Variability of empathy among dental students. Implications not yet understood in Latin America by Víctor Patricio Díaz-Narváez, Fanny Miranda-Carreño, Sebastián Galaz-Guajardo, Wilmer Sepúlveda-Navarro, Mario Zúñiga-Mogollones, Aracelis Calzadilla-Núñez, Pilar Torres-Martínez, Alejandro Reyes-Reyes

“…Materials and methods: Exploratory cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of 1st-5th year dental students from the Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia (n=610; N=647) and the Universidad San Sebastián, Chile (n=535; N=800). …”
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Forecast‐Cartographic Modeling of Pasture Production of the Volgograd Region Based on Remote Sensing by S. S. Shinkarenko, O. Yu. Kosheleva, D. A. Solodovnikov

“…The work is devoted to identifying the productivity of pasture landscapes in the Volgograd region. The aim was to determine the direction of trends and the values of the coefficients of proportionality which would permit the definition of areas where the productivity of natural zonal vegetation has increased or decreased from 2000 until today. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Y-balance Test in Young Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“… # Study Design Reliability and validity study. # Methods Fifteen individuals with CLBP (≥ 12 weeks) and 15 age- and gender-matched asymptomatic adults completed the study. …”
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CONSIDERATION OF THE DESTABILIZING FACTORS INFLUENCE FOR INCREASING OF THE MEASUREMENTS ACCURACY OF A RANGEFINDER BASED ON STEREO IMAGES by V. L. Kozlov

“…The aim of this work was development of technique for accounting and compensating of destabilizing factors influence, such as the deviation from the horizontal position line of the stereo pair lens, the non-parallelism of the lenses optical axes, the mutual inclination of the photo detector matrices, and the distortion of the stereo camera optical system for increasing of the measurements accuracy of rangefinder based on the correlation analysis of the stereo image.A software application has been developed for analyzing the optical distortions of serially produced lenses, which allows to visually demonstrate the distortions nature and to determine the polynomial coefficients for compensating of the optical distortion.It is obtained that for the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D stereo camera the distortion of the digital image reaches ± 20–35 pixels at the edges of the photo detective matrix and is not the same for the first and second lenses. …”
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Polyphenol Profile and Antioxidant, Antityrosinase, and Anti-Melanogenesis Activities of Ethanol Extract of Bee Pollen by Qiang He, Jie Wang, Jingjing Li, Wenchao Yang

“…<b>Background/Objective:</b> Bee pollen, a rich nutritional food, was employed to develop a raw material for skin whitening. <b>Methods:</b> The polyphenol profile and antioxidant, antityrosinase, and anti-melanogenesis activities of the ethanol extracts of five species of bee pollens (EEBPs) were determined. …”
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Fitler compensating installations in AC traction networks by L. A. German, A. S. Serebryakov, A. A. Maksimova

“…The procedure of calculation of parameters of FCI was determined taking into account the curve of the traction current. …”
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Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS). by Zeinab Kohzadi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Zahra Kohzadi, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi

“…The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula. First, the uMARS was translated into Persian. …”
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Role of proteasome system in prognosis of breast cancer progression by E. E. Shashova, N. A. Tarabanovskaya, L. N. Bondar

“…The aim of this study was to compare the activity of proteasomes with different variants of tumor progression in luminal and triple-negative breast cancer (BC).Materials and methods. 132 patients with primary luminal and triple-negative breast cancer in stage Т1-3N02M0 who had not received neoadjuvant treatment were included in this study. …”
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THE SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION PROCESSES MODELING IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by R. V. Fattakhov, M. M. Nizamutdinov, V. V. Oreshnikov

“…To achieve this goal, we carried out a statistical analysis, based on the hypothesis of the mutual influence of the socio-economic development of the region and changes in the values of indicators characterizing the migration processes that are the object of the study. We applied the methods of structural, dynamic and factor, correlation and regression analysis. …”
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Cosmetics as a product group of the Russian pharmaceutical market: competition and level of dominance analysis by N. I. Markov, L. S. Treshchetkina

“…Objective: Analysis of competition and the level of dominance in the cosmetics market within pharmacy sales, identification of trends in three key segments: selective, mass market and active (medicinal) cosmetics.Material and methods. The materials used were the annual reports on the Russian pharmaceutical market of the DSM Group company. …”
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Ultrasound assessment of the association between left atrial remodeling and fibrosis in patients with valvular atrial fibrillation: a clinical investigation by Tao Xu, Haotian Hu, Runyu Zhu, Wenshu Hu, Xinyi Li, Dian Shen, Aoyi Zhang, Chang Zhou

“…During surgery, left atrial myocardial specimens were obtained to determine the CVF through histopathological evaluation, reflecting the extent of left atrial myocardial fibrosis. …”
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Studies and prospectives of mechanically harvested ratooning rice in China by Ting Chen, Peiying Weng, Chaojie Lan, Fallah Nyumah, Chunlin Guo, Wenfang Lin, Zhixing Zhang, Hongfei Chen, Wenxiong Lin

“…Continuous improvement of rice breeding methods and consecutive innovation of cultivation technology in China has resulted in a significant increase in the proportion of ratooning rice planting mode. …”
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Microvascular flow imaging of fibroids: A prospective pilot study by Marissa Frijlingh, Barbara Stoelinga, Robert A. deLeeuw, Wouter J. K. Hehenkamp, Jos W. R. Twisk, Thierry van denBosch, Lynda J. M. Juffermans, Judith A. F. Huirne

“…Material and Methods Thirty patients with one or multiple fibroids (diameter 1.5–12.0 cm) were prospectively included. …”
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A theory-informed, experiment-based constraint on the rate of autoxidation chemistry – an analytical approach by L. Pichelstorfer, L. Pichelstorfer, S. P. O'Meara, S. P. O'Meara, G. McFiggans

“…The process is automated and capable of determining roughly 10<span class="inline-formula">³</span> rate coefficients per second when run on a PC. …”
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Proportion of Hypogonadism in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients and Its Contributing Factors by Dian Anindita Lubis, Imam Subekti, Em Yunir, Cosphiadi Irawan, Andon Hestiantoro, Silvia Werdhy Lestari, Aria Kekalih, Merci Monica Br Pasaribu, Santi Syafril

“…We performed a single-time physical examination and laboratory examinations to determine FSH, LH, and free testosterone levels. The correlation between Hb and sexual hormone levels was analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. …”
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Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy and standardized ileal amino acid digestibility of Brazilian DDGS for broilers by Bruno F. de Almeida, Ideraldo L. Lima, Kelly M.M. Dias, Carlos H. Oliveira, Kaique M. Gomes, Artur M. Ribeiro, Brian P. Mike, Arele A. Calderano

“…The metabolism and digestibility trials were performed on 20-30 day old chickens, with total excreta method used to determine energy values and the ileal digesta collection method used to determine SIAAD coefficients. …”
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Level of dietary diversity score and its predictors among children aged 6–23 months: a linear mixed model analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey by Kusse Urmale Mare, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Osman Ahmed Mohammed

“…Measures of variation were explained by intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), and model fitness was determined using the Akaike information criterion.Result The mean (±SD) DDS of children was 2.8 (±1.5). …”
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BEE HONEY PRODUCTION CONCENTRATION IN ROMANIA IN THE EU-28 AND GLOBAL CONTEXT IN THE PERIOD 2009-2018 by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin SERBAN

“…The paper analyzed honey production concentration in Romania in the period 2009-2018 using the specific indicators: number of beekeepers, bee hives, honey production and yield per bee hive, and methods like: trend equation, Herfindhal-Hirschman concentration index (HHI), regression models, correlations and determination coefficients to examine the gains in comparison with the period 2007-2016. …”
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Vibrating roller with compacted soil interaction modelling by I. S. Tyuremnov, D. A. Shorohov

“…The values of the time of loading and unloading of the soil, as well as the maximum strength of the soil reaction, were determined by oscillograms of changes in the strength of the soil reaction over time.Results. …”
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DIBR–DOMBI–FUZZY MAIRCA Model for Strategy Selection in the System of Defense by Duško Tešić, Darko Božanić, Dejan Stojković, Adis Puška, Ilija Stojanović

“…The DIBR method was used to determine the weight coefficients of the criteria, while the selection of the optimal strategy, from the set of offered methods, was carried out by the MAIRCA method. …”
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