The SwiftScan step-and-shoot continuous mode improves SPECT scanning efficiency: a preliminary phantom and clinical test by Jicheng Li, Kai Zhang, Xingru Pang, Lele Huang, Xiaoxue Tian, Jiangyan Liu

“…The differences in visual image quality scores, coefficient of variance (COV) of the background, image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and recovery coefficient (RC) of the sphere were compared between SSC mode and traditional Step-and-Shoot (SS) mode in the phantom study. …”
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THE TRANSFORMATION PERIODS IN THE RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS (1991-2016) by D. G. Bdoyan

“…After this, the Russian-Turkish relations deteriorated to their lowest point, practically in all spheres. Since August 2016 the relations have been gradually improving. …”
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POTENTIAL OF THE KANTIAN NOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE by Z. Kieliszek

“…It was shown that Kant considered justice to be the basis of all correct social relations, both at the level of individual states and in the sphere of international relations. According to Kant, the only just state system is a republic. …”
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Molecule interacting with CasL-2 enhances tumor progression and alters radiosensitivity in cervical cancer by Yun Teng, Hongmei Zhao, Guoqing Xue, Guohui Zhang, Yanbin Huang, Wei Guo, Kun Zou, Lijuan Zou

“…Assays including MTT, colony formation, wound healing, transwell migration, and sphere formation were employed, along with WB analysis. …”
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CAREER GUIDANCE PRACTICES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBALISATION: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by G. F. Shafranov-Kutsev, G. Z. Efimova, M. Yu. Semenov

“…Global trends in career guidance were designated; real examples of the positive experience accumulated by other countries in this sphere were reviewed. The most burning issues of the implementation of career guidance activity in the Russian education system were identified. …”
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Primary dysmenorrhea: pathophysiology, improvement of diagnostic and treatment possibilities by T.V. Fartushok, N.V. Fartushok

“…As a result of the proposed treatment, pain disappeared completely in 70% of patients (23/34), as well as vegetative-vascular (from 18 to 2% of patients), vegetative (from 10 to 1% of patients), metabolic and endocrine disorders (from 15 to 2% female patients), disorders of the emotional and mental sphere (from 25 to 10% of patients). Improvement in quality of life was noted by 80% (26/34) of patients, improvement in working capacity – by 70% (23/34) of patients, after 2 months – by 95% (31/34) and 85% (28/34), respectively, after 3 months all examined patients with primary dysmenorrhea noted an improvement in the quality of life and an increase in work capacity. …”
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Разработка стенда для определения потребной толщины многослойных дорожных одежд лесных дорог by Алексей Романович Бирман, Оксана Викторовна Зубова, Сергей Алексеевич Угрюмов

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Application of amorphous zirconium (hydr)oxide/MgFe layered double hydroxides composite in fixed-bed column for phosphate removal from water by A. Nuryadin, T. Imai

“…The high phosphate adsorption capacity of the composite involves three main adsorption mechanisms, which are electrostatic attraction, inner-sphere complexation, and anion exchange, where the amorphous zirconium hydr(oxide) on the surface of the layered double hydroxides likely increased the number of active binding sites and surface area for adsorption.  …”
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ANTROPOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF TRANSITIONAL SOCIETY by I. M. Bondarevych, N. M. Dievochkina

“…One of these lines is the individual’s self-control in sphere of the mental content. The social structure model of a particular transition society created by the results of future sociological researches will allow to predict the state and prospects of its social transformations. …”
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DEFORMATION PRACTICES OF SOCIAL REALITY INTEGRITY: OBJECTIFICATION OF DESIRES AS THE INHERITANCE OF CIVILIZATION PROGRESS by Yuliia Yu. Brodetskaya

“…Exactly such "commercialization of relationship" overcomes the limits of the economic, political and legal spheres and encroaches on the family, friendship sphere to determine the whole character of the modern society.…”
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The role of VANGL2 in glioma oncogenesis and progression: insights into expression profiles and prognostic relevance by Mingyu Zhao, Mingyu Zhao, Mingyu Zhao, Mingyu Zhao, Shanshuang Chen, Shanshuang Chen, Shanshuang Chen, Shanshuang Chen

“…In vitro experiments further confirmed that VANGL2 promotes glioma cell migration, invasion, proliferation, and tumor sphere formation. We identified a significant correlation between increased VANGL2 expression and IDH mutation in glioma patients. …”
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Professional propaedeutic council in the university by N. N. Malyarchuk, G. M. Krinitzyna, E. V. Pashchenko, V. V. Pivnenko

“…When developing and implementing adapted vocational education programmes (AVEP) for students with disabilities, the teachers need regular consultations and specialists’ qualified assistance in the sphere of medicine, defectology, pedagogical and correctional psychology.The aim of the present publication was to justify the rationale for creating a professional propaedeutic council (PPC) at a higher educational institution as a permanent system to manage and support the process of vocational education for people with disabilities.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Codeswitching – Ergebnisse einer Studie in der albanischen Sprachgruppe in Deutschland und der Schweiz by Naxhi Selimi, Basil Schader, Andrea Cantieni

“…A contrastive comparison of our data with those of Schader (2006) shows that the G3 clearly uses code-switching in the public sphere much more consciously today than was the case at the beginning of this millennium. …”
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The m6A Methylation-Regulated AFF4 Promotes Self-Renewal of Bladder Cancer Stem Cells by Qian Gao, Jin Zheng, Zegui Ni, Pengli Sun, Congcong Yang, Maosheng Cheng, Mingqing Wu, Xiuhong Zhang, Lin Yuan, Yingyin Zhang, Yang Li

“…The depletion of the METTL3 inhibited the self-renewal of BCSCs, as evidenced by decreased ALDH activity and sphere-forming ability. Mechanistically, METTL3 regulates the m6A modification and thereby the expression of AF4/FMR2 family member 4 (AFF4), knockdown of which phenocopies the METTL3 ablation and diminishes the tumor-initiating capability of BCSCs in vivo. …”
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Du passage des cultures aux identités plurielles: bandes dessinées et romans graphiques sino-francophones by Jean-Baptiste Bernard

“…The field of graphic narratives linked to the Chinese cultural sphere is developing significantly in the francophone world. …”
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Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance by I. A. Svistunova

“…Historical neighborship has provided Turkey and Iran not only with the experience of struggle for influence, but an ability to interact in the spheres of overlapping interests as well. Turmoil in the Middle East attracts the attention of researchers to the issue of Turkish-Iranian relations. …”
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Clinical Validation of the Defining Characteristics of the Nursing Diagnosis ‘Activity Intolerance’ in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome by Diana Isabel Cáceres Rivera, Luz Mileyde Jaimes Rojas, Luisa Yaneth Cristancho Zambrano, Jennifer Vanesa Acosta Barón, Diana Ivonne Cañon Gómez, Lyda Z. Rojas

“…Patients over 18 years of age with a confirmed medical diagnosis of hospitalised ACS were included and those who were haemodynamically unstable, with alterations in the mental sphere or with communication limitations were excluded. …”
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Filles victimes, filles vicieuses, filles dangereuses by Hélène Duffuler-Vialle

“…At the end of the 19th century, the legislator no longer hesitated to introduce himself into the family sphere to control the education given to children by parents, with the possible sanction of deprivation of the rights of paternal power, especially if the child prostitutes himself. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: LRPPRC regulates malignant behaviors, protects mitochondrial homeostasis, mitochondrial function in osteosarcoma and derived cancer stem-like cells by Ziyi Zhao, Yingwei Sun, Jing Tang, Yuting Yang, Xiaochao Xu

“…Enriched CSCs derived from MG63 and U2OS cells presented upregulated LRPPRC levels compared to parental cells (PCs), and LRPPRC knockdown markedly decreased the sphere-forming capacity. These findings demonstrate that LRPPRC knockdown decreased stemness in CSCs. …”
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Unknown issues of digitalizing the tax domain by Dimitrijević Marina

“…By glorifying the positive points of digitalizing the tax domain and by expecting taxpayers to accept the projected digital-technological novelties in the tax sphere and to model the existing ways of fulfilling tax obligations, the need for a more comprehensive examination of the reverse side of tax digital novelties, the perception of unknown issues and a more subtle analysis of the uncertainty of their impact on our contemporary tax society and accepted democratic principles and social values, have generally been marginalized. …”
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