Rheumatoid-like hand deformities and aortic valve disease in a 13-year-old girl with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report by Anjuman Ara Rahman, Abhijit Datta, Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Anindita Das Barshan, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

“…Conclusion This case underscores the significance of identifying important physical signs in the diagnosis and management of familial hypercholesterolemia, particularly in settings where genetic testing may be limited. Moreover, the unique coexistence of familial hypercholesterolemia with hand joint deformity and aortic valvular heart disease serves as a clinical clue that can facilitate diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions. …”
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TMFN: a text-based multimodal fusion network with multi-scale feature extraction and unsupervised contrastive learning for multimodal sentiment analysis by Junsong Fu, Youjia Fu, Huixia Xue, Zihao Xu

“…Text, visual, and audio each have unique characteristics in MSA, with text often providing more emotional cues due to its rich semantics. …”
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Optimizing nanoparticle selection for enhanced oil recovery in carbonate rock using hybrid low salinity water flooding by Sunlee Han, Youngsoo Lee

“…SiO2 NPs demonstrated a unique ability to shift rock wettability from oil-wet to intermediate-wet conditions, while Al2O3 NPs exhibited superior interfacial activity, significantly reducing interfacial tension. …”
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Stereotypes and social representations associated with pediatric surgeons among medical students, residents and physicians: a cross-sectional study by Coline Ducrot, Max Piffoux, Mathilde Payen, Sebastien Raux, Franck Rolland, Evan Gouy, Linh Nam Truong, Ariel Frajerman, Florent Vinchon, Nawale Hadouiri

“…The specialty is considered as wide, intense, meticulous, and demanding surgical specialty but also as hyperspecialized and confined to academic centers with a unique parent–child–surgeon relationship, embodying traits such as “empathy”, “humanity”, “passion”, “beautiful[ness]” and “honorab[ility]”. …”
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Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: developing a health system intervention in South Africa by Tanya Doherty, Ruwayda Petrus, Sandra Land, Christiane Horwood, Veronique Filippi, Lyn Haskins, Cleo Phewa, Sphindile Mapumulo, Silondile Luthuli, Vaughn M. John

“…Disrespect and abuse in maternity services in South Africa has been described over several decades and are rooted in the country’s complex socio-political landscape and unequal health system which places strain on public sector health professionals. …”
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The third dimension of alpine plant leaf traits is related to cold-tolerance by Yuan Wang, Ji Suonan, Kun Liu, Yanni Gao, Sihao Zhu, Qian Liu, Ning Zhao

“…Alpine plants possess unique traits to adapt alpine environments. Whether leaf trait relationships of alpine plants can be captured by the two trait dimensions of organ size and resource economics is unknown. …”
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Pembentukan Perda Berbasis Syari’ah dalam Bingkai Negara Hukum Pancasila by Thomas Febria, Dendi Kurniawan

“…Then based on conceptual (theoretical), the concept of asymmetric decentralization, it is possible for the Government to implement different autonomy for several regions in Indonesia which allows the development of the unique potential of each region. …”
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Enhanced CO2 Capture Performance Using Methyl Diethanolamine-functionalized Silica Gels: Assessing CO2 Capture Capacity by Petpitcha Boonmatoon, Pacharapol Nokpho, Pornpote Piumsomboon, Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan

“…Silica materials possess unique properties that make them promising candidates as solid sorbents for CO2 capture. …”
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Availability of support systems for youth who left child and youth care centres during COVID-19 by Fadzaishe B. Zingwe, Maditobane R. Lekganyane

“…Background: Youth who left child and youth care centres (CYCCs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were exposed to unique scale of challenges compared to their peers. …”
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Synergistic effect of polymer and graphene oxide nanocomposite in heterogeneous layered porous media: a pore-scale EOR Study by M. Iravani, M. Simjoo, A. H. Molaei

“…Abstract Graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposites offer a novel method for enhancing oil recovery, leveraging their unique properties to improve recovery efficiency. …”
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Why Men Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives From Urban Family Planning Clinics in Chicago, Illinois, USA by Jenna M. Heath, Brian T. Nguyen

“…Yet, societal focus on abortion as a uniquely women’s issue minimizes men’s involvement in abortion. …”
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Revisiting Near-infrared Features of Kilonovae: The Importance of Gadolinium by Salma Rahmouni, Masaomi Tanaka, Nanae Domoto, Daiji Kato, Kenta Hotokezaka, Wako Aoki, Teruyuki Hirano, Takayuki Kotani, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Motohide Tamura

“…While our results confirm that these two elements show strong infrared features, we additionally identify Gd iii as the next most promising species. Due to its unique atomic structure involving the half-filled 4 f and the outer 5 d orbitals, Gd iii has one of the lowest-lying energy levels, between which relatively strong transitions occur. …”
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CITIZENSHIP AND INDIGENOUS CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA: DRAWING INSIGHTS FROM BEST PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES by AUWALU MUSA

“…Unlike previous studies that may focus solely on Nigerian citizenship issues or U.S. citizenship in isolation, this research uniquely bridges the two contexts to offer a fresh perspective on how Nigeria might reform its citizenship policies. …”
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Integrated high-precision real scene 3D modeling of karst cave landscape based on laser scanning and photogrammetry by Congyuan Zhang, Jianping Chen, Ping Li, Sipeng Han, Jie Xu

“…Given the global distribution of karst topography and the large number of naturally developed caves with diverse types, unique landscape styles, and significant scientific value, this paper enriches the research in this field. …”
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Alternative splicing expands the antiviral IFITM repertoire in Chinese rufous horseshoe bats. by Nelly S C Mak, Jingyan Liu, Dan Zhang, Jordan Taylor, Xiaomeng Li, Kazi Rahman, Feiyu Chen, Siddhartha A K Datta, Kin Kui Lai, Zhengli Shi, Nigel Temperton, Aaron T Irving, Alex A Compton, Richard D Sloan

“…These genes restrict virus entry and are key players in antiviral interferon responses. The unique IFITM repertoires in different species influence their resistance to viral infections, but the role of IFITMs in shaping the enhanced antiviral immunity of reservoir bat species is unclear. …”
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Seed endophytes of malting barley from different locations are shaped differently and are associated with malt quality traits by Oyeyemi Ajayi, Ramamurthy Mahalingam

“…We observed that a greater proportion of bacterial amplicon sequence variants (bacterial ASVs) were shared across genotypes and across locations while the greater proportion of the fungal ASVs were unique to each genotype and location. Association analysis showed a significant negative correlation between bacterial alpha diversity indices (Faith PD and Shannon indices) and malt quality traits for barley protein (BP), free amino nitrogen (FAN), diastatic power (DP) and alpha amylase (AA), while fungal alpha diversity (Shannon and Simpson) showed significant negative relationship with β-D-glucan content. …”
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On small Dirac neutrino masses in string theory by Gonzalo F. Casas, Luis E. Ibáñez, Fernando Marchesano

“…Thus the case with two large dimensions seems to be quite unique.…”
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Non-classical pulmonary exacerbation in cystic fibrosis revealing ALK-Translocated lung cancer: A case report by Mohamad Hadhud, Johnathan Arnon, Anat Hershko-Moshe, Adi Hollander, Noa Hurvitz-Lehmann, Assaf Potruch, Henny Azmanov, Rottem Kuint, Nurith Hiller, Elie Picard, Naama Sebbag-Sznajder, Shira Leebhoff, Michael Wilschanski, Myriam Grunewald, Liron Birimberg-Schwartz, Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh

“…Care for pwCF with lung cancer requires a unique multi-disciplinary approach to optimize their complex multifactorial treatment.…”
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A new approach to the study of the size and the geometry effect on compressive strength in concrete by Ángel De La Rosa, Gonzalo Ruiz

“…While the Fracture Mechanics model works well for VC, it does not predict cylinder-to-cube strength relationships for SCC as effectively, likely due to its unique properties. To address this, a new conversion relationship for cylinder-to-cube compressive strength, also based on Fracture Mechanics, is proposed, offering a more accurate and reliable method for evaluating concrete strength. …”
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Exploring students’ attitudes towards their own English accent: Insights from SMA Negeri 1 Stabat by Fika Emylia Effendi, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, Rusdi Noor Rosa

“…The study’s implications are critical for educators and policymakers in developing curricula that foster positive attitudes toward diverse English accents, ensuring that learners feel confident in their unique linguistic identities. …”
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