Teaching English Oral Expressionand Listening Comprehension at the Department ofLetters and English Language, University of Constantine 1: Past and Present Ups and Downs by Youcef BEGHOUL

“…It also suggests some solutions for a more practical teaching of these two crucial skills in a pedagogical context characterized by ever decreasing linguistic and cultural levels and more and more overcrowded classes.…”
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Treatment Methods Dry Form of Age Macular Degeneration — History and Prospects. Review by A. N. Kulikov, M. V. Zakharov, A. A. Volozhev

“…The main treatment for wet AMD is the injection of medications called anti-VEGF agents. Currently, treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration includes modification of risk factors (stop smoking, healthy life style and etc) and dietary supplements containing a combination of certain ingredients (vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, copper, and lutein with zeaxanthin or beta-carotene) may be able to slow the progression of the disease. …”
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Water- and frost-resistance of crushed stone mastic asphalt concrete prepared on sevilen-modified bitumen by V. V. Yadykina, S. N. Navolokina, A. M. Gridchin

“…Introduction. Currently, increasing the durability of road asphalt concrete pavements is one of the urgent issues, the solution of which provides a significant economic effect achieved by increasing the turnaround time, as well as the overall service life of highways. …”
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Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Methanol–Diesel Dual Fuel Engine at Different Altitudes by Zhongcheng Wang, Zhu Jie, Xiaoyu Liu

“…Currently, in the two technological approaches for using diesel pilot injection to ignite methanol and partially substituting diesel fuel with methanol, neither can fully achieve carbon neutrality in the context of internal combustion engines. …”
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Dietary Passion Fruit Seed Oil Supplementation for Health and Performance of Laying Hens by Laís Garcia Cordeiro, Paola Aparecida Damázio Rodrigues, Gabrieli Andressa de Lima, Elis Omar Figueroa Castillo, Joyce Andrade da Silva, Júlia de Lima Lopes, Anna Luísa Lang, Samir Moura Kadri, Antônio Celso Pezzato, José Roberto Sartori

“…Passion fruit seed oil (PFSO) is rich in bioactive compounds, which can enhance laying hens’ health and performance. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing PFSO supplementation in laying hens’ productive performance, egg quality, relative weight and length of organs, plasma lipid oxidation, antioxidant status, and gene expression of SOD, GPx, CAT, and NRF2 in the liver. …”
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BUDGETARY POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY by O. A. Polyakova, R. A. Alandarov

“…Current rules of budgetary and tax legislation contain some shortcomings which are especially conspicuous in the period of stagnation. …”
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Silicon-Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes With Interlayer-Enhanced Hole Transport by Wei Gu, Xiangkai Liu, Xiaodong Pi, Xingliang Dai, Shuangyi Zhao, Li Yao, Dongsheng Li, Yizheng Jin, Mingsheng Xu, Deren Yang, Guogang Qin

“…The highest EQE of ∼2.4% obtained in the current work is among the best values that have been reported for Si-QD LEDs. …”
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Improving Egg Quality in Tropical Environments: Assessing the Maize Meal Replacement by Wheat Bran and Soybean Oil in Laying Hen Diets by Mariana Novela, Abilio P. Changule, Igor I. S. Munguambe, Florentina D. Chilala, Leonel A. Joaquim, Eunice J. Chivale, Marcos Mabasso, Ramos J. Tseu, Filomena dos Anjos, Otília H. T. Tomo, Manuel Garcia‐Herreros, Custódio G. Bila

“…ABSTRACT Background The use of wheat bran (WB) in the monogastric animal feed is limited due to its high fibre content and low energy contents. Objectives The current study evaluated the effect of replacing maize meal with WB, in the absence or presence of soybean oil, on egg quality and economic performance indicators. …”
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Sub-monolayers of iridium electrodeposited on Ti2AlC substrate as catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in sulfuric acid solution by Vladimir D. Jović, Pajić Mila N. Krstajić

“…Polarization curves for iridium sub-monolayers equal, or higher than 6 ML showed low Tafel slope of -14 to -16 mV dec-1 up to about -0.1 A cm-2, while at higher current densities the Tafel slopes increased, varying between -40 and -72 mV dec-1. …”
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Life expectancy by religious affiliation in Finland 1972–2020 by Julia Klein, Jan Saarela, Martin Kolk

“…Non-affiliated persons have about one-year shorter life expectancy than Evangelical Lutherans, but the difference has decreased over time, and they currently are at a similar level. …”
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Anatomic and mechanical considerations in restoring volume of the face with use of hyaluronic acid fillers with a novel layered technique by Mohan K Thomas, James A Dsilva, Ateesh J Borole, Sudhir M Naik, Soma G Sarkar

“…Results: We observed that the amount of filler material required in initial sitting remains the same, however the frequency of touch up visits is decreased and so is the amount of filler material required for follow-up injections. …”
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Interleukin-35 impairs human NK cell effector functions and induces their ILC1-like conversion with tissue residency features by Valentin Picant, Lara Revol-Bauz, Laurie Tonon, Timothée Casini, Aurélien Voissière, Dominique Poujol, Emilie Picard, Céline Rodriguez, Cyril Degletagne, Emily Sible, Uzma Hasan, Anthony Ferrari, Christophe Caux, Nathalie Bendriss-Vermare

“…Abstract Natural Killer (NK) cells play pivotal immunological roles including direct cytotoxic effector function and secretion of inflammatory and immunomodulating cytokines. In the context of chronic inflammation, NK cell fitness decreases during disease progression through currently unknown mechanisms. …”
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Comparison and theoretical conceptualization analysis of statistical methods used to develop heat vulnerability indices in urban areas by Thomas Lagelouze, Julia Hidalgo, Mitia Aranda, Guillaume Dumas

“… In view of the impact of extreme temperatures on physical and psychological health, particularly in urban areas, several studies have focused on assessing social vulnerability using quantitative indexing approaches with the aim of creating a heat vulnerability index (HVI). In this context, this study employs three statistical methodologies frequently used to construct HVIs on the territory of the Toulouse Métropole, France, at the census block (IRIS) scale to assess the efficiency of this type of approach for evaluating social vulnerability in urban environments considering the current theoretical conceptualization. …”
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Examining the longitudinal associations between activity limitations, instrumental supports and social participation in osteoarthritis: A CLSA population-based study. by Anthony V Perruccio, Calvin Yip, J Denise Power, Mayilee Canizares, Elizabeth M Badley

“…<h4>Objective</h4>In osteoarthritis (OA) research, disability is largely studied within the context of activities of daily living. Broader consequences for social participation are often overlooked. …”
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Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…The objective is to estimate the consequences of introducing NIPT for the detection of T21.Methods A cost-consequences analysis was performed presenting the impact on benefits, harms and costs. Context-specific real-world information was available to set up a model reflecting the current screening situation in Belgium. …”
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Optimizing Antibiotic Use: Addressing Resistance Through Effective Strategies and Health Policies by Maurizio Capuozzo, Andrea Zovi, Roberto Langella, Alessandro Ottaiano, Marco Cascella, Manlio Scognamiglio, Francesco Ferrara

“…<b>Main text:</b> This review analyzes current strategies and health policies adopted in the European Union (EU) and Italy to manage AMR, presenting an in-depth examination of approaches for containment and mitigation. …”
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Classification of finger movements through optimal EEG channel and feature selection by Murside Degirmenci, Yilmaz Kemal Yuce, Matjaž Perc, Matjaž Perc, Matjaž Perc, Matjaž Perc, Matjaž Perc, Yalcin Isler

“…IntroductionElectrencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have become popular as EEG is accepted as the simplest and non-invasive neuroimaging modality to record the brain's electrical activity. In the current BCI research context, apart from predicting extremity movements, recent BCI studies have been interested in accurately predicting finger movements of the same hand using different pattern recognition methods over EEG data collected based on motor imagery (MI), through which a mental image of the desired action is generated when a person ideally simulates or imagines carrying out a certain motor task. …”
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Changes in air pollutant emissions in China during two clean-air action periods derived from the newly developed Inversed Emission Inventory for Chinese Air Quality (CAQIEI) by L. Kong, L. Kong, X. Tang, X. Tang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Zhu, J. Zhu, J. Li, H. Wu, H. Wu, Q. Wu, H. Chen, H. Chen, L. Zhu, W. Wang, B. Liu, Q. Wang, D. Chen, Y. Pan, Y. Pan, J. Li, J. Li, L. Wu, L. Wu, G. R. Carmichael

“…In particular, the total Chinese NO<span class="inline-formula">_<i>x</i></span> and NMVOC emissions were shown to increase during 2015–2017, especially over the Fenwei Plain area (FW), where the emissions of particulate matter (PM) also increased. …”
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HNF-1β alleviates podocyte injury in lupus nephritis by maintaining endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis by Jie Yu, Bing Guo, Fan Zhang, Miao Liu, Ying Xie, Hui-mei Zou, Yuan-yuan Ruan, Xiao-min An, Pei-lei Chen, Ying-qin Luo, Ming-jun Shi, Li-fen Xu

“…Objective The current study aims to elucidate the critical function of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-beta (HNF1-β) in lupus nephritis (LN) by investigating its modulation of the Derlin-1/valosin-containing protein (VCP)/VCP-interacting membrane selenoprotein (VIMP) complex, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and podocyte apoptosis.Methods In vitro and in vivo models of LN were established using glomerular podocytes treated with LN serum and MRL/lpr mice, respectively. …”
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Bionomics of Aedes mosquito species in three eco-epidemiological settings of Cameroon and their susceptibilities profiles to insecticides by Ms Bertille Djapoum, Ms Gisele Aurelie Foko Dadji, Mr Borel DJIAPPI-TCHAMEN, Mr Christophe ANTONIO-NKONDJIO

“…After emergence and morphological identification, F0 and F1 of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus progeny will be used to assess the current phenotypic resistance status to the commonly used insecticides using WHO bioassays and mortality rates were assess according to the different insecticides tested. …”
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