Correlation between Retinal Changes and Visual Function in Late-Stage Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study by Min Zhou, Chunhui Jiang, Ruiping Gu, Zhongcui Sun, Nancy Huynh, Qing Chang

“…The analysis focused on the OCT findings and microperimetry, in addition to the possible correlation between morphology and functional findings. Results. Twenty-nine patients (58 eyes) were included. Mean age at onset was 34.24 ± 10.67 years. …”
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Determination of some heavy metals in honey by FüsunTemamoğulları Md. Motahar Hussain FüsunTemamoğulları, Selma Yazar, Ruhtan Başkaya

“…<b>Aim:</b> To determine some heavy metal content in honey samples collected from twenty different villages around Ataturk Dam in Sanliurfa.…”
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Factors Associated with Maternal Near Miss among Women Admitted in West Arsi Zone Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Fikadu Nugusu Dessalegn, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Nana Chea Hankalo

“…A facility-based unmatched case-control study was conducted from Mar 1 to Apr 30, 2019. Three hundred twenty-one (80 cases and 241 controls) study participants were involved in the study. …”
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A Cosmopolitan Ghetto: The Shifting Image of Kibera Slum From ‘Flying Toilets’ to a Centre for Metropolitan Innovation by John M. Wambui

“… It has become customary, when conceptualising twenty-first-century urban landscapes, to describe them as existing in two states. …”
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Identity as a Manifestation of the Wholeness of Personality by N.V. Grishina

“…The development of approaches to the study of wholeness is the most important task of psychology, since it is the "separation" of personality into separate mental formations that is considered one of the main causes of the methodological crisis of psychology of the twentieth century. The description of the wholeness of the personality can be carried out by analyzing personal phenomena that are manifestations of the wholeness of the personality. …”
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Globalização da economia e reestruturação produtiva: as repercussões sociais das novas configurações do trabalho by Noêmia Lazzareschi

“…The considerations developed here result from analysis of a large number of studies of the Social Sciences, especially in the area of Sociology of Work, and from research conducted and directed by the author over the last twenty years. They are studies and research whose fundamental characteristic is the consensus among the authors about the specificities and social repercussions of new configurations of the worlds of work, reason enough to assign them scientific expression.…”
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ANALYSIS OF METHODS TO INCREASE BRAND LOYALTY AMONG RUSSIAN TELEVISION CHANNELS by M. Nemirovskaya, V. Yakusheva

“…The objects of the study are seven well-known public broadcasters, whose business has established more than twenty-five significant and cost-effective ways to influence the loyalty of the audience. …”
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Analysing head and trunk motion in the judo osoto-gari technique: relationship to sweeping-leg velocity by Lingjun Liu, Tatsuya Deguchi, Mitsuhisa Shiokawa, Kazuto Hamaguchi, Masahiro Shinya

“…Pearson product-moment correlation and stepwise linear regression were used to identify kinematic variables linked to the sweeping-leg velocity at sweep contact (SC). Results Six out of twenty-four variables correlated with sweeping-leg velocity at SC. …”
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BANKING SERVICE INNOVATIONS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN ILORIN METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA by Lukman Adebayo Oke ABDULRAUF, Emmanuel Semilore Tinuoye, Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri, Fatai Akosile

“…The study employed survey research design and the population consist of bank customers in Ilorin metropolis from which four hundred and twenty five (425) customers were drawn as sample. …”
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Association between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Bronchial Inflammation in Bronchiolitis Obliterans by Silvija P. Jerkic, Laura Bächle, Ruth Pia Duecker, Lucia Gronau, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Stefan Zielen, Ralf Schubert

“…Since BO is maintained by persistent pulmonary inflammation, a disbalanced n–6/n–3 fatty acid profile could support the inflammatory process in patients with BO and therefore, could become an approach to new therapeutic options. Methods. Twenty-five patients with BO (age: 13; 7–39) and 26 healthy controls (age: 19; 7–31) participated in the study. …”
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Les ouvrages de franchissement des aqueducs antiques de Bourges by Marianne Surgent

“…Since a study begun in 2007 on hydraulics in ancient berry (financed by DRAC du Centre), about twenty works of engineering were listed on two of the four aqueducts feeding the county seat of city (Avaricum). …”
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Dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, and crude fibre digestibility of local goats supplemented with herbs and humic acid by Dwatmadji Dwatmadji, Suteky Tatik, Soetrisno Edi, Situmorang Novi Yanti, Sitinjak Elsa Hotdiantama

“…This study was conducted to investigate the effects of herbs and humic acid supplementation on Dry Matter, Organic Matter, Crude Protein, and Crude Fibre digestibility of local goats. Twenty-four growing female goats were randomly allocated in completely randomized design experiments with 4 treatments and 6 replications. …”
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Tales of Their Times by Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir

“…This is achieved by looking into the tales of a woman storyteller in the nineteenth century when organized collecting began in Iceland, and three storytellers‘ repertoires from the twentieth century, when fairytales still belonged to the living oral tradition were tape-recorded. …”
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Design of Integrated Hybrid Configuration of Modular Multilevel Converter and Marx Generator to Generate Complex Waveforms for Dielectric Testing of Grid Assets by Dhanashree Ashok Ganeshpure, Thiago Batista Soeiro, Mohamad Ghaffarian Niasar, Nitish Milind Kulkarni, Pavol Bauer, Peter Vaessen

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Clinical characteristics and predictive biomarkers of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical circulatory support by Tae Higuchi, Tomomi Ide, Takeo Fujino, Takeshi Tohyama, Yuta Nagatomi, Tomoyuki Nezu, Masataka Ikeda, Toru Hashimoto, Shouji Matsushima, Keisuke Shinohara, Masaaki Nishihara, Takeshi Iyonaga, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Tomoki Ushijima, Akira Shiose, Shintaro Kinugawa, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Kohtaro Abe

“…The ICU-AW group included patients with the MRC score < 48 points, and the non-ICU-AW group included those with ≥ 48 points. Twenty-eight cases were enrolled on admission and MRC score was evaluated in 23 cases after awakening. …”
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Chemical Constituent and Antioxidant Activity of Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) Bud and Leaf Essential Oils from Bali by I Wayan Muderawan, Pande Putu Diah Suci Laksmi, I Wayan Mudianta, Ni Wayan Martiningsih

“…The constituents of the clove essential oils were analyzed by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Thirty-six and twenty-nine constituents were identified based on GC-MS from the clove bud and leaf essential oils, respectively. …”
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The Growth of Christianity in China May Have Come to an End by Conrad Hackett, Yunping Tong

“…Some scholars and journalists claim that Christianity in China is still expanding in the twenty-first century. In this study, the authors contrast evidence for such claims with the results from two decades of survey data. …”
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HIV-Infected Individuals Do Not Present Significant Differences regarding Periodontal Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lucas Ribeiro Teixeira, Diana Estefania Ramos Peña, Leticia Rodrigues de Castro, Márcia dos Santos, Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Fernando Chahud, Bruno Pozzetto, Alan Grupioni Lourenço, Ana Carolina Fragoso Motta

“…The quality of the assessment was evaluated according to the Joanna Briggs Institute Appraise Checklist. Results. Twenty-three observational studies met the eligibility criteria and were included for analysis. …”
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Extended-spectrum β-lactamase production and antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae causing clinical infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2012–20... by Getahun Kahsay Abay, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Teklay Gebrecherkos Teklu, Kibriti Mehari Kidane, Tsega Kahsay Gebremeskel, Atsebaha Gebrekidan Kahsay, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Saravanan Muthupandian, Tsehaye Asmelash Degene

“…As a visual and statistical way assessment, the funnel plot and Egger's test were utilized to assess the risk of bias or publication bias, with a statistically significant level of bias being determined at p < 0.05. Results Twenty-six studies were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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Viability of pollen in sweet cherry (<i>Cerasus avium</i>) varieties of different ecogeographic origin in the Northwestern region of Russia by S. Yu. Orlova, A. V. Pavlov, V. G. Verzhuk

“…The field sweet cherry collection maintained at Pushkin and Pavlovsk Laboratories of VIR served as the material for the study carried out in 2017 at the Plant Diversity Long-Term Storage Laboratory. Twenty-four sweet cherry accessions belonging to five different groups were studied: I – Northwestern (bred at VIR); II – Central; III – Central Black Soil (all three are regions in Russia); IV – Belarus; and V – Estonia. …”
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