Rafraîchir les observatoires par le son by Cécile Regnault, Patrick Romieu

“…It does not pretend to present an exhaustive list of the state of the art in nascent investigative methods and practices for describing the subtle and complex inflections of the everyday sounds which surround us and of which any connection with current landscape theories appears as tenuous and arguable. Such a theoretical approach combines anthropology with urban planning and architecture and its methodology takes inspiration from action research. …”
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Evaluation of the Lower Punctum Parameters and Morphology Using Spectral Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by Riham S. H. M. Allam, Rania A. Ahmed

“…Punctae were evaluated clinically for appearance, position, and size. AS-OCT was used to evaluate the punctal shape, contents, and junction with the vertical canaliculus. …”
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Influence of Roughness on the Asymmetric Flow Field of a Slender Body by Kai Wei, Shaosong Chen, Yihang Xu, Dongdong Tang

“…A natural asymmetric vortex phenomenon occurs at a low speed and high angle of attack of a slender body. In this paper, the Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) method is adopted to simulate the asymmetric flow of a slender body at a high angle of attack. …”
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Treatment of a Refractory Skin Ulcer Using Punch Graft and Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma by Mauro Carducci, Marcella Bozzetti, Marco Spezia, Giorgio Ripamonti, Giuseppe Saglietti

“…After a few days the patient did not report more pain. Granulation tissue appeared quickly between implants. Most of the grafts were viable in 2-3 weeks. …”
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A Conserved Di-Lysine Motif in the E2 Transactivation Domain Regulates MmuPV1 Replication and Disease Progression by Jessica Gonzalez, Marsha DeSmet, Elliot J. Androphy

“…Both K113 mutants were able to induce wart formation in vivo, though disease progression appeared to be delayed in the K113Q group. These findings suggest that acetylation of K113 may act as a mechanism for repressing MmuPV1 E2 activity.…”
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A Methodology for Registration of a Histological Slide and In Vivo MRI Volume Based on Optimizing Mutual Information by Charles R. Meyer, Bradford A. Moffat, Kyle K. Kuszpit, Peyton L. Bland, Paul E. Mckeever, Timothy D. Johnson, Thomas L. Chenevert, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Brian D. Ross

“…Quantitative diffusion maps from the registered location appeared highly correlated with the H&E slide. Overall, this approach provides a robust method for coregistration of in vivo images with histological sections and will have broad applications in the field of functional and molecular imaging.…”
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Unusual Presentation of a Colonic Sarcoidosis by Sami Daldoul, Wissem Triki, Kaouther El Jeri, Abdeljelil Zaouche

“…Clinical presentation, endoscopic appearances, and radiologic findings are not specific and may mimic much other affection. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Extreme Precipitation Events in the Jinsha River Basin, Southwestern China by Dan Zhang, Wensheng Wang, Shuqi Liang, Shunjiu Wang

“…It is notable that extreme precipitation increased apparently in higher elevation areas. (3) The abrupt change of extreme precipitation in the northwestern, midsouthern, and southeastern mainly appeared in the late 1990s and the 2000s. …”
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Mycological Analysis of the Oral Cavity of Patients Using Acrylic Removable Dentures by Bartłomiej W. Loster, Jolanta Loster, Aneta Wieczorek, Wojciech Ryniewicz

“…The mycological examination before treatment, especially in patients using acrylic denture, appears to be necessary.…”
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An Initial Investigation into the Use of a Flux Chamber Technique to Measure Soil-Atmosphere Gas Exchanges from Application of Biosolids to UK Soils by S. M. Donovan, A. M. Skartsila, M. K. Head, N. Voulvoulis

“…The objective of the research presented in this paper was to address this gap, by the use of a flux chamber technique to measure soil-atmosphere gas exchanges from the application of biosolids to land. …”
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Assessing Murphy Sequence as a Clinical Element in Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis by Andy Rocha Quintana, Orisel Fernández Suárez, Elianne Rodríguez Larraburu, César Jorge Castro Rodríguez

“…Variables analyzed: age, sex, skin color, evolution duration and order of appearance of symptoms, presentation of Murphy Sequence, complementary tests and pathological diagnosis. …”
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Organoleptic and physicochemical of meltique beef steak injected with varying concentrations of coconut oil by Permata Sari Dian, Apriantini Astari, Budiman Cahyo, Cipta Dainy Nunung, Humayrah Wardina, Lesa Aditia Edit

“…Meltique is a processed type of beef created by injecting vegetable fat to create marbling similar to the appearance of Wagyu beef. This technique enhances tenderness, and juiciness, while imparting a distinct flavor through the injected emulsion. …”
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Thunderstorm-Associated Asthma or Shortness of Breath Epidemic: A Canadian Case Report by AE Dennis Wardman, Dennis Stefani, Judy C MacDonald

“…Individuals with a personal or family history of asthma, allergies or hay fever who were not taking regular medication for these conditions and who were outdoors before the storm appeared to have been preferentially affected. A stagnant air mass the day before the thunderstorm may have resulted in declining bioaerosol concentrations, and the possible accumulation of spore and pollen reservoirs within mould and plant structures. …”
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Risk Factors of Dental Cavities in Children by Elsa Luján Hernández, Marta Luján Hernández, Nora Sexto Delgado

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> The association between the classic risks of dental cavities appearance such as bad oral hygiene, previous experience of cavities, saliva viscosity and sugar candies ingestion were shown in this study.…”
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Spin transport properties in a topological insulator sandwiched between two-dimensional magnetic layers by Nezhat Pournaghavi, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anna Delin

“…Combining DFT and tight-binding calculations, along with non-equilibrium Green’s function formalism, we show that a well-defined exchange gap appears in the band structure in which spin-polarised edge states flow. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…The journey is worsened when one climbs the ladder and leaves sisters behind who choose to be ‘campers’ in these universities. Be your sister’s keeper is a biblical term that speaks to the fact that we need to practice ethics of care among ourselves. …”
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Dynamics of Positive Frequency Dependent Selection Triggers Selection for Silence by I. Hashem, V. De Buck, J. Van Impe

“…We illustrate our hypothesis using a mathematical model of a population of single locus diploid organisms with two alleles where a single mutant of an allele that experiences positive frequency dependent selection appears in a population where the other allele is a dominant. …”
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Representation of medieval climate fluctuations in Central Asia in the toponymic system: Historical and geographical data by Kulyash Kaimuldinova, Shakhislam Laiskhanov, Duman Aliaskarov, Rakhat Tobajanov, Zhulduz Nizamatdinova

“…The presence of information describing the natural conditions in the period of their appearance in toponyms makes it possible to use them as indicators of landscape changes in historical geography. …”
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Torsion of Hydrosalpinx with Concurrent Acute Cholecystitis: Case Report and Review of Literature by Preeti R. John, Amelia M. Pasley

“…We describe a 34-year-old premenopausal woman who presented with right sided upper and lower abdominal pain and nausea. Abdominal ultrasound (US) revealed acute cholecystitis. …”
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From Healing the Whole Person: An Argument for Therapeutic Touch as a Complement to Traditional Medical Practice by Marlene B. Huff, Kimberly K. McClanahan, Hatim A. Omar

“…If TT can be found to be a scientifically sound therapeutic technique, then it will be more readily accepted in the health care community. This paper reviews TT.…”
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