MAGICAL REALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF POSTMODERN AESTHETICS: HERMANN KASACK’S “THE CITY BEYOND THE RIVER” AND MAX KIDRUK’S “DON’T LOOK BACK AND STAY QUIET” INTER- TEXTUAL CONNECTIONS... by Tetiana V. Bykova, Nina D. Osmak

“…The principle of intertextuality is key to the artistic construction of both works and is manifested across several levels in both novels: 1) existential themes and issues, particularly in exploration of death, understanding the problems of experiencing one’s way of being and the problems of cognition / self-knowledge; 2) at the level of the plot, where the key to both novels is the transformation of the myth about Orpheus and Eurydice with a reinterpreting of the motif of breaking the taboo; 3) at the motif level, through the meaning-making and plot-shaping functions of the motifs of numbers, journeys, and mirrors; 4) at the chronotopic level, through the symbolic representation of time and space in magical realism; 5) at character level, through the creation of a new type of hero who possesses sacred knowledge; 6) finally, at the level of ideological transformation and the external return to oneself, through the exploration of the problem of life and death, and the idea of inability of scientific knowledge for the complete understanding of both the human being and the world. …”
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The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years by Xavier Roca-Rada, Roberta Davidson, Matthew P. Williams, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, António Faustino Carvalho, Shyamsundar Ravishankar, Evelyn Collen, Christian Haarkötter, Leonard Taufik, Daniel R. Cuesta-Aguirre, Catarina Tente, Álvaro M. Monge Calleja, Rebecca Anne MacRoberts, Linda Melo, Gludhug A. Purnomo, Yassine Souilmi, Raymond Tobler, Eugénia Cunha, Sofia Tereso, Vítor M. J. Matos, Teresa Matos Fernandes, Anne-France Maurer, Ana Maria Silva, Pedro C. Carvalho, Bastien Llamas, João C. Teixeira

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A novel telomere-associated genes signature for the prediction of prognosis and treatment responsiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma by Kuo Kang, Hui Nie, Weilu Kuang, Xuanxuan Li, Yangying Zhou

“…The expression and functional significance of ASF1A in HCC cell lines were investigated through colony formation assays, Transwell migration assays, and wound healing experiments. …”
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The Bottleneck in the Scalar Dissipation Rate Spectra: Dependence on the Schmidt Number by Paolo Orlandi

“…As <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> decreases, the scalar spectra undergo changes across the wave number <i>k</i> range. The bottleneck is dismantled, and at very low <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> values, the spectrum tends towards Batchelor’s theoretical prediction, diminishing proportionally to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>k</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>17</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Development of an interpretable machine learning model for frailty risk prediction in older adult care institutions: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study in China by Weizi Wu, Li Jing, Qing Peng, Peng Hua, Zeng Shumei, Luofang Lv, Liqing Yue, Hu Jian zhong, Huang Weihong

“…Hyperparameter optimisation was performed using stratified fivefold cross-validation with grid search, incorporating class-weighted loss functions to address class imbalance and model-specific regularisation techniques to maximise performance while preventing overfitting. …”
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Novel pyrochlores in the Bi2O3–MgO–Ta2O5 (BMT) system: Synthesis optimisation, phase equilibria and dielectric properties by K.B. Tan, P.Y. Tan, Y. Feng, C.C. Khaw, V. Raman, H.C. Ananda Murthy, R. Balachandran, S.K. Chen, O.J. Lee, K.Y. Chan, D. Zhou, M. Lu

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Coupling African elephant movement and habitat modeling for landscape availability-suitability-connectivity assessment in Kruger National Park by Wenjing Xu, Richard Fayrer-Hosken, Marguerite Madden, Chenay Simms, Lan Mu, Andrea Presotto

“… Making an appropriate conservation decision often requires understanding the functional connectivity of the landscape for focal species. …”
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Efficacy of a 6-month supported online programme (Feeling Safer) for the treatment of persecutory delusions: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Richard Emsley, Verity Westgate, Daniel Freeman, Thomas Kabir, José Leal, Anthony Morrison, Kate Chapman, Robert Dudley, Laina Rosebrock, Felicity Waite, Louise Isham, Jason Freeman, Stephanie Common, Alex Kenny, Ariane Beckley, Natalie Rouse, Megan McGovern

“…We will also test whether Feeling Safer works equally across gender, age, ethnicity and cognitive functioning (moderation) and whether Feeling Safer works via the targeted psychological processes (mediation).Methods and analysis The study design is a multicentre, single-blind (outcome assessor), parallel, four-arm randomised controlled trial; 484 patients with persistent persecutory delusions will be randomised to one of the four conditions (1:1:1:1): Feeling Safer (added to treatment as usual (TAU)) supported by peer-support workers, or Feeling Safer (added to TAU) supported by graduate mental health workers including assistant psychologists, or Feeling Safer (added to TAU) supported by CBT therapists or TAU. …”
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MRI-based intra-tumoral ecological diversity features and temporal characteristics for predicting microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma by Yuli Zeng, Huiqin Wu, Yanqiu Zhu, Chao Li, Dongyang Du, Yang Song, Sulian Su, Jie Qin, Guihua Jiang, Guihua Jiang, Guihua Jiang

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Development, validation, and demonstration of the rotary parlor model by Ryan Prendergast, John Upton, Fergal Buckley, Michael D. Murphy

“…We defined rotation time as the time taken for the rotary platform to pass 1 bail position (s/bail); this value decreases as the platform rotates faster. The functionality of RPM was demonstrated by simulating the milking efficiency (cows/h) of parlor sizes ranging from 40 to 120 clusters, operating at rotation times of 5 to 25 s/bail. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of C2H2 zinc finger proteins in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) in different fruit development stages and under different... by Xie Zhengwan, Ji Qing, Lihu Wang, Ao Zhang, Shengxing Li, Sunyang Li, Mei Chen, Yang Jiayue, Ruifang Wang

“…The C2H2 type zinc finger proteins (C2H2-ZFPs) are prevalent motifs found widely across the eukaryotic kingdom, playing crucial roles in various biological processes, including stress responses and plant growth and development. …”
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Mosasaurids Bare the Teeth: An Extraordinary Ecological Disparity in the Phosphates of Morocco Just Prior to the K/Pg Crisis by Nathalie Bardet, Valentin Fischer, Nour-Eddine Jalil, Fatima Khaldoune, Oussama Khadiri Yazami, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Nicholas Longrich

“…Also, when comparing tooth shapes with body sizes, the largest taxa (>8 m long) occupied a restricted area of tooth shapes (generalist, durophagous), whereas small and medium-sized species (<8 m long) range across all of them (generalists, durophagous, cutters, piercers). …”
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Apolipoprotein E dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease: a study on miRNA regulation, glial markers, and amyloid pathology by Printha Wijesinghe, Hao Ran Li, Zhengyuan Ai, Matthew Campbell, Si Xuan Chen, Jeanne Xi, Wellington Pham, Wellington Pham, Joanne A. Matsubara, Joanne A. Matsubara

“…Apoe-knockout (Apoe-ko) mice, mice expressing human APOE4, and human APOE4 carriers exhibit similar deficits in lipid metabolism, cognitive and behavioral functions, and neurodegeneration. The retina, as part of the CNS, has been studied to investigate the underlying mechanisms of AD, including neuroinflammation, amyloid aggregation, and neurodegeneration. …”
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The light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins of photosystem II family members are responsible for temperature sensitivity and leaf color phenotype in albino tea plant by Jing-Jing Ye, Xin-Yi Lin, Zi-Xian Yang, Ying-Qi Wang, Yue-Rong Liang, Kai-Rong Wang, Jian-Liang Lu, Peng Lu, Xin-Qiang Zheng

“…Concurrently, exploring the differential expression of the CsLHCB gene family across diverse temperature-sensitive albino tea cultivars. …”
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Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dos... by Athena Stein, Justin Riddle, Kevin A. Caulfield, Paul E. Dux, Maximilian A. Friehs, Philipp A. Schroeder, Michael P. Craven, Madeleine J. Groom, Kartik K. Iyer, Karen M. Barlow

“…As secondary outcomes, we evaluated changes in functional connectivity (fc) and reaction time (RT). …”
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A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A FEMALE PATIENT WITH RECURRENT PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMBINED TREATMENT by I. A. Baranova, M. V. Zaikina, L. Yu. Sokolova, L. G. Tokareva, G. O. Ivanova, S. A. Biryukov, E. V. Filippov

“…It was decided to perform local thrombolysis in terms of the patient»s young age, obvious clinical symptoms (New-York Heart Association Functional Class (FC) III–IV dyspnea) and the data of earlier studies on the benefit from thrombolysis in intermediate-risk persons and a council of a vascular surgeon, a cardiologist, and an X-ray endovascular diagnosis and treatment physician, and an invasive specialist. …”
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Integrating Experimental and Computational Insights: A Dual Approach to Ba₂CoWO₆ Double Perovskites by Ramesh Kumar Raji, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, Muthu Dhilip, Vivekanandan Aravindan, Joseph Stella Punitha, Fathalla Hamed

“…The dielectric characteristics of the compound were analyzed across a different range of frequencies, spanning from 1 kHz to 1 MHz. …”
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EEG microstate analysis in children with prolonged disorders of consciousness by Yi Zhang, Zhichong Hui, Yuwei Su, Weihang Qi, Guangyu Zhang, Liang Zhou, Jiamei Zhang, Kaili Shi, Yonghui Yang, Lei Yang, Gongxun Chen, Sansong Li, Mingmei Wang, Dengna Zhu

“…HC showed stronger connectivity for MS A, C, and D, while MCS exhibited stronger functional connectivity for MS C and D compared to VS/UWS. …”
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dVP_FAM—development and evaluation of a transsectoral digital care platform for individuals with familial cancer risks: study protocol for a multi-centre, cluster-randomised, mixed... by K. Klein, F. Kendel, S. Schüürhuis, K. Neumann, C. Kowalski, P. Thomas, T. Reinhold, U. Felbor, S. Stegen, C. Schmid, N. Mehrhof, S. Asmussen, F. Diel, M.A. Feufel, D. Speiser

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Real-world outcomes following dual antiplatelet therapy in mild-to-moderate ischemic stroke with anterior versus posterior circulation infarct: a READAPT study propensity matched a... by Federico De Santis, Raffaele Ornello, Eleonora De Matteis, Lucio D’Anna, Michele Romoli, Tiziana Tassinari, Valentina Saia, Silvia Cenciarelli, Chiara Bedetti, Chiara Padiglioni, Bruno Censori, Valentina Puglisi, Luisa Vinciguerra, Maria Guarino, Valentina Barone, Marialuisa Zedde, Ilaria Grisendi, Marina Diomedi, Maria Rosaria Bagnato, Marco Petruzzellis, Domenico Maria Mezzapesa, Vincenzo Inchingolo, Manuel Cappellari, Cecilia Zivelonghi, Paolo Candelaresi, Vincenzo Andreone, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Alessandra Bavaro, Anna Cavallini, Maria Grazia Piscaglia, Valeria Terruso, Marina Mannino, Alessandro Pezzini, Giovanni Frisullo, Francesco Muscia, Maurizio Paciaroni, Maria Giulia Mosconi, Andrea Zini, Ruggiero Leone, Carmela Palmieri, Letizia Maria Cupini, Michela Marcon, Rossana Tassi, Enzo Sanzaro, Giuli Papiri, Giovanna Viticchi, Daniele Orsucci, Anne Falcou, Simone Beretta, Roberto Tarletti, Patrizia Nencini, Eugenia Rota, Federica Nicoletta Sepe, Delfina Ferrandi, Luigi Caputi, Gino Volpi, Salvatore La Spada, Mario Beccia, Claudia Rinaldi, Vincenzo Mastrangelo, Francesco Di Blasio, Paolo Invernizzi, Giuseppe Pelliccioni, Maria Vittoria De Angelis, Laura Bonanni, Giampietro Ruzza, Emanuele Alessandro Caggia, Monia Russo, Agnese Tonon, Maria Cristina Acciarri, Sabrina Anticoli, Cinzia Roberti, Gaspare Scaglione, Francesca Pistoia, Alberto Fortini, Antonella De Boni, Alessandra Sanna, Alberto Chiti, Leonardo Barbarini, Marcella Caggiula, Maela Masato, Massimo Del Sette, Francesco Passarelli, Maria Roberta Bongioanni, Manuela De Michele, Stefano Ricci, Simona Sacco, Matteo Foschi

“…However, patients with PCI may experience worse short-term functional outcome. Trial registration: URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT05476081.…”
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