DOAC Score for Predicting Clinical Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Masahiko Asami, MD, Yu Horiuchi, MD, Jun Tanaka, MD, Daiki Yoshiura, MD, Masanori Taniwaki, MD, Kota Komiyama, MD, PhD, Hitomi Yuzawa, MD, PhD, Kengo Tanabe, MD, PhD, Mitsuru Sago, CE, Shuhei Tanaka, MD, PhD, Ryuki Chatani, MD, Toru Naganuma, MD, Yohei Ohno, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Tani, MD, Hideharu Okamatsu, MD, Kazuki Mizutani, MD, PhD, Yusuke Watanabe, MD, PhD, Masaki Izumo, MD, PhD, Mike Saji, MD, PhD, Shingo Mizuno, MD, Daisuke Hachinohe, MD, Hiroshi Ueno, MD, PhD, Shunsuke Kubo, MD, Shinichi Shirai, MD, Masaki Nakashima, MD, Masanori Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Kentaro Hayashida, MD, PhD

“…This study aimed to evaluate the predictive impact of the DOAC score on clinical events following LAAC and compare it with that of the HAS-BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal renal and liver function, Stroke, Bleeding history or predisposition, Labile international normalized ratio [INR], Elderly [age ≥65 years], Drugs and alcohol concomitantly) score. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Work package 4: Development and refinement of a care transitions intervention Intervention development Functional resonance analysis method was used to model the transition process. …”
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Flow-based Text Style Transfer Model by Zihan ZHANG, Jinqiao DAI, Pin YANG

“…It constructs a transformation function based on neural spline flows to address the issue of preserving text content during the TST task. …”
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The Figure of the Migrant and Multilingual Practices in Selected Lithuanian Novels and Their English Translations: Antanas Škėma’s Balta drobulė and Gabija Grušaitė’s Stasys Šaltok... by Rūta Eidukevičienė, Kristina Aurylaitė

“…Drawing on theoretical propositions about multilingualism by Werner Helmich (2016), Till Dembeck (2017) and others, as well as about multilingualism in translation by Rainier Grutman (1998; 2006) and Reine Meylaerts (2006; 2013), this paper discusses the various manifestations of multilingualism in the selected literary texts and the ways they are conveyed in the English translations, focusing on the functions multilingual patterns perform in the original novels and how these patterns are adjusted in their translations. …”
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Genome-wide association study on salt tolerance of core germplasm resources in watermelon by YUAN Gaopeng, ZHAO Yanlong, SUN Dexi, GAO Bowen, LI Weihua, SHI Mingkun, ZHANG Jingyu, ZHU Yingchun

“…Additionally, we utilized the watermelon genome for gene expression analysis and gene function annotation, ultimately leveraging transcriptome data from both salt-tolerant and saltsensitive materials to identify key candidate genes related to salt tolerance. …”
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Sustainable forest management: success and challenges in Ethiopia by Rusha Begna Wakweya

“…In Ethiopia, the concept of forest landscape restoration (FLR) is understood to include activities that restore ecological and productive functions of degraded forests and agricultural landscapes along the forest farm continuum to better support human wellbeing now and in the future5. …”
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Criminal Law Challenged by Crossing into Virtual Reality by Mahdi Karimi

“…This social revolution could challenge the function of criminal law and have fundamental impacts and consequences on it. …”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

“…This descriptive-analytical study investigates the hanging tale of Hasanak-e-Vazir based on Van Dijk’s (2007) socio-cognitive approach to clarify the functional relation between language, ideology, power and dominance in social and political context of Bayhaqi's period. …”
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Quantitative Recurrence Properties in Some Irregular Sets for Beta Dynamical Systems by Yuanyang Chang, Wenna Liu

“…Specifically, let <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>ψ</mi><mo>:</mo><mi mathvariant="double-struck">N</mi><mo>→</mo><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> be a positive function; we define the set <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>E</mi><mrow><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><mi>β</mi></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mfenced separators="" open="{" close="}"><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>:</mo><munder><mo movablelimits="false" form="prefix">lim inf</mo><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>→</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></munder><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="true"><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mi>n</mi></mfrac></mstyle><msub><mi>S</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>β</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><mspace width="0.277778em"></mspace><munder><mo movablelimits="false" form="prefix">lim sup</mo><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>→</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></munder><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="true"><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mi>n</mi></mfrac></mstyle><msub><mi>S</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>β</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mfenced><mo>,</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and calculate the Hausdorff dimension of the set <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>E</mi><mrow><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><mi>β</mi></msubsup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>:</mo><mo>=</mo><mfenced separators="" open="{" close="}"><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><msubsup><mi>E</mi><mrow><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><mi>β</mi></msubsup><mo>:</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><msubsup><mi>T</mi><mi>β</mi><mi>n</mi></msubsup><mi>x</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow><mo><</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mspace width="0.277778em"></mspace><mi>i</mi><mo>.…”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Therapies on Affection Control of Poor Parenting Adolescents by Zahra EffatDoost Sani, Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri, Alireza Homayuni

“…Individuals with higher levels of self- compassion can accept life’s unfortunate events easier and present precise self- assessments and reactions based on their true functions, since they are judging themselves with less strictness. …”
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Synthesis of Magnetic Iron Oxide Heat-Activated Termite Mound Composite for Adsorption of Basic Blue 41 Dye from Textile Wastewater: Characterization and Box–Behnken Optimization by Amare Melaku, Esayas Alemayehu, Abebe Worku, Bernd Lennartz

“…The <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">g</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">c</mi><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">o</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">o</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>–HTM composite was characterized using BET (surface area), XRD (crystalline structure), FTIR (functional groups), and SEM (microstructure) analyses, confirming the successful synthesis of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">g</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">c</mi><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">o</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">o</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>–HTM. …”
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Analysis of Tolerance to Heavy Metal Ions and Their Oxides on Endogenous Short-Range Denitrification Systems Domesticated by Different Valence Iron by JIN Baodan, YAN Yeyu, BAI Zhixuan, LIU Ye, WANG Baogui, DU Jingjing, PANG Long, JI Jiantao, Ma Chuang

“…The relative abundance of denitrification functional genes including narG, napA, nirK, nirS, nosZ and norB was also assessed. …”
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Challenges Caused by Using New Technologies in Holding Public Hearings of Iranian Criminal Courts by Mozhgan Nemati, Nasrin Mehra, Morteza Rasteh

“…On the other hand, although the publicity of proceedings in its true sense means taking steps so that the citizens can monitor the proceedings by physically attending the courts, the limited capacity of criminal courts for the presence of them and the reluctance of many citizens to participate in the court for reasons such as being busy or being far from the courts, has led to the holding of public hearings in the context of remote communication technologies becomes to one of the most important ways for a large number of people to access the information of the proceedings and their supervision on the function of the judicial system. Based on this, the concept of publicness of the proceedings has also gone beyond its traditional framework under the influence of new technologies and has found a wider meaning. …”

How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland? by Florence Epiney, Siegfried Nagel, Christopher Klenk

“…As influencing factors on an internal reality, motivation for the VSG was frequently named as hindering or enabling, as well as fears and anxieties as an obstacle to gaining access. Body functions, including health, were mentioned by most of the coaches and half of the participants as influencing their access to VSGs. …”
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Neuropilin-2 upregulation by stromal TGFβ1 induces lung disseminated tumor cells dormancy escape and promotes metastasis outgrowth by L Recalde-Percaz, I de la Guia-Lopez, P Linzoain-Agos, A Noguera-Castells, M Rodrigo-Faus, P Jauregui, A Lopez-Plana, P Fernández-Nogueira, M Iniesta-González, M Cueto-Remacha, S Manzano, R Alonso, N Moragas, C Baquero, N Palao, E Dalla, FX Avilés-Jurado, I Vilaseca, X León-Vintró, M Camacho, G Fuster, J Alcaraz, J Aguirre-Ghiso, P Gascón, A Porras, A Gutiérrez-Uzquiza, N Carbó, P Bragado

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Climate Change and Outdoor Workers: A Narrative Review by Mehdi Asghari, Mohammad Javad Ghanadzadeh, Razieh Soltani Gerdfaramarzi

“…Heat strain, volume depletion and kidney function in California agricultural workers. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2017;74(6):402-9. …”
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Unveiling the third dimension of glass by Faidra Oikonomopoulou

“…At present, the load-bearing function of cast glass in architecture remains an uncharted field. …”
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Villa d’époque romaine et habitat médiéval à Mont-Saint-Jean (Sarthe) : bilan des recherches 2008-2020 by Florian Sarreste, Paul-André Besombes, Phaedra Bouvet, Chloé Genies, Étienne Jaffrot, Florian Jedrusiak, Thomas Jubeau, Anthony Ledauphin, Annaïg Le Martret, Christophe Loiseau, Hugo Meunier, Aurore Noël, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Boris Robin

“…A round fibula and a back plate from a belt buckle, both discovered out of context, point to the presence of burials within which the deceased would have been dressed.Concurrent with this funerary reoccupation was a change of function for the ancient agricultural annexes. Several hundred shards of culinary ceramics testify to the presence of a population living within the buildings belonging to the former agricultural courtyard. …”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…This study examined women’s experiences of menstruation on Instagram and explored how menstruation taboos function as mechanisms for controlling women’s bodies within the existing power structures and daily life. …”
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Abrasion Resistance and Mechanism Analysis of Polyethylene Fiber-reinforced Cementitious Composite by ZI Jinjia, LI Weibin, WANG Jihong, WANG Zhiwen, LIU Yunjun, NONG Qingshun, LI Bixiong

“…ObjectiveIn hydraulic structures of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau region, abrasion damage caused by sediment-laden water flows severely undermines the durability of hydraulic spillways, posing a significant challenge to the long - term stability and functionality of water conservancy infrastructure. Although previous studies have explored methods to enhance the abrasion resistance of concrete, the specific influence mechanism of fibers on the mechanical properties, abrasion resistance remains unclear. …”
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