Iniencephaly and Holoprosencephaly: Report of a Rare Association by Aytekin Tokmak, Hakan Timur, Korkut Dağlar, Özgür Kara

“…In addition, folic acid supplementation should be recommended to reduce the risk of contracting this disorder.…”
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Extension of continental lithosphere in rifted margins: a review of thinning mechanisms by Tugend, Julie, Mohn, Geoffroy, Duretz, Thibault, Petri, Benoit, Le Pourhiet, Laetitia

“…Crustal geometries imaged at rifted margins show contrasted first-order morphologies (wide and narrow, symmetric or asymmetric conjugates). …”
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Compressive Fracture of Brittle Geomaterial: Fractal Features of Compression-Induced Fracture Surfaces and Failure Mechanism by L. Ren, L. Z. Xie, C. B. Li, J. Wang

“…A laser profilometer was employed to measure the topography of each rough fracture surface, followed by fractal analysis of the irregularities of the obtained compression-induced fracture surfaces using the cubic cover method. To carry out a contrastive analysis with the results of compressive fracture tests, three tension mode fracture tests were also conducted and the fractal features of the obtained fracture surfaces were determined. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Directional Solidification of DD5 Nickel-Based Single-Crystal Turbine Blades by Jianhui Wei, Min Lu, Libo Pi, Huan Zhao, Qian Lei

“…At the sharp corner of the end face of the edge plate, the solidified dendrites grew staggered, which hindered the effective contraction of other parts of the edge plate and produced micro-looseness. …”
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Edge or Cloud Architecture: The Applicability of New Data Processing Methods in Large-Scale Poultry Farming by Gergo Toth, Sandor Szabo, Tamas Haidegger, Marta Alexy

“…A hybrid approach often represents the most viable strategy when examining contrasting strengths and weaknesses. Combining edge and cloud solutions allows for the robustness and immediate response of edge computing while still leveraging cloud systems’ advanced analytical capabilities and scalability.…”
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Cable Driven Rehabilitation Robots: Comparison of Applications and Control Strategies by Muhammad Shoaib, Ehsan Asadi, Joono Cheong, Alireza Bab-Hadiashar

“…A large part of this paper is dedicated to comparing the control strategies and techniques of CDRRs under five main categories of: Impedance-based, PID-based, Admittance-based, Assist-as-needed (AAN) and Adaptive controllers. We have carefully contrasted the advantages and disadvantages of those methods with the aim of assisting the design of future CDRRs.…”
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MAPPING OF QTLS DETERMINING THE EXPRESSION OF AGRONOMICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE FEATURES IN SPRING WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) GROWN IN ENVIRONMENTALLY DIFFERENT RUSSIA REGI... by Yu. V. Chesnokov, N. V. Pochepnya, L. V. Kozlenko, M. N. Sitnikov, O. P. Mitrofanova, V. V. Syukov, D. V. Kochetkov, U. Lovasser, A. Börner

“…QTLs for traits studied, mapped on 21 chromosomes, manifested themselves under contrasting environmental conditions with varying degrees of reliability. …”
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Mechanical Modeling of Frozen Coarse-Grained Materials Incorporating Microscale Investigation by Shan-Zhen Li, Liang Tang, Shuang Tian, Xian-Zhang Ling, Yang-Sheng Ye, De-Gou Cai

“…And the transition of volume strain from contraction to dilatancy can also be described using this model. …”
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Abdominal Adiposity Correlates with Adenotonsillectomy Outcome in Obese Adolescents with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Gustavo Nino, Maria J. Gutierrez, Anjani Ravindra, Cesar L. Nino, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study of obese adolescents ( percentile) that underwent AT for therapy of severe OSA (). We contrasted WC and covariates in a group of subjects that had complete resolution of severe OSA after AT () with those obtained in subjects with residual OSA after AT (). …”
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Causality-driven candidate identification for reliable DNA methylation biomarker discovery by Xinlu Tang, Rui Guo, Zhanfeng Mo, Wenli Fu, Xiaohua Qian

“…It integrates causal thinking, deep learning, and biological priors to handle non-causal confounding factors, through a contrastive scheme and a spatial-relation regularization that reduces interferences from individual characteristics and noises, respectively. …”
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A novel nano-emulsion cream of casein isolated from raw milk for thermal and acid burn wounds by Shivani Shrivastava, Saumya Das, Chanchal Sharma, Archna Singh, Sanjita Das, Manas Kumar Das, Pankaj Kumar Tyagi, Navneet Khurana

“…Wistar albino rats were used to induce acid and thermal burns, and the healing progress was monitored by measuring wound contraction and epithelialization period. The results demonstrated significant wound healing effects of the casein creams (p<0.001) in acid burns, with the 10% w/w cream showing the highest epithelization rate in thermal burns. …”
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ANÁLISIS ESPECTRAL DE NUBES DE SAL ORIGINADAS EN LAS CERCANÍAS DE LA LAGUNA DE MAR CHIQUITA UTILIZANDO SENSORES REMOTOS by Diana Rodriguez, Silvana Carina Bolzi, Ines Velazco, Mónica Marino

“…However, after 2003 entered a contraction regime, exposing large tracts of land covered with salt. …”
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REE-Nb MINERALIZATION IN TRACHYTES AND RHYOLITES OF THE KHULAM VOLCANO-PLUTONIC COMPLEX, NORTH CAUCASUS by E.N. Kaigorodova, O.A. Nabelkin, P.M. Kartashov, V.A. Lebedev

“…The igneous rocks of the Khulam Complex (intrusive and subvolcanic facies) belong to the contrasting differentiated bimodal association: (gabbro + basaltic trachyandesite) – (trachyte + rhyolite). …”
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Development of a Portable Gait Rehabilitation System for Home-Visit Rehabilitation by Hiroaki Yano, Naoki Tanaka, Kiyotaka Kamibayashi, Hideyuki Saitou, Hiroo Iwata

“…The quadriceps femoris muscle is important for walking up and down slopes and staircases, and the eccentric and concentric contractions of this muscle are, in particular, difficult to train under normal circumstances. …”
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Sobre a eficácia da CoronaVac no Twitter: conversações e aspectos políticos by Carina Luisa Ochi Flexor, Gustavo Costa, Vitória Lobo Batista Barros

“…Os resultados apontam para o fato de que, em sua maioria, os usuários da rede não são contrários à vacinação, mas questionavam, com frequência, a eficácia da vacina, ilustrando, em alguma medida, o impacto da politização do imunizante…”
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Fairness and Justice in the Procedure of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal by Fatemeh Niavarani, Fathollah Rahimi, Tavakkol Habibzadeh

“…The views of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, which is 40 years old, are very important in various investment issues and the approach of the tribunal, as one of the most influential arbitration authorities in the international arena, is the goal of this article; by searching the opinions of the Court, it aims to clarify the position of fairness, ex aequo et bono and fair and equitable treatment in the decisions of the tribunal. Relying on contractual law and international law, the tribunal has the authority to resort to equity, ex aequo et bono and fair and equitable treatment. …”
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Causes of Early Age Cracking on Concrete Bridge Deck Expansion Joint Repair Sections by Jared R. Wright, Farshad Rajabipour, Jeffrey A. Laman, Aleksandra Radlińska

“…This paper investigates the causes of cracking by assessing the concrete mixtures specified for bridge deck rehabilitation projects, as well as reviewing the structural design of decks and the construction and curing methods implemented by the contractors. The work consists of (1) a comprehensive literature review of the causes of cracking on bridge decks, (2) a review of previous bridge deck rehabilitation projects that experienced early-age cracking along with construction observations of active deck rehabilitation projects, and (3) an experimental evaluation of the two most commonly used bridge deck concrete mixtures. …”
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Using Mass Timber in Multi-Storey and Non-Residential Construction Projects: Motivations and Barriers for Professionals in Quebec by Baptiste Giorgio, Aline Barlet, Pierre Blanchet, Matheus R. Cabral, Cédric Perez, Adrien Gaudelas

“…The response profile analysis suggests that private developers and general contractors should be the primary targets of measures promoting mass timber adoption. …”
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Theoretical assessment of the relative incidences of sensitive andresistant tuberculosis epidemic in presence of drug treatment by Silvia Martorano Raimundo, Hyun Mo Yang, Ezio Venturino

“…Despite the availability of effective treatment, tuberculosis (TB)remains a major global cause of mortality.Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of TB thatis resistant to at least two drugs used for the treatment of TB,and originally is developed when a case of drug-susceptibleTB is improperly or incompletely treated.This work is concerned with a mathematical model to evaluate the effect ofMDR-TB on TB epidemic and its control.The model assessing the transmission dynamics of both drug-sensitive anddrug-resistant TB includes slow TB(cases that result from endogenous reactivation of susceptible andresistant latent infections). …”
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The definition of the state value in terms of functional quintessence by S. G. Pevko

“…The most common theories of the origin of the State include: patriarchal, contractual, violence, organic, and psychological. After analysing some of the theories, the author concludes that the purpose of the State’s emergence and existence is to unite society, resolve disputes and develop it. …”
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