Debates on the Role of the US Theatre Missile Defense in Regional Deterrence of Russia and China by O. O. Krivolapov

“…So far this issue has received little attention and this paper aims to fill that gap. The first section identifies the key points of the MDR concerning the capabilities of regional missile defense for regional deterrence of the major nuclear powers. …”
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Effect of Surface Treated Nanofillers on Abrasive Wear of Carbon Fiber/Polyamide Blend Composites by S. Srinivas, R. Hemanth, B. Harshavardhan, G. S. Ananthapadmanabha, B. Suresha

“…To evaluate two-body abrasive wear, 320 grit silicon carbide emery paper and a pin-on-disk wear test apparatus were utilized. …”
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A Case of Dibothriocephalosis (<i>Dibothriocephalus latus</i>) from Iseo Lake (Northern Italy): An Update on a Persistent Sanitary Issue by Vasco Menconi, Lisa Guardone, Elena Lazzaro, Romina Bottazzo, Valeria Besutti, Patrizia Danesi, Amedeo Manfrin, Andrea Basso, Giuseppe Arcangeli, Luana Cortinovis, Ewa Bilska-Zając, Giorgia Angeloni

“…<i>Diphyllobothrium</i>) genus. This paper describes a human case of dibothriocephalosis associated with the consumption of a presumably infected fish, prepared at a restaurant near Iseo Lake (northern Italy). …”
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Prediction of Future Terrorist Activities Using Deep Neural Networks by M. Irfan Uddin, Nazir Zada, Furqan Aziz, Yousaf Saeed, Asim Zeb, Syed Atif Ali Shah, Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Khasawneh, Marwan Mahmoud

“…Since deep learning has recently gained more popularity in machine learning domain, in this paper, these techniques are explored to understand the behavior of terrorist activities. …”
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Knowledge, practice, and information sources regarding infectious diseases among Chinese children and adolescents: a National-Level cross-sectional study by Yuan Zeng, Feifei Li, Wei Liang, Yinyue Liu, Zhiyong Zou, Julien S. Baker, Yanhui Dong, Jun Ma, Jie Hu, Yide Yang, Bin Dong

“…Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that higher levels of knowledge(b = 0.102), and receiving information through schools(b = 0.054), electronic media(b = 0.016), and paper media(b = 0.054) were significantly associated with better preventive practice. …”
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Concept of indicative strategic program management of the umbrella industrial EICSG-ecosystem of Industry 5.0 by Babkin Aleksandr, Batukova Louisa, Shkarupeta Elena

“…But since the categorical apparatus of this modern scientific direction in the subject area of social and economic-administrative sciences is insufficiently developed, this paper proposes a new consideration of such concepts as the strategic perspective and the model of dynamics of the organizational and historical evolution of the economic and business mechanism. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing by regulating Liver for patients with hyperthyroidism (甲状腺功能亢进症的中医从肝护理) by ZHANG Xixia (章细霞), AN Zhentao (安振涛), WANG Bei (王蓓)

“…According to TCM theorysyndrome of liver-qi stagnation may be the main factor leading to the occurrence of hyperthyroidism. This paper summarized the TCM nursing by regulating Liver in perspectives of daily living habits, dietary guidance, emotional care and complications, in order to provide reference for the clinical nursing practice for patients with hyperthyroidism. …”
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Persistent hepatocyte secretory failure in lopinavir/ritonavir related to drug-induced liver injury: a case report by Yue Sun, Ran Wang, Cai'e Wang, Xiaodong Shao, Xiaojie Zheng, Hui Li, Yingkai Chi, Baocheng Deng, Yiling Li, Shenghao Jin, Xingshun Qi

“…Lopinavir/ritonavir, an anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) drug, may be associated with the development of liver injury. In this paper, we reported an elderly female patient with drug-induced liver injury secondary to lopinavir/ritonavir, which was evaluated for their causality using the updated Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method (RUCAM) of 2016. …”
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The Impact of ‘Migration Potential’ on the Economic and Demographic Development of Donor and Recipient Countries by V. Yu. Ledeneva, A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…It elucidates how migrants contribute significantly to the development of host countries, while donor countries also reap considerable benefits from the migratory capabilities and engagements of their citizens in foreign employment.The objective of this article is to augment theoretical paradigms in the study of "migration potential," conceptualizing it as an integrative system that combines quantitative and qualitative attributes of a highly mobile and motivated populace. The paper seeks to delineate the conceptual framework of migration potential, establish its structural composition, and elucidate the mechanisms and factors through which migrant potential influences the economic and demographic progress of both recipient and donor nations.Findings: The study delineates the constituent components of the functional sub-potentials (subcomponents) within the broader construct of "migration potential," synthesizing these through a meticulous examination of extant Russian and international academic literature. …”
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Computational model for mammalian circadian oscillator: interacting with NAD+/SIRT1 pathway and age-related changes in gene expression of circadian oscillator by N. L. Podkolodnyy, N. N. Tverdokhleb, O. A. Podkolodnaya

“…New data on the role of the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase SIRT1 in the integration of regulation pathways for circadian rhythms and metabolism as well as data on a new function of the NAD+ as the ”metabolic oscillator” open a promising direction in this area. In the paper we suggested a modification and extension of the most detailed model for the circadian oscillator developed by Kim and Forger (2012). …”
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The Dynamic Damage Mechanisms and Failure Modes of Coal-Rock Masses under the Action of High Order P-Waves by Feng Li, Mingxin Bi, Jing Tian, Shuhao Fang

“…Based on the propagation characteristics of a plane strain and cylindrical wave control equations, this paper obtained a cylindrical wave propagation frequency equation and established a dynamic calculation model for the radial, axial, and shear stresses under high order P-waves. …”
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HPRS: hierarchical potential-based reward shaping from task specifications by Luigi Berducci, Edgar A. Aguilar, Dejan Ničković, Radu Grosu

“…Several works have been developing automated reward definitions from formal requirements, but they show limitations in producing a signal which is both effective in training and able to fulfill multiple heterogeneous requirements. In this paper, we define a task as a partially ordered set of safety, target, and comfort requirements and introduce an automated methodology to enforce a natural order among requirements into the reward signal. …”
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On the Development of Vehicle Dynamics Active Systems: The Handling Stability Ratio as a Strategic Indicator for Integrating Multiple Actuators by Roberto Aratri, Stefano de Pinto, Giuseppe Guastadisegni, Antonio Gonzalez, Aldo Sorniotti, Francesco Bottiglione, Giacomo Mantriota

“…To address the gap, this paper introduces and analyzes a novel performance indicator, the Handling Stability Ratio (HSR). …”
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Ionospheric Phase Scintillation Index Estimation Based on 1 Hz Geodetic GNSS Receiver Measurements by Using Continuous Wavelet Transform by Dongsheng Zhao, Wang Li, Chendong Li, Xu Tang, Qianxin Wang, Craig M. Hancock, Gethin Wyn Roberts, Kefei Zhang

“…Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring Receivers (ISMR) are usually adopted to monitor scintillation, while they are not suitable for global monitoring due to the 50 Hz data collecting rate, which restricts the distribution. This paper proposes a new method to extract the phase scintillation index from each GNSS carrier with 1s‐sampling‐interval, mainly based on the cycle slip detection, the geodetic detrending and the wavelet transform, in which the optimal symmetry parameter and the time‐bandwidth product are determined with trial calculation. …”
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β-Tricalcium Phosphate Interferes with the Assessment of Crystallinity in Burned Skeletal Remains by Giampaolo Piga, Ana Amarante, Calil Makhoul, Eugénia Cunha, Assumpció Malgosa, Stefano Enzo, David Gonçalves

“…The main goal of this paper is to apply X-ray diffraction, partially supported by infrared attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy to determine changes in burned human bones and teeth in terms of mineral phase transformations. …”
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Conservative treatment for cataract: state-of-the-art by S.Yu. Petrov, I.V. Kozlova, R.P. Poleva

“…Pharmacotherapy to inhibit cataractogenesis is a promising but unexplored treatment modality. This paper addresses published data for different years on the studies on this issue. …”
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Gas Leak Real-Time Detection and Volume Flow Quantification Based on Infrared Imaging and Advanced Algorithms by Man Yan, Zhou Li, Zheng Dong, Yiming Liun, Liyun Chen, Xiaosong Wu, Lijun Wu

“…Due to the semi-transparent and irregular nature of gases, it is still a highly challenging task to effectively detect and quantify gas leaks especially those with small flow rates by only utilizing economical equipments. In this paper, we present a strategy for automating real-time identification and quantification of gases in the mid-infrared band by combining an infrared camera combined with a series optimized algorithms. …”
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TDR Technique for Estimating the Intensity of Evapotranspiration of Turfgrasses by Grzegorz Janik, Karol Wolski, Anna Daniel, Małgorzata Albert, Wojciech Skierucha, Andrzej Wilczek, Paweł Szyszkowski, Amadeusz Walczak

“…The paper presents a method for precise estimation of evapotranspiration of selected turfgrass species. …”
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Searching for string bosenovas with gravitational wave detectors by Dawid Brzeminski, Anson Hook, Junwu Huang, Clayton Ristow

“…These dark photon strings will then absorb the energy in the background gauge fields and get ejected from the cloud, with total energy of the string network as large as the total rotational energy of the spinning black hole. In this paper, we study the subsequent evolution of this dense string network, and the resulting observational consequences depending on the unknown string tension, or almost equivalently, the ratio between the quartic and the gauge coupling in the Abelian Higgs model. …”
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Mixed-methods study to examine the response of opioid addiction treatment programmes to COVID-19: a study protocol by Sugy Choi, Rhea Naik, Kamila Kiszko, Charles Neighbors, Thomas D’Aunno

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes to clinical practice within traditional addiction treatment programmes, including the increased use of telehealth, reduced restrictions on methadone administration (eg, increased availability of take-home doses and decreased requirements for in-person visits), reduced reliance on group counselling and less urine drug screening. This paper describes the protocol for a mixed-methods study analysing organisational-level factors that are associated with changes in clinic-level practice changes and treatment retention.Methods and analysis We will employ an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design to study the treatment practices for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients in New York State (NYS). …”
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