Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Uropathogens Isolated from Pediatric Patients at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yamirot Merga Duffa, Kumera Terfa Kitila, Dereje Mamuye Gebretsadik, Adane Bitew

“…In this study, a total of 384 patients (199 males and 185 females) aged less than or equal to 15 years from whom urine samples were collected were enrolled. …”
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Novel Modifications and Delivery Modes of Cyclic Dinucleotides for STING Activation in Cancer Treatment by Lu Y, Li Z, Zhu X, Zeng Q, Liu S, Guan W

“…Yanjun Lu,1,* Zhiyan Li,2,* Xudong Zhu,1 Qingwei Zeng,1 Song Liu,1 Wenxian Guan1 1Division of Gastric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 2Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Song Liu; Wenxian Guan, Email liusong@nju.edu.cn; guan_wenxian@sina.comAbstract: The microenvironment tends to be immunosuppressive during tumor growth and proliferation. …”
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ANALYSING EFFICIENCY OF AGGRESSIVE ETF-COMPOSED PORTFOLIO STRATEGIES by A. Zaviyalov

“…The research methodology centers on statistically testing the null hypothesis whether the average S&P500 return and each of the ETF-composed portfolio strategies average returns are equal to zero. To test such a hypothesis one should perform t-tests with several significance levels. …”
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Accuracy Evaluation Method for Vector Data Based on Hexagonal Discrete Global Grid by Yue Ma, Guoqing Li, Long Zhao, Xiaochuang Yao

“…The representation of vector data in the global discrete grid network based on an equal-area projection, such as the hexagonal grid, fundamentally solves problems such as data redundancy, geometric deformation, and data discontinuity that arise when representing multiple vector data in a gridded format. …”
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Prevalence of Physical and Psychological Violence among Heterosexual Couples by Laura López Angulo, Yenisley Fundora Quintero, Anais Valladares González, Yamila Ramos Rangel, Yanet Blanco Fleites

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional study of adults aged 15 to 74 years was conducted in six health areas. An equal probability sample of 1873 subjects was selected. …”
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Analysis of Structural Characteristics of the HALE Joined-Wing Configuration UAV by Junlei Sun, Ye Zhou, Zhou Zhou, Zhengping Wang

“…By comparing with the structural characteristics of the conventional configuration UAV with equal structural weight, the paper comprehensively analyzes the structural characteristics of the HALE joined-wing configuration and obtains the advantages and disadvantages of applying the joined-wing configuration in HALE aircraft and defines the design direction, which lays a solid foundation for the engineering application in the next stage.…”
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ALGORITHM OF PREPARATION OF THE TRAINING SAMPLE USING 3D-FACE MODELING by D. I. Samal, I. I. Frolov

“…The preparation and preliminary processing of images contains the following constituents like detection and localization of area of the person on the image, assessment of an angle of rotation and an inclination, extension of the range of brightness of pixels and an equalization of the histogram to smooth the brightness and contrast characteristics of the processed images, scaling of the localized and processed area of the person, creation of a vector of features of the scaled and processed image of the person by a Principal component analysis (algorithm NIPALS), training of the multiclass SVM-classifier.The provided algorithm of expansion of the training selection is oriented to be used in practice and allows to expand using 3D-models the processed range of 2D – photographs of persons that positively affects results of identification in system of face recognition. …”
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THE ROLE AND PLACE OF GERMAN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION IN GERMANY’S SCIENCE POLICY by E. A. Vodyanitskaya

“…The German Science and Research Association also stands for equal possibilities for men and women in the academic community and consults the state bodies on the science policy. …”
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Nantenna for Standard 1550 nm Optical Communication Systems by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Habib Fathallah, Mohamed Himdi

“…The proposed nantenna consists of “Ag-SiO2-Ag” structure, consisting of “Si” hexagonal dielectric with equal lengths fed by “Ag” nanostrip transmission line. …”
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Bystander behaviors in bullying incidents: A cross-sectional study in Belgrade secondary schools by Grmuša Adrijana T.

“…The results show that slightly more than one-third of students noticed bullying incidents in their school, with approximately equal numbers of bystanders exhibiting passive and defending behaviors. …”
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Characteristics of Parthenogenetic Stem Cells and Their Potential Treatment Strategy for Central Nervous System Diseases by Cai H, Huang J, Wang W, Lin W, Ahmed W, Lu D, Quan J, Chen L

“…Hengsen Cai,1,&ast; Jiajun Huang,2,&ast; Wei Wang,2,&ast; Wentong Lin,3,&ast; Waqas Ahmed,4 Deng Lu,1 Jiewei Quan,1 Lukui Chen2 1Department of Neurosurgery, The second People’s Hospital of Pingnan, Pingnan, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510310, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopaedics, Chaozhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lukui Chen, Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510310, People’s Republic of China, Email neuro_clk@hotmail.comAbstract: Stem cells hold significant promise in treating neurological illnesses, such as stroke, spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Integration of flexible corporate demographic policy tools into the personnel management system by Natalya V. Tonkikh, Marina V. Chudinovskikh, Svetlana V. Begicheva

“…The standard methods of structured personal interviews, frequency analysis with equality of proportions hypothesis test using a chi-square statistic, and comparison of mean values based on the Kruskal Wallis test were applied. …”
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From From ideology to inequality: Examining the socialist effect on South Africa's pandemic politics by Demi Harmse

“…The findings indicate the centrality of redistribution as the unanimous victor able to ensure roughly equal economic outcomes for all social groups. An assumption with disastrous and even counterproductive consequences. …”
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Assessing urban resilience and sustainability in the face of natural hazards with emphasis on reducing vulnerability in cities (Case study: Semnan city) by mozaffar mohamadkhani, zeynab karke abadi, abbas arghan

“…To assess the validity (validity), using face validity, the opinions of related people were examined and its reliability was assessed using Cronbachchr('39')s test in the SPSS software environment equal to / 863. It was found to indicate high coordination and reliability of the data. …”
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Movement of the South Russian Frontier in the 17th – First Half of the 19th Centuries as the Development of the “Wild Fields” by Valery V. Kanishchev, Yuri A. Mizis

“…As a result of the study, specific indicators of the development of the “Wild Fields” were obtained: widespread settlement in riverine and upland areas, population density equal to the old regions in the Center of Russia, plowing of more than half of the territory of the former frontier zone, in some “uezds” [Rus.: a group of districts gravitating towards the city] even more than in the traditionally arable central “uezds”. …”
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Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania in 1919-1926th by Raimundas Valkauskas

“…The representatives of the Lithuanian governmental delegation at the Peace Conference signed the letter-declaration (August 5, 1919), containing the obligation to respect and guarantee the rights of the Jews: complete equality before the law; the free use of their own language; the rights to control their own religious, educational, and social institutions; and an equitable share of public funds allotted to educational, religious, or charitable purposes. …”
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Position for Site-Specific Attachment of a DOTA Chelator to Synthetic Affibody Molecules Has a Different Influence on the Targeting Properties of Ga-Compared to In-Labeled Conjugat... by Hadis Honarvar, Joanna Strand, Anna Perols, Anna Orlova, Ram Kumar Selvaraju, Amelie Eriksson Karlström, Vladimir Tolmachev

“…The best 68 Ga-labeled variant was 68 Ga-[DOTA-A1]-Z HER2:S1 which provided a tumor uptake of 13 ± 1 %ID/g and a tumor to blood ratio of 39 ± 12 at 2 hours after injection. 111 In-[DOTA-A 1 ]-Z HER2:S1 and 111 In-[DOTA-K 58 ]-Z HER2:S1 were equally good at this time point, providing a tumor uptake of 15 to 16 %ID/g and a tumor to blood ratio in the range of 60 to 80. …”
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The Role of Zakat in Poverty Alleviation and Farmer Welfare; the Theoretical Review by Abdul Wahid Mongkito, Samdin Samdin

“… Zakat is a must to implement which has been proven to be an instrument for equal distribution of income to alleviate poverty and socio-economic disparities in society. …”
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The ethics of artificial intelligence use in university libraries in Zimbabwe by Stephen Tsekea, Edward Mandoga

“…The changes have left librarians and educators worried about the major ethical questions surrounding privacy, equality of information, protection of intellectual property, cheating, misinformation and job security. …”
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Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation with the USSR on the U.S. Leadership’s Agenda During the Era of Détente (1969–1980) by V. T. Yungblyud

“…The first stage began with the passage of the JacksonVanik Amendment in 1974, which disrupted the principle of equality in bilateral relations and inflicted considerable economic losses on the Soviet side. …”
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