Analytical Tools and Databases for Metagenomics in the Next-Generation Sequencing Era by Mincheol Kim, Ki-Hyun Lee, Seok-Whan Yoon, Bong-Soo Kim, Jongsik Chun, Hana Yi

“…It is evident that metagenomics will be a standard tool for studying the diversity and function of microbes in the near future, as fingerprinting methods did previously. …”
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Settlement of piles with negative skin friction: design approaches according to part 3 of Eurocode 7 by Alena Zemanová, Vojtěch Anderle, Jan Masopust

“…Using the Fellenius unified pile design concept, we provide a practical design framework for piles subjected to negative skin friction that extends the load-settlement curve methods proposed by Masopust, representing the standard pile design approaches in the Czech Republic. …”
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Improving Heat Exchange Performance of Massive Concrete Using Annular Finned Cooling Pipes by Lemu Zhou, Fangyuan Zhou, Hanbin Ge

“…Postcooling method is widely employed as a standard cooling technique to decrease the temperature of the poured mass concrete. …”
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Robotic Radical Cystectomy: Where are We Today, Where will We be Tomorrow? by Kyle A. Richards, A. Karim Kader, Ashok K. Hemal

“…While open radical cystectomy remains the gold-standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer and high-risk non–muscle invasive disease, robotic assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) has been gaining popularity over the past decade. …”
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FFS Master Software for Fitness-For-Service assessment of hydrogen induced cracking equipment based on API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 by Razieh Karimihaghighi, Masoumeh Naghizadeh, Sirus Javadpour

“…Most of the Codes and Standards pertaining to components do not address the issues of degradation and damage. …”
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Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science by Kimberley R. Miner, Ethan Wong, Bradley A. Gay, Charles E. Miller

“…Here, we review the potential uses of non-traditional climate data records—observations reported without using modern instruments or standardized measurement protocols—to identify climate and ecosystem dynamics that predate modern methodologies and tools. …”
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Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Masquerading as Catatonia by Aljoharah Alakkas, Aaron Meyer, Eric Debbold, Raisa Yagudayeva, Jonathan Bui

“…After failure to respond to standard medical treatment, she received an extensive workup, which ultimately revealed a PSEN1 mutation consistent with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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A Network-Based Dynamic Analysis in an Equity Stock Market by Juan Eberhard, Jaime F. Lavin, Alejandro Montecinos-Pearce

“…In addition, changes in the brokers’ transaction network structure are associated with a greater probability of positive shocks of more than two standard deviations in the stock exchange index return and total traded stock volume. …”
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A New Edition Which Is Not So New:A Critique on the Most Recent “Edition” of Avicenna’s Dānešnāmeh-ye ʿAlāyī by Hanif Amin Beidokhti

“…Concluding that Mawlā’s “edition” is woefully lacking, I suggest that it has no advantage over the previous standard editions.…”
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The inner logic and integration path of new quality productivity and vocational education counselor construction by Yan Tang

“…The article analyzes the logic of mutual promotion between the two, extracts successful experiences through case studies, studies the links that need to be improved, and proposes integration paths such as building professional standards, strengthening the understanding of new quality productivity, innovating education models, deepening school-enterprise cooperation, and strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities. …”
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RISK-MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT by Evgeniya A. Opfer

“…The article shows the groups of the risks in higher education, which are based on the risk-management theory and international ISO%standards of risk-management and quality management. …”
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Uniformly Distributed Graphene Domain Grows on Standing Copper via Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition by Shih-Hao Chan, Sheng-Hui Chen, Wei-Ting Lin, Chien-Cheng Kuo

“…These values meet the absolute standard for touch sensor applications, so we believe that this method can be a candidate for some transparent conductive electrode applications.…”
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A Novel Approach for Safeguarding Kurdish Text Files via Modified AES-OTP and Enhanced RSA Cryptosystem on Unreliable Networks by Newroz Nooralddin Abdulrazaq

“…This paper provides a new method for encrypting and decrypting classified text files in the Kurdish alphabet using the modified Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher system with the adoption of Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode based on a one-time pad (OTP) cipher. …”
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Control of Coexisting Attractors with Preselection of the Survived Attractor in Multistable Chua’s System: A Case Study by Zeric Tabekoueng Njitacke, Theophile Fonzin Fozin, Christian Tchito Tchapga, Gervais Dolvis Leutcho, K. Marcel Wouapi, Jacques Kengne

“…Nonlinear dynamical tools including bifurcation diagrams, standard Lyapunov exponents, phase portraits, and cross section of initial conditions are exploited to reveal the selection scenarios of the survived attractor in the multistability control process of Chua’s system. …”
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Endobronchial Carcinoid and Concurrent Carcinoid Syndrome in an Adolescent Female by Jonathan D. Cogen, Jonathan Swanson, Thida Ong

“…Diagnosis is frequently made by imaging and direct visualization with flexible bronchoscopy; surgery remains the gold standard treatment, and lung-sparing resections should be performed whenever possible. …”
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Expert Consensus for Rehabilitation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Perioperative Period of Total Hip Replacement by Working group on setting up guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of hip dysfunction in orthopedics section of Chinese Medicine Society

“…In order to popularize the related concepts of perioperative rehabilitation evaluation and treatment for hip replacement, standardize the technical operation procedure and promote the development of orthopedics rehabilitation discipline, promote the development of orthopedic rehabilitation disciplines, combined with literature research, based on the basic principle, the expert group repeated demonstration, made"Expert consensus for rehabilitation of traditional Chinese medicine in perioperative period of total hip replacement". …”
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Image Recognition Based on Two-Dimensional Principal Component Analysis Combining with Wavelet Theory and Frame Theory by Pingping Tao, Xiaoliang Feng, Chenglin Wen

“…Finally, this algorithm is compared other algorithms in the standard ORL face recognition database. The comparison of recognition rate and recognition time by simulation experiment is carried out in order to obtain the validity of the proposed algorithm.…”
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Case report: Relapse of intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma in a patient with novel variants in MET and CDKN1C genes by Ekaterina Kim, Anastasiia Lavreniuk, Olga Spasskaya, Anna Eremkina, Rustam Salimkhanov, Liliya Urusova, Natalia Tarbaeva, Sergey Popov, Victoria Zakharova, Natalia Mokrysheva

“…Surgery remains the gold standard for the treatment of both primary tumors and distant metastases. …”
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Chaotic numerical instabilities arising in the transition from differential to difference nonlinear equations by Alicia Serfaty de Markus

“…When considering nonlinear models, standard and nonstandard integration routines can act invasively and numerical chaotic instabilities may arise. …”
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Synthesis of Zirconia Nanoparticles and Their Ameliorative Roles as Additives Concrete Structures by Masoud Negahdary, Amir Habibi-Tamijani, Asadollah Asadi, Saeid Ayati

“…Synthesized Zirconia Nps were studied with X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-visible spectrophotometer, and transmission electron microscope (TEM). We used standard Portland cement in related experiment Concrete Structures. …”
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