Choice and justification of the method of titanium welding with platinum by Anatolii Sanin, Ihor Mamchur, Tetiana Nosova, Stella Mamchur

“…The analysis showed that diffusion welding of platinum foil with titanium alloys over a contact area of more than 1000 mm², ensuring continuous penetration and maintaining the original dimensions of the platinum foil requires additional research. …”
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A risk prediction score to identify patients at low risk for COVID-19 infection by Wui Mei Chew, Chee Hong Loh, Aditi Jalali, Grace Shi En Fong, Loshini Senthil Kumar, Rachel Hui Zhen Sim, Russell Pinxue Tan, Sunil Ravinder Gill, Trilene Ruiting Liang, Jansen Meng Kwang Koh, Tunn Ren Tay

“…Two prediction models were derived, the first based on age, presence of sore throat, dormitory residence, blood haemoglobin level (Hb), and total white blood cell counts (TW), and the second based on presence of headache, contact with infective patients, Hb and TW. Both models had good diagnostic performance with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.934 and 0.866, respectively. …”
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Desarrollo de nuevos diseños vegetales: Mejora genética vs transformación genética y edición génica by Pedro Martínez Gómez

“…El binomio ciencia-opinión pública, está también más que presente en el debate de esta cuestión; además de la persuasión en ambos bandos a favor y en contra de los cultivos modificados. En este contexto, una mayor cultura técnica en la población y cultura tecnológica y de la innovación entre los agricultores, será lo que potencializará este tipo de cultivos. …”
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Higher-dimensional Willmore energy as holographic entanglement entropy by Giorgos Anastasiou, Ignacio J. Araya, Pablo Bueno, Javier Moreno, Rodrigo Olea, Alejandro Vilar Lopez

“…Abstract The vacuum entanglement entropy of a general conformal field theory (CFT) in d = 5 spacetime dimensions contains a universal term, F(A), which has a complicated and non-local dependence on the geometric details of the region A and the theory. …”
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An Overview on The Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…The virus can be transmitted between human to human via close contact or from the tiny droplet while coughing or sneezing. …”
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Facies distribution, sequence stratigraphy, and reservoir quality of the Oligo-Miocene carbonate sequences (Asmari formation) in the Dezful embayment, SW Iran by Hamed Sadeqi, Mohsen Aleali, Ali Kadkhodaie, Mehran Arian

“…This succession in the Haft-Kel Field contains limestones, dolostones, anhydrites, and argillaceous limestones and is bounded between the Pabdeh and Gachsaran formations. …”
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Anatomical characteristics of mitral isthmus and its spatial relationship with the esophagus in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation using CT angiography by Yilin Pan, Yilin Pan, Hong Zeng, Xin Liu, Xiaohang Fu, Liyuan Pan, Yanjing Wang

“…A substantial proportion of patients exhibited close proximity or direct contact between the MI and the esophagus, emphasizing the importance of pre-procedural imaging in identifying risks for esophageal damage.ConclusionsPre-procedural cardiovascular CTA provides essential insights into the MI's anatomical details and its relation to the esophagus, aiding in the customization of ablation strategies to enhance procedural safety and efficacy. …”
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Individual variability in cortical representations of tonic pain by Bettina Deak, Anne Stankewitz, Astrid Mayr, Viktor Witkovsky, Pauline Jahn, Enrico Schulz

“…We applied variable levels of contact heat pain to the forearm using a thermode. …”
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Comprehensive landscape and oncogenic role of extrachromosomal circular DNA in malignant biliary strictures by Zhuo Cheng, Xuanmei Luo, Wenzheng Liu, Xiaofang Lu, Hong Chang, Yingchun Wang, Wei Zheng, Xiue Yan, Yonghui Huang

“…Abstract Background Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is crucial for carcinogenesis and bile has direct contact with malignant biliary strictures, yet eccDNA features in bile and its function in malignant biliary strictures remain underexplored. …”
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Evaluation of Nurses’ Performance Regarding Personal Protective Equipment at Rania Teaching Hospital by Bayan Omar Sharif, Frishta M. Khdir, Padasht M. Khdir, Sarezh A. Rasul

“…Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to protective clothing that acts as a barrier between infectious materials such as viral, bacterial contaminants and the skin, mouth, nose, eyes and mucous membranes. …”
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A brief history of formation of the kalmyk collection in the oriental section of the saint petersburg university scientific library by Vladimir L. Uspensky

“…The collection mainly contains Buddhist books. The manuscripts collected by V. …”
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Exploring the Complex Heliotail Boundary by an Extended Level Set Approach by C. Onubogu, M. Opher, M. Kornbleuth, G. Tóth, V. Florinski

“…This determines the limits of the heliosphere by the region of solar wind flow that is minimally influenced by the interstellar flow. This region also contains magnetic field lines with at least one end anchored to the Sun. …”
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Defect Detection in Concrete Structures Based on Characteristics of Hammer Reaction Force and Apparent Stiffness of Concrete by Koki Shoda, Jun Younes Louhi Kasahara, Qi An, Atsushi Yamashita

“…The impact method detects defects by analyzing characteristic reaction forces generated when striking areas with internal cavities, offering the advantage of being unaffected by acoustic noise and not requiring direct sensor contact. Traditional approaches, relying solely on reaction force signals, have struggled with low defect detection accuracy due to the similarity of signals between healthy and defective concrete and limited data quantity. …”
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Fome e insegurança alimentar em tempos de pandemia da covid-19 by Sirlândia Schappo

“…Apresentam-se também estratégias na luta contra a fome e a insegurança alimentar, entre elas, destacam-se as propostas elaboradas coletivamente por movimentos sociais, sindicais e entidades organizadas em torno da agricultura familiar, da reforma agrária, dos povos e comunidades tradicionais, da agroecologia e da soberania alimentar. …”
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GLOBALIZAÇÃO E A NOVA CRISE DE LEGITIMAÇÃO by Alessandro Bonanno

“…Como resultado dessa situação, a globalização contém as condições para uma nova crise de legitimação. …”
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Effect of Cannabis Seeds on Some Biomedical Parameters in Male Rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan, Salah Omer Hamabor, Hunar Mustafa Wassman

“…Each 100 gm of the seeds used in the study contains 26, 37 and 20 gm of protein, fat and carbohydrate respectively. …”
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Ginkgo biloba L.: An Updated Review on the Pharmacological Activities, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions by Zahra Moeinipour, Maryam Akaberi, Zahra Sobhani

“…Nevertheless, G. biloba contains various pharmacologically active components, such as terpene lactones and flavonoids that could cause drug interactions through multiple mechanisms, including the effect on cytochrome isozymes and p-glycoprotein (P-gp). …”
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Los servicios sociales municipales en la prevención del sinhogarismo entre las mujeres by Sergio Sánchez Castiñeira, Albert Sales, Noemí Ayguasenosa Soro

“… Esta investigación pretende analizar el papel preventivo contra el sinhogarismo femenino de los servicios sociales de atención primaria a través del análisis de entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas a mujeres durmiendo al raso o en albergues (22) y a las trabajadoras sociales de organizaciones no gubernamentales (7). …”
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Return to sport and patient satisfaction after arthroscopic Bankart repair: a single-institution experience by Yeow Boon Tan, Ken Lee Puah, Roland Weng Wah Chong, Kee Leong Ong, Yi-Jia Lim, Dave Yee Han Lee

“…Mean follow-up was 4.4 ± 1.3 (3.0–9.0) years and 2.5 ± 3.0 (0.1–15.4) years elapsed from first dislocation to surgery. 41 (50.0%) patients played overhead or contact sports and 44 (53.7%) played competitive sports before injury; 8 (9.8%) patients reported recurrence of dislocation, which was significantly associated with playing competitive sports before injury (p <0.039), 5 (6.1%) underwent revision surgery and 22 (26.8%) reported residual instability after surgery. 49 (59.8%) patients returned to playing sports, 75 (91.5%) were satisfied with their surgery and 79 (96.3%) were willing to undergo the surgery again. 74 (90.2%) patients had two-year good/excellent OSIS, which was significantly associated with playing competitive sports before injury (p = 0.039), self-reported stability after surgery (p = 0.017), satisfaction with surgery (p = 0.018) and willingness to undergo surgery again (p = 0.024). …”
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Breast Cancer: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Survival Analysis in the Pakistani Population by Shumaila Zaib, Nosheen Masood, Jahangeer Sarwar Khan, Iqra, Azra Yasmin

“…Data were collected from different hospitals in Pakistan and the survival rate was determined by having direct contact with patients through telephone calls. For the estimation of survival probability Kaplan-Meier curve was used. …”
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