Hyperhydration-induced decrease in urinary luteinizing hormone concentrations of Male athletes in doping control analysis by Athanasiadou, Ioanna

“…Baseline urinary LH concentrations, expressed as the mean � SD for each individual, were within the acceptable physiological range (7.11 � 5.42 IU/L). …”
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A vector quantization based k-NN approach for large-scale image classification by Ozan, Ezgi Can

“…However, with the growth of the size of image datasets and the number of dimensions of image descriptors, popularity of k-NNs has decreased due to their significant storage requirements and computational costs. …”
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Is It Time We Changed How We Measure Length of Stay for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty? by McCulloch, Robert

“…Use of hours as the unit of measure of LOS enabled analysis of the time of day of discharge. With decreasing LOS and day-case arthroplasty, a measurement in median hours should become the standard to allow for the detection of subtle changes.…”
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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight by Iurilli, M.L.C.

“…From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. …”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Whereas, the mean comfort temperature decreased with the elevation of the location and this difference was also statistically significant, t = −92.34 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). …”
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Parasites As Indicators Of Environmental Change And Pollution In Marine Ecosystems by Mackenzie, Ken

“…Good biological indicators to monitor the effects of pollutants on marine organisms must be exceptionally sensitive to environmental change so that a significant reduction in their numbers can be used as a warning of deteriorating conditions before the majority of less sensitive organisms are seriously affected. …”
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Future Mangrove Carbon Storage Under Climate Change and Deforestation by Chatting, Mark

“…Adverse impacts on organic carbon storage potential from future climate change and deforestation would devalue such ambitions, thus global projections of future change remains a priority research area. …”
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Phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications in greenhouses: A review by Nishad S.

“…Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) has been identified as a potential solution to achieve considerable energy savings in greenhouse heating/cooling. …”
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Swimming exercise improves short- and long-term memories: Time-course changes by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…On the other hand, swimming exercise-induced significant enhancement to the learning phase and memory formation after 7 days of training (p < 0.01). …”
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Obesity-induced changes in kidney mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in the presence or absence of leptin by Munusamy, Shankar

“…We investigated obesity-induced changes in kidney lipid accumulation, mitochondrial function, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the absence of hypertension, and the potential role of leptin in modulating these changes. …”
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Natural aging of shape stabilized phase change materials based on paraffin wax by Krupa, Igor

“…The addition of 15 wt% of EG to shape stabilized phase change materials (SSPCMs) containing 50 wt% of wax caused a decreasing in the leakage of wax by 50% over 210 days of natural aging. …”
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Serum NMR-Based Metabolomics Profiling Identifies Lipoprotein Subfraction Variables and Amino Acid Reshuffling in Myeloma Development and Progression by Pedersen, Shona

“…It is preceded by monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS)—an asymptomatic phase. It has been demonstrated that early detection increases the 5-year survival rate. …”
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Phase change materials based on high-density polyethylene filled with microencapsulated paraffin wax by Krupa, Igor

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The stabilizing effect of expanded graphite on the artificial aging of shape stabilized phase change materials by Sobol?iak P.

“…The melting of neat LLDPE decreased during aging whereas its specific enthalpy of melting increased. …”
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Molecular and Peritoneal Microvascular Changes Cause Peritoneal Membrane Dysfunction by Uremia-Related Mechanisms by Zakaria, El-Rasheid

“…Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with distinct peritoneal structural changes characterized by thickening of the sub-mesothelial cell layer, fibrosis and angiogenesis. …”
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Impacts of urban land use changes on ecosystem services in Dianchi lake basin, China by Wang, Ruibo

“…Land use change is widely regarded as a key factor altering the structure and function of ecosystems. …”
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Alveolar bone changes following bi-maxillary vertical molars' movements using clear aligners by Al-Warafi, Leena Ali

“…Comparing the mean maxillary and mandibular changes (T0-T1) of both studied groups showed that the buccal alveolar bone changes for the left 1st and right 2nd molars showed a significant difference in extrusion and intrusion groups, respectively. …”
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Rural development program in tribal region: A protocol for adaptation and addressing climate change vulnerability by Jha, Shashidhar Kumar

“…Here we show that the vulnerability related to climate variability, agriculture, water and household economic conditions has decreased significantly due to MGNREGA interventions. …”
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Involvement of caveolae in hyperglycemia-induced changes in adiponectin and leptin expressions in vascular smooth muscle cells by Ola, El Atab

“…Hyperglycemia lead to a significant increase in APN synthesis in VSMCs, mainly through caveolae, but this increase failed to provide vascular protection because of the decreased expression of APN receptors, especially AdipoR2, which was assessed by qPCR. …”
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Changes in plant composition and diversity in an alpine heath and meadow after 18 years of experimental warming by Alatalo, Juha M.

“…A potential driver for the changes in the meadow may be decreased soil moisture caused by long-term warming.…”
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