Caustic ingestion by children. by Ana Barbarita Navarro Sombert, Graciela Goire Herrera, Ariel Acosta Núñez, Ledicel Nilo Gámez Fonts, Dario Díaz Vázquez

“…Frequently they leave esophageal strictures hard to treat, that many times require prolonged stricture dilatation and/or replacement of the esophagus. …”
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“The Body Hair that Grows on the Head” by Donyol Dondrup, Charlene Makley

“…The Introduction section provides a broader context for Menla-kyap's life and times as well as a reading guide for this enigmatic piece. …”
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FE or not FE? A Play in Two Acts by Gary Husband, Paul Murphy, Joel Petrie

“…It is deliberately playful, and at times absurd, which all too often reflects the lived experiences of workers in the sector.  …”
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Book review: Holistic Special Education: Camphill Principles and Practice. Robin Jackson, editor by Jeremy Millar

“…Living in the pressurised, information-overloaded and, often, fearful times that typify the beginning of the 21st century, it can be hard to step back and reconnect with that which we know to be authentic, meaningful and life promoting. …”

Returning Merchandise: Registering a Consumer Complaint by Mary N. Harrison

“…Perhaps the purchase cant be used as planned, the color or fit is wrong or the product is defective. Many times there would be no need to return items if the customer shopped carefully and planned ahead. …”
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Synchronicity analysis of meteorological variables on agricultural drought in the Loess Plateau, China by Fang Liu, Hongbo Zhang, Yihang Li, Zhiyuan Ning, Shuai Hao

“…The lag times for SIMV triggers are 61.8 days, 53.7 days, 48.4 days, and 53 days.…”
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Effect of the Current-Collecting Carbon Nanotubes Layer on the Properties of the Lead Zirconate Titanate Film for Vibration Sensors by Victor V. Petrov, Victor V. Sysoev, Nikolay N. Rudyk, Yuri N. Varzarev, Andrey V. Nesterenko

“…It can be seen that the contact realized with the help of CNT ensures more than three times the best efficiency in terms of the piezoelectric module. …”
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Electroacupuncture Increases the Hippocampal Synaptic Transmission Efficiency and Long-Term Plasticity to Improve Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Yaling Dai, Yuhao Zhang, Minguang Yang, Huawei Lin, Yulu Liu, Wenshan Xu, Yanyi Ding, Jing Tao, Weilin Liu

“…EA stimulation was applied to Baihui (GV20) and Shenting (GV24) acupoints for 30 min once a day, five times a week, for four weeks. Our study also included nonacupoint groups to confirm the specificity of EA therapy. …”
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Ultranarrow-linewidth stimulated Brillouin scattering with fundamental acoustic waves by Wendao Xu, Maxime Zerbib, Arjun Iyer, Kien Phan Huy, Jean-Charles Beugnot, William H. Renninger

“…Tight confinement of both the optical and acoustic waves yields Brillouin gains over a thousand times higher than traditional backward Brillouin scattering in standard fibers, and a long waist and low-loss transitions enable a Brillouin interaction strength nearly a hundred times greater than prior taper-based FIM-FAM demonstrations. …”
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Progressive Bitwidth Assignment Approaches for Efficient Capsule Networks Quantization by Mohsen Raji, Amir Ghazizadeh Ahsaei, Kimia Soroush, Behnam Ghavami

“…Specifically, on the CIFAR-10 dataset using the DeepCaps architecture, we achieved a substantial memory reduction (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$7.02\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> for weights and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3.74\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> for activations) with a minimal accuracy loss of only 0.09%. …”
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Extreme precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers over West Antarctic ice shelves: insights from kilometre-scale regional climate modelling by E. Gilbert, D. Pishniak, J. A. Torres, A. Orr, M. Maclennan, M. Maclennan, N. Wever, K. Verro, K. Verro

“…We also show that while the amount of MetUM-simulated snowfall was comparatively resolution-insensitive, the amount of rainfall simulated was not, with rainfall amounts over Thwaites Ice Shelf 4–16 times higher in 1 km simulations compared to 12 km simulations. …”
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of bovine Schistosoma and Fasciola infections among cattle in South Achefer District, North West Ethiopia by Solomon Tesfaye, Mastewal Yeshambel, Amir Alelign, Tilahun Yohannes

“…The prevalence of Fasciola hepatica was more than seven times higher in younger cattle than in older cattle (AOR: 7.31, 95 % CI: 3.54–15.08). …”
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Frequency and perception of buffalo meat consumption by the population of Belem do Pará, Brazil by Pamella M. M. de Jesus, Mayrla F. Dantas, Luiz H. M. Martins, Antônio V. C. Barbosa, Natalia G. S. Barbosa

“…It was observed that the consumers of Belem preferred beef (51%), followed by these meats: chicken (33%), fish (10%), buffalo (5%) and swine (1%). 64.2% of the frequency of consumption of beef and buffalo was between one and two kilograms per week, while for chicken, fish, and pork, this frequency was 72.4% for the same volume of meat. 70.2% of the respondents had the habit of consuming beef two to three times per week, while 62.7% consumed chicken, fish, and swine at least two to three times a week. …”
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The Influence Mechanism of Deformation on the Precipitation Behavior and Mechanical Properties of 7075 Aluminum Alloy During Hot Forming-Quenching Integrated Process by Huanhuan Li, Xinhang Zhang, Wei Dai, Wei Yan, Chaomei He, Jiake Luo, Mengxing Li, Ruolin Wu, Dang Wang

“…Deformation accelerated the phase transition of η′, and greater deformation resulted in a shorter transition time. The aging time required for peak Vickers hardness decreased with increasing deformation ratio, reflecting the promotion of precipitated phase formation and transformation by introduced dislocations. …”
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A Novel Algorithm for Aspect Ratio Estimation in SRAM Design to Achieve High SNM, High Speed, and Low Leakage Power by Sanket M. Mantrashetti, Arunkumar P Chavan, Prakash Pawar, H. V. Ravish Aradhya, Omkar S. Powar

“…The results demonstrate read access times of 11.17 ps (HIGH) and 9.97 ps (LOW), and write access times of 12.00 ps (HIGH) and 17.00 ps (LOW). …”
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Effect of Different Nucleating Agents on the Crystallization of Ziegler-Natta Isotactic Polypropylene by Felipe Avalos-Belmontes, Luis Francisco Ramos-deValle, Adriana Berenice Espinoza-Martínez, Juan Guillermo Martínez-Colunga, Eduardo Ramírez-Vargas, Saul Sánchez-Valdés, Jose Carlos Ortíz-Cisneros, Esperanza Elizabeth Martínez-Segovia, Flora Itzel Beltrán-Ramírez

“…With 0.1 wt% nucleating agent, at 120°C, the crystallization half-life time of PP, when using LiBe or Millad, was 15 times faster than for pure PP, whereas, when using carbon nanoparticles, it was 20–25 times faster. …”
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Development of an ISOBUS-compliant communication node for multiple machine vision systems on wide boom sprayers for nozzle control in spot application schemes by Mozammel Bin Motalab, Ahmad Al-Mallahi, Alex Martynenko, Karama Al-Tamimi, Dimitrios S. Paraforos

“…In-field tests confirmed that the MVN dynamically adjusted nozzle opening times based on vehicle speed, maintaining consistent spray lengths of 71.52 cm across different speeds of 3.22 kph, 6.44 kph, and 9.66 kph with nozzle opening times ranging from 270 ms to 800 ms.…”
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Mechanical properties and piecewise constitutive model of fine sandstone in mining area of western China by Qing Wang, Dongxiao Zhang, Fei Han, Yongqiang Zhao, Pengfei Zhang, Feng Xiong

“…The results indicate that (1) the cumulative ringing counts and cumulative energy of the AE increase in a stepwise manner with an increase in the cyclic loading and unloading times. Still, there is a sudden increase in the plastic failure and post-peak failure stages. (2) The fine sandstone specimens’ input energy, elastic energy, and dissipative energy density increased nonlinearly during the cyclic loading tests. …”
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Agroforestry systems favor bat conservation but only when old and grazed by Manon Edo, Martin H. Entling, Felix Herzog, Kira Noe, João HN Palma, Ayla Seithe, Will Simonson, Jo Smith, Anja Weiler, Verena Rösch

“…Bat activity in silvopastoral systems was two times higher than in pastures and orchards and four times higher than in cropland. …”
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Numerical research on the impact of horizontal freezing on existing underground structures in shield reception by Zequn Hong, Shuoren Fu, Yuanhao Wu, Yong Zhang, Lu Lu

“…Under the condition that the thickness of the frozen wall was constant, the strong influence range of the side tunnel reached 1.4 times the freezing length of the proposed tunnel at a distance of 3.6 times the frozen wall thickness. …”
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