For Better or Worse: The Effect of Prismatic Adaptation on Auditory Neglect by Isabel Tissieres, Mona Elamly, Stephanie Clarke, Sonia Crottaz-Herbette

“…The beneficial effect of R-PA on an ear-related performance contrasted with detrimental effects on diotic listening and auditory localization. …”
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Removal of an Aural Foreign Body by Magnetism by Emily Prentice, Emily Bartlett, Jonathan S. Ilgen

“…Case Presentation: A male patient in his thirties with a history of polysubstance use presented to the emergency department (ED) due to an abrasion on his left forehead caused by banging his head against a wall in self-injurious behavior. A non-contrast computed tomography of the head obtained to rule out intracranial injury incidentally demonstrated a radiodense foreign body in the left external ear canal. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Different Forecasting Techniques on the Inventory Bullwhip Effect in Two Parallel Supply Chains with a Competition Effect by Xigang Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, Dalin Zhang

“…This paper studies the impact of different forecasting techniques on the inventory bullwhip effect in two parallel supply chains with the competition effect, which is in contrast to the situation of a single product in a serial supply chain. …”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…The patient was restarted on antithyroid medication with gradual improvement of thyroid function and in clinical and echocardiogram findings. In contrast to primary PH that carries a poor prognosis and has limited treatment options, PH due to Graves’ disease carries a good prognosis with prior reports of resolution after appropriate treatment, emphasizing the importance of early recognition. …”
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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

“…Chaetoceros socialis, sea-ice diatoms, Radiolaria, and Chaetognatha are critical components of vertical carbon flux to 200 m depth. In contrast, the diatom C. socialis alone is essential for the amount of organic carbon reaching the seafloor. …”
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Monovalent Lectin Microvirin Utilizes Hydropathic Recognition of HIV-1 Env for Inhibition of Virus Cell Infection by Bibek Parajuli, Kriti Acharya, Harry Charles Bach, Shiyu Zhang, Cameron F. Abrams, Irwin Chaiken

“…Our findings highlight the role of both uncharged polar and non-polar residues in forming a hydropathic recognition site for the monovalent glycan engagement of Microvirin, in marked contrast to the charged residues utilized in the two Cyanovirin-N (CVN) glycan-binding sites.…”
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Microbial profile of some ready-to-cook frozen food items sold in Dhaka city, Bangladesh by Md. Shamimuzzaman, Rajib Kanti Roy, Toma Rani Majumder, Nirmal Chandra Barman, Nazia Nawshad Lina, Md. Tarek Hasan, Biplab Kumar Dash

“…Higher microbial loads in all animal-based food types, other than chicken strips were found. In contrast, plant-based items were relatively safe except paratha, dal-puri, rooti chapati, and aloo-puri. …”
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Intussusception in the Setting of an Ulcerative Colitis Flare by Varag Abed, Alexis Faber, Cristina Jageka, Ryan Goleniak, Raef Fadel

“…She reports that following oral contrast intake, she “felt movement and relaxation” in her abdomen with substantial pain relief. …”
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Do Inflation, Labor, FDI, and External Debt Influence Economic Growth? Evidence from ASEAN Countries During the Fintech 3.0 by Aziz Zidan Maulana, Ida Ayu Putri Suprapti

“…Result: The results indicate that inflation has a negative but insignificant effect on economic growth, while labor has a significant negative effect. In contrast, foreign direct investment (FDI) and external debt demonstrate significant positive effects, underscoring the importance of strategic management of these two variables to promote economic growth. …”
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Biodiversity indicators for breeding passerines in a multiple-cuckoo system in China: A comparison of cuckoos and raptors by Sidan Lin, Wei Liang

“…The results showed that the number of cuckoo species had significant positive correlations with taxonomic diversity (TD), phylogenetic diversity (PD), and functional richness (FRic) of passerines but no significant correlation with evolutionary distinctness (ED) or evolutionary distinct and globally endangered (EDGE). In contrast, raptors showed a significant positive correlation only with EDGE. …”
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The Effect of Spatial Working Memory Deterioration on Strategic Visuomotor Learning across Aging by Luis A. Uresti-Cabrera, Rosalinda Diaz, Israel Vaca-Palomares, Juan Fernandez-Ruiz

“…To evaluate the effect of age-related cognitive changes in a visuomotor learning task that depends on strategic control and contrast it with the effect in a task principally depending on visuomotor recalibration. …”
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BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Aliyu Abubakar, Yunusa Nasiru, Umar Abubakar

“…Findings revealed both board size and board activity have no significant impacts on CSR while in contrast, board independence, female gender, board professionalism and board equity ownership have a significant effect on CSR. …”
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A autorrepresentação do judeu mediada pelo olhar do nacional em “Natal sem Cristo” de Samuel Rawet by Saul Kirschbaum

“…La exclusión posterior de este ambiente lo puso en contacto con una población en su mayoría no judía, provocando el desarrollo de una conciencia de sí mismo como inmigrante, un distanciamento que marcará toda su obra. …”
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Simultaneous Left Ventricular and Deep Vein Thrombi Caused by Protein C Deficiency by Harufumi Maki, Motohiro Nishiyama, Motoaki Shirakawa

“…A 21-year-old woman was referred with a chief complaint of right leg pain and numbness. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a low-density mass in the left ventricle (LV), splenic infarction, and peripheral arterial obstructions in her right leg. …”
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Expansion of Gammadelta T Cells from Cord Blood: A Therapeutical Possibility by Sofia Berglund, Ahmed Gaballa, Piamsiri Sawaisorn, Berit Sundberg, Michael Uhlin

“…The frequency of γδ T cells in umbilical cord blood (UCB) is low, and the majority express δ1, in contrast to blood, whereas the main subset is δ2γ9 T cells. …”
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Comparison of deep transfer learning models for classification of cervical cancer from pap smear images by Harmanpreet Kaur, Reecha Sharma, Jagroop Kaur

“…Traditional classification algorithms often require segmentation and feature extraction techniques to detect cervical cancer. In contrast, convolutional neural networks (CNN) models require large datasets to reduce overfitting and poor generalization. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity among Somalis in Norway and Somaliland: A Comparative Study by Soheir H. Ahmed, Haakon E. Meyer, Marte K. Kjøllesdal, Ahmed A. Madar

“…The prevalence of obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2) was 44% and 31% in women in Norway and Somaliland, respectively. In contrast, the prevalence of obesity was low in men (9% in Norway; 6% in Somaliland). …”
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Global and national public awareness and interest in glomerular diseases from 2004 to 2024 by Suryanarayanan Balakrishnan, Charat Thongprayoon, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Jing Miao

“…For IgAN, LN, and MN, the trends observed in the United States appeared to align with global data. In contrast, search interest for FSGS exceeded global levels, while interest in DN was slightly lower than global activity. …”
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Application of environmental, social and governance practices in agriculture by Dzhamilia Sakkaraeva, Akasbek Abdurashitov

“…These initiatives contribute to the gradual transition to organic agriculture, the share of which in the member countries of the Union will be increased to 30% by 2030. In contrast to the above countries, the Kyrgyz Republic is at the very beginning of the path to managing the agricultural sector taking into account Environmental, Social, Governance-standards. …”
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A qualitative study of motivations for non-suicidal self-injury in a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore by Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Results: A preponderance of motivations served intrapersonal emotion-regulating purposes, which were categorised as to: (a) release bottled-up feelings; (b) self-punish; (c) turn aggression inwards; (d) sensitise oneself; and (e) attain a sense of control and mastery. By contrast, a small subset of motivations served the interpersonal motivation of signaling one's distress, especially when the capacity for verbal expression was limited or attempts to verbalise distress were futile. …”
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