Dangerous Liaisons? by Norman L Jones

“…I sometimes feel that I am so dominated by circumstances and coincidences that I have little free choice, for example, when approaching an editorial. …”
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Attenuation of progressive surface gravity waves by floating spheres by Ross Calvert, Jessamy Mol, Bruce R. Sutherland, Ton S. van den Bremer

“…Abstract Laboratory experiments were performed to investigate the attenuation of progressive deep-water waves by a mono-layer of loose- and close-packed floating spheres. …”
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Optimum Synthesis of Pencil Beams with Constrained Dynamic Range Ratio by Marko Matijascic, Maja Jurisic Bellotti, Mladen Vucic, Goran Molnar

“…In antenna array design, low dynamic range ratio (DRR) of excitation coefficients is important because it simplifies array’s feeding network and enables better control of mutual coupling. …”
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“Nip and Tuck”: Training the Next Generation of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons by Lok Ka Cheung, MBChB, MRCS, Vasilios Skepastianos, MUDR, MSc, Epameinodas Kostopoulos, MUDR, MSc, PhD, Georgios Skepastianos, MUDR, MSc, PhD

“…We propose a safe method in aesthetic training in abdominoplasty and facelift, utilizing free deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap and parotidectomy for training aesthetic procedures. …”
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BOARD ATTRIBUTES AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Idris Mohammed, Bejamin K. Gugong, Rofiat Adedokun, Abdulrahman A. Olorunloga, Mark G Tagwai

“…The research population encompasses all Nigerian listed firms, with a stratified sampling technique deemed appropriate for the study. Secondary data were sourced from the audited annual reports and accounts of sampled firms available on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) website. …”
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Territorial control and the scope and resilience of cannabis and other illegal drug crop cultivation by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

“…The fact that total politico-territorial control by the state, no matter how powerful and resourceful, is deemed impossible, shows that the war on drugs is doomed to fail despite how many battles were won. …”
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Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Access by Nursing versus Resident Staff in a Community Based Teaching Hospital: A “Noninferiority” Trial by Thomas Carter, Chris Conrad, J. Link Wilson, Godwin Dogbey

“…Two failed attempts on a patient using standard approach by an emergency department (ED) nurse were deemed to be “difficult sticks” and randomly assigned to either a nurse or resident, based on the day they presented. …”
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Comprehensive transcriptomic analysis reveals turnip mosaic virus infection and its aphid vector Myzus persicae cause large changes in gene regulatory networks and co-transcription... by Venura Herath, Clare L. Casteel, Jeanmarie Verchot

“…Results By investigating changes in transcript abundance, the data shows that aphids feeding on virus infected plants intensify the number of differentially expressed stress responsive genes compared to challenge by individual stressors. …”
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Experimental Analysis of Neural Approaches for Synthetic Angle-of-Attack Estimation by Angelo Lerro, Piero Gili, Mario Luca Fravolini, Marcello Napolitano

“…The present work’s objective is to evaluate performances of a single-layer feed-forward generalized radial basis function network for AoA estimation trained with a sequential algorithm. …”
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Edible Insects as an Alternative Source of Nutrients: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Entomophagy in Europe—A Narrative Review by Wojciech Michał Jankowski, Dominik Przychodniak, Weronika Gromek, Emilia Majsiak, Marcin Kurowski

“…This raises concerns about the ability to feed such a population. In view of the above, it is necessary to search for alternative food sources. …”
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Anti-hyperglycemic effects of dihydromyricetin in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by Maojun Yao, Hui Teng, Qiyan Lv, Huifang Gao, Tengming Guo, Yiwen Lin, Sihai Gao, Meihu Ma, Lei Chen

“…Fasting blood glucose and body weight were measured at weekly interval. Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed on days 42. …”
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False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.

“… "False blister beetles," sometimes known also as "pollen feeding beetles," are unique in that adults of all the approximately 1,000 species in the world are obligate pollen feeders. …”
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TINJAUAN SEMIOTIKA ATAS PEMAHAMAN HADITH DALAM KITAB FATH ALBARI KARYA IBN HAJAR ALASQALANI by Benny Afwadzi

“…In semiotic communication, the understanding model of the second hadith is seen more systematic because it elaborates reasoning continuously, and shows the important contribution of semiotics in the hadith understanding discourse, like eliminating truth claims and being media for developing textual and contextual understanding.…”
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Unveiling pelagic-benthic coupling associated with the biological carbon pump in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean) by Simon Ramondenc, Damien Eveillard, Katja Metfies, Morten H. Iversen, Eva-Maria Nöthig, Dieter Piepenburg, Christiane Hasemann, Thomas Soltwedel

“…Abstract Settling aggregates transport organic matter from the ocean surface to the deep sea and seafloor. Though plankton communities impact carbon export, how specific organisms and their interactions affect export efficiency is unknown. …”
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Leveraging synthetic data to improve regional sea level predictions by Guanchao Tong, Jiayou Chao, Wenxuan Ma, Ziqi Zhong, Gaurav Gupta, Wei Zhu

“…This study presents a novel deep learning approach that combines TimesGAN with ConvLSTM to enhance regional sea level predictions using the more widely available satellite altimetry data. …”
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“Baboons on the road again”: Survey of vehicle occupants on a road crossing a national park in Uganda by Jovia Nabuule, Fantine Benoit, Louise Robinet, Peter Isingoma, David Mwesigye Tumusiime, Harold Rugonge, Sabrina Krief, Odile Petit, Audrey Maille

“…Although road users rarely feed them, baboons seem to remain attracted to the road because littering is very common. …”
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The Dysexecutive Syndrome Associated with Ischaemic Vascular Disease and Related Subcortical Neuropathology: A Boston Process Approach by Melissa Lamar, Cate C. Price, Tania Giovannetti, Rod Swenson, David J. Libon

“…This has led to both an empirical, as well as a theoretical understanding of three core constructs related to the dysexecutive syndrome associated with ischaemic vascular disease affecting periventricular and deep white matter as well as subcortical structures connecting these regions with the prefrontal cortex. …”
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Ways of Aesthetically Integrating Conservation Theory in an Era of Neoliberal Illusions and Post-Colonial Migration by Hiltrud Schinzel

“…The concept of "care" is examined as a potential approach to refocus conservation on cultural beneficiaries and their changing needs, while also considering both the material and conceptual dimensions of artworks.The article traces the historical impact of 19th-century industrialization, which democratized access to art and transformed conservation practices, but also led to increased commodification. …”
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Characterization of a Y-Family DNA Polymerase eta from the Eukaryotic Thermophile Alvinella pompejana by Sayo Kashiwagi, Isao Kuraoka, Yoshie Fujiwara, Kenichi Hitomi, Quen J. Cheng, Jill O. Fuss, David S. Shin, Chikahide Masutani, John A. Tainer, Fumio Hanaoka, Shigenori Iwai

“…Here, we characterized ApPolη from the thermophilic worm Alvinella pompejana, which inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys. ApPolη shares sequence homology with HsPolη and contains domains for binding ubiquitin and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. …”
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Efficient nonlinear function approximation in analog resistive crossbars for recurrent neural networks by Junyi Yang, Ruibin Mao, Mingrui Jiang, Yichuan Cheng, Pao-Sheng Vincent Sun, Shuai Dong, Giacomo Pedretti, Xia Sheng, Jim Ignowski, Haoliang Li, Can Li, Arindam Basu

“…Abstract Analog In-memory Computing (IMC) has demonstrated energy-efficient and low latency implementation of convolution and fully-connected layers in deep neural networks (DNN) by using physics for computing in parallel resistive memory arrays. …”
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