Shooting Mechanisms in Nature: A Systematic Review. by Aimée Sakes, Marleen van der Wiel, Paul W J Henselmans, Johan L van Leeuwen, Dimitra Dodou, Paul Breedveld

“…Osmosis can be induced by water condensation on the system (in fungi), or water absorption in the system (reaching critical pressures up to 15.4 atmospheres; observed in fungi, plants, and animals), or water evaporation from the system (reaching up to -197 atmospheres; observed in plants and fungi). …”
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Formation-Containment Control of Second-Order Multiagent Systems via Intermittent Communication by Mao-Dong Xia, Cheng-Lin Liu, Fei Liu

“…By means of constructing Lyapunov functions, sufficient convergence conditions are obtained for the leaders reaching a prescribed formation asymptotically and the followers converging into the convex hull formed by leaders asymptotically, respectively. …”
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Digital Approaches to Creating Accessible Environment for Persons With Disabilities: Using the Bot Algorithm by Yu. A. Yukhno, S. A. Efimov

“…The purpose of the article is to develop a prototype web framework that would include an educational orientation for people with the main types of persistent disorders of the human body functions due to diseases, consequences of injuries or defects, including their degree of disability. …”
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Smart resetting: An energy-efficient strategy for stochastic search processes by Ofir Tal-Friedman, Tommer D. Keidar, Shlomi Reuveni, Yael Roichman

“…We extend our findings in two ways: first, by examining nonlinear energetic cost functions, and second, by considering smart resetting of drift-diffusion processes.…”
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Role of phage therapy in acute gastroenteritis by Somaieh Sabzali, Setareh Pazhouhnia, Kiana Shahzamani, Peyman Adibi Sedeh

“…These microorganisms contribute to various functions, including nutrient metabolism and immune modulation, thereby impacting human health. …”
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Differing evolutionary histories of the ACTN3*R577X polymorphism among the major human geographic groups. by Carlos Eduardo G Amorim, Victor Acuña-Alonzo, Francisco M Salzano, Maria Cátira Bortolini, Tábita Hünemeier

“…It has been proposed that the functional ACTN3*R577X polymorphism might have evolved due to selection in Eurasian human populations. …”
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News Satire: Giving the News a Memory by Laura Basu

“…It is claimed that journalism is facing a far-reaching crisis, with mainstream news becoming ever less independent and informative, and therefore less trusted by publics. …”
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The Technique for Manufacturing Flexible Electromagnetic Shields Based on Resistive Materials by H. Ayad

“…It was discovered that flexible electromagnetic shields based on the powdered charcoals manufactured in accordance with the presented technique are characterized by the electromagnetic radiation reflection coefficient values in the frequency range of 0.7–17.0 GHz, reaching –10.0 dB, when electromagnetic radiation reflection coefficient values reach –20.0 dB . …”
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The deconstruction of the Israeli state by Doron Navot, Yair Goldshmidt

“…That is, the current Israeli government has been transforming the regime and undermining its liberal characters by dismantling the state—its functioning, legitimacy, orientation, and philosophy. …”
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Deep learning analysis of fMRI data for predicting Alzheimer's Disease: A focus on convolutional neural networks and model interpretability. by Xiao Zhou, Sanchita Kedia, Ran Meng, Mark Gerstein

“…We consider both genetic risk factors and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. However, we found that the genetic factors do not notably enhance the AD prediction by imaging. …”
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Interference and switching effect of topological interfacial modes with geometric phase by Xing-Xiang Wang, Sho Okada, Towa Maekawa, Liyan Hu, Tomohiro Amemiya, Xiao Hu

“…The topology-driven interference can be incorporated into other devices and is expected to have far-reaching impacts on advanced photonics, optomechanics, and phononics applications.…”
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Gradual Transition of Nominative and Accusative Cases of Nouns into Quantitative Adverbs: A Study of Word Forms ‘chudo’ [mir] by V. V. Shigurov, T. A. Shigurova

“…It is noted that the word form ‘chudo’ is capable of reaching only the stage of peripheral adverbials functioning in the semantic zone of the original substantive lexemes during functional adverbialization. …”
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The Interactive Relationship and Influence Between Kitchen God Beliefs and Stoves in the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 AD) by Xiangyu Liu

“…The Kitchen God’s identity and functions were transformed from ancestor to household god, from giving food to monitoring merits and demerits, along with the renewal of stoves. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering: From Tissue Regeneration to Biorobotics by Maira Z. Cordelle, Sarah J. B. Snelling, Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy

“…These interdisciplinary approaches aim to improve functional recovery outcomes while inspiring novel biohybrid technologies at the intersection of engineering and regenerative medicine.…”
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Effect of powder grinding and sintering temperature on structure and properties of Ba0.8Ca0.2TiO3 ceramics by Gromada Magdalena

“…The developed BCT material in this paper possesses favourable functional properties that allow its use in multilayer actuators.…”
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Interplay of gene expression noise and ultrasensitive dynamics affects bacterial operon organization. by J Christian J Ray, Oleg A Igoshin

“…Mathematical models for 6 functional classes of network modules showed that three classes exhibited decreased noise and 3 exhibited increased noise with same-operon cotranscription of interacting proteins. …”
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Mode II fracture toughening and healing of composites using supramolecular polymer interlayers by V. Kostopoulos, A. Kotrotsos, A. Baltopoulos, S. Tsantzalis, P. Tsokanas, T. Loutas, A. W. Bosman

“…This study focuses on the transfer of the healing functionality of supramolecular polymers (SP) to fibre reinforced composites through interleaving. …”
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REVITALIZING TRADITION: THE ROLE OF PAKAT PERKARA IN RESOLVING LAND DISPUTES WITHIN THE DAYAK TOBAG COMMUNITY by Salfius Seko, Alfonsus Hendri Soa

“…While the mechanism promotes fairness and inclusivity, challenges arise in reaching agreements, especially when there are significant differences in interests. …”
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Institution familiale et injonction à l’hétérosexualité à Dakar by Nicolas Faynot

“…Their reputation of “loving women” shouldn’t prevent them from reaching a social recognition obtained through matrimonial alliance. …”
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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS OF MALE STUDENTS IN THE TRAKIA UNIVERSITY by P. Angelova

“…It is currently considered that health assessment systems should include a complex of morphological, functional, psychological indicators of the state of the organism. …”
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