Examining Psychological Elements in the Works of Khaled Hosseini by Shaghayegh Tamizifar, Mohammad Ebrahim Irajpour, Zahra Aghababaii

“…Khaled Hosseini, the acclaimed Afghan-American novelist, is renowned for his poignant narratives that delve beyond mere storytelling into the complexities of psychology and sociology. …”
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The Islamic State" in the Context of Political Changes in the Middle East by A. A. Kuznetsov

“…Author realizes in this article: research of the genesis and causes of appearance of the movement "Islamic State"; analysis of the sociopolitical and geopolitical situation of the Iraqi Sunni community after the American invasion of 2003; bringing to the light factors of the high scale propagation of the Islamic extremism in Syria and Iraq; research of the military and political potential of the "Islamic State" and factors which could impede its expansion. …”
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New spirometry recommendations from the Brazilian Thoracic Association - 2024 update by André Luís Pereira de Albuquerque, Danilo C Berton, Eloara Vieira Machado Ferreira Álvares S Campos, Fernando José Pinho Queiroga-Júnior, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana, Bruno de Moraes Santos Wong, Diane Rezende Batista, Felipe Xavier de Melo, Fernando Moacyr Fragoso Didier-Neto, João Adriano de Barros, João Marcos Salge, José Alberto Neder, Juliane Penalva Costa Serra, Larissa Rego Voss, Marcelo Bicalho de Fuccio, Maria Raquel Soares, Mariana Lafeta Lima, Paulo Roberto Araújo Mendes, Roberto Rodrigues-Junior, Saulo Maia D’Avila Melo, Sílvia Carla Sousa Rodrigues, Thamine Lessa, Carlos Alberto de Castro Pereira, Helen Moreira Coutinho

“…ABSTRACT The latest pulmonary function guideline from the Brazilian Thoracic Association was published in 2002, since which there have been updates to international guidelines (mainly those from the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society), as well as new national and international publications on various aspects of the performance, interpretation, and clinical implications of spirometry. …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Histopathology, and Imaging of Traumatic Injuries Caused by Brazilian Porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) Quills by Lívia M. Araújo Jorge, Fred Bernardes Filho, Fabrício Lamy, Laila Klotz A. Balassiano, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey C. Frade

“…Herein we report two unusual cases of accidents involving humans and the South American porcupine. The Sphiggurus villosus spines removed from scalp skin were also documented through Scanning Electron Microscopy.…”
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Bridging Cultural Capital: Youth-Driven Communication as a Catalyst for Well-Being in Film Festival Participation by Angelo Puccia, L. Javier Cabeza-Ramírez, Manuel Márquez de los Santos, Miguel González-Mohíno

“…This study examines an innovative communication strategy introduced by the Ibero-American Film Festival of Huelva (FCIH), which incorporates young communicators (JCC) to enhance traditional outreach efforts. …”
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People against the challenges of the era: The English Department at the Jagiellonian University (1945–1952) – an outline of the problem by Tomasz Pudłocki

“…Thanks to the help of the New York Kosciuszko Foundation, the Department received a collection of several thousands of books, a few young American grantees of the Foundation joined the teaching staff, and some of the outstanding academics and students (e.g. …”
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A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus/Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis Overlap Syndrome with Dissociated Pathological and Immunological Findings by Kazuhiko Kato, Tetsuya Kawamura, Risa Terashima, Yukiko Tsuchiya, Yasuhito Takahashi, Kenji Kasai, Takashi Yokoo

“…SLE was suspected due to the identification of four items from the diagnostic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, including positivity for anti-ds-DNA and antinuclear antibodies. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Efficacy of Two Novel Desensitising Dentifrices by Ashley P. Barlow, Jane He, Cindy Tian, Peter Jeffery, Stephen C. Mason, Bao-Jun Tai, Han Jiang, Gareth D. Rees, Min Quan Du

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Carbon finance for forest resilience in California by Micah Elias, Ethan Yackulic, Katharyn Duffy, Katharyn Duffy, Phil Saksa, Daniel L. Sanchez, Nicholas Pevzner, Spencer Plumb, Jillian Dyszynski, Carina Bracer

“…Restoring a resilient forest structure in California’s American River watershed in the Sierra Nevada mountains can generate up to $6,100 per acre in carbon revenue from increased forest carbon and market-ready biomass utilization pathways, potentially fully funding forest management. …”
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Music’s Vibratory Enchantments and Epistemic Injustices. Reflecting on Thirty Years of Feminist Thought in Music Theory by Judy Lochhead

“…Music is often described as having magical powers to enchant listeners, but it has an equally and often unremarked magical effect on performers and scholars contemplating music. North American music theory has done little to address music’s enchantments, preferring to frame its discourse around empiricism and objectivity. …”
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The Toxoplasma rhoptry protein ROP55 is a major virulence factor that prevents lytic host cell death by Margarida T. Grilo Ruivo, Ji-hun Shin, Todd Lenz, Stephanie Y. Matsuno, Katherine Olivia Yanes, Arnault Graindorge, Maguy Hamie, Laurence Berry-Sterkers, Mathieu Gissot, Hiba El Hajj, Karine G. Le Roch, Melissa B. Lodoen, Maryse Lebrun, Diana Marcela Penarete-Vargas

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Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment by Ramzi G Salloum, Mohammed Jawad, Aya Mostafa, Yousef Khader, Rima Nakkash, Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh, Ali Chalak, Ruba Abla, Sameera Awawda

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Klasifikasi Sinyal Phonocardiogram Menggunakan Short Time Fourier Transform dan Convolutional Neural Network by Muhammad Alwi Adnan Amal, Dodi Zulherman, Rahmat Widadi

“… Berdasarkan laporan American Heart Association, penyakit kardiovaskular menjadi penyebab kematian global tertinggi. …”
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Reciprocal regulation between DNMT3A/3B and microRNAs miRs-299-3p/-30e is a causal factor for the downregulation of microRNAs targeting androgen receptor in prostate cancer by Kavya Ganapathy, Christian F. Harrs, Samuel Harris, Stephen J. Staklinski, Ayman Khatib, Jong Y. Park, Ratna Chakrabarti

“…Here we report that miR-34c, an AR targeting miRNA and miR-299-3p, both are differentially downregulated in PCa cells from African American (AA) and Caucasian American (CA) patients due to disparate promoter hypermethylation in these miRNA genes. …”
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Entanglement generation and stabilization by coherent collisions by A. Mert Bozkurt, Rosa López, Sungguen Ryu

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Abrasive Layer Cracking Analysis and Strength Evaluation of High-Speed Grinding Wheels by Yaofeng Guo, Guanwen Qian, Yizhen Li, Tengfei Ye, Shaojie Li, Chao Liu, Gaoliang Zhang, Benchao Xu, Liuhong Ma

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Structure Characterization of a Disordered Peptide Using In-Droplet Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Dynamics by Mohammad A. Rahman, Mst Nigar Sultana, Daud Sharif, Sultan Mahmud, Justin Legleiter, Peng Li, Blake Mertz, Stephen J. Valentine

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Water-Soluble Mn(III)-Porphyrins with High Relaxivity and Photosensitization by Tamas Nemeth, Agnès Pallier, Çetin Çelik, Zoltán Garda, Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata, Hisao Masai, Éva Tóth, Yoko Yamakoshi

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High-Mobility Electrons in Aqueous Iodide Solutions by Fabio Novelli, Adrian Buchmann, Iqra Yousaf, Lion-Luca Stiewe, Wibke Bronsch, Federico Cilento, Claudius Hoberg, Martina Havenith

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Physics-guided actor-critic reinforcement learning for swimming in turbulence by Christopher Koh, Laurent Pagnier, Michael Chertkov

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