art Compendium: Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Denis E O’Donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

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Effect of Different Dietary Oils and Fat on Body Weight, Food Intake, Some Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in Female Albino Rats by Zerawan Sadiq Abdullah, Mohammed Yaseen Rasoul, Nazar Mohammed Shareef Mahmood

“…Several parameters were measured during and after the study such as body weight, food intake, organ weight (kidney, liver and spleen) Haematological parameters (Hb, RBC, WBC, PLT, HCT and MCV), lipid profile (Total cholesterol, TG, HDL and LDL). Commonly plant oils and animal fat showed both benefits and harmful effects on the mentioned parameters; the corn oil and olive oil played important role through generating the healthy signs among other oils and animal fat. …”
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Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mauro Chiarito, Dario Bongiovanni, Evaldas Girdauskas, Bastian Wein, Eva Harmel, Tamer Owais, Stephanie Gladys Kühne, Andrea Patrignani, Sebastien Elvinger, Damyan Penev, Philip W Raake

“…Secondary endpoints were in-hospital mortality, 1-year mortality, bleeding, major vascular complications, myocardial infarction, stroke, incidence of pacemaker implantation, acute kidney injury and aortic regurgitation.Results Seventeen studies were included, totalling 2811 patients. The analysis revealed a 30-day mortality pooled estimated rate for eTAVI of 19% (CI 0.17 - 0.20) and for eBAV 39% (CI 0.32 - 0.46). …”
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GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial and antiulcer evaluations of ginger-infused virgin coconut oil by Ibeabuchi Jude Ali, Okorie Ndidiamaka H, Adonu Cyril C, Omeh Romanus C, Obidiegwu Onyeka C, Okonkwo Raymond M, Okafor Judith O, Okoye Festus BC

“…The effect of GIVCO on tested organisms compared favorably to that of standard drugs. The acute toxicity study of GIVCO is atoxic. The antiulcer activity demonstrated a dose-dependent effect; at 100 mg/ml, the GIVCO protected the intestine with a %UI of 80 and 63 for ethanol and indomethacin model against the standard omeprazole with 50% UI. …”
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Perfil emprendedor de los pequeños empresarios agropecuarios en el Valle de Puebla, México by José Luis Jaramillo Villanueva, José Sergio Escobedo Garrido, Juan Morales Jiménez, José Guadalupe Ramos Castro

“…Para valorar la relación entre emprendedor y sus determinantes, se construyó un índice de emprendimiento a partir de las variables "innovación" y "propensión a tomar riesgos", y se relacionó con posibles variables explicativas usando tablas de contingencia y una prueba de diferencia de medias. …”
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Seroepidemiology of Camel Brucellosis in and around Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia by Hika Waktole, Mohammed Aden, Hagos Ashenafi

“…Camel brucellosis is prevalent in eastern Ethiopia and there is a need to execute well-organized disease control and prevention programs and exercise public health education to scale up awareness of the community towards the disease.…”
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A survey of partial differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments by Joseph Wiener, Lokenath Debnath

“…Some work is described and new topics are posed on initial and boundary-value problems for partial differential equations whose arguments have intervals of constancy. …”
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