Resilience and Adaptation: Yukon River Watershed Contaminant Risk Indicators by Lawrence Duffy, La’Ona De Wilde, Katie Spellman, Kriya Dunlap, Bonita Dainowski, Susan McCullough, Bret Luick, Mary van Muelken

“…The Yukon watershed provides a broadscale opportunity for communities to monitor the environment, manage resources, and contribute to stewardship policy formation. …”
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The Self-Perception and Political Biases of ChatGPT by Jérôme Rutinowski, Sven Franke, Jan Endendyk, Ina Dormuth, Moritz Roidl, Markus Pauly

“…These eight tests were repeated ten times each and indicate that ChatGPT seems to hold a bias towards progressive views. The political compass test revealed a bias towards progressive and libertarian views, supporting the claims of prior research. …”
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Chromosomal Changes in relation to Clinical Outcome in Larynx and Pharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Mario Hermsen, Marta Alonso Guervós, Gerrit Meijer, Paul van Diest, Carlos Suárez Nieto, Cesar Alvarez Marcos, Andrés Sampedro

“…Tumors with stages III and IV, and lymph node positive tumors had a worse clinical outcome. Surprisingly, no specific chromosomal abnormality correlated with disease-free survival. …”
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From the guest editors by Urszula Ledzewicz, Avner Friedman, Jacek Banasiak, Heinz Schättler, Edward M. Lungu

“…In the US, on the other hand, astrong emphasis exists on systems biology and on its aspects related tocancer. Therefore, a second focus area of the workshop was on improved and morerealistic models for the dynamic progression and treatment of various types ofcancer, a truly globally challenging problem. …”
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Influence of drilling incidence angle on the drilling force distribution of pneumatic impactor by Dongfang Li, Zengyang Huang, Haibin Lin, Huiyi Zhu, Wentao Fu, Yujuan Deng

“…Based on the dynamic theory of impact drilling and finite element method (FEM), the constitutive model of HJC criterion and INVENTOR 3D mechanical structure design software, a 3D numerical analysis system of piston-bit head-rock during pneumatic impactor drilling is established by ANSYS LS-DYNA, a nonlinear dynamic analysis software. …”
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Compressive behavior of Co-Cr-Mo radially graded porous structures under as-built and heat-treated conditions by Francesco Cantaboni, Paola Ginestra, Marialaura Tocci, Andrea Avanzini, Elisabetta Ceretti, Annalisa Pola

“… Additive manufacturing research is continuously growing, and this field requires a full improvement of the capability and reliability of the processes involved. …”
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Investigation of CD47 Expression in Renal Cell Tumors and Evaluation of Its Relationship with Prognostic Parameters by Ömer Faruk Dizibüyük, Zehra Bozdağ, Metin Karakök

“…The interaction of CD47 with SIRPα triggers a “don’t eat me” signal to the macrophages, inhibiting phagocytosis. …”
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Effects of Level of Retrieval Success on Recall-Related Frontal and Medial Temporal Lobe Activations by Daniela Montaldi, Andrew R. Mayes, Anna Barnes, Donald M. Hadley, Jim Patterson, David J. Wyper

“…Brain dedicated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was used to compare the neuroactivation produced by the cued recall of response words in a set of studied word pairs with that produced by the cued retrieval of words semantically related to unstudied stimulus words. …”
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La responsabilidad social universitaria en la actual sociedad del conocimiento. Un acercamiento necesario by Rolando Medina Peña, María del Carmen Franco Gómez, Leodanis Torres Barreiro, Kerslin Velázquez Rodríguez, Marina Alexandra Valencia Vera, Ana Leonor Valencia Vera

“…<p>En la actualidad resultan incuestionables las conexiones y dependencias que se establecen a todos los niveles sociales entre las personas, instituciones, agrupaciones, y por consiguiente los efectos de cada una de las decisiones que estos asumen. …”
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Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course by Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä

“…The weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups. …”
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Androgenic Anabolic Steroids Cause Thiol Imbalance in the Vascular Endothelial Cells by Halszka Ponamarczuk, Maria Światkowska, Marcin Popielarski

“…Their uncontrolled use by professional and recreational sportspeople is a widespread problem. AAS abuse is correlated with severe damage to the cardiovascular system, including changes in homeostasis and coagulation disorders. …”
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Policy and Culture: From Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy to Kipling’s Political Prophecies by K. M. Dolgov, E. I. Starikova

“…It is no coincidence that N.Machiavelli develops his new political philosophy aiming not only to create the strong unitary state, but also to overcome this "dirty" policy at least to a certain extent. Therefore, describing the mechanism of the "dirty" policy that opposes high culture, N.Machiavelli introduces a new political philosophy which should be based on the highest ideals and values. …”
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Understanding Delayed T-Cell Priming, Lung Recruitment, and Airway Luminal T-Cell Responses in Host Defense against Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Christopher R. Shaler, Carly Horvath, Rocky Lai, Zhou Xing

“…Customarily, the alveolar macrophage (AM) acts as a sentinel, detecting and alerting surrounding cells to the presence of an invader. …”
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Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy for Proximal Ureteral Calculi in Selected Patients by Qingfeng Hu, Weihong Ding, Yuancheng Gou, Yatfaat Ho, Ke Xu, Bin Gu, Chuanyu Sun, Guowei Xia, Qiang Ding

“…Retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy is a safe and effective procedure for patients with complex stones or anatomic abnormalities, and, with experience of high volume series, it is also a reasonable choice as the primary treatment for such selected patients.…”
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Enhancing betalains production and antioxidant activity in Celosia argentea cell suspension cultures using biotic and abiotic elicitors by Kanchanok Mueangnak, Haruthairat Kitwetcharoen, Sudarat Thanonkeo, Preekamol Klanrit, Jirawan Apiraksakorn, Poramaporn Klanrit, Poramate Klanrit, Pornthap Thanonkeo

“…Abstract Celosia argentea is a plant known for producing bioactive compounds, including betalains, which possess various biological and pharmaceutical properties. …”
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Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Terhadap Pelaksanaan Rentang Gerak Sendi Aktif Post Operasi Pada Pasien Fraktur Ekstremitas di Ruang Bedah Trauma Center RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padan... by Vivi Oktasari, Atih Rahayuningsih, Mira Susanti

“…Mobilization especially Range of Motion exercises can improve blood circulation which will speed healing and reduce pain. Immobilization in a long time because fracture will stimulate muscle artrofi skletal especially extremity which causes decreased muscle strength up to 5.5% per day. …”
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TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN SAUDI ARABIAN SCHOOLS USING SMARTPHONE APPS by Abdullah Alenezi

“…Results have suggested that smartphone applications have a positive influence on students’ computational skills. …”
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Vitamin D Level of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Semra Çetinkaya, Şenay Savaş Erdeve, Erhan Ozel, Mutlu Uysal Yazici, Emine Gulsah Torun

“…Aims: Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for autoimmune diseases such as diabetes mellitus. …”
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Study of Transformer Core Vibration and Noise Generation Mechanism Induced by Magnetostriction of Grain-Oriented Silicon Steel Sheet by He Qiang, Nie Jingkai, Zhang Songyang, Xiao Weimin, Ji Shengchang, Chen Xin

“…The core vibration and noise exhibit a significant correlation, while modal characteristics strongly influence the core vibration and noise intensity.…”
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Investigating Factors and Drivers of Livelihoods Change in Rural Households in Border Regions (Case Study: Minan district, Sarbaz township) by Javad Bazrafshan, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad, Najmeh Hamli

“…The study was considered applicable and used a descriptive-analytic method. To collect the data, questionnaire and interview instruments were utilized. …”
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