PHENIX highlights: Recent results from PHENIX by Shimomura Maya

“…Additionally, forward rapidity J/ψ and v2 measurements show a result consistent with zero, in contrast to LHC findings. (2) Precise direct photon yields obtained via large statistical datasets, spanning a wide range of transverse momentum (pT) and centrality bins have the scaling behavior across various large systems, and non-prompt direct photon results reveal temperature (Teff) dependence on pT. (3) Charged hadron production was examined in collision systems of varying sizes, revealing that RAA is primarily dependent on the overlap volume (Npart). …”
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Negotiating through the Intervention of A Third Party: The Functions of the Mediation During Peaceful Negotiations by Latifi Veton

“…Apart from the method of mediation through the contrast approach, it also analyzes the differences with other mechanisms of conflict resolution including arbitration and litigation. …”
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Scatter and Blurring Compensation in Inhomogeneous Media Using a Postprocessing Method by Yan Yan, Gengsheng L. Zeng

“…The preliminary results demonstrate an improvement in image quality and quantity accuracy with increased image contrast (25% increase compared to uncompensated image) and decreased error (40% decrease compared to uncompensated image). …”
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Accessibility and Referential Choice: Personal Pronouns and D-pronouns in Written German by Yvonne Portele, Markus Bader

“…The existing research concerned with these pronouns has focused on language comprehension, in particular with regard to interpretative preferences in the case of referential ambiguity. In contrast to language comprehension, a choice between the two pronominal forms has to be made during language production whether there is an ambiguity or not. …”
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Airway Responsiveness: Role of Inflammation, Epithelium Damage and Smooth Muscle Tension by K. I. Gourgoulianis, A. Domali, P. A. Molyvdas

“…In asthma, mediators such as ACh act on already contracted inflammatory airways, which results in additional increase of contraction. …”
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Costs of Finding an Advanced Adenoma in Colorectal Screening by Jerome B Simon

“…Four strategies were compared: flexible sigmoidoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy plus air contrast barium enema, virtual colonoscopy (CT colography) and colonoscopy. …”
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Behaviour Generation in Humanoids by Learning Potential-Based Policies from Constrained Motion by Matthew Howard, Stefan Klanke, Michael Gienger, Christian Goerick, Sethu Vijayakumar

“…We present a method for learning potential-based policies from constrained motion data. In contrast to previous approaches to direct policy learning, our method can combine observations from a variety of contexts where different constraints are in force, to learn the underlying unconstrained policy in form of its potential function. …”
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Innovative applications of advanced nanomaterials in cerebrovascular imaging by Li Na, Xiaofu Song, Ping Luo, Jingqi Su, Zhicheng Yao

“…Conventional imaging techniques such as MRI, CT, DSA and ultrasound have their own strengths and limitations, particularly in terms of resolution, contrast and safety. Recent advances in nanotechnology offer new opportunities for improved cerebrovascular imaging. …”
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Determinants of Mobility in the Middle-Income Classes for Turkiye by Banu Beyaz Sipahi

“…Accordingly, in cases where the head of the household is male, household members are young, household members have a high education level, and where there are a small number of members in the household, all negatively affect the probability of transitioning from a middle-income class to a low-income class. In contrast, it positively affects the transition to a high income class.…”
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The Path of Systematic Improvement of the Rules for Ships Under Construction in Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China by CAO Xingguo, SUN Ninglu

“…Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China has not established a system of rules for ships under construction, leading to disputes in practice such as whether relevant parties of ships under construction can apply for the limitation of liability for maritime claims, and whether the rules in relation to maritime liens and the marine insurance contract can be applied. The root of the such disputes lies in the fact that the current Chinese Maritime Code is absent on the legal status of ships under construction. …”
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Simulation Analysis and Experiment Research on Hydro-Pneumatic ISD Suspension by Xiao-Liang Zhang, Juchao Liu, Jiamei Nie, Hao Wei, Long Chen

“…The results suggest that, compared with single-chamber hydro-pneumatic suspension, the hydro-pneumatic ISD one can significantly reduce the vibrations of the vehicle body and wheels, but at the expense of an excessive increase of suspension working space (SWS). In contrast, although proposed suspension is also a type of dual-chamber hydro-pneumatic one, it can not only reduce these vibrations but also downsize the SWS, which means it is the best choice for a more comfortable and safer ride.…”
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The Role of Risk Management in Strengthening the Impact of Financial Literacy on Investment Decisions by Kristian Hoegh Pride Lambe, Naomi Patiung, Ifah Finatry Latiep

“…The results showed that financial literacy has a positive but insignificant effect on investment decisions. In contrast, risk management is proven to have a positive and significant effect on investment decisions, and is able to significantly moderate the relationship between financial literacy and investment decisions. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: When Natural Friends Turn into Enemies—The Importance of CpG Motifs of Bacterial DNA in Intestinal Homeostasis and Chronic Intestinal Inflammation by Florian Obermeier, Claudia Hofmann, Werner Falk

“…Bacterial DNA has been shown to be protective against experimental colitis. In contrast bacterial DNA essentially contributes to the perpetuation of an already established chronic intestinal inflammation in a Toll-like receptor (TLR)9-dependent manner. …”
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Use of the Internet and its Impact on Productivity and Sales Growth in Female-Owned Firms: Evidence from India by Aparna Gosavi

“…Specifcally, the adopton of the Internet does not make female-owned frms more or less likely to have beter productvity and sales growth in contrast to that of their male counterparts.…”
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The Centralization and Decentralization of Telemedicine Networks in Korea and Japan by Soo-kyung Park

“…According to the results, telemedicine networks in Choongbook are dominated by an inter-regional level (in particular, a national level), and most of the telemedicine networks are observed between clinical sites in Choongbook and tertiary care centers in Kyunggi. In contrast, telemedicine networks in Kagawa are dispersed within the diagnostic boundary of Kagawa at a regional level. …”
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CAREER DIRECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BIG AND SMALL RUSSIAN CITIES by E. Yu. Cherniakevich

“…The perceptions of students from small towns about a career have both positive and negative connotations, in contrast to students from large cities who do not note a negative attitude towards career.…”
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CT Diagnosis of a Thoracic Aort Aneurysm with Type B Aortic Dissection Clinically Misdiagnosed as Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Ahmet Mesrur Halefoglu

“…The patient was clinically interpreted as having an acute pulmonary embolism and referred to the radiology clinic to perform a computed tomography (CT) examination. Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated that there was no abnormality related to the pulmonary vasculature, but a huge thoracic aorta aneurysm measuring 11 × 8.1 × 7.7 cm in diameter was detected. …”
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Oral Iron Prophylaxis in Pregnancy: Not Too Little and Not Too Much! by Nils Milman

“…In developed countries, individual iron prophylaxis guided by iron status (serum ferritin) has physiological advantages compared to general iron prophylaxis. In contrast, in most developing countries, general iron prophylaxis is indicated, and higher doses of oral iron, for example, 60 mg ferrous iron or even more should be recommended, according to the present iron status situation in the specific populations of women of fertile age and pregnant women.…”
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Development of a Colloidal Gold Immunochromatographic Strip for the One-Step Evaluation of the Total Content of Rhein and Aloe-Emodin in Rhubarb by Ping Sun, Xin-Peng Li, Jie Xin, Tao Xue, Bo Zhang, Yan-Juan Liu

“…The cutoff value, defined as the lowest concentration for which the test line was invisible on the strip, was 50 ng mL−1 for both rhein and aloe-emodin. By contrast, the cutoff value for emodin was 2,000 ng mL−1. …”
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Social welfare in the Greco-Roman world as a background for early Christian practice by P. Lampe

“…The enormous role of civil society – private persons, their households and associations – in holding up social-welfare functions is shown. By contrast, the state was comparatively less involved, the commonwealth of the Romans, especially in Republican times, even less than the Greek city-states. …”
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