The Seasonal Correlation Between El Niño and Southern Oscillation Events and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the South China Sea from 1958 to 2024 by Jun Song, Lingxiang Yao, Junru Guo, Yanzhao Fu, Yu Cai, Meng Wang

“…This study utilizes high-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) reanalysis data (0.25° × 0.25°) to investigate the relationship between SST anomalies in the South China Sea and ENSO events. The main findings are as follows: First, there is a delayed correlation between ENSO and SST anomalies in the South China Sea, with the correlation being stronger during El Niño years than during La Niña years. …”
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ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY CALCULATION PROCEDURE FOR THE AUTOMATIC WATER-LEVEL REGULATING INVARIANT SYSTEM IN THE BOILER SHELL by A. N. Kuchorenko

“…For economic efficiency evaluation of the boiler-shell water level automatic regulation innovative system implementation as a system, the author proposes a technique allowing calculating the main components of the economic effect of its implementation. …”
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Proceedings of clinical trials on bile tract cancer by XIONG Yichen, YANG Ziyi, SANG Yuer, GONG Wei

“…So far, radical surgery is the main curative measure for BTC, most patients with BTC are already in progressive or advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. …”
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Theoretical Analysis on Distribution Pattern of Plastic Zone in Surrounding Rock of High-Gas-Coal Roadway by Chao Yuan, Liming Cao, Lei Fan, Jianqiang Guo

“…The circular and elliptical plastic zones are less sensitive to gas pressure, cohesion, and internal friction angle, whereas butterfly-shaped plastic zones are highly sensitive to these factors. The main manifestation of this sensitivity is that the four butterfly leaves degenerate rapidly with any decrease in the gas pressure or increase in the cohesion and internal friction angle. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on World Politics by M. M. Lebedeva

“…The article To understand the world political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the following parameters were analyzed: 1) the impact of the pandemic on the (mega)trends of world political development globalization / de-globalization, integration/ disintegration, democratization / de-democratization, 2) the political organization of the world, which includes three primary levels: a) the principles of the Westphalian system, the main of which is the principle of sovereignty; b) the system of interstate relations; c) the political systems of individual states. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning-Based Stereo Matching and Multi-View Stereo for Urban DSM Generation by Mario Fuentes Reyes, Pablo d’Angelo, Friedrich Fraundorfer

“…For this task, the two main used approaches are stereo matching and multi-view stereo (MVS). …”
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Investigating the Existence of Ribosomal Protein L5 Gene in Syrian Strain of Leishmania tropica Genome: Sequencing It and Evaluating Its Immune Response as DNA Vaccine by Mohammad Maarouf, Alyaa A. Abdlwahab

“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Syria is caused mainly by Leishmania tropica. It represents a serious health problem, which has aggravated further after the civil war in the country. …”
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Competitive strategies of internationalization, searching and creating markets by O. V. Mickhailov

“…The existing barriers for business internationalization are determined mainly by the traditional mental-goal oriented arrangements. …”
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Indigenous food sovereignty: Pathways for Native scholars by Mapuana Antonio, Joseph Brewer, Richard Elm-Hill, Michael Johnson, Tabitha Robin, A-Dae Romero-Briones, Lois Stevens, Keith Williams

“…As an intro­duction to the IFSEC, this column will briefly outline the centrality of food, place, and learning in Indigenous lifeways, the main differences between Indigenous and Western approaches to the food system, and some thoughts on the role of Indige­nous ways of knowing and being for the collective flourishing of humanity and all our relations, human and otherwise. …”
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Developing “You’re History, Pal!”: Employing Role-Playing Games as Pedagogical Instruments by Ștefana Iosif

“…As such, through a variety of role playing games, the students essentially take over the classroom, with the instructor’s main objective being to guide and mediate, removing their traditional teaching hat. …”
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Causes and Clinical Impact of Loss to Follow-Up in Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Hazem Abdelmotaal, Walid Ibrahim, Mohamed Sharaf, Khaled Abdelazeem

“…LTFU was defined as missing any follow-up visit for any interval exceeding 6 months, provided that patients eventually resumed care. Main outcome measures include rates and causes of LTFU. …”
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Public Administration’s Regulatory Acts: Classification Issues by V. R. Bila

“…Competent acts define the sphere of responsibility, main tasks and powers, managerial relations within the agency of public administration and its organizational and legal form; structural acts – the territorial and functional structure of public administration agencies, distribution of powers, etc., statutory acts – the procedure of management and functioning of public institution. …”
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Space-based long term condition monitoring of cold region pavement with PS-InSAR by Yusheng Jiang, Xiong Yu

“…Time series displacement across five distinct persistent scatterers (PSs) groups at different locations were obtained. From these, three main seasonal vertical ground deformation patterns were identified, each reflecting the diverse subsurface soil characteristics across the sites. …”
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Anti-Abortion Mobilization in Latin America: Signs of a Field in Transformation by Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, María Angélica Peñas-Defago, Camila Gianella Malca

“…Drawing on evidence from case studies of countries in the region, this article analyses the main characteristics of contemporary anti-abortion activism in Latin America. …”
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Socio-epidemiological Variables of Female Infertility in Camagüey Province by Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yoánderson Pérez Díaz, Nurys Vázquez Rodríguez, Yanira González Ronquillo

“…Obesity (13.5 %) turned out to be the main personal history. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> female infertility is determined by several factors, including epidemiological ones, such as toxic habits, nutritional status, personal history, among others, mostly modifiable, which can be treated from Primary Health…”
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Algorithm and mathematical model for geometric positioning of segments on aspherical composite mirror by B. Conquet, L. F. Zambrano, N. K. Artyukhina, R. V. Fiodоrtsev, A. R. Silie

“…In recent years, the largest terrestrial and orbital telescopes operating in a wide spectral range of wavelengths use the technology of segmented composite elements to form the main mirror. This approach allows: to expand the spectral operating range from 0.2 to 11.0 μm and to increase the diameter of the entrance pupil of the receiving optical system, while maintaining the optimal value of the exponent mS– mass per unit area.Two variants of adjusting the position of mirror segments are considered when forming an aspherical surface of the second order, with respect to the base surface of the nearest sphere, including geometrical and opto-technical positioning.The purpose of the research was to develop an algorithm for solving the problem of geometric positioning of hexagonal segments of a mirror telescope, constructing an optimal circuit for traversing elements when aligning to the nearest radius to an aspherical surface, and also to program the output calculation parameters to verify the adequacy of the results obtained.Various methods for forming arrays from regular hexagonal segments with equal air gaps between them are considered. …”
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Willingness to Pay for Safe Chicken Meat in Bangladesh: A Contingent Valuation Approach by Sourav Mohan Saha, Md. Masudul Haque Prodhan, Md. Shahidur Rahman, A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque, Khandkar Iffah, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan

“…The results reveal that conventional broiler meat losses its appeal to consumers after a certain income level and is mainly consumed by lower- and middle-income groups. …”
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Discovery of Anti-inflammatory Peptides from Channa argus Using Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking, and Cell Model by XIANG Huan, LU Meiming, CHEN Shengjun, HUANG Hui, HU Xiao, ZHAO Yongqiang, WEI Ya

“…Peptides KF, PR, NC, YR, WEL, QWWR and DEECWF exhibited high-affinity binding to TRL2 and TRL4 mainly through hydrogen bonding. These peptides were found to increase cell viability and inhibit the overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) and inflammatory factors (tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.7 cells, indicating their anti-inflammatory activity. …”
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The lived experience of intensive care unit nurses caring for patients with COVID-19: A phenomenological study by Mehraban Shahmari, Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Akram Ghobadi, Elhameh Nasiri

“…The mean age of the participants was 32 years and the mean work experience in the critical department was six years. The three main themes that emerged from the data analysis in this study included conflicting emotions, the emergence of a new image of nursing, and the crystallization of professional nursing. …”
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RITUXIMAB VERSUS SPLENECTOMY IN CHRONIC PRIMARY ITP: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE HEMATOLOGY CLINIC by Rawanda Shamoon, Ahmed Khudair Yassin, Sarah Laith Alnuaimi

“… Objective: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired immune-mediated disease that lacks an underlying etiology. Steroids are the main first-line treatment of ITP, while the second-line treatment consists primarily of splenectomy and rituximab. …”
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