Management of Pine Forests for Selected Wildlife in Florida by Wayne R. Marion, George W. Tanner, Holly K. Ober, Matthew Werner

“… As the total number of forested acres in Florida goes down, it becomes more important that land being managed for timber production also be able to sustain healthy wildlife populations. …”
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Patient-Related Determinants of Glycaemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review by Mohammed J. Alramadan, Afsana Afroz, Sultana Monira Hussain, Mohammed Ali Batais, Turky H. Almigbal, Hassan Ahmad Al-Humrani, Ahmed Albaloshi, Lorena Romero, Dianna J. Magliano, Baki Billah

“…Two researchers independently identified eligible studies and assessed the risk of bias. A total of 13 studies met the inclusion criteria. One study was population based, six recruited participants from multiple centres, and the remaining were single centred. …”
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« L’Aggiornamento » et les nouveaux programmes : bilan critique et perspectives by Laurence De Cock

“…Constitué d’enseignants de tous les cycles et de chercheurs, le collectif « Aggiornamento » s’attache donc à assumer des prises de position publiques tout en apportant des éclairages historiques, sociologiques, épistémologiques et didactiques. …”
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تأثیر مجموعات المکتبة المرکزیة بجامعة القاهرة فى البحث العلمى فى تخصص المکتبات والمعلومات : دراسة تحلیلیة... by د.سرفیناز أحمد حافظ

“…On theother hand, the study showed clear variation in the commitment of researchers tothe quality of citations and accuracy of bibliographic data, which impedes thequality of access to information sources cited, and negatively affects the Impactof the central library collections. …”
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25 Years of Politology of Religion by Miroljub Jevtić

“… The increasing influence of religion in politics - a  fact which was suddenly noticed after the Iranian Islamic revolution, the role of religion in the downfall of the Warsaw Pact and socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, the resurgence of Hinduism by using the Bharatia Janata Party in India, the increasing importance of Judaism as a political ideology in Israel along with other examples from different religions, all together represented a challenge for political science. …”
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Novel Registration and Fusion Algorithm for Multimodal Railway Images with Different Field of Views by Baoqing Guo, Xingfang Zhou, Yingzi Lin, Liqiang Zhu, Zujun Yu

“…After being registered, an improved Contourlet transform fusion algorithm combined with total variation and local region energy is proposed. …”
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Alteration in the Cytokine Secretion of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells from Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Contribute to Impaired Hematopoietic Supportive Activity by Hui Shi, Yingshao Wang, Rong Li, Wen Xing, Feng-Chun Yang, Jie Bai, Yuan Zhou

“…We showed that noncontacted coculture with CMML-BMSCs preferentially promoted the differentiation of CB CD34+ cells toward myeloid lineage. The expression levels of multiple cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, and GRO-β) were markedly reduced in CMML-BMSCs compared with HD-BMSCs. …”
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CAR T-cell detection scoping review: an essential biomarker in critical need of standardization by Naomi Taylor, Nirali N Shah, David P Turicek, Victoria M Giordani, Josquin Moraly

“…The expansion and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells in patients are associated with response, toxicity, and long-term efficacy. As such, the tools used to detect CAR T-cells following infusion are fundamental for optimizing this therapeutic approach. …”
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Increasing vulnerability of an endemic Mediterranean-climate conifer to changing climate and fire regime by Frank W. Davis, Anne-Marie Parkinson, Max A. Moritz, Max A. Moritz, Isaac W. Park, Carla M. D’Antonio

“…The climate and fire vulnerability of BDF could be reduced by management actions such as mechanical fuel treatments and post-fire restoration, but these are highly constrained by topography, access, and sensitive wildlife species. …”
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IL-34 Suppresses Candida albicans Induced TNFα Production in M1 Macrophages by Downregulating Expression of Dectin-1 and TLR2 by Rong Xu, Hong-Fan Sun, David W. Williams, Adam V. Jones, Ali Al-Hussaini, Bing Song, Xiao-Qing Wei

“…Normally, C. albicans exists as a harmless commensal and does not trigger inflammatory responses by resident macrophages in skin mucosa, which may be caused by a tolerance of skin macrophage to C. albicans. IL-34 is a recently discovered cytokine, constitutively expressed by keratinocytes in the skin. …”
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Construction and Testing of Lightweight and Low-Cost Pneumatically Inflated Solar Concentrators by F. M. I. De Los Santos-García, Y. Nahmad-Molinari, J. Nieto-Navarro, C. Alanís-Ruiz, Felipe Patiño-Jiménez

“…Further implementation of a flat and a cylindrical extension of the concentrating mirror as secondary mirrors was incorporated into the concentrator design in order to compensate for seasonal variations of collected radiation. Total initial investment of $163.30 or $58.5/m2 and efficiencies ranging from 33 to 25% for 25 up to 65°C show an excellent cost-performance ratio. …”
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Les politiques paysagères des documents d’urbanisme sont-elles évaluables ? by Didier Labat

“…Adapting the public policies monitoring tools to the nature itself of the urbanism document is necessary in order to integrate the evaluation criteria in the general territorial planning process. …”
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Les apports de l’économie institutionnelle à l’analyse des dispositifs de paiements pour services environnementaux : État des lieux et perspectives by Colas Chervier, Sarah Millet-Amrani, Philippe Méral

“…This work is based on the review of a selection of papers that appeared to us as the most significant dealing with this topic. Three main analytical themes were identified : the conceptualization of PSE, architecture and governance of PES mechanisms and the understanding of their impact. …”
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Transmissibilty-Based Operational Modal Analysis for Flight Flutter Testing Using Exogenous Inputs by Christof Devriendt, Tim De Troyer, Gert De Sitter, Patrick Guillaume

“…During the recent years several new tools have been introduced by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the field of Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) such as the transmissibility based approach and the the frequency-domain OMAX concept. …”
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Light-weighted vehicle detection network based on improved YOLOv3-tiny by Pingshu Ge, Lie Guo, Danni He, Liang Huang

“…The commonly used object detection network is too large and can only be realized in real-time on a high-performance server. …”
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Unconventional Nuclides for Radiopharmaceuticals by Jason P. Holland, Matthew J. Williamson, Jason S. Lewis

“…Until recently, the majority of clinical and basic science research has focused on the development of 11 C-, 13 N-, 15 O-, and 18 F-radiopharmaceuticals for use with positron emission tomography (PET) and 99m Tc-labeled agents for use with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). …”
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Crecer en movimiento. Abordaje etnográfico del desarrollo infantil en comunidades Mbya (Argentina) by Carolina Remorini

“…En este trabajo caracterizo las categorías, representaciones y valores Mbya, en torno a los procesos de crecimiento y desarrollo, focalizando la mirada en el "movimiento" -en tanto indicador de "crecimiento" y salud-, en las prácticas cotidianas de crianza que lo promueven, y en las creencias y saberes que las justifican. …”
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SWOT Analysis on the Use of Haba Inggreh Android Application in High Schools in Nagan Raya Regency by Veni Nella Syahputri, Nyak Mutia Ismail, Kismullah, Herri Darsan

“…This study belongs toqualitative deisgn, involving 29 students and 4 teachers from SMAN 1 Seunagan. …”
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Households Sociodemographic Profile as Predictors of Health Insurance Uptake and Service Utilization: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Municipality of Ghana by Eric Badu, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Isaac Ofori Acheampong, Maxwell Preprah Opoku, Kwasi Addai-Donkor

“…Attempts to use health insurance in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are recognized as a powerful tool in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). …”
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Molecular techniques for cancer diagnostics by Vimal Kishor Singh, Ramesh Chandra

“…Furthermore, noninvasive imaging technologies and serum biomarkers are promising higher quality outputs in a limited time which could be a useful tool to monitor early responses to the treatment and may be able to design the remedial course. …”
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