The Mid-Twentieth Century Baby Boom and the Role of Social Influence. An Agent-Based Modelling Approach by Eli Nomes, André Grow, Jan Van Bavel

“…In this paper, we suggest that social influence processes, propelling a shift towards two-child families, might have played an important role in the observed changes in fertility. …”
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Cegueira e crueldade na narrativa de Tércia Montenegro by Milena Magalhães

“…Parto del supuesto de que no se puede comprender la crueldad que abarca la totalidad de los afectos en las relaciones engendradas en el libro sin tener en cuenta los "puntos ciegos" de la historia que resultan de una narración fuera de la experiencia primordial de la pérdida de la visión. …”
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Performance Assessment of GaAs Pocket-Doped Dual-Material Gate-Oxide-Stack DG-TFET at Device and Circuit Level by Km. Sucheta Singh, Satyendra Kumar, Saurabh Chaturvedi, Kapil Dev Tyagi, Vaibhav Bhushan Tyagi

“…Using the Silvaco Technology Computer-Aided Design tool, the comparison covers DC characteristics, analog/RF behavior, and circuit-level assessments. …”
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Research on Mandatory Lane-Changing Behavior in Highway Weaving Sections by Wei Hao, Zhaolei Zhang, Zhibo Gao, Kefu Yi, Li Liu, Jie Wang

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Smoking as a causative factor in chronic kidney disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yue Yang, Zheng Zhang, Hai-tao Lu, Qian-qian Xu, Li Zhuo, Wen-ge Li

“…The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was the primary analytical tool, supported by sensitivity analyses, pleiotropy assessments, and mediation analyses. …”
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Pendidikan sejarah Islam Asia Tenggara: overview penyebaran Islam melalui Bibliometrik by Suhaimi Suhaimi, Muhammad Resqi, Ifdil Ifdil, Darmawati Darmawati, Istiqomah Istiqomah, M. Fahli Zatrahadi

“…A total of 161 documents from 1911 to 2022 were found through research conducted on October 29, 2022. …”
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A Survey on Free Riding in Wireless Mesh Network by Guangxue Yue, Dan Luo, Jiansheng Liu, Mingming Li

“…A large amounts of surveys results show that free riding is a common phenomenon in today's network. Because of wireless mesh networks with limited bandwidth, a large number of free riders lead to network congestion so that will impact the performance of network. …”
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Comparative Analysis of pKa Predictions for Arsonic Acids Using Density Functional Theory-Based and Machine Learning Approaches by Miroslava Nedyalkova, Diana Heredia, Joaquín Barroso-Flores, Marco Lattuada

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Performance Evaluation of FPGA-Based Design of Modified Chua Oscillator by Filips Capligins, İsmail Koyuncu, Anna Litvinenko, Muhammed Furkan Taşdemir

“…Modified Chua chaotic oscillators which are composed with two different number standards have been tested using Xilinx ISE Design Tools in VHDL. Modified Chua chaotic oscillators which have two different numbers standards and designed, are synthesized for Virtex-6 on ML605 FPGA development board with Xilinx ISE Design Tools 14.2 program. …”
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The Deuterium Isotopic Ratio of Water Released From the Martian Caps as Measured With TGO/NOMAD by Geronimo L. Villanueva, Giuliano Liuzzi, Shohei Aoki, Shane W. Stone, Adrian Brines, Ian R. Thomas, Miguel Angel Lopez‐Valverde, Loic Trompet, Justin Erwin, Frank Daerden, Bojan Ristic, Michael D. Smith, Michael J. Mumma, Sara Faggi, Vincent Kofman, Séverine Robert, Lori Neary, Manish Patel, Giancarlo Bellucci, Jose Juan Lopez‐Moreno, Ann Carine Vandaele

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Peripheral Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Modulate Macrophage Plasticity through the IL-10/STAT3 Pathway by Qi-Ming Pang, Rui Yang, Meng Zhang, Wang-Hui Zou, Nan-Nan Qian, Qi-Jing Xu, Hui Chen, Jia-Chen Peng, Xiao-Ping Luo, Qian Zhang, Tao Zhang

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that can skew the balance of M1/M2 macrophage polarization towards the M2 phenotype via their paracrine effects, thereby promoting anatomical and functional recovery after many inflammatory diseases induced by macrophages. …”
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Comparison of the Impact of tNGS with mNGS on Antimicrobial Management in Patients with LRTIs: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Li D, Li Q, Huang Z, Wu W, Fan X, Liu J, Li R, Zhang Q, Su X

“…Dan Li,1– 3,* Qingling Li,4,* Zhen Huang,2 Wenhao Wu,2 Xinyuan Fan,2 Jing Liu,2 Ruoran Li,2 Qi Zhang,2 Xin Su1 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xuzhou First People’s Hospital, The Affiliated Xuzhou Municipal Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xin Su, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210000, People’s Republic of China, Email suxinjs@163.com Qi Zhang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, People’s Republic of China, Email zhangqi1107@126.comBackground: tNGS and mNGS are valuable tools for diagnosing pathogens in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), which subsequently influence treatment strategies. …”
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Salmonella Typhimurium derived OMV nanoparticle displaying mixed heterologous O-antigens confers immunogenicity and protection against STEC infections in mice by Xiaoping Bian, Yaolin Chen, Wenjin Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Meihong Lei, Haoxiang Yuan, Mengru Li, Qing Liu, Qingke Kong

“…Abstract Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is one of the major pathogens responsible for severe foodborne infections, and the common serotypes include E. coli O157, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145. …”
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Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması: Hemşirelikte Geçiş Şoku Ölçeği by Aytolan Yıldırım, Merve Tarhan

“…Kapsam geçerliğinin ardından46 maddeden oluşan taslak ölçek, veri toplama aracı olarak kullanıldı. Veriler madde analizi, açıklayıcı vedoğrulayıcı faktör analizi ve Cronbach alfa iç tutarlılık katsayısı kullanılarak analiz edildi.Bulgular: Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçekte 23 madde ve dört alt boyut olduğu belirlendi. …”
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Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Osseous Defects Distal to Mandibular Second Molar after Extraction of Impacted Third Molar by Ling-Yu Li, Jie Chen, Ming Yu, Yue-Ling Li, Gang Zhou

“…To evaluate the efficiency of low-level laser therapy on the distal osseous defects of the mandibular second molar (M2) after the adjacent impacted third molar (M3) extraction. Methods. A total of 59 clinic cases were screened out, whose M3 were impacted and the distal alveolar bone of M2 had been destroyed horizontally. …”
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Essential Oil of Patchouli Inhalation Exhibits An Anxiolytic-Like Effect in Mice: Elevated Plus-Maze Test by Fadilla Anita Kinksky Johansyah, Eka Pramyrtha Hestianah, Rimayanti Rimayanti, Nove Hidajati, Kuncoro Puguh Santoso, Sri Agus Sudjarwo, Nanik Hidayatik

“…T1 group also had little effect on TOA. Closed-arm activities (VCA and TCA) were unaffected by any of the treatments. …”
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Temporal trends in mental health terminology in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials by Amir-Ali Golrokhian-Sani, Maya Morcos, Alecco Philippi, Reem Al-Rawi, Marc Morcos, Rui Fu

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Mid-term to long-term outcome and risk factors for failure of 158 hips with two-stage revision for periprosthetic hip joint infection by M. Abuelnour, C. McNamee, A. B. Rafi, W. Hohlbein, W. Hohlbein, P. Keogh, J. Cashman

“…<strong>Results</strong>: The mean follow-up time was 9 (2 to 21.7) years. A total of 22 hips (13.9 %) were re-infected. The infection-free survival was 94.4 % at 2 years, 89.3 % at 5 years, 84.2 % at 10 years, and 82.6 % at 15 and 20 years. …”
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A scoping review examining the relationship between green tea and skin cancers by Ram Lakhan, Louisa Summers, Olugbemiga Ekundayo, Jedidiah Radosevich, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma

“…Results: In the literature, systemic and topical applications of green tea polyphenols have shown to have mixed effects against the formation and development of skin cancers in animals. …”

Modeling spatial spread of west nile virus and impact of directional dispersal of birds by Rongsong Liu, Jiangping Shuai, Jianhong Wu, Huaiping Zhu

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