Use of screens, books and adults' interactions on toddler's language and motor skills: A cross-cultural study among 19 Latin American countries from different SES. by Lucas G Gago-Galvagno, Angel M Elgier, Angel J Tabullo, Edson J Huaire-Inacio, Angela M Herrera-Alvarez, Carmen Zambrano-Villalba, Frania R López, Emmanuel Herrera-González, Olivia Morán-Núñez, Neyra J Ochoa-Vega, Chrissie Ferreira de Carvalho, Rosario Spencer, Juan José Giraldo-Huertas, Perla Del Carpio, Erika Robles, Carla Fernández, Silvia Requena, Pilar Rodríguez, Yoysy Rondón, Alexis L Ruiz, Ada Tibisay-Echenique, Gris Hidalgo, Carlos R Hernández, Mirna Lacayo, Esther Angeriz, Gabriela Etchebehere, Fernando José Mena, Delia Magaña de Ávila, Susana C Azzollini, Stephanie E Miller

“…Lastly, entertainment and educational content was associated with higher levels of language skills compared to music. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the importance of promoting responsible and accompanied use of screens with age-appropriate content during the first years of life across different contexts.…”
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PRESBYACOUSSIS: JUSTIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS IN SCREENING CONDITIONS by K.E. Gubskaya, M.M. Baibulov, Dinara Urazalina, Gulnara Tuleshova

“…This review presents the results of studies on the effectiveness of presbycusis diagnosis in the conditions of screening at early stages and a comparative analysis with other forms of hearing loss. …”
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The impact of PD-L1 expression status on the prognosis of ALK-positive lung cancer patients by Li Wang, Yingjun Kong, Yao Zhang, Chuanyong Mu

“…The progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly lower in the ALK+PD-L1+ group compared to the ALK+PD-L1- group. Those receiving targeted therapy in stage IIIB-IVB non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer had significantly higher PFS and OS. …”
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Estimation of radiation doses of population residing nearby area of uranium ore mining and processing in Kazakhstan by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy by Kassym Zhumadilov, Alexander Ivannikov, Murat Kassymzhanov, Assel Bagramova, Issa Zhantore, Sarsenova Samal, Valeriy Stepanenko, Artem Khailov, Masaharu Hoshi

“…Data on the individual DR were analyzed for samples collected for population of different parts of Stepnogorsk (microdistricts). These data were compared with ambient dose equivalent rate (ADER) of gamma radiation measured by the conventional instrumental dosimetry. …”
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Long-term Measurements of PM2.5 Concentrations in Lubbock, Texas by Mary C. Kelley, Mallory M. Brown, Clifford B. Fedler, Karin Ardon-Dryer

“…The hourly PM2.5 concentrations were measured at the local Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) station, analyzed for diurnal, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly changes, and compared with meteorological parameters (such as the temperature, wind direction or speed, and visibility) recorded by the local National Weather Service station at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. …”
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GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial and antiulcer evaluations of ginger-infused virgin coconut oil by Ibeabuchi Jude Ali, Okorie Ndidiamaka H, Adonu Cyril C, Omeh Romanus C, Obidiegwu Onyeka C, Okonkwo Raymond M, Okafor Judith O, Okoye Festus BC

“…The effect of GIVCO on tested organisms compared favorably to that of standard drugs. The acute toxicity study of GIVCO is atoxic. …”
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Breast cancer survival and season of surgery: an ecological open cohort study by Dorthe Teilum, Karsten D Bjerre, Anne M Tjønneland, Niels Kroman

“…Background Vitamin D has been suggested to influence the incidence and prognosis of breast cancer, and studies have found better overall survival (OS) after diagnosis for breast cancer in summer–autumn, where the vitamin D level are expected to be highest.Objective To compare the prognostic outcome for early breast cancer patients operated at different seasons of the year.Design Open population-based cohort study.Setting Danish women operated 1978–2010.Cases 79 658 adjusted for age at surgery, period of surgery, tumour size, axillary lymph node status and hormone receptor status.Statistical analysis The association between OS and season of surgery was analysed by Cox proportional hazards regression models, at survival periods 0–1, 0–2, 0–5 and 0–10 years after surgery. …”
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La configuración: un recurso para comprender los entramados de las significaciones imaginarias by Deibar René Hurtado Herrera

“…También se acentúa desde esta perspectiva la necesidad de visibilizar los procesos de creación y los entramados entre significaciones, a fin de poder comprender las mixturas, los desplazamientos de sentido, los nuevos juegos de relaciones que emergen en las prácticas culturales y que ponen en evidencia la dificultad para separar, cortar o dividir lo construido de lo creado, lo instituido de lo instituyente, lo social de lo individual. …”
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Basic fibroblast growth factor helps protect facial nerve cells in a freeze-induced paralysis model. by Shinji Iwata, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masato Teraoka, Takemichi Tanaka, Takuya Kimura, Tomonori Joko, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hiroyuki Wakisaka, Naohito Hato

“…Facial movement scores improved in the bFGF group compared with those in the control group. Intratympanic bFGF administration has a protective effect on facial neurons in a model of severe facial paralysis. …”
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Experimental study of mortar incorporating nano-magnetite on engineering performance and radiation shielding by Kunchariyakun Kittipong, Sinyoung Suthatip, MacKenzie Kenneth J. D., Pungkun Vithit, Raknarong Pakkamai, Teh Musofpar, Jekabaso Afham, Sittichan Narumol

“…The mortar incorporating nano-Fe3O4 exhibited relatively high compressive strength values at 28 and 90 days compared to the control mixture (NFC0). A 5 wt% addition of nano-Fe3O4 provided the best physical (1,847 ± 19.1 kg m−3), compressive strength (216.79 ± 6.19 ksc at 28 days), and radiation shielding properties, increasing the photon linear attenuation coefficient to 0.155 cm−1 from 0.144 cm−1 in the material without nano-Fe3O4. …”
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Assessment of bias correction methods for high resolution daily precipitation projections with CMIP6 models: A Canadian case study by Xinyi Li, Zhong Li

“…SDM outperforms QDM with extreme bias reduced by 85 % and 78 % compared to raw GCMs. The best performing model is SDM corrected ensemble mean. …”
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The Applications and Distinctions of Three Different Material Collection Plates in Wet Electrostatic Precipitator by Jin-Yuan Syu, Shang-Yan Huang, Yu-Chih Cheng, Shao-Hao Lu, Chih-Te Wang, Yuan-Yi Kao, Wen-Yinn Lin

“…The results confirmed that compared to the dry-ESP, wet-ESP performed at a higher and better efficiency. …”
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Knowledge of mothers regarding infant’s developmental milestones in four domains (gross motor, fine motor, language and personal and social) – A cross sectional study by Pooja Thakur, Nalina Gupta

“…Conclusions: Mothers were more aware about the gross motor and personal-social milestones as compared to that of language and fine motor milestones. …”
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Increased birth rank of homosexual males: disentangling the older brother effect and sexual antagonism hypothesis by Raymond, Michel, Turek, Daniel, Durand, Valérie, Nila, Sarah, Suryobroto, Bambang, Vadez, Julien, Barthes, Julien, Apostolou, Menelaos, Crochet, Pierre-André

“…One intriguing feature of homosexual men is their higher male birth rank compared to heterosexual men. This can be explained by two non-exclusive mechanisms: an antagonistic effect (AE), implying that more fertile women have a higher chance of having a homosexual son and to produce children with a higher mean birth rank, or a fraternal birth effect (FBOE), where each additional older brother increases the chances for a male embryo to develop a homosexual orientation due to an immunoreactivity process. …”
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CENP-A/CENP-B uncoupling in the evolutionary reshuffling of centromeres in equids by Eleonora Cappelletti, Francesca M. Piras, Marialaura Biundo, Elena Raimondi, Solomon G. Nergadze, Elena Giulotto

“…CENP-B boxes are present in a previously undescribed repeat which is not the major satellite bound by CENP-A. Comparative sequence analysis suggests that this satellite was centromeric in the equid ancestor, lost centromeric function during evolution, and gave rise to a shorter CENP-A bound repeat not containing the CENP-B box but enriched in dyad symmetries. …”
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Klang Consumer’s Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Malaysian Good Agricultural Practices (myGAP) Certified Vegetables by Logeswary Kalyana Sundram, Nitanan Koshy Matthew

“…The findings revealed that the consumers were willing to pay, on average, an additional amount of RM 1.58/USD 0.34 using the logistic regression, while between RM 3.47/USD 0.76-RM 6.33/USD 1.40 using bivariate probit regression for myGAP vegetable as compared to the traditional vegetables using tomato as a representative. …”
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Adversarial detection based on feature invariant in license plate recognition systems by ZHU Xiaoyu, TANG Peng, ZHANG Haochen, QIU Weidong, HUANG Zheng

“…The results from experiments involving 11 different types of attacks indicate that, compared to 4 other advanced detection methods, FIAD can effectively detect all these attacks at a lower false positive rate, with an accuracy consistently reaching 99%. …”
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The effect of different fabrication techniques on porosity of cobalt-chromium cast removable partial denture farm works. by Fryad Mustafa Rasheed, Rizgar Mohammed Ameen Hasan

“…After finishing and polishing of the prosthesis, the porosity test was performed for each group and then compared to each other. Results: As for the porosity test, the number of defects after finishing and polishing, shows that there are significant differences between the three groups depending on the value of the (F-test) which is less than (P< 0.01), The maximuim mean result was shown by group III, while the minimum result was shown by group I. …”
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Differences in pyrolysis behavior and volatiles of tar-rich coal with various origins by Qingmin Shi, Xinyue Zhao, Shuangming Wang, Hongchao Zhao, Ruijun Ji, Chunhao Li, Bingyang Kou, Jun Zhao

“…The findings revealed three stages of pyrolysis behavior in tar-rich coal. Compared to others, S-1, formed in a stronger reducing environment, had a 17 °C lower initial pyrolysis temperature, a 5 °C lower peak reaction temperature, and a 20 % higher weight loss. …”
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Who Puts the ‘Open’ in Open Knowledge? by Montgomery Lucy, Neylon Cameron, Wilson Katie, Huang Chun-Kai (Karl), Hosking Richard, Ozaygen Alkim, Handcock Rebecca

“…However, open knowledge aspirations are being stymied by comparative rankings that are built on data that excludes the work of entire disciplines, continents and languages; and are not capable of capturing important aspects of the value universities create. …”
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