Reservoir Dam Failure-Oriented Flood Simulation Based on a Zero-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Coupled Breach Flow Calculation Model by LIAN Zhiwei, CHENG Qing, SONG Lixiang, ZHA Dawei, ZHANG Xue, ZHAO Yujie

“…To represent arbitrary breach geometries, the model modified the elevations of 2D grid nodes at the dam site, enabling accurate simulation of complex flow regimes at the breach boundary and effectively overcoming the shortcomings of traditional empirical formula methods. …”
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The existential status of the meaning of human life by Manushak A. Egikyan

“…The world of the present is quite complex and contradictory, having become transparent and fragile. …”
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevention: catalysing PlatfORm Trial delivery (RAPPORT) by Michelle Bardgett, Marie Falahee, Gwenda Simons, John D Isaacs, Luke Ouma, James MS Wason, Arthur G Pratt

“…Other challenges include the assembly of geographically diverse patient partners for an international study given time constraints, and logistical complexity in international trial design. Future work Efforts to fund the work described in amended form are ongoing. …”
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An eye tracking study of the application of gestalt theory in photography by Hsien-Chih Chuang, Han-Yi Tseng, Da-Lun Tang

“… Photography is an art form where integration of the human visual perception and psychological experiences result in aesthetic pleasure. …”
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A brief introduction to London’s underground railways and land use by Nathan Darroch

“…As this topic appears to be little discussed, evidence is used from London Underground records and specialist knowledge to form the argument that the topic should have greater discussion academically and practically.…”
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Advances in Haptics, Tactile Sensing, and Manipulation for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery, Noninvasive Surgery, and Diagnosis by Abbi Hamed, Sai Chun Tang, Hongliang Ren, Alex Squires, Chris Payne, Ken Masamune, Guoyi Tang, Javad Mohammadpour, Zion Tsz Ho Tse

“…The developments of medical practices and medical technologies have always progressed concurrently. The relatively recent developments in endoscopic technologies have allowed the realization of the “minimally invasive” form of surgeries. …”
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Segment search for local extremums of images based on the analysis of brightness of adjacent homogeneous areas by V. Yu. Tsviatkou, Anh Tuan Nguyen

“…Well-known block-search algorithms provide high speed, but they extract only strict (single-pixel) extremes, skipping extreme areas formed by non-strict extremes. Morphological search algorithms provide the selection of non-strict extremes, but have a high computational complexity. …”
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Towards a unified approach to sciences and the arts by Athanassios S. Fokas

“…First, unconscious and conscious processes form a continuum. Second, humans have a predisposition to construct real versions of mental images and of unconscious structures, as well as to assign to them specific symbols. …”
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“When there is no case”. The difficulties in the therapeutic relationship in an intervention through art therapy with a pediatric hemodialysis patient by Carolina Peral Jiménez

“…The article is narrated in the first person in the form of an autoethnographic narrative and focuses on the countertransference experienced by the art therapist, with the purpose of showing the difficulties and mistakes arising in the process, thus making visible the reality of the work and the complexity of the cases of trauma.…”
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Idioms and other constructions in American Sign Language by Lepic Ryan

“…This definition is used to identify idioms in ASL such as [keep.quiet hard] ‘just have to accept it’. This approach to idioms motivates a constructionist approach to ASL grammar in general, in which all aspects of linguistic knowledge can be represented as meaning-form pairs that vary in their complexity and schematicity.…”
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A China dataset of soil properties for land surface modelling (version 2, CSDLv2) by G. Shi, W. Sun, W. Shangguan, Z. Wei, H. Yuan, L. Li, X. Sun, Y. Zhang, H. Liang, D. Li, F. Huang, Q. Li, Q. Li, Y. Dai

“…Since the establishment of digital soil mapping (DSM) and the GlobalSoilMap working group, significant advances have been made in terms of the availability and quality of spatial soil information globally. …”
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Salmonellosis under a mask of surgical diseases by Z. Y. Khurum, E. G. Shapran, N. W. Gorbulina

“…Carried out researches have established complexity of differential diagnostics at a primary stage in communication with similarity of clinical displays of illnesses. …”
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Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (class Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes by Shahed Uddin Ahmed Shazib, Auden Cote-L’Heureux, Ragib Ahsan, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, JunMo Lee, Laura A. Katz, Mann Kyoon Shin

“…Recent analyses based on molecular data have revealed numerous cases of cryptic species complexes in different ciliate lineages, demonstrating the need for a robust approach to delimit species boundaries and elucidate phylogenetic relationships. …”
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Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Based on Pre-classification Strategy for Quantitative Analysis of Rock Samples by Weiheng KONG, Lingwei ZENG, Yu RAO, Sha CHEN, Xu WANG, Yanting YANG, Yixiang DUAN, Qingwen FAN

“…In recent years, scholars at home and abroad have been exploring LIBS technology constantly, and through improving the detection system and optimizing laser pulse parameters, high sensitivity LIBS analysis at extremely low concentration has been achieved. …”
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NARRATIVE CODE OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S NOVEL THE SCARLET LETTER by Lyudmyla М. Kulakevych, Liudmyla Ye. Haponova

“…It has been established that the complex narrative structure of the novel is evident even at the lev- el of its framing apparatus: the work is intertwined with an essay originally conceived as a preface rather than as a separate, independent text. …”
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Mouse B cells engineered to express an anti-HPV antibody elicit anti-tumor T cell responses by Michal Guberman Bracha, Michal Guberman Bracha, Guy Biber, Natalie Zelikson, Sharon Shavit, Roy Avraham, Yaron Vagima, Yaron Vagima, Débora Rosa Bublik, Yael Katz, Adi Barzel, Leah Natasha Klapper, Shmuel Hess, Alessio David Nahmad, Alessio David Nahmad

“…Secreted antibodies from engineered B cells form immune complexes, which are taken up by antigen-presenting cells to further promote T cell activation. …”
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Acquisition du français par les Chinois by Christine Cuet

“…The French system of verbs is difficult to acquire, partly due to the complexity of conjugation, and partly because of the wide variety of contexts in which each verb form is used. …”
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The Interactive Work of Implementing Synchronous Video‐Conference Calls—A Qualitative Study Within Early Intervention for Infants With Childhood‐Onset Neurodisability by Phillip Harniess, Anna Purna Basu, Deanna Gibbs, Jeff Bezemer

“…These audio‐visual constraints have implications for developing shared understanding and learning. …”
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Effect of Chemical Polishing on the Formation of TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays Using Ti Mesh as a Raw Material by Wanshun Li, Shiqiu Zhang, Fei Li

“…As a unique form of TiO₂, TiO₂ nanotube arrays (TiO₂NTAs) have been widely used. …”
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An Architectural Battery Designed by Substituting Lithium with Second Main Group Metals (Be, Mg, Ca/Cathode) and Hybrid Oxide of Fourth Group Ones (Si, Ge, Sn/Anode) Nanomaterials... by Fatemeh Mollaamin, Majid Monajjemi

“…Germanium/tin-containing silicon oxide [SiO–(GeO/SnO)] nanoclusters have been designed with different Si/Ge/Sn particles and characterized as electrodes for magnesium-ion batteries (MIBs) due to forming MgBe [SiO–GeO], MgBe [SiO–SnO], MgCa [SiO–GeO], and MgCa [SiO–SnO] complexes. …”
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