From the island’s point of view. Warfare and transformation in an Andean vertical archipelago by Tristan Platt

“…Different kinds of shapeshifting during fiestas and warfare, and the reformulation of animal-human frontiers, are seen to be related to different social and historical contexts.…”
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A novel system for markerless intra-operative bone and bone fragment tracking by Marcus Tatum, Andrew Kern, Jessica E. Goetz, Geb Thomas, Donald D. Anderson

“…Fluoroscopic guidance is an integral tool in modern orthopaedic surgery often used to track bones and/or bone fragments during a surgical procedure. …”
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The Measurement of different mechanical components using Machine Vision and digital image processing by Ram Prakash T, M.Rishidev, N. Vignesh, S.A Vishnu Bahavath

“…DMV 001 camera was used, and various lighting intensities and techniques have been employed during the image acquisition.  …”
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Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results by Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina

“…The therapist’s self-disclosure (TSD) interventions are considered beneficial and often used by psychotherapists. However, their use remains controversial for several reasons, including the use of broad definitions neglecting the distinction between the TSD and the therapist's self-involving (TSI) interventions. …”
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Miniaturized-specimen creep testing: an alternative for evaluating the remaining life of Cr-Mo steel components by Heloisa Cunha Furtado, Fernanda Figueiredo Martins dos Santos, Leonardo Sales Araújo, Levi de Oliveira Bueno

“…Therefore, acquiring creep data during equipment operation is vital for a realistic calculation of the remaining useful life of these units. …”
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Surface properties of friction stir welded dissimilar joints of AA7075 and Mg-WE43 alloys: Effect of positional arrangement by Tariq Ahmad, Nadeem Fayaz Lone, Noor Zaman Khan, Babar Ahmad, Arshad Noor Siddiquee, Daolun Chen

“…This study investigates the surface properties of the dissimilar AA7075/Mg-WE43 joints wherein the effect of positioning the AA7075 on the advancing or retreating sides during friction stir welding (FSW) was scrutinized. …”
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Natural Climate Variability Can Influence Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida Lakes and Reservoirs by Karl E. Havens, Mark V. Hoyer, Edward J. Phlips

“… During the summer, many of Florida's nutrient-enriched lakes and reservoirs experience proliferations of cyanobacteria commonly called “blooms.” …”
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A comprehensive review of the roles of T-cell immunity in preeclampsia by Xu Peng, Ibeh Chinwe Oluchi-Amaka, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Xiuhua Yang

“…PE has been associated with a range of immune disorders, including a preponderance of T helper (Th) 1 over Th2 cells and imbalanced levels of Th17 and T regulatory cells (Tregs). During pregnancy, T cells safeguard the placenta against immune rejection and aid embryo implantation while involved in pregnancy complications, such as PE. …”
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Sociologia e gestão ambiental: considerações a partir de uma Reserva Extrativista Marinha by Maria Cristina Alves Maneschy, Tânia Guimarães Ribeiro, Edma Silva Moreira, Fernanda Valli Nummer, Ida Lenir Maria Pena Gonçalves

“…The local committees, assemblies and the joint designing of rules and plans foster the interactive learning, despite the capital inequalities of the involved actors.…”
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Unravelling the interplay of nitrogen nutrition and the Botrytis cinerea pectin lyase BcPNL1 in modulating Arabidopsis thaliana susceptibility by Antoine Davière, Aline Voxeur, Sylvie Jolivet, Luka Lelas, Samantha Vernhettes, Marie-Christine Soulié, Mathilde Fagard

“…Additionally, in nitrogen-sufficient detached leaves, the elevated expression of jasmonic acid repressor genes observed upon infection with the wild-type strain was abolished with the mutants. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON NIGERIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY by Uti Harrison Onyeka, Ubong Ituen Ituen

“…This work examines briefly the history and origin of the Nigerian Military (Army) during the British colonial administration in Nigeria, the reasons for its establishment, the constabulary roles and functions the military performed and its modus operandi within the period under review and how it has continued to impact negatively on the civil-military relations in Nigeria. …”
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Eclecticism in child welfare by Terje Halvorsen

“… This article discusses the use of professional theories in the field of child welfare. …”
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Loss of YTHDC1 m6A reading function promotes invasiveness in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Jinyun Xu, Jonas Koch, Claudia Schmidt, Malin Nientiedt, Manuel Neuberger, Philipp Erben, Maurice Stephan Michel, Manuel Rodríguez-Paredes, Frank Lyko

“…Abstract Bladder cancer poses significant clinical challenges due to its high metastatic potential and poor prognosis, especially when it progresses to muscle-invasive stages. …”
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Evaluation of PROPER (business performance rating on environmental management) in Indonesia by Hadi Sudharto P., Prabawani Bulan, Ainuddin Ilham, Qomariah Anis

“…The type of research is descriptive analysis relying on secondary data from Proper Secretariat and observation during the presentation of candidate gold rank. The research shows that the number of participants of Proper have been growing, however the level of compliance is declined. …”
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Tombes à fossé circulaire et chemins de la fin du premier âge du Fer à la Pailletrice, ZAC du Parc de l’Aéroport à Pérols (Hérault) : nouvelles données sur les pratiques funéraires protohistoriques des plaines languedociennes by Isabelle Daveau, Bernard Dedet

“…The data these vestiges revealed is then integrated within the context of funerary practices during the first Iron Age in eastern Languedoc.…”
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The impact of branding on the efficiency of the process of attracting and retaining talented employees by Sančanin Branislav

“…The importance of branding is high as it strengthens competitive advantage, and its relevancy is also seen during the process of attracting and retaining talented employees to a company promoted as a desired working place. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SAMPLE SIZE AND SELECTION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IN BANKRUPTCY MODEL ACCURACY by Yusuf Ali Al-Hroot

“…The first group includes: liquidity, profitability, debt, and activity, while the second group includes ten most popular financial ratios found to be useful in earlier studies and expected to predict financial distress. …”
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Impact of host physiology and external stressors on the bacterial community of Schmidtea mediterranea by Karolien Bijnens, Sofie Thijs, Rossella Alfano, Breanne McAmmond, Jonathan Van Hamme, Tom Artois, Michelle Plusquin, Jaco Vangronsveld, Karen Smeets

“…We investigated microbiome variation using the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, an invertebrate model in regeneration biology and (eco-)toxicology, by exposing the organisms to various controlled conditions. …”
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Harmonizing the Assessment of the Impacts of Natural Disasters to Florida Agriculture by Christa Dean Court, Alan W Hodges, Matthew Lollar

“…Timely provision of credible estimates of agricultural losses after a disaster is critical to an official disaster declaration and to timely provision of disaster relief and recovery, but collecting data on agricultural losses can present challenges. This 15-page fact sheet written by Christa Court, Alan Hodges, and Matt Lollar and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department describes the online survey instrument, explains how to use it, and communicates how the data collected will be used in analyses of economic losses. …”
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Late-onset and relapsed cytokine release syndrome after nivolumab treatment in a patient with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a case report by Tomoyuki Otsuka, Yoshiki Kojitani, Fumio Imamura, Junko Fukutake, Minako Nishio, Takashi Fujii, Toshihiro Kudo

“…Meanwhile, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), a life-threatening immune-related adverse event, rarely develops due to nivolumab monotherapy. Here, we report a case of a 65-year-old man with squamous cell head and neck carcinoma of an occult primary origin who developed nivolumab-associated late-onset CRS that recurred. …”
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