Prevalence, correlative and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure by D. A. Lashkul

“…Need clarification prevalence of CKD among patients with CHF in general and in specific groups of patients. The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence, correlation and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction with functional class, age and gender of patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure, were hospitalized. …”
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Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Literary Reading in School and Leisure Contexts by Jeroen Dera

“…Most students supported the government mandate to read literature in school, primarily justifying it by functional benefits, such as improving language skills and general reading proficiency. …”
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Architecture of the Formally-Verified Distributed Ledger System InnoChain by Leonid Al'bertovich Merkin-Janson, Ruslan Maratovich Rezin, Nikolay Konstantinovich Vasilyev

“…The architecture of InnoChain includes (1) a programming language for smart contracts which is a domain-specific language with formal semantics embedded into CakeML, which is a functional language ofthe ML family; this allows us to carry out formal verification of smart contracts' correctness properties using higher-order logic systems, such as HOL4; (2) trusted compilation of smart contracts into the machine code using the verified compiler available for CakeML, rather than relying on a virtual machine for execution of smart contracts; (3) using CakeML for implementation of InnoChain node functionality which allows for formal verification of code correctness and trusted compilation into the machine code; (4) formal verification of the consensus protocol used InnoChain, namely HotStuff BFT; (5) using seL4, a formally-verified microkernel, as the underlying OS for InnoChain instead of more traditional general-purpose OSes such as Linux. …”
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Ageing well in the urban environment: meeting the health and social needs of older Adults - study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal mixed-methods study by Marie Bolster, Abhijit Visaria, David Matchar, Denis Gerstorf, Tillman Schmitz, Benjamin Labohm, Raphael Kohl, Dagmar Haase, Paul Gellert, Angelique Chan, Wolfram J. Herrmann

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Novel exosome-associated LncRNA model predicts colorectal cancer prognosis and drug response by Chi Zhou, Qian Qiu, Xinyu Liu, Tiantian Zhang, Leilei Liang, Yihang Yuan, Yufo Chen, Weijie Sun

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Exploration of the mechanism of 5-Methylcytosine promoting the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by Qiyao Zhang, Zhen Cao, Yuting He, Ziwen Liu, Wenzhi Guo

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Target sample mining with modified activation residual network for speaker verification. by Ji Chaoqun, Chen Wei, Ye Peng, Wang Zhou, Zhou Shuhang

“…Considering the relatively compact distribution of positive and negative sample spaces, it is beneficial for enhancing the performance of the speaker system, and focusing more on the learning of difficult samples is conducive to improving the network's convergence and generalization. …”
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Transition metal abundance as a key parameter for the search of Life in the Universe by Giovanni Covone, Donato Giovannelli

“…The search for Life in the Universe generally assumes three basic life's needs: I) building block elements (i.e., CHNOPS), II) a solvent to life's reactions (generally, liquid water) and III) a thermodynamic disequilibrium. …”
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Mann iterates of directionally nonexpansive mappings in hyperbolic spaces by Ulrich Kohlenbach, Laurentiu Leustean

“…In particular, we obtain significantly stronger and more general forms of the main results of a recent paper by W. …”
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Supply Chain Management Skills in Business and Humanitarian Contexts by Robert Davtyan, Wojciech Piotrowicz, Gyöngyi Kovács

“…These findings suggest a dynamic skillset evolution, where functional skills, essential at entry-level positions, give way to general management capabilities as one progresses. …”
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The Development of Photothermal Imaging Technology in Clinical Applications by Wang Yan, Zhang Mingbo

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Taxi services, platforms and Article 101 TFEU: changing the shape of the transport intermediation services industry? by Arianna Andreangeli

“…The paper will conclude with some more general reflections on the application of the EU competition rules to two-sided markets.  …”
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Transitivity, verbal humour and the construction of identity in Trevor Noah’s narratives by Nouran Tarek Soliman, Rabia Abdul-Salim Madhi

“…The results highlight the distinct uses of transitivity processes in both excerpts, with the stand-up comedy employing more dynamic verbs, denoting action, while the memoir uses more relational processes. …”
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Extended Gumbel Type-2 Distribution: Properties and Applications by A. A. Ogunde, S. T. Fayose, B. Ajayi, D. O. Omosigho

“…We derive the pth moment; thus, we generalize some results in the literature. Expressions for the density, moment-generating function, and rth moment of the order statistics are also obtained. …”
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Midlife cognitive testing in Africa: validity of the Harmonised Cognitive Assessment Protocol in the Kenya Life Panel Survey by Jinkook Lee, Anthony Ngugi, Joshua R Ehrlich, William H Dow, Alden L Gross, Madeline Duhon, Eric Ochieng, Jean N Ikanga, Michael W Walker, Michelle Layvant, Edward A Miguel

“…The HCAP assessment was administered in 2023 at an average age of 37 years (10–90 range 34 to 41).Primary and secondary outcome measures For each individual, the CFA generates a general cognitive performance score, and cognitive performance scores for five distinct domains, including memory, executive functioning, language, orientation to time and place, and visuospatial functioning.Results Fit of the models to the data was adequate for general cognitive performance (root mean squared error of approximation (RMSEA)=0.03; comparative fit index (CFI)=0.94; standardised root mean residual (SRMR)=0.05), language (RMSEA=0.02; CFI=0.95; SRMR=0.05) and good for memory (RMSEA=0.05; CFI=0.99; SRMR=0.02) and executive functioning (RMSEA=0.03; CFI=0.98; SRMR=0.03). …”
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Surgical tactics for nodular thyroid diseases with compression syndrome by V.V. Boyko, V.V. Kritsak, A.L. Sochnieva, V.V. Tkachenko

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Investigation of the relationship between chronic hepatitis B and tuberculosis using bioinformatics and systems biology approaches by Jinyi He, Xinyi Zhou, Danning Zhang, Yifei Cai, Hongyuan Pan, Tengda Huang, Fang He

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The central signaling pathways related to metabolism-regulating hormones of the gut-brain axis: a review by Jiyuan Liu, Changqing Jing, Ying Guo, Zhou Shang, Baolin Zhang, Xinxiu Zhou, Jizhun Zhang, Guodong Lian, Feng Tian, Leping Li, Yuezhi Chen

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One-Year Outcomes of 1 Dose versus 3 Loading Doses Followed by Pro Re Nata Regimen Using Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The ARTIS Trial by Fenghua Wang, Yuanzhi Yuan, Ling Wang, Xiaofeng Ye, Jingke Zhao, Mengxi Shen, Qi Zhang, Ding Xu, Guoyou Qin, Wei Zhang, Fei Yuan, Qing Chang, Peiquan Zhao, Fang Wang, Xiaodong Sun

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DBS in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease by Olga Szeidl, Joanna Szydziak, Aleksandra Hrapkowicz, Kinga Janowska, Dominika Rehan, Julia Wołoszczak, Agnieszka Mioskowska, Daria Dąbkowska

“…Appropriate patient selection is essential; DBS is generally reserved for patients meeting specific criteria, including a confirmed PD diagnosis, disease duration of more than four years, a positive response to levodopa, and the absence of severe cognitive or unmanaged psychiatric disorders. …”
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