Sensory substitution and augmentation techniques in cerebral visual impairment: a discussion of lived experiences by Stephanie L. Duesing, Katie Lane-Karnas, Sebastian James Adam Duesing, Mae Lane-Karnas, Nai Y, Arvind Chandna, Arvind Chandna

“…In this paper, three individuals with early-onset CVI and two parents discuss sensory substitution and augmentation developed in childhood in the absence of early identification of CVI, and they detail the important impact of the empowering, professionally taught non-visual skills–such as braille, orientation and mobility training, and assistive technology–which were acquired later. …”
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Structural, Optical and Electrochromic Properties of Sol–Gel V2O5 Thin Films by M. Benmouss, A. Outzourhit, R. Jourdani, A. Bennouna, E. L. Ameziane

“…XRD measurements have shown that after annealing in air at 400°C the structure of the films has a c-axis preferred orientation, the (0 0 1)-type planes lying parallel to the substrate. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of <i>Macrobrachium nipponense</i> Populations in the Saline–Alkaline Regions of China by Romaric Iko, Zijian Gao, Sufei Jiang, Yiwei Xiong, Wenyi Zhang, Hui Qiao, Shubo Jin, Hongtuo Fu

“…The oriental river prawn <i>Macrobrachium nipponense</i> is of great economic importance in China. …”
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DIDACTIC TERMS OF USE OF BIOGRAPH INFINITI SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE IN UKRAINE’S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Olha M. Lunhol, Olha A. Haborets, Hanna M. Kolieva, Artur O. Voloboiev

“…Each laboratory work is created according to the principles of scientificity, integrity and professional orientation of education and includes 3 levels: general (basic), psychological and medical-biological. …”
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Voices of Wisdom: Geriatric Interviews on Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the United States—A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis by David F. Lo, Ahmed Gawash, Kunal P. Shah, Jasmine Emanuel, Brandon Goodwin, Don D. Shamilov, Gaurav Kumar, Nathan Jean, Christian P. White

“…A wide search was conducted in health-oriented databases, including CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library, while gray literature was excluded. …”
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Study on the dynamic impact response of Arc-direct energy deposited Al-Cu-Mn-Zr alloy by Yinghui Zhou, Shihao Kang, Yongming Ren, Yongqin Liu, Ziqi Jie, Yuhong Yao, Xuewei Fang, Xin Lin, Ahmad Shah

“…The ACMZ alloy exhibits grain orientation deviation towards the <110>//Y direction after impact compression and the deformation texture is mainly dominated by the Copper Texture. …”
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Simulation of Software Development Team Productivity Incorporating Social and Human Factors: A System Dynamics Model by Luz Marcela Restrepo-Tamayo, Gloria Piedad Gasca-Hurtado, Johnny Valencia-Calvo

“…The generated burndown charts are used to demonstrate that the model constitutes a basal structure oriented to understand the productivity behavior of work teams. …”
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Extrinsic mortality and senescence: a guide for the perplexed by de Vries, Charlotte, Galipaud, Matthias, Kokko, Hanna

“…Reading the literature creates an impression that mathematically oriented biologists cannot agree on the validity of George Williams' prediction (who claimed 'yes'). …”
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Constraints on Relativistic Jets from the Fast X-Ray Transient 210423 Using Prompt Radio Follow-up Observations by Dina Ibrahimzade, R. Margutti, J. S. Bright, P. Blanchard, K. Paterson, D. Lin, H. Sears, A. Polzin, I. Andreoni, G. Schroeder, K. D. Alexander, E. Berger, D. L. Coppejans, A. Hajela, J. Irwin, T. Laskar, B. D. Metzger, J. C. Rastinejad, L. Rhodes

“…For more collimated jets ( θ _j = 3°) we can only rule out on-axis ( θ _obs = 0°) orientations. This study highlights the constraining power of prompt multiwavelength observations of FXTs discovered in real time by current (e.g., Einstein Probe) and future facilities.…”
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Evaluating Mechanical Properties of Few Layers MoS2 Nanosheets-Polymer Composites by Muhammad Bilal Khan, Rahim Jan, Amir Habib, Ahmad Nawaz Khan

“…The high aspect ratio of MoS2 nanosheets, homogeneous dispersion inside polymer, and their probable planar orientation are the possible reasons for the effective stress transfer, resulting in enhanced mechanical characteristics. …”
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Behind the scenes with genomics researchers by Renata Mont’Alverne, Lori Bradford, Cheryl Buckmaster, Graham Strickert, Jason MacLean, Diane Dupont

“…Another focus was on how academic publication slows progress because it is orientated toward positive results while gaps in knowledge could be filled by publishing negative results or methodological barriers. …”
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Combining Genetic Variants to Improve Risk Prediction for NAFLD and Its Progression to Cirrhosis: A Proof of Concept Study by Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci, Chiara Dell’Unto, Antonio De Vincentis, Andrea Baiocchini, Marco Delle Monache, Roberto Cecere, Adriano Maria Pellicelli, Valerio Giannelli, Simone Carotti, Giovanni Galati, Paolo Gallo, Francesco Valentini, Franca Del Nonno, Davide Rosati, Sergio Morini, Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi, Antonio Picardi

“…Identifying NAFLD patients at risk of progression is crucial to orient medical care and resources. We aimed to verify if the effects determined by different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) could add up to multiply the risk of NAFLD and NASH-cirrhosis. …”
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Nonparametric analysis of inter‐individual relations using an attention‐based neural network by Takashi Morita, Aru Toyoda, Seitaro Aisu, Akihisa Kaneko, Naoko Suda‐Hashimoto, Ikuma Adachi, Ikki Matsuda, Hiroki Koda

“…The proposed method successfully recovered the latent relations behind the simulated data and discovered female‐oriented relations in the real data, which are in accordance with the previous generalizations about the macaque social structure. …”
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Study on the Fractal Characteristics of Coal Body Fissure Development and the Law of Coalbed Methane Migration of around the Stope by He Yang, Zhen Liu, Danliang Zhu, Wenzhi Yang, Dawei Zhao, Wendi Wang

“…Finally, by building a model for calculating the penetrability coefficient of coal seam based on fractal dimension of mining fissure and analyzing the relationship between fissure development and fractal dimension, the gas migration law and the fissure development areas of #7 and #8 overburden strata where CBM concentrates can be revealed and determined. According to the orientation of the area mentioned above, the location of the CBM pumping field in relation to the coal seam roof and the arrangement of CBM extraction boreholes can be optimized, which make CBM extraction efficient. …”
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Dual-Source CT Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Stents: In Vitro Evaluation of 22 Different Stent Types by Michael Köhler, Matthias C. Burg, Alexander C. Bunck, Walter Heindel, Harald Seifarth, David Maintz

“…All stents were imaged in axial orientation with standard parameters. Image reconstructions were obtained with four different convolution kernels. …”
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Morale in Old Age and Its Association with Sociodemographic, Social, and Health-Related Factors in Different Age Groups by Marina Näsman, Johan Niklasson, Jan Saarela, Mikael Nygård, Birgitta Olofsson, Yngve Gustafson, Fredrica Nyqvist

“…Morale can be viewed as a future-oriented optimism or pessimism regarding challenges associated with aging and is closely related to subjective well-being. …”
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The Implementation of Diverse Actuation System in ACPR1000 Nuclear Power Plants by Zhen-Ying Wang, Zhi-Yun Liu, Ting-Wei Ma, Chen Sun, Liu Liu, Yu Huang, Gang-Miao Guo

“…At last, a set of DAS-specific, paper-based, and event-oriented emergency operating procedure is developed, verified, and validated. …”
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Adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices: assessing the role of institutional and socio economic factors amongst smallholder farmers. by Kule, Enos Katya, Agole, David, Obia, Alfred, Okello, Daniel Micheal, Odongo, Walter

“…Socio-economic factors i.e., market-oriented farming influenced both the adoption and adoption intensity of SAIPs, age of family head, family labour use, household size, and dependence ratio, only positively influenced the adoption intensity of adoption of SAIPs. …”
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“Restoration of the Past Scenery-Realm”: A Research on the Scenery-Realm Restoration of Jiang’s Fu Garden During Qing Dynasty in the Historical Revolution of the Humble Administrat... by Qian BIAN

“…By identifying and correlating the content of the images, the potential and limitations of schematic layout recovery of the Fu Garden are elucidated, and the distinctive significance of a core scenic area named Yuanxiang Hall within the garden for understanding the value orientation of the Fu Garden’s restoration is highlighted, as well as the feasible conditions for its research. …”
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Strength Prediction Model for Cohesive Soil–Rock Mixture with Rock Content by Yang Sun, Jianyong Xin, Junchao He, Junping Yu, Haibin Ding, Yifan Hu

“…This paper performed a series of large-scale triaxial compression tests on the cohesive soil–rock mixture (SRM) samples with dimensions of 500 mm × 1000 mm to investigate the influence of rock content P_BV (20, 40, and 60% by volume), rock orientation angle <i>α</i>, and confining pressure on their macro-mechanical properties. …”
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