THE AUTHORITIES OF THE ELECTRIC POWER AND ENERGY STATISTICS OF THE USSR IN THE 1920S by N. S. Simonov

“…People's commissariats of the internal affairs of the union republics kept records of urban communal power stations, and the people's commissariats of agriculture – rural electrical installations and electrical installations of the industry for processing agricultural raw materials.The leading role in the study of quantitative factors of the correlation and changes in the sphere of extraction and processing of energy raw materials, production and consumption of electric energy was played by the Department of Electrical Industry of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of theUSSR.The author identified the main complexes of statistical data on the number and main types of power plants, their installed capacity and the electricity they generated, recorded in the following editions: – Statistical yearbook for 1918–1920,–        – All-Russia census of industrial establishments of 1920;–         – All-Union urban industrial census of 1923;–         – All-Union survey of power plants of industry for 1926–1928 on 46 branches of the censored industry and 8,887 enterprises, summarized and published in a separate edition in 1931.Of particular interest is the first detailed technical and economicstatistical study of the energy economy of the factory and general-use power plants for primary materials (the so-called "B" forms) for 1925/26, published by the CSB USSR in 1929. …”
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Nefropatía diabética: nuevos mecanismos y opciones farmacológicas by Alicia Elbert

“…Si nos centramos en la protección renal, debemos entender que la grasa central es en general la causante precoz de las mismas alteraciones que podemos observar en la DM y que genera también una glomerulopatía propia, focal y segmentaria. …”
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G6PD deficiency prevalence and estimates of affected populations in malaria endemic countries: a geostatistical model-based map. by Rosalind E Howes, Frédéric B Piel, Anand P Patil, Oscar A Nyangiri, Peter W Gething, Mewahyu Dewi, Mariana M Hogg, Katherine E Battle, Carmencita D Padilla, J Kevin Baird, Simon I Hay

“…Although G6PDd prevalence was generally lower across central and southeast Asia, rarely exceeding 20%, the majority of G6PDd individuals (67.5% median estimate) were from Asian countries. …”
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Be Pouya! (Metaphor for Iranian Clients During Pandemic COVID-19) by Bonnie Bozorg

“…Dear Editor in Chief The results of several studies in general show that metaphors may play an important role in facilitating the processes of treatment in counseling and psychotherapy (Muran et al., 1990). …”
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Quantifying the Coexistence of Multiple Forms of Malnutrition: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Estimates across Latin America by Diana Sagastume, Antonio Barrenechea-Pulache, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, Lenka Beňová, José L. Peñalvo

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Sodium butyrate attenuates oxidative stress, apoptosis, and excessive mitophagy in sodium fluoride-induced hepatotoxicity in rats by Jing Xia, Xiaolin Zhang, Leiyu Xu, Nan Yan, Zhenxiang Sun, Xiaoxu Duan, Lu Meng, Rong Qi, Fu Ren, Zhengdong Wang

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Bacteriophage therapy: a possible alternative therapy against antibiotic-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Sadia Abbas, Rabia Kanwar, Kaleem Ullah, Rimsha Kanwal, Mamoon Tajamal, Muhammad Aamir Aslam, Abid Ahmad, Abdul Qadeer, Hsun-Yu Huang, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen

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The Lens of Civic Identity: A Developmental Model for Undergraduate Education by Annie Jonas, Brooke Millsaps, Langdon J. Martin

“…Herein, we describe the multi-year, democratic process of creating and supporting an across-campus movement to centralize civic identity development into a higher education curriculum. …”
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Antibiotics resistance in El Tor Vibrio cholerae 01 isolated during cholera outbreaks in Mozambique from 2012 to 2015. by Liliana Candida Dengo-Baloi, Cynthia Amino Semá-Baltazar, Lena Vania Manhique, Jucunu Elias Chitio, Dorteia Luísa Inguane, José Paulo Langa

“…The V. cholerae O1 currently causing cholera epidemics in north and central Mozambique confirmed a CTXΦ genotype and a molecular arrangement similar to the V. cholerae O1 CIRS 101.…”
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Hook1 inhibits malignancy and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xu Sun, Qi Zhang, Wei Chen, Qida Hu, Yu Lou, Qi-Han Fu, Jing-Ying Zhang, Yi-Wen Chen, Long-Yun Ye, Yi Wang, Shang-Zhi Xie, Li-Qiang Hu, Ting-Bo Liang, Xue-Li Bai

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The role of computed tomography in severe sepsis by Fatema Ali Alshehhi, Falak Sayed

“…Case summary: A 66-year-old male patient brought to the ED with worsening generalized swelling mainly over the lower extremities, abdomen, and an "abdominal infection". …”
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Effect of Tadalafil on cardiac function and left ventricular dimensions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: safety and cardiac MRI substudy results from a randomized, placebo-controlle... by David Cox, Barry Byrne, David W. Hammers, John Landry, H. Lee Sweeney

“…Ejection fraction (EF), fractional shortening, and M-mode ventricular dimensions were measured on echocardiograms. 12-lead ECGs were centrally evaluated for heart rate and intervals, and qualitative diagnoses. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of measurement scales in evaluating the health-related quality of life in rare disease patients after treatment: a systematic review by John Sieh Dumbuya, Bashir Ahmad, Cizheng Zeng, Xiuling Chen, Jun Lu

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A home exercise programme is no more beneficial than advice and education for people with neurogenic claudication: results from a randomised controlled trial. by Christine Comer, Anthony C Redmond, Howard A Bird, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Philip G Conaghan

“…<h4>Ethical approval</h4>The study was approved by Leeds Central Ethics Committee and informed consent was given by all participating patients.…”
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Assay of Serum Iron and TIBC: A Preliminary Study for Survey Shortlisting Suspected Tuberculosis Patients by Dipak Kumar Chattopadhyay

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ALK inhibitors for non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Jesse Elliott, Zemin Bai, Shu-Ching Hsieh, Shannon E Kelly, Li Chen, Becky Skidmore, Said Yousef, Carine Zheng, David J Stewart, George A Wells

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, and grey literature (July 23, 2019) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that included participants with ALK- or ROS1-positive NSCLC who received any ALK inhibitor compared with placebo, another ALK inhibitor, or the same ALK inhibitor at a different dose. …”
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The comparative effectiveness of 55 interventions in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: A network meta-analysis of 101 randomized trials. by Mohamed Abdel-Maboud, Amr Menshawy, Elfatih A Hasabo, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelraoof, Mohamed Alshandidy, Muhammad Eid, Esraa Menshawy, Oumaima Outani, Ahmed Menshawy

“…The prevalence of obesity in PCOS patients reaches up to 80%, which is 2-fold higher than the general population.<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of 55 pharmacological interventions across 17 different outcomes in overweight/obese PCOS patients with hyperandrogenism manifestations for both short- and long-term follow-ups. …”
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Updating AFP Level in Chronic Hepatitis B to Evaluate the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurrence by Juferdy Kurniawan, Jane Andrea Christiano Djianzonie, Edi Mulyana, Dicky Levenus Tahapary, Andri Sanityoso Sulaiman, Ika Prasetya Wijaya, Sally Aman Nasution, Siti Setiati

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The Prevalence of Osteosarcopenia in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Meta-analysis by SUN Qing, WU Yuxiao, CUI Limin

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The American Dream of Authentic Personhood: Homosexuality, Class, and the Normative Individual in U.S. Queer Male Impostor Films (1970-2009) by Katalin Kis

“…However, while the ideology of the Dream includes the valorization of the unique individual, the simultaneous centrality of achievement and upward mobility points towards an ethical tension between its individualism and materialism, between equality (of opportunity) as a principle and inequality as an outcome. …”
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