Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths of Dogs and Associated Factors in Hawassa City of Sidama Region, Ethiopia by Teshager Dubie, Shilmat Sire, Gizachew Fentahun, Fanuel Bizuayehu

“…A total of 384 dogs were randomly selected, and their feces were examined using a flotation technique. …”
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Two and a half cheers for the national care standards by Kirstie Maclean

“…It is extremely important that units and schools familiarise themselves with the standards and audit their services against them; they are the tool that will be used by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) when it registers and inspects services. …”

A ROS-responsive hydrogel encapsulated with matrix metalloproteinase-13 siRNA nanocarriers to attenuate osteoarthritis progression by Qiuyang Wang, Kai Feng, Guangsheng Wan, Wei Liao, Jing Jin, Peng Wang, Xiaolian Sun, Weijun Wang, Qing Jiang

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Polygenic burden of short tandem repeat expansions promotes risk for Alzheimer’s disease by Michael H. Guo, Wan-Ping Lee, Badri Vardarajan, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins

“…AD STR expansions are highly enriched within active promoters in post-mortem hippocampal brain tissues and particularly within SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) retrotransposons. Together, these results demonstrate that expanded STRs within active promoter regions of the genome associate with risk of AD.…”
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Multiple Urethral Hemangiomas Associated with Urethral Stricture: An Uncommon Aetiology for Urethral Bleeding by Raquel Varea-Malo, Félix Campos-Juanatey, José Antonio Portillo Martín, Luisana Castillo Carvajal

“…Urethroscopy is the preferred diagnostic tool, while complementary radiologic studies could describe the extension of the tumour. …”
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Body Mass Index mediates the relationship between estimated glucose disposal rate and gallstones by Shuaipeng Yuan, Yuexia Lu, Zhun Xiao, Suping Ma

“…There were 595 subjects with a gallstone diagnosis out of 5,656 total. A significant negative association between eGDR and gallstones was observed by fully adjusted multivariate logistic regression analysis with an OR of 0.90 and a 95% confidence interval (CI) of (0.83, 0.98). …”
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Role of CFT and PCR in diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci in experimentally infected rabbits by V. V. Evstifeev, F. M. Khusainov, S. I. Yakovlev, R. I. Shangaraev, V. I. Eremets

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Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka by S. A. S. Pilagolla, L. D. Amarasinghe

“…Albopictus, were captured. A total of 1194 mosquito larvae were collected that belonged into three genera, namely, Culex (62.73%), Armigeres (25.62%), and Mansonia (11.64%), from blocked drains, polluted drains, blocked canals, large polluted water bodies, stagnant water bodies, marsh lands, rice field mudflats, and concrete pits. …”
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Du poids des contraintes au partage concerté des ressources : quelques témoignages des acteurs centraux de la conciliation travail-famille by Lise Chrétien, Isabelle Létourneau

“…Starting with the observation that today’s working parents are having increasing difficulty assuming their work and family responsibilities, this paper addresses, through the results of a qualitative study on 30 working parents: 1) the problem situations experienced by working parents regarding the work-family balance, 2) the effects experienced by working parents in dealing with these situations, 3) the expectations of working parents regarding other actors from family, work, community and governmental spheres in overcoming these problem situations. …”
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Tight Focusing of Partially Coherent Vortex Beams by Rakesh Kumar Singh

“…Compact form of the coherence matrix has been derived for polarized vortex beams. Effects of topological charge and polarization distribution of the incident beam on intensity distribution, degree of polarization, and coherence have been investigated.…”
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Genetic Diversity of Bread Wheat Genotypes Grown in Different Landscapes Using SSR Marker Analysis by Babayeva Sevda, Rustamov Khanbala, Abbasov Mehraj

“…Studying this diversity is crucial for improving adaptability and resilience to climate change in high altitude regions. A total of 158 bread wheat accessions were analyzed using SSR markers, following CTAB and PCR-based DNA extraction, fragment analysis on an ABI 3130xl Genetic Analyzer and subsequent statistical evaluation. …”
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Utilizing kombucha culture for coffee fermentation and biochemical characteristic analysis by Hayeong Kim, Jihyeon Jeon, Jiyeon Lee, Chaeri Song, Boncheol Gu, Nahyun Mariah Kim, Tae-hui Yang, Sejin Oh, Soochul Park, Kunal Pal, Ghahyun Jeffrey Kim, Doman Kim

“…Coffee showed a decrease in pH and an increase in titratable acidity during fermentation. The total phenolic and flavonoid content increased 1.77- and 1.95-fold in K-coffee and 2.07- and 2.60-fold in CK-coffee, respectively, after 24 h of fermentation compared to the coffee control, in which the kombucha broth was not inoculated, with an increased in trigonelline, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid content. …”
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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox by Sara Paparini, Rosalie Hayes, Benjamin Weil, Will Nutland, Ismael Maatouk, Teodora Wi, Chloe M. Orkin, Rosamund Lewis

“…Thirteen participants took part: all self-identified as cisgender male, 1 self-identified as Black British, 1 as British Asian, 5 as White, 3 as White British, 3 as White Other. …”
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The conundrum of motherhood: house helps and the mediated motherhood discourses in Kenya by Gladys Muasya

“…Most workingclass mothers employ caregivers – house helps to mind their children. A total of 71 stories from 2009 to 2022 related to mothering were collected from two leading newspapers in Kenya – Daily Nation and The Standard – which feature lifestyle issues. …”
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A Meta-analysis: Effect of Tai Chi on Single-leg Standing Time of the Elderly by Xiaojun LI, Tingyu CHEN, Cui'e FENG, Jinxiu CHEN

“…The extracted data were analyzed by RevMan 5.3.Results:A total of 6 literatures were discovered. There was one Chinese literature, others are English literatures. …”
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Retropharyngeal Abscess in Adults: Five Case Reports and Review of the Literature by A. Harkani, R. Hassani, T. Ziad, L. Aderdour, H. Nouri, Y. Rochdi, A. Raji

“…The presenting symptoms, for all patients, were fever, odynophagia, torticollis, and trismus, and the clinical examination showed bulging of the posterior wall of the oropharynx. …”
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Reciprocal Relationship Between Self-Control Belief and Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Longitudinal Survey Study by Shimin Zhu, Di Qi

“…with a 1-year, 2-wave, school-based longitudinal survey. MethodsA total of 3264 students (338 in grades 4‐5 and 2926 in grades 7‐10) from 15 schools in Hong Kong participated in the classroom surveys. …”
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Theologico-political Issues in Richard Hooker’s Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan by Pierre Lurbe

“…Hooker et Hobbes ont tous deux été amenés à défendre la suprématie royale contre ses adversaires presbytériens. …”
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Investigation of Structure and Optical Properties for Copper Oxide Thin Films on Plastic Substrate by Helicon Plasma DC Magnetron Sputtering Technique by Anmar Alhattab, Haider Alhattab, Ichiro Takano

“…As we move towards a decarbonized society, transparent solar cells have recently become an important means of increasing power generation in familiar locations. …”
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Association of Aldosterone and Cortisol with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Prehypertension Stage by Sadiqa Badar Syed, Masood Anwar Qureshi

“…Serum cortisol, aldosterone, total cholesterol, Low density lipoproteins, blood glucose, Na+ and K+, using standard laboratory techniques, were determined in fasting blood samples. …”
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