Opportunistic screening for hypertension in the general population in Bulgaria: international society of hypertension may measurement month campaign by A. Postadzhiyan, Y. Yotov, S. Tisheva-Gospodinova, F. Nikolov, K. Ramshev, I. Gruev, D. Raev

“…Cardiovascular diseases are not only the leading causes of mortality in Bulgaria but also the mortality rate is twice as high as the European Union average, so screening programmes identifying subjects with elevated blood pressure (BP) are of utmost importance. May Measurement Month (MMM) is an annual global initiative of the International Society of hypertension that began in 2017 aimed at raising awareness of high BP. …”
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Evaluation of the concentration of inorganic nitrogen forms in the National nature reserve Čičov oxbow by Jaroslav NOSKOVIČ, Mária BABOŠOVÁ, Jana IVANIČ PORHAJAŠOVÁ

“…Maximum average concentration for the whole monitored period in the month of March and minimum in the month of November was found. …”
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Renal denervation in clinical practice: treating patients with high cardiovascular risk by I. Petrov, Z. Stankov, J. Stoykova, S. Vasilev

“…In terms of DBP (diastolic BP), the mean reduction at the first month was –8.9 mm Hg and at the 6th month it was –7.2 mm Hg. …”
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Suitability of three different legumes for Acanthoscelides obtectus development and population growth by Sonja Gvozdenac, Aleksandra Ilić, Mirjana Vasić, Snežana Tanasković, Dejan Prvulović

“…Based on the number of the emerged specimens after each month of the observation, the bean weevil development was unhampered and continuous also on the grass pea. …”
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Distal radial access. Occlussion of the radial artery after percutaneus coronary intervention with radial access by Darko Kitanoski, Arman Postadzhiyan, Vasil Velchev, Nikolay Stoyanov, Zhan Zimbakov, Igor Spiroski, Sasko Kedev, Oliver Busljetik

“…Patients were followed one month after the procedure, with Doppler ultrasonography or access from the same artery. …”
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Recurrences of atrial fibrillation after first radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: single center follow-up by Tchavdar Shalganov, Milko Stoyanov, Metodi Mirazchiyski, Boyan Kunev

“…Mean follow- up duration was 12 months beyond the end of the 3-month blinding period. …”
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Continuous Assessment Practice towards Students'Mathematics Prodiciency: THe Case of First-Cycle Primary Schools in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia by Fasil Girmay, Mulugeta Woldemichael

“…In phase I, qualitative base line survey was conducted in the selected schools for a month. In phase II, 40 teachers participated in one-day seminar on the formative assessment use, and then they co-designed assessment tasks and rubrics on mathematics proficiency spectrum in three workshops for two weeks. …”
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Long term effect of renal denervation on 24 hour abpm blood pressure variability and blood pressure load parameters by S. Tochev, N. Rifai, B. Finkov, А. Postadzhiyan

“…A long-term effect of the RSD, reported as a reduction in 24-hour systolic blood pressure above 10 mm Hg at month 12, was found in 22 patients (68.8%). In multivariate regression analysis, two parameters remained predictive for successful renal denervation – higher nighttime systolic blood pressure (OR 0.9, 95% CI 0.8-1.005, p = 0.05) and lower pulse pressure (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.01-1.26, p = 0.03).…”
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TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DIETARY FUMONISIN B1 ON SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY OF GROWING PIGS by F GBORE, G EGBUNIKE

“…The animals were randomly assigned to 4 dietary treatments containing 0.2, 5.0, 10.0 and 15.0 mg FB1/kg constituting the control, diets 1, 2 and 3 respectively, in a 6-month feeding trial. Blood sample was collected from the ear vein of each animal at the end of the feeding trial for biochemical analyses. …”
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Catheter ablation of macroreentrant atrial tachycardias following transconduit puncture access in a patient after total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit by Vassil Traykov, Tchavdar Shalganov, Lyubomir Dimitrov, Anna Kaneva, Stojan Lazarov, Dobri Dobrev, Valeri Gelev

“…Linear lesions transecting the critical isthmuses of the two circuits were delivered which rendered the patient noninducible. During a 9-month follow-up period the patient remained arrhythmia free.…”
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The effect of the number of feed pushing-ups on animal behavior, dry matter intake and milk yield of dairy cows by Nikola HAVRDOVÁ, David ROZTOČIL, Eva PETRÁŠKOVÁ, Petr TEJML, Naděžda KERNEROVÁ, Anna POBORSKÁ, Petr VRÁBLÍK, Pavel NOVÁK, Gabriela MALÁ, Eliška ZEVLOVÁ, Jan MAURER, Jan BERAN, Luboš ZÁBRANSKÝ, Miloslav ŠOCH

“…Each frequency was monitored for 1 month in four repetitions. The behavior of dairy cows during feeding was monitored for 15 minutes after the feed delivery and after each food pushing-up. …”
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Balloon expandable vs. self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve prosthesis short-term results of retrospective study by Hr. Angelov, P. Simeonov, P. Krastev, F. Abedinov, J. Jorgova, D. Trendafilova

“…The research aims to monitor the short-term results, up to 1 month after discharge, in terms of mortality, the manifestation of heart failure, (para) prosthetic regurgitation, implantation of a pacemaker, and vascular complications. …”
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Genetic association between somatic cell score and milk lactose in early- to mid-lactation of first calving Fleckvieh cows by Angela Costa, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Christian Fuerst, Gábor Mészáros, Mauro Penasa, Johann Soelkner

“…A linear animal model was adopted for the genetic analysis, with inclusion of age at calving and year-month of calving as fixed effects, and additive genetic animal, herd-year of calving and residual as random effects. …”
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Rare case of a mixed type total anomalous pulmonary venous return – benefits of a patient specific 3D model in the preoperative preparation by Dobri Dobrev, Anna Kaneva, Stojan Lazarov, Ivan Velkovski, Svetla Dineva

“…We present a case of a 3-month-old child with a rare variant of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) – mixed type – which illustrates the benefi t of additional imaging modalities and techniques for the operative planning. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors in patients after carotid stenting and coronary revascularization by Georgi Goranov, Petar Nikolov

“…Results: MS in all patients was 86 months, OS at 1, 3, 5, and 9 years was – 94%, 85%, 73%, and 51% respectively. …”
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Analysis of the behaviour of dairy-type Simmental-Fleckvieh calves in outdoor pen-and-shelter systems by Daniel Falta, Tomáš Kopec, Milan Večeřa, Gustav Chládek, Radek Filipčík, Francois Lategan

“…The study was done over 12 months with 683 Simmental-Fleckvieh calves, kept for two months (pre-weaning) in outdoor individual pen-and-shelter units, and observed at monthly intervals. …”
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Assessment of the effect of catheter ablation on quality of life and predictors of improvement in patients with atrial fibrillation by K. Dzhinsov, E. Georgieva, V. Traykov, L. Bardarska, D. Boychev, T. Balabanski

“…The patients were followed for a mean of 39.7 ± 13.3 months. At the end of the follow-up period, we observed a signifi cant improvement (p < 0.001) in all domains of quality of life compared to baseline. …”
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The game damages on agricultural crops in Croatia by Hrvoje Novosel, Marina Piria, Roman Safner, Hrvoje Kutnjak, Nikica Šprem

“…The high seasonal nature of payments was a determent of seasonal regression using a dummy variable regression (r2=0.93). A comparison of the monthly number of payments and monthly amounts is depicted by a time series using a seasonal line. …”
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Fungi associated with canker diseases on olive in Istria (Croatia) by Dario Ivić, Elena Petrović, Sara Godena

“…Pathogenicity tests were conducted in a greenhouse, on branches of 4-year-old local cultivar ‘Buza’. Eight months after branch inoculation, D. seriata showed to be the most aggressive, causing an average of 67 mm long lesion. …”
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THE BREEDING OF VARIOUS PERFORMANCE TYPES OF CATTLE IN IDENTICAL TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS by A JEŽKOVÁ, V DŘEVO

“…An evaluation was made of the impact of selected factors (breed, lactation sequence, age at first mating, live weight at the ages of 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 months) on indices of milk production and reproduction (quantity of milk and contents of the milk components, age at first calving, length of calving interval, insemination index). …”
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