From Volunteerism to Corporatization: Analyzing Participation in the 2015 and 2023 Reddit Blackouts by Andreas Schmitz, Mattia Samory

“…Reddit, one of the largest global social media platforms, has undergone significant transformations since its inception in 2005. From a loosely structured, niche platform to a globally recognized company with a standardized and regulated governance system, Reddit’s evolution has been marked by a shift in the power dynamics between its owners, moderators, and users. 2015 and 2023 were marked by the occurrence of two prominent protests, termed “blackouts.” …”
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Mango Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gary J. Steck

“… The mango fruit fly is also commonly known as the marula fruit fly, based on its common occurrence in these host plants. Marula is a native African fruit related to mango and sometimes known locally as wild plum. …”
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A Rare Case of Severe Congenital RYR1-Associated Myopathy by Nicola Laforgia, Manuela Capozza, Lucrezia De Cosmo, Antonio Di Mauro, Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre, Francesca Mercadante, Anna Laura Torella, Vincenzo Nigro, Nicoletta Resta

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Smart Home Security: An Efficient Multi-Factor Authentication Protocol by Ghazaleh Sarbishaei, Amir Masoud Aminian Modarres, Farahnaz Jowshan, Fateme Zahra Khakzad, Hasti Mokhtari

“…Evaluating the computation complexity and space complexity of the proposed protocol also verifies its superior performance compared with similar schemes.…”
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A Review of UWB Radar Detection of Respiration and Heartbeat Signals in Different Scenarios by Xuezhao ZHENG, Wen DING, Yuan HUANG, Guobin CAI, Yang MA, Shengkai LIU, Bo ZHOU

“…Therefore, this paper introduces a UWB radar and its classification, electromagnetic scattering mechanisms, and detection principles. …”
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HSTC: hybrid traffic scheduling mechanism in time-sensitive networking by Changchuan YIN, Yanjue LI, Hailong ZHU, Xinxin HE, Wenxuan HAN

“…And the deadline (DDL) of ST flow was its actual sampling period. Sampling period and packet length of SR flow were randomly selected from set {4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20}ms, {1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5}kB. …”
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Downlink Multiuser Hybrid Beamforming for MmWave Massive MIMO-NOMA System with Imperfect CSI by Jing Jiang, Ming Lei, Huanhuan Hou

“…For digital beamforming, the weak user applies the block diagonalization algorithm based on the strong user’s effective channel to reduce its intracluster interference. Finally, an intracluster power allocation algorithm is developed to maximize the power difference in each cluster which is beneficial to improve the successive interference cancelation (SIC) performance of the strong user. …”
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青少年型开角型青光眼滤过手术的长期临床疗效 by 黄洁蕾, 陈翔熙, 钟毅敏, 徐晓宇, 任丽蓉, 方蕾, 刘杏

“…方法回顾性研究收集18岁以内接受小梁切除术联合丝裂霉素C（MMC）的青少年型开角型青光眼共31例55眼，比较手术前后眼压及其他眼部参数。结果所有患者术后眼压比术前明显降低（<italic>t</italic>=12.254，<italic>P</italic>＜0.001），手术前后C/D值、眼轴长度、视野MD值、视力及屈光度无明显变化，术后第1、3、6年手术完全成功率分别为92.7%、70.4%、42.6%。…”
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Resveratrol, a food-derived polyphenol, promotes Melanosomal degradation in skin fibroblasts through coordinated activation of autophagy, lysosomal, and antioxidant pathways by Saki Okamoto, Saya Kakimaru, Mayuko Koreishi, Mika Sakamoto, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Hideya Ando, Yoshio Tsujino, Ayano Satoh

“…Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in grapes and peanuts, is known for diverse biological activities, yet its effects on dermal hyperpigmentation (so-called dark spots) remain unexplored. …”
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Bioethanol production from coconut husk using DES-NADES pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis method by Yerizam, Muhammad, Jannah, Asyeni Miftahul, Aprianti, Nabila, Yandriani, Yandriani, Rendana, Muhammad, Ernas, Annisa Qonita, Tamba, Juice Lowise

“…Among the available biomass resources for bioethanol production, coconut husk is an interesting raw material due to its high cellulose content. This study aims to evaluate the coconut husk conversion into bioethanol using DES (ChCl:MEA) and NADES (Be:La) solvents for the delignification process. …”
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Balancing co-benefits and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation innovations under mixed crop-livestock systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Roberto O. Valdivia, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gevious Sisito, Elisha N. Moyo, Farai Mapanda

“…We explore how climate effects disrupt the livelihoods and food security for diverse farm types, the extremely vulnerable and those better resource endowed but facing high risks. In an iterative process with experts and stakeholders, we co-developed context specific development pathways. …”
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The phenomenon of media violence: Historical and philosophical genesis by M.A. Marzan

“…Violence has special importance in the history of world civilization because of its ambivalent nature. That is why the entire humankind aims to have creation, harmony, liberty, but this is disrupted by destruction, disharmony, and suppression. …”
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The Heidelberg Catechism: a hidden creedal text and catechetical manual in the Malawian Reformed Church 1889-2012 by W. S. D. Zeze

“…Why did the Nkhoma fail to make the content of the catechism available to its members? Did this Church realize the implication of a failure to translate the catechism into its official language? …”
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The urgency of evidence in psychotherapy by Alvaro Paredes-Rivera

“…Currently, and after a long history of development and evolution, psychotherapy is a field where different models of intervention meet together, and everyone wants to obtain its own recognition and promotion. Considering this, it is contemplated the problem with the usefulness of the models and if them really present results, making the urgency of have an efficacy indicator of the treatments in use. …”
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The work of Glenn F. Webb by William E. Fitzgibbon

“…Webb.The existence of this compiled volume is in itself a testimony of Glenn's dedication to,his pursuit of, and his achievement of scientific excellence.As we honor Glenn, we honor what is excellent in our profession.Aristotle clearly articulated his concept of excellence.…”
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Empirical case study of a digitally enabled energy community with prosumers and P2P trading by Philipp Staudt, Bent Richter

“…Conclusions Repeat interaction with the energy community’s market and its inherent complexities might limit the ability of energy communities to provide technical and economic benefits. …”
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Experimental investigation of effect of specimen thickness on fracture toughness of Al-TiC composites by M. S. Raviraj, C. M. Sharanaprabhu, G. C. Mohankumar

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Judaïsme et homosexualité. Entretien avec Frank Jaoui, porte-parole du Beit Haverim by Martine Gross

“…While Jewish places of socialization, synagogues, and cultural centers do not allow gay or lesbian affirmation, Beit Haverim allows its member to not only live their homosexuality with a dimension of collective identity, but also to find support for another dimension of identity, their Jewishness. …”
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Public-Private Partnerships in Republic of Korea: Experience and Results by Lee Jae Sung

“…Although the PPP institutional framework started to get purposely and mostly formed in the first half of the 90s in Korea the PPP itself actually came into occasional practice even before, owing to some legislation, covering roadways and sea ports. …”
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Establishment of the Luoping Biota National Geopark in Yunnan, China by Michael Benton, Shixue Hu, Qiyue Zhang, Tao Xie, Changyong Zhou, Wen Wen, Jinyuan Huang

“…We track the progress of one of the geoparks, Luoping Biota National Geopark in Yunnan Province, from initial plans after its discovery as a key site for the exceptional preservation of Middle Triassic marine fossils in 2007, to acceptance as a National Geopark in 2011. …”
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