Aechmea distichantha by Edward F. Gilman

“… The attractive green foliage of this easy-care, durable bromeliad is a perfect background for the brilliant, springtime flower stalk that emerges from the tight center rosette of leaves (Figure 1). …”
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“Jogo do Tigrinho” e os perigos do Jogo patológico by Natália Marcondes Ribas, Francielle Carvalho, Débora Zolet Boneta, Henrique da Silva Curto Mendonça, Isabella Patricia Lando Dacroce

“…Embora possa parecer uma atividade inofensiva e divertida, é importante reconhecer os riscos associados, especialmente quando se transforma em um comportamento compulsivo. …”
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A MORALIDADE DO CONFLITO NA TEORIA SOCIAL: ELEMENTOS PARA UMA ABORDAGEM NORMATIVA NA INVESTIGAÇÃO SOCIOLÓGICA by David Wilson de Abreu Pardo, Elimar Pinheiro do Nascimento

“…Como resultado, diz-se que a tarefa da teoria é, antes de tudo, descrever e compreender como os atores mobilizam seus valores, nos embates que levam adiante. …”
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Dust Particle Size Distributions during Spring in Yinchuan, China by Jiangfeng Shao, Jiandong Mao

“…With increasing wind speed and decreasing humidity, fine particles were dominant in the atmosphere and the number and mass distributions of the coarse particles were indicative of long-range transport from surrounding deserts. …”
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Research on Satellite Internet Security Simulation Test Technology by Hao LI, Linjie ZHANG, Yifei ZHANG

“…Aiming at the challenges of continuous evolution of large-scale systems, massive attack data management and control, and flexible implementation of diversified test tasks, a system architecture and technical structure based on software-defined network and cloud platform were proposed.Key technologies such as high-fidelity large-scale network element simulation, high concurrent traffic generation, and dynamic choreography of security service chain based on SDN were studied in depth, and solutions were proposed.The experimental results showed that these three technologies were innovative and could be applied to the construction of the integrated simulation test platform.…”
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Comunicação e interação social da pessoa com Transtorno do Espectro Autista by Ana Cristina Soares Almendana Silveira, Silvia Teresinha Frizzarini, Claudete Cargnin

“…A proposta de incorporar o autista na sociedade demonstra a necessidade de tomada de atitudes inclusivas, que intentem a criatividade em práticas diferenciadas, por se mostrarem ligadas, diretamente, à questão do desenvolvimento social do autista. …”
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Monte Carlo simulation of ammonia adsorption in nanoporous carbon: Optimal pore sizes for adsorption refrigeration applications by Nasser D. Afify, Martin B. Sweatman

“…Climate change and the continual rise in cooling demand means more efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration technologies are required more than ever. One attractive route to reducing future demand is to improve adsorption refrigeration technologies based on natural refrigerants such as ammonia. …”
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Food Security in Nigeria: Enhancing Workers’ Productivity in Precision Agriculture by Omoseni Adepoju, Oluwadamilola Esan, Oluwarotimi Akinyomi

“… Food security has gained international attention in recent years and Nigeria, with its abundant human and natural resources, is not exempted from this, as improving food security requires a strong focus on agricultural development. …”
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O grande deslocamento da violência by Confins

“…The article is based on original maps produced using data from the Atlas of Violence published by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum, showing huge spatial differences in the distribution of homicides. …”
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Sparse-view Material Decomposition for Spectral X-ray CT using Neural Radiance Fields by Takumi Hotta, Tatsuya Yatagawa, Yutaka Ohtake, Toru Aoki

“…Particularly, our method exploits the known linear attenuation properties of base materials and reconstructs the fractions of base materials comprising the target object. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome by João Português, Lucy Calvo, Margarida Oliveira, Vítor Hugo Pereira, Joana Guardado, Mário Rui Lourenço, Olga Azevedo, Francisco Ferreira, Filipa Canário-Almeida, António Lourenço

“…Computed tomography revealed bilateral PE and the presence of a right atrial thrombus. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a free-floating type A thrombus in the right atrium, protruding into the right ventricle, and signs of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle dysfunction. …”
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EARLY CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND IDENTITY FORMATION by C Stenschke

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Pengaruh Self-Esteem dan Self-Efficacy terhadap Kecenderungan Postpartum Depression pada Ibu Primipara by Candra Kusumawati, Endang Retno Surjaningrum

“…Self-esteem merupakan penilaian diri yang tercermin dalam sikap positif atau negatif terhadap diri sendiri, sedangkan self-efficacy mengacu pada keyakinan terhadap kemampuan mereka dalam bertindak atau berperilaku. …”
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Do land models miss key soil hydrological processes controlling soil moisture memory? by M. A. Farmani, A. Behrangi, A. Behrangi, A. Gupta, A. Tavakoly, A. Tavakoly, M. Geheran, G.-Y. Niu

“…Most land surface models (LSMs) tend to overestimate surface soil moisture and its persistency (or SMM), sustaining spuriously large soil surface evaporation during dry-down periods. We attempt to answer a question: do LSMs miss or misrepresent key hydrological processes controlling SMM? …”
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A Register of Early Modern Slovenian Manuscripts by Matija Ogrin, Jan Jona Javoršek, Tomaž Erjavec

“…This paper presents the Register of Early Modern Slovenian Manuscripts, which includes manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries that have been overlooked by scholars focused on printed books from the same era. The Register attempts to address this gap in Slovenian manuscript studies by describing these unknown and forgotten early modern manuscripts with facsimiles, an index of basic manuscript citations, and a bibliography containing publications where these manuscripts are mentioned. …”
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Step-by-step causal analysis of EHRs to ground decision-making. by Matthieu Doutreligne, Tristan Struja, Judith Abecassis, Claire Morgand, Leo Anthony Celi, Gaël Varoquaux

“…The prevalence of such observational data and the difficulty for randomized controlled trials (RCT) to cover all population/treatment relationships make these methods increasingly attractive for studying causal effects. However, researchers should be wary of many pitfalls. …”
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Maximal and Area Integral Characterizations of Bergman Spaces in the Unit Ball of ℂn by Zeqian Chen, Wei Ouyang

“…Moreover, we give an atomic decomposition of real-variable type with respect to Carleson tubes for Bergman spaces.…”
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The Neuroprotective Effects of Astragaloside IV against H2O2-Induced Damage in SH-SY5Y Cells are Associated with Synaptic Plasticity by Zurong Song, Ali Tao

“…The MTT results showed that pretreatment of SH-SY5Y cells with AS-IV (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 μmol/L) attenuated the damage induced by H2O2 (50 μmol/L, 51.62% cell viability) and increased cell viability to 64.19, 63.48, 65.86, and 65.81%, respectively. …”
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An approach to Renaissance margins: some representations of the labyrinth on the Elizabethan stage by Sophie ALATORRE

“…Durant la Renaissance, l’espace marginal s’assimile fréquemment à celui du labyrinthe, figure mythique tant attractive que répulsive, ré-inventée et remaniée à l’envi comme tant d’autres mythes au cours du seizième siècle. …”
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Actitudes de los psicólogos costarricenses hacia la aplicación de la psicología en la consulta odontológica by Alejandro Amaíz Flores, Silvia Esquivel Castro, Miguel Flores, Andrea González Delgado

“…Se pudo evidenciar que existe una actitud positiva ante el enfoque interdisciplinario entre la Odontología y la Psicología; se demostró que un 74% de la muestra sostiene que los aspectos psicosociales son “Bastante  importantes” en el marco de la atención odontológica. A pesar de ello, la mayoría (57%) de las personas consultadas indicó que no ha tenido ocasión de aplicar sus conocimientos y experiencia en psicología al contexto odontológico. …”
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