The effect of official intervention on reducing the use of potentially discriminatory language during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Abstract This study used the Baidu Index to analyze searches using discriminatory language toward the source of the outbreak during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.The study found a strong correlation Baggies between official intervention and a reduction in searches using discriminatory language.Following the official naming of the viru

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A levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system embedded in the omentum in a woman with abdominal pain: a case report

Abstract Introduction The Mirena intrauterine system has been licensed as a contraceptive in the United Kingdom since May 1995.The use of an intrauterine system as a primary method of contraception among women has been slowly increasing over the last few years and they now account for about 3% of contraceptive use in England.The Mirena intrauterine

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The effect of plant population densities on growth, yield and yield components of two spring rapeseed cultivars

Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important alternate oilseed crop in eastern Anatolia, Turkey.No information on plant density for rapeseed is available in this region.Therefore a study was initiated to investigate the effects of spacings between rows and spacings within rows on the yield and agronomic characteristics of two genotypes of spring ra

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Effects of Different Combinations of Concentric and Eccentric Resistance Training Programs on Traditional and Alternative Hamstrings-to-Quadriceps Ratios

Resistance training is often recommended for combined increases in traditional and alternative hamstrings-to-quadriceps (H:Q) ratios in order to reduce knee strength imbalance and associated hamstrings and knee ligament injury risk.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different concentric and eccentric resistance training programs

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