Voice quality types and uses in North American English by Richard Wright, Courtney Mansfield, Laura Panfili

“…While not contrastive, it plays an important role in phonology and a wide variety of other discourse, pragmatic, and social functions. In this context we present some of our current research into segmental and social factors relating to creaky voicing. …”
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Unitization Based Memory Enhancement in Younger and Older Adults by Joshua Kah Meng Khoo, Roni Tibon

“…Accordingly, unitization has been proposed as a promising strategy to attenuate age-related associative deficits, but evidence regarding its utility was lacking. The current study aimed to establish unitization as a viable mnemonic strategy. …”
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PM2.5 prediction and its influencing factors in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration using spatial temporal graph convolutional networks by Yawen Zhao

“…In the context of rapid urbanization, PM _2.5 pollution poses a significant threat to public health and environmental quality. …”
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Drug Delivery Implants in the Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation by Jillian Wang, Angela Jiang, Malav Joshi, John Christoforidis

“…Implants currently on the market or undergoing clinical trials include those made of nonbiodegradable polymers, containing ganciclovir, fluocinolone acetonide, triamcinolone acetonide, and ranibizumab, and biodegradable polymers, containing dexamethasone, triamcinolone acetonide, and ranibizumab. …”
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Optimization of the defense forces personnel under mobilization conditions: The role of occupational selection as a personnel allocator by V. V. Kalnysh, A. V. Shvets

“…The second problem is the age aspect in the ranges of 20-30, 30-40 and 40-60 years, for which it is necessary to develop and apply the criteria of occupational suitability for each of the currently relevant professions. A generalized definition of the psychological readiness state was formulated as a stable, multifaceted and hierarchically structured result of preparation for a certain activity, which contains a number of subsystems adequate to the requirements, content and conditions of the activity. …”
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Effect of Positioning on Oxygenation and Hemodynamics among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation by Hosam G. Elamoudy, Sahar Y. Mohammad, Gamal A. Abdellatif, Suzan M. Dessowky

“… Context: The routine practice of positioning is a vital procedure in critical care units, especially when prophylaxis is the aim. …”
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Japan’s Economy: Reforms and Growth Strategies by Yana Valeryevna Dyomina, Marina Gamilovna Mazitova

“…The return on capital and labor has decreased. There was a shortage in the labor market within the country due to the aging population, decreasing birth rate, traditions of the Japanese family (women leaving the labor market after marriage), strict migration policy, etc. …”
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Mechanical Load‐Induced Upregulation of Talin2 through Non‐Canonical Deubiquitination of OTUB1 Drives Facet Joint Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis by Yizhen Huang, Heng Sun, Haojie Chen, Xiangpeng Wang, Junduo Zhao, Yang Jiao, Hongyi Zhou, Haoyu Cai, Jiafeng Dai, Xuan Huang, Weiyun Chen, Jianxiong Shen

“…Abstract Facet joint osteoarthritis (FJOA) is a prevalent degenerative condition in the aging population; however, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood and current therapeutic strategies remain limited to palliative pain management. …”
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Analysis of questionnaires from the perspective of hospitalization risk prediction. Systematic review by R. N. Shepel, V. V. Demko, M. V. Goncharov, M. M. Lukyanov, S. Yu. Martsevich, S. A. Berns, O. M. Drapkina

“…One of the key tasks facing the medical community and health professionals is the identification of patients at high risk of hospitalization, including emergency one. Currently, various approaches are used to obtain information about certain predictors in a patient that are as­sociated with an increased hospitalization risk, but there is no consensus on which of them are most effective.Aim. …”
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Gate-controlled superconductivity and quantum interference in 300 mm CMOS-compatible ZrN nanostructures by Roman Potjan, Oliver Ostien, Marcus Wislicenus, Raik Hoffmann, Katharina Lilienthal, Kilian Heidner, Felix Mende, Sergej Liberda, André Reck, Varvara Brackmann, Benjamin Lilienthal-Uhlig, J. Wosnitza

“…In laterally gated Dayem-bridge and nanowire devices, we observe GCS with full suppression of the critical current, where required gate voltages <5 V promise compatibility with CMOS interfaces. …”
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Dietary Passion Fruit Seed Oil Supplementation for Health and Performance of Laying Hens by Laís Garcia Cordeiro, Paola Aparecida Damázio Rodrigues, Gabrieli Andressa de Lima, Elis Omar Figueroa Castillo, Joyce Andrade da Silva, Júlia de Lima Lopes, Anna Luísa Lang, Samir Moura Kadri, Antônio Celso Pezzato, José Roberto Sartori

“…Passion fruit seed oil (PFSO) is rich in bioactive compounds, which can enhance laying hens’ health and performance. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing PFSO supplementation in laying hens’ productive performance, egg quality, relative weight and length of organs, plasma lipid oxidation, antioxidant status, and gene expression of SOD, GPx, CAT, and NRF2 in the liver. …”
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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…This research departs from the desire to understand the practice of reuse of building products from a systemic standpoint, to illuminate its current condition and help to foresee future perspectives. …”
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Ozonation of 4-aminotoluene as a new method of synthesis of 4-aminobenzaldehyde – an intermediate for the production of anti-tuberculosis drugs by A. H. Halstian, A. S. Вushuiev, Ye. Yu. Vasylenko

“…Continuous control of the current ozone concentration and recording the results in the form of a kinetic curve was carried out when passing ozone-containing gas through the container of the spectrophotometer “SF-46 LOMO” at a certain wavelength of a monochromatic light source. …”
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LRRC8A in endothelial cells contributes to the aberrant blood-brain barrier integrity in ischaemic stroke by Yan Wang, Yan Zhang, Chang Liu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Bo Wang, Yue Kong, Hailin Zhang, Yanfei Tian, Yupeng Zhao, Zhenghui Wu, Huaxing Zhang, Xiaona Du, Huiran Zhang

“…Background The increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a critical contributor to the high mortality following ischaemic stroke. …”
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Exploration of the breast ductal carcinoma in situ signature and its prognostic implications by Jiao Zhang, Hui Lin, Lei Hou, Hui Xiao, Xilong Gong, Xuhui Guo, Xuchen Cao, Zhenzhen Liu

“…A unique six‐gene signature (containing GAPDH, CDH2, BIRC5, NEK2, IDH2, and MELK) was developed for DCIS prognostic prediction. …”
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Effects of El Niño and the Positive Indian Ocean Dipole (+IOD) on Health, Food Security, Economics, and Conflict in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries in the Indo‐Pacific: A Systemat... by Andrea Floridi, María Daniela Anda‐León, Tomasz Kozakiewicz, Megha Bhattacharyya, Anilkrishna Thota, Peter Burt, Luca Tasciotti, Jan Selby, Zahra Premji, Shannon Shisler

“…ABSTRACT Climate drivers such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) can impact multiple sectors globally. We are currently witnessing the effects of these teleconnections against the backdrop of a changing climate. …”
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Impact of frailty in older people on health care demand: simulation modelling of population dynamics to inform service planning by Bronagh Walsh, Carole Fogg, Tracey England, Sally Brailsford, Paul Roderick, Scott Harris, Simon Fraser, Andrew Clegg, Simon de Lusignan, Shihua Zhu, Francesca Lambert, Abigail Barkham, Harnish Patel, Vivienne Windle

“…Prescriptions increased with increasing age in both Fit and Mild frailty categories but decreased in moderate and severe categories. …”
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Lemierre’s Syndrome Presenting with Multisystem Complications in a Child: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ashwaq AlEed

“…His recent medical history was unremarkable, except for decreased activity and oral intake over the past three days. …”
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Incubation time effect on releasing available phosphorus in saline sandy soil as a function of bone char application by Abu El-Eyuoon Abu Zied Amin

“…Abstract To face the current crisis in global fertilizer prices, especially in developing countries where their food security has been greatly affected, alternative sources must be found for phosphate fertilizers, whose main source is phosphate rock, which is non-renewable and subject to depletion. …”
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Accounting conservatism and firm value in Egypt: the mediating role of tax avoidance by Yousra R. Obiedallah, Asmaa Hamdy Abdelaziz Mohamed El Mahdy

“…To strengthen the results of the three mediating GMM regression models, alternative deferred tax and current effective tax rate measures are utilized for tax avoidance. …”
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