An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

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Influence of Tunneling in Cohesionless Soil for Different Tunnel Geometry and Volume Loss under Greenfield Condition by Raja Kanagaraju, Premalatha Krishnamurthy

“…This paper presents the numerical analysis of settlement to profile the vulnerable zone or influence zone due to tunneling activities in cohesionless deposits for free field or Greenfield conditions. The analysis considers the factors like saturated density (γsat), unsaturated density (γunsat), angle of shearing resistance (φ), deformation modulus (ES), volume loss (VL), and the support pressure of the shield head at the tunnel face. …”
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Pornography and Speech Act Theory – An In-Depth Survey by Áron Dombrovszki

“…In Section 1, I contrast the conservative and liberal arguments against pornography and sketch MacKinnon’s liberal critique. …”
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Numerical Modeling of Coupled Surge-Heave Sloshing in a Rectangular Tank with Baffles by Lv Ren, Yinjie Zou, Jinbo Tang, Xin Jin, Dengsong Li, Mingming Liu

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The Mercosur-European Union agreements seen from the perspective of Argentina’s foreign policy by Alejandro Cesar Simonoff

“…Instead, a new approach was adopted, based on the belief that free trade would promote enhanced economic growth. …”
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Type a botulinum toxin in the management of spontaneous salivary otorrhea: a case report by Teffran J. Chan, Trevor A. Lewis, Doron D. Sommer

“…Here we report the first case of spontaneous salivary otorrhea conservatively managed with a type A botulinum toxin (BTA) injection. …”
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An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report by Deba P. Sarma, Dawn E. Heagley, Julianne Chalupa, Meredith Cox, James M. Shehan

“…The patient was treated with local irradiation. She remains disease free at her six-month follow-up visit. Conclusion. …”
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Surgical Treatment Outcomes of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Adolescent Athletes by Frederick Mun, William L. Hennrikus

“…The purpose of this case series is to report the outcomes of ossicle excision and tubercleplasty for unresolved Osgood-Schlatter disease that has failed conservative treatment in six adolescent athletes. A retrospective chart review was completed, and data collected include age at onset of symptoms, age at surgery, sex, laterality, mechanism of injury, conservative treatment regimen, radiographic findings, sports played, time to return to sport, length of follow-up, and Lysholm score. …”
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A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot by Emmanuel O. Akindele, Abiodun M. Adedapo, Oluwaseun T. Akinpelu, Esther D. Kowobari, Oluwatosin C. Folorunso, Ibrahim R. Fagbohun, Tolulope A. Oladeji, Olanrewaju O. Aliu, Oluwatobiloba S. Adenola, Babasola W. Adu, Francis O. Arimoro, Sylvester S. Ogbogu, Sami Domisch

“…Aside from the underreporting and underestimation of freshwater ecosystems, the challenges regarding incorrect coordinates and taxonomical inaccuracies in freshwater species occurrence data pose another major hurdle that may hinder freshwater conservation efforts in the hotspot. Hence, for any biogeographic analysis, species distribution modelling or conservation initiative, it is crucial to use datasets that are, to the largest possible extent, free of spatial and taxonomic errors. …”
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Industrial Recycling of Scrap Copper Cables and Wires: Combining Cold and Hot Treatments for Maximum Recovery and Minimal Emissions by O. Choukri, E. Mohsine, S. Taibi

“…With the increasing amount of electrical cable and wire scrap, copper recycling has become a priority to conserve natural resources and reduce environmental impact. …”
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Cholecystoduodenal Stenting: An Option in Complicated Acute Calculous Cholecystitis in the Elderly Comorbid Patient by Brady Bonner, Nicholas I. Brown, Varghese Pynadath Joseph, Manju Dashini Chandrasegaram

“…The procedure restored antegrade gallbladder drainage, and at 18 months she remains symptom-free from her gallbladder. Long-term management of recurrent cholecystitis in elderly comorbid patients commonly includes permanent cholecystostomy or repeated percutaneous gallbladder drainage, both of which can be poorly tolerated. …”
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Ground-Level Geriatric Falls: A Not-So-Minor Mechanism of Injury by Simon Parker, Arash Afsharpad

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Regulation of Long Noncoding RNAs Responsive to Phytoplasma Infection in Paulownia tomentosa by Guoqiang Fan, Yabing Cao, Zhe Wang

“…These lncRNAs showed low conservation among plant species and some of them were miRNA precursors. …”
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Limbitis Secondary to Autologous Serum Eye Drops in a Patient with Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis by Jeffrey David Welder, Pejman Bakhtiari, Ali R. Djalilian

“…A 32-year-old African American female with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) presented with chronic dry eye and diffuse punctate epithelial erosions refractory to conservative treatment. She was initially managed with cyclosporine ophthalmic 0.05% in addition to preservative-free artificial tears and olopatadine hydrochloride 0.2% for 6 months. …”
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Deforestation changes the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control by Tafesse Kefyalew Estifanos, Brendan Fisher, Taylor H. Ricketts

“…Our findings suggest that the extent of deforestation can influence the efficacy of malaria control interventions, highlighting the need to integrate deforestation and malaria control considerations when designing environmental conservation and public health policies. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.…”
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Assessment of Debris Extrusion in Curved Canals: An In Vitro Analysis of Various Single-File Endodontic Instrumentation Systems by Muhammad Zubair Ahmad

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Reparameterization Invariant Model of a Supersymmetric System: BRST and Supervariable Approaches by A. Tripathi, B. Chauhan, A. K. Rao, R. P. Malik

“…We carry out the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) quantization of the one 0+1-dimensional (1D) model of a free massive spinning relativistic particle (i.e., a supersymmetric system) by exploiting its classical infinitesimal and continuous reparameterization symmetry transformations. …”
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Chyle Leak following Open Donor Nephrectomy: A Rare Complication—A Case Report by Sandeep Harkar, Dharam Vir Singh, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Raghav Talwar, Yajvender Pratap Singh Rana

“…The drain was removed, and the patients remained symptom-free on followup. Conclusions. Both of our cases of chyle leak following open donor nephrectomy were managed successfully with conservative management. …”
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Effect of myocardial revascularization upon long-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome and concomitant dıseases by R.R. Komorovsky

“…Materials and methods. Event-free survival analysis according to simplified comorbidity index and treatment strategy of 337 consecutive patients with ACS using a composite endpoint of cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction. …”
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Dynamic Response Analyses of Plastic Greenhouse Structure considering Fluctuating Wind Load by Yingchun Jiang, Yikui Bai, Cong Wang, Yonggang Wang, Xinfu Pang

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