Concentração no varejo alimentar brasileiro: o grupo Carrefour na encruzilhada? by Juscelino Eudâmidas Bezerra

“…The French group Carrefour stands out as the current leader in the sector and pioneer in the national territory since 1975. …”
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Association of Autoantibodies against M2-Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor with Atrial Fibrosis in Atrial Fibrillation Patients by Guiling Ma, Xuejiao Wu, Lijun Zeng, Jiawei Jin, Xingpeng Liu, Jianjun Zhang, Lin Zhang

“…To investigate the association of serum autoantibodies against M2-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (anti-M2-R) with atrial fibrosis in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. …”
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Estimating health state utilities for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the United States by Berrin Monteleone, Katie Forster, Gin Nie Chua, Rongrong Zhang, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Castellano, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Health states included: “bedridden/no motor function,” “head control,” “sitting unassisted,” “standing with support,” “walking with assistance.” …”
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The role of sodium-nickel chloride (Na-NiCl2) batteries in managing uncertainty and renewable sources for empowering hybrid energy systems using bi-level CONOPT-based optimization by Abdallah Aldosary

“…In the realm of integrated energy systems, the allocation of energy storage capacity stands as a critical challenge. Renewable energy resources (RERs), with their inherent variability and intermittency, pose a threat to grid stability and reliability. …”
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Patellofemoral mechanics after uniplane open wedge high tibial osteotomy is superior to those after biplane open wedge high tibial osteotomy by Yi Zheng, Bin Yang, Decheng Meng, Zhijie Wang, Naihao Pan, Chen Feng, Juan Wang

“…The maximum stress and contact area of the PFJ at knee flexion angles of 90°, 60°, 30°, and 0° during sitting-to-standing and walking were measured in the three finite element models (normal knee joint model, uniplane OWHTO model, and biplane OWHTO model). …”
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Financial and non–financial factors in companies’ adaptation process towards sustainability and sustainable business models by Magdalena Zioło, Elżbieta Szaruga, Anna Spoz

“…In the next step, it was checked whether enterprises with good financial standing also achieve better non-financial results. …”
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Resistance of Chitti bean genotypes of promising to two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch in greenhouse conditions by Sedigheh Ashtari, Behrouz Asadi, Hamid Reza Dorri

“…For the experiments, Type 1 bean genotypes (standing) (KS-21216, KS-21181, KS-21538, KS-21565, KS-21563, KS-21602, KS-21500, KS-21601, KS-21600, and KS-21607), Type 2 genotypes (half standing) (KS-21573, KS-21597, and KS-21606), and Type 3 genotypes (prostrate) (KS-21255 and KS-21574), along with the susceptible variety (Sadri), were cultivated in the field at the Khomein National Bean Research Station in a randomized complete block design with three replications during two successive years (2022 and 2023). …”
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Older Fallers’ Comprehensive Neuromuscular and Kinematic Alterations in Reactive Balance Control: Indicators of Balance Decline or Compensation? A Pilot Study by Ringo Tang-Long Zhu, Timmi Tim Mei Hung, Freddy Man Hin Lam, Jun-Zhe Li, Yu-Yan Luo, Jingting Sun, Shujun Wang, Christina Zong-Hao Ma

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Compared to non-fallers, fallers used more suspensory strategies for reactive standing balance, which compensated for inadequate ankle/hip strategies but resulted in prolonged recovery. …”
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Design and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antennas to Support the Implementation of Smart Ports by M. Basuki Rahmat, Yuning Widiarti, Eko Setijadi, Azlina Idris, Aina Julia, Shipun Anuar Hamzah, K S H Putri

“…Simulation with FR-4 material showed a return loss of -21.23 dB, gain of 2.718 dBi, directivity of 7.525 dBi, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.1864, bandwidth (BW) is 0.0635 GHz, and Simulation using Rogers RT5880/duroid material showed a return loss of  -10.813 dB, gain of 8.084 dBi, directivity of 8.528 dBi, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.8095, bandwidth (BW) is 0.0441 GHz. …”
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Design and Simulation Analysis of Multi-purpose Lower Limb Exoskeleton Robot by Bingqi Jia, Wenlong Bi, Xiao Wei, Guoxin Xu, Yanjun Zhao, Yidong Sun

“…Aiming at the needs of rehabilitation training and movement substitution for the elderly and patients with lower limb movement disorders， a multi-purpose lower limb exoskeleton robot is designed， which utilizes auxiliary standing mechanism and exoskeleton to realize the rehabilitation training of lower limbs for users. …”
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Advanced Renal Pelvic Carcinoma Revealed after Treatment of a Staghorn Calculus by Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery by Ichiro Tsuboi, Yuki Maruyama, Motoo Araki, Nobuyoshi Ando, Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ryoji Arata, Noriaki Ono

“…The possibility of RPCa developing when treating a long-standing staghorn calculus should therefore be kept in mind.…”
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Investigating a Case of Recurrent Pleural Effusion by Patrícia Rodrigues, Maria Neves, João Pedro Ferreira, Miguel Araújo Abreu, Fernanda Almeida

“…We describe the case of a patient with long-standing Parkinson's disease and recurrent bilateral pleural effusions. …”
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Observation of quantum temporal correlations well beyond Lüders bound by Chun-Wang Wu, Man-Chao Zhang, Yan-Li Zhou, Ting Chen, Ran Huang, Yi Xie, Wen-bo Su, Bao-Quan Ou, Wei Wu, Adam Miranowicz, Franco Nori, Jie Zhang, Hui Jing, Ping-Xing Chen

“…In contrast, how to achieve strong quantum temporal correlations (QTCs) has remained as a long-standing challenge, thus hindering their applications in time-domain quantum control. …”
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40 Years of Cracking the Orthographic Code: A Special Issue in Honour of Jonathan Grainger’s Career by Joshua Snell, Sebastiaan Mathôt, Mathieu Declerck

“…In honour of Jonathan’s career—which formally has come to a close in 2023—in this Special Issue several contemporaries and close collaborators highlight important advances that have been made in the past 40 years, and provide flavours of where the field stands today.…”
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Gravity Compensation and Feedback of Ground Reaction Forces for Biped Balance Control by Satoshi Ito, Shingo Nishio, Yuuki Fukumoto, Kojiro Matsushita, Minoru Sasaki

“…Finally, the adaptive behaviors of the robot are confirmed by standing experiments on the slope.…”
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Les paillotes gitanes de vente de fruits et légumes à Montpellier, entre justice alimentaire et relégation by Gaëlla Loiseau, Coline Perrin, Gwenn Pulliat

“…The complex logistics that make up a large part of their activity reveal the mechanisms of relegation intertwined with the long-standing involvement of these families in the local circular economy. …”
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Accounting measurement of intangible assets implementing VAIC tm model by Rastić Amer, Stevanović Tatjana, Staletović Maja

“…In particular, the VAIC model for measuring the efficiency of using intangible assets stands out in the literature.…”
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The “greening” of financial public law: reality and margins of progress by Emilie Moysan

“…However, the fact remains that the ambition of the French State is not, as it stands, sufficient to respond to the climate emergency, which requires the emergence of new public financial engineering.…”
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Clear Cell Carcinoma Arising from Ovarian and Thoracic Endometriosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Samantha Mendoza Stanteen, Taemee Pak, Hao Chen, Matthew Carlson, Jessica Lee

“…We report a case of stage IVB ovarian clear cell carcinoma in a 35-year-old female with a long-standing history of biopsy-proven pelvic and thoracic endometriosis. …”
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Revolutionizing ovarian cancer therapy by drug repositioning for accelerated and cost-effective treatments by Edgar Yebran Villegas-Vazquez, Francisco Pável Marín-Carrasco, Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández, Andrea S. Báez-González, Lilia Patricia Bustamante-Montes, Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Laura Itzel Quintas-Granados, Gabriela Figueroa-González

“…Drug repositioning, the practice of identifying novel applications for existing drugs beyond their originally intended medical indications, stands as a transformative strategy revolutionizing pharmaceutical productivity. …”
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