The influence of elements of information of police investigation on the motivation of condemnatory criminal sentence: an analysis of the decisions pronounced by criminal courts of... by André Rocha Sampaio, Marcelo Herval Macêdo Ribeiro, Amanda Assis Ferreira

“…This article proposes to present the frequency of use of the police investigation as part of the motivation of judicial decisions coming from the Residual Criminal Courts of Maceió city - Alagoas, in order to unveil the inquisitory and therefore undemocratic functioning of the due criminal process. …”
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A Fatal Sepsis Caused by Hyaluronate Knee Injection: How Much the Medical History and the Informed Consent Might Be Important? by F. Manfreda, G. Rinonapoli, A. Nardi, P. Antinolfi, A. Caraffa

“…The incidence of Osteoarthritis (OA) is gradually increasing worldwide due to two main reasons: longer life expectation and increased functional demand. Several treatment options have been proposed for this disease. …”
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Animal Models of Febrile Seizures: Limitations and Recent Advances in the Field by Alexandra V. Griflyuk, Tatyana Y. Postnikova, Aleksey V. Zaitsev

“…This review outlines the key considerations when working with models of FSs, provides an overview of current approaches to producing seizures in different model subjects, and presents a summary of key findings regarding morphological and functional changes in the brain and behavioral alterations that have been identified in studies using animal models of FSs.…”
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Sonic Boom Impact Assessment of European SST Concept for Milan to New York Supersonic Flight by Giovanni Fasulo, Antimo Glorioso, Francesco Petrosino, Mattia Barbarino, Luigi Federico

“…This study presents a surrogate modeling framework designed for the rapid yet reliable assessment of sonic boom impacts. …”
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The Application of Recurrence Plots to Identify Nonlinear Responses Using Magnetometer Data for Wind Turbine Design by Juan Carlos Jauregui-Correa, Luis Morales-Velazquez

“…The time series are integrated by combining the shifting principle of harmonic functions and the empirical mode decomposition. The EMD method separates the original signal into several modes, shifts them, and combines them back. …”
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Deep learning molecular interaction motifs from receptor structures alone by Seeun Kim, Simaek Oh, Hyeonuk Woo, Jiho Sim, Chaok Seok, Hahnbeom Park

“…MotifGen generates motif profiles at the receptor surface for 14 types of functional groups or 6 chemical interaction classes. …”
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Optimal Seismic Retrofit Alternative for Shear Deficient RC Beams: A Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach by Paola Villalba, Byron Guaygua, Víctor Yepes

“…The vulnerability of existing buildings to recent earthquakes underscores the critical need to explore effective retrofit solutions thoroughly. This study presents a comprehensive methodology for ranking seismic retrofit alternatives for reinforced concrete beams with shear deficiencies. …”
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Diagnostic Bedside Vestibuloocular Reflex Evaluation in the Setting of a False Negative Fistula Test in Cholesteatoma of the Middle Ear by Ricardo D’Albora, Ligia Silveira, Sergio Carmona, Nicolas Perez-Fernandez

“…It is imperative to rule out a dead labyrinth or a mass effect secondary to the cholesteatoma in an otherwise normally functioning inner ear. We present a case series of three patients in whom a bedside vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) evaluation using a head impulse test was used successfully for further evaluation prior to surgery. …”
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition orchestrates tumor microenvironment: current perceptions and challenges by Yuqi Xie, Xuan Wang, Wenquan Wang, Ning Pu, Liang Liu

“…Recent evidence also indicates that cells undergoing EMT may differentiate into cancer-associated fibroblasts, thereby establishing themselves as functional constituents of the TME. Elucidating the relationship between EMT and the TME offers novel perspectives for therapeutic strategies to enhance cancer treatment efficacy. …”
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Influence of Lactic Acid Bacteria Fermentation on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Chickpea Yam Milk by Xue Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Bijun Xie, Zhida Sun

“…Four groups of chickpea milk were prepared through fermentation with lactic acid bacteria for quality and functionality improvement. Results indicate that the polysaccharide content of four samples declines during the fermentation process, and their infrared spectrums are similar with a slight difference in the transmittances of some characteristic bands. …”
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Multi-material 4D printing employing stimuli-responsive polymer composites using vat photopolymerization by Fahad Alam, Nazek El-Atab

“…Vat photopolymerization presents a versatile platform for realising intricate 4D printed structures with dynamic functionalities. …”
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Current Understanding on Adhesion and Biofilm Development in Actinobacteria by R. El Othmany, H. Zahir, M. Ellouali, H. Latrache

“…These phenomena are known to play an important role in microbial life and various functions with positive and negative aspects. Actinobacteria have wide distribution in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Esoteropolitics, violence and armed conflict in Colombia—Narratives, actors and strategies by César Niño, Hugo Guerrero-Sierra, Jaime Wilches

“…Findings show that esoteropolitical elements were not only present but acted as influential agents throughout the conflict. …”
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Innovative Model for Material Selection Within the Automotive Lightweight Eco-Design Field by Edoardo Risaliti, Arcidiacono Gabriele, Francesco Del Pero, Paolo Citti

“…This paper presents an innovative integrated Ashby-VIKOR model for material selection when dealing with the re-design of automotive components under a wide-spectrum range of both sustainability and design aspects. …”
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De Novo Design of Large Polypeptides Using a Lightweight Diffusion Model Integrating LSTM and Attention Mechanism Under Per-Residue Secondary Structure Constraints by Sisheng Liao, Gang Xu, Li Jin, Jianpeng Ma

“…This study presents PolypeptideDesigner (PPD), a novel conditional diffusion-based model for de novo polypeptide sequence design and generation based on per-residue secondary structure conditions. …”
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The Aesthetics of Linear Formations in the Kiswah of the Holy Kaaba: Installation Systems as a Model by Duaa Alashari, Abdelaziz Berghout

“…The study population is represented by the collection of Arabic calligraphy and calligraphic formations in terms of the semantic and aesthetic functions of the covering of the Holy Kaaba.  …”
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Comparative lifecycle cost and sustainability assessments between very-light rail and bus-rapid transit by David Boateng Yeboah, Sakdirat Kaewunruen

“…This paper presents a comprehensive lifecycle environmental and economic sustainab ility of two medium-capacity urban transit systems − Very Light Rail (VLR) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). …”
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Comprehensive model of MZI-based circuits for photonic computing applications by Andrea Marchisio, Francesco Da Ros, Vittorio Curri, Andrea Carena, Paolo Bardella

“…Finally, we showcase the use of our approach in practical photonic computing scenarios, employing our model to program the MZI control voltages to implement specific logic functions on the reference device.…”
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Optimization with Time and Frequency Constraints Using Automatic Differentiation: Application to an Aircraft Electrical Power Channel by Lucas Agobert, Laurent Gerbaud, Benoit Delinchant

“…Furthermore, the developed solver incorporates original functionalities that are crucial for optimization, such as the ability to automatically detect the steady state and extract time-domain and frequency-domain features from the simulations to be optimized or constrained. …”
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Development of the Methodology and Mathematical Tools for Strategic Decision-Making Process Modeling of the Digital Business Ecosystem by Vitaly Viktorovich Kuzin, Oksana Yurievna Kirillova, Leonid Alexandrovich Zhigun, Alla Vavilina

“…This article presents a methodology of the decision-making process using mathematical tools, which can become a practical tool for decision-makers on the functioning and strategic development of business ecosystems and their components depending on changes in the internal, micro- and macroenvironment. …”
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