The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with working memory training on working memory deficits in schizophrenic patients: study protocol for a randomized co... by Xiaolin Zhu, Chao Huang, Hongzhen Fan, Fengmei Fan, Yanli Zhao, Meihong Xiu, Yunhui Wang, Yajun Li, Yunlong Tan, Zhiren Wang, Shuping Tan

“…We hypothesize that a training mode combining “preheating” (tDCS, which changes the neural activity of working memory-related brain regions) and “ironing” (WMT) affords greater cognitive improvements than WMT alone. …”
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Augmentation and Evaluation of an Olive Oil Based Polyherbal Combination against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Experimental Model of Rodents by Arshiya Shamim, Hefazat H. Siddiqui, Tarique Mahmood, Tanveer A. Wani, Seema Zargar, Mohammad Haris Siddiqui, Alvina Farooqui, Farogh Ahsan, Mohammad Shariq, Saba Parveen, Muhammad Wahajuddin, Pranay Wal, Akash Ved

“…The increasing diabetic population with cardiac disorders and the ironically decreasing trend in newer medications to counter this complication leave us at a crossroads for pharmacological management of diabetic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Travelling away from the “artsy post-modern lefty-pinko university”. Noor's transcultural experience and the duties of the intellectual by Ewa Łukaszyk

“…The modality of speech that opposes the hateful mumbling isn't based on clear, persuasive argumentation, but on ironic ambivalence conjugated with directness and the rejection of euphemism. …”
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Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) combined with working memory training to improve cognitive function in schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Jiaqi Song, Dan Liu, Meng Zhang, Huiqiu Wang, Shuping Tan

“…That means, patients with schizophrenia will benefit more in cognitive function improvement from the combination training mode of “preheating (iTBS stimulation changes the neural activity of working memory-related brain regions) and ironning (working memory training).” And the long-term effects of this combined training model will be assessed at a 6-month follow-up period. …”
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Estranhos interiores: a loucura em triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma Los extraños interiores: la locura en triste fin de Policarpo Quaresma Strange inside: madness in Lima Barreto's... by Marco Antonio Arantes

“…<br>Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (1881-1922) was not only a suburban, courageous, ironic and combative writer, but also a Black man who was ostracized and misunderstood by many of his contemporaries. …”
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VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science by Paul McGreevy, Peter Thomson, Navneet K. Dhand, David Raubenheimer, Sophie Masters, Caroline S. Mansfield, Timothy Baldwin, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Jacquie Rand, Peter Hill, Anne Peaston, James Gilkerson, Martin Combs, Shane Raidal, Peter Irwin, Peter Irons, Richard Squires, David Brodbelt, Jeremy Hammond

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JOHN FOWLES’S POSTMODERN REALITY (“THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN”) by Valentina I. Silantyeva

“…Therefore, the article shows the connection of everything that happens according to the tradition of English romantic narration and the principles of reformation of characters and situations that no longer correspond to the romantic worldview. The ironic understanding of the gentleman’s code of honor and the object of his passion, the reduction of love conflicts and places of romantic meetings are illustrated by specific examples from the text of the novel. …”
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تحليل العوامل المؤثرة في خيارات المريض لمقدم خدمة الرعاية الصحية، وتقدير الرغبة الحدية بالدفع للحصول على خدمة بمواصفات أفضل باستخدام الانحدار المنطقي المتعدد... by أسامة الفراج, معاذ الجزائرلي

“…Analysis results were as follows: - Perceived reputation of the health provider is the most important factor affecting the patient's choice of health provider. - Ironically, higher treatment cost is associated with higher probability of choosing the more expensive health provider alternative…”
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China’s State-Owned Enterprises and Canada’s FDI Policy by Wendy Dobson

“…This is particularly ironic given that, as Canada’s foreign-investment rules become cloudier and more prone to government interference, in China itself, regimes governing foreign direct investment (FDI) and state-owned enterprises are becoming increasingly transparent and market-oriented. …”
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Static all-atom energetic mappings of the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein and dynamic stability analysis of "Up" versus "Down" protomer states. by Michael H Peters, Oscar Bastidas, Daniel S Kokron, Christopher E Henze

“…Additionally, our intra chain dominant energy mappings within each protomer, identified a significant "glue" point or possible "latch" for the Down state protomer between the S1 subdomain, SD1, and the RBD domain of the same protomer that was completely missing in the Up state protomer analysis. Ironically, this dominant energetic interaction in the Down state protomer involved the backbone atoms of the same three residue sequence ALA520-PRO521-ALA522 of the RBD with the amino acid R-group of GLN564 in the SD1 domain. …”
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PERCEPTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S QUALIFICATION TO FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BY DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS by Özgür Dirim Özkan

“…Football is often used as a metaphor for warfare, while in turn, during the Yugoslav Wars, ironically football terminology was used to metaphorise the significance of ethnic slaughtering. …”
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&lt;b&gt;Rethinking e. P. Thompson´s the Poverty of Theory&lt;/b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/dialogos.v11i1e2.72 Revisitando a e. P. Thompson y la “Miseria de la Teoría” &lt;b&gt;Revisitand... by Ricardo Gaspar Muller

“…Thompson claims that they are a political and theoretical assault against Marxism &amp;ndash; ironically from the Left itself &amp;ndash;, especially because of their conception of an epistemologically null and inert realism, and their negation of intelligibility of history, class and ideology as historical categories.…”
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Potrawy na uczcie Nazydiena (Horatius, Saturae II 8) a "De re coquinaria" Apicjusza by Sławomir Wyszomirski

“…The Horace’s description, thus, has, in this place an ironic implication. It was also suggested that the 51-53 verses in Saturae II 8, where Nasidien boasts that he was the first one with the idea of boiling eruca sativa (rucola) with inula helenium, should be linked with previous verses which give the description of the sauce used for pouring over moray as eruca sativa boiled with inula helenium did not form a new dish but it was an ingredient of the mentioned sauce. …”
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Family’s sufferings from asymptomatic COVID: Clinicians’ perspective by Neha Joshi, Jitender Nagpal, Anand Sinha

“…For a nation with a meagre allocation of 0.7 hospital beds per 1000 people and a lopsided doctor-population ratio of 1:1800, COVID-centric measures created unintended complications. Ironically, many succumbed in myriad ways, not due to the pandemic but due to the attributes of the survival measures. …”
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Coronado a la sombra de Avellaneda. La reelaboración (política) de la feminidad liberal en España entre la igualdad y la diferencia (1837-1868) = Coronado in the Shade of Avellaned... by Mónica Burguera

“…From the mid-1840, once Avellaneda was canonized as a “poet,” Coronado redefined herself, and a whole generation of women writers during the following ten years, throughout a structurally ironical, paradoxical reflection, in favor of Avellaneda’s sublime genius, and, at the same time, against her masculinization and all the fears she embodied. …”
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GENRE PALETTE OF UKRAINIAN ADVENTURE PROSE OF THE FIRST THIRD OF THE 20TH CENTURY by Lyudmyla M. Kulakevych

“…It is noted that the writers of the modernist trend abandoned the traditional descriptiveness, ironized over the outdated images and techniques, literary clichés, offering their own semantic design of the work of art. …”
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Interferon-stimulated gene TDRD7 interacts with AMPK and inhibits its activation to suppress viral replication and pathogenesis by Sukanya Chakravarty, Gayatri Subramanian, Sonam Popli, Manoj Veleeparambil, Shumin Fan, Ritu Chakravarti, Saurabh Chattopadhyay

“…IMPORTANCE Virus infection triggers induction of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes (ISGs), which ironically inhibit viruses themselves. We identified Tudor domain-containing 7 (TDRD7) as a novel antiviral ISG, which inhibits viral replication by interfering with autophagy pathway. …”
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Cardio-oncology: Understanding the different mechanisms of cardiovascular toxicity by Júlia Cristina Toste

“…Due to the success of finding treatments for various types of cancer, overall cancer survival has increased substantially in recent decades. Ironically, the clinical success of antineoplastic therapy is attenuated by the comorbidity of cardiovascular diseases, which appear to be the main complications of intense cancer treatment and are the second main cause of long-term morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors.Cardio-oncology is the new area of cardiology that aims to treat the specific cardiologic status of cancer patients.Most antineoplastic therapies are associated with some degree of cardiovascular toxicity, ranging from asymptomatic and transient cardiac events to clinically significant and long-lasting events.Antineoplastic agents are responsible for different cardiovascular injuries, which can be reversible or permanent. …”
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Prevalence of <i>Mycoplasma bovis</i> Infection in Calves and Dairy Cows in Western Australia by Jully Gogoi-Tiwari, Harish Kumar Tiwari, Nadeeka K. Wawegama, Chintha Premachandra, Ian Duncan Robertson, Andrew David Fisher, Frank Karanja Waichigio, Pete Irons, Joshua W. Aleri

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Aim and Duty, Sword and Shield: Analysing the Cause and Effects of the Malleability of "Social Integration" in EU Law by Stephanie Reynolds

“…Most recently, a reinvigorated "social Europe" has been back on the agenda following the United Kingdom's Brexit vote. And yet, ironically, the EU citizenry often appears resistant to the very mechanisms that seek to make the Union about its people rather than the market. …”
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