THE SECRETS OF UNICORN COMPANIES: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION by Ioana MEȘTER, Darie GAVRILUȚ

“…Some industries are more competitive than others, and some have more significant barriers to entry. This article aims to explore the influence of the field of activity on the survival and growth of new businesses. …”
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Enhancing Facial Feature Detection: Hybrid Active Shape and Active Appearance Model (HASAAM) by Musab Iqtait, Jafar Ababneh, Mohammad Rasmi, Amer Abu-Jassar, Suhaila Abuowaida

“…Despite the inherent diversity of faces, the topic has proven to be extremely difficult due to a wide range of perplexing variables, such as position, expression, illumination, and occlusions. …”
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Intra and inter-session reliability of rapid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation stimulus-response curves of tibialis anterior muscle in healthy older adults. by Elisabetta Peri, Emilia Ambrosini, Vera Maria Colombo, Mark van de Ruit, Michael J Grey, Marco Monticone, Giorgio Ferriero, Alessandra Pedrocchi, Giancarlo Ferrigno, Simona Ferrante

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The clinical use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a technique to assess corticospinal excitability is limited by the time for data acquisition and the measurement variability. This study aimed at evaluating the reliability of Stimulus-Response (SR) curves acquired with a recently proposed rapid protocol on tibialis anterior muscle of healthy older adults.…”
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Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle by Mário J. Costa, Daniel A. Marinho, Joana F. Reis, Mário C. Espada, Catarina C. Santos

“…This study aimed to monitor the in-water and dryland interlimb asymmetry of young competitive swimmers throughout a full training macrocycle and verify possible associations with performance. …”
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A Multi-Year Investigation of Thunderstorm Activity at Istanbul International Airport Using Atmospheric Stability Indices by Oğuzhan Kolay, Bahtiyar Efe, Emrah Tuncay Özdemir, Zafer Aslan

“…Thunderstorm statistics, stability indices, and meteorological variables at the upper levels were evaluated for this period. …”
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Modeling the Analysis of the Financial Result of an Entity by Alexandra A. Derbicheva

“…Implementation and variability of the proposed methodological and practical approaches to evaluation is aimed at establishing and improving of a highly effective system to control, manage and forecast the financial result under modern conditions.…”
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Anaerobic Soccer Training Model: Enhancing Soccer Players’ Performance through a Combination of Repeated Sprints and 4 vs 4 Games by I Dewa Made Aryananda Wijaya Kusuma, Nining Widyah Kusnanik, Bayu Agung Pramono, Adi Pranoto, Yanyong Phanpheng, Indra Himawan Susanto, Dewa Ayu Praba Amustikarani, Waristra Tyo Nirwansyah, Muhammad Bagus Firzam Bharlaman

“…The results showed that in variables for peak power (.001), mean power (.000), fatigue index (.013), Lactate Week (LW) 1-2 (.020) and LW1-3 (.038), notable differences with significance values ​​below 0.05 were observed. …”
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Exploring the validity of perceived velocity in lower-limb resistance exercises with a cluster-set configuration by Luis Mario Gómez-Miranda, José E. Bimbela, Ángel Rodríguez-Chávez, Rodrigo Merlo, Luis H. Palma, Diego A. Bonilla

“… This feasibility study aimed to explore the relationship between mean propulsive velocity (MPV) and a scale of perceived velocity (SPV) in back-squat and deadlift exercises performed with heavy loads during a cluster-sets resistance training (CS-RT). …”
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The condition of the cardiovascular system in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by O. A. Traktirskaya, T. V. Adasheva, A. N. Boyko, E. V. Popova

“…The aim of the reserch was to study the state of the cardiovascular system, systemic inflammation and balance oxidant/|antioxidant in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.Material and methods. …”
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Inverted U-shaped association between the systemic immune-inflammation index and colorectal polyps in Chinese patients: a cross-sectional study by Jie Bao, Yajie Teng, Yingxue Yang, Qinghua Wang

“…PurposeThe systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) has been found to be associated with various inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the SII and colorectal polyps (CPs) in Chinese patients.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study. …”
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Determining the Minimum Time Interval for Completely Eliminating the Carryover Effect of Dehydration in Heat-Stressed Goats: Insights from Physiochemical Mechanisms by E. M. Samara, M. A. Al-Badwi, K. A. Abdoun, A. A. Al-Haidary

“…Notably, all measured variables completely returned to EU levels after 10 days of commencing the RE stage. …”
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Optimization of therapeutic drug monitoring of vancomycin in newborns using “Dried Blood Spot” method by V. I. Petrov, I. S. Anikeev, T. E. Zayachnikova, A. V. Strygin, D. V. Kurkin, Yu. S. Kazmina

“…Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is used to increase the individualization of pharmacotherapy, especially in patient groups with a high interindividual variability in pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters. One of these groups of patients is newborn children, for whom drug therapy, especially drugs with a narrow therapeutic range, causes a few difficulties or cannot be used in principle.The aim of the work was to develop and validate quantitative HPLC-MS/MS methods for the determination of vancomycin in “dried blood spot” samples using new protocols and comparison of the results obtained with the results in plasma samples using standard sample preparation methods.Materials and methods. …”
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Comparative analysis of Microsoft Kinect Azure and manual measurement methods in the sit and reach test among elite female weightlifters by Usame Ömer Osmanoğlu, Kenan Erdaği, Bülent IŞIK, Serkan Örücü, Erkan Özbay

“…For parameters such as the elbow, shoulder, wrist, trunk angles and distance traveled, high ICC values (> 0.90) indicated strong consistency between the methods. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND URIC ACID AMONG NORTH CYPRUS ADULTS: FIRST PRELIMINARY REPORT by Mehtap Tınazlı, Nuriye Sancar, Meryem Güvenir, Deniz Granit Semavi

“…Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the association between serum uric acid (SUA) and 25-OH Vitamin D (25-OH-VIT D). …”
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Lysine requirement of weaned piglets by S. Goethals, P. Bikker, J.H.M. Rijpert, B. Ampe, J.W. Spek, S. Millet

“…This review indicates high values for the lysine requirement to achieve maximum growth performance. …”
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Natural Diversity in Total Phenol, Flavonoids, Antioxidant Properties, and Essential Oil Composition of Iranian Populations of <i>Myrtus communis</i> L. by Reza Yarahmadi, Hasan Mumivand, Abdollah Ehtesham Nia, Mohamad Reza Raji, Sergio Argento

“…<i>Myrtus communis</i> L. (Myrtaceae), widely valued for its aromatic leaves and essential oil, plays a significant role in traditional medicine and modern phytotherapy. …”
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Association of psychosocial stress with the social environment, lifestyle and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged male Muscovites by M. B. Kotova, V. B. Rozanov, A. A. Aleksandrov, O. M. Drapkina

“…Aim. To study the relationship of psychosocial stress with the social environment, lifestyle and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in middle-aged men.Material and methods. …”
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Effects of high-power pain threshold ultrasound technique in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A single-blind randomized controlled trial by Yomna F. Ahmed, Rania M. Tawfik, Ahmed M. Tawfick, Shimaa T. Abu El Kasem

“…The MANOVA test revealed statistically significant improvements in all variables (VAS, PPT, knee ROM) post-treatment compared to pre-treatment values in the HPPTUS group (experimental group) (p < 0.05), while the control group revealed statistically significant improvement only in VAS post-treatment compared with pre-treatment (p < 0.05). …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of MRI-based radiomic features for EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a meta-analysis by Yuqin Long, Rong Zhao, Xianfeng Du

“…Substantial heterogeneity was observed, with I² values exceeding 50% for all parameters. The AUC for the receiver operating characteristic analysis was 0.91 (95% CI: 0.88-0.93). …”
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Proposing a machine learning-based model for predicting nonreassuring fetal heart by Nasibeh Roozbeh, Farideh Montazeri, Mohammadsadegh Vahidi Farashah, Vahid Mehrnoush, Fatemeh Darsareh

“…Because of the limited studies on the identification of NFH predictors, we decided to use the Chi-Square test to compare demographic, obstetric, maternal, and neonatal factors to identify NFH predictors. Then, all variables with p-values less than 0.05 were considered potential NFH predictors. …”
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