Application of a complex system for optical monitoring of technical condition of building structures with external composite reinforcement by M. Yu. Fedotov, A. A. Kalgin, E. E. Shmoilov, P. D. Kapyrin, O. A. Kornev

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Do The Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County? by Morgan Kousser

“…Holder that the problems of 2013 were much less grave than the “pervasive . . . flagrant . . . widespread . . . rampant” voting discrimination of 1965 and that the coverage formula was outmoded because “today’s statistics tell an entirely different story.”1Neither the Chief Justice nor any scholars or civil rights proponents or opponents have systematically examined the evidence on the entire pattern of proven voting rights violations over time and space. …”
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Attitudes towards transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in Australia: a national survey of TIPS centres by Jacob George, Avik Majumdar, Golo Ahlenstiel, Stuart K Roberts, Scott Read, Eric Kalo

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The Application of Literary Theories in Literary Texts by Sandy Ferianda

“…The primary source was some of the literary theories in the literary works such as novel and short stories. The secondary source was gathered through reading journals, articles, and books. …”
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AI-powered estimation of tree covered area and number of trees over the Mediterranean island of Cyprus by Anna Zenonos, Sizhuo Li, Martin Brandt, Jean Sciare, Philippe Ciais

“…In Cyprus, an EU member state located in the Eastern Mediterranean, and a climate change hot-spot, increasingly impacted by forest fires and more arid conditions, the absence of a comprehensive tree monitoring system hinders effective carbon stock assessment and land-based mitigation strategies. …”
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Requiem – Alàgbà, Dr., Prince, Mosọbalájé Ajíbádé Àkàndé Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, OON, DLitt., FNAL, JP, a.k.a ‘Pa Fálétí’ to Some; ‘Bàbá Fálétí’ to all and Sundry.... by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…With even greater gratitude to the dear friend who, as the story goes, having read, at Fálétí’s request, a lengthy poem Fálétí had penned in English, advised his B.A. honors-in-English friend to start writing in Yorùbá. …”
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Caracterización socio-productiva de la situación postceniza del área de Comallo (Río Negro) by M.E. MUZI, P.G. LOSARDO

“…Entre los principales resultados en el período 1984-2013 se observó una disminución del stock de animales menores del 78% y de los miembros de las familias que habitan en el campo del 91% al 43% representando la compleja dinámica campo-pueblo. …”
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An LDPC Encoder Architecture With Up to 47.5 Gbps Throughput for DVB-S2/S2X Standards by Decai Liu, Yanfei Luo, Yunfeng Li, Zhijie Wang, Zhengxuan Li, Qianwu Zhang, Junjie Zhang, Yingchun Li

“…However, due to the large block size, most of the architectures proposed so far use Random Access Memory (RAM) to store and update the encoding results, and the delay caused by address-controlled read and write operations and barrel shift during computation inevitably limits the upper bound of encoder throughput. …”
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Hybrid recommender system model for digital library from multiple online publishers [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Thammarat Panityakul, Dulyawit Prangchumpol, Kittiya Poonsilp, Pijitra Jomsri

“…Results A comparison of NDCG scores, and Precision scores were conducted for Hybrid Score 50:50, Hybrid Score 20:80, Hybrid Score 80:20, CF-score and CB-score. …”
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Acute Abdomen as a Clinical Presentation of COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by Elmira Hajiesmaeil Memar, Fatemeh Tahghighi, Sedigheh Yousefzadegan, Parisa Sadeghirad, Ashraf Mousavi, Ramin Zare Mahmoudabadi, Hossein Saeidi, Mehri Ayati, Sahar Naderi, Sara Memarian, Seyedmusa Zeinalabedin, Bahar Ashjaei, Hojatollah Raji, Leila Tahernia, Hosein Alimadadi, Vahid Ziaee

“…In this case series, eight cases (five girls and three boys) of gastrointestinal (GI) involvement and acute abdomen were reported to be associated with the cytokine storm due to COVID-19 infection. All patients were of Iranian nationality (Caucasian ethnicity), with a mean age of 8.9 years (range 3.5–14). …”
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Characterizations of cytokines and viral genomes in serum of patients with Dabie bandavirus infection by Zefeng Dong, Man Yuan, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Qiang Shen

“…High viral load and cytokine storm may be associated with the case fatality of Dabie bandavirus infection. …”
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A Hysteresis Model Incorporating Varying Pinching Stiffness and Spread for Enhanced Structural Damage Simulation by Mohammad Rabiepour, Cong Zhou, James Geoffrey Chase

“…Further validation uses real-world seismic data from a six-story RC building and achieves an average correlation of ~0.97 with a minor 2.5% difference in the peak restoring forces compared to direct measurements. …”
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Keefektifan Metode Practice Rehearsal Pairs dan Media Animasi Powtoon Pada Keterampilan Bercerita (The Effectiveness of the Practice Rehearsal Pairs Method and Powtoon Animation Me... by Arya Aqshal Prasetya, Rusnilawati Rusnilawati

“…Kelompok eksperimen mendapatkan perlakuan berupa metode <em>practice rehearsal pairs</em> dengan media <em>Powtoon </em>dan kelompok kontrol mendapatkan perlakuan dengan model <em>story telling</em> dengan media gambar. Keduanya mendapatkan pretes dan postes untuk. …”
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Structural insights into how Cas9 targets nucleosomes by Reina Nagamura, Tomoya Kujirai, Junko Kato, Yutaro Shuto, Tsukasa Kusakizako, Hisato Hirano, Masaki Endo, Seiichi Toki, Hiroaki Saika, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Osamu Nureki

“…The eukaryotes, the target of genome editing, store their genome DNA in chromatin, in which the nucleosome is a basic unit. …”
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Novel soybean peptide iglycin ameliorates insulin resistance of high-fat diet fed C57BL/6J mice and differentiated 3T3L1 adipocytes with improvement of insulin signaling and mitoch... by Yinghuan Wu, Ran Zhao, Minxia Li, Huiyun Li, Zhengwang Chen, Yanying Zhao

“…In addition, it decreased reactive oxygen species production, lipid peroxidation and inhibited adipocyte apoptosis with improved mitochondrial function as evidenced by up-regulation of succinate dehydrogenase activity, mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular ATP store. These data suggested that iglycin ameliorated insulin resistance via activation of insulin signaling, which was associated with inhibition of oxidative stress, adipocyte apoptosis, and improvement of mitochondrial function.…”
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Effects of Balance and Proprioceptive Exercises on the Balance of Ice Hockey Players and the Risk of Lower Limb Injuries by Agnė Karvelytė, Saulė Sipavičienė

“…In order to determine the cause of injuries and their risk, it is very important to carry out regular tests, store them and analyse them. Keywords: balance, proprioception, hockey, injury risk …”
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Integration of Multi-Source Landslide Disaster Data Based on Flink Framework and APSO Load Balancing Task Scheduling by Zongmin Wang, Huangtaojun Liang, Haibo Yang, Mengyu Li, Yingchun Cai

“…It utilizes Flink’s streaming processing capabilities to efficiently process and store multi-source landslide data. To tackle the issue of uneven cluster load distribution during the integration process, the APSO algorithm is proposed to facilitate cluster load balancing. …”
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Preliminary study of utilizing a patient derived tumor spheroid model to augment precision therapy in metastatic brain tumors by Chun-Jen Chang, Kai-Wen Kan, Yu-Yin Shih, Yu-Han Nan, Yu-Chung Juan, Chih-Hsiu Tu, Chen-Ting Yang, Wei-Lin Hsu, Der-Yang Cho, Ming-You Shie, Yi-Wen Chen, Chun-Chung Chen

“…This PDTS offers real-time results within three weeks, simultaneous testing of multiple drugs, and the ability to culture and store tumor cells for reproducibility. Despite some limitations, further development of this model could enhance its clinical application and improve patient outcomes.…”
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A General Look at Women Taking Shelters: What are they living through? What can we do? by Gamer Gunay, Esra Alatas, Suheyla Dogan Bulut, Sibel Orsel

“…By CTQ-28, it is detected emotional in %75, physical in % 65.4 and sexual abuse in % 51, other than that %69.2 physical and % 55.8 emotional neglect story. There were behaviour of violence in mothers of %28.8, fathers of %36.5 and siblings of %15.4 of the cases. …”
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Precision livestock farming applied to the dairy sector: 50 years of history with a text mining and topic analysis approach by Lucia Trapanese, Giovanna Bifulco, Alfio Calanni Macchio, Francesca Aragona, Sissy Purrone, Giuseppe Campanile, Angela Salzano

“…Descriptive statistics revealed a significant exponential increase in studies on PLF in dairy since 2000, particularly in developed countries with a long story of dairy breeding. Text mining and topic analysis revealed that the most frequently mentioned terms were “milk”, “behaviour” and “model”, suggesting 'suggesting that animal welfare and work based on data drive process have to be considered to improve production. …”
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