Intra-speaker phonetic micro-variation, and its relationship to phonetic and phonological change by Florent Chevalier

“…We predict that intra-speaker variation in quality and timing alternations for /i/ and /ʉ/ during conversations will reflect the trajectory of real-time sound change, and that this variation will relate to convergence towards the speakers closest to the future norm. …”
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Detection of postpartum women anemia and its impact on their offspring in Zhejiang Province, China by Mengjie He, Lichun Huang, Yan Zou, Peiwei Xu, Danting Su, Dong Zhao, Dan Han, Ronghua Zhang

“…Regression analysis showed that women intaking iron supplements during pregnancy (0.549, 0.350 ~ 0.860), and intaking sufficient red meat (0.647, 0.437 ~ 0.958) had lower rates of anemia, while women wo had anemia during pregnancy (2.754, 1.844 ~ 4.113 for mild anemia, and 3.815, 1.564 ~ 9.309 for moderate or severe anemia), had postpartum over 7 months (1.717, 1.112 ~ 2.650), with abnormal serum ferritin (11.931, 4.846 ~ 29.379) and excessive transferrin receptor levels (1.817, 1.050 ~ 3.145) had higher rates of anemia. …”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…A total of 57 participants were enrolled. The World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Scale (WHOQOL BREF) and the Montréal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were both used to evaluate the patients’ quality of life and cognitive ability, respectively. …”
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Sociobiology meets oncology: unraveling altruistic cooperation in cancer cells and its implications by Muhammad Sufyan bin Masroni, Evelyn Siew-Chuan Koay, Victor Kwan Min Lee, Siok Bian Ng, Soo Yong Tan, Karen Meiling Tan, Marco Archetti, Sai Mun Leong

“…This Perspective delves into the importance of altruism in cancer cells and its implications for therapy. Against the backdrop of existing knowledge on various social organisms found in nature, we explore the mechanisms underlying the manifestation of altruism within breast tumors, revealing a complex interplay of seemingly counteracting cancer signaling pathways and processes that orchestrate the delicate balance between cost and benefit underlying altruistic cooperation. …”
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Blockchain-Enabled Zero Trust Architecture for Privacy-Preserving Cybersecurity in IoT Environments by Mohammed A. Aleisa

Subjects: “…IoT security…”
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Perception of violence by transvestigender people in Brazil and its implications for primary health care by Mônica Machado Cunha e Mello, Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires, Marcos Claudio Signorelli

“…Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde…”
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Geometric Lattice Structure of Covering and Its Application to Attribute Reduction through Matroids by Aiping Huang, William Zhu

“…Second, considering that all the closed sets of a finite matroid form a geometric lattice, we propose a dependence space through matroids and study the attribute reduction issues of the space, which realizes the application of geometric lattices to attribute reduction. …”
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Emotional Competence of Healthcare Workers and Its Impact on Patient Loyalty in Vietnamese Hospitals by Phuoc Thien Mai, Nah Pi Sa, Triet Dinh Luu, Nam Khoa Ly, Phi Duong Nguyen

“…# Objective To evaluate the effect of healthcare employees' emotional competence (EC) on patient loyalty in public and private hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, with a focus on the mediating roles of respect, trust, and rapport…”
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Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Residential Prices in Qingdao and Its Driving Factors by Yanjun Wang, Yin Feng, Kun Han, Zishu Zheng, Peng Dai

“…The results show that from 2003 to 2023, residential housing prices in Qingdao exhibited a significant, continuous upward trend, with rapid growth in the early period and more stable growth in the later period; the spatial structure of residential prices evolved from a “single core” in Shinan District to a “double core + fan” structure involving both Shinan and Laoshan Districts, eventually forming a “double core + fan + mosaic” spatial layout; the green environment, congestion, leisure facilities, service management, and other community factors not only reflect the economic strengths and lifestyles of the residents, but also serve as key drivers of residential price differentiation.…”
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Ligament Tissue Engineering and Its Potential Role in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by E. W. Yates, A. Rupani, G. T. Foley, W. S. Khan, S. Cartmell, S. J. Anand

“…Whilst repair and regeneration of ligament tissue has been demonstrated in animal studies, further research is needed to improve the biomechanical properties of the engineered ligament if it is to play an important part in the future of human ligament reconstruction surgery. We evaluate the current literature on ligament tissue engineering and its role in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.…”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC AND MEDICINE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEDICINE by Abdullah Tirgil

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Effect of fermentation duration on microstructure and quality of acha flour and its cookies acceptability by Sunday Samuel Sobowale, Benjamin Oluwole Omotoso, Joy Ikedichi Agbawodike

“…The protein content of the fermented samples showed slight increase from 8.83 to 9.33%. There was significant difference (p < 0.05) in the all the minerals element. …”
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VIRTUAL REALITY: U.S. INFORMATION SECURITY THREATS CONCEPT AND ITS INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION by E. V. Batueva

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Urban Industrial Land Expansion and Its Influencing Factors in Shunde: 1995–2017 by Chen Xiong, Jiayi Lu, Fangqu Niu

“…The change in the industrial land is of great significance to the sustainable development of cities. However, scholars have done relatively little research on this subject, especially on the urban industrial land expansion process and its influencing factors. …”
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An optimal workflow scheduling in IoT-fog-cloud system for minimizing time and energy by Roqia Rateb, Ahmed Adnan Hadi, Venkata Mohit Tamanampudi, Laith Abualigah, Absalom E. Ezugwu, Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Fahad Alblehai, Heming Jia

“…Therefore, this paper examines the workflow scheduling problem of IoT devices in the fog-cloud environment, where reducing the EC of the computing system and reducing the MakeSpan Time (MST) of workflows as main objectives, under the constraints of priority, deadline and reliability. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Microstructures of Cemented Paste Backfill during Its Developing Process by Bo Zhang, Jie Xin, Lang Liu, Lijie Guo, Ki-Il Song

“…At the early age of CPB development, the probability entropy is above 0.96, indicating a chaotic pore distribution and no obvious orientation. …”
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Regulatory role of S1P and its receptors in sepsis-induced liver injury by Bin Wang, Bin Wang, Xiaoyu Wu, Xiaoyu Wu, Jiangfeng Cheng, Jiangfeng Cheng, Junming Ye, Junming Ye, Hongquan Zhu, Hongquan Zhu, Xiaofeng Liu, Xiaofeng Liu

Subjects: “…S1P…”
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Atherogenic Index in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Chronic Microvascular Complications by Zhen Li, Qi Huang, Li Sun, Tengfei Bao, Zhe Dai

“…Insulin sensitivity was assessed with HOMA-IR. Results. Increase in AIP was associated with an increased risk for hypertension (P<0.05), HbA1c (P<0.05), HOMA-IR (P<0.05), UA (P<0.05), and decreased eGFR levels (P<0.05). …”
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The Impulsive Model with Pest Density and Its Change Rate Dependent Feedback Control by Ihsan Ullah Khan, Sanyi Tang

“…Keeping this in mind, using the strategies of IPM, we develop a prey-predator system with action threshold depending on the pest density and its change rate, and study its dynamical behavior. …”
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Seeking a path of its own: Old Testament ethics in current research by D.G. Firth

“… Old Testament ethics has been a Cinderella discipline. However, since the 1980s, it has emerged as an important area of study, albeit one where certain key questions continue to be unresolved, including: Is this a discipline in its own right? …”
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