Vitamin D Deficiency in a Cohort of Neapolitan Pregnant Women: Do We Really Live in the City of the Sun? by Laura Sarno, Annunziata Carlea, Serena Cabaro, Carmen Imma Aquino, Dalila Mantelli, Giuseppe Perruolo, Pietro Formisano, Maurizio Guida, Daniela Terracciano

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Living on the edge: The sensitivity of arthropods to development and climate along an urban-wildland interface in the Sonoran Desert of central Arizona. by Derek A Uhey, Richard W Hofstetter, Stevan Earl, Jerry Holden, Tiffany Sprague, Helen Rowe

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The Comparison of Parental Burnout Experience and Attitudes Towards Gender Roles in Employed and Non-Employed Mothers Living in Tehran by Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi

“…Wilensky, H. L. (2002) Rich democracies: Political economy, public policy and performance. …”
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The impact of the centrifuge characteristics and centrifugation protocols on the cells, growth factors, and fibrin architecture of a leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) clo... by David M. Dohan Ehrenfest, Nelson R. Pinto, Andrea Pereda, Paula Jiménez, Marco Del Corso, Byung-Soo Kang, Mauricio Nally, Nicole Lanata, Hom-Lay Wang, Marc Quirynen

“…L-PRF (leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin) is one of the four families of platelet concentrates for surgical use and is widely used in oral and maxillofacial regenerative therapies. …”
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Unveiling the Impact of Gene Presence/Absence Variation in Driving Inter-Individual Sequence Diversity within the CRP-I Gene Family in <i>Mytilus</i> spp. by Nicolò Gualandi, Davide Fracarossi, Damiano Riommi, Marco Sollitto, Samuele Greco, Mario Mardirossian, Sabrina Pacor, Tiago Hori, Alberto Pallavicini, Marco Gerdol

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Does urbanization have positive or negative effects on Crab spider (Araneae: Thomisidae) diversity? by Carina I. Argañaraz, Raquel M. Gleiser

“…We compared the abundance, richness and composition of Thomisidae among three habitat categories (urban, suburban and external). …”
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Explaining the Gap between Productivity and Median Wage Growth in Canada, 1976-2014 by James Uguccioni

“…Canadian labour is more productive than ever before, but there is a pervasive sense among Canadians that the living standards of the 'middle class' have been stagnating. …”
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Viability and Adhesion of Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts on a Hydroxyapatite Scaffold Combined with Collagen, Polylactic Acid–Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer and Platelet-Rich Fibrin... by Leonor C. Espitia-Quiroz, Andrés L. Fernández-Orjuela, Lina M. Anaya-Sampayo, Adriana P. Acosta-Gómez, Luis Gonzalo Sequeda-Castañeda, Sandra Janeth Gutiérrez-Prieto, Nelly S. Roa-Molina, Dabeiba A. García-Robayo

“…Objective: To evaluate periodontal ligament fibroblast (HPdLF) cell adhesion and viability for periodontal regeneration purposes on hydroxyapatite scaffolds containing collagen (HAp-egg shell) combined with polylactic acid–polyglycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) and Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF). Methods: Four variations of the HAp-egg shell were used to seed HPdLF for 24 h and evaluate cell viability through a live/dead assay: (1) (HAp-egg shell/PLGA), (2) (HAp-egg shell/PLGA + collagen), (3) (HAp-egg shell/PLGA + PRF) and (4) (HAp-egg shell/PLGA + PRF + collagen). …”
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Genetic structure and haplotype diversity of Tachypleus gigas population along the west coast of peninsular Malaysia-inferred through mtDNA AT rich region sequence analysis. by Mohamed, Rozihan, Ismail, Endom

“…In addition phylogenetic analysis clearly clustered T. gigas samples from T. tridentatus samples indicating good phylogenetic signals in mtDNA AT rich region. Overall, findings from this study have important implications for proper management and conservation of this living fossil along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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An investigation on the status of resilience among blind adolescent students by Tsigie Genet Zegeye

“…Ethiopia has one of the world’s highest rates of visual disability. Among persons with visual disability living in Bahir Dar town, adolescents take a significant share of this population. …”
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Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Gender Minority Stress to HIV Comorbidities Among Black and Latina Transgender Women (LITE Plus): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study by Rich, Ashleigh J, Williams, Jennifer, Malik, Mannat, Wirtz, Andrea, Reisner, Sari, DuBois, L Zachary, Juster, Robert Paul, Lesko, Catherine R, Davis, Nicole, Althoff, Keri N, Cannon, Christopher, Mayer, Kenneth, Elliott, Ayana, Poteat, Tonia

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Selection for oligotrophy among bacteria inhabiting host microbiomes by Sara L. Jackrel, Jeffrey D. White, Elisabet Perez-Coronel, Ryan Y. Koch

“…Overall, our results demonstrate that despite living in close association with host organisms, bacteria residing within microbiomes may have evolved and undergone environmental selection to stressors external to their host, demonstrating similar patterns of adaptation to those that might be expected to develop among free-living bacteria. …”
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Anaemia among adolescent girls in three districts in Ethiopia by Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus, Bilal Shikur Endris, Getahun Teka Beyene, Alinoor Mohamed Farah, Fekadu Elias, Hana Nekatebeb Bekele

“…Less than half of the girls heard the term anaemia, and about one third knew the relationship between anaemia and the intake of iron rich foods. The risk of anaemia is higher among adolescent girls in their early adolescence period (10–14 years) (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR); 1.98; 95% CI; 1.03, 3.82] and among adolescent girls who lived in moderately food insecure households (AOR 1.48; 95% CI; 1.05–2.09). …”
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Sexual lives of reproductive-aged people with disabilities in Central Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study by Zelalem Tenaw, Taye Gari, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

“…Therefore, this study was aimed to assess sexual lives and its associated factors among reproductive-aged people with disabilities in central Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia. …”
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Zircon and Melt Extraction From a Long‐Lived and Vertically Extensive Magma System Underneath Ilopango Caldera (El Salvador) by A. Cisneros de León, A. K. Schmitt, S. Kutterolf, J. C. Schindlbeck‐Belo, W. Hernández, K. W. W. Sims, J. Garrison, L. B. Kant, B. Weber, K.‐L. Wang, H.‐Y. Lee, R. B. Trumbull

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Phenolic Profile of Herbal Infusion and Polyphenol-Rich Extract from Leaves of the Medicinal Plant <i>Antirhea borbonica</i>: Toxicity Assay Determination in Zebrafish Embryos and... by Bryan Veeren, Batoul Ghaddar, Matthieu Bringart, Shaymaa Khazaal, Marie-Paule Gonthier, Olivier Meilhac, Nicolas Diotel, Jean-Loup Bascands

“…This study aims (1) at exploring polyphenols profiles from two types of extracts—aqueous (herbal infusion) and acetonic (polyphenol rich) extracts from <i>A. borbonica</i> leaves—and (2) at evaluating their potential toxicity in vivo for the first time. …”
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Probiotics in Fish Nutrition—Long-Standing Household Remedy or Native Nutraceuticals? by Sven Wuertz, Arne Schroeder, Konrad M. Wanka

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Rodent-borne diseases in Thailand: targeting rodent carriers and risky habitats by Vincent Herbreteau, Fr&#x00E9;d&#x00E9;ric Bordes, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Yupin Supputamongkol, Serge Morand

“…Similarly, higher pathogen richness than expected was observed in rodents living in non-flooded lands, forests and paddy fields. …”
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Effect of Flavanol-Rich Cacao Extract on the Profile of Mood State in Healthy Middle-Aged Japanese Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study by Rika Murakami, Midori Natsume, Kentaro Ito, Shukuko Ebihara, Masakazu Terauchi

“…The consumption of flavanol-rich cacao extract both suppressed negative moods and promoted positive moods in healthy middle-aged women. …”
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The seasonal variation of arthropods living on forest soil at different altitudes in fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp. bornmulleriana) ecosystem in Bolu-Aladağ by Ahmet Duyar, Ender Makineci

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