Taxation of copper and nickel ores mining in Australia, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan and USA by N. S. Kostrykina, A. V. Korytin, E. V. Melkova

“…This article discusses the taxation of copper and nickel extraction in Australia, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan and USAThe purpose of the article is to confirm or disprove the hypothesis that the experience of taxation of copper and nickel extraction in Australia, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan and USA may be used for modifying the mineral extraction tax (MET) in Russia in order to increase the share of resource rent collected by the government.The methodology of research includes legal interpretation and economic analysis of the tax legislation in United States, Canada, Australia, Chile and Kazakhstan as countries with a well-developed tax system and a significant size of the mining sector in overall GDP.The authors select the legislative acts of these countries and regions that determine the procedure for collecting taxes in the extraction of metal ores, including those containing copper and nickel, as well as in the production of copper and nickel. …”
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Photovoltaic Power Plants with Horizontal Single-Axis Trackers: Influence of the Movement Limit on Incident Solar Irradiance by Arsenio Barbón, Jaime Martínez-Suárez, Luis Bayón, Covadonga Bayón-Cueli

“…This paper presents an energy analysis of the influence of the movement limit of a horizontal single-axis tracker on the incident energy on the photovoltaic field. The procedure used comprises the following steps: (i) the determination of the periods of operation of a horizontal single-axis tracking; (ii) the analytical determination of the annual, daily, and hourly incident solar irradiance on the photovoltaic field; (iii) the validation of the model; and (iv) the definition of the evaluation indicators. …”
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Utilization and Determinants of Antenatal Care Visits in East African Countries: A Multicountry Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys by Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Amare Minyihun

“…The DHS program adopts standardized methods involving uniform questionnaires, manuals, and field procedures to gather information comparable across countries globally. …”
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Effects of caffeine on visual evoked potencial (P300) and neuromotor performance Efeitos da ingestão de cafeína no potencial evocado visual (p300) e no desempenho neuromotor by Andréa Camaz Deslandes, Heloisa Veiga, Maurício Cagy, Roberto Piedade, Fernando Pompeu, Pedro Ribeiro

“…Fifteen healthy volunteers, 9 women and 6 men (26 ± 5 years, 67 ± 12.5kg) were submitted three times to the following procedure: electroencefalographic recording, Word Color Stroop Test, and visual discrimination task. …”
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[Translated article] Influence of environmental temperature and humidity on the incidence of prosthetic joint infections by I. Iriberri Etxabeguren, I. Rey Urdiain, I. Larrañaga Imendji, J. Revuelta González

“…The association between infection cases and environmental temperature and humidity was analyzed for both the day of surgical intervention and the week following the procedure. Results: Sixty-three cases of infection (3.4%) were identified. …”
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Cardioprotective Effects of Bosentan in Rats Subjected to Lung Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury by Şevki Mustafa Demiröz, Ayşegül Küçük, Esra Tekin, Sibel Söylemez, Hanife Yılmaz, Şaban Cem Sezen, Muharrem Atlı, Hüseyin Demirtaş, Abdullah Özer, Yusuf Ünal, Mustafa Arslan

“…Bosentan (30 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally 30 min prior to the procedure. Myocardial tissue was evaluated histopathologically for structural disorganization, inflammation, fibrosis, and edema. …”
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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…A stratified random sampling procedure was adopted to select the locations and households. …”
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Implementation of an Interdepartmental Collaborative Medication Review to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Mixed Methods... by Aravinda Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Konduru, Saranya Rajaram, Manikandan Mani, Anusha Natarajan, Jerin Jose Cherian, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Anil Jacob Purty, Nayyar Iqbal, Dineshbabu Sekar, Sudharsanan Sundaramurthi, Isabella Topno, Manjunatha Chalawadi Hanumappa

“…Phase 2 involved creating standard operating procedures to establish a CMR team, delineating roles and responsibilities, and providing training. …”
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Epidemiological and clinical profile of hepatitis B infection in ART-naïve people living with HIV in Maputo, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study by Esperanca Sevene, Orvalho Augusto, Corssino Tchavana, Charlotta Nilsson, Elias Manjate, Lucia Mabalane Chambal, Vanda dos Muchangos, Júlia Muando

“…Data on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, haematology, liver and kidney function tests, CD4+T cell counts, serological markers of hepatitis B (IgM Core hepatitis B antibody, hepatitis B e antigen, and hepatitis B e antibody), HIV and HBV viral loads were assessed using standard procedures.Results A total of 1106 participants were included. …”
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The characteristics of the optimal beneficiary population for robotic⁃assisted radical resection of colorectal cancer by LI Hang*，GU Haitao，LI Dongxue，XIAO Minfeng

“…Surgeons in the early and intermediate stages of robotic surgery adoption may prioritize patients aged <65 years，female，and with a BMI of 18.5 to 23.9 kg/m2 for robotic-assisted procedures. …”
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Efectos de un gym neuróbico en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes universitarios en entornos virtuales (Effects of a neurobic gym on the academic performance of university... by Rosario Mireya Romero Parra, Luis Andres Barboza Arenas, Lorena C. Espina-Romero, Carlos Hernán Rodríguez Ángeles, Jorge Luis Romero Chacin, Eduardo Jesús Garcés Rosendo., José Antonio Faría Romero, Ricardo Iván Vertiz Osores

“…Taking into account the arithmetic means achieved in the pre-test of 12.39 and in the post-test of 15.84, it is observed a revealing increase of 3.45 points in the means of the students of the group with experimental treatment of the referred course, after having developed the treatment with the neurobic gym as experimental procedure of the study. Reaffirming the specific hypothesis: The academic performance of the students of the experimental group increases after the application of the treatment with the neurobic gym according to the pre-test and post-test scores. …”
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Conhecimento da enfermeira sobre o transporte intra-hospitalar do paciente crítico [Nurses’ knowledge of intra-hospital transport of critical patients] by Elieusa Silva Silva Sampaio, Larissa Chaves Pedreira, Claudia Marinho Barros, Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho, Muller Almeida Farias, Iuri Matos Santos, Laíse Souza Falheiros Leme, Jessica Luma Lima e Moreno

“…ABSTRACT Intra-hospital transportation of critically ill patients must preserve patient clinical conditions in transit to proce­dures. This qualitative, descriptive study to ascertain nurses’ knowledge of intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients, and identify whatever facilitated the process or made it more difficult, involved nine nurses working in an intensive care unit of a public hospital in Salvador in 2011. …”
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Dose assessment of medical exposure of radiographic dental studies by I. G. Shatskiy

“…Then, based on the initial information about the parameters of the procedures and the input dose, the absorbed doses and the effective dose were calculated using the PCXMC program. …”
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CURRENT APPROACHES TOX-RAY METHODS OF DIAGNOSTICS IN PLANNING OF DENTAL IMPLANTS AND STAGES OF SURGICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH A SECONDARY EDENTIA by H.B. Prots, V.P. Puryk, Y.I. Solodzhuk, G.P. Nychyporuk, I.G. Omelchuk, Y.V. Puryk, A.K. Shudjairi, S.A. Ohiyenko, I.I. Prots

“…Many periodontists recommended gradual and consistent implementation of all periodontal procedures, which significantly increases the length of treatment and is burdensome for working patients [2,3,9]. …”
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Human factors evaluation of an innovative wound care technology by Anna Bradford, Kathryn Arnold, Katherine VanTil, Jill de Grood, Kathryn Ambler, Patty Wickson, Chester Ho

“…Results: The evaluation indicated that the procedures for changing wound dressings, whether using the current state dressing or NanoSALV, followed the same sequence of steps, with NanoSALV requiring fewer subtasks in the application step, demonstrating the feasibility of implementing NanoSALV into clinical practice. …”
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Effect of Esketamine Compared with Sufentanil Combined with Propofol in Patients Undergoing First Trimester Surgical Abortion: A Randomized, Double-Blinded Clinical Trial by Guan Y, Wang H, Cong X, Zhang B, Lin Y, Wang X

“…Esketamine may increase the risk of dizziness and PONV after surgical abortion.Plain Language Summary: Induced abortion is a simple and common health care procedure. The combination of sedative drugs and anesthesia is currently the main anesthetic regimen for abortion. …”
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SPECIFIC DENTAL TREATMENT OF FEMALE PATIENTS WITH BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS by А. Shulzhenko, E. Krutikova, L. Ostrovska, T. Petrushanko

“…Local drug treatment of women of Group I included oral baths with Stomatofìt after morning and evening personal hygiene procedures during 7 days and applications with “Metrogil-denta” gel on the gums during 7 days and patients of Group II were supplementary prescribed with 1 tab. …”
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VALIDATION OF LONG-TERM HANDLING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS FOR HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL PRODUCTS FOR AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTS by Ahmed Al Bahrani

“…Methodology: Between July 11, 2021, and February12, 2022, the bone marrow and stem cell transplant center at King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH-D) collected 12 autologous mobilized PBHSCs according to established procedures. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study. …”
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Caving Depth Classification by Feature Extraction in Cuttings Images by Laura Viviana Galvis, Reinel Corzo Rueda, Henry Arguello

“…Two different depth classifiers are developed; the first separates the textural features by using a soft decision based on the Euclidean distance, and the second performs a hard decision classification by applying a thresholding procedure. A detailed mathematical formulation of the developed classifiers is presented. …”
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Early PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PERFECT): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jiachun Xia, Zhengguang Xiao, Luyao Wu, Haiyang Yu, Yanan Pang, Shan Hu, Lei Hou, Hanjia Gao

“…This study aimed to assess the impact of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor treatment immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the myocardial salvage index (MSI) in patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) 5–10 d after the procedure. Methods:. The early PCSK9 inhibitor thERapy Following pErcutaneous Coronary inTervention (PERFECT) trial is a prospective randomized controlled trial. …”
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