Crisis Management in Public Student Funding through a System Change? by Christoph Gwosć, Gregor van der Beek

“…It appears that countries applying the provision principle provide, on average, considerably larger parts of their student populations with public support and public support accounts for a larger share of the recipients’ total income. Students in these countries report (very) serious financial difficulties less often. …”
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The Islamic Republic of Iran in Search of its Foreign Policy Identity: Revolutionary Innovation or Continuity? by N. A. Kozhanov, A. S. Bogacheva

“…In particular, we can describe the past 20 century and the first decades of the 21st century as the time of Tehran's search for its foreign policy identity, which is not finished even today. Despite many discussion, the Iranian political elite has not only failed to find a single definition of its foreign policy selfhood, but has produced several more formulas of its own identity, which often contradict each other, although they coexist. …”
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Research on two‐level energy management based on tiered demand response and energy storage systems by Danhao Wang, Daogang Peng, Dongmei Huang, Lan Ren

“…Furthermore, an optimal incentive decision‐making technology oriented towards user comfort was proposed, achieving an integrated function of strategy formulation, implementation, analysis, and optimization for power demand response. …”
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Research Note: Reduction of Salmonella load in Brazilian commercial chicken farms using INSPEKTOR®: a bacteriophage-based product by Michael Pino, Karen Mujica, Paola Mora-Uribe, Héctor Garcias-Papayani, Braulio Paillavil, Camilo Avendaño, Diego Flores-Crisosto, Rodrigo Norambuena, Victoria Rojas-Martínez, Matías Aguilera, Nicolás Cifuentes Muñoz, Pablo Cifuentes, Hans Pieringer, Soledad Ulloa

“…Salmonella load was quantified (DNA copies/mL) by real-time PCR using the invA marker for Salmonella spp., together with serovars Minnesota and Heidelberg, which are relevant to the industry in Brazil. …”
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Impact of the use of azole fungicides, other than as human medicines, on the development of azole‐resistant Aspergillus spp. by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), European Environment Agency (EEA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC)

“…EU agencies, with the support of JRC, reviewed the evidence and provided conclusions and recommendations on this topic. Although incomplete, data from 2010 to 2021 showed that around 120,000 tonnes of azoles were sold in EU/EEA for uses other than as human medicines. …”
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cfDNA as a surrogate marker for COVID-19 severity in patients with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice: a study protocol for a prospe... by Dorothea Dehnen, Elmo Neuberger, Jürgen in der Schmitten, Ekaterini Giagkou, Perikles Simon, Suzan Botzenhardt

“…To identify a possible predictive marker for the differentiation and prognosis of illness with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice, we will analyse the concentrations of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) levels, laboratory and clinical parameters, temperature, oxygen saturation, breathing rate and concomitant symptoms in patients with flu-like symptoms with and without a SARS-CoV-2 infection.Methods and analysis This is a single-centre, two-arm, parallel longitudinal cohort study with a total of 44 patients. 22 patients with flu-like symptoms without a SARS-CoV-2 infection and 22 patients with flu-like symptoms with a SARS-CoV-2 infection will be recruited. …”
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Post-Recession Recovery in US Air Transport: Forecasting with a Temporal Causal Model by Maja Ozmec-Ban, Ružica Škurla Babić, Vladimir Vasić, Dajana Bartulović

“…This research contributes to airlines and other air transport stakeholders by delivering a reliable short-term forecasting tool for informed decision-making and sustainable growth.…”
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PrQS firms’ perspectives impacting on the employability of quantity surveying graduates by Tiyiso Mavasa, Rolien Terblanche

“…This research adopted a qualitative approach through interviewing graduate employers within Quantity Surveying firms. A total of ten interviews were carried out with the relevant subjects for the study and data was analyzed through identifying common trends among responses. …”
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Semilocal analysis of equations with smooth operators by George J. Miel

“…A refined version of the Kantorovich theorem for Newton's method, with new error bounds, is presented. Related topics are briefly surveyed.…”
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Trends in US Adolescents and Their Association with Insulin Resistance-Related Parameters by Andrew A. Bremer, Peggy Auinger, Robert S. Byrd

“…Main outcome measures included SSB consumption trends, a homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, blood pressure, waist circumference, body mass index, and fasting concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides. …”
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A study of the histopathological spectrum of thyroid neoplasms in a tertiary health care center by Rabia Parveen Siddiqui, Vanita Bhaskar, Kavita Swami, Varsha Pandey, Anubhav Chandrakar, Kasturi Mangrulkar

“…Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, over 50 months from January 2020 to March 2024. A total of 71 cases meeting the inclusion criteria were analyzed. …”
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Association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant with susceptibility and severity of pediatric bronchial asthma: a case-control study by Khalid M. Mohany, Yasser Gamal, Yaser F. Abdel Raheem

“…Patients and methods The study included ninety-six participant grouped into two groups: G1 (46 asthmatics) and G2 (50 healthy controls). ECP, hs-CRP, and total IgE serum levels were measured using their corresponding ELISA kits. …”
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Landslide Hazard Assessment and Zonation by using Slope Susceptibility Evaluation Parameter (SSEP) Rating Scheme- a Case from Debre Sina, Northern Ethiopia by Tamene Tadele

“…As a general methodology, a facet map was prepared from a topographic map (1:50,000) and rating values were assigned to each causative parameter (both intrinsic and external) based on its severity in triggering landslide hazard. …”
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Czy kredytobiorcy kierują się poziomem RRSO? Wyniki badania ankietowego by Magdalena Redo, Piotr Prewysz-Kwinto

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The Use of Antiviral Drugs for Influenza: A Foundation Document for Practitioners by Fred Y Aoki, Upton D Allen, H Grant Stiver, Michel Laverdière, Gerald A Evans

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Path analysis of factors influencing length of stay and hospitalisation expenses for oral cancer patients in tertiary hospitals in southeastern China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Hu, Yi Fan, Yaping Wang, Yu Qiu, Qiujiao Yang, Mingming Xu, Yanfeng Weng, Yanni Li, Lisong Lin, Fa Chen, Baochang He, Fengqiong Liu

“…Treatment and surgery fees constituted the largest proportion of total expenses (28.59%), followed by inspection and laboratory test fees (20.63%), comprehensive medical service fees (19.27%), drug fees (18.09%) and medical consumables fees (11.69%). …”
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Niños y adolescentes con enfermedades raras atendidos en consulta provincial de nutrición by Elsy Roxana Geroy Moya, María Elena Quiñones Hernández, María Dolores García Suárez, Leidy Sosa Águila, María Ocaña Gil

“…Fueron las alteraciones musculo-esqueléticas representativas en todos los casos.…”
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Effectiveness of tacrolimus therapy in refractory ulcerative colitis compared to infliximab with propensity score matching by Takeo Yoshihara, Takahiro Amano, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Yuri Tsujii, Akiko Asakura, Taku Tashiro, Mizuki Tani, Yuriko Otake-Kasamoto, Takuya Yamada, Yuko Sakakibara, Naoto Osugi, Shuji Ishii, Satoshi Egawa, Manabu Araki, Yuki Arimoto, Masanori Nakahara, Yoko Murayama, Ichizo Kobayashi, Kazuo Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Satoshi Hiyama, Narihiro Shibukawa, Masato Komori, Yorihide Okuda, Takashi Kizu, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Minoru Kato, Yoshiki Tsujii, Takahiro Inoue, Hideki Iijima, Yoshito Hayashi, Tetsuo Takehara

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Corrigendum to “The fertility outcome of assisted oocyte activation combined with spindle view-assisted intracytoplasmic sperm injection in patients with low fertilization rate” [T... by Wei-Che Lo, Chieh-Yu Lin, Chia-Jung Li, Chiung-Hui Hou, Lin-Hsuan Dai, Hsien-Ming Wu

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Occurrence and Exposure Assessment of Aflatoxin B1 in Omena (Rastrineobola argentea) from Kenya by Esther Marijani, Harrison Charo-Karisa, Emmanuel Kigadye, Sheila Okoth

“…In this study, we assessed the occurrence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in Omena and the potential health risk of AFB1 to Kenyan consumers of this fish. A total of 74 samples comprising Omena intended for human consumption and fish feed production were analyzed in this study. …”
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