The Incentive Model in Supply Chain with Trade Credit and Default Risk by Hong Cheng, Yingsheng Su, Jinjiang Yan, Xianyu Wang, Mingyang Li

“…Numerical examples are provided to illustrate all these theoretical results and to draw managerial insights.…”
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Windsock mitral valve after prior aortic valve endocarditis by Augustine W. Kang, Hanjay Wang, Diane M. Libert, Gerald J. Berry, Jack H. Boyd

“…Here, we present a compelling case of windsock mitral valve (MV) formation subsequent to incompletely managed aortic valve (AV) endocarditis. The case is illustrated through radiographic, intraoperative, and histopathologic images. …”
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Charged System Search Algorithm Utilized for Structural Damage Detection by Zahra Tabrizian, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Morteza Hossein Ali Beigy

“…In addition, the effect of noise is shown in the results of the CSS algorithm by suitable diagrams. As is illustrated, this method has acceptable results in the structural detection damage with low computational time.…”
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Symmetry analysis, dynamical behavior, and conservation laws of the dual-mode nonlinear fluid model by Adil Jhangeer, Beenish, Lubomír Říha

“…Runge–Kutta method is utilized to compute both super nonlinear and nonlinear wave solutions, with all solutions illustrated in the phase plane. Sensitivity and multistability analysis are conducted to examine chaotic behavior, quasiperiodic dynamics, and time series. …”
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A Case of Thanatophoric Dysplasia Type I with Fetal Hydrops in the First Trimester by Giannina Calongos, Masateru Hori, Mai Ogino, Hideaki Sawai

“…As a result, the fetus was diagnosed with TD type I. This case illustrates that although TD is a rare disease, an accurate prenatal diagnosis can be made with the use of ultrasonography.…”
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Spontaneous Regression of Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Lymph Node by Jien Shim, Jianyu Rao, Run Yu

“…Over the course of the next 10 years, without any additional treatment, the lymph node disappeared and her thyroglobulin levels decreased to almost undetectable ranges, implying near-complete regression. Our case illustrates that metastatic papillary thyroid cancer in lymph nodes can regress spontaneously.…”
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Reliability Assessment and Residual Life Estimation of Concrete Girder Bridges Strengthened by Carbon Fiber during the Service Stage by Haoyun Yuan, Wei Hou, Leping Ren, Xiaojin Zhao

“…The proposed method combines the inverse reliability method and the calculation method of load and resistance of RC bridge strengthened by CFRP and is illustrated by an example RC bridge strengthened by CFRP during the service stage. …”
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Case report: Recurrence of psychosis after the surgical resection and radiation of a temporal lobe astrocytoma by David Perekopskiy, Shervin Zoghi, Jenna Dobrick, Orwa Aboud, Orwa Aboud, Orwa Aboud, James Alan Bourgeois

“…This case report helps illustrate how a neuroimaging work-up is important for the first incidence of psychotic disorder and how a tumor can produce a psychotic disorder that persists after oncologic treatment. …”
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Observational Diagnostics: The Building Block of AI-Powered Visual Aid for Dental Practitioners by Ruchika Raj, Ravikumar Rajappa, Vijayalakshmi Murthy, Mahyar Osanlouy, Daniel Lawrence, Mahen Ganhewa, Nicola Cirillo

“…ODs serve as foundational elements for AI-driven diagnostic aids and have the potential to improve the consistency and reliability of diagnostic data used in treatment planning. We provide illustrative examples to demonstrate how ODs not only represent a significant advancement towards more precise diagnostic aids but also provide the basis for the generation of evidence-based treatment recommendations. …”
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The Existence of Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problem of the Fractional Sturm-Liouville Functional Differential Equation by Yanan Li, Shurong Sun, Zhenlai Han, Hongling Lu

“…As an application, an example is presented to illustrate our main results.…”
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A New Methodology for Hesitant Fuzzy Emergency Decision Making with Unknown Weight Information by Xiaodi Liu, Zengwen Wang, Shitao Zhang

“…Finally, a case study on a fire and explosion accident is given to illustrate the application of the proposed method. Besides that, the comparisons show the feasibility and superiority of the proposed method.…”
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A Hybrid BSC-DEA Model with Indeterminate Information by Mohammad Jaberi Hafshjani, Seyyed Esmaeil Najafi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Seyyed Mohammad Hajimolana

“…Finally, the proposed method is illustrated by an empirical study involving 20 banking branches. …”
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The scope of emergency nursing viewed through the lens of complex adaptive systems: A discussion paper by Katarina E Göransson, Jonathan Drennan, Hanne Mainz, Nanna Fauerholdt Skov, Maria Amritzer, Lena M Berg, Karen V Andersen, Marianne Lisby

“…Through a stepwise description of these two perspectives, based on literature and clinical experience from European countries, the paper illustrates the complexity of the emergency nursing context in a novel manner. …”
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Dynamic Stiffness Formulation for Free Vibration of Truncated Conical Shell and Its Combinations with Uniform Boundary Restraints by Chunyu Zhang, Guoyong Jin, Zhihao Wang, Xuqin Qian, Linghua Tian

“…Effects of the elastic boundary condition and geometric dimension on the free vibration characteristics are investigated, and several representative mode shapes are depicted for illustrative purposes.…”
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A Matrix Formulation for the Moment Distribution Method Applied to Continuous Beams by Arlindo Pires Lopes, Adriana Alencar Santos, Rogério Coelho Lopes

“…Four continuous beams are investigated to illustrate the applicability and accuracy of the proposed formulation. …”
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The Class III Peroxidase gene TaPRX-2A controls grain number per spike in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Dongtian Zang, Wenjia You, Yangyang Wu, Pengyue Wang, Zhiyu Wang, Qingyun Yang, Shatong Chi, Peisen Su, Peisen Su

“…Our findings provide insights into the mechanisms by which PRXs regulate agronomic traits, illustrating potential applicability in crop improvement programs.…”
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Digital Tools, Democratic Affordances and Participation in a Networked Party: the Czech Pirate Party by Tomáš Martínek, Michal Malý

“…The findings provide insights that may be valuable for further research on digital parties and their internal democratic processes, illustrating how digital platforms can influence member engagement in decision-making.…”
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Parallel Simulation of Population Balance Model-Based Particulate Processes Using Multicore CPUs and GPUs by Anuj V. Prakash, Anwesha Chaudhury, Rohit Ramachandran

“…Population balance models are also widely used to describe the time evolutions and distributions of many particulate processes, and its efficient and quick simulation would be very beneficial. The first method illustrates utilization of MATLAB's Parallel Computing Toolbox (PCT) and the second method makes use of another toolbox, JACKET, to speed up computations on the CPU and GPU, respectively. …”
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Recurrence of chronic encapsulated hematoma following cyst formation after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations: a case report by Iñigo L. Sistiaga, Gregorio Catalán-Uribarrena, Silvia Gamba, Alejandro Carrasco, Laura Zaldumbide, Lorena Mosteiro, Iñigo Pomposo

“…The authors present a well-documented case report describing these late complications, adding evidence to the possible common pathophysiological mechanism underlying them, and illustrating an effective treatment modality when they occur. …”
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Ontological security dynamics in the EU accession process of North Macedonia by Jekić Aleksandar

“…Yet, as the case of North Macedonia illustrates, the process of EU accession goes along with bilateral disputes and can trigger concerns about ontological (in)security. …”
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