A Multilevel Simplification Algorithm for Computing the Average Shortest-Path Length of Scale-Free Complex Network by Guoyong Mao, Ning Zhang

“…We also present a multilevel simplification algorithm to get ASPL of the original network directly from that of the multisimplified network. …”
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Supply Chain Risk Prevention and Control Based on Fuzzy Influence Diagram and Discrete Hopfield Neural Network by Xin Su, Maohua Zhong

“…To explore different influence degrees of multirisk factors and multilinks on enterprises, we propose a supply chain risk prevention and control model based on a fuzzy influence diagram and Hopfield neural network. …”
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Performance Evaluation of LMS and CM Algorithms for Beamforming by Mossaab Atzemourt, Abdelmajid Farchi, Younes Chihab, Zakaria Hachkar

“…In this paper, we compare the performances of the least mean square (LMS) and constant modulus (CM) algorithms for beamforming. …”
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Protagonismo juvenil e capital humano: uma análise da participação política da juventude no Brasil by Marcos Vinicius da Silva Goulart, Nair Iracema Silveira dos Santos

“…Youth protagonism and volunteerism served as analyzers of this process, in which we intend to demonstrate that both are directly related, prescribing young people ways of being and acting. …”
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New Therapeutics to Treat Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Ömer Acar, Tarık Esen, Nathan A. Lack

“…In addition, we will examine other promising therapeutics that are currently in Phase III trials.…”
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Slippery Stents: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Describing Patients with May-Thurner Syndrome That Experienced Stent Migration by Ramy Mando, Priscilla Sigua-Arce, Lisa Spencer, Alexandra Halalau

“…We also completed a literature review of MTS patients with stent migration in hopes of raising awareness of this rare and life-threatening complication.…”
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Consensus of High-Order Nonlinear Multiagent Systems with Constrained Switching Topologies by Junwei Wang, Kairui Chen, Yun Zhang

“…By constructing a suitable multiple Lyapunov function, we show that consensus can be reached under the designed consensus protocol. …”
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Novel Concepts in Vague Graphs with Application in Hospital’s Management System by Xiaolong Shi, Saeed Kosari, N. Mehdipoor, A.A. Talebi, G. Muhiuddin

“…Hence, since the management in each ward of the hospital is very important, we have tried to determine the most effective person in a hospital based on the performance of its staff.…”
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Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass by Uma Thanarajasingam, Beiyun Chen, Cindy L. Tortorelli, James W. Jakub, Karthik Ghosh

“…Diabetic mastopathy is an uncommon, benign disease of the breast that can occur in women with diabetes and clinically mimic breast cancer. We describe a patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes who presented with a palpable breast mass with negative imaging findings on mammography, ultrasonography, and breast MRI. …”
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Spermatic Vein Tumor Thrombus In Renal Cell Carcinoma by Nicola J. Mabjeesh, Yuval Bar-Yosef, Letizia Schreiber-Bramante, Issac Kaver, Haim Matzkin

“…We believe this to be the first description in English literature of a histologically proven renal cell carcinoma thrombus in the spermatic vein.…”
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On the rate of convergence of degenerate U-statistics by Olga Januškevičienė

“…Assume that Eh(x, X)= 0, for all x. We consider U-statistics of type T = n−1 ∑1 ≤ i< k ≤ n  h(Xi, Xk). …”
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Successful Treatment of Acromegaly and Associated Hypogonadism with First-Line Clomiphene Therapy by Juan D. Palacios, Ricardo J. Komotar, Atil Y. Kargi

“…The treatment was well tolerated and proved to be effective after a process of treatment withdrawal and reintroduction. We propose that clomiphene may be considered as a cost-effective oral treatment option in select cases of hypogonadal acromegaly.…”
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Relating quantum mechanics and kinetics of neutrino oscillations by A. Kartavtsev

“…Third, by constructing solutions of the evolution equation from the known solutions of the Schrödinger equation, we show that the former also admits solutions consistent with the uncertainty principle and accounts for neutrino wave packet separation. …”
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A Convolution-Based Shearlet Transform in Free Metaplectic Domains by Tarun K. Garg, Waseem Z. Lone, Firdous A. Shah, Hatem Mejjaoli

“…Besides obtaining the orthogonality relation, inversion formula, and range theorem, we also study the homogeneous approximation property for the proposed transform. …”
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Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 6—Stakeholders’ Mental Models of Regional Water Challenges by Sadie Hundemer, Shenara Ramadan

“… If we could look into the minds of agricultural producers and environmentalists to see how they think about regional water challenges, we may be better able to help stakeholders understand each other’s perspectives and resolve perceived conflicts. …”
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An Optimized Approach for Time-Constrained and Reliable Bursty Data Acquisition in WMSNs by Phan Van Vinh, Hoon Oh

“…For this purpose, we devise a path reservation scheme for an energy-efficient and time-constrained data transmission and a frame-slot scheduling scheme using two channels that enables the concurrent data transmission. …”
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Convergence Analysis of New Construction Explicit Methods for Solving Equilibrium Programming and Fixed Point Problems by Chainarong Khunpanuk, Nuttapol Pakkaranang, Bancha Panyanak

“…In this paper, we present improved iterative methods for evaluating the numerical solution of an equilibrium problem in a Hilbert space with a pseudomonotone and a Lipschitz-type bifunction. …”
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Quantum theory of Bloch oscillations in a resistively shunted transmon by Vladislav D. Kurilovich, Benjamin Remez, Leonid I. Glazman

“…These oscillations are known as the Bloch oscillations. We find the Bloch oscillations spectrum, and show that the zero-point fluctuations of charge make it broadband. …”
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Design and synthesis of phenylthiophosphoryl dichloride derivatives and evaluation of their antitumour and anti-inflammatory activities by Chunyun Xu, Na Yang, Haichun Yu, Xiaojing Wang

“…We predicted its potential anticancer targets based on network pharmacology and then verified the inhibitory effect of the active compound S11 on the pathway PI3K/AKT by enzyme inhibition and molecular docking assay. …”
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A Fractional Epidemiological Model for Bone Remodeling Process by Muath Awadalla, Yves Yannick Yameni Noupoue, Kinda Abuasbeh

“…We finally obtained that modeling bone formation process using fractional differential equations yielded comparable results with those obtained through a system of classical differential equations. …”
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