Video games and urban simulation: new tools or new tricks? by Samuel Rufat, Hovig Ter Minassian

“…Video games allow complex systems modelling, revealing retroaction loops, replicating self-organization and the emergence of hierarchical organization, functional differentiation and social segregation through multi-level interactions. …”
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Traces linguistiques d’impolitesse dans l’échange d’informations : les énoncés négatifs by Ruth De Oliveira

“…In this paper, we attempt to explore linguistic impoliteness in French in the course of ordinary conversation and mostly in the exchange of information. Due to its highly functional character, the exchange of information is an ideal place to observe the relationship between language and culture. …”
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Wars and Disasters: Advancing Care during Times of Crisis by Leopoldo C. Cancio

“…Now, further work is needed not only to maintain these improvements in mortality, but also to understand the long-term functional outcomes and to improve the quality of life of burn survivors. …”
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Long non-coding RNA NEAT1 promotes colorectal cancer progression via interacting with SIRT1 by Yuwei Li, Yunchun Xu, Xinya Yu, Shuangyan Su, Bihua Wu, Yunpeng Su, Le Guo

“…Nevertheless, there is still much to learn about the precise functions and processes of NEAT1 in the progression of CRC. …”
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Landscape context mediates avian habitat choice in tropical forest restoration. by J Leighton Reid, Chase D Mendenhall, J Abel Rosales, Rakan A Zahawi, Karen D Holl

“…Birds both promote and prosper from forest restoration. The ecosystem functions birds perform can increase the pace of forest regeneration and, correspondingly, increase the available habitat for birds and other forest-dependent species. …”
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Historical Experience of Establishment of the Children's Outpatient Care in the USSR (1930–1940) by Stella A. Sher

“…The aim of the study is to show the functional activities of children's health centers and outpatient clinics that provided preventive and therapeutic care for children and adolescents (based on archival and literary sources). …”
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New uses of castles owned by municipalities in the province of Alicante (Spain) during the first quarter of the 21st century by Juan Antonio Mira Rico

“…After losing their military and/or residential functions, many castles were abandoned and became ruins of reference in their landscape. …”
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Real-time self-regulation of emotion networks in patients with depression. by David E J Linden, Isabelle Habes, Stephen J Johnston, Stefanie Linden, Ranjit Tatineni, Leena Subramanian, Bettina Sorger, David Healy, Rainer Goebel

“…Here we explored the feasibility of a new brain self-regulation technique that integrates psychological and neurobiological approaches through neurofeedback with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In a proof-of-concept study, eight patients with depression learned to upregulate brain areas involved in the generation of positive emotions (such as the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) and insula) during four neurofeedback sessions. …”
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„Czy muzyka jest ważna w życiu człowieka?” Refleksje dzieci uzdolnionych muzycznie o potrzebach estetycznych, poznawczych i emocjonalnych by Ewa Szatan

“…These activities allow them to learn about phenomena that strongly engage the sense of hearing and cause motor reactions. …”
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POI recommendation by deep neural matrix factorization integrated attention-aware meta-paths by Xiaoyan Li, Shenghua Xu, Hengxu Jin, Zhuolu Wang, Yu Ma, Xuan He

“…Deep neural networks or matrix factorization (MF) alone are challenging to effectively learn user–POI interaction functions. Moreover, the user–POI interaction matrix is sparse, and the heterogeneous characteristics of auxiliary information are underused. …”
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Using PhotoVoice as an Evaluation Method by Ouen Hunter, Emma Leeburg, Michael Harnar

“… Background: Engaging with youth through PhotoVoice is beneficial as a program evaluation method and functions as a method of inquiry to understand youths’ perceptions of a college preparation program. …”
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Decomposition-Aware Framework for Probabilistic and Flexible Time Series Forecasting in Aerospace Electronic Systems by Yuanhong Mao, Xin Hu, Yulang Xu, Yilin Zhang, Yunan Li, Zixiang Lu, Qiguang Miao

“…This design enables the model to process multiple distinct sequences independently while maintaining the flexibility to learn shared patterns across channels. Additionally, the framework incorporates probabilistic distribution forecasting using likelihood functions, addressing the dynamic variations and uncertainty in time series data. …”
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Application of a locally developed open-access digital monitoring system for the human milk bank network in Vietnam by Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Hoang Thi Tran, Khoa Thanh Nhat Tran, Oanh Thi Xuan Nguyen, Anh Tu Thi Nguyen, Roger Mathisen

“…Lessons learned Lessons learned from the Da Nang HMB have been shared to guide the development of HMB monitoring systems in other regions and countries. …”
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SREBP controls oxygen-dependent mobilization of retrotransposons in fission yeast. by Alfica Sehgal, Chih-Yung S Lee, Peter J Espenshade

“…Despite information regarding conditions under which elements are upregulated, much remains to be learned about the regulatory mechanisms or factors controlling retrotransposon expression. …”
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The Quality of Connections: Deliberative Reciprocity and Inclusive Listening as Antidote to Destructive Polarization Online by Katharina Esau

“…Conflict and disagreement are integral to healthy democracies, but the extreme polarization observed on many social media platforms poses a serious risk to the core functions of public communication. This theoretical article draws on the concept of connective democracy, further theorizing it to bridge the gap between empirical online deliberation and polarization research. …”
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Ce que la caméra peut faire (dire) aux techniques : la médiation cinématographique et le destinataire (trouble) du geste by Baptiste Buob

“…In other words, by bringing about the presence of a virtual observer (in some ways comparable to the invisible recipient of any ritual), the camera tends to increase the gesture’s expressiveness at the expense of its functional dimension.…”
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Public administration under the Chilean civil military dictatorship (1973−1990) by Jorge Olguín Olate

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze the functioning of the public administration of the Chilean dictatorial State between 1973 and 1990. …”
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Now you see me? Auto-ethnographic insights from inside the black box of business incubation by Sonali Gupta

“…By verbalizing tacit knowledge acquired through personal experiences and elaborating the trials and tribulations of running an incubator, the paper sheds light on an incubator’s structural properties, functions and operational dilemmas. It shifts the conversation away from the notion of the incubator as a well-defined entity – having a prescribed model and path to success as defined by its sponsors – toward an organization that needs to experiment, learn from its mistakes and change course, much like the startups it claims to support. …”
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The nursing team service at the vaccination room and working conditions in such places by Syntia Assis de Queiroz, Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura, Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira, Nancy Costa de Oliveira, Mayenne Myrcea Quintino Pereira

“…This is a descriptive study ac­complished in the 11(eleven) Family Health Centers of the Regional I Executive Secretary, Fortaleza – CE. The objective was to learn about the nursing team service in the vaccination room and to investigate the functioning conditions. …”
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Time, justice, and urban nature: procedural barriers to multi-species flourishing by Josephine Gillespie, Dan Penny, Rebecca Hamilton

“…Improved representation of disrupted and marginalised ecologies may achieve the functionality needed for effective Nature Based Solutions and allow urban ecologies to flourish.…”
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