A Study on the Influence of the Conglomerate Mesostructure on Fracture Failure Behavior Based on Discrete Element Method by Yu Yan, Shiyuan Li

“…Rich in valuable reserves, conglomerate reservoirs in China have gradually emerged as a fundamental development source. Currently, research pertaining to the macromechanical properties of crack propagation in conglomerates is conducted either by directly employing various physical tests or by formulating a simplified numerical model for simulation, while disregarding the influence of the conglomerate mesostructure. …”
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Clinicoradiological Correlation of Macropsia due to Acute Stroke: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mayra Johana Montalvo, Muhib Alam Khan

“…We describe a patient presenting in the emergency room (ER) with visual perception disturbances characterized by a distorted perception of the size of objects, compatible with left hemimacropsia. …”
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Frequency-based salience of dual meanings in conventional metaphor acquisition: Evidence from toddlers in Urban England by Dorota K. Gaskins

“…To test if metaphor-related words emerge via their concrete senses and how this reflects child-directed speech, I examined 594 hours of interactional data for three English-speaking toddlers from urban middle-class England, whose speech was densely sampled between the ages of 2;00 and 3;01. …”
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Approaching Empedocles through PWL practices by Lucio Angelo Privitello

“…To approach the poem-fragments of Empedocles as a discourse emerging from the drama of living, is to allow their performatively theorized snapshots to return from mere stills to moving images of practice in modulated stages of training. …”
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Mechanical Ventilation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients with Acute Severe Respiratory Failure by Zhongheng Zhang, Wan-Jie Gu, Kun Chen, Hongying Ni

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Xenophobia in South Africa by Zama Mthombeni

“…Several anti-immigration organisations have emerged as discussion points in the country. This study will only concentrate on one of these: Operation Dudula. …”
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Applicability of Agro-Waste Materials in Structural Systems for Building Construction: A Scoping Review by Hediye Kumbasaroglu, Atila Kumbasaroglu

“…Agricultural wastes, including coconut shells (CSs), rice husk ash (RHA), and palm oil (PO) fuel ash, emerge as promising materials due to their abundance and mechanical benefits. …”
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Le diverse facce della montagna in declino: un’esperienza lombarda by Luisa Pedrazzini

“…The main typologies emerging refer to obsolete or derelict spaces because of economic or historical reasons and the relative functions were de-committed or moved elsewhere. …”
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Overturning and cracking of stellar objects in modified $$f(R, \varphi )$$ f ( R , φ ) gravity by Adnan Malik, Attiya Shafaq, Fatemah Mofarreh, M. Farasat Shamir, Wedad Albalawi

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Arte e tecnologia in Corea del Sud: tre mostre per una prospettiva occidentale by Francesco Spampinato

“…The three exhibitions highlight a range of relationships, resemblances, reciprocities and repercussions between Europe and the United States on the one hand and East Asia on the other, but also peculiarities and differences that denote different conceptions and degrees of impact of digital media and technologies in their respective countries. What emerges, indeed, is the need to move beyond the traditional limits of colonialist-minded forms of techno-orientalism in favor of new avenues of interpretation of a peculiar Eastern technological thought, such as, for example, the concept of “Cosmotechnics” recently elaborated by Yuk Hui.…”
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Storytelling as a Tool for Activist Public Relations: A Qualitative Study in Case of Women by Aytuğ Mermer Üzümlü, Beris Artan Özoran

“…This study focuses on storytelling in activist public relations. Stories emerge as an important "activist public relations" tool in non-governmental organizations' social change and awareness-raising efforts. …”
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The intersection of climate technology and public diplomacy: Insights into policy and implementation by Jaeryoung Song

“…The study identifies Korea's unique position, owing to its development trajectory, as a leader capable of connecting advanced and emerging economies. Key outcomes include a multi-stakeholder collaboration framework, recommendations for strategic communication campaigns, and tailored diplomatic strategies to promote equitable adoption of climate technologies. …”
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The instrumental value of advance directives: lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for policymaking by Elisabeth Stock, Christian H. Nickel, Bernice S. Elger, Andrea Martani

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Multi-echelon reverse logistics network design in the context of circular economy: a Hong Kong case study by Kai Kang, Bing Qing Tan

“…Abstract The management of construction and demolition waste (CDW) is emerging as a significant global challenge. Traditional methods such as direct landfill and incineration fail to handle the vast amount of CDW properly, resulting in serious social and environmental issues. …”
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Biotechnology towards energy crops by Gudeta Dida

“…Consequently, the exploration of renewable energy sources, such as biofuels, emerges as a prudent solution to mitigate the energy crisis. …”
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Open-Source Telemedicine Platform for Wireless Medical Video Communication by A. Panayides, I. Eleftheriou, M. Pantziaris

“…The objective is to deliver a low-cost telemedicine platform which will allow for reliable remote diagnosis m-health applications such as emergency incidents, mass population screening, and medical education purposes. …”
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Strategy Committees on European Public Boards: Characteristics and Tasks by Małgorzata Kuczara

“…They engage in tasks that are closely tied to the advising role of the board rooted in resource-based theories and the control role within the strategic domain that emerges from agency theory. Research Limitations/Implications: Using publicly available corporate documents introduces potential biases, as companies selectively disclose information while legally obligated to publish annual reports. …”
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Concentration and Diversification of Production by Example of Major Indian Business groups by M. A. Vorobyeva

“…We assume that diversification appears to be a necessary, and sometimes the only possible way of big business development amid imperfect market competition, inherent in emerging markets. We show that the main feature of big business formation in India, due to some conditions of colonial and postcolonial development, is that capital concentration was not accompanied by industrial concentration. …”
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Hemispatial Neglect Shows That “Before” Is “Left” by Mario Bonato, Arnaud Saj, Patrik Vuilleumier

“…An asymmetric distance effect emerged in neglect patients, with slower responses to events that took place before the temporal reference. …”
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On the Price Dynamics of a Two-Dimensional Financial Market Model with Entry Levels by En-Guo Gu

“…We also prove that one of its surprising features is that model simulations may appear to be chaotic, although only regular dynamics can emerge. When trend followers are bullish or bearish on the stock market, we present the existence conditions of attracting coexistence fixed point, globally and locally attracting fixed point, and periodic and other bounded attractors. …”
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