A Study on Dust Storm Pollution and Source Identification in Northwestern China by Hongfei Meng, Feiteng Wang, Guangzu Bai, Huilin Li

“…In April 2023, a major dust storm event in Lanzhou attracted widespread attention. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes, progression, and dust sources of this event using multiple data sources and methods. …”
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Affective economies of racism on social media by Rodwell Makombe, Bright Sinyonce, Mpitseng Tladi, Saneliso Thambo

“…This article draws on Ahmed’s idea of “affective economies” and Ekman’s (2019) notion of “affective publics” to investigate how white supremacist groups in South Africa have used social media to express racist views, attitudes and sentiments. The internet in general and social networks in particular are based on a libertarian logic that emphasises freedom of speech at the expense of the rights of minorities whose views may not meet the required algorithmic thresholds of specific social media sites. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to the Preadoption of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis Tool for Cervical Cancer: Qualitative Study on Health Care Providers’ Perspectives in Western Cameroon by Magali Jonnalagedda-Cattin, Alida Manoëla Moukam Datchoua, Virginie Flore Yakam, Bruno Kenfack, Patrick Petignat, Jean-Philippe Thiran, Klaus Schönenberger, Nicole C Schmidt

“…Each interview was audio-recorded, transcribed, and independently coded by 2 researchers using the ATLAS.ti (Lumivero, LLC) software. The technology acceptance lifecycle framework guided the content analysis, focusing on the preadoption phases to examine the perceived acceptability and initial acceptance of the CAD tool in clinical workflows. …”
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Deambulações cotidianas: a emergência de um método na observação dos sem-teto by José Machado Pais

“…Para o efeito, coloquei à prova ideias feitas, sem vacilar em as desfazer. As pernas atrás dos sentidos, dando passo a uma metodologia que alguém já dominou de passeiologia. …”
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Side Effects of Steroidal And Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on The Oral Cavity. by Shayma Ghazi, Khalid Yasin Rasul, Aras Khidhir Hamad, Aso Abdulkhaliq Khidhir, Lozan Khalil Ahmed

“…Patients and Methods: A total number of 82 patients who were attending the teaching clinics at the college of dentistry and were using steroids or NSAIDs participated in this study and they were interviewed and examined clinically for the presence of any abnormal oral presentation. …”
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Physicochemical characteristics and trophic state evaluation of post glacial mountain lake using multivariate analysis by S. Nayek, S. Gupta, K.K. Pobi

“…Deviations between Trophic state indices (TSI_CHLa-TSI_SD: -14±7.88, TSI_CHLa-TSI_TP: -9.17±3.33, and TSI_CHLa-TSI_TN: -17.56±5.29) infer that the nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) are not limiting factors for the algal biomass, and non-algal components such as suspended solids soil/sediment particles affects the light attenuation in the monitored lake. The observations reveal that trophic condition of monitored lake is in alarming stage. …”
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O papel dos contratos de opções na cobertura da variação da taxa de câmbio e do juro na importação do combustível em Moçambique by Torres Filipe Charles

“…O contrato de opções pode apresentar três funções: A função de Protecção, (Hedge), com objectivo de proteger riscos contra a queda de preços no mercado; A função de Especulação, com objectivo de tirar proveito de determinado momento de mercado; A função de Arbitragem, com objectivo de quando se observa um comportamento atípico no mercado que possa fazer com que o investidor tenha lucros sem incorrer riscos. …”
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Mucho ruido y pocas nueces: cobertura mediática y participación ciudadana en el debate de la nueva ley de comunicación en Ecuador by Isabel Ramos

“…Debate que ha tenido como protagonista a las empresas periodísticas quienes se sienten atacadas, no tanto por las expresiones del Presidente, como por el afán del gobierno de regular actividades que, como la de la comunicación, han estado liberadas las lógicas del mercado. …”
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1832 : le choléra en prison, peur de l’invasion, stratégies de lutte et bilan by Céline Delétang

“…The numerous exchanges between prison governors, prefets, minister, health commissions demonstrate that particular attention was paid to improving the public health in the prisons, regarded as centers of epidemic outbreak. …”
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EFECTO DEL CALENTAMIENTO ACTIVO Y DE DIFERENTES INTERVALOS DERECUPERACIÓN SOBRE EL RENDIMIENTO EN NATACIÓN by Armando Quirós-Vásquez, Elizabeth Carpio-Rivera, Walter Salazar-Rojas

“…Se recomienda que el entrenador ponga atención a la respuesta individualizada, para que elija el mejor protocolo(calentamiento o no) para mejorar el rendimiento deportivo de sus atletas.…”
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Investigation of ANN Architecture for Predicting Load-Carrying Capacity of Castellated Steel Beams by Thuy-Anh Nguyen, Hai-Bang Ly, Van Quan Tran

“…Castellated steel beams (CSB) are an attractive option for the steel construction industry thanks to outstanding advantages, such as the ability to exceed large span, lightweight, and allowing flexible arrangement of the technical pipes through beams. …”
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Conceptual Knowledge of Oral Health Among Primary School Teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—A Cross Sectional Survey by Sanjeev. B. Khanagar, Rayan Albar, Abdullah Alghamdi, Sultan Alshamrani, Yousif Alhussain

“…Educators hold a significant position in conveying the importance they attribute to oral health in their lives. According to the World Health Organization, school teachers should include oral health promotion activities to evaluate students’ oral health, track injuries, illnesses, and absenteeism related to oral health, advocate oral health prevention, and serve as role models. …”
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Performance of Ultrasound in the Clinical Evaluation of Gout and Hyperuricemia by Ling Cao, Tianyi Zhao, Chunmei Xie, Shucong Zheng, Weiguo Wan, Hejian Zou, Xiaoxia Zhu

“…In the joints with MSU crystal deposition, 77.37% (277/358) had a history of attacks. Among the joints of gouty arthritis, double contour sign (DCS), hyperechoic aggregate (HAG), and tophi were found in 32.65% (159/487), 7.80% (38/487), and 24.64% (120/487) of the joints, respectively. …”
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What are the perceived needs of people living with chronic pain regarding physiotherapy services? A scoping review protocol. by Jonathan Gervais-Hupé, Arthur Filleul, Kadija Perreault, Isabelle Gaboury, Timothy H Wideman, Céline Charbonneau, Fatiha Loukili, Martine Gagnon, Anne Hudon

“…Therefore, physiotherapists should attend to patients' perceived needs regarding physiotherapy services, i.e. the needs that are perceived by patients themselves based on their beliefs, values, preferences and expectations. …”
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A fogvatartotti szubkultúra és a totális intézmény belső rendje by Ágnes Solt

“… A szerző áttekintést nyújt a nem hivatalos fogvatartotti szubkultúrával és értékrenddel kapcsolatos legújabb szociológiai és pszichológiai kutatásról. …”
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Improving the Teaching of Persian Verse Literature for non-Persian Speakers: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Educational Materials by Amirreza Vakilifard, Fatemeh Janatirad, Zoya Rezaei Mahalati

“…The ramifications of this research extend beyond the enhancement of educators' awareness regarding the affirmative attributes and limitations of the textbook. It concurrently beckons authors to undertake the composition of pedagogical materials that bear the hallmarks of greater scholarly rigor and suitability, thus contributing significantly to the advancement of the discourse within the pedagogical domain.…”
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Computer-Aided Modelling and Analysis of PV Systems: A Comparative Study by Charalambos Koukouvaos, Dionisis Kandris, Maria Samarakou

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THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GAS FLOW VORTICAL HEATRELEASE INTENSIFICATION AT AXIAL AND TRANSVERSAL FLOWING-AROUND THE ROUND-TUBULAR SURFACES Part 2 by V. B. Kuntysh, A. B. Sukhotskiy, A. V. Yatsevich

“…However, a greater energy effect (up to 33 %) for the axial flowing is attained from emerging saliences on the tube inside surface beneath the spherical lacunae on the outside. …”
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BIRTH-MARKS OF RUSSIAN MENTALITY AND THE CULTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS by A. P. Liferov

“…Taking into consideration foreign experts’ appreciation and attitudes the author distinguishes the most typical features of Russian mentality, which demolish the specific attractiveness of Russia. …”
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Sparse adaptive constant blind equalization algorithm for sparse multipath channel by Si-yang MA, Hua PENG, Bin WANG

“…In order to improve the convergence rate of the blind equalizer for sparse multipath channel,a novel blind equalization approach called l₀-norm constraint proportionate normalized least mean square constant algorithm was proposed for M-order phase-shift keying (MPSK) signal.Based on the constant modulus characteristics of MPSK signal and the sparse property of equalizer,a new blind equalization cost function with the l₀-norm penalty on the equalizer tap coefficients was firstly constructed.Then the update formula of the tap coefficients was derived according to the gradient descent algorithm.Moreover,the iteration step was updated by drawing upon the normalized proportionate factor.The algorithm not only assigned step sizes proportionate to the magnitude of the current individual tap weights,but also attracted the inactive taps to zero adaptively.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the existing blind equalization algorithms for sparse channel in reducing ISI and improving convergence rate.…”
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