Assessment of Tax Expenditures in Turkey in Terms of Taxation Functions: 2019-2023 by Mutlu Yoruldu

“…It can be stated that the state has turned to the non-financial functions of taxation with the tax expenditure practices, with the abandonment ofa part of the current period tax collection. …”
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Method for synthesizing a logic element that implements several functions simultaneously by S. I. Sovetov, S. F. Tyurin

“…While in canonical normal form LUTs generally implement only one logical function for a given configuration, in this case, there is always an inactive pass transistor element. …”
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Behavior of the Lyα Damping Wings as a Function of Reionization Topology by Yash M. Sharma, Frederick B. Davies, Prakash Gaikwad, Fahad Nasir, Sarah E. I. Bosman

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Locally Measured Functional Traits Predict Species Registrability in Herbaceous Flora by Caihong Wei, Si Liu, Xiaoyue Liang, Yingcan Chen, Jiaen Zhang, Ronghua Li

“…These findings suggest that species with fast-growth, resource-intensive strategies are more likely to be encountered and reported, potentially due to both ecological generalism and observation bias.…”
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TYPOLOGY AND FUNCTIONS OF READING PERFORMANCE IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE by Oleksandra A. Visych, Tetiana V. Mykhalchuk

“…In many texts for children and adolescents, the performance of reading has a therapeutic function, helping characters overcome emotional challenges and traumatic situations.…”
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Changes in functional traits and resources reduce the specialization of hummingbirds in fragmented landscapes by Ariana Vélez, Catherine H. Graham, Ibeth P. Alarcón, Ruth Arias, Santiago Cárdenas-Calle, Omar Landázuri, Carlos Iván Espinosa, Boris A. Tinoco

“…The observed shift towards generalization in hummingbird assemblages, related to the transformation of landscapes, appears to promote more robust communities capable of sustaining hummingbird populations. …”
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Education- and income-based inequalities of functional dentition by dental service utilization by Anna Rachel dos Santos Soares, Carlos Antonio Gomes da Cruz, Maria Luíza Viana Fonseca, Líria Sheila Chamane, Loliza Luiz Figueiredo Houri Chalub, Raquel Conceição Ferreira

“…Absolute and relative inequalities in FD were assessed using the slope index of inequality (SII) and the relative index of inequality (RII), respectively, based on education and income. Generalized linear models (log-binomial regression) were applied with a logarithmic link function to estimate RII (rate ratios) and an identity link function to estimate SII (rate differences), adjusting for sex and age. …”
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Association between sleep duration and lung function among U.S. adults by Jingyang Li, Xiaoqian Qian, Guodong Ding, Yongjun Zhang

“…Restrictive impairment was defined as baseline FVC < 80% predicted and obstructive impairment as FEV1/FVC < 0.70. Generalized linear regression and logistic regression were performed to estimate the associations between sleep duration and lung function. …”
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Waveguide-Integrated Plasmonic Photodetectors and Activation Function Units With Phase Change Materials by Jacek Gosciniak

“…With a rapidly growing amount of data generated and processed, a search for more efficient components and architectures such as neuromorphic computing that can perform increasingly complex operations in more efficient way continue. …”
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Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART): Impact of Mitochondrial (Dys)function and Antioxidant Therapy by Filipa C. Ferreira, José Teixeira, Fernando Lidon, Fernando Cagide, Fernanda Borges, Rosa M. L. N. Pereira

“…It is widely demonstrated that all these changes impair reproductive function. Several studies have connected the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in mitochondria to the recently identified decline of fertility due to various factors, including heat stress. …”
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Comorbidities of Obesity in a Rural African Population Residing in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Comparison between General and Central Obesity by Cairo B. Ntimana, Reneilwe G. Mashaba, Kagiso P. Seakamela, Eric Maimela, Matshane L. Masemola-Maphutha, Solomon S. R. Choma

“…Centrally obese participants were more likely to be diabetic, hypertensive, have dyslipidaemia, and exhibit reduced kidney function.…”
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Experimental Verification of Optimized Multiscroll Chaotic Oscillators Based on Irregular Saturated Functions by J. M. Muñoz-Pacheco, D. K. Guevara-Flores, O. G. Félix-Beltrán, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, J. E. Barradas-Guevara, C. K. Volos

“…Multiscroll chaotic attractors generated by irregular saturated nonlinear functions with optimized positive Lyapunov exponent are designed and implemented. …”
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Voxelization and one-dimensional lattice structures for industrial components using function representation by Antonio Bacciaglia, Alfredo Liverani, Alessandro Ceruti

“…The proposed method defines the unit cell geometry using function representation primitives to model cylindrical struts and spheres, followed by isosurface triangulation and spatial replication within a voxelized design space. …”
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Enhancing Robustness of Variational Data Assimilation in Chaotic Systems: An α-4DVar Framework with Rényi Entropy and α-Generalized Gaussian Distributions by Yuchen Luo, Xiaoqun Cao, Kecheng Peng, Mengge Zhou, Yanan Guo

“…To address these issues, this paper proposes a non-Gaussian nonlinear data assimilation method called α-4DVar, based on Rényi entropy and the α-generalized Gaussian distribution. By incorporating the heavy-tailed property of Rényi entropy, the objective function and its gradient suitable for non-Gaussian errors are derived, and numerical experiments are conducted using the Lorenz-63 model. …”
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The Role of the Surface Functionalities in the Electrocatalytic Activity of Cytochrome C on Graphene-Based Materials by Andrés Felipe Quintero-Jaime, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Emilia Morallón

“…As we present here, understanding the role of surface functional groups generated by the electrochemical functionalization of graphene-based materials facilitates the design and optimization of effective electroactive bioelectrodes. …”
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Total thyroidectomy performed under general anesthesia with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during a thyroid storm: a case report by Hyung Gon Lee, Joon-Suk Bom, Leyeoin Lee, Joungmin Kim

“…ECMO is categorized into two types: venoarterial (V-A) ECMO, which provides both cardiac and pulmonary support, and venovenous (V-V) ECMO, which supports only pulmonary function. Surgery is generally not recommended for patients with unstable TS due to the high risk of complications, even when ECMO support is in place. …”
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Early postoperative patient-reported outcomes in thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a comparative study of non-intubated anesthesia versus intubated general anesthesia by He Guan, Jinchao Bi, Wantong Zheng, Yahao Zhang, Zhijun Han, Li Wei, Jiwei Li

“…Additionally, the NIA group experienced less functional interference in walking (P&lt;0.001) and general function (P&lt;0.001). …”
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Insights Into How mHealth Applications Could Be Introduced Into Standard Hypertension Care in Germany: Qualitative Study With German Cardiologists and General Practitioners by Susann May, Frances Seifert, Dunja Bruch, Martin Heinze, Sebastian Spethmann, Felix Muehlensiepen

“…Furthermore, younger physicians, more familiar with digital technologies, demonstrated greater openness to using mHealth apps, suggesting that generational changes may drive future increases in adoption. …”
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Mass Function of Stellar Black Holes as Revealed by the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observations by Xiao-Fei Dong, Yong-Feng Huang, Zhi-Bin Zhang, Xiu-Juan Li, Ze-Cheng Zou, Chen-Ran Hu, Chen Deng, Yang Liu

“…The Lynden-Bell C ^− method is further applied to derive the mass distribution and density function of black holes. It is found that the mass distribution can be expressed as a broken power-law function. …”
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Improving Physically Unclonable Functions’ Performance Using Second-Order Compensated Measurement by Jorge Fernández-Aragón, Guillermo Diez-Señorans, Miguel Garcia-Bosque, Raúl Aparicio-Téllez, Gabriel López-Pinar, Santiago Celma

“…In this paper, we study the performance of second-order compensated measurement to generate a multi-bit response in physically unclonable functions (PUFs). …”
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