Complexity72h: training the next generation of researchers in complex systems by Alberto Antonioni, Eugenio Valdano

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Are Profit and Profitability the Same Thing? by Edward Evans

“… The terms “profit” and “profitability” are used quite frequently in everyday talk to mean the same thing. We often hear someone say “my business made a profit last year” or “my business was profitable.” …”
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Adult Children of High-Conflict Marriages by Donna Davis

“…“Most of us have probably heard someone declare that they had remained in their marriage 'for the sake of the kids.' …”
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Special Types of Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…These pesticides include antibiotics, anticoagulants, botanicals, insect dusts, insect growth regulators, microbials, petroleum oils, pheromones, plant hormones, and soaps. This document is PI-47, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Holiness and taboo in the Zion Christian Church by S Moripe

“…Everything can have mana, but if a thing is big and strong, or when a man/woman has exceptional talents and when something or someone is powerful or dangerous, then it is believed that it or he/she has much mana. …”
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El Mosquito by Jorge R. Rey

“…Includes information about the mosquito life cycle, exactly what is happening when a mosquito bites someone, how to avoid mosquito bites, and how they transmit diseases. …”
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Implants for Cow-Calf and Stocker Beef Cattle by Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift

“…Growth promoting implants are one of the most cost-effective ways of increasing lean tissue in cattle and work by releasing hormones into the cow’s body that encourage muscle growth. …”
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) gB dictates a low-pH endocytotic entry pathway as revealed by a dual-fluorescent virus system and a rhesus monkey rhadinovirus expres... by Shanchuan Liu, Sarah Schlagowski, Anna K Großkopf, Natalia Khizanishvili, Xiaoliang Yang, Scott W Wong, Elina M Guzmán, Marija Backovic, Stefano Scribano, Arne Cordsmeier, Armin Ensser, Alexander S Hahn

“…To analyze KSHV entry at the single particle level we developed dual-fluorescent recombinant KSHV strains that incorporate fluorescent protein-tagged glycoproteins and capsid proteins. …”
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Epidemiological investigation of poultry infectious in Kazakhstan (2021–2024) by Karlygash B. Zikibayeva, Asset A. Svanbayev, Nurlan N. Akhmetsadykov, Kamshat N. Kudaibergenova, Shynar N. Akhmetsadykova, Ernur N. Nurolda, Aidyn I. Kydyrmanov

“…Using official data, laboratory diagnostics, and surveys, we identified high prevalence rates and virulent strains, exposing gaps in vaccination coverage and biosecurity practices. …”
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Oocyte Cryopreservation: Retrospective Analysis of 5 Years Experience by Halime Goktepe, Esengul Turkyilmaz, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Murat Sonmezer, Cem Atabekoglu, Batuhan Ozmen

“…There was a significant difference between two groups in favor of oncofertility group in terms of anti-Mullerian hormone level, basal follicle-stimulating hormone level, antral follicle count, trigger day estradiol (E2) level, number of obtained oocytes, MII oocytes, and frozen oocytes CONCLUSION: According to our study, the most prominent oocyte cryopreservation indication was advanced age and/or low ovarian reserve. …”
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A vacuum lyophilization and bacterial tablet-based method for culture medium evaluation and potential use in probiotic products by Wen Cui, Liang Zhao, Yuwen Shi, Wei Feng, Xiao Chen, Hui Liu

“…However, this method requires highly complicated biosafety management, detailed standard strains record-keeping and substantial working time.Methods and resultsBacterial tablet is considered to be a novel strategy for bacteria culture medium evaluation. …”
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Stigma associated with mental illness: perspectives of judges and attorneys in Lebanon — a cross-sectional study by Rayan Mroué, Michele Cherro, Ghida Kassir, Elias Ghossoub, Nadia Dandan

“…Participants with positive attitudes (RIBS) were more likely to have a family member with a mental illness (p value = .001), feel comfortable handling cases involving mental health (p value = .001), and have lived with someone with a mental illness (p value = .007). Feeling educated about mental health issues was associated with lower perceived stigma on the PDDS (p value = .021). …”
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Pathogenetic Substantiation of the Therapeutic Impact on Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Yu. O. Shulpekova, G. H. Babaeva, V. Yu. Rusyaev

“…With the help of nutrition correction, the use of probiotics and functional foods containing certain probiotic strains, plant fibres (primarily psyllium) and, in some cases, nonabsorbable antibiotics, a positive effect can be achieved in a significant number of IBS patients. …”
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JOSHUA 24 AND THE WELCOME OF FOREIGNERS by D G Firth

“… Although the book of Joshua is often read as being hostile to non-Israelites, this paper argues that its concern is not with ethnicity but rather with the nature of someone’s relationship to Yahweh. Understood against the wider narrative arc of the book, Joshua 24 thus becomes the point where this is explored in full. …”
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Discussion of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection issue in reports of the 19-th United European Gastroenterology Week by A. A. Sheptulin, Yu. V. Evsyutina

“…Now decrease of the standard triple mode of eradication of infection efficacy, related to growing clarithromycin resistance of H. рylori strains is observed. Overcoming of this resistance is promoted by new modes of eradication: sequential, «concomitant» triple therapy with levofloxacin. …”
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St. Augustine by Serge Lancel by Kevin Roy

“…Lancel has been able to exploit the considerable number of new Augustinian documents discovered during the past 25 years, the new letters found by the Austrian scholar Johannes Divjak in two French libraries and the twenty-six new sermons found by Fançois Dolbeau in Mainz city library. …”
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Youth Mentoring: Involving College Students by Emily Rickerson, Muthusami Kumaran, Kate Fogarty

“… Today’s youth are facing a number of troubling issues including substance abuse, family disturbances, bullying, low morale resulting in low academic achievement, dropping out of school, and more. Having someone who cares about youth, to talk to them about the issues they face and mentoring them, can be a positive factor for all involved. …”
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Comparison of Cycle Outcomes among Women with Endometrioma or Non-Functional Cysts Versus Control by Enis Ozkaya, Ebru Cogendez, Elif Tozkir, Saadet Unsal, Ahmet Yavuz, Gulden Tunali, Ozgur Uzun, Evrim Bostancı Ergen, Semra Kayatas Eser

“…RESULTS: There were no significant differences among groups in terms of mean age, early follicular phase Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, and anti-müllerian hormone levels (p>0.05). …”
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Amniotic fluid microbiota and metabolism with non-syndromic congenital heart defects: a multi-omics analysis by Wenli Xu, Lu Li, Hong Kang, Meixian Wang, Yanqun Liu, Guicun Wang, Ping Yu, Juan Liang, Zhen Liu

“…The differential metabolites were primarily enriched in the steroid hormone biosynthesis, bile secretion and ovarian steroidogenesis, according to KEGG analysis. …”
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Morpho-meristic variations of the native and Vietnam-originated climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), collected from hatchery sources in Bangladesh by Md. Arif Shahariar, Md. Mahamudul Hassan, Swagata Aditya, Tanjina Saulin, Atika Khondokar, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam

“…Variations between these two strains were investigated by multivariate analysis of 10 morphometric and 7 meristic characters. …”
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