A gene–culture co-evolutionary perspective on the puzzle of human twinship by Augusto Dalla Ragione, Cody T. Ross, Daniel Redhead

“…However, comparative data suggest that twinning rates are actually highest in poorer economies and lowest in richer, more developed economies. …”
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EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN TAX REVENUE TRENDS AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES by N. A. Dubrovina, E. Neubauerova, I. V. Kolupaieva, A. O. Borysova, R. I. Shabanov

“…The analysis presented in the research has shown that tax revenues in the main tax categories displayed a corresponding pattern, with a differing fiscal lag for direct taxes, indirect taxes and social contributions. …”
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Incidence of Twelve Initial Presentations of Cardiovascular Disease: A Population Record-Linkage Cohort Study in England. by Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Bram Duyx, Sara L Thomas, Dimitris Stogiannis, Anisur Rahman, Liam Smeeth, Harry Hemingway

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>While rheumatoid arthritis is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), our knowledge of how the pattern of risk varies for different cardiovascular phenotypes is incomplete. …”
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REGULARITIES OF FORMATION OF FLOW OF COOLANT BEHIND THE TVS-KVADRAT MIXING SPACING GRID OF THE PWR-TYPE REACTOR by S. M. Dmitriev, D. V. Doronkov, M. A. Legchanov, V. D. Sorokin, A. E. Khrobostov

“…During the studies of the local fluid dynamics of the coolant, the transverse flow rates were measured; also, the coolant flow rates were measured by cells of the TVS-Kvadrat experimental model. …”
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The impact of spatial placement on valence judgments of images: a comparative analysis between right-handed and left-handed individuals by Maisto Marta, Actis-Grosso Rossana

“…Thirty participants (15 right-handed, 15 left-handed) rated neutral images displayed in the center, right, or left visual field using a 9-point Likert scale. …”
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Urea-to-Albumin Ratio and In-Hospital Mortality in Severe Pneumonia Patients by Yu Tian, Yihao Li, Zixin Jiang, Jieru Chen

“…In-hospital mortality rates for the lower and higher UAR were 16 (27.6%) and 85 (55.2%), respectively P<0.001. …”
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Paclitaxel resistance development is associated with biphasic changes in reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential and autophagy with elevated energy production cap... by Satabdi Datta, Diptiman Choudhury, Amlan Das, Dipanwita Das Mukherjee, Nabanita Das, Sib Sankar Roy, Gopal Chakrabarti

“…Increase in extracellular acidification rates and oxygen consumption rates was found to be directly correlated with acquisition of resistance. …”
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Effect of day 3 embryo cell number on the pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of day 4 single embryo transfer from fresh cycles by Lin-Lin Tao, Bo Zheng, Guo-Zhen Li, Ya-Song Geng, Yu-Ying Guo, Hao-Yang Dai, Shu-Song Wang, Fang-Fang Dai

“…There were no differences in neonatal outcomes between different groups.After adjusting for confounding factors, the 7 ~ 9-cell group was associated with lower clinical pregnancy rates(CBR) and live birth rates(LBR) compared with the 10 ~ 13-cell group (CPR: aOR 0.527, 95% CI 0.317 ~ 0.874, P = 0.013; LBR: aOR 0.499, 95% CI 0.308 ~ 0.807, P = 0.005). …”
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Risk of developing drug abuse in administration of a new hexaazaisowurtzitane derivative-based analgesic (experimental study) by S. G. Krylova, T. N. Pove’teva, K. A. Lopatina, Yu. V. Nesterova, E. P. Zueva, O. G. Afanas’eva, P. V. Kulpin, E. A. Kiseleva, N. I. Suslov, D. A. Kulagina, S. V. Sysolyatin, V. V. Zhdanov

“…Previous in vivo and in silico studies (docking, molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulation) on the multi-target mechanism of thiowurtzine explain the absence of its morphine-like effect by the fact that the major targets of the analgesic are TRPA1 receptors and voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels. With a high degree of probability, the conclusions made herein predict no drug abuse development when thiowurtzine is used in the clinical setting. …”
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Respiratory Support with Limited Tidal Volume and Peak Pressure in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by A. V. Vlasenko, D. A. Ostapchenko, G. N. Meshcheryakov, P. Yu. Osipov

“…The paper presents the results of a study, which prove the advantages of artificial ventilation with a descending air flow on inspiration, tidal volume 6 ml/kg body weight; P peak &lt; 30 cm H2O in showing its efficiency, by optimizing the parameters of the respiratory pattern, by improving gas exchange in the lung, by reducing the time of respiratory support, the length of stay in an intensive care unit, and mortality rates as compared with artificial square-wave air flow on inspiration, TV 12—15 ml/kg body weight; Ppeak tracheal &gt;35 cm H2°.…”
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Glacial erosion and history of Inglefield Land, northwestern Greenland by C. K. Walcott-George, A. Balter-Kennedy, J. P. Briner, J. M. Schaefer, N. E. Young

“…These erosion rates help to characterize Arctic landscape evolution in crystalline bedrock terrains in areas away from focused ice flow.…”
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Increase in colonic propionate as a method of preventing weight gain in adults aged 20–40 years: iPREVENT, a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial by Gary Frost, Joana C Vasconcelos, Jennifer E Pugh, Aisha Anjum, Katerina Petropoulou, George Thom, Louise McCombie, Martina Tashkova, Sumayya Alshehhi, Daphne Babalis, Leah Holroyd, Christina Prechtl, Tom Preston, Mike J Lean, Waljit Dhillo, A Toby Prevost, and Douglas Morrison

“…The study was not confounded by high rates of gastrointestinal disturbance from IPE or inulin. …”
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Advance, steadfast, retreat? Growth and establishment of white spruce seedlings at treelines in Alaska by Andreas Burger, Mario Trouillier, Martin Wilmking

“…In contrast, high seedling densities and growth rates at the cold treeline and cold forest indicate favorable conditions for seedling establishment and densification. …”
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Use of anti-retroviral therapy in tuberculosis patients on second-line anti-TB regimens: a systematic review. by Matthew Arentz, Patricia Pavlinac, Michael E Kimerling, David J Horne, Dennis Falzon, Holger J Schünemann, Sarah Royce, Keertan Dheda, Judd L Walson, ART study group

“…Second line TB drugs when combined with ART may increase drug interactions and lead to higher rates of toxicity and greater noncompliance. This systematic review sought to determine the benefit of ART in the setting of second line drug therapy for drug resistant TB.…”
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Long-Term Multimodal Exercise Intervention for Patients with Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes by Miyuki Nemoto, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Hiroyuki Sasai, Shinji Higashi, Miho Ota, Tetsuaki Arai

“…Feasibility was measured using dropout and attendance rates. Cognitive, psychological, physical, and behavioral function tests were conducted before and after the intervention. …”
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The Impact of Shape and Decoration on User Experience and Visual Attention in Anthropomorphic Robot Design by Tao Song

“…Eighty undergraduate students were divided into four groups, each viewing one of four stimuli: (a) Non-hat and Non-pattern, (b) Hat and Non-pattern, (c) Non-hat and Pattern, and (d) Hat and Pattern. …”
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Joint analysis of Borexino and SNO solar neutrino data and reconstruction of the survival probability by Francesco Vissani

“…Solar neutrino oscillations are supported by KamLAND’s antineutrino measurements, but certain solar neutrino data – the observed shape of the 8B flux and the difference between day and night counting rates measured in Super-K – do not fit well with the ensuing oscillation pattern. …”
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Environmental evolution of coastal regions in northern Beibu Gulf, South China, based on sedimentary elemental records and carbon-nitrogen isotope composition by Jing Guo, Zihan Pan, Xiaomin Yan, Man Wu, Hengtong Qiu, Wanyi Li, Wenlong Huang, Di Wu, Baoming Xue, Zhiming Mo, Guilin Xu

“…Multiple Linear Regression results showed that C and N contents and sedimentation rates were responsible for the variation of carbon burial rates during the past decades. …”
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Trends in cancer incidence and mortality in the process of metropolitanization of Shanghai, 1973–2017 by Jiejie Qin, Jiejie Qin, Jiejie Qin, Jiejie Qin, Mengyin Wu, Shulin Zhao, Shulin Zhao, Shulin Zhao, Kai Gu, Renzhi Cai, Ziwei Tang, Defeng Zhu, Jingyan Tian, Jingyan Tian, Wei Yao, Baiyong Shen, Baiyong Shen, Baiyong Shen, Yan Shi

“…The most common cancer sites diagnosed were lung, colorectal, female breast, and male prostate in Shanghai in 2017, similar to the pattern in high-income countries. Stricter air control strategies, lower divorce rates, healthier lifestyles, and more effective HPV vaccination campaigns may be useful actionable measures of cancer prevention.ConclusionsThe longitudinal cancer data from the real world, which span decades, reported here and Shanghai’s experience in cancer prevention and control can be a reference for government guidelines in preventing population-level cancer incidence during city development.…”
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Improved chaotic fruit fly optimization with elman neural network based data-driven approach on product reviews classification by Mohammed Alghamdi, Najla I. Al-shathry, Yahia Said, Hasan Beyari, Shaymaa Sorour, Khalid Nazim Abdul Sattar, Fouad Shoie Alallah, Abdulrhman Alshareef

“…Customer satisfaction is effectively enhanced by performing a Sentiment Analysis (SA) of many customer ratings on E-commerce platforms. Yet, predicting the correct sentiment difference in customer feedback is challenging due to complicated logic, sequence length, and text pattern adjustments. …”
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