Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling of Belgian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Process Evaluation by Estrelle Thunnissen, Veerle Buffel, Linda Campbell, Bea Vuylsteke, Philippe Bos, Edwin Wouters

“…A moderate reward of €10-€30 (US $11.2-$33.6) with a dual incentive structure was insufficient to overcome these barriers. …”
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Effects of restrictive harvest criteria on antler size of hunter‐harvested male white‐tailed deer and hunter opportunity by William D. Gulsby, Charlie H. Killmaster, John W. Bowers, Karl V. Miller

“…We used hunter‐harvest data collected from 10 wildlife management areas in Georgia, USA, during 2003–2013 to compare cohort antler size and other factors among areas with varying or no SHC. …”
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Metaphorical Representation of the Migration Crisis as a Natural Phenomenon of the Water Element (Based on American Media Texts) by N. V. Stepanova

“…The research conducted within the framework of blending theory provides an opportunity to identify specific ways of metaphorizing the migration crisis and to analyze various implications and background knowledge that are actualized as two scenarios of the same metaphor are implemented and displayed in the emergent structure of the blend.…”
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Epidemiology of breast cancer in Chinese women from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis and comparison with the global burden by Zheng Long, Yujie Qiu, Zhenghao Long, Zicheng Jin

“…Age-standardized rates were analysed using the global age structure as a reference. Joinpoint regression was employed to assess the annual percentage change and average annual percentage change. …”
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Stress Martensite Nucleation in a State of Premartensitic Lattice Instability by Y. V. Dolgachev, V. N. Pustovoit, Y. M. Vernigorov

“…In addition, when compared to conventional hardening, there are changes in structure and properties. Such effects cannot be explained only in terms of thermodynamics, since the expected shift in the equilibrium temperature between austenite and martensite in a magnetic field of such strength does not exceed 4–8°C. …”
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Revisiting Drymaeus germaini (Ancey, 1892) (Gastropoda, Bulimulidae): ecological niche and first anatomical description of a poorly known land snail species from Brazil by Maria Isabel Pinto Ferreira Macedo, Ximena Maria Constanza Ovando, Sthefane D’ávila

“…However, information on population size and structure, geographic range and their trends over time, which is necessary to assess species conservation status, is unavailable or insufficient for most land snail taxa, making it difficult to apply the IUCN criteria. …”
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Insight into the Potential of Somatostatin Vaccination with Goats as a Model: From a Perspective of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota by Xiaoli Zhang, Juncai Chen, Siqi Zhang, Bingni Wei, Yanguo Han, Zhongquan Zhao

“…These results imply that somatostatin immunoneutralization might directly alter the gastrointestinal tract commensal bacterial structure, improving gastrointestinal homeostasis, and, thus, modifying the fermentability and effected hormone level to improve the productivity of goats. …”
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Development of enterprise architecture management methodology for teaching purposes by Dmitry V. Kudryavtsev, Evgeny P. Zaramenskikh, Maxim Y. Arzumanyan

“…Enterprise architecture allows describing, analyzing and designing the company from the point of view of its structure, functioning and goal setting (motivation).In the context of this approach, the enterprise is viewed as a system of services, processes, goals and performance indicators, organizational units, information systems, data, technical facilities, etc. …”
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Ability to form duplexes as a factor of intracellular microRNA distribution by S. A. Kuzmichev, A. V. Komelkov, E. M. Tchevkina

“…The regulation of the content of mature microRNAs (miRNAs) in different cell compartments – the nucleus (N) and the cytoplasm (C) – makes it possible to control their availability for participation in RNA-mediated interference processes. Structurally different miRNAs, processed from different precursors (pre-miRNA), can form duplexes between molecules containing complementary sequences. …”
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Benthic Community Metrics Track Hydrologically Stressed Mangrove Systems by Amanda W. J. Demopoulos, Jill R. Bourque, Jennifer P. McClain-Counts, Nicole Cormier, Ken W. Krauss

“…Here, we employ the use of baseline community ecology metrics along with stable isotopes to track changes in the community and trophic structure and enable time estimates for establishing mangrove functional equivalency. …”
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Analysis of phenotypic manifestations of connective tissue dysplasia in adult patients with osteogenesis imperfecta and development of a diagnostic algorithm by D. I. Valeeva, R. I. Khusainova, L. N. Khusainova, M. M. Khafizov, A. V. Tyurin

“…Connective tissue dysplasia (CTD) is a genetically determined disorder of the development of connective tissue in the embryonic and postnatal periods, which is characterized by defects in the structure of the fibers and basic substance of the connective tissue, which can cause a variety of disorders in the functioning of the internal organs and the musculoskeletal system. …”
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Measurement of Air-Blast Swirl Cup Atomization Field at Low Temperature With Digital Holographic Technique by Guangyuan YANG, Dan YU, Ge SONG, Jun WU, Liuyang FENG

“…This work can provide reference data for optimization of the nozzle structure design.…”
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Differential Evaluation of Ecological Resilience in 45 Cities along the Yangtze River in China: A New Multidimensional Analysis Framework by Chong Li, Yibao Wang, Wen Qing, Cuixi Li, Yujiang Yang

“…This study proposes a “system process space” attribute analysis framework, taking into account urban development processes, ecosystem structure, and resilience evolution stages. Utilizing data from 45 Yangtze River cities, we establish a “Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, and Response” (DPSIR) evaluation index system to evaluate changes in ecological resilience levels and evolution trends from 2011 to 2022. …”
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Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in ZNF526 Causing Dentici‐Novelli Neurodevelopmental Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Shaoxin Li, Hui Fang, Hong Li, Min Peng, Jinsong Bao, Yunfei Cai, Jing Chen, Zhige Li

“…A three‐dimensional protein model was employed to predict variant effects on protein structure. A literature review was conducted to compare this case with previously reported cases, analyzing clinical features and genetic findings. …”
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Seismicity characteristics and interseismic locking of the Anninghe Fault, Southwest China: Insights from long-term dense seismic array observations by Jun Li, Guoqing Zhang, Song Zhang, Qincai Wang, Chaoyong Peng, Zhen Lu, Shangwu Song, Ming Hao, Yun Zhou, Qingliang Wang, Lihua Fang

“…Our results reveal the complex structure of the ADZF, providing the detailed information of the dip angle and dip direction of different fault segments. …”
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The Risk Factors and Predictors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea Syndrome at Plateau by Yumei Geng, Yu Hu, Bin Li, Zhuoma Dawa, Fang Zhang

“…Demographic, auxiliary examination, and laboratory data were collected. Results All patients enrolled were obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome. …”
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Local immunodefence and microbiocenosis at bowel diseases by V. T. Ivashkin, N. L. Denisov

“…To study at chronic diseases of small and large intestine the concentration of immunoglobulins in intestinal contents, to estimate histological structure and severity of lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of lamina propria of proximal small intestine mucosa, to investigate a state of microbiocenosis of intestine.Material and methods. …”
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LCCDMamba: Visual State Space Model for Land Cover Change Detection of VHR Remote Sensing Images by Junqing Huang, Xiaochen Yuan, Chan-Tong Lam, Yapeng Wang, Min Xia

“…The proposed MISF comprises multi-scale feature aggregation (MSFA), which utilizes strip convolution to aggregate multiscale local change information of bitemporal land cover features, and residual with SS2D (RSS) which employs residual structure with SS2D to capture global feature differences of bitemporal land cover features. …”
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СOMPLICATIONS OF ENDODONTIC TREATMENT: PECULIARITIES OF CLINICAL SIGNS, DIAGNOSIS by O.V. Hurzhii, S.V. Kolomiiets

“… Endodontic lesions take leading positions in the structure of modern dentistry. General areas of the displacement of filling material or instruments because of the poor quality of endodontic treatment have been established, and the features of clinicoroentgenological and neurological manifestations of the complications of endodontic dentistry have also been determined. …”
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Purinergic Receptor (P2X7R): A Promising Anti-Parkinson’s Drug Target by Saivarshini Magham, M. Lalith Kumar, Praveen Thaggikuppe Krishnamurthy, Neenu Shaji, Aishwarya Reddy Ramakkamma

“…As P2X7R and its selective antagonists may provide neuroprotection by preventing the release of inflammatory mediators such as IL-1, they have become a research focus in PD. The review covers structure, signalling, molecular mechanisms, neuroprotective role, and current developments of P2X7R antagonists in PD. …”
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