Discourse Markers as Cues for Topic Shift Interpretation: Experimental Evidence from Spanish by Mercedes Villalobos Cardozo, Ludivine Crible, Liesbeth Degand

“…Despite the complex terminological panorama regarding discourse markers (hereafter DMs) and the elusiveness of the notion of discourse topic, the relationship between these linguistic phenomena is a long-standing one. Descriptions linking the two are present in early work on DMs and are still the subject of ongoing discussion. …”
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The case for weak null in English by Andrew Tollet

“…Null has been described as the most definite form in the English article system, standing in direct contrast to zero at the opposite end of a scale. …”
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Advances in the catalytic conversion of CO2 by Gu Xiyang

“…Among these, photocatalytic conversion stands out for its environmental friendliness, as it utilizes solar energy to reduce CO2 into useful products. …”
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Sword of Heaven : Political Theology in Measure for Measure by Richard Wilson

“…This article revisits the long-standing debate on Middleton’s adaptation of the text of Measure for Measure for the 1623 Folio by suggesting that the idea of a double authorship, surprising as it may seem, is symbolically congruent with the play’s main plot and recurrent substitution themes. …”
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Projetos Cidades Saudáveis na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa – Exemplo da "Mobilidade urbana" como área de intervenção by Ana Louro, Nuno Marques da Costa, Eduarda Marques da Costa

“…In this context, the Healthy Cities Project (HCP) stands out as a mechanism to operationalize this movement. …”
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Changing States of Multistage Process Chains by Thorsten Wuest, Christopher Irgens, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

“…The presented concept allows for a holistic description and analysis of complex, multistage processes sequences. This stands especially true for process chains where interrelations between processes and states, processes and processes, or states and states are not fully understood, thus where there is a lack of knowledge regarding causations, in dynamic, complex, and high-dimensional environments.…”
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Studies in Turkiye within the context of Gender: An Overview of Postgraduate Dissertations by Filiz Göktuna Yaylacı

“…As a research interest, it also naturally stands out in Turkiye, a destination country for large-scale immigration movements. …”
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Comparison of Physical Fitness of Turkish and Iraqi Sedentary Boys by Harun Genç, Karaemali Ghazwan, Gökmen Kılınçarslan

“…Eurofit Test Battery tests (flamingo balance test, sit-in flexibility test, standing long jump test, paw force test, shuttle test, twisted arm hanging test, disk touch test, 10 × 5 meter agility running test, and vo2 max shuttle running test). …”
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An Innovative Communication Paradigm for the Future of Public Relations: Artificial Intelligence by Ümmü Özlem Çerçi

“…Artificial intelligence stands out as a factor that leads to significant changes and transformations in the communications industry. …”
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Political Struggle of M. Fuad Köprülü: From Ruling Party to the Opposition (1956-1966) by Nasrullah Uzman

“…Fuad Köprülü’s leaving the Democratic Party, his supporting the opposition party, his standing trial in Yassıada, foundation of the New Democratic Party and the political struggling after it, will be evaluated in the light of archival documents, newspapers of that period and other sources.…”
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High-Titer Rheumatoid Factor is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes and Higher Needs for Advanced Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Real-Life Conditions by Victor Davi R. S. Oliveira, Ana Paula M. G. Reis, Claiton V. Brenol, Ivânio A. Pereira, Karina R. Bonfiglioli, Letícia R. Pereira, Manoel B. Bértolo, Maria de Fátima L. C. Sauma, Maria Fernanda B. R. Guimarães, Paulo Louzada-Júnior, Rina D. N. Giorgi, Sebastião C. Radominski, Licia Maria H. Mota, Cleandro P. Albuquerque, Geraldo R. Castelar-Pinheiro

“…We evaluated associations between different RF titers and clinical outcomes in long-standing RA. Methods This multicenter, cross-sectional study included adults meeting ACR/EULAR (2010) criteria for RA. …”
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Characterizing local forest structural complexity based on multi-platform and -sensor derived indicators by Patrick Kacic, Ursula Gessner, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Stefanie Holzwarth, Jörg Müller, Kerstin Pierick, Dominik Seidel, Frank Thonfeld, Michele Torresani, Claudia Kuenzer

“…Furthermore, we identified the sensitivity of in-situ and spaceborne metrics towards the presence of standing deadwood structures. An unsupervised clustering analysis highlights distinct differences in structural complexity of aggregated treatments with snags and habitat trees compared with aggregated treatments without standing structures, as well as distributed and control treatments. …”
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Effects of heat stress abatement on behavioral response in lactating dairy cows prior to and following an intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion by T.N. Marins, R.M. Orellana Rivas, Y-C. Chen, V.H.L.R. Melo, Z. Wang, H. Liu, J. Gao, C.G. Savegnago, A.M. Roper, J.K. Bernard, P. Melendez, S. Tao

“…Relative to CL cows, NC cows had reduced lying time, and greater standing and walking time. The NC cows also had greater standing bouts, only at the beginning of the experiment, relative to CL cows. …”
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Relationship between Surface Electromyography Parameters and Balance Function in Patients with Lower Limb Spasm after Stroke by ZHENG Bao, LIU Yiwen, WANG Zongbao, XU Wanyue, XIONG Shanshan

“…Balance function parameters such as the oscillation speed of the center of gravity, the average envelope area and the distance of the center of gravity movement track were recorded in the standing state with eyes open for 30 s. Surface EMG equipment was used to collect surface EMG signals of the vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF), medial gastrocnemius (MG) and semitendinosus (SE) during maximum isometric voluntary contraction (MIVC) with passive knee flexion and extension. …”
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Insights into the lemon (Citrus limon) epiphytic microbiome: impact of the biocontrol yeast Clavispora lusitaniae 146 by Maria Cecilia Rasuk, José Matías Irazoqui, María Florencia Perez, Martina María Pereyra, Pedro Eugenio Sineli, Anja Poehlein, Rolf Daniel, Julian Rafael Dib

“…Abstract Background Postharvest lemons are affected by several fungal infections, and as alternatives to chemical fungicides for combating these infections, different microbial biocontrol agents have been studied, with the Clavispora lusitaniae 146 strain standing out. Although strain 146 has proven to be an effective agent, the influence of a microbial biological control agent on the postharvest lemon microbiome has not been studied until now. …”
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Design and Fabrication of Flexible Nanoantenna-Based Sensor Using Graphene-Coated Carbon Cloth by Senthil Kumar Kandasamy, S. Maheswaran, S. Anbu Karuppusamy, J. Indra, R. Anand, P. Rega, A. Kavitha, K. Immanuvel Arokia James, Kasthuri Nehru, K. Kathiresan

“…Using the designed graphene antenna, the parameters such as voltage standing wave ratio, three-dimensional radiation pattern, and directivity were obtained. …”
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Analysis of a Model for the Morphological Structure of Renal Arterial Tree: Fractal Structure by Aurora Espinoza-Valdez, Francisco C. Ordaz-Salazar, Edgardo Ugalde, Ricardo Femat

“…The graph theory allows one to model quantitatively a vascular arterial tree of the kidney in sense that (1) the vertex represents a vessels bifurcation, whereas (2) each edge stands for a vessel including physiological parameters. …”
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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders, fatigue and stress among gas station workers in China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Wang, Andrew Paul Smith, Jialin Fan, Xiaotong Tan

“…Workers in gas stations usually work in poor ergonomic working conditions, including prolonged standing and repetitive posturing.Objective The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of WMSDs and fatigue and to identify the predictors of WMSDs among gas station workers.Design The present study was a cross-sectional study.Setting and participants 2962 gas station workers from an oil and gas company in China, with ages ranging from 17 to 75 years old, 55.47% female.Results The prevalence of WMSDs within the 12 months prior to the study was 73.23%, with the highest prevalence in the neck, shoulders, ankles and feet. …”
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Using Improved Ant Colony Algorithm to Investigate EMU Circulation Scheduling Problem by Yu Zhou, Leishan Zhou, Yun Wang

“…High-speed railway is one of the most important ways to solve the long-standing travel difficulty problem in China. However, due to the high acquisition and maintenance cost, it is impossible for decision-making departments to purchase enough EMUs to satisfy the explosive travel demand. …”
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Inflammatory pathways and anti‐inflammatory therapies in sickle cell disease by Karina Tozatto‐Maio, Felipe A. Rós, Ricardo Weinlich, Vanderson Rocha

“…Abstract Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disease, resulting from a single‐point mutation, that presents a complex pathophysiology and high clinical heterogeneity. Inflammation stands as a prominent characteristic of SCD. Over the past few decades, the role of different cells and molecules in the regulation of the inflammatory process has been elucidated. …”
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