On the Singular Spectrum of the Radiation Operator for Multiple and Extended Observation Domains by Raffaele Solimene, Maria Antonia Maisto, Giuseppe Romeo, Rocco Pierri

“…The problem of studying how spatial diversity impacts on the spectrum (singular values) of the radiation operator is addressed. This topic is of great importance because of its connection with the so-called number of degrees of freedom concept which in turn is a key parameter in inverse source problems as well as to the problem of transmitting information by waves from a source domain to an observation domain. …”
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Generalized Reich–Ćirić–Rus-Type and Kannan-Type Contractions in Cone b-Metric Spaces over Banach Algebras by Yan Han, Shaoyuan Xu

“…At last, we prove that the completeness of cone b-metric spaces over Banach algebras is necessary if the generalized Kannan-type contraction has a fixed point in X. Our results greatly extend several important results in the literature. …”
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Effect of Several Naja atra Antivenom Injection Methods on the Rabbit Model of Naja naja atra Bite Poisoning by Jie Yang, Jin-Cheng Li, Zhou Huang, Dong-Ling Huang, Fan Wang, Wan-Xia Wei, Ji-Fei Nong, Feng Yang, Xue-Ling Lu, Jun-Rong Zhu, Wei Wang

“…Currently, the main therapy is the administration of Naja atra antivenom, which greatly reduces mortality. However, the antivenom is not particularly effective in the improvement of local tissue necrosis. …”
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The Quality Control of Tea by Near-Infrared Reflectance (NIR) Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by Ming-Zhi Zhu, Beibei Wen, Hao Wu, Juan Li, Haiyan Lin, Qin Li, Yinhua Li, Jianan Huang, Zhonghua Liu

“…Concern of variability in tea quality is increasing among consumers. It is of great significance to control quality for commercialized tea products. …”
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A Group Mining Method for Big Data on Distributed Vehicle Trajectories in WAN by Jie Yang, Xiaoping Li, Dandan Wang, Jia Wang

“…The intermediates are sent to the central node and clusters are generated adaptively. The great overhead of transferring big volume data is avoided by MCR-ACA, which improves the computing efficiency and guarantees the correctness of clustering. …”
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Current Status of the Open Abdomen Treatment for Intra-Abdominal Infection by Yujie Yuan, Jianan Ren, Yulong He

“…However, its application in patients with intra-abdominal infection still presents great challenges due to critical complications and poor clinical outcomes. …”
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Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: promise or peril? by Laurel J. Mengle-Gaw, Benjamin D. Schwartz

“…The discovery of two isoforms of the cyclooxygenase enzyme, COX-1 and COX-2, and the development of COX-2-specific inhibitors as anti-inflammatories and analgesics have offered great promise that the therapeutic benefits of NSAIDs could be optimized through inhibition of COX-2, while minimizing their adverse side effect profile associated with inhibition of COX-1. …”
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Long-Term Undesirable Consequences of Penile Skin Island Flap to Correct Penoescrotal Transposition: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Raquel Varea-Malo, Daniel Martínez Revuelta, Felix Campos-Juanatey, Paola Calleja Hermosa, Miguel Angel Correas Gómez

“…This condition is corrected surgically in the paediatric age, with a great variety of techniques available. Traditionally, a tubularized genital skin was used for one- or two-stage repairs. …”
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Convergence Insufficiency/Divergence Insufficiency Convergence Excess/Divergence Excess: Some Facts and Fictions by Edward Khawam, Bachir Abiad, Alaa Boughannam, Joanna Saade, Ramzi Alameddine

“…Great discrepancies are often encountered between the distance fixation and the near-fixation esodeviations and exodeviations. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of Traffic State and Congestion Propagation on Bidirectional Grid Network by Shu-bin Li, Bai-bai Fu, Jian-feng Zheng

“…In order to alleviate the traffic congestion and improve the network performance, the analysis of traffic state and congestion propagation has attracted a great interest. In this paper, an improved mesoscopic traffic flow model is proposed to capture the speed-density relationship on segments, the length of queue, the flow on links, and so forth, The self-developed dynamic traffic simulation software (DynaCHINA) is used to reproduce the traffic congestion and propagation in a bidirectional grid network for different demand levels. …”
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Tensile Behavior of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene at Different Temperatures by Jiquan Li, Yadong Jia, Taidong Li, Zhou Zhu, Hangchao Zhou, Xiang Peng, Shaofei Jiang

“…Temperature greatly influences the mechanical response of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). …”
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HUMPHRY DAVY NAS PÁGINAS DE PERIÓDICOS BRASILEIROS DO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XIX by Luiz C. A. Barbosa, Pedro G. M. Gomes, Carlos A. L. Figueiras

“…His career flourished after the great systematizations carried out at the final decades of the eighteenth century and the early years of the following century. …”
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Multiple Culprit Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient with Coronary Ectasia by Bruno da Silva Matte, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Felipe Homem Valle, Ana Maria Rocha Krepsky

“…Although routine aspiration thrombectomy in STEMI was not proven to be beneficial in randomized clinical trials, it was of great value in this case. We also discuss the relation between coronary ectasia, chronic inflammatory status, and increased platelet activity which may have caused plaque disruption in another already vulnerable vessel.…”
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Order, complexity, measure. The project between architecture and nature by Antonella Falzetti, Ina Macaione, Vera Autilio

“… The paper aims to show how modern technologies, including those coming from established habits – today with great possibilities – have shifted towards new building horizons with an ‘ecological conscience’, avoiding uncritically referring to nature as a salvific model, to be imitated and evoked, perhaps with formal and superficial operations. …”
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Creeping Ray Tracing Algorithm for Arbitrary NURBS Surfaces Based on Adaptive Variable Step Euler Method by Song Fu, Yun-Hua Zhang, Si-Yuan He, Xi Chen, Guo-Qiang Zhu

“…Although the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD) could be theoretically applied to arbitrarilyshaped convex objects modeled by nonuniform rational B-splines (NURBS), one of the great challenges in calculation of the UTD surface diffracted fields is the difficulty in determining the geodesic paths along which the creeping waves propagate on arbitrarilyshaped NURBS surfaces. …”
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Relacje pacjent-lekarz w psychiatrii aksjologicznej Antoniego Kępińskiego by Aleksandra Bulaczek

“…Kępiński was not a typical doctor who, with great dedication and reverence, fulfilled his duties towards patients. …”
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Personalization of thiopurine therapy: Current recommendations and future perspectives by Urbančič Dunja, Pasha Flaka, Šmid Alenka, Mlinarič-Raščan Irena

“…Despite great therapeutic advances in the field of biologics, small synthetic molecules such as thiopurines, including azathioprine, mercaptopurine, and thioguanine, remain an important therapeutic pillar in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, other autoimmune disorders, and cancer. …”
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Assessment of structural integrity of subsea wellhead system: analytical and numerical study by A.R. Maligno, R. Citarella, V.V. Silberschmidt, C. Soutis

“…This has led to a substantial increase in the weight and size of offshore equipment, which, in combination with different loading conditions related to the environmental factors acting on the vessel and riser, has greatly increased the loads acting on subsea well systems. …”
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Insurance of athlete's in the Republic of Serbia by Piljan Ivan, Piljan Tatjana, Lukić Marija

“…Given the importance of sport in modern society, which manifests itself through its educational effects and the great capital it brings, the principle of freedom to play sports is at its peak. …”
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Unusual Bronchial Foreign Bodies with Localized Bronchiectasis in Five Children by Xi-Ling Wu, Lei Wu, Zhi-Min Chen

“…As long as foreign body aspiration is diagnosed early and appropriately removed, the possibility of a lobectomy or even mortality is greatly reduced.…”
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