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Research Articles

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Therapeutic Management of Extensive Pressure Ulcers on the Occipital and Parietal Bones Using Stem Cell Therapy

Hana Zelenková, Jiří Adler, Tomáš Sopuch

Private Clinic of Dermatovenereology – DOST Svidník, IMUNA PHARM a.s. Šarišské Michaľany, Holzbecher, spol.sr.o., Czech Republic

Keywords: pressure ulcer, stem cell therapy, fibroblasts, cellulose wound dressing, cranial ulcer, geriatric care

This case study explores the therapeutic management of a severe pressure ulcer in an 89-year-old female patient. Following a stroke and subsequent diagnosis of an inoperable meningioma, the patient ex...

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Trends in Yield of Selected Non-Timber Forest Product Yielding Species in the Western Ghats, India: Implications for Sustainability

Bhat P R, Hegde G T, Indu K Murthy, Shastri C M, Deepak Shetti, Murali K S, Ravindranath N H

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Keywords: Non-timber forest products, sustainability, Western Ghats, yield patterns, biodiversity, ecosystem services, resource management

Non-timber forest products are a significant source of income and an integral part of development. The contribution of NTFPs to the economy is unknown and could be higher than that of timber products,...

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Transient Stability Assessment of Multi-Machine Power System Using Cusp Catastrophe Theory

Maithem Hassen Kareem

University of Baghdad, Department of Electrical Engineering, Iraq

Keywords: Catastrophe Theory, Transient Stability, Power Systems, Dynamic Security, Optimal Power Flow

This manuscript presents a new technique to derive an accurate Transient Stability Boundary which can be readily used in multiple applications related to ensuring dynamic security of a power system. T...

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An easy-to-use, rapid and inexpensive method to determine methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Jülide Sedef Göçmen, Osman Çağlayan, Alpay Azap

Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Keywords: turbidimetric method, methicillin resistance, Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, MSSA

The turbidimetric method we developed is based on different growth rates of S. aureus in two media, with or without oxacillin. After 2 hours of incubation, the difference of turbidity produced by bact...

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Generalized Topologies Related To Notions Of N-Closed Sets And N-Continuous Functions

Dhana Balan, Santhi

Department of Mathematics, University of Kerala, India

Keywords: generalized topology, N-continuous functions, coN-closed sets, topological spaces, μ-open, μ-continuous, mathematical properties

The notion of N-continuous functions between generalized topological spaces has been defined. This paper relates this concept to the coN-closed generalized topology of a generalized topological space ...

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On the Possible Physical Origin of Metabolism as a Necessary Interaction with the Environment of Biological Structures by Energy Uptake

András Balázs

Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Budapest, Hungary

Keywords: origin of life, time inversion symmetry, spontaneous symmetry breaking, metabolism, energy uptake

It is shown in this brief paper that our 'Basic Hypothesis' of the origin of life, relying on Pattee's and Primas' works, and expounded in details elsewhere ([1-6]) whose central concept is a possible...

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Deinstitutionalization of the State and Privatization of Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

F. López-Castellano, C. Lizárraga, R. Manzanera-Ruiz

Institutionalism Studies Institute, Postcolonial Research Center, Governmentality and Economic Development University

Keywords: deinstitutionalization, privatization, violence, Sub-Saharan Africa, neo-institutionalism, post-colonial theory, governmentality

This paper critically examines the neo-institutional approach to development, focusing on the historical processes of state formation and colonization in Africa. It argues that the neo-institutionalis...

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