Optimal Control through Leadership of the Cucker and Smale Flocking Model with Time Delays by Adsadang Himakalasa, Suttida Wongkaew

“…Furthermore, the control function is inserted into the dynamics of a leader to drive a group of agents to target. In the second part of this work, leadership-based optimal control is investigated. …”
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Discovering Hidden Truths in Marketing Phenomena: can the Data Percolation Methodology Help? by Olivier Mesly

“…Se presenta la metodología de percolación de datos que permite descubrir las realidades subyacentes ocultas en los comportamientos inconscientes de los agentes de mercado; éstos incluyen el hurto y el uso ilícito de los bienes de empresa. …”
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THEORY OF COMPLEX COMMUNICATION by \

“…A instabilidade – ou contingência da comunicação – deriva, por sua vez, da complexidade do agente (autonomia cognitiva), da complexidade da interação intra-sistémica bem como extra-sistémica e da complexidade da relação de referência entre a comunicação e o real assim como entre a comunicação e sujeitos (agentes). …”
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Field Symptoms of Boron Toxicity and Deficiency in Florida Peanuts by Jacque W. Breman, William D. Thomas, Henry E. Jowers, Rao S. Mylavarapu

“…There may be times when peanut growers, extension agents, and consultants find field symptoms when either boron toxicity or boron deficiency is the cause of peanut yield loss and low kernel quality. …”
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Promoção de saúde e participação social: o modelo de atenção básica do Sistema de Saúde Brasileiro by Breno Augusto Fontes, Rogério de Lima, Jorge Alexandro de Lima

“…Since the intermediation established between the community and the health workers with the community health agents, we analyze this practice as an instrument of territorial and community inclusion within health policies. …”
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Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season by Sriyanka Lahiri

“… This publication is aimed at growers, Extension agents, industry partners, and the general public who have an interest in integrated pest management (IPM) tools used by growers in general and strawberry growers in particular. …”
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Alcohol and Drug Use During Adolescence: Problems and Solutions that Youth Professionals Need to Know by Kate Fogarty, Mark A. Brennan

“… Adolescents use and abuse of a variety of substances is an increasingly common concern for Extension agents. Youth professionals must be made aware of this problem and anticipate how the teens and their families they work with may be affected. …”
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Deformation-Induced and Reaction-Enhanced Permeability in Metabasic Gneisses, Iona, Scotland: Controls and Scales of Retrograde Fluid Movement by Tim J. Dempster, Allan D. Hollinsworth, Euan McIntosh, Shannon Edgar, John W. Faithfull, Daniel Koehn

“…Ca-plagioclase and pyroxene in the gneisses are replaced by albite and chlorite in pseudomorphic textures, and this is followed by localized epidotization of the albite. …”
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Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) in Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure by Urvi A. Shah, Sengottuvel Viswanathan, Beamon Agarwal, Aditi Shastri, Ioannis Mantzaris, Murali Janakiram, Noah Kornblum, Ira Braunschweig, Amit Verma, Yang Shi, John Reinus, Olga Derman

“…We present three cases of SOS and highlight underlying risk factors for its development, such as impaired clearance of alkylating agents (especially melphalan) in patients with renal failure and prolonged infection. …”
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Characterization and Otoprotective Effects of Polysaccharides from <i>Arthrospira platensis</i> by Matteo Banti, Mercedes Garcia-Gil, Lorenzo Guidotti, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Simona Rapposelli, Daniela Monti, Silvia Tampucci, Marinella De Leo, Francesca Gado, Paola Nieri, Clementina Manera

“…This evidence highlights the potential of SPPs as natural candidates to protect cochlear ear cells against ototoxic oxidative agents. Moreover, in view of the potential use of microalgal polysaccharides to realize hydrogels, SPPs could also represent a healthy carrier for other topically administered otoprotective agents.…”
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Tuberculosis vaccines and therapeutic drug: challenges and future directions by Yajing An, Ruizi Ni, Li Zhuang, Ling Yang, Zhaoyang Ye, Linsheng Li, Seppo Parkkila, Ashok Aspatwar, Wenping Gong

“…Despite the deployment of the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and available therapeutic agents, the escalation of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains underscores the pressing need for more efficacious vaccines and treatments. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Patients with Diabetes in relation to Use of Medication and Lifestyle Patterns: A Prospective Study by Melanie Yee Lee Siaw, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen Abdul Shakoor, Noorani Othman, Chor Hui Choo, Nur Hidayah Shamsuri, Siti Nurhana Abdul Karim, Sui Yung Chan, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

“…The incidence of hypoglycemia and glycemic changes in relation to the adjustment of doses of antidiabetic agents, diet, and physical activity during Ramadan was also evaluated. …”
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An Unusual Fat-Containing Presacral Tumor in an Elderly Patient by Maria Inês Leite, Afonso Gonçalves, Ana Cristina Ferreira, Santiago Ortiz, Rui Esteves, Isabel Távora

“…The histological confirmation of the tumor was only attained postoperatively. This case report alerts to the possible presacral location of myelolipomas, which should be considered for every fat-containing lesion detected in this region. …”
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Air Traffic Safety Assurance Based on Flight Plan Risk Assessment and Early Warning by Ruiwei Liu, Siqi Hao, Yaping Zhang, Guan Lian

“…This article also proposes the conflict risk alerting strategy. The achievements of the study are expected to provide assistance for air traffic controllers in strategic conflict avoidance and are of great significance in assuring air transport safety.…”
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The Addition of Salmeterol 50 µg Bid to Anticholinergenic Treatment in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial by Kenneth R Chapman, Peter Arvidsson, AG Chuchalin, DP Dhillon, Peter Faurschou, Roger S Goldstein, AF Kuipers

“…BACKGROUND: In the past, the role of long-acting beta2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relative to other agents has been unclear.…”
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATION REGARDING WOOD HARVESTING IN ROMANIA IN THE LAST TWO DECADES by Moga Camelia Elena, Timofte Claudia Simona, Gășpărel Mihai

“…The forestry legislation and complementary regulations are presented and analyzed, along with a synthesis of the rights and obligations of business agents and all those who extract/harvest wood. Ministerial Order 1540/2011 (with 5 updates) represents an essential document for regulating forestry exploitation activities in Romania, establishing both the rights and obligations of business operators, agents, and harvesting teams. …”
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Leprosy Mimicking Common Rheumatologic Entities: A Trial for the Clinician in the Era of Biologics by Deepak Rath, Shrinath Bhargava, Bijit Kumar Kundu

“…The ease with which the diagnosis of leprosy can be missed assumes sinister proportions as the use of disease modifying agents can have deleterious effects in these patients. …”
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O princípio esperança e o movimento de multidão de 2013 by Douglas M. R. Porto

“…In this article we investigated the importance of the expectant affection hope for the multitude movement that started in 2013 in the city of Porto Alegre/RS. Our main goal is to investigate the manner in which hope motivated the protesters’ actions and structured the manifestations. …”
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Using Community-Based Social Marketing to Improve Energy Equity Programs by Marianne Schmink, Emily Ott, Paul Monaghan, Lee Hayes Byron, Alane Humrich, Jennison Kipp, Wendell Porter, Matthew Williams, Kimberly Davis, Fiona Hogan

“…Their experience can provide useful lessons for Extension agents and all types of community development practitioners who are seeking to improve the impacts of their programs. …”
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COX-2 Inhibitors and Gastric Cancer by Zhen Wang, Jun-qiang Chen, Jin-lu Liu

“…The evidence that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is upregulated and plays an important role in carcinogenesis of gastric cancer has triggered the topic of COX-2 inhibitors as chemopreventive agents for gastric cancer. Studies find that COX-2 inhibitors are associated not only with chemoprophylactic effects, but also with chemotherapeutic potentials in gastric cancer. …”
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