Two Cases of Cartilaginous Choristoma—Not Chondroma of the Bony External Auditory Canal by Kohei Yamahara, Yuki Katsura, Yuki Egawa, Kana Lee, Satoshi Ikegami

“…To diagnose a mass as cartilaginous choristoma on the bony external auditory canal, it is necessary to confirm that it does not originate from the underlying periosteum. Here, we present the cases of two patients with typical cartilaginous masses on the bony external auditory canal, in which the surgical findings showed that the masses were not in contact with the underlying periosteum, indicating that cartilaginous choristoma—not chondroma—is an appropriate diagnosis for these mass lesions. …”
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Effects of a Nonuniform Tip Clearance Profile on the Performance and Flow Field in a Centrifugal Compressor by Yohan Jung, Minsuk Choi, Seonghwan Oh, Jehyun Baek

“…The accuracy of the numerical simulations was assessed by comparing the experimental data with the computational results for a system characterized by the original tip clearance. Although the performance improved for low tip clearances, a low tip clearance at the trailing edge improved the compressor performance more significantly than a low tip clearance at the leading edge. …”
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Enhanced Hydrogen Production over C-Doped CdO Photocatalyst in Na2S/Na2SO3 Solution under Visible Light Irradiation by Quan Gu, Huaqiang Zhuang, Jinlin Long, Xiaohan An, Huan Lin, Huaxiang Lin, Xuxu Wang

“…The results indicated that the H2 production was due to the existence of CdS and the enhancement of visible light photocatalytic activity of H2 production was originated from the doping of carbon into the CdO lattice. …”
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Integration and Application of a Fabric-Based Modified Cam-Clay Model in FLAC^3D by Xiao-Wen Wang, Kai Cui, Yuan Ran, Yu Tian, Bo-Han Wu, Wen-Bin Xiao

“…The major modification of the original model aims to simplify the equations for numerical implementation by replacing the SMP strength criterion with the Lade’s strength criterion. …”
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A roadmap from the bond strength to the grain-boundary energies and macro strength of metals by Xin Li, Hao Wu, Wang Gao, Qing Jiang

“…Motivated by the role of grain boundaries in the strength of metals, we introduce a predictive model to determine the grain-boundary energies and strength of metals from the cohesive energy and atomic radius. This scheme originates from the d-band characteristics and broken-bond spirit of tight-binding models, and demonstrates that the repulsive/attractive effects play different roles in the variation of bond strength for different metals. …”
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Case report: A co-existing case of ulcerative colitis and dysferlinopathy in a male patient by Limin Li, Qiong Yan, Mingming Deng, Muhan Lü, Tiejun Zhou, Xiaolin Zhong

“…The patient’s intestinal symptoms were most consistent with ulcerative colitis, while the muscle weakness originated from dysferlinopathy following a comprehensive diagnostic work-up. …”
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A Nonstandard Dynamically Consistent Numerical Scheme Applied to Obesity Dynamics by Rafael J. Villanueva, Abraham J. Arenas, Gilberto González-Parra

“…The construction of the proposed discrete scheme is developed such that it is dynamically consistent with the original differential equations model. Since the total population in this mathematical model is assumed constant, the proposed scheme has been constructed to satisfy the associated conservation law and positivity condition. …”
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Exploring Generative Adversarial Networks: Comparative Analysis of Facial Image Synthesis and the Extension of Creative Capacities in Artificial Intelligence by Tomas Eglynas, Dovydas Lizdenis, Aistis Raudys, Sergej Jakovlev, Miroslav Voznak

“…This paper addresses this gap by analyzing the scope and capabilities of facial generation, detailing the principles of the original GAN framework, and reviewing prominent GAN variants specifically designed for facial synthesis. …”
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Intraoperative rescue of a dislodged renal stent during fenestrated endovascular aortic repair for treatment of type 1A endoleak by Mario D’Oria, MD, Filippo Griselli, MD, Cristiano Calvagna, MD, Sandro Lepidi, MD

“…Among these, presence of suprarenal bare stents from prior EVAR device are certainly a frequent scenario and may sometimes make target vessel cannulation more difficult because of encroachment on the target vessel origins. In this manuscript, we report a case intraoperative rescue of a dislodged renal stent during FEVAR for treatment of type 1 endoleak with the aim of showing the culprit of the complication, how to recognize it, and the off-label solution that was devised to solve it.…”
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Persistence, Fate, and Effectiveness of Dispersants used during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by Monica Wilson, Larissa Graham, Christine Hale, Emily Maung-Douglass, Stephen Sempier, LaDon Swann

“…Written by Monica Wilson, Larissa Graham, Christine Hale, Emily Maung-Douglass, Stephen Sempier, and LaDon Swann and published by the Florida Sea Grant College Program, the fact sheet was selected for publication on EDIS by Monica Wilson. Originally published at the National Sea Grant Library: https://eos.ucs.uri.edu/EOS_Linked_Documents/gomsg/EX-GOMRI-1%20-%20Wilson_M_2015.pdf http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg150 …”
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In-silico platform for the multifunctional design of 3D printed conductive components by Javier Crespo-Miguel, Sergio Lucarini, Sara Garzon-Hernandez, Angel Arias, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

“…The in-silico multi-scale methodology is validated with extensive original multi-physical experiments and a functional application consisting of an electro-heatable printing cartridge. …”
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Sequencing and annotation of the complete mitochondrial genome of a threatened labeonine fish, by Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Shirin Sultana, Md. Jobaidul Alam

“…The complete mitochondrial genome was 16,597 bp in size, which formed a circular double-stranded DNA molecule containing a total of 37 mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes) with two non-coding regions, an origin of light strand replication (OL) and a displacement loop (D-loop), similar structure with other fishes of Teleostei. …”
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Human Resource Management Activities and Organizational Commitment among the Engineers and Technical Technicians of the Electricity Company by Sajjad Salehi-Kordabadi, Mehrdada Godarzvand Chegini, Shahram Ismaeilpoor, Farzane Zad-Dousti

“…Findings: The results indicate a positive relationship between human resource functions (service compensation, employee training and development, and top management support) and employees' organizational commitment. Originality/Value: The present study highlights the relationship between human resource functions (service compensation, employee training and development, and support for the organization's top management) and the organizational commitment of the company's engineers and technicians.…”
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The effects of teacher-pertinent factors and teacher motivation on Hong Kong English teachers’ motivational strategies by Shu Yang Lin, Tim S. O. Lee

“…Preparation workload, teaching style, peer sharing, and various self-benefits were found to be influential factors originating from the teachers. The notions of intrinsic teacher motivation, ideal teacher selves, work satisfaction, and demotivation were manifest in the teachers’ responses. …”
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Reactive power optimization via deep transfer reinforcement learning for efficient adaptation to multiple scenarios by Congbo Bi, Di Liu, Lipeng Zhu, Chao Lu, Shiyang Li, Yingqi Tang

“…The proposed framework transfers knowledge through two phases: generic state representation in the original scenario and specific dynamic learning in multiple target scenarios. …”
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Asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity: stages of diagnostic search by Yu. A. Tereshchenko, S. Yu. Tereshchenko

“…The algorithm is based on the analysis of consensus documents, original studies, experts opinions and authors’ experience.Conclusion. …”
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Impacts of hunting cooperation and prey harvesting in a Leslie-Gower prey-predator system with strong Allee effect by Na Min, Hongyang Zhang, Xiaobin Gao, Pengyu Zeng

“…Using topological equivalent and the blow-up method, we proved that the origin was the attractor, and a defined basin of attraction was given. …”
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Plant Extract Valorization of Melissa officinalis L. for Agroindustrial Purposes through Their Biochemical Properties and Biological Activities by Mouna Souihi, Rayda Ben Ayed, Imen Trabelsi, Marwa Khammassi, Nadia Ben Brahim, Mohamed Annabi

“…The phenolic content of M. officinalis extract varied significantly among origins which could explain the high variation in antiradical scavenging activity. …”
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Talar Neck Fracture after United Tibiotalar Fusion by W. Platt, M. Welck, B. Rudge

“…To the authors’ knowledge, this injury has only been described once previously in the literature. However, the original case described a fracture sustained in the very early postoperative period following tibiotalar fusion, postulated to be secondary to postimmobilisation osteopaenia or stress risers from metalwork. …”
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A Novel DBSCAN Based on Binary Local Sensitive Hashing and Binary-KNN Representation by Qing He, Hai Xia Gu, Qin Wei, Xu Wang

“…We revisit the classic DBSCAN algorithm by proposing a series of strategies to improve its robustness to various densities and its efficiency. Unlike the original DBSCAN, we first use the binary local sensitive hashing (LSH) which enables faster region query for the k neighbors of a data point. …”
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