The Explicit Expression of the Drazin Inverse and Its Application by Xiaoji Liu, Shaowu Huang, Liang Xu, Yaoming Yu

“…We give explicit expressions of (P±Q)d of two matrices P and Q, in terms of P, Q, Pd, and Qd, (P±I)d, under the condition that PQ=P, and apply the result to finding an explicit representation for the Drazin inverse of some 2×2 block matrix.…”
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Voice Quality Modelling for Expressive Speech Synthesis by Carlos Monzo, Ignasi Iriondo, Joan Claudi Socoró

“…A harmonic plus noise model (HNM) was used to modify VoQ and prosodic parameters that were extracted from an expressive speech corpus. …”
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Asymptotic Periodicity of a Higher-Order Difference Equation by Stevo Stevic

“…We give a complete picture regarding the asymptotic periodicity of positive solutions of the following difference equation: xn=f(xn−p1,…,xn−pk,xn−q1,…,xn−qm), n∈ℕ0, where pi, i∈{1,…,k}, and qj, j∈{1,…,m}, are natural numbers such that p1<p2<⋯<pk, q1<q2<⋯<qm and gcd(p1,…,pk,q1,…,qm)=1, the function f∈C[(0,∞)k+m, (α,∞)], α>0, is increasing in the first k arguments and decreasing in other m arguments, there is a decreasing function g∈C[(α,∞),(α,∞)] such that g(g(x))=x, x∈(α,∞), x=f(x,…,x︸k,g(x),…,g(x)︸m), x∈(α,∞), limx→α+g(x)=+∞, and limx→+∞g(x)=α. …”
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Mind you: an enunciative description by Graham Ranger

“…This mechanism is doubly retroactive when mind you is in final position relative to q, i.e. "p q, mind you". I will then consider two suggestions as to the diachronic sources of the mind you sequence, favouring the hypothesis that this use has developed from an inverted imperative construction. …”
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Prospective Multicenter Open-Label One-Arm Trial Investigating a Pumpkin Seed, Isoflavonoids, and Cranberry Mix in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Pilo... by Elie Nemr, Elie El Helou, Georges Mjaess, Albert Semaan, Josselin Abi Chebel

“…IPSS improved from 15 (Q1 : 12–Q3 : 17) in visit 1, to 11 (Q1 : 8–Q3 : 14) in visit 2, and to 9 (Q1 : 6–Q3 : 12) in visit 3 (p<0.001). uQoL improved from 4 (3–4) in visit 1, to 3 (2–3) in visit 2, and to 2 (1–2) in visit 3 (p<0.001). …”
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Synthesis and Optical Characterization of Mixed Ligands Beryllium Complexes for Display Device Applications by Vandna Nishal, Devender Singh, Raman Kumar Saini, Vijeta Tanwar, Shri Bhagwan, Sonika Kadyan, Ishwar Singh, Pratap Singh Kadyan

“…Synthesis and photoluminescent behaviour of mixed ligand based beryllium complexes with 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HPB) and 5-chloro-8-hydroxyquinoline (Clq) or 5,7-dichloro-8-hydroxyquinoline (Cl2q) or 2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (Meq) or 8-hydroxyquinoline (q) are reported in this work. …”
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Retrospective and Prospective Investigations about “Quatrefoil” Erythrocytes in Canine Blood Smears by Alessandra Gavazza, Marianna Ricci, Martina Brettoni, Biancaurora Gugliucci, Anna Pasquini, Daniela Rispoli, Nicola Bernabò, George Lubas

“…The presence of unusual two RBCs patterns (so-called “quatrefoil RBCs,” qRBCs) on canine blood smears at Optical Microscope (OM) was seen during routine evaluation of CBCs. …”
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Measuring Visual Function Using the MultiQuity System: Comparison with an Established Device by Patrycja Smolarek-Kasprzak, John M. Nolan, Stephen Beatty, Jessica Dennison, Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Robert Kuchling, Jim Stack, Graham O’Regan

“…To compare measures of visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) from the Thompson Xpert 2000 and MultiQuity (MiQ) devices. Methods. Corrected distance VA (CDVA) and CS were measured in the right eye of 73 subjects, on an established system (Thompson Xpert) and a novel system (MiQ 720). …”
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Analgesic Effect of Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block at the L2 Level in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: A Single-Center, Randomized Control... by Ying He, Mingying Huang, Qiangui Zhong, Huijuan Ni, Zenggui Yu, Xinjian Zhang

“…Results. 30 patients in group Q and 29 patients in group C were included in the statistical analysis. …”
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Rare variants in previously identified linkage regions associated with carotid plaque in Dominican Republic families. by Nicole D Dueker, Ashley Beecham, Liyong Wang, Chuanhui Dong, Ralph L Sacco, Susan H Blanton, Tatjana Rundek

“…We have previously shown measures of carotid plaque to be heritable in a sample of 100 Dominican families and found evidence for linkage and association of common variants (CVs) on 7q36, 11p15, 14q32 and 15q23 with plaque presence. …”
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Vitamin D Predicts All-Cause and Cardiac Mortality in Females with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Comparison with Brain Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Pr... by Patrycja A. Naesgaard, Ricardo A. León de la Fuente, Stein Tore Nilsen, Leik Woie, Torbjoern Aarsland, Harry Staines, Dennis W. T. Nilsen

“…In women, the univariate hazard ratio (HR) for total death of 25(OH)D in Quartile (Q) 2 versus Q1, Q3 versus Q1, and Q4 versus Q1 was 0.55 (95% CI 0.33–0.93), 0.29 (95% CI 0.15–0.55), and 0.13 (95% CI 0.06–0.32), respectively. …”
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Evaluating Sampling Uncertainty in the Quantitative 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Lignin by Shrikant Shivaji Pawade, Lauri Toom, Koit Herodes, Ivo Leito

“…In recent years, lignin analysis utilizing quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) has attracted considerable interest and has been the subject of numerous studies. …”
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Improved Reactivity of Fly Ash-Slag Geopolymer by the Addition of Silica Fume by N. K. Lee, G. H. An, K. T. Koh, G. S. Ryu

“…From these results, it was found that the replacement of fly ash with the silica fume led to a significant decrease in the Q4(1Al) and an increase in the Q4(2Al), Q4(3Al), and Q4(4Al). …”
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High-Risk Microgranular Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with a Five-Way Complex Translocation Involving PML-RARA by Benjamin Powers, Diane Persons, Deepthi Rao, Janet Woodroof, Tara L. Lin

“…Subsequent FISH and cytogenetic analysis revealed a unique translocation involving five chromosomal regions: 9q34, 17q21, 15q24, 12q13, and 15q26.1. Molecular testing demonstrated PML/RARA fusion transcripts. …”
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Double-Hit Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia with IGH/MYC and IGH/CCND1 Translocations by Masato Yasumi, Takaya Endo, Hiroshi Sata, Takahiro Karasuno

“…Cytogenetic analysis revealed 47, Y, t (X; 8;14) (q24; q24; q32), t (11; 14) (q13; q32), and +18. …”
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Global long-run convergence of carbon emissions and intensity vis-à-vis countries' industrial profiles by Yigang Wei, Tsun Se Cheong, Michal Wojewodzki, Xunpeng Shi

“…We ranked the countries based on the two factors and grouped them into four quartiles (Q1 to Q4) for each factor, resulting in eight subsamples. …”
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The semigroup of nonempty finite subsets of rationals by Reuben Spake

“…Let Q be the additive group of rational numbers and let ℛ be the additive semigroup of all nonempty finite subsets of Q. …”
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A new class of infinite products, and Euler's totient by Geoffrey B. Campbell

“…We introduce some new infinite products, the simplest being(1−y)∏k=2∞∏j∈ϕk(1−ykqj)1/k=(1−y1−qy)1/(1−q),where ϕk is the set of positive integers less than and relatively prime to k, valid for |y|∧|qy| both less than unity, with q≠1. …”
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On the existence of solution of a two-point boundary value problem in a cylindrical floating zone by Shi Yongdong, Du Liangsheng

“…On the basis of the upper-lower solution method and Schauder's fixed point theorem, it is proved that the problem admits a solution when 0≤Q≤12.683. This improves a recent result where 0≤Q<1.…”
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Some Results for the Drazin Inverses of the Sum of Two Matrices and Some Block Matrices by Abdul Shakoor, Hu Yang, Ilyas Ali

“…We give a formula of (P+Q)D under the conditions P2Q+QPQ=0, P3Q=0, and PQPQ=0. …”
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