Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and its association with age in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: results from a prospective multicenter study by Yulia Tishova, Ruslan Zukov, Lev Demidov, Pavel Borisov, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Valentina Leonenko, Anastasia Tarasova, Kristina Zakurdaeva, Ilya Tsimafeyeu

“…Background This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and assess its associations in a large cohort of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) prior to initiating and during therapy.Methods In this prospective multicenter study, male patients with clear-cell mRCC were assessed. Erectile function was evaluated using the 5-item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5), and general health status was assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Symptom Index (FKSI-19). …”
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Introduction to Thermal Field Theory: From First Principles to Applications by Alberto Salvio

“…A more applicative part of the review is dedicated to the production of particles in a medium and to phase transitions in field theory, including the process of vacuum decay in a general theory featuring a first-order phase transition. …”
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Architectural Rehabilitation Built as Living Heritage by José Luis Martínez Raído, Luis W. Muñoz Fontenla, Felipe Peña Pereda

“…Only a small part of the inherited architectural heritage can be preserved in a more or less consolidated ruined state. The majority, however, has to recover its usefulness through a new function that satisfies new needs. …”
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La porte Bannier, entrée principale de la ville d’Orléans aux xive-xve siècles by Clément Alix, Diane Carron, Émilie Roux-Capron, Laurent Josserand

“…The research on the Bannier gate has very well integrated with the general knowledge about the defence system displayed by the city during the Hundred Year’s War, and more generally with the field of medieval fortifications, providing important information on the construction of dirt roads in the early 15th century.…”
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Product Summability Transform of Conjugate Series of Fourier Series by Vishnu Narayan Mishra, Kejal Khatri, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra

“…A known theorem, Nigam (2010) dealing with the degree of approximation of conjugate of a signal belonging to Lipξ(t)-class by (E,1)(C,1) product summability means of conjugate series of Fourier series has been generalized for the weighted W(Lr,ξ(t)), (r≥1),(t>0)-class, where ξ(t) is nonnegative and increasing function of t, by En1Cn1~ which is in more general form of Theorem 2 of Nigam and Sharma (2011).…”
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A Study Of Corrosion Inhibition Of Low Carbon Steel In Washing Water Of Crude Oil Solution In The Presence Of Folic Acid by Baghdad Science Journal

“…Values of the protection efficiency were calculated from the corrosion current density .From the general results for this study, it can be seen that thermodynamic and kinetic function were also calculated (?…”
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Cloze Testing as an Alternative to the Conventional Exam in E.B.E. by Honesto Herrera Soler

“…The aim of this article is to analyse to what extent a battery of cloze tests can be an alternative to a conventional comprehension reading test, to find out whether content words are easier or more difficult than function words and to study if giving the first letter makes any difference. …”
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SPECIFIC FEATURES OF STATE CORPORATE AND FINANCE CONTROL OVER INTEGRATED BANKING STRUCTURES by Svetlana P. Ivanova, Xenia V. Sadykova

“…The function of corporate and finance control becomes more acute at the current stage of the Russian banking system evolution, when the importance of credit-monetary institutions grows both for economy in general and for the industry development. …”
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The Shadow Economy – the Polish Perspective by Grzegorz Gołębiowski

“…Such ramifications are likely to be of a positive and negative nature, however, the latter tend to be - by far - more striking. The phenomenon has been viewed against a backdrop of the Polish economic framework, notably symptoms of over-regulation vis-à-vis the general business environment, with particular references to over-fiscals. …”
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Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit: Trends and Perspectives by Lewis Ari Eisen, Pericles Davlouros, Dimitrios Karakitsos

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A Newly Discovered “Bull Head Amulet” from Tell El-Farkha, Egypt by Joanna Dębowska-Ludwin

“…Apart from the presentation of the find and its place of origin, a more general discussion on this interesting type of early Egyptian item raises various questions about their actual function, significance or interpretation. …”
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A Study Of Corrosion Behavior Of Low Carbon Steel In Acidic And Basic Washing Water Of Crude Oil Solution At Different Temperatures by Baghdad Science Journal

“…From the general results for this study can be seen that thermodynamic and kinetic function were also calculated (?…”
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La crise de la sensibilité esthétique : l’art à l’âge virtuel by Sandrine Darsel

“…However, an analysis of the ontological and epistemological difficulties associated with the virtualisation of art leads us to rethink a much more general problem, which is the focus of this article: where subjectivism and relativism predominate, sacralising the pleasure of aesthetic experience, we need to discern the cognitive value of art. …”
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Le processus de révision et l'écriture informatisée – Description des utilisations du traitement de texte par des élèves du secondaire au Québec by Pascal Grégoire, Thierry Karsenti

“…Poor typing and word processing skills may be obstacles to more effective use of ICT.…”
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On the Abscissa of Convergence of Laplace–Stieltjes Integrals in the Euclidean Real Vector Space <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi mathvariant="double-str... by Andriy Bandura, Oleh Skaskiv, Olha Zadorozhna

“…Since the multiple Laplace–Stieltjes integral is a direct generalization of the Laplace integral and multiple Dirichlet series, known results about convergence domains for the multiple Dirichlet series are obtained as corollaries of the presented more general statements for the multiple Laplace–Stieltjes integral.…”
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From Nurturing the Successor to Attracting New Founders: How Firm Platforms Organize a Market for Selling Businesses by Stamm Isabell K.

“…Building on a content analysis of the seven largest and most innovative firm platforms in Germany, this study reveals how firm platforms argue from within a gift exchange frame and shift its parameters in social, object, and time dimensions. This study makes a more general point by arguing that digital platforms function as cultural trailblazers in marketization. …”
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Genomic imprinting of Grb10: coadaptation or conflict? by Jon F Wilkins

“…According to this "coadaptation theory," paternally inherited genes might be inactivated because maternally inherited genes are adapted to function harmoniously with the mother. As discussed in this article, the growth effects associated with the imprinted gene Grb10 are consistent with this idea, but it remains to be seen just how general the pattern is.…”
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THE IMPACT OF THE WTO TRADE REGULATION ON THE RUSSIA-EUROPEAN UNION ENERGY DIALOGUE by Yu. M. Kukushkina

“…The article analyzes the influence of the WTO regulation function on energy markets in general. The WTO system does not include any specific agreement on energy trading for historical reasons. …”
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Parameter Matching Analysis of Hydraulic Hybrid Excavators Based on Dynamic Programming Algorithm by Wei Shen, Jihai Jiang, Xiaoyu Su, Hamid Reza Karimi

“…In this paper, firstly, a new architecture is presented which is hydraulic hybrid excavator based on common pressure rail combined switched function (HHES). Secondly, the general principle of dynamic programming algorithm (DPA) is explained. …”
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Adsorption Capacities of Activated Carbons Derived from Rice Straw and Water Hyacinth in the Removal of Organic Pollutants from Water by Wafaa E. Rashwan, Badie S. Girgis

“…The surface abundances (as μmol/m 2 ) of PNP, P and PNA were found to be independent of the porosity characteristics of the active carbon and followed the general sequence PNP > P > PNA > MB > CR. The observed removal capacities were comparable to that of a commercial carbon produced by Prolabo whose porosity was much more developed.…”
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