Differential Effects of Dopaminergic Therapies on Dorsal and Ventral Striatum in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Cognitive Function by Penny A. MacDonald, Oury Monchi

“…We consider the extant literature in light of this principle. …”
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Cooperation in the face of crisis: effect of demographic noise in collective-risk social dilemmas by José F. Fontanari

“…We find that for high risk, the half-life of cooperators increases exponentially with population size, while for low risk, it decreases exponentially with population size. …”
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Geoconservation Initiatives in the State of Paraná (Brazil) by Luiz Alberto Fernandes, Fernanda Caroline Borato Xavier, Kimberlym Tábata Pesch Vieira, Liliane Maia Tcacenco-Manzano

“…Even though geoconservation has advanced significantly in the last few decades, general awareness of its importance is limited, especially in Brazil. Here, we present an overview of geoconservation actions and initiatives in the state of Paraná. …”
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Highly Reliable and Low-Cost Fabrication of Warm-White LEDs Using Composite Silica Photonic Crystals by Chun-Feng Lai, Yu-Chun Lee, Tzong-Liang Tsai, Chung-Chieh Chang, Mau-Kuen Wu

“…We demonstrated a technique requiring little phosphor that used white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) containing composite silica colloidal photonic crystals (c-SCPhCs) for developing the warm-WLEDs (w-WLEDs). …”
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Miserable victims or Troublesome delinquents? A Critical perspective on the news media coverage of Chinese rural left-behind children by Ruixia Sun, Wei Han

“…We found that, by illustration of LBC's vulnerability, China Daily draws support and help from the public to relieve LBC of predicament. …”
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Behçet’s disease in pregnancy: a case report and literature review by Xiangyue Li, Xuemei Huang, Xiaolan Yu

“…The effects of BD on both mothers and children remain unclear. In this paper, we present the diagnostic and treatment processes for a patient with BD during pregnancy. …”
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Universal relations and bounds for fluctuations in quasistatic small heat engines by Kosuke Ito, Guo-Hua Xu, Chao Jiang, Édgar Roldán, Raúl A. Rica-Alarcón, Ignacio A. Martínez, Gentaro Watanabe

“…We test this theory with our previous experimental results of a Brownian Carnot engine and observe the consistency between them, even beyond the quasistatic regime. …”
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Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Products for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Yang Xin Zi Xu, Shengyan Xi, Xiaoyan Qian

“…We further reviewed them and their relatives in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus and found more evidence of metabolic benefits. …”
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FDK-Type Algorithms with No Backprojection Weight for Circular and Helical Scan CT by A. V. Narasimhadhan, Kasi Rajgopal

“…We develop two Feldkamp-type reconstruction algorithms with no backprojection weight for circular and helical trajectory with planar detector geometry. …”
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Systematic Review into Diagnostics for Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) by Emily R. Adams, Inge Versteeg, Mariska M. G. Leeflang

“…We searched Medline for eligible studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of any test for PKDL. …”
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On the Potential of Least Squares Response Method for the Calibration of Superconducting Gravimeters by Mahmoud Abd El-Gelil, Spiros Pagiatakis, Ahmed El-Rabbany

“…The SG installed in Cantley, Canada is calibrated using two absolute gravimeters and the data are analysed in the time and frequency domains to estimate the SG scale factor. In the time domain, we use the weighted linear regression method whereas in the frequency domain we use the least squares response method. …”
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Systemic Impacts of National Civilized Cities on Sustainable Development: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Economic and Environmental Outcomes in China by Weixin Yang, Yunpeng Yang, Zhili Chen, Yuxun Gu

“…Employing a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences (DID) method, we analyze data from a panel of Chinese cities (1997–2019) to assess how the NCC title influences economic growth and urban sustainability. …”
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Coincidental Central Precocious Puberty and Wilms Tumor in a 5-Year-Old Girl by Laura Kasongo, Patricia Forget, Ramona Corina Nicolescu

“…We highlight the need for early diagnosis and work-up in all patients of precocious puberty, in order to institute timely management.…”
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Localization Algorithms in Large-Scale Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: A Quantitative Comparison by Guangjie Han, Aihua Qian, Chenyu Zhang, Yan Wang, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

“…Besides, we analyze the impacts of the ranging error and the number of anchor nodes on the performance of the localization algorithms. …”
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Climbing a Wall: Strategic Litigation Against Automated Systems in Migration and Asylum by Francesca Palmiotto, Derya Ozkul

“…Strategic litigation plays a crucial role in advancing human rights in the digital age, particularly in cases where data subjects, such as migrants and protection seekers, experience significant power imbalances. In this Article, we consider strategic litigation as part of broader legal mobilization efforts. …”
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Modeling frequency-dependent selection with an application to cichlid fish by Sheree L. Arpin, J. M. Cushing

“…We show that at the positive equilibrium there is a1:1 phenotypic ratio. …”
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Rectal Ischemia Mimicked Tumor Mass by Nicolaos Zikos, Panagiota Aggeli, Evangelia Louka, George Pappas-Gogos

“…The rectal insult was so intense that it resembled a neoplasmatic lesion. We discuss the causes, the prognostic factors, and the clinical and therapeutic challenges of this rare, albeit life-threatening entity, and we review the relative literature. …”
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Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. by Sandor Haas-Neill, Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Paul Forsythe

“…Gene expression commonly regulated in PTSD and severe asthma, included ORMDL3 a gene known to be associated with asthma risk and STX8, which is involved in TrkA signaling. We also identified several pathways commonly regulated to both MDD and severe asthma. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Formulary Exclusions: How Many Patients Could Be Affected by a Specific Exclusion? by Anne M. Sydor, Emily Bergin, Jonathan Kay, Erik Stone, Robert Popovian

“…Using population data, market share of the 2 largest US formularies, and 2021 prescription data, we calculated how many people could be affected by such exclusions. …”
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On the Measurement of Laser Lines in 3D Space with Uncertainty Estimation by Ivan De Boi, Nasser Ghaderi, Steve Vanlanduit, Rudi Penne

“…We also offer insights into the optimal number of board positions and the number of repeated laser dot measurements, which are both the main time-consuming factors in practice. …”
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