Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability by I. A. Istomin

“…The theory of technological uncertainty attributes the destabilizing effect of weapons to the divergence of states' perceptions of the balance of powers, to the hyped expectations regarding the ability to compensate quantitative limitations with qualitative superiority, to the alarmistic sense of closing windows of opportunities and growing vulnerabilities. …”
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Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of the alkB Gene in Klebsiella oxytoca Strains Isolated from the Gut of Tenebrio molitor by Tsitsi Lynn Mupamhadzi, Oleen Machona, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“…This gene can be used as a marker to assess bacteria’s ability to biodegrade polystyrene. Three bacterial strains were isolated from the guts of T. molitor mealworms and were confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. …”
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Inflammatory lipid biomarkers and transplant-free mortality risk in hepatitis B-related cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy by Ke Shi, Xiaojing Wang, Zhang Yi, Yanqiu Li, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang

“…We aimed to assess the predictive ability of these parameters in patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis and overt hepatic encephalopathy (HBV-related OHE).DesignWe conducted an analysis of 1,404 participants diagnosed with HBV-related OHE between January 2008 and July 2023. …”
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Doctoral Studies in the Context of Global Trends: Problems and Key Factors of Development by M. V. Seroshtan, K. A. Artamonova, G. Z. Akimova, E. V. Berezhnaya, E. V. Seroshtan

“…The authors identify three groups of key factors: dynamic changes in the development of the state policy aimed at improving management in the field of training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel; developed ecosystem of educational and scientific organizations that provide doctoral education, including infrastructure, information, financial, organizational resources and scientific potential; doctoral students with interest and abilities in research activities, possessing a set of competencies necessary for the development of doctoral education. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, Anticancer, and Antioxidant Studies of Ru(III) Complexes of Monobasic Tridentate Schiff Bases by Ikechukwu P. Ejidike, Peter A. Ajibade

“…The antioxidant activity by DPPH and ABTS inhibition assay was also examined. Scavenging ability of the complexes on DPPH radical can be ranked in the following order: [Ru(DEE)Cl2(H2O)] > [Ru(HME)Cl2(H2O)] > [Ru(DAE)Cl2(H2O)] > [Ru(MBE)Cl2(H2O)].…”
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IMViT: Adjacency Matrix-Based Lightweight Plain Vision Transformer by Qihao Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Jishen Peng

“…Hierarchical vision transformers are a big family for better efficiency in computer vision, but in order to obtain global dependencies, their design is often complex. …”
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Anti-constitutional activities and cover organisations of national-socialist movement in Klaipėda region in 1935-1937 by Mindaugas Valiukevičius

“… Nazi movement in Klaipėda region, alike any social-political phenomenon in the 1st half of the XX century, had its beginning and its end. …”
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Identification of cuproptosis and ferroptosis-related subtypes and development of a prognostic signature in colon cancer. by Yinghao He, Fuqiang Liu, Qingshu Li, Zheng Jiang

“…To enhance its clinical utility, we evaluated the clinical significance of the model and constructed a nomogram, significantly improving the predictive ability of the model and providing a new tool for prognostic assessment of colon cancer patients. …”
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Experiences of healthcare professionals returning to work post breast cancer diagnosis in China: A descriptive qualitative study by Bijun Mao, Ya Shen, Yan Chen, Peihong Zhou, Yuping Pan

“…Four major themes and corresponding sub-themes were extracted from the collected data as follows: (1) Return to Work: Willingness and Conflicts; (2) Cancer Progression Anxiety; (3) Physical and Mental Re-Awareness, including (1) Decreased Physical Ability, (2) Frustration and Diminished Self-Esteem; 4. …”
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Assessment of typing methods, virulence genes profile and antimicrobial susceptibility for clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis by Lamiaa A. Salama, Hazem Hamed Saleh, Shaymaa H. Abdel-Rhman, Rasha Barwa, Ramadan Hassan

“…ERIC-PCR and Rep-PCR provide high discrimination ability among P. mirabilis clinical isolates contributing to epidemiological studies.…”
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Temporal–Spatial Dynamics and Collaborative Effects of Cropland Resilience in China by Liang Luo, Yetong Li, Wenjie Ma, Jianbo Rong, Jie Wei, Yong Cui, Tingting Qu

“…Cropland resilience is the ability of cropland systems to adapt and rebound from multiple stresses and disturbances. …”
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Mathematical models of Plasmodium vivax transmission: A scoping review. by Md Nurul Anwar, Lauren Smith, Angela Devine, Somya Mehra, Camelia R Walker, Elizabeth Ivory, Eamon Conway, Ivo Mueller, James M McCaw, Jennifer A Flegg, Roslyn I Hickson

“…One of the significant characteristics of the P. vivax parasite is its ability to remain dormant in the human liver as hypnozoites and subsequently reactivate after the initial infection (i.e. relapse infections). …”
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Insights into selection and application of carbohydrate-based carriers for microencapsulation: Stability and functional properties of maltodextrin, gum Arabic, and β-cyclodextrin i... by Pegah Mehrali, Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust, Amir Akbarmehr, Khashayar Sarabandi

“…The physical characteristics of spray-dried (SD) powders including bulk and tapped densities (packing ability), Hassner ratio, angle of repose and Carr index (powder flowability) were influenced by the type of carriers used. …”
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Utilization of a Lightweight 3D U-Net Model for Reducing Execution Time of Numerical Weather Prediction Models by Hyesung Park, Sungwook Chung

“…By combining the biconjugate gradient stabilized (BiCGStab) method, used for solving the Helmholtz problem, with a deep learning model, we reduced unnecessary hotspot calls, shortening execution time. …”
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Myocarditis Concurrent with Sweet Syndrome: A Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christopher G. Burkeen, David Pottinger, Chaitanya Iragavarapu, Reshma Ramlal, Gerhard Hildebrandt

“…Commonly, AML presents with symptoms related to concurrent leukopenia, anemia, or thrombocytopenia; however, due to its ability to affect many organ systems in the body, AML can have a highly varied clinical presentation. …”
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On occupational safety in Ukraine in the context of social risks of preserving human capital by Olga Hrynkevych, Petro Ostroverkh, Vasyl Hrynkevych

“…The main contributors include a significant amount of employment in the informal sector of the economy, the limited ability of inspectors of the State Labor Service of Ukraine to prevent violations in the field of labor safety and occupational health, the low level of legal culture and awareness of employees with harmful working conditions, insufficient level of employer social and economic motivation to provide decent health and safety performance Due to Russian military aggression, the crisis factors of occupational safety are expanding significantly. …”
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Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned by Olga Cambaco, Hermínio Cossa, Andrea Farnham, Eusébio Macete, Mirko S. Winkler, Karin Gross, Khátia Munguambe

“…Finally, compared to its ability to capture perceptions of physical and environmental aspects affecting adolescents’ well-being, the method was less straightforward in revealing their concerns regarding social, relational and community aspects that are less tangible. …”
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On The Possible Leakage of ET-RR1 Liquid Waste Tank: Hydrological and Migration Modes Studies by N. S. Mahmoud, S. T. EL-Hemamy

“…This information was utilized to determine water velocity in the unsaturated zone.Radionuclides released from the settling tank to the aquifer were screened according to the radionuclides that have high migration ability and high activity. The amount of fission and activation products of the burned fuels that contaminated the water content of the reactor pool were considered as 10% of the original spent fuel. …”
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LEASING AS FORM OF STATE-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP by E. B. Zavyalova, I. V. Linev

“…Leasing application as the PPP forms, not only the professional experience, effective management, flexibility and efficiency in decision-making will provide, ability to innovation, but also will provide serious investment activity. …”
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Imaging the Brainstem Raphe in Medication-Overuse Headache: Pathophysiological Insights and Implications for Personalized Care by Annika Mall, Christine Klötzer, Luise Bartsch, Johanna Ruhnau, Sebastian Strauß, Robert Fleischmann

“…TCS demonstrated good intraclass correlation, highlighting its reproducibility and ability to detect changes relevant to MOH pathophysiology. …”
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