Effect of Slit3 on kidney fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease rats by Huang Ming-fang, Dong Yang, Shadek-jiang Harinul, Gan Xin-yu, Shi Wen-li, Lu Chen

“…Hematoxylin and eosin （H&E） staining was used to observe the histopathological changes of the kidney. Kidney fibrosis degree was examined by Masson’s trichrome staining. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Designed as a quantitative measurement of how the position of young people has changed across the EU, its 13 indicators include housing costs, government debt, spending on pensions and education, participation in democracy, and access to tertiary education. …”
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Risk assessment of incontinence-related dermatitis in critically ill patients and analysis of related graded nursing measures (危重症患者发生失禁相关性皮炎的风险及相关分级护理措施分析)... by ZHUANG Haiyan (庄海燕), ZHANG Yuanyuan (张媛媛), XIONG Meifeng (熊梅凤)

“…In addition, the difference between the two groups in the changes of self-esteem was analyzed. Results The total incidence of IAD in observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0. 05). …”
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Integrated Framework and Technical Path for Multi-level Nested Assessment of Landscape Character by Yuncai WANG, Qizhen DONG

“…In contrast, there is relatively little research and practice related to LPA, although attention has been paid to the trend of landscape changes. In addition, there is a nested relationship in terms of value implications, landscape spatial carrier, evaluation index system, and practical application of results, and there is a certain degree of complementarity between LPA and LCA. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase (NDM) in Italy: A call for policymakers by Gabriella Nucera

“…A ntimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change in ways that render the medications used to cure the infections they cause ineffective [1]. …”

Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…The rats were sacrificed on third days after administration, and the contents of oxidative stress indexes superoxide dismutase(SOD)and malondialdehyde(MDA)in serum were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA); the related biochemical kit was used to test glutathione peroxidase(GSH-PX)and catalase(CAT)viability of the spinal cord tissue; the expression levels of apoptosis-related proteins of Caspase-3, B cell lymphoma(Bcl-2)associated X protein(Bax), and Bcl-2 were detected by Western blot; and the Hematoxylin/eosin(HE)staining was used to observe the pathological changes of the spinal cord tissue at the perilesional area; and Terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl transferase mediated nick end labeling(TUNEL)was used to observe the apoptosis of nerve cells of the spinal cord tissue at the perilesional area.Results:The results of ELISA showed that compared with the sham-operated group, the SOD content in the serum of the model group decreased, and the MDA content increased; compared with the model group, the SOD content in the serum of the treatment group with iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones increased significantly(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05), and the MDA content decreased significantly(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.01). …”
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Osiąganie kompromisu potrzeb człowieka i przyrody by Karol Lewandowski

“…Therefore yielding conclusions can lead to significant theoretical revaluation and substantially change existing engineering and legal practice. The main research problem is ecosystem modeling for ecoengineering needs. …”
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Scaling and intermittent properties of oceanic and atmospheric <i>p</i>CO₂ time series and their difference in a turbulence framework by K. Robache, F. G. Schmitt, Y. Huang, Y. Huang

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Potential Antidepressant Effects of Omeprazole Introduced Through Network Analysis and Systems Biology Should Be Interpreted with Caution in the Clinical Environment by Seyed-Ali Mostafavi

“…Even though Omeprazole treats GERD, there are possibilities of changing the gastric PH and the gut microbiota. Chronic Omeprazole consumption may lead to overgrowth of Streptococcaceae and decrease of the Lactobacillus family in the patient’s gut (6). …”
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Investigating the Nature of Orientalism from a Philosophical-Historical Point of View Based on the Relationship between Subject and Object by Ghorban Elmi, Alireza Nahri

“…This shift in the subject-object dynamic gave rise to a new understanding of truth, the world, and all forms of existence.The most significant change in the subject-object relationship was encapsulated in Kant's critical philosophy, which he described as a "Copernican revolution" in philosophy. …”
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Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle... by N. Bednaršek, H. van de Mortel, G. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, M. García-Reyes, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, A. G. Dickson

“…<p>Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), one of the marine carbon dioxide removal strategies, is gaining recognition in its ability to mitigate climate change and ocean acidification (OA). OAE is based on adding alkalinity to open-ocean and coastal marine systems through a variety of different approaches, which raises carbonate chemistry parameters (such as pH, total alkalinity, aragonite saturation state) and enhances the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>) from the atmosphere. …”
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A study on the status quo and influencing factors of ICU nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical restraints in general hospitals in Guangxi (广西壮族自治区ICU护士实施身体约束知信行... by MA Qiang (马强), LI Gaoye (李高叶), LIAO Tingting (廖婷婷), YU Qin (玉琴), HUANG Xiaobo (黄晓波), WEI Xiu (韦秀), XIE Haijuan (谢海娟)

“…ICU managers should improve the physical restraint training mechanism, types and teams of ICU nurses, strengthen relevant knowledge and skills training according to the different characteristics of nurses, build positive attitudes and emotions through enhanced knowledge, promote behavioral changes, and improve the development of physical restraint specialization. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…They also create awareness of possibilities for change (Okolo 2007, 1). Compared to Ọlátúnjí’s exploratory unraveling of Fálétí’s poetry, my objective is to enlist Fálétí as a poet that has not been given his due as one who is sensitive to the requirements of political philosophy and its objective of ensuring the imagination of a society that is properly ordered according to the imperatives of justice.   …”
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Effect of integrin α5 on NLRP3 expression in periodontal ligament fibroblasts within an inflammatory microenvironment by DAI Jingyi, CAI Hongxuan, SI Weixing, ZHANG Zan, WANG Zhurui, LI Mengsen, TIAN Ya guang

“…According to the CCK-8 results, in further inhibitor intervention experiments, PDLFs were cultured in 0-CM, 5-CM (without/with 25 μg/mL ATN-161), and 0-CM containing 25 μg/mL ATN-161, which were labeled as the 0-CM, 5-CM, ATN-161+5-CM, and ATN-161 groups, respectively. The expression changes of integrin α5 and NLRP3 were detected using Western blot and qRT-PCR techniques. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…More than one and a half years of lasting boycott of international sports federations almost ruined the Lithuanian sport system. Sudden changes harmed the sphere of sport much stronger than other reformatted spheres. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on Cognitive Function in Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injured Rats by Yongmei YOU, Yijing JIANG, Zhicheng LIN, Zengtu ZHAN, Jun WANG, Wei WEI, Shanli YANG

“…In the model group, expect that electroacupuncture was not used, the rest of the process was the same as that in the EA group. The changes in cognitive function of the rats were evaluated with Barnes maze 1, 7 days after cerebral ischmeia-reperfusion. …”
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Impact de l’évaluation de la sédation sur la durée de ventilation mécanique en réanimation pédiatrique [Impact of sedation assessment on duration of mechanical ventilation in pedia... by Zakaria Zoheir Addou, Nabil Tabet Aoul, Abdessamad DALI ALI Dali-Ali

“…Conclusion-The use of a COMFORT B sedation scale allowed a reduction in the duration of mechanical ventilation with no change in the doses of hypnotics and analgesics. …”
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Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial by Fiona Jones, Nick Sevdalis, Adrian Edwards, Bernadette Sewell, Monica Busse, Philip Pallmann, Rachel Lowe, Shaun Harris, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Jessica Fish, Claire Potter, Muhammad Riaz, Fiona J Leggat, Andrea Jane Longman, Jackie McRae

“…The limited understanding of how much change is clinically meaningful in this population along with the unblinded design, the use of self-referral as a recruitment method and variable usual care may have introduced unintended bias and thus limits robust conclusions about this intervention. …”
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Teaching design and study of the characteristic module of maternal and infant nursing based on "high-level, innovative and challenging" (基于“两性一度”的母婴护理特色模块教学设计与研究)... by HOU Xiaoni (侯小妮), LIU Hong (刘宏), XU Yang (徐杨), CHEN Yanting (陈延亭), SUN Ruiyang (孙瑞阳), MA Yuqi (马誉萁), JIN Ningning (金宁宁)

“…The first teaching content is postpartum women's care, including the physical and mental changes of puerperium women and related nursing management. …”
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Dense Nursery Stock Detecting and Counting Based on UAV Aerial Images and Improved LSC-CNN by PENG Xiaodan, CHEN Fengjun, ZHU Xueyan, CAI Jiawei, GU Mengmeng

“…Firstly, to address the issue of missed detections caused by severe adhesion of densely packed trees, the last convolutional layer of the feature extraction network was replaced with dilated convolution. This change enlarges the receptive field of the convolutional kernel on the input while preserving the detailed features of the trees. …”
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