Impact of the Aversive Effects of Drugs on Their Use and Abuse by Anthony L. Riley, Hayley N. Manke, Shihui Huang

“…A recent model of the addiction cycle (as proposed by Koob and his colleagues) illustrates how drug-taking patterns transition from impulsive (acute use) to compulsive (chronic use) as a function of various neuroadaptations leading to the downregulation of DA systems, upregulation of stress systems, and the dysregulation of the prefrontal/orbitofrontal cortex. …”
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Traumatic Death due to Simultaneous Double Spine Fractures in Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis by Mitsuru Yagi, Shunsuke Sato, Atsushi Miyake, Takashi Asazuma

“…The cause of death was determined to be upper spinal cord injury caused by cervical spinal fracture and dislocation that were facilitated by spinal rigidity from AS. This case report illustrates the importance of obtaining a detailed medical history and thorough imaging study when investigating deaths, including nonfatal conditions, such as AS. …”
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Adaptive Strategies Based on Differential Evolutionary Algorithm for Many-Objective Optimization by Yifei Sun, Kun Bian, Zhuo Liu, Xin Sun, Ruoxia Yao

“…The experimental results illustrate that the three proposed adaptive algorithms have better performance on most benchmark problems.…”
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Life-Cycle Management Strategy on Steel Girders in Bridges by Kevin K. L. So, Moe M. S. Cheung, Eric X. Q. Zhang

“…A practical example to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed LCM strategy is also illustrated.…”
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Steepest-Ascent Revisited: Unconstrained Missile Trajectory by Elsayed M. Khalil, Hao Zhou, Wanchun Chen

“…A detailed numerical solution, starting from building the mathematical formulation till generating an offline angle of attack control history, is illustrated. A novel approach for guessing a nominal control program is conducted. …”
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Predictive Value of Positive Margins in Diagnostic Biopsies of Dysplastic Nevi by Jeffrey S. Dickman, Reem M. Haddad, Andrew Racette

“…Residual nevus cells were reported in 29 of 63 available excisional pathology reports illustrating a positive predictive value (PPV) of positive margins in diagnostic biopsies of DN of 46.0%. …”
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The Pre-Dawn of the Three Caverns Thought: An Examination Based on <i>Shangqing taiji yinzhu yujing baojue</i> by Ling Cao

“…Then, based on new insights into its composition, this study discusses the historical context of the Three Caverns concept in this scripture and its direct impact on Lu Xiujing 陸修靜 (406–477)’s cataloging work. These discussions illustrate that, when confronted with the challenge posed by the newly composed Shangqing scriptures, the authors of the <i>Shangqing taiji yinzhu yujing baojue</i> employed the integrative approach commonly found in the Ancient Lingbao Scriptures to propose a more inclusive scriptural system. …”
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Persistent Lymphadenopathy due to IgG4-Related Disease by Benjamin Smith, Matthew B. Carroll

“…Treatment consists of high dose glucocorticoids as a first line therapy with some patients choosing instead to simply undergo observation. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosis and the need for increased awareness among medical professionals.…”
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A New Sixth-Order Finite Difference Compact Reconstruction Unequal-Sized WENO Scheme for Nonlinear Degenerate Parabolic Equations by Liang Li, Yan Zhang, Jun Zhu

“…Some benchmark numerical tests including the porous medium equation and the degenerate parabolic convection-diffusion equation are performed to illustrate the advantages of this new CRUS-WENO scheme.…”
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Profil Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis dan Kreatif Siswa SMA Pada Materi Energi Terbarukan by Amilia Aminingsih, Nur Khoiri, Harto Nuroso, Muhammad Syaipul Hayat

“…Critical and creative thinking skills at SMA Pangudi Luhur (PL) Don Bosko are still classified as moderate critical thinking and less creative thinking, respectively. This illustrates that some students have not been able to interpret information scientifically and develop ideas to solve a problem. …”
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Advancing Shannon Entropy for Measuring Diversity in Systems by R. Rajaram, B. Castellani, A. N. Wilson

“…Given a probability density p(x), Cc measures the diversity of the distribution up to a cumulative probability of c, by computing the length or support of an equivalent uniform distribution that has the same Shannon information as the conditional distribution of p^c(x) up to cumulative probability c. We illustrate the utility of our approach by renormalizing and comparing three well-known energy distributions in physics, namely, the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac distributions for energy of subatomic particles. …”
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Stakeholder’s resource mobilization and sustainability of government funded agricultural projects in Uganda: A case study of potato projects in Kabale District by moses Agaba

“…The descriptive analysis required the presentation of just one variable and its properties, frequency tables were used to illustrate the data. A Pearson correlation matrix was used to analyze the bivariate correlations between the dependent variable and the predictor components. …”
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Project Feasibility Studies and Sustainability of Government Supported Projects in Uganda by Turyasingura John Bosco, Moses Agaba

“…Because the descriptive analysis required the presentation of just one variable and its properties, frequency tables were used to illustrate the data. A Pearson correlation matrix was used to analyze the bivariate correlations between the dependent variable and the predictor components. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…Darcy, challenge and subvert class norms, illustrating Austen’s critique of superficial social distinctions and her advocacy for personal merit over inherited status. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Hydraulic Scissor Lift Trolley. by Katwesigye, Wilfred

“…The analysis includes calculations for lift height and additional lifting range, illustrating how this innovative design enhances safety and optimizes material handling in food storage facilities. …”
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An Improved Nishihara Model for Frozen Loess considering the Influence of Temperature by Xin Li, Enlong Liu, Bingtang Song, Xingyan Liu

“…Experimental results illustrate that the frozen loess specimens present the attenuation creep at the lower deviatoric stress, whereas the nonattenuation creep under the higher deviatoric stress level, and with a drop in the temperature, the deviator stress value which the exhibition of nonattenuation creep needs will increase under the constant confining pressure condition. …”
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Vehicle Detection in Different Environments by Mohsen Valizadehasl, Mohammad Badpeima, Sahar Khosraviyan Zahedani

“…The performance of the proposed method is tested using VDTD dataset and the results illustrate that the proposed method provides acceptable results specially in heavy traffics and different weather conditions.…”
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Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Reveal Four New Species of <i>Conocybe</i> (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China by Xi-Xi Han, Dorji Phurbu, Bin Cao, Jia-Xin Li, Xin-Yu Zhu, Lin-Hui Liu, Naritsada Thongklang, Kevin D. Hyde, Rui-Lin Zhao

“…Detailed descriptions, illustrations, photographs, line drawings, and comparisons with related species are provided for the new taxa. …”
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Interaction Between Two Rigid Hydrophobic Spheres Oscillating in an Infinite Brinkman–Stokes Fluid by Azza M. Algatheem, Hala H. Taha, Shreen El-Sapa

“…Additionally, we present streamlines that illustrate the interactions between the spheres across a range of parameters, highlighting the novelty of our findings. …”
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Properties of Gaussian Beam Propagating in Ring Resonator Sensor by Long Jin, Zhiqiang Yang, Qiang Zhang

“…In this paper, we deduce the paraxial analytical expression for the Gaussian beam propagating in the sandwich slab system which contained double negative material based on light transfer matrix and generalized Huygens-Fresnel integral equation; the evolution properties of emerging Gaussian beam contour graph intensity distribution on the receiver plane, the relation between beam spot size and negative refractive index coefficient, and beam side transmission view in slab system changed with three negative refractive index parameters are illustrated through numerical examples. What is more, we propose a ring resonator sensor to measure the concentration of NaCl solution on the basis of above theory, of which the operating principle is deliberatively analyzed, the influence of the concave mirror curvature radius on the emerging beam evolution is acquired, the functional relation between the normalized central intensity of the emerging beam, the beam spot size, and NaCl solution concentration is further developed by fit linear method, and the mathematical statistics results reach high precision and linearity. …”
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