Monsters and Heroes: The Ironies of Black Subjectivity in Stephen Crane’s The Monster and Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground by Joseph L. Lewis

“…Je pose alors la question suivante : dans quelle mesure les origines culturelles peuvent-elles orienter la réception des images littéraires et influencer la manière de présenter ces images dans la littérature américaine ? J'observe la tendance des écrivains noirs américains à critiquer et parodier les définitions de race, d'identité et de représentation des écrivains blancs américains en étudiant précisément cette interaction, par une lecture croisée des textes de Crane et de Wright. …”
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Treatment of tardive dyskinesia caused by long-term antipsychotic use: case reports and literature review by I. Pabarčiūtė, M. Karnickas

“…The patient had been taking antipsychotics for about 20 years, the first dyskinetic movements were observed ~10 years ago (various jerks) and described in 2014 (champing). …”
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Mechanical behavior of external root resorption cavities restored with different materials: a 3D-FEA study by H. Akgün, E. Kalyoncuoğlu

“…Results The highest von Mises stress value in the dentin was observed in the unrestored coronal cavity model (99.00 MPa). …”
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Revealing the Impact of Understory Fires on Stem Survival in Palms (Arecaceae): An Experimental Approach Using Predictive Models by Marcus Vinicius de Athaydes Liesenfeld

“…The variation in morphology among species appeared to be more important than the amount of heat flux applied to each individual involved in the experiment, as no significant difference was observed in the time–temperature history measured. …”
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Multifractal Analysis of Temporal Variation in Soil Pore Distribution by Yanhui Jia, Yayang Feng, Xianchao Zhang, Xiulu Sun

“…This study employs multifractal analysis to assess the temporal variation in soil pore distribution, a pivotal factor in soil structure. Field observation data were collected in a sandy loam area of the People’s Victory Canal Irrigation scheme in Henan Province, China. …”
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Osteoarthritis-related knee pain: MRI-guided focused ultrasound ablation treatment by Christin A. Tiegs-Heiden, Zaiyang Long, Aiming Lu, Krzysztof R. Gorny, Gina K. Hesley

“…Similar pain reduction was observed in two small series of MRgFUS treatment of knee pain from Japan. …”
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Assessment of Water Poverty Index (WPI) Under Changing Land Use/Land Cover in a Riverine Ecosystem of Central India by Girish Kumar, M. M. Singh, Dheeraj Kumar Singh, Bal Krishan Choudhary , Vijay Kumar Singh Rathore and Pramod Kumar

“…It also becomes evident that areas with limited land use and land cover (LULC) extensions exhibit lower Water Productivity Index (WPI), primarily due to their reliance on agricultural land. It is observed that alterations, reductions, or modifications in LULC lead to changes in multiple aspects of agricultural land, resulting in noticeable variations in various metrics. …”
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The inoculum potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil amended with swine slurry by A. S. Nakatani, G. S. Machineski, A. S. Scaramal, A. Colozzi-Filho

“…Results: A greater amount of external mycelium was observed in soil under no-tillage, while mycorrhizal fungal abundance spore density was greater in soil under conventional tillage. …”
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Outcomes of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination in a Private Women Health Clinic in Lebanon by Muhieddine Seoud, Iman Jaafar, Rayan Ghanem, Christiane Soubhieh, Abdallah Adra, Anwar Nassar, Ali Khalil

“…Conclusions. In this observational study, we report the successful introduction of HPVV with negligible adverse events. …”
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Value Chain Analysis of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in Banja District, Awi Zone, Ethiopia by Mulat Mengstu, Asmamaw Alemu, Chernet Worku, Sosina Bezie

“…Primary data were collected from direct value chain actors such as 122 sampled households, 13 traders, 16 processors, and 30 final users through semistructured interview schedules, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and personal observation. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and value chain analysis were employed to analyze the data. …”
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Study on the Correlation between Interleukin-27 and CXCL10 in Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Jiahui Fan, Yefeng Yang, Liang Wang, Xiaoqian Shang, Li Zhang, Hu Sun, Yujie Ma, Ying Li, Jing Wang, Xiumin Ma

“…Immunohistochemical staining and qRT-PCR were used to observe the expression of interleukin-27, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11. …”
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Evaluation of Mucous Retention Cyst Prevalence on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Local Population of Iran by Homa Rastegar, Fereshteh Osmani

“…The MRC diagnosis was confirmed by observation of a dome-shaped radiopaque view on the floor or sinus walls with a smooth surface with no cortical margin. …”
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Contact patches of radial tires with different length-to-width ratiosunder static loads by Fengliang Qiao, Zhaojie Shen, Yuxia Kang

“…Minimal differences in contact area were observed among tires with different aspect ratios under the same static load. …”
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Effects of Coarse and Fine Crushed Clay Brick Content on the Compressive Strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete and the Microscopic Mechanism by Jin Chang, Shi-lin Luo, Aierken Ailifeila, Lin-lin Chong, Jian-qing Jiang

“…The compressive strength tests, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests were performed on RAC and natural aggregate concrete (NAC) containing different coarse and fine crushed clay brick contents. …”
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Assessment of Artificial Intelligence Models for Developing Single-Value and Loop Rating Curves by Majid Niazkar, Mohammad Zakwan

“…The comparison was conducted on the basis of several widely used performance evaluation criteria. It was observed that no model outperformed others for all datasets and metrics considered, which demonstrates that the best method may be different from one case to another one. …”
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Conductive Composite Biosensor System for Electrochemical Indinavir Drug Detection by Natasha Ross, Nicolette Hendricks-Leukes, Rachel Fanelwa Ajayi, Priscilla Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha

“…A concentration-dependent increase in Ip,c was observed in response to consecutive additions of Indinavir.…”
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Cervical Cancer Visual Screening Experience in the Republic of Tajikistan by Nilufar Muhsinzoda, Alex Bingjie Yuan, Rustam Tursunov

“…In the follow-up period (6-48 months), complete recovery after 136 LEEP, 21 conizations, and 7 hysterectomies were observed in 97% (5 recurrences of non-invasive disease). …”
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Determination of Polyphenols, Capsaicinoids, and Vitamin C in New Hybrids of Chili Peppers by Zsuzsa Nagy, Hussein Daood, Zsuzsanna Ambrózy, Lajos Helyes

“…The major capsaicinoids had a decreasing tendency in Bandai and Chili 3735 hybrids, while no change was observed in Beibeihong and Lolo during ripening. Nine polyphenol compounds were detected including 8 flavonoids and a nonflavonoid compound in the pods of all hybrids. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Rock Plate Cutting with Three Sides Fixed and One Side Free by Zhenguo Lu, Lirong Wan, Qingliang Zeng, Xin Zhang, Kuidong Gao

“…A binomial relationship was observed between the peak force and cutting angel. …”
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Formation of a zirconium oxide crystal nucleus in the initial nucleation stage in aluminosilicate glass investigated by X-ray multiscale analysis by Yohei Onodera, Yasuyuki Takimoto, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Qing Li, Hiroo Tajiri, Toshiaki Ina, Shinji Kohara

“…We conducted an X-ray multiscale analysis, and this analysis was used to observe the structure from the atomic to the nanometer scale by using diffraction, small-angle scattering, absorption, and anomalous scattering techniques. …”
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