Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: what paraclinical tests findings are the most characteristic? by M. Malciūtė, I. Čelpačenko, R. Stankevičiūtė, R. Balnytė

“…The association between two quantitative variables was determined using Spearman correlation co-efficient. …”
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Taxpayer protection standard in international tax disputes by M. D. Polenchuk

“…This conclusion is based on the fact that the national courts cannot be treated as an effective means of protection of the rights of taxpayers as it is determined by the Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights. …”
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Acetic acid dressings: Finding the Holy Grail for infected wound management by Kapil S. Agrawal, Anup Vidyadhar Sarda, Raghav Shrotriya, Manoj Bachhav, Vinita Puri, Gita Nataraj

“…In this study, we have evaluated the use of acetic acid for topical application in the treatment of infected wounds. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 patients with infected wounds were treated with topical application of 1% acetic acid as dressing material after appropriate cleaning. …”
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Acute effects of different warm-up duration on internal load and external load responses of soccer players in small sided games by Osman Yilmaz, Furkan Ozturk, Ladislav Batalik

“…The features of SSG are determined as size; 25 × 32 m, bout; 4 × 4 min, resting; 4 min. …”
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High vector competence for chikungunya virus but heavily reduced locomotor activity of Aedes albopictus from Germany at low temperatures by Renke Lühken, Leif Rauhöft, Björn Pluskota, Unchana Lange, Michelle Helms, Norbert Becker, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Carola Kuhn, Egbert Tannich, Stephanie Jansen, Anna Heitmann

“…Infection rates and transmission efficiencies (TEs) were determined after 14 days of incubation at constant and fluctuating (± 5 °C) mean temperatures of 15 °C, 18 °C, 21 °C and 24 °C. …”
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Analysis of the degree of influence of supply voltage asymmetry on the operational reliability of low-voltage asynchronous electric motors by V. V. Romanova, S. V. Khromov, A. G. Batukhtin, K. V. Suslov

“…A qualitative assessment of the operational reliability of AM is determined by the accuracy of forecasting the real life of their service. …”
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Challenges in developing a split drive targeting dsx for the genetic control of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Mireia Larrosa-Godall, Joshua X. D. Ang, Philip T. Leftwich, Estela Gonzalez, Lewis Shackleford, Katherine Nevard, Rob Noad, Michelle A. E. Anderson, Luke Alphey

“…Several promising suppression drives have been developed in An. gambiae that target the sex determination gene doublesex (dsx). Methods In this study, a geographically confineable gene drive system targeting dsx was developed (dsx gRNA ). …”
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An observational study to develop a scoring system and model to detect risk of hospital admission due to COVID‐19 by Zhe Chen, Nicholas W. Russo, Matthew M. Miller, Robert X. Murphy, David B. Burmeister

“…The strains of such a pandemic can overwhelm hospital capacity. Efficient clinical decision‐making is crucial for proper healthcare resource utilization in this crisis. …”
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Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii against pathogenic bacteria by P. Bhuyar, M.H. Rahim, S. Sundararaju, G.P. Maniam, N. Govindan

“…Disc diffusion assay results indicated that the extract of red alga <em>K. alvarezi </em>were more efficient against <em>B. cereus</em>. Among the fatty acids determined levoglucosenone and 4-Pyridinemethanol were present in high percentages in hot water extract whereas Hexamethyl- cyclotrisiloxane followed by 1, 2, 5- Thiadiazole-3-carboxamide, 4-[(2-chloroethyl) amino]-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) were present in ethanolic extract of <em>K. alvarezi. …”
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Kinetics model for enzymatic hydrolysis of eel protein by ZHANG Zhiguo, WANG Junhong, CHEN Xinfeng, ZHOU Ligen, GAO Haiyan

“…A kinetic model that took into account of enzyme inhibition by product or substrate was fit to the experimental data with nonlinear regression methods, and the parameters of the kinetic equation were estimated. …”
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Genistein Improves the Cytotoxic, Apoptotic, and Oxidative-Stress-Inducing Properties of Doxorubicin in SK-MEL-28 Cancer Cells by Andrea Roman, Andrei Motoc, Iasmina Marcovici, Cristina Dehelean, Laura Nicolescu, Casiana Boru

“…Therefore, this study investigated the combination therapy regimen comprising GEN and DOX in terms of anti-melanoma activity and safety profile. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The in vitro experiments were performed on SK-MEL-28 and HaCaT cells. …”
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Design and Research of Control Rod Scheme for 10 MW Multifunctional Pool-type Research Reactor by HAN Peng, CHEN Xiaoliang, ZHANG Zhenyang, ZHU Jiachen, JIN Xiao

“…Taking into account the safety of reactor operation, channel neutron fluence rate, power peak factor and subsequent fuel management methods, the forked control rod form was finally determined. …”
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Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Status and Factors Influencing Negative Mental Health among Health-Care Workers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Fatma AlGhufli, Rayyan AlMulla, Ola Alyedi, Sham Zain AlAbdin, Mohammed Moutaz Nakhal

“…Aim: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psychological health outcomes and associated factors among health-care workers (HCWs) during COVID-19 pandemic. Subject and Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted on 550 HCWs at 4 different clinics (fever, clean, telemedicine, and mixed clinics) in Dubai Health Authority from July 2020 to September 2020. …”
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BEACON—automated aberration correction for scanning transmission electron microscopy using Bayesian optimization by Alexander J. Pattison, Stephanie M. Ribet, Marcus M. Noack, Georgios Varnavides, Kunwoo Park, Earl J. Kirkland, Jungwon Park, Colin Ophus, Peter Ercius

“…Here, we present an automated method of correcting first- and second-order aberrations called BEACON, which uses Bayesian optimization of the normalized image variance to efficiently determine the optimal corrector settings. …”
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Cytosolic delivery of monobodies using the bacterial type III secretion system inhibits oncogenic BCR: ABL1 signaling by Chiara Lebon, Sebastian Grossmann, Greg Mann, Florian Lindner, Akiko Koide, Shohei Koide, Andreas Diepold, Oliver Hantschel

“…Conclusion Hence, we establish the T3SS of Y. enterocolitica as a highly efficient protein translocation method for monobody delivery, enabling the selective targeting of different oncogenic signaling pathways and providing a foundation for future therapeutic application against intracellular targets.…”
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The Effectiveness of Wisdom Training on Academic Emotions, Academic Motivation and Subjective Vitality in Students by Masoomeh Azizi, Abolghasem Yaghoobi

“…The present study examined the effectiveness of wisdom training on academic emotions, academic motivation and subjective vitality in students. The study method was semi-experimental and its design was pretest, post-test with control group and follow-up stage. …”
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Tuturan Perintah Guru dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia dengan Metode Ceramah Plus Tanya Jawab dan Tugas (CPTT) di SD Negeri 01 Maguan by Widi Sukmawati Trisnatul Rohma, Arti Prihatini

“… The teacher's orders are verbal tactics used to condition the learning process and encourage students to do something. This study aims to determine the types and functions of teacher orders in class IV in Indonesian language subjects at SD Negeri 01 Maguan, Malang Regency and describe the application, advantages, and disadvantages of the lecture method plus questions and answers and assignments (CPTT) used by teachers. …”
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Cationic Polymer Micelles as Carriers of Bioactive Sesquiterpene Lactones from <i>Inula Helenium</i> L. for Effective Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms by Rumena Stancheva, Tsvetozara Damyanova, Tsvetelina Paunova-Krasteva, Ralitsa Veleva, Tanya Topouzova-Hristova, Viktoria Ivanova, Antoaneta Trendafilova, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Stanislav Rangelov, Emi Haladjova

“…They were used as platforms for the delivery of bioactive sesquiterpene lactones from <i>Inula helenium</i> L. root extract. <b>Methods:</b> The PMs were characterized with good encapsulation efficiency as a maximum value of 72% was reached at a polymer-to-extract mass ratio of 10:1. …”
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High-performance composite anodes based on SBA-15 mesoporous silica modified with silicon, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, and germanium oxide for lithium-ion batteries by Radu Dorin Andrei, Giorgian Cosmin Ungureanu, Luisa Roxana Mandoc, Violeta-Carolina Niculescu, Jeremy Rodriguez, Mihaela Ramona Buga, Athanasios Tiliakos

“…The materials and the ensuing anodes were extensively characterized at every stage of their synthesis and preparation (BET/BJH, XRD, SAXS, FTIR, SEM, EDX) and the electrochemical performances of the assembled composite anodes were audited by voltammetric and galvanostatic methods to determine their discharge capacities and coulombic efficiencies. …”
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Indoor Location Based VOD Service Using Smart Phone Sensors by Jaegeol Yim, Young-Ho Park

“…We use a dead-reckoning indoor positioning method that determines user's location using smart phone sensors. …”
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