A Precessing-Coin-like Rotary Actuator for Distal Endoscope Scanners: Proof-of-Concept Study by Nirvana Gharib, Mohammad Reza Yousefi Darestani, Kenichi Takahata

“…Preliminary optical testing demonstrates continuous circumferential scanning of the laser beam with no blind spot caused by power leads to the actuator. The results indicate the fundamental feasibility of the developed actuator as an endoscopic distal scanner, a significant step to further development toward advancing optical endoscope technology.…”
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Research Progress on Responsiveness of Activities of Daily Living Scales of Patients with Stroke by XUE Kaiwen, LIU Xiangxiang, ZHANG Zeyu, WANG Yulong

“…Motor dysfunction after stroke often leads to decreased activities of daily living (ADL) and affects the quality of life of patients. …”
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Discourse analysis from an international relations perspective: the case study of Tucker Carlson’s televised interview with Vladimir Putin by Pablo Hidalgo-Cobo, Casandra López-Marcos, Belén Puebla-Martínez

“…The main themes, statements and keywords of the narrative are identified and systematically compared with the explanations and interpretations of the Ukraine war according to leading theorists. Results: The findings corroborate prior research that indicates a realist ideological substrate in Putin’s discourse. …”
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Load Balancing for Integrated Access and Backhaul in mmWave Small Cells by Quang-Huy Tran, Tho-Minh Duong, Sungoh Kwon

“…With the help of mmWave communications, ultra-dense small cell deployment is a key technology for future networks, but it leads to high fiber installation costs. IAB has emerged as a cost-effective and flexible solution because it uses the multi-hop wireless backhaul to the core network via macro base stations (BSs). …”
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Structuroscopy of Coils after High-Temperature Mechanical Treatment on the Basis of Measurements of Rayleigh Waves Velocity by V. V. Muravʼev, L. V. Gushchina

“…With high-temperature machining, when winding springs and quenching them, there is a difference in the cooling rates of the inner and outer sides of the spring coils, which leads to a difference in the structural state and affects the durability of the springs. …”
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study on Microstructure and Permeability of Coals of Different Ranks by Jiajia Liu, Jianmin Hu, Gaini Jia, Jianliang Gao, Dan Wang

“…The microscopic pore development of most coal seams in China leads to different permeability of coal seams and different gas drainage efficiency. …”
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Metabolomic characteristics of cord blood from neonates with hyperkalemia after antenatal exposure to ritodrine and magnesium sulfate by Masanori Inoue, Kazuhito Sekiguchi, Haruka Tsushita, Naomi Inoue, Tomoki Maeda, Hiroki Itoh, Kenji Ihara

“…Our data indicate that the concurrent administration of ritodrine and MgSO4 caused distinctive metabolic alterations, potentially leading to an additional increase in the intracellular potassium concentration in the fetus. …”
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Intrinsic assurance: a systematic approach towards extensible cybersecurity by Xunxun CHEN, Mingzhe LI, Ning LYU, Liang HUANG

“…At present, the mainstream cyber security systems are laid out in an alienated style, where security functions are separated from business processes, and security products are isolated from each other.It is difficult to effectively cope with increasingly complicated cyber threats in this architecture.Therefore, it is imperative to move security inward for more resilient and secure network infrastructures.Business scenarios of the cybersecurity sector can be categorized into four perspectives: organization, vendor, regulatory and threat, each of which has different business objectives.Starting from the commonness and individuality of the four perspectives, the needs of this sector was systematically summarized and then the goal of building an extensible cybersecurity capability ecosystem was recognized.As the key to this goal, the intrinsic assurance methodology was proposed.Intrinsic assurance capabilities referred to the abilities of ICT components to natively support security functions such as monitoring, protection and traceability.But intrinsic assurance is not the ultimate security implementation itself, which is a key difference from the existing “endogenous security” or “designed-in security” methodologies.Intrinsic assurance emphasizes the inherent security enabling endowment of network components, whether by activating an innate gift or by encapsulating a given one, both of which logically exhibit autoimmunity from an external viewpoint.One advantage of such a component is the cohesion of business and security, which leads to transparent security posture awareness, customized security policies, and close-fitting security protection.It also simplifies the overall engineering architecture and reduces management complexity through encapsulation of multiple functions into a singleton.Additionally, the Intrinsic Assurance Support Capability Framework was put forward, which summarized and enumerated the security capabilities that conformed to the intrinsic assurance concept.This framework classified the security capabilities into five categories, namely collection, cognition, execution, syndication and resilience respectively, together with their sub-types and underlying ICT technologies.Based on this framework, the enhanced implementations of typical security business scenarios was further introduced in light of intrinsic assurance.…”
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Exploring the Influence of Lateral Conductivity Contrasts on the Storm Time Behavior of the Ground Electric Field in the Eastern United States by Elena Marshalko, Mikhail Kruglyakov, Alexey Kuvshinov, Benjamin S. Murphy, Lutz Rastätter, Chigomezyo Ngwira, Antti Pulkkinen

“…Abstract The intensification of the fluctuating geomagnetic field during space weather events leads to generation of a strong electric field in the conducting earth, which drives geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in grounded technological systems. …”
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The Late 1980s HIV Outbreak in the Southeast of Soviet Russia: Soviet Government and Its Policy against the Epidemic (The Case of Kalmykia) by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…The then changes did negatively affect such an important social sphere as healthcare, which led to a severe decline of what once had been a leading public health system of the world. …”
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Interference of longitudinal and transversal fragmentations in the Josephson tunneling dynamics of Bose–Einstein condensates by Anal Bhowmik, Ofir E Alon

“…All in all, we show that the interference of longitudinal and transversal fragmentations leads to new rules for macroscopic tunneling phenomena of interacting bosons in traps.…”
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Adherence to CRC Screening and Surveillance Guidelines when Using Split-Dose Bowel Preparation by Stacy B. Menees, H. Myra Kim, Grace H. Elta, Sheryl Korsnes, Philip Schoenfeld

“…Suboptimal bowel preparation is the most frequently cited factor in endoscopy reports leading to deviation from guidelines. Continued emphasis on optimization of bowel preparation, particularly patient compliance to split-dose regimen, is needed.…”
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF UNIVERSITIES IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD by Alisa V. Melikyan

“…The article also describes the main objectives behind the leading Russian universities that were formed by merger. …”
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Investigation of the Pulmonary Artery Hypertension Using an Ad Hoc OpenFOAM CFD Solver by Francesco Duronio, Paola Marchetti

“…Cardiovascular diseases are a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels, representing a leading cause of death worldwide. With the help of computational fluid dynamics, it is possible to study the hemodynamics of the pulmonary arteries in detail and simulate various physiological conditions, thus offering numerous advantages over invasive analyses in the phases of diagnosis and surgical planning. …”
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Digital Teaching and Learning Media for Nursing and Health Care Courses in Germany: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Jann Niklas Vogel, Jaqueline Letzin, Stefan Schmidt

“… BackgroundIn Germany, digital transformation and legal regulations are leading to the need to integrate digital technologies into the nursing profession. …”
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Design of a sustainable supply chain network of biomass renewable energy in the case of disruption by Leila Aslani, Atefeh Hasan-Zadeh, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Amir-Hosein Sheikh-Azadi

“…Therefore, non-renewable resources will be exhausted if alternative energy is not fully developed, leading to an energy crisis in the near future. In this paper, a mathematical model has been proposed for the design of the biomass supply chain of field residues that includes several fields where residue is transferred to hubs after collecting the residue in the hub, the residue is transferred to reactors. …”
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A synchronous occurrence of breast cancer and pleural mesothelioma: a case report by Zaheer Ahmad, Hashir Jehanzeb, Saad Noor Hussain, M. Umar, Humna Saleem

“…The most common type is malignant pleural mesothelioma, which progresses rapidly and leads to pleural effusion. It typically affects older men and is strongly associated with asbestos exposure. …”
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Role-playing as a form of joint activity in the process of learning a foreign language by Irina A. Pushkareva

“…Analysis of the role-playing game in a foreign language practical lesson made it possible to come to conclusions about the effectiveness of game forms and an activity approach in learning, as well as the possibility of implementing all forms of educational cooperation leading to partnership as the highest and most developed form of a persons self-organization.…”
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Novel deep neural network architecture fusion to simultaneously predict short-term and long-term energy consumption. by Abrar Ahmed, Safdar Ali, Ali Raza, Ibrar Hussain, Ahmad Bilal, Norma Latif Fitriyani, Yeonghyeon Gu, Muhammad Syafrudin

“…Energy is integral to the socio-economic development of every country. This development leads to a rapid increase in the demand for energy consumption. …”
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Analysis and Evaluation of Seawater Quality in the Northwest of Hainan by HUANG Xia, ZHENG Ruixi

“…Moreover, influenced by factors such as seawater temperature, biomass, and the expansion of hypoxic zones in the central and western parts of the Beibu Gulf, the dissolved oxygen content frequently exceeds the standard, leading to water pollution characterized by low dissolved oxygen levels. …”
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