Huerto urbano Adelfas (Madrid, 24 de enero de 2021) by Claudia Antón Biezma

“…Schools can visit them and kids are surprised by what they discover there. Gardens change the geography of cities and make good use of empty slots, and they are also small green lungs against pollution. …”
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Pancreas Proapoptotic Proteases in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis by N. B. Gubegritz, E. A. Krylova, Yu. A. Gaidar

“…Patients in all the groups demonstrated signs of chronic inflammation, with 31.7 % of cases showing signs of its exacerbation. Atrophic changes were found in most patients (96.7 %). No significant differences were observed with regard to the severity and frequency of fibrosis of various degrees in the groups: mild, moderate, severe and full fibrosis was detected in 6.7 %, 20.0 %, 16.7 % and 56.6 %, respectively. …”
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Understanding Cognition, Oxytocin, and Pain in Elders (UCOPE): protocol for a double-blinded cross-over trial in chronic knee osteoarthritis pain by Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Soamy Montesino-Goicolea, Pedro Valdes-Hernandez, Zhiguang Huo, Roland Staud, Natalie C. Ebner

“…Primary study outcomes include preliminary changes in pain intensity and interference as well as multi-modal assessment batteries including circulating biomarkers and neuroimaging measures. …”
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The Effect of Continuity of Midwifery Care (CoMC) Based on EDUGARLIN Application and Booklet on Postpartum Fitness Quality by Junengsih Junengsih, Rosita Syarifah, Ani Kusumastuti, Herlyssa Herlyssa, Elly Dwi Wahyuni, Yulia Ulfah Fatimah, Lia Nurcahyani, Fahmi Hafid

“…During this recovery period, mothers often experience several physiological and physical changes that cause discomfort. Several studies have shown that the discomfort experienced can lead to pathological development and complications when not treated properly. …”
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Response of Runoff and Sediment Yield from Maize Slope Farmland in Karst Areas to Slope Gradient by WU Guangqin, DAI Quanhou, WANG Yong, DING Pengwei, YAO Yiwen

“…Surface sediment yield changed from sheet erosion to rill erosion during the 10~30 min period. (2) The maximum runoff coefficient was 49% when the subsurface runoff was at a moderate slope (15°), and there was a highly significant positive correlation between runoff yield, as well as sediment yieldand slope gradient. …”
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Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“…Differential equations described demographic changes, exposure to infectious individuals, recovery and immunity dynamics. …”
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Impact of Seasonal Variations on Semen Parameters: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from Subjects Attending a Tertiary Care Fertility Centre by Anitha Malathi, Ramesh P. Iyer, Reji Mohan, Sheila Balakrishnan

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analysed using SPSS 23 and variables expressed as mean and standard deviation. Changes in mean values over years and over seasons were evaluated using F-test. …”
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Estimating the safe mud weight window for drilling operations through pre-stack seismic inversion, a case study in one of the Southwestern Iran oil fields by Mohammad Sadegh Mahmoudian, Yousef Shiri, Ahmad Vaezian

“…Seismic inversion is based on the principle that any physical change in formation, such as porosity or fluid content, affects seismic wave properties. …”
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THrombosis AETiology of Aviation-Related Travel: The THETA θ study by B F Jacobson, S Louw, E Schapkaitz, F Laher

“…Several studies have investigated the extent to which hypoxic hypobaric exposure, dehydration and prolonged immobilisation during air travel induce changes in haemostasis. Objective. To investigate the role of high altitude as a risk factor for ART. …”
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Study of Predictive Value of Middle Ear Risk Index on Hearing Improvement in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media by Bipin Kishore Prasad, Nitya Singh, Ramesh AV

“…Results: 92.04% and 77.27% showed hearing improvements, 4.54% and 1.13% had deterioration and 3.40% and 21.59% had no change when compared to preoperative results in AC and BC thresholds respectively. 57.95% had post-operative closure of air bone gap of ≤ 12. …”
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Efficacy of osmotic laxative polyethylene glycol 4000 in treatment of constipation in pediatrics by S. I. Erdes, B. O. Matsukatova, S. A. Revyakina, Ye. V. Casanave

“…With the help of specifically designed original questionnaire dynamics of clinical symptoms of constipation, and changes of scores of electrical activity of various regions of gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) by PEGEG was estimated. …”
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Multi-layered electrospun grafts for surgical repair: Biomimicking physiological ascending aortic compliance by Julia Krammer, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Jan Stana, Christian Hagl, Sven Peterss, Maximilian Grab, Linda Grefen

“…Static compliance was successfully tested up to 350 mmHg. No significant changes in graft diameter or delaminations of the graft layers were detected after compliance testing. …”
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Application of different edge detection methods for faults identification in Anza Basin, Kenya by Gege Li, Qing Chen, Bingqiang Yuan, Xianfeng Tan, Hao Chen, Xiaoyu Huang, Lang Pan

“…Abstract The shape of gravity anomalies changes due to the disruption of geological bodies’ continuity by fault structures, and their planar contour line characteristics are an important basis for dividing fault structures. …”
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Analyzing frequency spectrum and Total Harmonic Distortion for high switching frequency operation of GaN-based filter-less multilevel cascaded H-bridge inverter by Ramkrishna Mishan, Xingang Fu, Chanakya Hingu, Poria Fajri

“…Experimental outcomes indicate a notable frequency spectrum change with high-level and high switching frequency operation, corroborating the efficacy of filterless GaN switches. …”
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Seed priming and abiotic stress tolerance in carrot: Unraveling the mechanisms of improved germination. by Marcin Nowicki, Marzena Nowakowska, Katarzyna Nowak, Wojciech Szczechura, Piotr Kaminski

“…Climate change necessitates the development of improved crops capable of withstanding future weather patterns. …”
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Effects of <i>Bifidobacterium longum longum</i> 35624® on the Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Results of the Multicenter Observational Progr... by V. T. Ivashkin, E. A. Poluektova, Z. A. Mamieva

“…Stool consistency became normal in 40.1 % of patients by the end of the first month and in 76.8 % after 3 months of follow-up. Changes in the IBS-QoL score showed a significant improvement in the quality of life.Conclusions. …”
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Evaluation of Patients’ Received Doses in Chest CT Scan Protocols for COVID-19 Diagnosis by Sadegh Shurche, Tinoosh Almasi, Maryam Tima, Nima Rostampour

“… Purpose: This study aims to investigate and compare the doses received by Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) patients on Computed Tomography (CT) scans by changing the scan parameters to diagnose the disease and evaluate its course and effects. …”
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Evaluation of three remineralizing agents on surface roughness of enamel. by Vian O. Majeed, Hemn M. Sarmamy, Rebin A. Mohammedamin

“… Background and Objective: This study aimed to assess and compare, in vitro, the efficacy of Casien phosphopeptide-Amorphous calcium phosphate fluoride (CPP-ACP F), Sodium fluoride (NaF) mouth rinse and orthokin tooth paste in treatment of white spot lesions (WSLs) by examining changes in surface roughness of the enamel teeth following pH cycling. …”
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Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in U.S. middle-aged and older adults. by Matthew E Dupre, Radha Dhingra, Hanzhang Xu, Scott M Lynch, Qing Yang, Cassie Ford, Michael D Green, Ying Xian, Ann Marie Navar, Eric D Peterson

“…However, racial and ethnic differences in the longitudinal changes among multiple CVD risk factors are unknown.…”
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Amine modified sodium alginate: Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Samira Salarvand, Seyed Amir Hossein Jalali, Nasrollah Mahboobi Soofiani, Alireza Allafchian

“…Alginate becomes an adequate option as a diet improver or drug/gene carrier through chemical modification processes and changes in its structure. This study modified a simple sodium alginate by oxidation and reductive amination processes. …”
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