David couldn't bring down Goliath: museum specimen reveals a failed predation attempt by fire ants (Solenopsis Westwood, 1840) upon a large hawk moth Eumorpha phorbas (Cramer,... by Adrián Sánchez Albert, Alain Dejean, Mercedes París

“…In this work, we document a unique interaction, never recorded before, involving the remains of a Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 ant worker —probably S. saevissima (Smith, 1855)— whose head is firmly attached by its mandibles to an antenna of a female hawk moth Eumorpha phorbas (Cramer, 1775) (Sphingidae). …”
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Cementoblastoma Relating to Right Mandibular Second Primary Molar by Sivakumar Nuvvula, Swapna Manepalli, Abinash Mohapatra, Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni

“…Her panoramic radiograph revealed a well-defined radiopaque lesion with a radiolucent border extending from the distal surface of the mandibular right first primary molar to the distal surface of mandibular second primary molar. The tumor was attached to the mesial root of primary second molar and was excised along with the teeth involved and sent for histopathological evaluation, which showed irregular trabeculae of mineralized tissue interspersed with fibrovascular connective tissue, trabeculae of mineralized tissue with prominent reversal lines, and peripheral rimming of the mineralized tissue with blast cells. …”
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Abnormal Congenital Location of Stapes’ Superstructure: Clinical and Embryological Implications by Vânia Henriques, Rafaela Teles, Ana Sousa, Roberto Estevão, Jorge Rodrigues, Alexandra Gomes, Francisco Silva, Ângelo Fernandes, Fausto Fernandes

“…The surgery revealed an abnormal location of stapes’ superstructure, which was attached to the promontory and had an isolated and mobile osseous footplate in the oval window. …”
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A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction by Mugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan, Yuganeswaran Marasamy

“…When the nail has to be extracted for some reason, the greater trochanter with abductor attachment has to be nibbled more than what is really necessary to locate the nail tip. …”
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A Simple Method for Establishing Adherent Ex Vivo Explant Cultures from Human Eye Pathologies for Use in Subsequent Calcium Imaging and Inflammatory Studies by Sofija Andjelic, Xhevat Lumi, Zoltán Veréb, Natasha Josifovska, Andrea Facskó, Marko Hawlina, Goran Petrovski

“…A novel, simple, and reproducible method for cultivating pathological tissues obtained from human eyes during surgery was developed using viscoelastic material as a tissue adherent to facilitate cell attachment and expansion and calcium imaging of cultured cells challenged by mechanical and acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation as well as inflammatory studies. …”
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Torsion of an Epididymal Cyst: A Rare Finding on Scrotal Exploration for Acute Scrotum by A. M. Omar Mohamed Ozaal, B. Pragalathan, S. Lavanya, S. T. Sarma

“…On scrotal exploration, we found a haemorrhagic cystic lesion attached to the upper pole of right testis and twisted for 540 degrees with normal testis and appendage. …”
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Case Report - Severe hypospadias in 46, XY karyotype patients: is third level genetic testing always mandatory? by Giorgia Romano, Giovanni Rollo, Lorna Spagnol, Mafalda Mucciolo, Ottavio Adorisio, Massimiliano Silveri

“…Too commonly, surgeons tend to attach importance to malformation repair and disregard the genetic diagnoses, but we believe that precise genetic diagnosis improves the accuracy of DSD management in terms of prognostic predictions, the development of an individualized management plan and the determination of treatment options.…”
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Personality traits of respondents with different attitudes towards the COVID-19 epidemic by Z. H. Каjtukova

“…The article reflects the results of an empirical study of the personality traits of respondents with different attitudes towards the spread of viral infection: significant positive and negative correlations between the types of attitudes towards the pandemic and respondents’ copping strategies, types of relationships and such personal characteristics as extraversion – introversion, attachment – alienation.…”
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Experimental Motion Analysis of Radially Rotating Beams Using High-Speed Camera and Motion Analyzer by K.H. Low, Michael W.S. Lau, K.K. Low

“…Although strain gauges can be attached to a system for vibration analysis, wires connected to the strain gauges may disturb the system and affect the accuracy of the strain measurement. …”
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Original Solution for Middle Ear Implant and Anesthetic/Surgical Management in a Child with Severe Craniofacial Dysmorphism by Giovanni Bianchin, Lorenzo Tribi, Aronne Reverzani, Patrizia Formigoni, Valeria Polizzi

“…Conventional skin-drive bone-conduction device, attached with a steel spring headband, has been applied but auditory restoration was not optimal. …”
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Atmospheric Aerosols Detection Research with a Dual Field of View Lidar by Lv Lihui, Zhang Tianshu, Liu Cheng, Dong Yunsheng, Chen Zhenyi, Fan Guangqiang, Liu Yang, Liu Wenqing

“…A dual field of view lidar system with two independent receivers is described to realize the detection of atmospheric aerosols. A CCD camera is attached to a backscatter lidar as a receiver to complement the data in the near-field range affected by the incomplete overlap between the laser beam and the receiver field of view. …”
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MU’TEZİLE EKOLÜ VE AKLIN BELİRLEYİCİLİĞİ by Osman Aydınlı

“…The members of this school attached great importance to reasoning in understanding and interpreting religious texts as well as the whole Islamic heritage. …”
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Occupational health and safety policy and compliance audit for the welder profession in a metal confectionery company by Elena Anda Botoc, Claudiu Babiş, Anișoara Habuc, George Mit, Andrei Dimitescu

“…The company analyzed in the paper presented attaches great importance to the activity of protecting all employees and its assets against the risks of injury or damage, considering life to be the most valuable asset. …”
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An Approach to Pipe Image Interpretation Based Condition Assessment for Automatic Pipe Inspection by John Mashford, David Marlow, Stewart Burn

“…This is carried out through the use of inspection systems which usually consist of an image acquisition device attached to a mobile robotic platform. Complete or partial automation of image interpretation could increase the efficiency and objectivity of pipe inspection. …”
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Experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of Alfas stone by Konstas N. Kaklis, Stelios P. Mavrigiannakis, Zach G. Agioutantis, Emmanouil K. Steiakakis, Foteini K. Stathogianni

“…Strain was measured using biaxial 0/90 stacked rosettes appropriately attached on each specimen.…”
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Risk Assessment of BRONJ in Oncologic Patients Treated with Bisphosphonates: Follow-Up to 18 Months by Scilla Sparabombe, Lucia Vitali, Alessandra Nori, Ricarda Sara Berlin, Marta Mazur, Giovanna Orsini, Angelo Putignano

“…Materials and Methods. 10 patients participated in the protocol and were evaluated at baseline and after 3 and 18 months of treatment with bisphosphonates, through full mouth plaque and bleeding scores (FMPS and FMBS), clinical attachment level (CAL) measurement, and the occurrence of osteonecrosis. …”
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Performance of Combined Water Turbine with Semielliptic Section of the Savonius Rotor by Kaprawi Sahim, Dyos Santoso, Agus Radentan

“…The results show that the distance of Savonius buckets from the shaft centre influences performance of combined turbine, and the attachment angle of Savonius rotor made important variation of turbine performance.…”
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Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of Photoluminescent Polymer Nanocomposites by Kyle Gipson, Kathryn Stevens, Phil Brown, John Ballato

“…The nanoparticles comprised organic ligands (acetylsalicylic acid, ASA, and 2-picolinic acid, PA) attached to the lanthanum trifluoride (LaF3) host crystals that were doped with optically active terbium III (Tb3+) and synthesized using solution-based methods. …”
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Maintaining Specific Natural Frequency of Damped System despite Mass Modification by Rui Zhu, Qingguo Fei, Dong Jiang, Zhifu Cao

“…In some cases, it is necessary to guarantee that a specific natural frequency of the structure remains unchanged when additional masses are attached. The methods based on the Sherman-Morrison formula are proposed in this paper, called the optimal selection method and the absolute value method, to maintain the specific natural frequency. …”
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Exploring the Mesoscopic Structure of Bitcoin During its First Decade of Life by Nicolò Vallarano, Tiziano Squartini, Claudio J. Tessone

“…., admitting the presence of a Strongly-Connected Component (SCC), an IN-component (together with some tendrils attached to it) and an OUT-component. Interestingly, the evolution of the BUN structural organisation experiences fluctuations that seem to be correlated with the presence of “bubbles”, i.e., periods of price surge and decline observed throughout its entire history. …”
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