ESP TEAM TEACHING AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES: EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES by Elena I. Arkhipova, Jones Holly, Yulia V. Krasavina

“…The theory is based on combining ESP and professional discipline components at all stages of educational process. In addition, the authors have formulated the main challenges and advantages of single-subject team-teaching variations as well as the application where it brought the best results.Practical significance. …”
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Detection of Jihadism in Social Networks Using Big Data Techniques Supported by Graphs and Fuzzy Clustering by Cristina Sánchez-Rebollo, Cristina Puente, Rafael Palacios, Claudia Piriz, Juan P. Fuentes, Javier Jarauta

“…Human resources departments can apply the power of profile identification to automatically classify candidates, security teams can detect undesirable clients in the financial or insurance sectors, and immigration officers can extract additional insights with these techniques.…”
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Oculodentodigital Dysplasia: A Case Report and Major Review of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa Features of 295 Reported Cases by Virang Kumar, Natario L. Couser, Arti Pandya

“…Oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) is a rare genetic disorder associated with a characteristic craniofacial profile with variable dental, limb, eye, and ocular adnexa abnormalities. …”
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The reuse of peanut organic wastes as a growth medium for ornamental plants by A. Mohammadi Torkashvand, M. Alidoust, A. Mahboub Khomami

“…Results The results showed that the bulk density of the planting beds decreased with the addition of peanut shell compost in comparison to the control. …”
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Interpreting Intervention Induced Neuroplasticity with fMRI: The Case for Multimodal Imaging Strategies by Lee B. Reid, Roslyn N. Boyd, Ross Cunnington, Stephen E. Rose

“…To better understand therapy-induced neuroplastic changes, we suggest that researchers utilising t-fMRI consider concurrently acquiring information from an additional modality, to quantify, for example, haemodynamic differences or microstructural changes. …”
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Emulsion-Type Chicken Sausage Quality with Fat Substitution by Rice Starches during Freeze-Thaw Cycles by A. Kosim, P. Rumpagaporn, K. Vangnai

“…Sausages were manufactured using eight different formulas (standard fat, reduced-fat, and reduced-fat with both starches at addition levels of 3%, 6%, and 9%). Emulsion stability, cooking loss, color, and texture profile were analyzed as initial qualities. …”
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Is SARS-CoV-2 an Etiologic Agent or Predisposing Factor for Oral Lesions in COVID-19 Patients? A Concise Review of Reported Cases in the Literature by Shahroo Etemad-Moghadam, Mojgan Alaeddini

“…Initial reports of COVID-19 concentrated on pulmonary issues, but with time, additional features such as hyposmia/anosmia, dysgeusia, and skin lesions were added to the list of COVID-19 symptoms. …”
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Narrative review of comprehensive management strategies for diabetic retinopathy: interdisciplinary approaches and future perspectives by Zhijie Li, Xiaoting Pei

“…We show how these technological innovations, especially in resource-limited settings, can achieve early diagnosis and effective treatment, thereby significantly reducing the public health burden of DR. In addition, this article highlights the critical role of interdisciplinary teamwork in optimising the comprehensive management of DR, involving close collaboration among physicians, researchers, patient education specialists and policy-makers, as well as the importance of implementing these innovative solutions through societal engagement and policy support. …”
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Trust in AI: progress, challenges, and future directions by Saleh Afroogh, Ali Akbari, Emmie Malone, Mohammadali Kargar, Hananeh Alambeigi

“…In this systematic literature review, after conceptualizing trust in the current AI literature, we will investigate trust in different types of human–machine interaction and its impact on technology acceptance in different domains. Additionally, we propose a taxonomy of technical (i.e., safety, accuracy, robustness) and non-technical axiological (i.e., ethical, legal, and mixed) trustworthiness metrics, along with some trustworthy measurements. …”
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Application of Supply-Demand-Based Optimization for Parameter Extraction of Solar Photovoltaic Models by Guojiang Xiong, Jing Zhang, Dongyuan Shi, Xufeng Yuan

“…The experimental results comparing with ten state-of-the-art algorithms demonstrate that SDO performs better or highly competitively in terms of accuracy, robustness, and convergence. In addition, the sensitivity of SDO to variation of population size is empirically investigated. …”
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Use of Cognitive Interviews to Adapt PROMIS Measurement Items for Spanish Speakers Living with HIV by R. Solorio, N. C. Ayala, E. Paez, A. M. Skalicky, L. S. Morales

“…These items were refined based on participant feedback; the items were then submitted to the PSCC for additional guidance on linguistics and grammar to improve comprehension. …”
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Atypical Fragility Fractures due to Bony or Soft Tissue Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumors: A Report of Two Cases by Stephanie M. Clegg, Emily S. Eiel, Sara Fine, Rachel I. Gafni, Mathew J. Most

“…He also experienced near immediate resolution of his pain and no additional fractures. Conclusion. TIO is a rare condition presenting with chronic multifocal bone pain, stress fractures, and hypophosphatemia. …”
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An Experimental Investigation into the Difference in the External Noise Behavior of a High-Speed Train between Viaduct and Embankment Sections by Muxiao Li, Tiesong Deng, Di Wang, Fan Xu, Xinbiao Xiao, Xiaozhen Sheng

“…Furthermore, the largest difference between the two sections increases to 1.8 dB at a speed of 350 km/h. In addition, the reflection effect is more apparent at high speeds, and the reflection is evident in the low-frequency band (<1000 Hz). …”
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A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment by Zhi Zhou, Linheng Li, Bin Ran, Xu Qu

“…Then, to further verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for the mixed traffic state and compare its performance with the existing CAV lane-changing method, benchmark and comparison tests with six different market penetration rates (MPRs) of CAVs are carried out under the congested demand setting. In addition, the delay improvement ratio, inverse time-to-collision, and ratio of large deceleration time are selected as performance indicators to investigate the effect of the proposed strategy on enhancing the operational efficiency, traffic safety, and passenger’s comfort within the weaving section. …”
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Application of deconvolutional networks for feature interpretability in epilepsy detection by Sihao Shao, Yu Zhou, Ruiheng Wu, Aiping Yang, Qiang Li

“…The method demonstrated a G-Mean of 82.7% for sensitivity (SEN) and specificity (SPE) on the CHB-MIT dataset. In addition, The contributions of each channel to the seizure detection task have also been quantified, which led us to find that the FZ, CZ, PZ, FT9, FT10, and T8 brain regions have a more pronounced impact on epileptic seizures.DiscussionThis article presents a novel algorithm for epilepsy detection that accurately identifies seizures in different patients and enhances the model’s interpretability.…”
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Financial performance evaluation of firms in BIST 100 index with ITARA and COBRA methods by Ali Katrancı, Nilsen Kundakcı, Dragan Pamucar

“…The results of this ranking provide important information for firms to recognize their position and for investors who want to invest in firms in the BIST 100 Index. Additionally, sensitivity analyses are performed to assess the impact of changes in the criteria on the ranking of the firms and to validate the results of the proposed method. …”
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The Pain Intensity/Quality and Pain Site Association with Muscle Activity and Muscle Activity Distribution in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Using a Generalized Linear Mixed... by Hayato Shigetoh, Yuki Nishi, Michihiro Osumi, Shu Morioka

“…The results showed that muscle activity during the extension phase was significantly negatively associated with neuropathic pain and “pain caused by light touch.” In addition, the distance between the centroid of muscle activity and pain site during the extension phase was significantly positively associated with intermittent pain, “throbbing pain,” “splitting pain,” “punishing-cruel,” and “pain caused by light touch.” …”
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The sayings and conditions of the dying Sufi, in the mirror of the stories of Tazkīrat al-Awlīyā Attar and Nafaḥāt ul-Uns Jami by Sajedeh Nikkhah, Seyed Hasan Tabatabaei

“…In this research, we focus solely on natural death, because mystics believe in voluntary death in addition to natural death, and they believe that such death is possible only by overcoming carnal emotions. …”
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The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Vascular Inflammation and Remodeling by Maricica Pacurari, Ramzi Kafoury, Paul B. Tchounwou, Kenneth Ndebele

“…Inflammation is an important mechanism in the development and progression of CVD such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. In addition to its main role in regulating blood pressure and its role in hypertension, RAAS has proinflammatory and profibrotic effects at cellular and molecular levels. …”
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Optimum Control for Nonlinear Dynamic Radial Deformation of Turbine Casing with Time-Varying LSSVM by Cheng-Wei Fei, Guang-Chen Bai, Wen-Zhong Tang, Yatsze Choy

“…Thirdly, through the numerical experiments, the T-LSSVM method is demonstrated to be a promising approach in reducing additional design samples and improving computational efficiency with acceptable computational precision. …”
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