On Stability of Multi-Valued Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers by Haiyan Wang, Qiuzhen Lin, Jianyong Chen, Jianqiang Li, Jianghua Zhong, Dongdai Lin, Jia Wang, Lijia Ma

“…A multi-valued NFSR can be viewed as a logic network. Based on its logic network representation, some sufficient and necessary conditions are provided for globally (locally) stable multi-valued NFSRs, explicit forms are given for the set of basins, and the algorithm for obtaining the set of basins is provided as well. …”
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Violence, Politics and Religion: A Case Study of the Black Panther Party by Sergio García-Magariño, Aaron Yates

“…The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a notable outlier in its secularism. Through the lens of radicalization, this paper examines the place of violence in the Party’s ideological platform and political practice relative to the Party’s secularism and experience of state repression. …”
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Economic Analysis of the Operation of a Hydropower Plant in a Wastewater Treatment Plant: Toruń, Poland by Paweł Tomczyk, Krzysztof Mastalerek, Karol Kociszewski, Wojciech Orzepowski, Mirosław Wiatkowski

“…This article presents an economic analysis of a hydropower plant in the wastewater treatment plant in Toruń (northern Poland) in order to assess its profitability in the context of profits, costs, and payback period. …”
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Oscillation Theorems for Second-Order Damped Nonlinear Differential Equations by Hui-Zeng Qin, Yongsheng Ren

“…Our research is different from most known ones in the sense that H function is not employed in our results, though Riccati's substitution and its generalized forms are used. Our criteria which are established under quite general assumptions are an extension for previous results. …”
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Evaluation of pre-exposure vaccine effectiveness against mpox during the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in the Madrid region (Spain): a test-negative design by José Francisco Barbas del Buey, Jesús Íñigo Martínez, Marcos Alonso García, Andrés Aragón Peña, Laura Montero Morales, Araceli Arce Arnáez

“…Logistic regression was used to obtain the adjusted VE in the TND with its time–response relationship and for the sensitivity analysis the conditional logistic regression for matched case–control groups.Results By epidemiological surveillance, 1690 suspected episodes of mpox were detected of which 799 were cases and 891 controls.The overall adjusted effectiveness of the pre-exposure vaccination against mpox considering an induction period of 14 days, was 86.4% (95% CI 62.2% to 95.1%). …”
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XIV session of German national college of gastroenterologists by A. A. Sheptulin

“…Acquaintance to data of German national college of gastroenterologists allows to conclude on its similarity to lectures presented at the last session of the Russian national college of gastroenterologists, however there are differences in style data presentation.…”
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Using Japanese pop cultural heritage to create a tourist product Exploring otaku tourism by Filipe Segurado Severino

“…Japan has become a hub for global tourists due to its ability to attract with the allure of interacting with the environments and storylines of their beloved pop culture media. …”
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A Case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease due to Transient Synovitis of the Hip by Tadahiko Ohtsuru, Yasuaki Murata, Yuji Morita, Yutaro Munakata, Yoshiharu Kato

“…Transient synovitis (TS) of the hip develops spontaneously in childhood; it usually has a good prognosis and is a self-limiting disease. However, its pathology is not well known. We describe a case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) that seemingly developed due to TS. …”
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Race to the Moon or the Bottom? Applications, Performance, and Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry by Amal Alfaraj, Toshiki Nagai, Hawra AlQallaf, Wei-Shao Lin

“…<b>Objectives:</b> This review aims to explore the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in prosthodontics and implant dentistry, focusing on its performance outcomes and associated ethical concerns. …”
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Wavefront Correction for Extended Sources Imaging Based on a 97-Element MEMS Deformable Mirror by Huizhen Yang, Lingzhe Tang, Zhaojun Yan, Peng Chen, Wenjie Yang, Xianshuo Li, Yongqi Ge

“…Simulation results demonstrate that within 100 iterations, both the normalized gray variance and Strehl Ratio can converge, leading to an improvement in image quality by approximately 30%. …”
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Role of PPARG in Chemosensitivity-Regulating Network for Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Fanyong Kong, Boxuan Han, Jiaming Chen, Xixi Shen, Lizhen Hou, Jugao Fang, Meng Lian

“…However, few studies tested its significance in the texture of a complex molecular network regulating chemosensitivity in HSCC. …”
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Brain metabolites in ISIAH and Wistar rats by O. B. Shevelev, A. A. Seryapina, A. L. Markel, M. P. Moshkin

“…Processing of primary data using Partial least squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) allowed us to identify the main discriminating axis (Y1), its variations reflecting the predominance of excitatory neurometabolites (glutamine and glutamate) over inhibitory ones (GABA and glycine). …”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting SEP Events Using Properties of Coronal Mass Ejections by Jesse Torres, Lulu Zhao, Philip K. Chan, Ming Zhang

“…A lack of thorough understanding the eruption processes of solar activities and the subsequent acceleration and transport processes of energetic particles makes it difficult to forecast the occurrence of an SEP event and its intensity using conventional modeling with physics‐based parameters. …”
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New Onset Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Associated with COVID-19 by Moshe Y. Bressler, Naeha Pathak, Kelly Cervellione, Farshad Bagheri, Edward Epstein, Adnan Mir, Rebecca Tamez

“…Thus, this case is essential in expanding our current knowledge of COVID-19 and its many skin manifestations.…”
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Selection of green supplier by multi-moora combination method and two-stage clustering by Mahsa Niavand, Mohammad Amin Adibi, Adel Pourghader Chobar

“…The advantages of the proposed hybrid method are then discussed here to demonstrate its superiority.…”
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Embodied aesthetics and populist appeal of communist portraits in contemporary Kerala by Anagha Anil

“…Popularly known as the ‘Party’, an important aspect of CPI(M) has been its populist streak even though its official discourse is one that strongly adheres to rule-based reasoning by prioritizing ideological principles in its policies and decisions. …”
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CHD7 Regulates Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Follicle Cells via PTH1R Signaling by Caojie Liu, Qiwen Li, Qingyue Xiao, Ping Gong, Ning Kang

“…Chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 7 (CHD7) is an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme, functioning as chromatin reader to conduct epigenetic modification. Its effect on osteogenic differentiation of human dental follicle cells (hDFCs) remains unclear. …”
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Editorial: Psychology and art: exploring new ways of interaction by Flavia De Simone, Panagiotis Kourtesis, Panagiotis Kourtesis, Panagiotis Kourtesis, Simona Collina, Francesca Nicolais, Roberta Presta, Roberto Montanari

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Patient's Attitudes Towards the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Finland: an Ethnomedical Insight Based on Cancer Narratives by Piret Paal

“…The article follows the discussion concerning the use of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer narratives in order to point out its significance as a part of a self-negotiation process characteristic to the patients with long-term illnesses.…”
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Water as the Earth’s Buffer and Immune System by Vladyslav V. Goncharuk

“…A comprehensive review on water as a buffer of the planet and its immune system is presented. The relationship between the quality of drinking water, the level of development of human intelligence, and its health is highlighted. …”
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