Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages by Hong Qian, Shenhua Qian

“…Regions exhibiting notably high endemism are predominantly found in tropical Asia, Madagascar, eastern Australia, and the Andes, while those with notably low endemism are generally in temperate Eurasia and North America, parts of Africa, and eastern South America. …”
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Evaluation of cold atmospheric pressure plasma effects on Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infection in a mouse model by Reyhaneh Shekari, Gholamreza Zarrini, Vahid Siahpoush, Farzam Sheikhzadeh Hesari

“…Conclusion: The overall evaluation of wound healing time and pathological features showed that plasma was generally better than antibiotic treatment. Plasma can inactivate P. aeruginosa in wounds and accelerate wound healing. …”
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Some aspects of privatization effects on the labor market in the Republic of Serb by Zimonjić Stefan

“…Regardless of studies and their findings, the interesting part is the public opinion of those processes which is generally very suspicious in terms of their benefits. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Results: The mean participant age was 40.9 ± 14.51 years, and 93.1% of them were male. The participants generally initiated cannabis use during adolescence, at a mean onset age of 16.5 ± 4.46 years. …”
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A systematic review of proaporphine alkaloids and a pharmacological update by Christian Bailly

“…They are often considered as metabolic precursors to aporphines. They generally contain a cyclohexadienone system and can rearrange to aporphines on treatment with acid. …”
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Multiwavelength Variability Analysis of the Blazar PKS 0727-11: An ~ 168 day Quasiperiodic Oscillation in the γ-Ray by Yuncai Shen, Tingfeng Yi, Vinit Dhiman, Lisheng Mao, Liang Dong

“…We performed variability analysis of the multiwavelength light curves (LCs) for the flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 0727-11. Using the generalized Lomb–Scargle periodogram, we identified a possible quasiperiodic oscillation (QPO) of ~168.6 days (persisted for six cycles, with a significance of 3.8 σ ) in the γ -ray LC during the flare period (MJD 54687–55738). …”
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Una ciudad fotografiada: comparando imagen cotidiana e imagen turística en Fortaleza (Brasil) a partir de Instagram by Daniel Paul i Agusti, Madson dos Santos Costa

“…Los resultados muestran, en líneas generales, divergencias entre los espacios y los usos representados por ambos colectivos lo que permite mostrar cómo una ciudad tiende a cristalizar en situaciones, producciones o figuras particulares referenciadas a las actividades cotidianas o turísticas que allí transcurre. …”
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The Poisson Extension of the Unrelated Question Model: Improving Surveys With Time-Constrained Questions on Sensitive Topics by Benedikt Iberl, Anesa Aljovic, Rolf Ulrich, Fabiola Reiber

“…While prevalence estimates differ greatly between the UQMP and the standard Poisson model, the results of both models indicate a high rate of drinking and driving among those German traffic participants who generally engage in this behavior. The difference between prevalence estimates might be explainable by problems of the UQMs’ validity; we discuss possible causes for these problems, and why the UQMP or similar approaches can be valuable nonetheless. …”
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We Have Come a Long Way and We Have a Long Way to Go: A Cross-Survey Comparison of Data Quality in 16 Arab Countries in the Arab Barometer vs the World Values Survey by Saskia Glas, Veronica Kostenko

“…Therefore, this study compares sixteen surveys from the AB with sixteen from the WVS concerning four attitudes widely studied by substantive scholars: generalized and institutional trust and gender equality in education and in politics. …”
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APPLICATION OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN BUDGETARY USER MANAGEMENT IN CROATIA by Vesna Vašiček, Verica Budimir, Mirjana Hladika

“…The results obtained from the survey show that managers of most budgetary users consider that information presented in external financial statements are generally sufficient for decision making and successful management. …”
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Metadiscourse in Lithuanian linguistics research articles: A study of interactive and interactional features by Anna Ruskan, Greta Maslauskienė

“…The dominance of interactive metadiscourse features over interactional ones in the corpus examined shows that Lithuanian authors of research articles in linguistics are generally more concerned with organizing discourse and guiding readers through the text than with expressing attitudes and commitment to their arguments. …”
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EMI Dynamics: An Empirical Study on Students’ Perspectives at Tertiary Level in Türkiye by Özçelik Arzu Ekoç, Kavanoz Suzan, Yılmaz Selahattin

“…The findings indicate generally positive attitudes towards EMI. Students perceive EMI as beneficial to their academic and professional development, viewing it as an opportunity to enhance their English proficiency. …”
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The use of English as medium of instruction and students’ readiness to learn in English by Solomon Areaya Kassa, Daniel Tefera Abebe

“…There is an apparent difference in the performance of students who transitioned from a mother-tongue language to English as the medium of instruction at different levels. Generally, students who made the transition in grade seven were found to be superior in terms of achievement on grade ten national examinations to those who transitioned either in grade five or nine. …”
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Praising God or singing of love? From theological to erotic allegorisation in the interpretation of Canticles by H. Ausloos

“… In the history of the interpretation of Canticles, one generally distinguishes two tendencies, which can also be identified in the interpretation history of the rest of the Old Testament literature. …”
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Kenneth S. Adeyemi, Lateef Olabisi Adedeji

“…The results of both system dynamic panel Generalized Methods of Moment (GMM) estimator and Toda and Yamamoto (1995) granger non-causality model showed that equity capital significantly and positively affects return on assets (ROA) while leverage ratio significantly but negatively impacts on return on assets (ROA). …”
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Development and Preliminary testing of a Mixing and Pelletizing Machine for Livestock Feeds Production by T.A. Ishola, R.A. Busari, O.S. Aboyeji

“…From the proximate analysis done, samples with 0.9 kg molasses generally had the highest amount of ash content, crude fibre, crude protein and crude fat. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in infants: a retrospective study with comparison to toddlers by Anselm Chi-wai Lee

“…Results: Twenty-two infants and 30 toddlers were diagnosed and followed up for ITP during the study period. Infants with ITP generally had minor or mild bleeding (19, 86.4%) and seldom required treatment (7, 31.8%), and their thrombocytopenia resolved at a mean of 1.90 months after diagnosis. …”
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THE SYSTEM OF ENTITIES USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FIELD OF LIFE SAFETY: ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL AND ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING by Dmytro Bondar

“…It is noted that the system of civil protection subjects is generally defined by the Code of Civil Protection of Ukraine. …”
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APPLICATION OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN BUDGETARY USER MANAGEMENT IN CROATIA by Vesna Vašiček, Verica Budimir, Mirjana Hladika

“…The results obtained from the survey show that managers of most budgetary users consider that information presented in external financial statements are generally sufficient for decision making and successful management. …”
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Peace Building and Social Media in a Cosmopolitan Society by I. Omotayo Adeshina

“…In Nigeria, individualism, ethnicity and tribalism are more prevalent than cosmopolitan ideas of universality and generality. Cosmopolitanism embraces an individual's willingness to engage with people of different tribes and culture while upholding universal standards of human rights. …”
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