Testing Metaphorical Educational FPS Games by John R. Rankin, Sandra Sampayo Vargas, Paul F. Taylor

“…In this paper we investigate the feasibility of employing the FPS game genre for teaching purposes in the classroom. This is done by starting with a typical FPS game and constructing metaphorical correspondences with the desired ESG category. …”
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Identifying and Assessing the Functionality of IT Systems for the Maintenance and Development of the Road Network by Marcin Świtała, Anna Ledwolorz

“…The article presents the results of research aimed at identifying and assessing the functionality of IT systems in activities related to the maintenance and development of the road network managed by local government units. Starting the research, the authors were operating under the assumption that, nowadays, IT systems should play an important role in solving problems related to the management of road infrastructure. …”
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An overview of skin cancer classification based on deep learning by Toqa A. Sadoon

“…Thus, this paper presents a summary of the newest deep learning procedures for classifying skin cancer. This paper starts with a discussion of skin cancer types, followed by the presentation of a public dataset available for skin cancer. …”
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Sustainability beyond the triple bottom line: evaluating transformative change in food systems by Richard M. Gunton, Richard M. Gunton, Jan van der Stoep, Yoseph Araya, Henk Jochemsen

“…The conventional two-way analysis of sustainability, into (1) human needs as ends and (2) means to meet such needs, and the scheme of nine planetary boundaries, are taken as starting points for a more balanced proposal set out in this conceptual paper. …”
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Czy inżynieria genetyczna? Za i przeciw modyfikowaniu naszej żywności by Jerzy Macewicz

“…Scientists didn't meet with public opinion approval when they started changing radically the food that we consume. …”
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A comprehensive narrative review exploring the current landscape of digital complete denture technology and advancements by Chan Park

“…By examining the complete digital denture fabrication and treatment process from start to finish, this article aims to discuss the present and future of digitally integrated treatment methods.…”
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Toi, cyborg ? L’hybridation prothétique dans la nouvelle de science-fiction by Dominique Kunz Westerhoff

“…While science fiction has disseminated the Cyborg’s concept in an vein of epic heroism, its literary history, from Cordwainer Smith to Martin Caitlin and Frederik Pohl, shows that it challenges constantly its ideal of continuity. From the start, the space opera genre dramatizes the intimate dissonance of the prosthesis and the flesh, the body as an instrument and the loss of the constitutive limits of individuality. …”
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Continuous Differential Microemulsion Polymerization to Prepare Nanosized Polymer Latices in Microreactors by Min Qiu, Liang Xiang, Minjing Shang, Yuanhai Su

“…In this work, we proposed the strategy of conducting differential microemulsion polymerization in microreactors within a biphasic slug flow and achieved rapid and stable preparation of nanosized PMMA latices (polymeric content as high as 15.7% with average particle size smaller than 20 nm). We started by exploring the temperature thresholds with thermal and redox initiation, the effect of initiator concentration, and the kinetic characteristics of microemulsion polymerization at different temperatures. …”
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Relativistic Einstein rings of Reissner–Nordström black holes nonminimally coupled to electrodynamics by Rodrigo Maier

“…Abstract In this paper we examine the relativistic Einstein rings assuming a nonminimal coupling between gravitation and electromagnetism in a Reissner–Norström background. Starting from a general action of a nonminimal coupled electrodynamics we show that an unstable effective photon sphere may be obtained in the regime of eikonal approximation. …”
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Entre destructions et reconstructions, le patrimoine sicilien pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale by Giovanni Polizzi, Samuel Romeo

“…In this contribution we present the traces, on the field and within the archive, of a bombing that took place in Solunto on the night of December 12, 1942. The starting point for this research was a photograph preserved in the archives of the Antonio Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, documenting the restoration of a cistern in Solunto following the Allied bombings. …”
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Catatonia and Mutism: Neurotic, Psychotic, or Organic Disorder? by Pilar de Jaime Ruiz, Jose Luis García-Fogeda Romero, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas

“…We report the case of a woman who started showing paroxysmal recurrent episodes since the age of 57 years, characterized by surrounding disconnection, disorientation, and muscle spasm (myoclonus), followed by a postictal state. …”
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Analysis of Process Variables via CFD to Evaluate the Performance of a FCC Riser by H. C. Alvarez-Castro, E. M. Matos, M. Mori, W. Martignoni, R. Ocone

“…The model considers 12 lumps with catalyst deactivation by coke and poisoning by alkaline nitrides and polycyclic aromatic adsorption to estimate the kinetic behavior which, starting from a given feedstock, produces several cracking products. …”
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Priorities of a Regional University Educational Activities Modernization by T. A. Olkhovaya, S. V. Pankova

“…Special course of technological entrepreneurship is aimed at development of business thinking, business planning, management skills, key competences to start a business or to conduct innovation projects at companies. …”
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Exploring the value of digital twins for information management in highway asset maintenance by Mengtian Yin, Varun Kumar Reja, Ran Wei, Ioannis Brilakis, Brian Sheil, Federico Perrotta, Alix Marie d'Avigneau, Linjun Lu

“…This paper describes results from a survey exploring DTs' potential in highway maintenance, starting with interviews with 20 experts to understand current processes, followed by a questionnaire survey to identify phases, features, applications, and use cases perceived as important by practitioners for road DTs. 183 responses reveal that DTs are widely deemed useful for asset deterioration prediction, strategy-making for routine maintenance planning, and scenario design for road investigation and repair in project-level maintenance.…”
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Influence of Carbon Addition to Fe-Mn-Si Type Alloy on the Structure and Shape Memory Effect by Witold Prendota, Kamil Goc, Shunsuke Miyazawa, Akito Takasaki, Damian Rybicki, Czeslaw Kapusta

“…Three alloys were prepared, starting from elemental powders, with 0, 0.1, and 0.3 wt. % of carbon, at corresponding silicon content reduction. …”
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Histoire récente de la forêt littorale du sud du Cameroun by Achille B. Biwolé, Olivier J. Hardy, Jean-Louis Doucet

“…Prior to the pre-colonial period in Central Africa, human populations were dispersed throughout the forests, where they engaged in slash-and-burn agriculture. Starting in the 19th century, they gradually established permanent settlements in villages, resulting in vast areas of abandoned forest. …”
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Fecal Proteomic Analysis in Healthy Dogs and in Dogs Suffering from Food Responsive Diarrhea by Matteo Cerquetella, Giacomo Rossi, Andrea Spaterna, Beniamino Tesei, Alessandra Gavazza, Graziano Pengo, Stefania Pucciarelli, Luca Scortichini, Gianni Sagratini, Massimo Ricciutelli, Andrea Marchegiani, Silvia Vincenzetti

“…In the present study, starting from feces from both healthy dogs and dogs suffering from food responsive diarrhea (FRD), we tried to find proteins differently expressed in the two groups of dogs, by using a proteomic approach. …”
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Platelet-Rich Fibrin with β-Tricalcium Phosphate—A Noval Approach for Bone Augmentation in Chronic Periapical Lesion: A Case Report by K. B. Jayalakshmi, Shipra Agarwal, M. P. Singh, B. T. Vishwanath, Akash Krishna, Rohit Agrawal

“…Conventional endodontic treatment was started. Since it was not successful, apical surgery was performed. …”
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Can anticytokine therapy prevent unfavourable course of ulcerative colitis? by A. Yu. Baranovsky, E. A. Kondrashina, A. G. Kharitonov

“…In cases of the prognosis of complications and unfavourable course of disease Remicade treatment should be started in maximally early terms.…”
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Type 3 Thyroplasty for a Patient with Female-to-Male Gender Identity Disorder by Yu Saito, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Shigeto Itani, Kiyoaki Tsukahara

“…Method. Hormone therapy was started in 2008 but did not lower the speaking fundamental frequencies (SFFs). …”
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