Effects of photobiomodulation combined with rehabilitation exercise on pain, physical function, and radiographic changes in mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: A randomized contr... by Yan Ling Tay, Mohd Azzuan Ahmad, Nor Hamdan Mohamad Yahaya, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh

“…While H-PBMT has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing pain and improving physical function, most evidence to date focuses on short-term symptomatic relief. …”
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Les nuits de Strasbourg: Assia Djebar écrit la migration maghrébine et crée de nouvelles sphères pour la langue française by Touria Nakkouch

“…In choosing to ‘deterritorialise’ both her linguistic heritage and the great adventure of writing the Maghreb, Assia Djebar has become the North African Francophone woman writer who has written most powerfully about the North African experience of migrancy and displacement. …”
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Development of an Approach to Integrated Epidemiological Zoning of West Nile Fever Endemic Territory (by the Example of the Volgograd Region) by D. N. Nikitin, S. K. Udovichenko, K V Zhukov, E. V. Putintseva, D. V. Viktorov, A. V. Toporkov

“…In the future, application the developed methodology in practice when carrying out zoning of WNV-endemic territories of the Russian Federation is planned, primarily the subjects of the Southern Federal District, which are characterized by the most intense course of the epidemic process.…”
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How patient, infection and cysticercus characteristics impact the evolution of Taenia solium larva in the human brain: A unique cyst-level analysis by Hongbin Zhang, Meghana G. Shamsunder, Pryanka Bawa, Arturo Carpio, W. Allen Hauser, Karina Quinde-Herrera, Alex Jaramillo, Elizabeth A. Kelvin

“…Neurocysticercosis is a poorly understood infection of the central nervous system with Taenia solium larva, and the treatment often fails to kill all the parasitic larva. Most research on this infection has used patient-level data, looking at summaries of the encysted parasitic cysticercus burden. …”
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Crustaceans as Key Prey: Insights Into the Dietary Partitioning of Four Carnivorous Fishes in the Nansha Islands, South China Sea by Chen Zhang, Simin Hu, Xianzhi Lin, Hui Huang, Sheng Liu

“…High‐throughput sequencing based on DNA barcoding identified approximately 24 taxa belonging to Arthropoda, Chordata, and Mollusca, with Arthropoda being the most abundant prey group, accounting for 82.2%–92% of the total sequences across the four fish species. …”
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Oncometabolite fumarate facilitates PD-L1 expression and immune evasion in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Yi Gao, Shiyin Fan, Xue Sun, Jiaxi Li, Yue Dai, Hongchen Li, Haijie Ma, Yanping Xu, Lei Lv

“…Abstract Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with a rising incidence worldwide. …”
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Scientific criticism and refereeing of scientific papers. An unavoidable point of view by Juan Ramón García Díaz

“…The review process varies according to the journal, however, the most common systems are blind and double-blind, which unquestionably guarantee the quality of the publications. …”
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Accuracy and precision in DM intake prediction models for lactating dairy cows by N. Mehaba, S. Schrade, L. Eggerschwiler, F. Dohme-Meier, P. Schlegel

“…Finally, the 30-year old Agroscope model emerged as the most accurate and precise in predicting DMI in lactating dairy cows fed a diet consisting of 90–95% of a mixed basal diet (dry and ensiled herbage and corn silage) and of 5–10% concentrates (DM basis).…”
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Potential hepatoprotective role of Amphora coffeaeformis algae against diazinon-induced hepatotoxicity in adult Sprague–Dawley rats by Hager Ali Fathy, Sahar Hassan Orabi, Ahmed Farag Elkirdasy, Eman Mohamed Abd El Fattah, Reda M. S. Korany, Hanem Kamal Khalifa, Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed

“…Abstract Background Diazinon (DZN) is one of the most widely used organophosphorus compounds in agriculture and veterinary medicine due to its significant economic and practical benefits. …”
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Multi-bed separation grouting in “three soft” thick coal seams mining and its application by Wenbing GUO, Dongtao WU, Mingjie GUO, Yuhang HU, Weiqiang YANG, Bibi WANG

“…The maximum surface subsidence is 649.8 mm, and the maximum horizontal deformation value of the surface at most residential buildings is within the Ⅰ degree of damage. …”
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Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annalida:Clitellata) as Bio Indication for Sediment Quality Assessment in Tigris River Within Baghdad City /Iraq by Dlovan kamal Aljaff, H. J. Jaweir

“…Species uniformity index (E) has been 0.018-0.016.It is clear from the results that most of the biological indices indicate that the Tigris River sediment has been slightly impacted by anthropogenic activity during its passage through the Capital Baghdad.  …”
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Spider Cage Therapy's Impact on GMFM-88 in Iraqi Infants with Cerebral Palsy in Two Rehabilitation Centers by Nizar Jassim, Amenah Mohammed, Hayder Abbood, Naeem Almashhadani

“…Results: The mean chronological age of the participants was 2 years (±1.6 SD), and the mean developmental age was 0.6 years (±0.2 SE) with a male-to-female ratio of 1.5:1. Most were hospital-delivered (92.5%), with 55% born via Caesarian section and 55% having NICU admission (median: 13 days ±5 SE). …”
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X-Ray Emission Properties of a Compact Symmetric Object Sample by Ying-Ying Gan, Su Yao, Tan-Zheng Wu, Hai-Ming Zhang, Jin Zhang

“…Ultimately, we obtain 32 effective X-ray observational spectra from 17 CSOs. Most spectra can be well described by an absorbed single power-law model, with the exception of six spectra requiring an additional component in the soft X-ray band and two spectra exhibiting an iron emission line component. …”
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Standardization of TSH and FT4 to gestational age in early pregnancy and associations with clinical outcomes by Joris A J Osinga, Layal Chaker, Sjoerd van den Berg, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Eric A P Steegers, Henning Tiemeier, Robin P Peeters, Tim Korevaar

“…While the goal of treating gestational thyroid dysfunction is to prevent thyroid hormone-mediated adverse events, it remains unclear which method of standardizing to gestational age, if any, is most effective in identifying individuals at higher risk of adverse pregnancy events. …”
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Closing Africa’s water balance budget: Assessing the suitability of eight latest precipitation products by Jielong Wang, Joseph Awange, Yunzhong Shen, Maryam Tabatabaeiasl, Yongze Song

“…The GTCH analysis indicates that MSWEP achieves the lowest uncertainties and highest SNR values in most cases, followed by MSWX and CHIPRS. Regarding closing the water balance budget, NOAH exhibits the highest consistency with GRACE-derived TWSC than other products, followed by IMERG, whereas CPC achieved the lowest suitability. …”
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Experimental study on the damage characteristics of cyclic disturbance and acoustic emission characteristics of different types of sandstones under high stress in deep mines by Yujing Jiang, Bin Liang, Dong Wang, Ling Dong, Hengjie Luan, Changsheng Wang, Jiankang Liu

“…Among them, the fine‐grained sandstones are the most sensitive to the sinusoidal cyclic perturbation, followed by the muddy siltstone and the medium‐grained sandstones. …”
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State Educational Order as a Factor in the Socio-Economic Development of Regions by E. V. Frolova, T. M. Ryabova, O. V. Rogach, N. V. Medvedeva

“…It is assumed that building an education development strategy, setting its goals and objectives should be based on the needs and problems of society, creating the basis for sustainable prosperity of the country and taking into account the needs of individual regions and territories. One of the most important mechanisms for the development of the regions of the Russian Federation remained the state educational order – officially developed task by the authorities for the creation of a specific educational product.The aims of the present article are the following: to determine the relationship between the educational state order, the volume of investments in the education system and the level of socio-economic condition of the regions; to identify the territories, which require support.Methodology and research methods. …”
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The effectiveness of blended learning technologies in higher education: Assessment methodology by N. V. Bordovskaia, E. A. Koshkina, M. A. Tikhomirova, M. P. Iskhakova

“…Electronic, blended, mobile learning is being actively introduced. However, the most significant innovative trend in modern education in recent years is blended learning, which is characterised using both traditional and digital learning technologies, which together contribute to the preservation of university traditions and the active use of modern information and communication tools in solving educational problems. …”
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Sterile but Sexy: Assessing the Mating Competitiveness of Irradiated <i>Bagrada hilaris</i> Males for the Development of a Sterile Insect Technique by Chiara Elvira Mainardi, Chiara Peccerillo, Sergio Musmeci, Alessandra Paolini, René F. H. Sforza, Alessia Cemmi, Ilaria Di Sarcina, Gianfranco Anfora, Daniele Porretta, Francesca Marini, Massimo Cristofaro

“…Thus, 80 Gy was identified as the most promising dose. For further investigation, tests were conducted under choice and no-choice conditions at 80 Gy for three days. …”
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Research Progress on Hydrogen Energy Utilization in Low-carbon Building by ZHU Xinrong, WANG Yongchao, YANG liu

“…From a carbon emission perspective, photovoltaic hydrogen production holds significant advantages over coke oven gas methods in the long term. At present, most hydrogen-related equipment in China relies on imports. …”
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