Implications of the Intestinal Microbiota in Diagnosing the Progression of Diabetes and the Presence of Cardiovascular Complications by Alina Mihaela Leustean, Manuela Ciocoiu, Anca Sava, Claudia Florida Costea, Mariana Floria, Claudia Cristina Tarniceriu, Daniela Maria Tanase

“…Key factors that cause cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes include hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, hypertension, autonomic dysfunction, and decreased vascular response capacity. Microbes can be considered a complex endocrine system capable of ensuring the proper functioning of the body but are also responsible for the development of numerous pathologies (diabetes, coronary syndromes, peripheral arterial disease, neoplasia, Alzheimer’s disease, and hepatic steatosis). …”
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The Relationship between C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Yi-Han Chen, Li Wang, Shu-Yi Feng, Wei-Min Cai, Xiao-Fu Chen, Zhi-Ming Huang

“…Compared with CBC parameters, the CRP/ALB ratio had a higher discriminative capacity for active IBD.…”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…The author’s definition of the term “safety and health protection of employees at work” is substantiated as a system of measures to prevent and/or reduce the impact of dangerous and harmful production factors, aimed at preserving the life, physiological and psychological functions of the body, and the optimal working capacity of an individual who works at on the basis of an employment contract, at the place of her employment. …”
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The immunohistochemical evaluation of the expression of intermediary filaments, pcna, p53 and mmp-9 in feline fibrosarcomas by Emin Karakurt, Ozgur Aksoy, Enver Beytut, Ugur Aydin, Serpil Dag, Ugur Yildiz, Ayfer Yildiz, Ayse Basak Kapcak, Huseyin Koc, Ada Miray Alakan

“…-SMA), S-100, desmin and pan-Cytokeratin (Pan- CK), as well as intermediary filaments, with a view to demonstrate the cell proliferation index, p53 tumour-suppressor gene status, tumour metastasis, invasion capacity and cellular origin of feline fibrosarcomas.…”
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Improving patient safety through better teamwork: how effective are different methods of simulation debriefing? Protocol for a pragmatic, prospective and randomised study by Wolf E Hautz, Juliane E Kämmer, Julia Freytag, Fabian Stroben, Dorothea Eisenmann

“…Teamwork training has the capacity to significantly reduce medical errors and therefore improve patient outcome. …”
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Políticas de subjetividad para la igualdad de oportunidades educativas. Un diálogo entre Juan Carlos Tedesco y Luis Porter by Luis Porter Galetar

“…El artículo analiza lo que esta nueva condición social representa para los tomadores de decisiones, lo que da lugar a otras preguntas básicas: ¿queremos vivir en una sociedad que deja afuera a 25%-30% de la población?, ¿somos capaces de aprender a vivir juntos?, como lo cuestiona Jaques Delors en su reporte de la UNESCO. …”
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Improving the Quality Characteristics of Low-Fat Beef Burgers by Adding Different Levels of Rice Bran as a Source of Fibre by Nawar A.A. Al-Ghabawi, Aum El-Bashar H.J. Al-Mossawi

“…As well as the physical characteristics, which included water holding capacity, loss by dissolving, loss by cooking, shrinkage by diameter, cooking yield, retained moisture, and retained fat. …”
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Il modello della fessura coesiva in trazione e compressione per la valutazione della duttilità degli elementi strutturali in calcestruzzo armato by Alberto Carpinteri, Mauro Corrado, Giuseppe Mancini, Marco Paggi

“…Nel presente lavoro, si propone un nuovo modello basato sul concetto della localizzazione delle deformazioni, capace di descrivere la propagazione della fessura e l’avanzamento del crushing durante il processo di carico. …”
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Thermal Environmental Impact of Urban Development Scenarios from a Low Carbon Perspective: A Case Study of Wuhan by Kai Lin, Qingming Zhan, Wei Xue, Yulong Shu, Yixiao Lu

“…Should the city maintain an average annual emission reduction rate of 10%, the carbon sink capacity of Wuhan would need to be enhanced by 382,200 tonnes by 2060. (2) In the absence of anthropogenic influence, there is a propensity for the urban construction zone of Wuhan to expand primarily towards the southeast and western sectors. (3) The Ecological Priority (EP) and Tight Growth (TG) scenarios are effective in alleviating the urban thermal environment, achieving a reduction of 0.88% and 2.48%, respectively, in the urban heat island index during afternoon hours. …”
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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia by Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklehaimanot Haile

“…Burnout is a condition of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity. Nursing is a stressful profession that deals with human aspects of health and illness and can ultimately lead to job dissatisfaction and burnout. …”
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Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Monolaurin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Wound Infections by Shimaa Salah Hassan Abd El-Ghany, Ahmed Farag Azmy, Ahmed Osama EL-Gendy, Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky, Ahmad Mustafa, Mohammed A. S. Abourehab, Mohamed E. El‐Beeh, Reham Ali Ibrahem

“…Antibiofilm activity demonstrated concentration dependence, confirming monolaurin’s capacity to inhibit biofilm formation and exhibited strong eradicating effects against preformed MRSA biofilms with IC50 values of 203.6 μg/mL and 379.3 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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Fracture toughness and failure mechanism of high performance concrete incorporating carbon nanotubes by Anwar Khitab, Sajjad Ahmad, Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Syed Ali Rizwan, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Luciana Restuccia, Mustajab Ali, Imran Mehmood

“…Cement and concrete composites are inherently brittle and exhibit very less tensile/flexural strength capacity as compared to their compressive strength. …”
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Biology, genetics, and ecology of the cosmopolitan ectomycorrhizal ascomycete Cenococcum geophilum by Huayong Wang, Annegret Kohler, Francis M. Martin, Francis M. Martin

“…This fungus significantly contributes to ecosystem stability and development as an early colonizer of primary forest succession. The capacity of this symbiont to rapidly colonize disturbed or newly formed environments promotes the development of conditions that support the growth of other plant species, thus playing a crucial role in the ecological progression and restoration of ecosystems. …”
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Empagliflozin-Metformin Combination Has Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties that Correlate with Vascular Protection in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes by Miodrag Janić, Matej Cankar, Jan Šmid, Alenka France Štiglic, Aleš Jerin, Mišo Šabovič, Andrej Janež, Mojca Lunder

“…Empagliflozin-metformin combination has strong antioxidative and anti-inflammatory capacity, in adults with type 1 diabetes that is greater than that for the individual drugs. …”
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Advanced TOPCon solar cells with patterned p-type poly-Si fingers on the front side and vanishing metal induced recombination losses by Hoß Jan, Kalaghichi Saman Sharbaf, Comak Mertcan, Preis Pirmin, Lossen Jan, Linke Jonathan, Koduvelikulathu Lejo Joseph, Buchholz Florian

“…The silicon photovoltaic industry is rapidly expanding production capacity for TOPCon solar cells and surveys such as the ITRPV 2024 forecast worldwide market dominance for this cell concept from the year 2024 and beyond. …”
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Shape and Measurement Monitoring of Inrush Current Characteristics of a Battery-Capacitive Energy Storage Device with Two-Channel Digital Oscilloscope by V. P. Vasilevich, M. V. Zbyshinskaya

“…The LIB part of the storage device is made on the basis of the ATOM 10 multifunctional motor drive device of the new generation, which contains 15 V lithium-ion battery and 9.4 A·h capacity. The capacitive part of the storage device is the INSPECTOR Booster supercapacitor with an 80 F electrostatic capacitance and 15.5 V voltage. …”
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Validation of the death reflection scale among older people by Lukas Richter, Lukas Richter

“…BackgroundHuman beings possess the capacity to cognize their own mortality, which compels them to process death awareness. …”
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Adsorption characteristics of metronidazole on CoZr-LDH and its GO nanocomposite: Experimental and theoretical study by Edris Jamshidi, Fateme Fathabadi, Faranak Manteghi, Rahime Eshaghimalekshah

“…In the adsorption process of metronidazole using both the CoZr-LDH and CoZr-LDH/GO nanocomposite as adsorbents, parameters such as initial solution pH, adsorbent dose, initial drug concentration, and contact time were optimized to obtain the maximum adsorption capacity. The adsorption performance of CoZr-LDH and its nanocomposite with graphene oxide (GO) was thoroughly investigated for the removal of metronidazole (MNZ), a significant environmental contaminant. …”
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Productivity and socioeconomic sustainability of Bubalus bubalis in the western lowlands of Venezuela by Carlos Alberto Calles Navas, Verena Torres Cardenas

“…Given the importance of making prospective evaluations as a way of demonstrating sustainability, it was corroborated the future behavior of the family’s assets every time through the projected balance sheet: it was inquire, using a “Focus Group” with 80 breeders, the following variables: Number of hectares; carrying capacity; milk production per day; milk/cheese conversion; animal unit; projected income; projected health costs, pasture maintenance costs, feed costs and projected financial costs; depreciation; interest rate; inflation; investments; mortality rate; calving percentage, among others. …”
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Green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using quercetin extracted from Arctium lappa by HPLC, Characterization and Estimation of antioxidant activity by Mahmood Zaki Lafta, Rafah Razooq Hameed Al-Samarrai, Mohamed Bouaziz

“…AgNPs had the highest antioxidant capacity (89.59 %), followed by AuNPs (83.32 %) and quercetin (73.22 %). …”
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