Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie Hoy, Dale Meyerdirk

“…Biological control was identified as a key component in a management strategy for the papaya mealybug, and a classical biological control program was initiated as a joint effort between the US Department of Agriculture, Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture, and Ministry of Agriculture in the Dominican Republic in 1999. …”
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Minimum asymptotic energy of a charged spherically symmetric thin-shell wormhole and its stability by S. Habib Mazharimousavi

“…Furthermore, we prove that at the stable equilibrium radius, the tension on the throat is zero, and a perturbation in the form of an initial kinetic energy results in an effective attractive potential such that the throat oscillates around the equilibrium point.…”
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Weight bias and stigma in healthcare professionals: a narrative review with a Singapore lens by Anthony James Goff, Yingshan Lee, Kwang Wei Tham

“…Future research is essential to identify the issues and inform initiatives to reduce weight bias and stigma among healthcare professionals in Singapore.…”
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The life and activity of Vaclovas Biržiška in 1940 - 1945 by Silvija Stakulienė

“…Biržiška prepared new rules for readers on how to use the library, attended to the librarians' financial matters, and sought better premises. On his own initiative, on September 1, 1940, the Chair of Bibliography was established in the Faculty of Humanitarian Sciences, with V. …”
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Po co matematykom Jan Jakub Rousseau? by Alina Kalinowska, Adam Stański

“…Later his story was converted into a game. Initially game theory was used to explain exchange in the field of economics. …”
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Treatment efficacy for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome in children with trisomy 21 by Henry Chen, Henry Chen, Adam L. Numis, Adam L. Numis, Renée A. Shellhaas, John R. Mytinger, Debopam Samanta, Rani K. Singh, Rani K. Singh, Shaun A. Hussain, Danielle Takacs, Kelly G. Knupp, Li-Rong Shao, Carl E. Stafstrom

“…Twenty of 34 (59%) children were initially treated with ACTH, nine (26%) with oral corticosteroids, and five (15%) with vigabatrin. …”
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The paediatric liver transplant experience in Johannesburg, South Africa: A broad overview and update by K Kinandu, A Beeton, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, L Brannigan, R Britz, D Demopoulos, L Doedens, M Duncan, P Gaylard, C Hajinicolaou, W Lowman, H Maher, T De Maayer, V Mudau, S Rambarran, M Reynders, F van der Schyff, B Ströbele, S Tager, E Wessels, J Fabian, J Loveland

“… Background: The Wits Transplant Unit performed its first paediatric liver transplant in 2005. Initial experiences from the unit were published in 2012 and 2014. …”
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Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Access (EMPallA): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus nurse-led tel... by Jeanne Cho, Michael Hill, Corita R Grudzen, Deborah J Shim, Abigail M Schmucker, Keith S Goldfeld, Lauren Southerland, Jeffrey M Caterino, Marie-Carmelle Elie, Robert Swor, Susan E Cohen, Arum Kim, Joseph Lowy, Jennifer S Scherer, Nancy E Bael, Ellin Gafford, Joshua Lakin, Paige Barker, Angela Chmielewski, Jennifer Kapo, Audrey Tan, Rebecca Yamarik, Susan Salz, Stephen Ryan, Anne Kim, Isabel Castro, Amelia Hargrove, Laura Stuecher, Nora Daut, Juanita Booker-Vaughns, Garrett K Chan, J Nicholas Dionne-odom, Patrick Dunn, Robert Galvin, Ernest A Hopkins III, Margaret M Maguire, Neha Reddy Pidatala, Dawn Rosini, Sally Welsh, Karen Jubanyik, Ada L Rubin, Kei Ouchi, Rebecca Murray, Nicole Tang, Marie Bakitas, Abraham Brody, Caroline Blaum, Mara Flannery, Richard Tamirian, Pamela Marsack, Jennifer Bonito, Romilla Batra, Donna C Sadasivan, Eric David Isaacs, Constance L Kizzie-Gillett, William K Vaughan, Pluscedia G Williams, Angela Young-Brinn

“…Introduction Emergency department (ED)-initiated palliative care has been shown to improve patient-centred outcomes in older adults with serious, life-limiting illnesses. …”
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Leadership in Urban Commoning: Why Bridging Social Capital Matters? by Adam Polko, Artur Ochojski, Małgorzata Czornik

“…Leaders play a crucial role at all stages of the lifecycle of urban commons. During the initiation phase, they have the ability to recognize the potential of a location and mobilize resources. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA leakage: underlying mechanisms and therapeutic implications in neurological disorders by Guangming Zhang, Huayuan Wei, Anliu Zhao, Xu Yan, Xiaolu Zhang, Jiali Gan, Maojuan Guo, Jie Wang, Fayan Zhang, Yifang Jiang, Xinxing Liu, Zhen Yang, Xijuan Jiang

“…The escaped mtDNA activates cytosolic DNA sensors, especially cyclic gmp-amp synthase (cGAS) signalling and inflammasome, initiating neuroinflammatory cascades via pathways, exacerbating a spectrum of neurological pathologies. …”
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A new perspective on apoptosis: Its impact on meat and organoleptic quality in different animals by Boin Lee, Young Min Choi

“…Apoptosis serves as the initial phase in the conversion of muscle to meat, driving key biochemical and morphological changes in the postmortem muscle. …”
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Recurrent Fourier-Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for photovoltaic power forecasting by Desheng Rong, Zhongbao Lin, Guomin Xie

“…To overcome the inaccuracies and inefficiencies of current PV power generation forecasting models, this paper introduces the Recurrent Fourier-Kolmogorov Arnold Network (RFKAN). Initially, recurrent kernel nodes are employed to investigate the interdependencies within sequences. …”
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UNE PERSPECTIVE SÉMANTIQUE INTÉGRALISTE SUR L’INTERFÉRENCE TEXTE-MUSIQUE DANS LE CAS DU THÉÂTRE MUSICAL by Mirona BENCE-MUK

“…Our approach follows the same evolution of the metaphorical dynamics, identified initially in the libretto Così fan tutte, outlining a parallel with the metaphoric dynamics of the musical discourse, by using the same strategies: dia-endo-epi-phorics. …”
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Blow-up of solutions for Euler-Bernoulli equation with nonlinear time delay by Lin Rongrui, Gao Yunlong, She Lianbing

“…We exhibit the blow-up behavior of solutions with both positive and nonpositive initial energy for the Euler-Bernoulli equations involving time delay.…”
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Major data gaps and recommendations in monitoring regulations of activities in EU marine protected areas by Juliette Aminian-Biquet, Jennifer Sletten, Timothé Vincent, Margherita Pieraccini, Betty Queffelec, Anastasiya Laznya, Natașa Vaidianu, Joachim Claudet, Juliette Young, Barbara Horta e Costa

“…We provide recommendations for future initiatives to improve the collection and standardization for environmental policies.…”
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Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Brief Psychotherapy versus Usual Treatment for Common Mental Disorders in Adults by Marco A. Luengo-Castro, Javier Fernández-Méndez, José M. García-Montes, Pedro J. Caunedo-Riesco, Juan M. García-Haro, Begoña Braña-Menéndez, Dolores González-Díaz, Andrés Cabero-Álvarez, Marcelino Cuesta-Izquierdo

“…At 6 months, the CG – with 70% exclusively receiving psychopharmacological treatment – showed better symptomatic improvement than the EG, but worsened after one year. The EG initially exhibited a more modest improvement pattern, but continued and became more effective than TAU after one year. …”
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One size fits all: Enhanced zero-shot text classification for patient listening on social media by Veton Matoshi, Maria Carmela De Vuono, Roberto Gaspari, Mark Kröll, Michael Jantscher, Sara Lucia Nicolardi, Giuseppe Mazzola, Manuela Rauch, Vedran Sabol, Eileen Salhofer, Riccardo Mariani

“…Leveraging external resources like ontologies and employing various NLP techniques, particularly zero-shot text classification, the presented framework yields initial meaningful insights into these research topics with minimal annotation effort.…”
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Hormone Receptors in Cervicovaginal Cells by Şayeste Demirezen, Funda Gerçeker, Sinan Beksaç

“…The steroid hormone receptors are made up of three functional domains: N-terminal domain (NTD), DNA binding domain (DBD) and ligand-binding domain (LBD). Initially, the steroid hormones diffuse into the cell and bind to its spesific receptor protein. …”
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Relationship of cause and effect between depression and night eating syndrome as predictor of abdominal obesity by I. S. Dzheriyeva, N. I. Volkova, S. I. Rapoport

“…Assessment of frequency of night eating syndrome (NES) at presence of depression (D) in men with obesity and diagnostics of initial cause of eating disorders (ED).Material and methods. …”
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The critical role of primary care clinicians in the early detection of ocular surface squamous neoplasia by Leendert Dekker, Jan F. Olivier, Klaus von Pressentin

“…Ocular surface squamous neoplasia is often the first indication of HIV in patients who are otherwise unaware of their status when they present to healthcare workers, making it essential for healthcare workers to screen for HIV and initiate antiretroviral therapy. Early recognition of at-risk patients and prompt referral of suspicious lesions are imperative to improve patient outcomes and prevent vision loss.…”
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