Reactualizing Classical Islamic Power: Reinterpreting Al-Mawardi in Post-Reform Indonesian Democracy by Jafar Ahmad

“…Al-Mawardi, through the institution of ahl al-halli wa al-‘aqdi, provides a theoretical foundation for community representation in the leadership selection process, which functionally resembles elections in a democratic system. …”
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3D-MRI brain glioma intelligent segmentation based on improved 3D U-net network. by Tingting Wang, Tong Wu, Defu Yang, Ying Xu, Dongyang Lv, Tong Jiang, Hengjiao Wang, Qi Chen, Shengnan Xu, Ying Yan, Baoguang Lin

“…This method offers significant guidance for medical diagnosis, grading, and treatment strategy selection.<h4>Methods</h4>Glioma case data were sourced from the BraTS2023 public dataset. …”
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Optical methods for the correction of postkeratoplastic ametropia by M.V. Sinitsyn, A.E. Terent’eva, T.G. Tolmacheva, N.A. Pozdeeva

“…When studying the literature review on PA correction, a search was carried out for sources in the PubMed and Scopus abstract databases for the period up to 2021 inclusive. …”
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Integrating Food Preference Profiling, Behavior Change Strategies, and Machine Learning for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Personalized Nutrition Digital Health Interventio... by Hana Fitria Navratilova, Anthony David Whetton, Nophar Geifman

“…Intervention functions were designed using the Behavior Change Wheel, and behavior change techniques were selected for the DHI features. …”
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Diagnostic potential of the B9D2 gene in colorectal cancer based on whole blood gene expression data and machine learning by Zhaorui Wang, Yongcheng Fu, Haozhe Zhang, Na Liu, Ningjing Lei

“…The B9D2 gene, which is essential for ciliary function, has been rarely explored in CRC. This study is the first to investigate the diagnostic potential of B9D2 in CRC, using bioinformatics and machine learning to uncover its novel role in early detection, with implications for clinical translation. …”
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Exploration of crop germplasm resources knowledge mining in Chinese ancient books: a route toward sustainable agriculture by Wenjuan Zhao, Suoling Zhu, Yuan Cao

“…Using the local chronicles of Jiangsu Province, China (1251–1947) as the data source, we constructed a spatio-temporal ontology of rice species according to the writing paradigm of descriptive texts on rice, intelligently extracted the features of rice with entity word lists and rule templates, and compared them with existing rice germplasm resources to analyze the similarities and differences. …”
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Early mobilization after lung transplantation: A scoping review protocol by Matthieu Reffienna, Adéla Foudhaïli, Colin Sidre, Damien Vitiello, Jonathan Messika

“…After lung transplantation, rehabilitation is part of patients’ standard of care, playing a crucial role in enhancing functional capacity and quality of life. Although early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit has been reported in few studies, it is not yet widely standardized in clinical practice. …”
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Genetic Basis and Simulated Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Soybean Seed Protein Content Across Multiple Environments by Xu Sun, Bo Hu, Wen-Xia Li, Hai-Long Ning

“…Soybeans are a primary source of plant-based protein, with seeds containing approximately 40% protein—a key quality trait. …”
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Online activity time management – dilemmas and challenges by Barbara Liliana Pabian, Arnold Grzegorz Pabian

“…Material and methods The article is of a theoretical and discussion nature, therefore non-reactive methods were selected for research. It was a desk research method, consisting in the analysis of secondary sources and the analysis of the content of written and oral messages disseminated via the media. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. This 7-page fact sheet discusses the sources, emission trends, and impacts of dioxins as well as the ways to minimize exposure to dioxins. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. This 7-page fact sheet discusses the sources, emission trends, and impacts of dioxins as well as the ways to minimize exposure to dioxins. …”
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Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcing by فرج‌اله رهنورد, جلیل خاوندکار

“…By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the organizational objectives. …”
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The ‘crisis’ of fat body in the neoliberal era: the case of obesity in Turkey by Seda Keklik, Neriman Berna Güler

“…Qualitative data, systematically selected from academic and institutional sources, are used to examine the structural roots of obesity in capitalist social relations, focusing on how individuals function as both labour and consumers. …”
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Comprehensive sustainable development of a multifunctional machine: 3D food printer and didactic platform by Arturo Molina, Daniel Cortés, Isaac Chairez, Mariel Alfaro-Ponce, Mario Moisés Alvarez, Grisell Trujillo de Santiago

“…In this manner, the selection and innovation of materials constitutes a primary source of innovation and research in the integral development of a 3D food printer. …”
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Anterior cervical discectomy with arthroplasty versus arthrodesis for single-level cervical spondylosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Aria Fallah, Elie A Akl, Shanil Ebrahim, George M Ibrahim, Alireza Mansouri, Clary J Foote, Yuqing Zhang, Michael G Fehlings

“…<h4>Study selection</h4>We included RCTs of ACDF versus ACDA in adult patients with single-level cervical spondylosis reporting at least one of the following outcomes: functionality, neurological success, neck pain, arm pain, quality of life, surgery for adjacent level degeneration (ALD), reoperation and dysphonia/dysphagia. …”
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NaCl-induced soil stress regulates the diversity of soil bacteria and their ability to metabolize low molecular weight organic acids by Adhari Al-Kalbani, Daniel Menezes-Blackburn, Jinan Waladwadi, Said Al-Ismaily, Buthaina Al-Siyabi

“…This study demonstrated that soil salinity is a strong regulator of soil microbial diversity and function, as reflected by a marked decrease in the responsiveness of soil microbes to various root exudate carbon sources.…”
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Solar‐Powered Hierarchical Microenvironments with Authigenic Multi‐Field Synergies for Simultaneous Extraction of Freshwater and Cesium by Liuyan Zhu, Lin Zhu, Ting Shi, Ke Zhao, Wenwen He, Lu Han, Zeying Jin, Jialin Kang, Shanfu Sun, Ningning Cao, Zhen Yu

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System expansion is needed to handle the multifunctionality of food items in environmental impact assessment by Ilkka Leinonen, Pasi Korkalo, Sanna Hietala, Kirsi Usva, Merja Saarinen

“…The method makes it possible to compare different individual food items based on their function in human nutrition. In this case study, the provision of balanced amino acids was selected as such a function, and provision of energy for metabolic process was handled as a “by-product”. …”
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Bovine PMN responses to extracellular vesicles released by Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites and B. besnoiti-infected host cells by Gabriel Espinosa, Constanza Salinas-Varas, Lisbeth Rojas-Barón, Christian Preußer, Elke Pogge von Strandmann, Ulrich Gärtner, Iván Conejeros, Carlos Hermosilla, Anja Taubert

“…Therefore, we tested whether exposure of bovine PMN to EVs from different cellular sources affects classical PMN effector functions and cytokine/chemokine secretion. …”
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Vitamin K1 and K2: Biochemistry, Clinical Significance, and Therapeutic Potential in Human Healt by Michał Wycik, Michał Szczupak, Anna Maria Modzelewska

“… Vitamin K, encompassing phylloquinone (K1) and menaquinones (K2), is essential not only for coagulation but also for various extra-hepatic functions. This review summarizes current knowledge on the biological roles, absorption mechanisms, clinical relevance, and therapeutic implications of vitamins K1 and K2, with particular emphasis on their functions beyond hemostasis. …”
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