A Survey and Perspectives on Mathematical Models for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using Lightning by Carlos Manuel Minjarez-Sosa, Julio Waissman

“…By simple observation, we observe that precipitation, especially the most intense, is often accompanied by lightning. Given this observation, lightning has been employed to estimate convective precipitation since 1969. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography (Angiography) Biomarkers in the Assessment and Monitoring of Diabetic Macular Edema by Corina-Iuliana Suciu, Vlad-Ioan Suciu, Simona-Delia Nicoara

“…At the same time, various parameters have been attributed the role of biomarkers creating the frame for new monitoring and treatment strategies and offering new insights into the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. …”
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High-Ratio Nonlinear Compression of Picosecond Lasers Based on Thin Plates by Kainan Zhou, Zhaoli Li, Yanlei Zuo, Zhaohui Wu, Xiaoming Zeng, Xiao Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Jie Mu, Guoying Feng

“…These results pave the way for advancements in high-peak-power, high-repetition-rate laser systems, offering a promising route for future applications.…”
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Enhancing Medical Student Engagement Through Cinematic Clinical Narratives: Multimodal Generative AI–Based Mixed Methods Study by Tyler Bland

“… Abstract BackgroundMedical students often struggle to engage with and retain complex pharmacology topics during their preclinical education. …”
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G/M/N Queuing Model-Based Research on the Parking Spaces for Primary and Secondary School by Yi Zhao, Zhen Zhou, Qilong Pan, Tianhua Zhou

“…In order to ease the traffic congestion near primary and secondary schools during the drop-off and pick-up, traffic behavior was analyzed, and a quantitative allocation method for parking spaces was proposed. …”
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Natural Strategies to Improve Quality in Food Protection by Flora V. Romeo, Juliana Alves Macedo, Antonino Malacrinò

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A Rare Case of Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Bilateral Thyroid Cysts by Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Jack Kian Ch’ng, Choon Chieh Tan

“…In patients whom PTC is diagnosed incidentally after a diagnostic lobectomy, the decision whether to offer completion thyroidectomy is sometimes challenging to make if such patients fall in the ‘low-to-intermediate’ risk category. …”
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Pieds d’arbre, trottoirs et piétons : vers une combinaison durable ? by Patricia Pellegrini

“…Street trees are managed in Paris by the Green spaces office. The foot tree depends on three more offices: the Public road network, the Urban waste management and the Town planning. …”
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Black Holes Have More States than Those Defined by the Bekenstein–Hawking Entropy: A Simple Argument by Carlo Rovelli

“…It is often assumed that the maximum number of independent states a black hole may contain is <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>H</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msup><mi>e</mi><msub><mi>S</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>H</mi></mrow></msub></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>S</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>H</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy and <i>A</i> is the horizon area in Planck units. …”
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Comparison of Dynamic Responses of Parallel-Placed Adjacent High-Rise Buildings under Wind and Earthquake Excitations by Huaxiao Wu, Qinhua Wang, Nayan Deep Tiwari, Dario De Domenico

“…Two parallel-placed adjacent high-rise buildings are often linked to each other through passive control devices for vibration mitigation purposes. …”
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Activities of territorial bodies of the NKVD in Far East providing road safety in 1941–1945 by A. V. Zhadan

“…The basis of the work is unpublished sources related to the official and party documentation of the regional departments of the NKVD of the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories. …”
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L’usure des oppositions islamistes au Maroc by Youssef Belal

“…Conversely, the Jamâ’a of the sheikh Yasîn is directly opposed to the Monarchy and to official institutions, but is unable to overcome its isolation. …”
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Lance Nematode, Hoplolaimus galeatus (Cobb, 1913) Thorne, 1935 (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Tylenchoidea: Hoplolaimidae) by William T. Crow, Angela S. Brammer

“… Among nematodes, which are often too small to be accurately detected by sight, the lance nematode Hoplolaimus galeatus (Cobb, 1913) Thorne, 1935, is one of the larger species. …”
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Item-level measurement properties of the pediatric awareness and sensory motor assessment in children with medical complexity by Brooke Mulrenin, Bryant A. Seamon, Carrie Cormack, Kimberly Lane Kascak, Cynthia Dodds

“…Their neurological impairments often limit participation in childhood activities, affecting quality of life. …”
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Single-port non-lipolytic endoscopic surgery via the axillary approach for the treatment of benign breast tumors has better clinical outcomes: a case control study by Tianyi Ma, Jian Cui, Qian Wang, Changgen Liu, Bin Wang, Haibo Wang

“…Conclusions Endoscopic surgery is safe and effective for treating benign breast tumors and offers improved cosmetic results compared to open surgery.…”
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An Assessment of Hurricane Charley's Impact on Cuba by William A. Messina, Jr.

“…However, in an effort to be responsive to inquiries about storm damage in Cuba, this report attempts to compile the limited amount of information that is available from the press and through personal communication with colleagues in Cuba with knowledge of Cuba's economy and agricultural sector, developed over the past 10 years of research on Cuba conducted by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Food and Resource Economics Department, to offer our assessment of the situation in Cuba following Hurricane Charley. …”
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From Isolationism to Interventionism. Book Review of ‘The U.S.-German Relations, 1938–1941: Politics, Diplomacy, Priorities’ by O.V. Petrosyants by D. V. Rodin

“…However, the reviewer notes that the German diplomacy is not examined in the book as consistently and thoroughly as that of Washington and often appears as a mere observer. The reviewer concludes that this research is especially relevant and worthy of attention in the current international context since it points to the need for an objective and unbiased study of the foreign policy of past and present Russia’s rivals as a key to a better understanding of their current goals.…”
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Demonstration of Millimeter Wave 5G Setup Employing High-Gain Vivaldi Array by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Muhammad Ahmed Ashraf, Amr Ragheb, Amr Alasaad, Saleh A. Alshebeili

“…We present a 4 × 4 slot-coupled Vivaldi antenna (SCVA) array unit cell, which offers wide bandwidth and high gain (~23 dBi) at the millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies of 28 GHz and 38 GHz. …”
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Language usage during shared reading—family communication as implicit plurilingual family language policy by Anna Dillon, Kay Gallagher, Sumaya Saqr, Claudine Habak, Yahia AlRamamneh

“…Participants’ responses were shared via WhatsApp messages following on from workshops provided by the team which offered tips for sharing reading. Fathers’ reported language choices for communicating via shared reading prompted the authors to reflect on these practices and situate them within a larger discussion on plurilingualism and the ways in books may be shared within plurilingual homes. …”
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Flatid Planthopper, Oormenaria rufifascia (Walker) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae) by Forrest W. Howard, Susan Halbert

“…Both the adults and nymphs are conspicuous insects that often arouse people's curiosity.  This document is EENY-351 (IN643), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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