A Rare Presentation of Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma Manifesting as a Dumbbell Tumor on the Nape of the Neck by Abrar A. AlAtwan, Mousa Behbehani, Ali Sayed Ali

“…It most commonly presents during the first two decades of life and rarely might it be of extraskeletal origin. Majority of extraskeletal cases are reported in the paravertebral and lower limb, with very few cases reported in the cervical spine region. …”
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Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control for Flight Systems with Input Saturation and Model Mismatch by Man Wang, Jianying Yang, Nan Li

“…Because of saturation errors resulting from actuator constraints and model mismatch caused by abnormal changes in the system, the original reference model may not be appropriate. Under this circumstance, an adaptive reference model which can also provide satisfactory performance is designed. …”
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Reordering for Improved Constrained Reconstruction from Undersampled k-Space Data by Ganesh Adluru, Edward V. R. DiBella

“…The ordering of the intensities is such that it makes the original artifact-free signal monotonic and thus minimizes the finite differences norm if the correct image is estimated; this ordering can be estimated based on the undersampled measured data. …”
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Force/Position Hybrid Control of 6PUS-UPU Redundant Driven Parallel Manipulator Based on 2-DOF Internal Model Control by Kuijing Zheng, Chao Wang

“…Position loop of the controller is redesigned based on the original current loop and speed loop. The hybrid force/position control strategy on the basis of cross-coupling is proposed. …”
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THE CONFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND ARTISTIC INSPIRATION IN GYÖRGY LIGETI’S MUSICAL THINKING by Attila FODOR

“… Original and contradictory, György Ligeti’s work is rooted in a complex creative thought, influenced by several innated and personal factors. …”
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G-Filtering Nonstationary Time Series by Mengyuan Xu, Krista B. Cohlmia, Wayne A. Woodward, Henry L. Gray

“…In such a situation, the classical linear filtering method fails to extract components from the original process. In this paper, we introduce and theoretically develop the G-filter based on a time-deformation technique. …”
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A Bezoar Composed of Bilirubin Calcium, Calcium Carbonate, and Fatty Acid Calcium by Masaya Iwamuro, Haruo Urata, Shoichiro Hirata, Toru Ueki, Tetsuro Hanabata, Sho Takeda, Akira Teraoka, Hiroyuki Okada

“…Although bezoar with components similar to bile is infrequently encountered, our findings suggest that a bezoar originating from bile should be considered among the differential diagnoses in patients without a recent consumption history of persimmons who demonstrate a mass in the digestive tract. …”
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Multisensor Based Neutral Function Identification of Solenoid Valve by Yanqing Guo, Yongling Fu, Xiaoye Qi, Chun Cao

“…Linear correlation analysis is introduced for feature extraction, which allows for a significant reduction in the dimension of original data without compromising the change detection performance. …”
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Telework in Public Sector Organizations: The Slovak National Library by Mária Murray Svidroňová, Beáta Mikušová Meričková, Juraj Nemec

“…The authors used qualitative and quantitative approach based on original survey data from own research, including data collected within the LIPSE project. …”
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LMI Based Fuzzy Control of a Wing Doubled Fractional-Order Chaos by Bin Wang, Yuzhu Wang, Hongbo Cao, Delan Zhu

“…Firstly, a new fractional-order chaos is proposed, replacing linear term x in the second equation by its absolute value; a new improved system is got, which can make the wing of the original system doubled. Then, circuit diagram is presented for the proposed fractional-order chaos. …”
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Peptide with Dual Roles in Immune and Metabolic Regulation: Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide-2 (LEAP-2) by Yitong Li, Ying Liu, Meng Gou

“…Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) was originally discovered as an antimicrobial peptide that plays a vital role in the host innate immune system of various vertebrates. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Shigellosis by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“…This document is FSHN05-17, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Originally published September 2005. FSHN0517/FS128: Preventing Foodborne Illness: Shigellosis (ufl.edu) …”
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Potential Renoprotective Agents through Inhibiting CTGF/CCN2 in Diabetic Nephropathy by Songyan Wang, Bing Li, Chunguang Li, Wenpeng Cui, Lining Miao

“…Connective tissue growth factor (CCN2, originally known as CTGF) is the one which plays a pivotal role. …”
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An Improved Bio-Inspired Material Generation Algorithm for Engineering Optimization Problems Including PV Source Penetration in Distribution Systems by Mona Gafar, Shahenda Sarhan, Ahmed R. Ginidi, Abdullah M. Shaheen

“…This innovative IMGO, along with the original MGO, is developed to support applications across three phases, showcasing its versatility and enhanced optimization capabilities. …”
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Establishment of the fingerprint of ganoderma lucidum spore powder and study on the anti-inflammatory activity of ganoderma lucidum spore oil by Yu Zhang, Lihui Hou, Le Wang, Yunshan Si, Hongjuan Wen, Ying Gao, Xiuhua Yu

“…[Methods] High Performance Liquid Chromatography and High Performance Thin-layer Chromatography techniques were used to analyze the chemical composition of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder from different origins; MTT method was used to determine the cell viability; ELISA was used to determine the RAW264.7 IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α levels in cell supernatant. …”
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Examining the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in People Living With HIV/AIDS at a Community Health Center in Bandung City, Indonesia by Nuraeni S, Alfian SD, Puspitasari IM

“…The following significant factors associated with the prevalence of STIs were population group men who have sex with men (MSM) (p = 0.046), referral origin from non-government organizations (NGOs) (p = 0.030), duration of disease (p = 0.023) and duration of ART ranging from 12 to 36 months (p = 0.023), and early clinical stage (p = 0.010).Conclusion: STIs affected over one-third of CHC-registered PLWHA, with syphilis being the most common. …”
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Phylogenomic analysis reveals exceptions to the co-evolution of ZAR1 and ZRK immune gene families in plants by Li Yang, Shengyi Liu, M. Eric Schranz, Klaas Bouwmeester

“…Our results provide new hypotheses about the origin and diversification of these critical immune genes for future functional studies.…”
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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

“…They were classified into two categories: conduction abnormality (191/1039; 18.4%) and origin abnormality (94/1039; 9.0%), including 20 patients with both types of arrhythmias. …”
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Sources of economically valuable traits for winter triticale breeding in the northwest of the Russian Federation by V. A. Uspenskaja, L. P. Bekish, N. N. Chikida

“…In this regard, the further development of breeding in the Russian Northwest depends on studying the triticale gene pool and synthesis of original initial material for the creation of new high-yielding varieties.Material and methods. …”
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Accumulation of artificial and natural radionuclides in hydrobionts of the Konoplyanka River (Kamianske City, Dnipropetrovsk region) by N. Hudym

“…To determine the radiation state of the ecosystem in the technologically modified Konoplyanka River in the area of ​​radioactive waste tailings dump and the mouth of the river (at the siteof confluence with the Zaporizhzhya (Dnipro) Reservoir), by analyzing the coefficients of radionuclides accumulation of natural and artificial origin in hydrobionts. Methodology. Classical sampling methods were used to determine natural (226Ra, 232Th, 40K) and artificial (137Cs, 90Sr) radionuclides in hydrobionts. …”
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