« Foin de ma barbe, si je n’ t’arrange une djellaba bien à ta taille ! ». Aspects de la dispute en pays berbère by Claude Lefébure

“…Three short texts by speakers originating from Ayt Sadden in Morocco, Ayt Frah in the Aures region and Irjen in Kabylie, are scanned for what they reveal about arguments in Berber society: exchanges of wild words and fixed formulas associated with gestures which convey a threat of physical and moral aggression. …”
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Late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance with generative artificial intelligence by Omer Burak Demirel, Fahime Ghanbari, Christopher W. Hoeger, Connie W. Tsao, Adele Carty, Long H. Ngo, Patrick Pierce, Scott Johnson, Kathryn Arcand, Jordan Street, Jennifer Rodriguez, Tess E. Wallace, Kelvin Chow, Warren J. Manning, Reza Nezafat

“…Meanwhile, AI-enhanced images from 1.5 × 3 mm2 resolution and original LGE images showed similar blur metric (0.30 ± 0.03 vs 0.31 ± 0.03, P = 1.0) Additionally, there was an overall 18% improvement in image sharpness between AI-enhanced images from 1.5 × 3 mm2 resolution and original LGE images in the subjective blurriness score (P < 0.01). …”
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L’univers sonore de Sredni Vashtar (Andrew Birkin, 1981) by Sophie Mantrant

“…This article explores the film’s soundscape to show how it participates in the construction of the oppositional system that underpins Saki’s short story. Carl Orff’s ‘O Fortuna’ is used as a symbolic signifier strictly associated with the world of the child, as opposed to the adult’s. …”
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Is Autogenous cortical bone sheet reliable for the management of defects around dental implants by using scalpel technique? by Burak Bayram

“…Background: The aim of this study is to present a very easy technique for coverage of dehiscence and fenestration defects around the dental implantsfrom the nearest bone source by using a sharp scalpel and the analysis of its clinical results.Materials and Methods:750 screw dental implants were inserted by the same surgeon. …”
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Knowledge and Self-Reported Practice of Insulin Injection Device Disposal among Diabetes Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Daniel Asfaw Erku, Kaleab Taye Haile, Eshetie Melese Birru

“…More than two-thirds (80.7%) of respondents had poor practice and 64.3% of respondents did not put insulin needle and lancets into the household garbage. 31% of respondents threw sharps on street when they travel outside. Respondents living in urban areas had a higher mean of knowledge and practice score than those who live in rural area. …”
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Knowledge and attitude of nosocomial infection prevention and control precautions among healthcare personnel at Kiruddu Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda by Newton Ekakoro, Ritah Nakayinga, Martha A. Kaddumukasa, Maria Mbatudde

“…The mean knowledge scores across different infection prevention aspects were as follows: hand hygiene (82.2 ± 18.9), PPE use (71.8 ± 23.1), sharp disposal and sharp injuries (59.2 ± 25.7), and waste management (57.4 ± 29.9). …”
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Correlation of Image Quality Metrics with Expert Perception for Industrial Computed Tomography by Lukas Behammer, Patrick Weinberger, Lukas Nepelius, Bernhard Fröhler, Miroslav Yosifov, Johann Kastner, Sascha Senck

“…By comparing multiple metrics and correlating their scores with human expert ratings on image attributes such as noise, contrast, and sharpness, we aim to identify metrics that closely align with human visual judgment. …”
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Study of Neem Fiber Composite Toothbrush – Latest Approach for the Prevention of Oral Disease by Thandavamoorthy Raja, N. Thirumalaivasan, Chitra Shivalingam

“…Materials and Methods: Since this is the case, neem twigs fiber toothbrushes and neem leaf powder was proven effective in awarding against tooth decay and oral disease. In this present work, a fiber extracted from neem twigs is impregnated in neem leaf powder influenced ploy lactic acid and identified their functional groups, crystalline effect, and morphological analysis. …”
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A no‐reference blurred colourful image quality assessment method based on dual maximum local information by Jian Chen, Shiyun Li, Li Lin

“…Second, an improved maximum gradient method that leverages information from different channel images is presented to calculate the maximum gradient variation within the ROI for final sharpness score. Experimental results illustrated that the proposed method has better performance under various measurements compared with the state‐of‐the‐art methods on LIVE, CSIQ, TID2008, TID2013, VCL@FER, IVC image databases.…”
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Lower Limb Metaphyseal Bone Is Lost in Men with Coeliac Disease and Does Not Relate to Parathyroid Status by Michael W. J. Davie, Sally F. Evans, Christopher A. Sharp

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Demographic Correlates of Infant Feeding Practices and Growth Performance in the First Year of Life by Leila M. Shinn, Christy C. Tangney, Caitlyn Busche, Christine M. Sharp, Mary C. Mullen

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The Uncoupling of Disease Activity from Joint Structural Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Filgotinib by Yoshiya Tanaka, Tatsuya Atsumi, Daniel Aletaha, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Haruhiko Fukada, Chris Watson, Tsutomu Takeuchi

“…We evaluated the change from baseline (CFB) in modified total Sharp score (mTSS), erosion score, and joint space narrowing score among patients achieving Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) remission (CDAI ≤ 2.8), low disease activity (LDA; 2.8 < CDAI ≤ 10), medium disease activity (MDA; 10 < CDAI ≤ 22), and high disease activity (HDA; CDAI > 22) at 24 weeks. …”
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Extracting Water Surfaces of the Dike-Pond System from High Spatial Resolution Images Using Deep Learning Methods by Jinhao Zhou, Kaiyi Fu, Shen Liang, Junpeng Li, Jihang Liang, Xinyue An, Yilun Liu

“…WDPS with irregular shapes or juxtaposed with other land types increases the difficulty of extraction, but the FCN models still achieve P-scores above 0.95 in the first two scenarios, while WDPS in multiple pond conditions causes a sharp drop in the indicators of all the methods, which requires further improvement to solve it. …”
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Intra-Articular Injection of Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial by Bong-Woo Lee, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Joon-Yong Jung, Ji Hyeon Ju

“…The MSC group showed between-group improvement in WOMAC (–5.0 ± 3.6 vs. –0.1 ± 5.5, P = 0.02) and KOOS (23.9 ± 18.3 vs. 7.2 ± 15.9, P = 0.028) scores at 9 months compared with the control group. …”
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On the risks of secure attachment in infancy: Childhood irritability and adolescent depression predicted by secure attachment and high approach behaviours at 14-months towards a ca... by Jonathan Hill, Nicky Wright, Helen Sharp, Andrew Pickles, Howard Steele

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Ecological Footprint Awareness of Generation Z: A Case Study of Selçuk University Faculty of Science by Halil Osman Erbek, Yunus Akdoğan, Tenzile Erbayram

“…However, in today's rapidly industrializing world, population growth and lack of awareness about ecological footprints negatively impact biological capacity. …”
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Automated Estimation of Acute Infarct Volume from Noncontrast Head CT Using Image Intensity Inhomogeneity Correction by Keith A. Cauley, Gino J. Mongelluzzo, Samuel W. Fielden

“…In clinical cases (41 acute infarcts in 30 patients), calculated infarct volumes using FSL IIC correlated with the ASPECTS scores (Pearson r = 0.680) and the admission NIHSS (Pearson r = 0.544). …”
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Mendelian Randomisation Study of Childhood BMI and Early Menarche by Hannah S. Mumby, Cathy E. Elks, Shengxu Li, Stephen J. Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Robert N. Luben, Nicholas J. Wareham, Ruth J. F. Loos, Ken K. Ong

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Ion-specific effects in polyelectrolyte solutions: chain–chain interactions, chain rigidity and dynamics by Hotton, Claire, Sakhawoth, Yasine, Rollet, Anne-Laure, Sirieix-Plénet, Juliette, Tea, Lingsam, Combet, Sophie, Sharp, Melissa, Hoffmann, Ingo,  Nallet, Frédéric, Malikova, Natalie

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Ethnoracial disparities in childhood growth trajectories in Brazil: a longitudinal nationwide study of four million children by Helena Benes Matos da Silva, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Juliana Freitas de Mello e Silva, Irina Chis Ster, Poliana Rebouças, Emanuelle Goes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Andrêa Ferreira, Julia M. Pescarini, Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Enny S. Paixão, Maurício L. Barreto

“…Regarding WAZ and L/HAZ growth trajectories, a sharp decline in average z-scores was evidenced in the first weeks of life, followed by a period of recovery. …”
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