Advances in the Study of Heartwood Formation in Trees by Shuqi Yang, Fangcuo Qin, Shengkun Wang, Xiang Li, Yunqing Zhou, Sen Meng

“…The process of heartwood formation constitutes a complex biological phenomenon influenced by various factors. …”
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Engagement militaire et droits politiques des Arméniens : la Légion d’Orient, exemple de négociations entre une nationalité non souveraine et ses Alliés européens by Taline Papazian

“…This body, comprising mainly Armenian refugees from the Ottoman Empire joined by compatriots from abroad, is created to support the conquest of Cilicia where, in agreement with Great Britain and Russia, France intends to constitute a protectorate at the end of the war. This article highlights the gestation of the Légion d’Orient project focusing on the endeavours of Boghos Nubar, President of the Armenian National Delegation, who carried out negotiations in Paris and London during twenty-four months, between October 1914 and October 1916. …”
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Genetic factors for breast carcinogenesis by Pedro Enrique Miguel-Soca, Ivis Argüelles González, Marisol Peña González

“…Breast cancer is a multifactorial genenetic disease in which oncogenes derived from normal cellular genes intervene, which constitute positive signals of cellular proliferation and tumour suppressor genes and represent negative signals of cells multiplication and differentiation. …”
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Représentations et pratiques autour de la ressource en eau des producteurs maraîchers des Andes vénézuéliennes by David Leroy, Alexandra Angéliaume-Descamps, Jean Marc Antoine, Frédérique Blot, Éric Maire, Anne Peltier

“…This study aims to analyze social representations for water resource of market gardening producers of the high valleys of Venezuelan Andes, whereas this resource constitutes an essential tool of agricultural production. …”
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Practice of Physical Activity through Active Video Games in Addressing Obesity in Pediatric Ages by Brian Johan Bustos Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Carlos Alberto Romero Cuestas

“…Advanced studies have identified strategies based on the development of technological proposals that contribute to the promotion of physical activity through active games for children. These proposals constitute postmodern alternatives that motivate a change in sedentary behaviors to consolidate healthy lifestyle habits. …”
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Yellow Fever: It worth a review in the current epidemiological context by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…Infectious emergent and re-emergent diseases constitute a challenge in this century for all nations. …”
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Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Sarcophaga spp. in Cusco, Peru: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Priscilla Ly, Adiel Aizenberg, Taylor Martin, Martha Lopez, Miguel Arturo Saldaña, Grant Leslie Hughes, Miguel Mauricio Cabada

“…The child did not have any constitutional or abdominal symptoms. The morphological examination of the specimen under magnification revealed Sarcophaga spp. larvae. …”
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Contemplation and liturgy: The experience of St. Mary Magdalene De’ Pazzi (Florence, 1566-1607) by M. O'Neill

“…Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, the 16thcentury Italian Carmelite mystic, and the renewal of the Liturgy proposed by the Second Vatican Council, in the Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 1963. …”
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A Spectral Finite Element Model for Vibration Analysis of a Beam Based on General Higher-Order Theory by Jiao Sujuan, Li Jun, Hua Hongxing, Shen Rongying

“…Two coupled equations of motion are derived by use of Hamilton's principle along with the full three-dimensional constitutive relations. The theoretical expressions of the spectral element matrix are formulated from the exact solutions of the coupled governing equations. …”
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Robust DWT-HMM image watermarking algorithm optimized with content-adaptive approach by WANG Chun-tao1, NI Jiang-qun1, HUANG Ji-wu1, ZHANG Rong-yue1, LUO Xi-zhang1

“…A robust watermarking algorithm based on content-adaptive approach was proposed to optimize the tradeoff between robustness and imperceptibility,which was characterized as follows: the entropy masking proposed by Watson etc.was constructed in wavelet domain,which was then used to constitute the integrated HVS model;three different measures,namely,energy,entropy and integrated HVS,for content-adaptive selection were constructed and investigated;repeat-accumulate（RA） code with erasure and error correction was used to tackle the synchronization issue of the exact positions for watermark embedding;and a posteriori DWT-HMM detector was utilized for watermark detection.Simula-tion results show that the proposed content-adaptive watermarking algorithm,under the same imperceptibility,has con-siderable improvement in robustness performance over the traditional one with stochastic approach.…”
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MVK, induced by Kras, represses cGAS-Sting signalling in lung adenocarcinoma by Changsheng Zhou, Jia Liu, Xudong Hu, Lu Lu, Juan Hou, Jian Wang, Liqun Jiang, Shuangshuang Huang, Yu Lin, Luyao Liu, Lingling Cui, Yiqian Liu, Yufeng Huang

“…We found that MVK (mevalonate kinase) is upregulated in lung adenocarcinoma tissues vs. normal tissues and that its expression can be induced by constitutively activated Kras. By investigating the molecular mechanisms involved, we discovered that MVK interacts with TBK1, inhibiting TBK1 phosphorylation and thereby suppressing cGAS-Sting signalling. …”
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La gestion des espaces ouverts de Lille Métropole by Nicolas Rouget

“…Thanks to the example of Lille, we can also wonder how efficient the experiments led in the local participation are: a development plan respectful of the landed and agricultural imperatives, together with a diversified agriculture and a partnership based on the contractualisation don’t constitute sufficient conditions to the full achievement of an agriurban project. …”
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An Innovative Approach for Modelling Urban Road Traffic Using Timed Automata and Formal Methods by Eduardo Valente, Camelia Avram, José Machado, Adina Astilean

“…Modelling and implementing adequate controllers for urban road traffic control constitute a huge challenge nowadays because of the complexity of systems, as well as possible scenarios and configurations, in each road in a city. …”
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Upregulated FoxO1 promotes arrhythmogenesis in mice with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Thassio Mesquita, Rodrigo Miguel-dos-Santos, Weixin Liu, Mario Fournier, Russell G. Rogers, Jocelyn Alfaro, Asma Nawaz, Lizbeth Sanchez, Xaviar M. Jones, Liang Li, Eduardo Marbán, Eugenio Cingolani

“…These results not only implicate FoxO1 in arrhythmogenesis and lusitropy but also demonstrate that pro-fibrotic remodeling and cardiomyocyte-fibroblast communication can be corrected, constituting an alternative therapeutic strategy for HFpEF.…”
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Mirror Syndrome in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy with Acardiac Fetus by Luiz Felipe Lessa Ortiz, Julio Elito Júnior, Edward Araujo Júnior, Alberto Borges Peixoto, Nelson Sass, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…During the ultrasound diagnostic investigation, placental edema and hydrops were identified in both fetuses, which, in association with maternal anasarca and pressure control, constitute the triad for mirror syndrome, also known as triple edema. …”
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Size effect on the fracture resistance of rough and frictional cracks by Andrea Spagnoli, Andrea Carpinteri, Michele Terzano

“…An efficient approach to describe the interface conditions in real cracks, such as those occurring in concrete, ceramics or stones, is to include the effect of both roughness and friction by means of a constitutive relationship between opposite points on the interface. …”
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The Doctrine of Natural Law as the Ideology of the Western Legal Tradition by E. Komleva

“…It can, therefore, be asserted that the Western legal tradition, viewed from this perspective, constitutes a collection of legal ideas characteristic of Western civilization and intended for the modernization of non-Western states.…”
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Beliefs in the Future as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Rachel C. F. Sun, Daniel T. L. Shek

“…This paper reviews and compares several theories of hope and optimism and highlights the features constituting beliefs in the future. This paper points out that beliefs in the future include a series of goal-directed thoughts and motivation, such as setting up valued and attainable goals, planning pathways, and maintaining self-confidence and mastery, so as to keep adolescents engaged in the pursuit of goals. …”
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Coalescence formation of muonic atoms at RHIC by Xiaofeng Wang, Frank Geurts, Zebo Tang, Kefeng Xin, Zhangbu Xu, Yifei Zhang, Long Zhou

“…The discovery of exotic muonic atoms, including antimatter hydrogen muonic atoms and kaon muonic atoms, constitutes a milestone in our ability to make and study new forms of matter. …”
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Denial of abortion rights as a form of ill-treatment or torture by Pau Pérez-Sales, Sara Lopez-Martin

“…In the second section, the text reviews the legal grounds for two situations: firstly, the denial of health services in relation to the termination of pregnancy as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; and secondly, those cases in which the denial of abortion could constitute a violation of the Convention against Torture. …”
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