Variscan Plutonism in the Geodynamic Evolution of the Central Iberian Zone of Portugal: Castelo Branco Pluton as Another Piece of the Puzzle by Cláudia Cruz, Helena Sant’Ovaia, Helena C. B. Martins, Isabel M. H. R. Antunes, Armando Rocha, Fernando Noronha

“…A multidisciplinary analysis of the Pennsylvanian Castelo Branco pluton of Central Iberian Zone (Iberian Variscan belt) was made, focusing on its magnetic behavior and fabric, microstructures, microfractures, and radiometric and gravimetric anomalies. …”
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Comparison between carotid corrected flow time changes in septic shock patients induced by fluid challenge tests by Islam Hamdy Elsayed Youssif, Tayseer Mohamed Zaytoun, Akram Muhammad Fayed, Haitham Saber Meligy, Mahmoud Abdelaziz Abdelnaby Ghalab

“…But Ccft change revealed no discernible variation between the two groups.Conclusions In septic shock patients, there were no differences in changes occurred in carotid artery corrected flow time induced by normal saline and glucose 5% intravenous infusions and percentage of fluid responder to non-responder in each group; so glucose 5% is not inferior to normal saline as it made closely similar stroke volume variations identified by carotid corrected flow time measurement.…”
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Living labs opened dialogues about antibiotic use in dairy cattle and pig sectors - Insights from a Danish case study based on participatory action research by Mette Vaarst, Merete Studnitz, Mogens Agerbo Krogh, Hanne Kongsted

“…Results The two LLs, which focused on pig farms and dairy cattle farms, worked in parallel for 30 months. Stakeholders in the pig and dairy sectors pointed to systemic structures such as logistic conditions and global market structures as the main drivers of the current AMU. …”
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Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia by Getinet Masresha, Yirgalem Melkamu, Getachew Mulu

“…A comparison of diversity and composition among communities was made using the Shannon–Wiener diversity and Sorensen’s similarity coefficients, respectively. …”
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EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMEN WITH SQ109 IN THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS by S. E. Borisov, E. M. Bogorodskaya, G. V. Volchenkov, E. V. Kulchavenya, A. O. Maryandyshev, S. N. Skornyakov, O. B. Talibov, A. M. Tikhonov, I. A. Vasilyeva

“…The objective of the study: to assess efficiency and safety of SQ109 used within standard treatment regimens for multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB)Subjects and Methods A multi-center, double, blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted in two parallel groups from September 21, 2012 to September 30, 2016, in 6 research centers located in 5 cities of the Russian FederationMain results 1 Cessation of bacillary excretion confirmed by cultures on liquid media by the end of the 6th month of the intensive phase of chemotherapy in pulmonary MDR TB patients receiving SQ109 was observed confidently more often versus treatment regimens containing only existing anti-tuberculosis drugs: both for ITT population (610% versus 429%, p = 00412), and PP population (797% versus 614%, p = 00486) 2 There were no statistically significant differences in the achievement of sputum conversion between the groups, but by the end of the 8th week, the sputum converted in 52% of patients in the group treated with SQ109 versus 38% in the group taking a placebo The median time of bacillary excretion cessation confirmed by culture on liquid media in SQ109 group made 56 days, while in the placebo group it was 84 days 3 Use of SQ109 along with basic chemotherapy for pulmonary MDR TB did not result in the higher frequency of adverse events, worsening of their severity, development of new variants of adverse events compared to the basic anti-tuberculosis treatment of this group of patients in combination with placebo 4 Results of the study allow concluding that SQ109 is an effective drug, satisfactory tolerated (compatible with tolerability of placebo) being a part of integral etiotropic chemotherapy of pulmonary MDR TB patients…”
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Shape and Measurement Monitoring of Inrush Current Characteristics of a Battery-Capacitive Energy Storage Device with Two-Channel Digital Oscilloscope by V. P. Vasilevich, M. V. Zbyshinskaya

“…The LIB part of the storage device is made on the basis of the ATOM 10 multifunctional motor drive device of the new generation, which contains 15 V lithium-ion battery and 9.4 A·h capacity. …”
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Effects of ondansetron applied before the induction of anaesthesia on postoperative nausea and vomiting in high-risk patients: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Fandong Bu, Dongbin Zhang, Yongliang Chi

“…All raw data from the trial will be made available on Dryad.Trial registration number The trial is registered with China’s Clinical Trial Registry (www.chictr.org.cn) under the registration number ChiCTR2400086696.…”
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COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence Diagnosis Using Only Cough Recordings by Jordi Laguarta, Ferran Hueto, Brian Subirana

“…Cough recordings are transformed with Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient and inputted into a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based architecture made up of one Poisson biomarker layer and 3 pre-trained ResNet50's in parallel, outputting a binary pre-screening diagnostic. …”
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Experiences of south Asian key workers in COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom by Rizwana Yousaf, Tipu Sultan

“…Inductive qualitative approach was used for data analysis, and data analysis was done parallel with data collection. Results: Researcher interviewed 17 key workers. …”
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INTERACTIVE WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING by Rinata R. Zaripova, Leila L. Salekhova, Andrew V. Danilov

“…The authors have analyzed the experience of using CLIL in European universities and made the conclusion that the most challenging part of implementation the CLIL methodology is the development of bilingual educational materials. …”
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Online cognitive–behavioural therapy for traumatically bereaved people: study protocol for a randomised waitlist-controlled trial by Jos de Keijser, Lonneke Lenferink, Maarten Eisma, Geert Smid, Paul Boelen

“…Moreover, the effect of the quality of the therapeutic alliance on treatment effects and drop-out rates will be explored.Methods and analysis A two-arm (online CBT vs waiting list) open-label parallel randomised controlled trial will be conducted. …”
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Multimodal brain network analysis reveals divergent dysconnectivity patterns during mental fatigue: A concurrent EEG-fMRI study by Kuijun Wu, Lingyun Gao, Zhao Feng, Ioannis Kakkos, Chuantao Li, Yu Sun

“…For the apparent importance of mental fatigue in neuroergonomics, continuous efforts have been made to reveal the underlying neural mechanisms. …”
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Metallized Sol–Gel coatings on ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity by Guillermo Monrós, Carolina Delgado, José Antonio Badenes, Guillem Monrós-Andreu, Mario Llusar

“… Coatings of anatase (TiO2), hematite (Fe2O3), or cobalt spinel (Co3O4) on ceramic glazes with a metallized effect and photocatalytic activity were prepared by depositing Sol–Gel inks made from metal salts dissolved in a polyol medium, applied via conventional screen printing, and fired at temperatures around 800–900°C. …”
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Understanding the nature of crises and risks in the process of ensuring the efficiency of enterprise management by H.Y. Tkachuk, T.О. Biliak, V.G. Vyhovskyi

“…Having drawn a parallel between crises and risks, a number of external factors that can become their causes have been established, namely: economic, political, social, administrative-legislative and force majeure. …”
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Review of the Book: Vér, Márton. Old Uyghur Documents Concerning the Postal System of the Mongol Empire by Mustakimov I.A.

“…However, the comments made do not affect the scholarly significance of the peer-reviewed work. …”
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Ice and Snow on Lake Stemmevatnet, Spitsbergen, in Winter 2019/20 by P. V. Bogorodskiy, A. L. Borisik, V. Yu. Kustov, A. V. Marchenko, V. V. Movchan, V. A. Khaustov, A. L. Novikov, K. V. Romashova, I. V. Ryzhov, O. R. Sidorova, K. V. Filchuk

“…The maximum radial stress is reached at a distance of several meters from the shore, where a circular crack parallel to the shoreline is formed. Such a crack is formed at all ice thicknesses at about the same distance from the shore.…”
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Reducing dementia-related stigma and discrimination among community health workers in Brazil: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial by Nicolas Farina, Deborah Oliveira, Sara Evans-Lacko, Cleusa P Ferri, Carolina Godoy, Fabiana A F da Mata, Elaine Mateus, Ana Carolina Arruda Franzon

“…The intervention materials will be made available online.…”
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The relationship between perceived stress and job burnout of police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of social support, sleep quality and resilience by Xuyu Chen, Yi Xu, Qi Zhang, Hongwei Huang, Xiaodong Tan, Yang Yang

“…Abstract Background With the rapid spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China, police officers were undergoing higher job stress, which made them physically and mentally exhausted, eventually leading to job burnout. …”
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Screening tool for the identification of relative energy deficiency in Sport risk: validation of the low energy availability in female questionnaire - Italian version (LEAFQ-ITA) by Cinzia Ferraris, Lenycia de Cassya Lopes Neri, Anna Paola Amoroso, Francesca Bosio, Simona Fiorini, Monica Guglielmetti, Rossella Elena Nappi, Anna Tagliabue

“…Although initially hypothesizing the presence of 3 factors, the parallel analysis suggested 2 factors as being the most representative of the data. …”
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RIEDEL MEGASHEARS R' AND THE TREND TO GRAVITATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM AS MAIN FACTORS OF TSUNAMIGENIC EARTHQUAKES by M. A. Goncharov, E. A. Rogozhin, N. S. Frolova, P. N. Rozhin, V. S. Zakharov

“…An earthquake source is characterized by two nodal planes oriented parallel to two planes of maximum shear stresses (Fig. 1, left). …”
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