“Just sort of treading water”: Qualitative study of the lived experiences of romantic partners of diplomats by Samantha K. Brooks, Dipti Patel, Rachael Gribble, M. Brooke Rogers, Neil Greenberg

“…Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 11 partners (six female, five male) of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) employees between 2021 and 2022 and thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. While participants described some perceived benefits of their lifestyles (e.g. increased time to spend with children and opportunities to experience new countries and cultures), they also highlighted several challenges. …”
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Planning community-based intervention for speech for children with cleft lip and palate from rural South India: A needs assessment by Subramaniyan Balasubramaniyan, Vaidyanathan Raghunathan, B. Rajashekhar, B. W. C. Sathiyasekaran, Roopa Nagarajan

“…Velopharyngeal port functioning assessment was completed for 55/124 participants. …”
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Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE by Kyle D. Kittelberger, Colby J. Tanner, Amy N. Buxton, Amira Prewett, Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu

“…In order to provide a more comprehensive and robust assessment of trait-based drivers of global bird loss in comparison to prior studies, we included extinct species recognized by any of the three major avian taxonomies as well as those birds that lack recent confirmed sightings and are at least functionally extinct. We found that insular, flightless, larger-bodied, ecologically specialized species, as well as those with high aspect ratio wings, were likely to go extinct earlier in time. …”
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Effect of Oregano Essential Oil on Growth and Composition of Gut Prokaryote Microbiota on Striped Bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>) by Dora Alejandra Trejo-Ramos, César Omar Rodríguez-Arana, Roberto Cruz-Flores, Mónica Hernández-Rodríguez

“…The predicted functions shifted from nutritional (OEO75) to replication, proliferation, and bacterial defense mechanisms (OEO100 and OEO125). …”
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From the Hydroclimatic Disaster to the Forced (Re)construction: Case Study of the Akatani Watershed in Japan by Mélody Dumont, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, Christopher Gomez, Candide Lissak, Vincent Viel

“…The research relies on field surveys in 2019 and 2022, interviews of officials, and GIS analysis based on historical aerial photograph interpretation and geospatial data. …”
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Machine Learning-Enhanced 3D GIS Urban Noise Mapping with Multi-Modal Factors by Jianping Pan, Yuzhe He, Wei Ma, Shengwang An, Lu Li, Dan Huang, Dunxin Jia

“…The system integrates functions such as noise simulation, traffic simulation, and weather changes, enabling accurate noise visualization within a three-dimensional virtual environment. …”
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Development of an Ion‐Sensitive Field‐Effect Transistor Device for High‐Performance Diagnostic and Clinical Biomedical Applications by M. Duraisamy, M. Thangavel, S. Lalitha, K. Jayaram, S. Kumarganesh, K. Martin Sagayam, Binay Kumar Pandey, Digvijay Pandey, Suresh Kumar Sahani

“…These measurements serve as crucial indicators of the sensor's responsiveness to changes in pH levels, providing insights into its effectiveness in detecting subtle variations in acidity or alkalinity. Such precise data are essential for evaluating and optimizing the sensor's design and functionality for various practical applications in analytical chemistry, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics.…”
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505 Comparison of profile and utility measures of health-related quality of life in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma by Brian Felter, Angie Mae Rodday, Susan K. Parsons

“…We hypothesize the CHRIs and HUI scores should roughly correlate with one another, but there may be divergence of correlation because the HUI has greater emphasis on functionality (e.g., sensation, mobility), and the CHRIs further emphasize social and emotional well-being in addition to physical health. …”
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Scientific and Technical Tools for Enhancement of Special Treatment Devices by V. V. Mahniboroda, A. A. Gorjachev, A. E. Krasnov

“…The authors have analyzed Russian and foreign open-source data on the topic in question.Method. Analytical method has been employed.Discussion. …”
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Informal Settlement Characterization and Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment in Kolkata Metropolitan City, India by Shravani Banerjee, Diksha Diksha, Alisha Prasad, Amit Kumar

“…The neighborhood land-use functions of the major informal settlements indicated that the informal settlements were highly influenced by green space (R2=0.97), followed by water bodies (R2=0.74), unplanned settlement (R2=0.68) and planned settlement (R2=0.67) in KMA. …”
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Entrepreneurship and Creative Destruction by Cathleen Johnson, Robert Lusch, David Schmidtz

“…The study deals with reasons for the inefficient operation of the business sector in the economy through the analysis of the relationship between disruptive innovation and creative destruction. …”
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Comparative evaluation of push-out bond strength after root perforation repair using recently introduced bioceramic and calcium silicate-based materials – An in vitro study by Gurinder Kaur, Deepak Kurup, Deepyanti Dubey, Ajit Hindlekar, Ganesh Ranganath Jadhav, Priya Mittal, Siddharth Shinde

“…P <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Data were analyzed using GraphPad Prism version 5. …”
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ECONOMIC DILLEMMAS OF SMART GRID DEVELOPMENT: ILLUSIONS, REALITIES AND PROSPECTS by I. V. Danilin

“…Purpose: the purpose of this work is to systematize data on the economic effects of Smart Grids, classify these effects, identify the challenges associated with their implementation, elaborate approaches and conditions under which Smart Grids can maximize returns for business entities, the economy and society.Methods: the work is based on the analysis of scientific and analytical materials devoted to the research problem, including those prepared on the basis of surveys of industry actors, as well as systematic materials on implemented pilot and industrial projects in the field of Smart Grids.Results: two groups of economic effects of Smart Grids are considered: optimization ones (related to the operating and investment costs reductions of industry actors) and innovative (related to the implementation of the prospective functionality of Smart Grids). …”
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Bovine milk consumption affects the transcriptome of porcine adipose stem cells: Do exosomes play any role? by Katherine Swanson, Jimmy Bell, David Hendrix, Duo Jiang, Michelle Kutzler, Brandon Batty, Melanie Hanlon, Massimo Bionaz

“…Of the 900 identified miRs in porcine plasma exosomes, only 3 miRs were differentially abundant between the two groups and could target genes associated with neuronal functions. We could not detect exosomal miRs or mRNA transfer from milk to porcine-circulating plasma exosomes. …”
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Effects of outdoor play on body composition and physical performance in children: the Yamanashi Adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study. by Masanori Wako, Taro Fujimaki, Jiro Ichikawa, Kensuke Koyama, Ryoji Shinohara, Sanae Otawa, Anna Kobayashi, Sayaka Horiuchi, Megumi Kushima, Zentaro Yamagata, Hirotaka Haro, Yamanashi Adjunct Study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

“…Despite the World Health Organization recommending 1 hour of daily physical activity for children, a knowledge gap exists regarding the specific link between children's physical performance, body composition (evaluated through bioelectrical impedance analysis [BIA]), and outdoor play habits.<h4>Methods</h4>Utilizing data from the Japan Environment and Children's Study, a national birth cohort study, this study included 494 eight-year-old participants. …”
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Relation Between Inflation and Capital Market in India by Debesh Bhowmik

“…The model can be modified by including interest rate, share prices, bond prices under monthly data analysis.…”
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Spray-Flame Synthesis (SFS) and Characterization of Li_1.3Al_0.3−xY_xTi_1.7(PO₄)₃ [LA(Y)TP] Solid Electrolytes by Md Yusuf Ali, Hans Orthner, Hartmut Wiggers

“…Brief annealing at 750–1000 °C for one hour was sufficient to achieve the desired phase while maintaining the material’s sub-micrometer scale. Rietveld analysis of X-Ray diffraction data demonstrated that the crystal volume increases with Y doping. …”
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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ARGUMENTATION OF MODIFIED METHOD FOR PERI-IMPLANT BONE REDUCTION EVALUATION DURING VARIOUS SCHEMES OF PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION by A.T. Kenyuk

“…Using the superimposition principle of computer-tomographic studies made immediately after implants installation and in the 9-12 months of prosthetics functioning provides opportunities to identify indicators of peri-implant bone changes considering the circular nature of the bone crest reduction and its volumetric nature of resorption. …”
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Impact of early β-blocker use on the incidence of sepsis and clinical outcomes following cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study by Chen Yin, Chengjian Guan, Qianli Ma, Shaotong Zhang, Qian Chen, Bing Xiao

“…This study aims to investigate the association between early postoperative β-blocker use and the incidence of sepsis, as well as clinical outcomes, in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.MethodsThe analysis incorporated data from the MIMIC-IV database, with confounding factors addressed through propensity score matching (PSM), inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW), and overlap weighting (OW). …”
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FORMATION OF THE LEGAL CULTURE OF MODERN SOCIETY BASED ON TRADITIONAL VALUES: PERSONOCENTRISM AND SYSTEMOCENTRISM by ALBOV A.P.

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