Sublethal Effects of Diesel on Total Protein Levels and Cholesterol in <i>Tympanotonus Fuscatus</i> by OS Edori, IB Nwoke, ES Edori

“…While cholesterol levels were significantly (P>0.05) lower or higher in value than that of the control. …”
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2014/15 Picking, Roadsiding, and Hauling Charges for Florida Citrus by Ariel Singerman

“… As Florida’s citrus industry confronts the impacts of Huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening)–decreasing crop yields and production, lower quality fruit, and increasing cost of production–many growers are facing declining returns. …”
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FOUR CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING THE SOCIALLY MARGINAL IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY REFLECTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by I.C. Berg

“… The social dynamics of the world of early Christianity is characterised by the limit of upward mobility and social disparity between classes in terms of access to both material resources such as lands and funds and nonmaterial resources such as honour and political power. This phenomenon was endemic throughout the imperial Roman world, which was the immediate sociopolitical context of early Christianity. …”
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Roman victory propaganda – Revelation’s response: A historical and theological study by Łukasz Bergel

“…Thus, Revelation creates a powerful and vivid message to convince the reader that God is the supreme and only ruler of the world, and Christ triumphs over every power, even the invincible Roman Empire. …”
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Massive spectrum in F-theory and the distance conjecture by Keren Chen, Qinjian Lou, Yi-Nan Wang

“…In particular, in 8D F-theory setups when the 7-branes collide into a codimension-one (4, 6, 12) singularity, we found an infinite light tower of BPS string junctions, which should match the light KK tower in the dual heterotic description. …”
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Informality, innovation, and firm performance: evidence from World Bank Enterprise Survey in India, 2013–2014 by K. Chandra Shekar

“…These findings indicate that weak enforcement of registration laws and the advantages of delayed formalization—such as reduced compliance costs and lower regulatory risks—can incentivize informality. …”
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Is It Still Prohibited to Perform Spinal Anesthesia in Patients with Advanced Heart Disease? by Maryam Vosoughian, Shide Dabir, Faramarz Mosaffa

“…Intrathecal single injection of low doses of local anesthetic  in combination with low dose short acting opioids can be administered safely in lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries lasting 60 to 90 minutes . …”
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Relationship between physical activity level, leisure sedentary time, and frailty among residents aged 30 – 79 years in Wuzhong district, Suzhou city: a baseline surveillance data... by Xikang FAN, Jiang HUA, Jian SU, Hao YU, Yan LU, Yujie HUA, Jianrong JIN, Pei PEI, Dianjianyi SUN, Canqing YU, Jun LYU, Jinyi ZHOU, Ran TAO

“…The risk of frailty was 0.50 times lower (OR = 0.50, 95%CI = 0.43 – 0.59), 0.35 times lower (OR = 0.35, 95%CI = 0.29 – 0.43), and 0.29 times lower (OR = 0.29, 95%CI = 0.23 – 0.36), respectively. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…After adjustment for gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, place of residence, and family history of diabetes, among adults with an SES score of ≤ 8, those with 5 or more healthy lifestyle factors had a 60.4% (HR = 0.396, 95%CI: 0.198 – 0.788) lower risk of diabetes compared with those with 2 or fewer factors. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of hydrophobic dental adhesives: autonomous strengthening, polymerization kinetics, and hydrolytic resistance by Burak Korkmaz, Erhan Demirel, Qiang Ye, Qiang Ye, Anil Misra, Anil Misra, Candan Tamerler, Candan Tamerler, Candan Tamerler, Paulette Spencer, Paulette Spencer, Paulette Spencer

“…At this temperature and under wet conditions, the storage modulus of NC1 is statistically significantly lower (p &lt; 0.001) than NE1. The results indicated that in the wet environment, NE1 provided lower chain mobility, higher crosslink density, and more hydrogen bonds. …”
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Utilization of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy with a Former Triathlete After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report by Christopher Keating, Stephanie Muth, Cameron Hui, Lisa T Hoglund

“… # Discussion In this case, BFR appeared to be a safe and well-tolerated intervention. The results suggest potential benefits in terms of increased function, strength, power, and reduced pain in this specific person after TKA. …”
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ELECTRICITY METER WITH THE FACILITY TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED by DAN ROTAR, GEORGE CULEA

“…The developed system determines the power consumed and the main elements that define the quality of electricity: harmonics and other deviations from the frequency of nominal power supply, flicker, voltage gaps, voltage variations, transient surge, temporary surge, etc. …”
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WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS: THE NIGERIAN AND ANGOLA EXPERIENCE by EDIBA SABASTINE, UMAR SULEIMAN ZAKARI, GEOFFREY NANBAL SHIPURUT

“… Women's political participation is a key indicator of democracy, gender equality, and human development. However, women in Africa face many barriers and challenges to access and exercise their political rights and influence decision-making processes. …”
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Visual Perturbation to Enhance Return to Sport Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Clinical Commentary by Timothy R Wohl, Cody R Criss, Dustin R Grooms

“…Neuroimaging data suggest patients with ACL injuries may require greater levels of visual-motor and neurocognitive processing activity to sustain lower limb control relative to healthy matched counterparts. …”
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Private Label: o potencial impacto no mercado de medicamentos no Brasil by Ronaldo Raemy Rangel, Luan Vinicius Bernardelli, Paulo Rogério Alves Brene

“…The objective of this article is to discuss how the release of private labels would change the dynamics of the industry with the eventual concentration of the retailer’s power in the medicines market. To this end, important theoretical aspects will be raised, based, for example, on Michael Porter’s theory (Five Competitive Forces and Value Chain). …”
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Adaptive Dynamic Programming-based Tracking Controls of Multi-Motor Driven Systems by LYU Yongfeng, JIAN Long

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Effects of Vegetated and Synthetic (Impervious) Surfaces on the Microclimate of Urban Area by MO Obiakor, CD Ezeonyejiaku, TC Mogbo

“…Vegetation of a particular place affects the microclimate through reduced solar radiation and lower air temperature due to shading and evapotranspiration. …”
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