Does viral circulation in slums have a global impact? The lesson learned from SARS-CoV-2 circulation in Complexo de favelas da Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Monique Cristina dos Santos, Monique Cristina dos Santos, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Aline de Paula Dias da Silva, Aline de Paula Dias da Silva, Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento Silva, Victor Corrêa Seixas, Amanda A. Batista-da-Silva, Amanda A. Batista-da-Silva, Marcelo Alves Ferreira, Patrícia T. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Thiago Moreno L. Souza, Thiago Moreno L. Souza

“…Although slum dwellers are at increased risk of infectious diseases, this population may have been overlooked with respect to the sustainability of virus evolution. In this study, we aimed to analyze the genetic diversity and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the Complexo de Favelas da Maré slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and assess its impact on the global spread of the virus. …”
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Fatigue life prediction of asphalt binders under variable loading levels based on dissipated pseudo-strain energy by Chenze Fang, Hui Li, Zhenxia Li, Yuanzhao Chen, Tengteng Guo

“…The DPSE-based binder fatigue damage presents a nonlinear evolution process. The obtained binder fatigue life for the loading level sequences of σH-σL and σL-σH are negatively and positively correlated with the first life ratio, respectively. …”
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Three-dimensional omnidirectional characterization methods of rock anisotropic wave velocity and acoustic emission location optimization by Shengjun MIAO, Wenxuan YU, Mingchun LIANG, Pengjin YANG, Conghao LI, Zejing LIU

“…In addition, an acoustic emission location method that incorporates the anisotropic wave velocity evolution characteristics is proposed. The average error of the proposed method is determined to be 1.89 mm for marble and 2.76 mm for siltstone, as measured by the lead breaking test. …”
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Exploiting Microwave Imaging Methods for Real-Time Monitoring of Thermal Ablation by Rosa Scapaticci, Gennaro G. Bellizzi, Marta Cavagnaro, Vanni Lopresto, Lorenzo Crocco

“…In this respect, microwave imaging can be a potential candidate to monitor the overall treatment evolution in a noninvasive way, as it takes direct advantage from the dependence of the electromagnetic properties of biological tissues from temperature. …”
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. A rare combination. by Rafael Pila Pérez, Víctor Adolfo Holguín Prieto, Leandro Segura Pujol

“…Along 14 years of clinical evolution, four limbs musculoskeletal disorders with atrophy of the thenar and hypothenar prominences and muscles of both legs had been emphasized. …”
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Hybridization of DEBOHID with ENN algorithm for highly imbalanced datasets by Sedat Korkmaz

“…DEBOHID is a recently proposed differential evolution-based oversampling approach for highly imbalanced datasets. …”
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Endovascular Intervention for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Light of Recent Trials by Kenan Alkhalili, Nohra Chalouhi, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, David Hasan, Robert M. Starke, Mario Zanaty, Robert H. Rosenwasser, Pascal Jabbour

“…However, the tremendous evolution that imaging and endovascular treatment modalities have undergone over the past several years has raised doubts about the validity of these trials. …”
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Facultative H2-dependent anoxygenic photosynthesis in the unicellular cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa alpicola CALU 743 by Larissa Serebryakova, Natalia Novichkova, Ivan Gogotov

“…When cells of the unicellular cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa alpicola CALU 743 are deprived of nitrate, the phycobilisomes are actively degraded by a proteolytic process termed chlorosis, which accompanied by decrease of rates of oxygen evolution and carbon dioxide fixation, increase of amount of stored glycogen and increase of hydrogenase activity. …”
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Decoherence-free many-body Hamiltonians in nonlinear waveguide quantum electrodynamics by Aviv Karnieli, Offek Tziperman, Charles Roques-Carmes, Shanhui Fan

“…Interestingly, we find that the dynamics approaches a unitary evolution in the limit of weak intrawaveguide squeezing, and we discuss potential experimental realizations of this effect. …”
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Extracting rates and activation free energies of martensitic transitions using nanomechanical force statistics: theory, models, and analysis by Arijit Maitra, M. P. Gururajan

“…The martensitic transition is represented on a free energy landscape, taking into account the thermally activated evolution of atomic arrangements over a barrier during its time-dependent deformation. …”
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Interactions of Foundation Pit on the Underlying Adjacent Existing Underground Structures by Wanzhong Xu, Baohua Liu, Jingshuo Liu, Chun Guo

“…Using numerical calculation methods, this paper changes the different excavation depths and widths of foundation pit and discusses the evolution law about force and deformation of tunnel supporting structure, and the changing relationship of the axial force of tunnel anchor with the distance between foundation pit and tunnel is obtained and compares the influence of different excavation way of foundation pit on the axial force of anchor rod near the existing tunnel. …”
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From Benign to Malign in a Case of Cervical Adenopathy in a 17-Year-Old Adolescent: Diagnostic Traps by Simona Dumitra, Maria Trailescu, Amelia Burlea, Claudia Covaci, Ozana Balan, Adrian Pavel, Carmen Crișan

“…Sometimes the infectious context can mask or unmask a malign chronic disease with insidious evolution.…”
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The Multiplex Dependency Structure of Financial Markets by Nicolò Musmeci, Vincenzo Nicosia, Tomaso Aste, Tiziana Di Matteo, Vito Latora

“…The study of the time evolution of the multiplex constructed from financial data uncovers important changes in intrinsically multiplex properties of the network, and such changes are associated with periods of financial stress. …”
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Les observatoires du trait de côte en France métropolitaine et dans les DOM by Serge Suanez, Manuel Garcin, Thomas Bulteau, Mathias Rouan, Loïc Lagadec, Laurence David

“…This would promote opportunities for exchange and would provide a clear vision of the long term evolution of the shoreline in France and the overseas departments.…”
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A New Modified Model of the Streaming Potential Coupling Coefficient Depends on Structural Parameters of Soil-Rock Mixture by Xin Zhang, Mingjie Zhao, Kui Wang

“…The new modified model of streaming potential coupling coefficient is helpful to quantitatively evaluate the internal structure evolution of embankment dam by using streaming potential phenomenon.…”
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A Novel Scheduling Algorithm Based on Game Theory and Multicriteria Decision Making in LTE Network by Mohammad Nour Hindia, Ahmed Wasif Reza, Kamarul Ariffin Noordin

“…Fourth generation wireless networks provide mobile users with high data rate and quality of services, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), which has been developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). …”
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Lifecycle-Based Swarm Optimization Method for Numerical Optimization by Hai Shen, Yunlong Zhu, Xiaodan Liang

“…Furthermore, species will have stronger ability of adaptation to the environment and achieve perfect evolution. LSO simulates Biological lifecycle process through six optimization operators: chemotactic, assimilation, transposition, crossover, selection, and mutation. …”
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Marvel, Star Wars and the Risk of Being a Hero: Social Responsibilities for Transmedia Storytellers in the Age of Collective Journey by Webster Luke

“…Compounding this issue is the significant structural evolution that modern, popular and commercial stories are undergoing, towards a collective journey model. …”
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Rapid expansion and specialization of the TAS2R bitter taste receptor family in amphibians. by Kathleen W Higgins, Akihiro Itoigawa, Yasuka Toda, Daniel Winston Bellott, Rachel Anderson, Roberto Márquez, Jing-Ke Weng

“…Mammalian TAS2Rs have historically garnered the most attention, leading to our understanding of their roles in taste perception relevant to human physiology and behaviors. However, the evolution and functional implications of TAS2Rs in other vertebrate lineages remain less explored. …”
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Direct Numerical Simulation and Visualization of Subcooled Pool Boiling by Tomoaki Kunugi, Yasuo Ose

“…The numerical results regarding the time evolution of the boiling bubble departure process under the subcooled conditions show a very good agreement with the experimental results. …”
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