Plio–Quaternary Tectonic Activity in the Northern Nubian Belts: The Main Driving Forces by Enzo Mantovani, Marcello Viti, Daniele Babbucci, Caterina Tamburelli

“…The new tectonic setting started with the decoupling of a large portion of the Adriatic domain (Adria plate) from Nubia, through the formation of a long discontinuity crossing the Ionian domain (Victor Hensen–Medina fault) and the Hyblean–Pelagian domain (Sicily channel fault system). …”
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Numerical modelling of erosional landforms driven by offshore groundwater flow on siliciclastic continental margins: a conceptual approach by Shubhangi Gupta, Shubhangi Gupta, Aaron Micallef

“…Landforms emerge during falling sea-levels, starting as pockmark trains along the edges of the buried channels. …”
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“Squeezing Case(s)” with Melville: A Haptic Reading of “The Whiteness of the Whale” by Édouard Marsoin

“…Discussing previous work on hapticality in Melville and building upon recent developments regarding the role of the senses in close reading, it starts by delineating the synesthetic tendencies of Melville’s fiction, in which seeing and touching, the impalpable and the palpable, are intermingled in the quest of a “visible truth.” …”
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A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated by tumor endoprosthetics using 3D printing by Vladimir Stavrev, Luben Stokov, Petko Ganev, Georgi Georgiev

“…Active physiotherapy was started after removal of the orthosis 21 days after surgery. …”
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Optimal timing for lithium levels [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Kevin J Black

“…I interpret the data quite differently. The authors start with the assumption that the clinician wants a trough level. …”
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Using a modified online jigsaw technique to address covid-19 related topics during the pandemic lockdown. by Bill Anderson, Caroline Cudney

“…This allowed the class to start directly with the expert groups. Student feedback was used to determine student satisfaction with the assignment and a random sample of 50% of jigsaw assignment from two online classes was analyzed using a pattern-matching technique (Yin, 2013). …”
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CPP: a path planning method taking into account obstacle shadow hiding by Ruixin Zhang, Qing Xu, Youneng Su, Ruoxu Chen, Kai Sun, Fengchang Li, Guo Zhang

“…By accounting for these concealment effects, CPP aimed to enhance the safety and effectiveness of unmanned vehicles in complex and dynamic battlefield scenarios. It started by designing shadow areas in the configuration environment based on solar azimuth and altitude angles. …”
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A Science of Diplomacy by T. V. Zonova

“…Having preserved the tradition of the historical and international law studies, MGIMO scientists started analyzing complex diplomacy as a political institution, evolving according to its own rules and in accordance with certain laws. …”
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Utilizing the Ellik bladder evacuator during cystoscopic retrieval of urocystoliths in 12 dogs by John Shamoun, Shelly L. Vaden, Allison R. Kendall, Patricia L. Secoura

“…This work provides a starting point for additional discussion regarding its benefit relative to current interventions.…”
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The Traces of “New Character” in Uzbek Short Story Heroes Based on Two Examples of Uzbek Short Stories of the Present Day by Veli Savaş Yelok

“…All the nice and ugly things in a person’s life -starting from the person’s lifestyle and continuing to the end of his life- are passed onto the hero’s thoughts and actions. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Energy Inputs Required by Agricultural Machines to Perform Field Operations by Francesco Paciolla, Katarzyna Łyp-Wrońska, Tommaso Quartarella, Simone Pascuzzi

“…The digital models of the Landini REX 4-120 GB and the Fendt 942 Vario were developed, starting from experimental data acquired during field tests in which the power required at the power take-off (PTO) by the respective operating machine was measured. …”
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Thyrotoxicosis after COVID-19 Infection with a Delay in Graves’ Disease Antibody Positivity by Dennis C. Boyle, Jamie A. Mullally

“…Labs showed subclinical hyperthyroidism and the patient was started on a beta-blocker and methimazole. One month later, thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) resulted negative and thyroid function tests had normalized. …”
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A New Complexity Index in Implant Dentistry: Position Statement of the Implant Dentistry Study Consortium by Souheil Hussaini, Paulina Szylin, Malini Thomas

“…The IDSC classification system divides implant sites into five zones, starting with simpler areas like the anterior mandible and progressing to the most complex regions such as the posterior maxilla with sinus lift requirement. …”
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A Review of the Digital Twin Technology in the AEC-FM Industry by Haidar Hosamo Hosamo, Aksa Imran, Juan Cardenas-Cartagena, Paul Ragnar Svennevig, Kjeld Svidt, Henrik Kofoed Nielsen

“…Based on that, this paper provides a conceptual framework of Digital Twin for building management as a starting point for future research.…”
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Significance of Baseline and Changes of Tumor Markers and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Overall Survival for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Retr... by Makoto Kadokura, Keisuke Tanaka, Fumitake Amemiya, Shinichi Takano, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Nobuyuki Enomoto

“…Results: Multivariate analysis revealed that Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 2 (hazard ratio [HR] 4.07, P < 0.01), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ≥3.9 (HR 1.97, P < 0.001), modified Glasgow prognostic score 1–2 (HR 2.77, P < 0.001), carcinoembryonic antigen ≥5.0 (HR 1.44, P = 0.026), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 ≥37 (HR 1.83, P = 0.004), ΔNLR >0 (HR 2.01, P < 0.001), ΔCEA (subtracting the baseline from the start of second cycles of chemotherapy) >0 (HR 1.64, P = 0.002), and ΔCA19-9>0 (HR 1.77, P = 0.002) were independent negative prognostic factors. …”
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Opioid Nonadherence Risk Prediction of Patients with Cancer-Related Pain Based on Five Machine Learning Algorithms by Jinmei Liu, Juan Luo, Xu Chen, Jiyi Xie, Cong Wang, Hanxiang Wang, Qi Yuan, Shijun Li, Yu Zhang, Jianli Hu, Chen Shi

“…The strongest predictors for adherence were, in order of importance, beliefs about medicines questionnaire (BMQ)-harm, time since the start of opioid, and BMQ-necessity. Discussion. ML algorithms can be used as an effective means of predicting adherence to opioids in patients with cancer pain, which allows for proactive clinical intervention to optimize cancer pain management. …”
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Oral Hygiene in Children with Autism: Teaching Self-Toothbrushing via Behavioural Intervention Including Parents by Marco Esposito, Carlotta Piersanti, Roberta Fadda, Marco Boitani, Monica Mazza, Giuseppina Marrocco

“…Methods: The training started during an ABA summer school with a supervised behavioral staff and lasted for eight sessions. …”
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Network Embedding-Aware Point-of-Interest Recommendation in Location-Based Social Networks by Lei Guo, Haoran Jiang, Xiyu Liu, Changming Xing

“…Compared with traditional recommendation problems, POI recommendations are suffering from more challenges, such as the cold-start and one-class collaborative filtering problems. …”
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Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Navigating an Uncharted Territory by Ahmad Jradi MD, Kaline Maya Khoury MD, Karam Karam MD, Dr. Ihab I. El Hajj MD, Elias Fiani MD

“…This case plays an instrumental role in changing the way physicians translate unexplained chest pain, adding LE to their list of differential diagnosis as prompt detection slows us to start management with PPIs quicker and lessen the burden of symptoms on the patient. …”
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Experimental Studies on Shale Cracks and Permeability Evolution Based on Acoustic Emission Monitoring by Hao Chen, Hongkui Ge, Xiaoqiong Wang, Jianbo Wang, Shan Wu

“…Besides, for the Longmaxi shale, when the stress is loaded to 30~50% of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), the cracks start to propagate steadily (dilation), the permeability begins to increase rapidly, and percolation occurs, which indicates that the dilation point is closely related to the percolation threshold. …”
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