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This paper discusses the urban writing on Athenian walls as an imaginative medium of intercommunication occurring during the socioeconomic and political crisis era in Greece, over the last seven years. The street art activity on the city’s walls as a linguistic and imagery phenomenon could be approached as the main symbolic mode of public expression generated by the crisis. To investigate it field

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the diurnal variations in anterior segment parameters among patients with keratoconus (KC) and to compare these variations across different severity levels of the disease. Methods: A total of 82 patients with KC were included in the study. Corneal parameters were measured at 08:30, 11:30, 14:30, 17:30, and 20:30 using the Pentacam HR (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany).

This study was carried out in the forest area of the Gomel region of Belarus contaminated by 137Cs following the Chernobyl accident of 1986. The aim of the study was to explore the effects of different types of wildfires on the biological availability of radionuclides and the distribution of algal communities in fire-affected soils. Soil samples were collected in 2017 and 2018 from sites burnt by

Cigarette smoking is a crucial factor in the development and progression of multiple cancers including breast. Here, we report that repeated exposure to a fixed, low dose of cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) prepared from Indian cigarettes is capable of transforming normal breast epithelial cells, MCF-10A, and delineate the biochemical basis for cellular transformation. CSC transformed cells (MCF-1

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the applications and procedures of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) in terms of their cost and efficacy in a state hospital in Turkey. Setting: A 372-bed, state hospital in Isparta, Turkey. Method:The investigation was performed between May and August 2011 in six surgical wards. All of the surgical procedures were followed up and ant

Context. The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic significance correlation between the endocrinopathy and the size of the pituitary adenoma with the sellar floor bone mineral density values using microfocus computerized tomography (μCT) analysis. Subjects and Methods. 16 consecutive patients with pituitary adenomas had full endocrinological and radiological work up prior to endoscopic t

Energy efficiency is essential for climate change mitigation. Energy management, shaped by both technical artefacts and social constructions, can overcome barriers and achieve greater emission reductions than technology-focused approaches alone. Nine social constructions of energy management emphasize the need for a broader view that includes operations, processes, and knowledge creation and diffu

Many preschoolers in Sweden have other family languages than Swedish. Sign-supported speech (SSS) is often used to support children's second language development and participation in interaction. The aim of the present paper is to study how preschool teachers use SSS in interaction with multilingual children, and children's way of participation in such interaction. The study was conducted in three

A necessary foundation for realizing circularity in the building sector is a good understanding of our existing building stock. This includes the design approaches and building codes used at the time of construction. The provisions in building codes have evolved from a heuristically adjusted permissible stress method to a semi-probabilistic safety format using partial safety factors. In addition,

AbstractBackground: The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus infections have been investigated extensively and at an accelerated pace in recent years, largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention has been given to their potential roles in respiratory insufficiency, endothelial dysfunction, thrombosis, and inflammatory responses within the centBackground: The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus infections have been investigated extensivelyand at an accelerated pace in recent years, largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention has been given to their potential rolesin respiratory insufficiency, endothelial dysfunction, thrombosis, and inflammatory responses within the central nervou

AbstractBackground: The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus infections have been investigated extensively and at an accelerated pace in recent years, largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention has been given to their potential roles in respiratory insufficiency, endothelial dysfunction, thrombosis, and inflammatory responses within the centBackground: The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus infections have been investigated extensivelyand at an accelerated pace in recent years, largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention has been given to their potential rolesin respiratory insufficiency, endothelial dysfunction, thrombosis, and inflammatory responses within the central nervou

We study how co-creation practices influence explorative and exploitative learning in five collaborative construction projects with partnering arrangements. Drawing on a longitudinal case study, our findings reveal two different types of explorative learning processes (i.e., adaptation and radical development) and three different exploitative learning processes (i.e., incremental development, know

Heavy metal contamination from occupational sources is a cause for concern due to its potential accumulation in the environment and the body of living organisms, which leads to long-term toxic effects. There is limited evidence on the concentration of heavy metals in the body fluids of welding workers. This study aimed to measure the concentration of nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr) as two main toxic

Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum leads to the destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). A better understanding of how naturally immune individuals control infections should be valuable for future vaccine studies. Antibodies against RBCs and RBC surface antigens were measured together with different inflammatory markers in healthy adults living in a malaria endemic area of Uganda and compared t

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology has experienced phenomenal success in the application of wireless charging of smartphones. With the Qi Specification becoming the dominant standard, wireless charging's convenience goes beyond cable-free charging to facilitate interoperability between chargers and devices from different vendors. For wireless charging to operate correctly, the power tr