“Fierce and Free, or Caged and Cowed”: Interspecies Oppression and Survival in Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport by Elisa Pesce

“…Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport (2019) explores the social, cultural, and environmental crises of the contemporary United States from the perspective of a white, middle-aged woman and mother of four. Her angst-ridden interior monologue is interrupted only by short sections of third-person prose that relate the story of a mountain lioness in search of her lost cubs. …”
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A novel approach to assess acid diversion efficiency in horizontal wells by Abdulameer Almalichy, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, Zoltan Turzo, Ahmed Al-Yaseri

“…The injection points are perpendicular to the core samples to simulate multiple perforations in a horizontal well while the outlet lines are parallel. Four experiments were conducted in this study using Indiana limestone cores that were 1.5 inches in diameter. …”
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Impact of Spatial Evolution of Cropland Pattern on Cropland Suitability in Black Soil Region of Northeast China, 1990–2020 by Long Kang, Kening Wu

“…In this study, we investigated the spatial evolution of cropland resources through land use change analysis by utilizing four periods of land use data from 1990 to 2020 in the black soil region of northeast China (BSRNC). …”
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Evaluation of the impact of postural restrictions after Semont liberatory maneuver on immediate reactions and short-term outcome in the posterior semicircular canal canalolithiasis... by Andrea Albera, Marco Boldreghini, Sergio Lucisano, Roberto Albera, Claudia Cassandro, Alma Barci, Giuseppe Riva, Andrea Canale

“…The Liberatory maneuver is considered the gold-standard treatment, with a short-term resolution of the vertigo in over 70% of cases, and achieving a 90% success rate after four maneuvers. An immediate reaction to the subsequent repositioning maneuver is often an orthotropic nystagmus (Ny) occurring in the same direction as the Ny observed after returning to the primary position. …”
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健康人群筛查在鼻咽癌早期发现中的作用 by 柳　青　方积乾　胡孟璇　黄腾波

“…Ⅰ期病例的 5 年生存率达 84. 19%,而 Ⅳ期病例降到 14. 58%。 结论: 对健康人 群作筛查可以提高鼻咽癌病例的生存率。…”
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Interpreting Aerodynamics of a Transonic Impeller from Static Pressure Measurements by Fangyuan Lou, John Charles Fabian, Nicole Leanne Key

“…Data were acquired from choke to near-surge at four different corrected speeds (Nc) from 80% to 100% design speed, which covers both subsonic and supersonic inlet conditions. …”
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Combined Oriented Data Augmentation Method for Brain MRI Images by Ahmeed Suliman Farhan, Muhammad Khalid, Umar Manzoor

“…The proposed approach was evaluated by training and testing the PRCnet model on four publicly available datasets before and after applying the proposed method to the datasets. …”
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Factors Affecting Crash Involvement of Commercial Vehicle Drivers: Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Characteristics in South Korea by Jooyoung Lee, Jiho Yeo, Ilsoo Yun, Sanghyeok Kang

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of driver-related factors on crash involvement of four different types of commercial vehicles—express buses, local buses, taxis, and trucks—and to compare outcomes across types. …”
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Probiotic Supplementation for Periodontal Diseases - An Umbrella Review by Hunny Sharma, Manisha Ruikar, Swati Verma

“…A systematic review of the literature was undertaken in four databases, i.e., MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central, and Google Scholar using MeSH terms like ‘Probiotic*,’ ‘Prebiotic*,’ ‘Bifidobacterium,’ ‘Lactobacillus,’ and ‘Periodontitis,’ along with keywords like ‘synbiotic*,’ ‘Systematic review*,’ or Meta-analysis. …”
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Some features of geological structure of the Shikotan Island (Lesser Kuril Arc)—A view from 'Space' by Evgeny P Terekhov, Anatoly V Mozherovsky

“…In the southwestern part of Shikotan Island, there are four unknown volcanic peaks. Together with the Notoro Volcano, they mark the rim of an interpreted caldera of a paleovolcano, which could have been the main unknown source of tuffaceous material for the Mesozoic-Cenozoic deposits of the Matakotanskaya, Malokuril'skaya, and Zelenovskaya Suites. …”
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Social support perception in parents of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus by Natalia Macarena Maureira MIranda, Claudia Maribel Muñoz Pavez, Maria Cecilia Toffoletto Toffoletto, Ángel Roco Videla

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> qualitative descriptive study carried out through semi-structured interviews with four parent caregivers of children with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. …”
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The model of development and evolution of the spatial structure of Daedeok Innopolis: From science town to innovative ecosystem by Hafez Mahdnejad, Ahmad zanganeh

“…The spatial expansion of Innopolis Daedeok has unfolded in four stages: the establishment of the Daedeok Science Town (1973-1993), the creation of innovation (1993-1997), the formation of an innovation cluster (1998-2003), and the growth stage of the innovation cluster (2004 to present). …”
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Combustion Characteristics of Horizontal Diesel Spray Burner in Low-Pressure Chamber Based on Multivariate Correlation Analysis by Kai Xie, Yunjing Cui, Xingqi Qiu, Jianxin Wang

“…The fuel injection pressure, inlet air flow, air distribution regulation coefficient, and environmental pressure were considered respectively, and then the four factors and six levels of a uniform experimental investigation were conducted in a low-pressure chamber with adjustable atmospheric pressure. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Intraoral Camera with Fluorescent Aids for Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders Screening in Teledentistry by Sirikanlaya Vetchaporn, Wetchayan Rangsri, Jitjiroj Ittichaicharoen, Pimduen Rungsiyakull

“…All lesions of thirty-four OPMD patients underwent biopsy for definitive diagnosis and were examined by an oral medicine specialist. …”
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Real-Time Incident-Responsive Signal Control Strategy under Partially Connected Vehicle Environment by Kancharla K. K. Chandan, Álvaro J. M. Seco, Ana M. C. Bastos Silva

“…Diverse incident scenarios were tested on a four-legged isolated intersection using the VISSIM simulation tool. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Aloe vera from the Pica Oasis (Tarapacá, Chile) by UHPLC-Q/Orbitrap/MS/MS by Cristina Quispe, Michael Villalobos, Jorge Bórquez, Mario Simirgiotis

“…The chemical characterization was performed using liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to PDA and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HESI-Q-Orbitrap®-MS) in four different plant parts of Aloe (peel, flowers, gel, and roots). …”
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Track Behavior and Crash Risk Analysis of Passenger Cars on Hairpin Curves of Two-Lane Mountain Roads by Zhigang Yu, Ying Chen, Xiaobo Zhang, Jin Xu

“…Based on the lateral positional relationships between tracks and lane markings, six track patterns are determined for left turns and four track patterns for right turns. When passing a right turn by cutting the curve, a driver occupied the right shoulder of the turn; therefore, there is a risk of colliding with the mountain or the guardrail. …”
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Lack of sex- and gender-disaggregated data in diagnostics: findings from a scoping review of five tracer conditions by Vishwanath Upadhyay, Rishabh Gangwar, Gabrielle Landry Chappuis, Mikashmi Kohli

“…Extracted data were analysed using descriptive quantitative and qualitative approaches.ResultsWe identified 29 relevant articles for tuberculosis, four for diabetes, six for schistosomiasis, eight for COVID-19, and three for malaria. …”
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Students’ Belief Biases Concerning Climate Change and Factors Considered While Evaluating Informal Reasoning Arguments by Perihan Gunes

“…Participants included 137 9th-grade students (76 females, 61 males) from three different high schools located in the central district of the city of Aksaray, Turkey. Four types of arguments for climate change were considered: strong-believable, weak-believable, strong-unbelievable, and weak-unbelievable. …”
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Logiciel SIG et pratique de terrain : quel positionnement de l’outil cartographique pour les acteurs du paysage ? by Sophie-Anne Olivier

“…The first type is in the form of the proceedings of an online conference of users in 2020 (organised in four sessions on lessons learned followed by a panel discussion moderated by Thierry Joliveau) on the following theme: "Global Mapper, a field tool? …”
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