Individual differences in developmental trajectory leave a male polyphenic signature in bulb mite populations by Deere, Jacques A., Smallegange, Isabel M.

“…When alternative phenotypes show different life history trajectories, developmental plasticity can also affect, and be affected by, population size-structure in an eco-evolutionary interaction. Developmental plasticity often functions to anticipate future conditions but it can also mitigate current stress conditions. …”
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Dynamic Coupling Analysis of Vehicle-Bridge System for Long-Span Suspension Bridge Based on Backpropagation Neural Network Method by Zuolong Luo, Xiaobo Zheng, Haoyun Yuan, Xirong Niu

“…As the suspension bridge structures become more flexible and the forms of the vehicle load become more diverse, the dynamic coupling problem of the vehicle-bridge system has become gradually prominent in long-span suspension bridges, resulting in an increase in accuracy and efficiency requirements for dynamic coupling analysis of the vehicle-bridge system. …”
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A Mutation in IL4RA Is Associated with the Degree of Pathology in Human TB Patients by Christoph Hölscher, Lisa Heitmann, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Rolf D. Horstmann, Christian G. Meyer, Stefan Ehlers, Thorsten Thye

“…To validate our results in human TB patients, we here determined the association of distinct variants of the IL4, IL13, IL4RA, IL13RA1, and IL13RA2 genes with cavity formation in a large Ghanaian cohort of HIV-negative individuals with newly diagnosed pulmonary TB. In fact, the structural variant of the IL4RA I50V, previously shown to result in enhanced signal transduction, was significantly associated with greater cavity size, and a variant of IL13RA2 was associated with disease in females. …”
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Security environment of the state in the context of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine activities by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The article investigates the essence of the “security environment” concept, which has recently been used to define the goals and areas of the security and defence sector of Ukraine, and also identifies its structural elements. The term “security environment” is a combination of two concepts – “security” and “environment”. …”
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Exploring the novel environmentally friendly highly hydrophobic TiO2 coating for enhanced anti-corrosion performance of steel in potential industrial applications by Haewon Byeon, J. Sunil

“…In this study, the structural and morphological properties and the corrosion resistance of mild steel (MS) plates were enhanced through the development of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles applied using the doctor blade coating method. …”
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The question of strains in AA amyloidosis by Gunilla T. Westermark, Ebba Nyström, Sofie Nyström, K. Peter R. Nilsson, Per Hammarström, Per Westermark

“…The combined results support the hypothesis that AA amyloid fibril structures can vary depending on the seed and may manifest as amyloid strains.…”
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Experimental Study on Physical Similar Model of Fault Activation Law Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Monitoring by Dingding Zhang, Yanyan Duan, Wengang Du, Jing Chai

“…The impact ground pressure in coal mining is closely related to the fault structure, and the fault activation pattern is different when the working face advances along the upper and lower plates of the fault, respectively. …”
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Experiences of healthcare professionals returning to work post breast cancer diagnosis in China: A descriptive qualitative study by Bijun Mao, Ya Shen, Yan Chen, Peihong Zhou, Yuping Pan

“…A descriptive qualitative study was conducted to investigate the experiences of healthcare professionals returning to work following breast cancer diagnosis. 20 doctors and nurses were interviewed face-to-face with a semi-structured interview guide in three municipal hospitals. …”
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The Serbian version of the Pandemic-Related Pregnancy Stress Scale (PREPS-SRB)-A validation study. by Konstantin Kostić, Aleksandra Kostić, Aleksandra Petrović, Andrija Vasilijević, Jelena Milin-Lazović

“…The CFA showed very good fit indices for the Serbian sample, confirming the factor structure of the original English version. The RMSEA value of 0.056 (0.036-0.075) and values for fit indices TLI (0.961) and CFI (0.974) were above the cut-off of ≥0.95, indicating an excellent fit. …”
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Etiology of Tendency Toward Using Cannabis: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Teenager’s Consumers by Soodabeh Rostami, Atousa Kalantar Hormozi, Mohammad Asgari, Ezzatollah Kordmirza Nikoozadeh

“…This qualitative study utilized a descriptive phenomenological method, conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 11 teenagers aged 17-20 years old who used cannabis at least once a week in Mashhad city (Iran) in 2022. …”
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Multifunctional Proteins Bridge Mitosis with Motility and Cancer with Inflammation and Arthritis by Jihong Jiang, Rosaely Casalegno-Garduno, Helen Chen, Anita Schmitt, Michael Schmitt, Christopher A. Maxwell

“…For these and other genes/proteins, we will highlight points of structural and functional intersection during cellular division and differentiation, as well as states associated with cancer, such as tumor-initiation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). …”
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Patient experiences and discomfort associated with mid-palatal temporary skeletal anchorage devices by Aoife P. Barry, Vanessa Knode, Padhraig S. Fleming, Björn Ludwig

“…Abstract Background Mid-palatal placement of temporary skeletal anchorage devices (TSADs) has become increasingly popular among clinicians due to high success rates, low associated risk and streamlining and enhanced customization of associated supra-structures. There is however limited patient data in relation to associated experiences and impacts. …”
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Is the Retinal Vasculature Related to β-Peripapillary Atrophy in Nonpathological High Myopia? An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study in Chinese Adults by Jiao Sun, Jialin Wang, Ran You, Yanling Wang

“…There was a negative correlation between β-peripapillary atrophy and the retinal vasculature in highly myopic eyes, especially in radial peripapillary capillaries and deep retinal plexus. β-peripapillary atrophy can be visualized and is a convenient structural feature that can benefit the early diagnosis and detection of chorioretinal atrophy in high myopia.…”
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Commonality of Virulence-Promoting Function in Rhodococcus equi Virulence Associated Proteins (Vaps) by Timothy R. Ganderton, Daniel Ghete, Karen Hogg, Graeme J. Park, Christoph G. Baumann, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Paul R. Pryor

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Features of the receiving of piezoelectric thin films by plasma spraying of powdery AlN by V. S. Feshchenko, K. N. Zyablyuk, E. A. Senokosov, V. I. Chukita, D. A. Kiselev

“…Information on the modernization of the VUP-5 installation, which allowed to spray the AlN film from the powdered state, is given.One of the significant advantages of the process developed in this work is that the substrate is heated to temperatures no higher than 300 oC, which in turn allows to combine this technology with the technology of silicon semiconductor devices.As a result, films with a thickness of 200 nm on various substrates were obtained and their surface structure was studied. It is shown that AlN films deposited on single crystal substrates such as diamond and silicon have the least roughness, while films on sitall have the worst roughness.The transmission spectra of the obtained AlN films were investigated by IR spectroscopy. …”
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Optimizing heat transfer in a finned rectangular latent heat storage system using response surface methodology by Mohammadreza Ebrahimnataj Tiji, Sina Rezaei, Khashayar Hosseinzadeh, Sami Kaplan, Pouyan Talebizadehsardari, Amir Keshmiri

“…The findings show that, in comparison to other designs, a symmetric fin structure with greater fin surface areas at the bottom of the chamber greatly increases melting rates, heat transfer efficiency, and shortens melting times by up to 57 %. …”
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Subjective Career Success in The Modern Career: A Parallel Mediation of Perceived Internal and External Employability by Syahrizal Syahrizal, Tika Rahma Yani Siregar

“…To test the hypotheses, a quantitative approach incorporating structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed using SmartPLS 4.0. …”
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Psychological Characteristics and Health Behavior for Juvenile Delinquency Groups by Fangbin Song, Ruihua Li, Wei Wang, Shenyu Zhang

“…Firstly, the YPPQ scores of different groups were compared, and a structured interview was conducted on the reasons for the crime of the problem youth group. …”
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High-Performance Computational Early Warning Analysis of Agricultural Economy Relying on Binary Fuzzy Cluster Analysis Algorithm by Fang Tang

“…The results and the use of integrated pollutant index evaluation method results are consistent, indicating that the use of fuzzy clustering model for water quality evaluation is practical and effective. Its functional structure includes management business, innovation business, service business, production business, and operation business functions, in addition to the design of the collection and storage scheme based on Hadoop data warehouse, to achieve accurate matching of information of science and technology agricultural services in the whole agricultural industry chain. …”
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Mondialisation et nouvelle mobilité des élites africaines by Michel Lesourd

“…In spite of increasing social inequalities in the economic context marked by structural adjustment since the 1980s, an African elite has raised on the basis of entrepreneurship either formal or informal. …”
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