Inflammatory burden index as a prognostic marker in patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy by Jiao-Bao Huang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Jun Lu, Ji-Yun Zhu, Bin Lai, Sheng-Xun Mao, Jia-Qing Cao

“…Finally, Inflammatory burden index(IBI) was grouped by X-tile software, and Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the survival difference between groups.ResultsA total of 163 patients were enrolled in this study. …”
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Appropriation of Classic Literature as an Ideological Issue: The Experience of Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre by Natalja Shroma

“…The repertoire policy of the theatre at all stages of its existence took into account the ideological potential of classic writers and their ability to initiate the discussion of current political, ideological, and social issues. …”
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The Effect of Trust Benefit and Risk Perception of GM Foods on Behavior Intention: A Study on University Students by Murat Olgun, Erkan Arı, Veysel Yılmaz

“…The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes and behaviors of university students towards “foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms” (GMO). …”
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State policy in the field of ensuring road safety in Ukraine through the prism of regulatory initiatives: analysis and prospects for implementation by S. O. Shatrava, D. Ye. Denyshchuk, O. V. Pohorilets

“…It has been noted that today the legislator has carried out meaningful work aimed at improving the current legislation in terms of road safety. …”
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A cost‐effective video system for a rapid appraisal of deep‐sea benthic habitats: The Azor drift‐cam by Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió, Jorge Fontes, Telmo Morato

“…Built with off‐the‐shelf components, the Azor drift‐cam should be regarded as an effective, affordable, simple‐to‐assemble, easy‐to‐operate, resilient, operational and reliable tool to visually explore the deep sea to 1,000 m depth. …”
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Assessment of Reductions in Emission-driven Air Pollution during the Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo, Guangzhou Asian Games and Wuhan COVID-19 Lockdown by Ying Li, Haoxiang Xu

“…In our previous work, we developed a wind-pollution decomposition (WPD) method that provides a robust tool to quantify meteorology-driven and emission-driven impacts on changes in air quality. …”
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Optimization Design of Gear Parameter of a Tri-polar Parallel Gear Pump by Wang Shuangzhen

“…The optimization design of a tri-polar parallel gear pump is carried out by taking the minimum volume of the pump body as the objective function.In the mathematical model,the gear parameters such as modulus,tooth numbers,and thickness are taken as design variables,and the constraint condition is that the tri-polar parallel gear pump can meet the prescribed performance requirements.In the objective function,the volume of pump is replaced by the total volume of 4 mounting holes of addendum circles,which accurately reflects the volume of pump.In the process of solving optimization mathematical model,a new three-dimensional step-by-step search algorithm is proposed according to the characteristic that the formula of the objective function is very complex and the modulus,tooth numbers of gears are discrete variables.Thus an optimization algorithm for the tri-polar parallel gear pump designing is provided,and through an example,the feasibility and effectiveness of the algorithm are verified.…”
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Primary HIV Drug Resistance among Recently Infected Cases of HIV in North-West India by C. K. Chauhan, P. V. M. Lakshmi, V. Sagar, A. Sharma, S. K. Arora, R. Kumar

“…The sequences were analyzed using the Calibrated Population Resistance (CPR) tool of Stanford University HIV drug resistance (DR) database to identify drug resistance. …”
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The Influence of Workforce Diversity on Organizational Performance in the UAE Hospitality Sector: The Moderating Role of HR Practices by Osama Khassawneh, Tamara Mohammad

“…In this regard, we propose that training and performance appraisal serve as potential tools to enhance OP through diversity.…”
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A Feasibility Study on the Potential Use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Analyze Meat in Live Animals: Discrimination of Muscles by J. J. Roberts, J. Ch. Motin, D. Swain, D. Cozzolino

“…At present, there are no rapid and noninvasive tools to monitor and assess any characteristic or property in live beef animals. …”
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Costs of community-wide mass drug administration and school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Benin, India and Malawi by Judd Walson, ROBIN BAILEY, Katya Galactionova, Maitreyi Sahu, Samuel Paul Gideon, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Chloe Morozoff, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Khumbo Kalua, Euripide Avokpaho, Moudachirou Ibikounle, Arianna Rubin Means, James Simwanza, Wongani Lungu, Parfait Houngbegnon, Adrian J F Luty, Rachel Pullan

“…We compared the costs of cMDA to SBD to inform decision-making about future updates to STH policy.Design We conducted activity-based microcosting of cMDA and SBD for 2 years in Benin, India and Malawi within an ongoing cMDA trial.Setting Field sites and collaborating research institutions.Primary and secondary outcomes We calculated total financial and opportunity costs and costs per treatment administered (unit costs in 2019 USD ($)) from the service provider perspective, including costs related to community drug distributors and other volunteers.Results On average, cMDA unit costs were more expensive than SBD in India ($1.17 vs $0.72) and Malawi ($2.26 vs $1.69), and comparable in Benin ($2.45 vs $2.47). cMDA was more expensive than SBD in part because most costs (~60%) were ‘supportive costs’ needed to deliver treatment with high coverage, such as additional supervision and electronic data capture. …”
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The clinical efficacy of scalp acupuncture for tinnitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Jiadi Chen, Ruizhi Jing

“…Sensitivity analyses was performed to investigate sources of heterogeneity. Results: A total of 20 research studies,with 1430 participants,were included.The systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that the scalp acupuncture groups had a significantly higher clinical effective rate compared to the control groups (RR=1.25, 95 % CI 1.16–1.35, p < 0.00001),with low heterogeneity(p = 0.27,I2=20 %).The scalp acupuncture groups and scalp acupuncture plus auxiliary acupoints groups had greater reduction in tinnitus severity compared to the control groups(SMD=-0.76,95 %CI:-1.02,-0.51,p < 0.00001;SMD:-0.93,95 %CI:-1.52,-0.33,p = 0.002, respectively),with a moderate heterogeneity(p = 0.005,I2=62 %) and a significant heterogeneity (p < 0.00001,I2=86 %) observed due to differences in study design, sample characteristics, and intervention protocols.Sensitivity analysis confirmed the stability of the results.The summary table generated through GRADEpro indicated that the certainty of evidence ranged from moderate to low. …”
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Non-Fragile Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Chaotic Systems by Leipo Liu, Zhengzhi Han, Zhumu Fu

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The Dynamicity of the Oxytocin Receptor in the Brain May Trigger Sensory Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder by Claudia Camerino

“…This review will describe the sensory deficits characteristic of ASD together with the recent theories regarding how the modulation of Oxt/Oxtr in the brain influences sensory processing in ASD.…”
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Comparison of Amino Acid PET to Advanced and Emerging MRI Techniques for Neurooncology Imaging: A Systematic Review of the Recent Studies by Brittany M. Stopa, Csaba Juhász, Sandeep Mittal

“…A PubMed search was conducted for human studies incorporating both aaPET and aMRI and published between July 2018 and August 2020. Results. A total of 22 studies were found in the study period. …”
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Properties of some weak forms of continuity by Takashi Noiri

“…As weak forms of continuity in topological spaces, weak continuity [1], quasi continuity [2], semi continuity [3] and almost continuity in the sense of Husain [4] are well-known. …”
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Hamilton Connectivity of Convex Polytopes with Applications to Their Detour Index by Sakander Hayat, Asad Khan, Suliman Khan, Jia-Bao Liu

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Portfolio Optimization of Equity Mutual Funds—Malaysian Case Study by Adem Kılıçman, Jaisree Sivalingam

“…This was done by maximizing the fuzzy return for a tolerable fuzzy risk and minimizing the fuzzy risk for a desirable fuzzy return separately at different confidence levels.…”
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Desafios e perspectivas da formação docente para o desenvolvimento de uma Educação Integral e inclusiva na contemporaneidade by Aline Novaes Conceição, Priscila Caroline Miguel, Adriana Alonso Pereira, Andressa Santos Rebelo

“…Dessa forma, para além do acesso, também é necessária a elaboração e efetivação de políticas públicas que possibilitem que todos aprendam, independente das diferenças e suas especificidades, pois uma Educação Integral e inclusiva, demanda políticas públicas inclusivas. …”
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SEC-MX: an approach to systematically study the interplay between protein assembly states and phosphorylation by Ella Doron-Mandel, Benjamin J. Bokor, Yanzhe Ma, Lena A. Street, Lauren C. Tang, Ahmed A. Abdou, Neel H. Shah, George Rosenberger, Marko Jovanovic

“…Overall, we establish SEC-MX as a valuable tool for exploring protein functions and regulation beyond abundance changes.…”
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