Snake and staff symbolism and healing by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Whether he was also an historical figure as healer in earlier ages is less certain. The origin of the double-snake emblem is shrouded in the mists of antiquity. …”
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Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae) by Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.

“…This document is EENY-160 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 205), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: is there a time to change existing standards? by D. T. Abdurakhmanov

“…To analyze efficacy of antiviral therapy of various duration in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC).Original positions of the report. According to published data viremia dynamics has important prognostic value during treatment, which allows to consider it as one of important factors determining duration and efficacy of treatment along with virus genotype. …”
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Noninvasive markers of inflammatory bowel disease activity by A. V. Nikitin, L. V. Vasilyeva, Anatoly A. Matiukhin

“…Material and methods. Original study included 67 patients with UC and CD in whom clinical and endoscopic activity of the disease with assessed by histological investigation of biopsy specimens. …”
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Rebamipide during chronic gastritis: <i>H. pylori</i> eradication therapy and restoration of gastric mucosa barrier function by Т. L. Lapina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated that rebamipide increases concentration of prostaglandins (prostaglandin E2 and prostacyclin) and production of mucin, manages inflammation and oxidative stress, controls apoptosis and autophagy. …”
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The prevalence of atrophic gastritis of the body of stomach at Krasnoyarsk population over 45 years old by V. V. Tsukanov, O. V. Tret'yakova, O. S. Amelchugova, E. V. Kasparov, D. V. Rodina, A. V. Vasyutin, N. N. Butorin, Yu. L. Tonkikh

“…Level of pepsinogen-1, pepsinogen-2 and presence of anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies in blood serum was determined by «Gastropanel» test-system («Biohit», Finland). Original study was carried out with involvement of 387 men and 414 women over 45 years of age (n=801), selected as a random sample, and 29 relatives of stomach cancer patients.Results. …”
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Reading scripture through a mystical lens by Celia Kourie

“…More specifically, reading scripture through a mystical lens, as originally seen, inter alia, in the works of Origen, has taken its place, if not centre stage, at least on the stage, and no longer in the wings. …”
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Bile Acids and Their Value for Central Nervous System by Yu. O. Shulpekova, P. E. Tkachenko, E. N. Shirokova, I. V. Damulin

“…The animal brain under physiological conditions was found to contain about 20 bile acid types of likely innate origin suggested by their high contents; the bile acids spectrum in CNS differs significantly from blood plasma. …”
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Painless esophageal rupture in the second stage of labor presenting as surgical emphysema of the neck: a case report by Thomas Hussey, Serena Banh, Stavroula L. Kastora, Hemant Vakharia

“…The majority of reported obstetric cases originate from vomiting in early pregnancy with patients clinically unwell, presenting with acute severe chest pain and shortness of breath. …”
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Dynamics of a two-qubit Tavis-Cummings model in the presence of an Ising-type interaction between qubits by E.K. Bashkirov

“…It was also found that for the nonresonant interaction between qubits and field, the increase of the maximum degree of entanglement of qubits is much greater than that due to direct interaction. For the original entangled Bell-type state of the qubits, the direct interaction was found to lead to the vanishing of the effect of the sudden death of entanglement in the case of a resonant qubit-field interaction and, conversely, to an increase in this effect for a nonresonant interaction.…”
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Prevalence of infection <i>H. pylori</i> in Moscow population by S. V. German, I. Ye. Zykova, A. V. Modestova, N. V. Yermakov

“…Interview of 634 persons have been taken using original questionnaire by random sample.Results. Extremely high prevalence of infection – 88% was found. …”
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Southern Pine Coneworm, Dioryctria amatella (Hulst) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by James R. Meeker

“…This document is EENY-325 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 393), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Searches for other vacua. Part II. A new Higgstory at the cosmological collider by Anson Hook, Junwu Huang, Davide Racco

“…Measuring the contributions from two fermions would allow us to compute the ratio of their masses, and to ascribe the origin of the signal to a new Higgs minimum. Such a discovery would be a tremendous step towards understanding the vacuum instability of the Higgs potential, and could have fascinating implications for anthropic considerations.…”
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Demographic Oases in Shrinking Rural Areas: Exploring Trends in Galicia (Spain) and Northern Portugal by Alejandro Otero Varela, Inês Gusman, Carlos Alberto Patiño Romarís

“…Our results indicate that the origins of these demographic oases are diverse —stemming from economic, administrative, and infrastructural factors— and, collectively, they play a crucial role in supporting their surrounding communities. …”
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Practice-oriented research in service of designing interventions by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“…The problem does not originate in theory, and the knowledge created in the research is not valued because it contributes to theory. …”
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Measurements of Soil Surface Roughness During the Fourth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment: April 18 through June 13, 2005 by Mi-joung Jang, Kai-Jen Calvin Tien, Joaquin Casanova, Jasmeet Judge

“…This document is Circular 1483, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2005.  CIR1483/AE363: Measurements of Soil Surface Roughness During the Fourth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment: April 18–June 13, 2005 (ufl.edu) …”
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Results of endoscopic treatment of early colorectal cancer by M. Yu. Agapov, N. A. Taran, O. G. Polushin, K. V. Stegny

“…Overall 46 patients were included in original study with suspicion for ECRC in the period from 2006 to 2010.Results. …”
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Recirculation of digestive enzymes by G. F. Korot'ko

“…To present literature data and to generalize accumulated by the author and his employees experimental and clinical material on the mechanisms of enzyme transport to systemic blood flow, process of recretion of enzymes by digestive glands in the lumen of gut and the functional role of circulating hydrolases.Original positions. Digestive glands exosecrete two pools of hydrolases: postprandially de novo synthesized and recreted from blood circulation, to which they are transported by three mechanisms – endosecretion of glandular cells, resorption of hydrolases from ductal system of the glands and the small bowel. …”
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Florida Wetlands: Extension Web Site by Mark Clark

“…This document outlines some of the subjects covered in the site. his document is Fact Sheet SL217, one of a series of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 2004.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ss437 …”
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Comprehensive case report and literature review on perioperative management of multiple pheochromocytoma in a pediatric patient by Shenghua Yu, Tianxiao Zou, Sisi Wei, Yani Yu, Guili Ding

“…Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors originating from the adrenal medulla, particularly uncommon in pediatric populations. …”
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