Human migration from the Levant and Arabia into Yemen since Last Glacial Maximum by Andreas Henschel, Riyadh Saif-Ali, Molham Al-Habori, Syafiq Azman Kamarul, Luca Pagani, Cynthia Al Hageh, Emilio Porcu, Nassim Nicolas Taleb, Daniel Platt, Pierre Zalloua

“…Abstract While a broad consensus about the first successful migration modern humans out of Africa seems established, the peopling of Arabia remains somewhat enigmatic. …”
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À quel corps appartient cette voix ? Quelle voix est parlée par ce corps ? La disjonction de la voix et du corps comme fondement de la performance dans les spectacles Spectacular,... by Charlotte Bouteille-Meister

“…Does the disjunction between voice and body have anything to say about the modern individual torn apart between personal desires and social stereotypes, between exhilaration and failure? …”
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Modes-of-Action Related to Repeated Dose Toxicity: Tissue-Specific Biological Roles of PPARγ Ligand-Dependent Dysregulation in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Merilin Al Sharif, Petko Alov, Vessela Vitcheva, Ilza Pajeva, Ivanka Tsakovska

“…The description and characterization of the toxicological MoA leading to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are of specific interest, due to its increasing incidence in the modern society. Growing evidence stresses on the PPARγ ligand-dependent dysregulation as a key molecular initiating event (MIE) for this adverse effect. …”
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Regulation of Stress-Induced Immunosuppression in the Context of Neuroendocrine, Cytokine, and Cellular Processes by Evgenii Balakin, Ksenia Yurku, Mark Ivanov, Alexander Izotov, Valeriya Nakhod, Vasiliy Pustovoyt

“…This study involved a search of scientific literature covering the neuroendocrine, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of stress-induced immunosuppression regulation, as well as modern methods for its diagnosis. Major international bibliographic databases covering publications in biomedicine, psychophysiology, and immunology were selected for the search. …”
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Study on the Path of Cultivating and Enhancing National Maritime Awareness Under the Threshold of the Great Power Game by WANG Fuxin, GE Yuxuan

“…By doing so, China can enhance its maritime hard power and soft power in economic, political, cultural, and ecological aspects, accelerate the construction of a maritime power, help realize the modernization of China, and effectively cope with the challenges brought by great power game.…”
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HISTORICAL NARRATIVE: CONSTITUENT FEATURES AND LINGUISTIC PROPERTIES by Olga A. Leontovich, Anna A. Khanova

“…The linguistic means used in the construction of historical narrative comprise: 1) the language of the historical source; 2) the narrator’s language; 3) historical terminology; 4) historicisms and archaisms; 5) precedent names; 6) obsolete and modern toponyms. The study emphasises the importance of perceiving history as a hypertext – multiple narratives united by a network of intertextual connections. …”
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Deciphering the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences: An Update by Siddhant Khanna, Merajul Haque Siddiqui, Shalini Bhushan, Rahul Saxena

“…While humans are still faster at some jobs than computers, the accuracy of modern computer algorithms has lately surpassed that of human experts in the medical sciences. …”
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State-of-the-Art Detection and Diagnosis Methods for Rolling Bearing Defects: A Comprehensive Review by Bojun Sun, Zixin Sheng, Peng Song, Huilin Sun, Fei Wang, Xiaogang Sun, Junyan Liu

“…With the increasing demands of modern manufacturing to reduce costs and improve quality, the development of advanced bearing fault detection methods has become indispensable. …”
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Evidence-Based Design Approach for Assessing Universal Competencies in Higher Education: Advantages and Features by S. M. Avdeeva, K. V. Tarasova

“…The article addresses the issue of assessing universal competencies, which are becoming increasingly important given modern demands on university graduates. It emphasizes the need for valid and reliable tools to measure skills such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, and complex problem-solving. …”
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Reduced basal motion responsible for 50 years of declining ice velocities on Athabasca Glacier by David Polashenski, Martin Truffer, William Henry Armstrong

“…A cross-sectional flow model allows us to calculate transverse englacial velocity fields to simulate modern and historical conditions. We subsequently use a 3-D numerical ice flow model, Icepack, to estimate changes in basal friction by inverting known surface velocities. …”
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Comparative study of long short-term memory (LSTM), bidirectional LSTM, and traditional machine learning approaches for energy consumption prediction by Hamed Alizadegan, Behzad Rashidi Malki, Arian Radmehr, Hossein Karimi, Mohsen Asghari Ilani

“…Responsible, efficient, and environmentally conscious energy consumption practices are increasingly essential for ensuring the reliability of the modern electricity grid. This study focuses on leveraging time series analysis to improve forecasting accuracy, crucial for various application domains where real-world time series data often exhibit complex, non-linear patterns. …”
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Code-Switching ASR for Low-Resource Indic Languages: A Hindi-Marathi Case Study by Hemant Palivela, Meera Narvekar, David Asirvatham, Shashi Bhushan, Vinay Rishiwal, Udit Agarwal

“…This work critically evaluates current methods and proposes improvements using modern deep-learning techniques to address the primary challenges in developing efficient ASR models for Hindi and Marathi. …”
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Anthecological features of <i>Lonicera japonica</i> Thunb. in the environments of Southern Uzbekistan by Kh. K. Djumayev, K. G. Tkachenko

“…Identification of spectacular ornamental perennial lianas for urban landscaping in southern cities is important for modern urban greening programs. The aim of this work was to study flowering peculiarities of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb.).Materials and methods. …”
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Current State of Logistics Development and Its Role in the China’s Regional Economy by Xiaomei Sun, Amangeldi Zhumadilov, Madina Myrzalieva, Avaz Kazakov, Aigerim Akmatova

“… In modern conditions logistics plays a particularly important role in the context of the development of the country, as it allows more effective development of other areas of economic activity of the country due to the speed and quality of movement of goods or people. …”
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GOVERNMENT’S FEAR OF NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA AND FRANCE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY by V. F. Blokhin

“…Also the article allows us to reconsider the diffusionist paradigm with regard to state's policy experience circulation between European empires and their reaction to the emergence of modern media.…”
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Prospects for development of graphic training of students of technical universities by Zh. A. Nazarova

“…In this regard, the issue of actual graphic training of modern specialists has arisen: now it is not enough to teach students to create drawings using CAD and read design documentation, but it is necessary to immediately prepare students for collective creativity, responsibility to the team for the changes made to the project, and most importantly — to show the principles of work in a software product for information modeling. …”
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The Role of Global Platforms in Advancing Digital Transformation: Competence and Innovation Aspects by I. V. Danilin, Z. A. Mamedyarov

“…The scope of operations of modern digital platforms, their composition, engagement of all key groups of actors in the innovation processes (including consumers) create unique opportunities for further development of this area.…”
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MaizeCODE reveals bi-directionally expressed enhancers that harbor molecular signatures of maize domestication by Jonathan Cahn, Michael Regulski, Jason Lynn, Evan Ernst, Cristiane de Santis Alves, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Kapeel Chougule, Sharon Wei, Zhenyuan Lu, Xiaosa Xu, Umamaheswari Ramu, Jorg Drenkow, Melissa Kramer, Arun Seetharam, Matthew B. Hufford, W. Richard McCombie, Doreen Ware, David Jackson, Michael C. Schatz, Thomas R. Gingeras, Robert A. Martienssen

“…Abstract Modern maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) was domesticated from Teosinte parviglumis (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis), with subsequent introgressions from Teosinte mexicana (Zea mays ssp. mexicana), yielding increased kernel row number, loss of the hard fruit case and dissociation from the cob upon maturity, as well as fewer tillers. …”
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A sedimentary ancient DNA perspective on human and carnivore persistence through the Late Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Spain by Pere Gelabert, Victoria Oberreiter, Lawrence Guy Straus, Manuel Ramón González Morales, Susanna Sawyer, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Jeanne Marie Geiling, Florian Exler, Florian Brueck, Stefan Franz, Fernanda Tenorio Cano, Sophie Szedlacsek, Evelyn Zelger, Michelle Hämmerle, Brina Zagorc, Alejandro Llanos-Lizcano, Olivia Cheronet, José-Miguel Tejero, Thomas Rattei, Stephan M. Kraemer, Ron Pinhasi

“…We recover and analyse sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) data from the lower archaeological stratigraphic sequence of El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain), encompassing the (1) Late Mousterian period, associated with Neanderthals, and (2) the Gravettian (c. 31.5 cal kya), Solutrean (c. 24.5–22 cal kya), and Initial Magdalenian (d. 21–20.5 cal kya) periods, associated with anatomically modern humans. We identify 28 animal taxa including humans. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE LATE 80’S AND EARLY 90’S: COMETT, ERASMUS, PETRA, LINGUA, TEMPUS, AND EUROTECNET by Costel COROBAN, Cristina-Iulia MARINESCU (GÎLĂ)

“…Despite these initiatives’ successes in modernizing the educational systems and enhancing European competitiveness, many programs prioritized economic and technological objectives over social inclusion. …”
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