Human activities can hinder the breeding of a top avian predator: preliminary results by Dobromir D. Dobrev, Vladimir D. Dobrev, Dimitar A. Demerdzhiev

“…The Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca, EIE) is a large-sized, globally threatened species with a wide distribution. The species is extremely vulnerable and sensitive to human disturbance and activities in the vicinity of its nests. …”
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Rate Dependent Multicontinuum Progressive Failure Analysis of Woven Fabric Composite Structures under Dynamic Impact by James Lua, Christopher T. Key, Shane C. Schumacher, Andrew C. Hansen

“…The results qualitatively illustrate the value of rate dependent material models for marine composite materials under extreme dynamic loading conditions.…”
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Realistic Facial Expression of Virtual Human Based on Color, Sweat, and Tears Effects by Mohammed Hazim Alkawaz, Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Dzulkifli Mohamad, Farhan Mohamed

“…Generating extreme appearances such as scared awaiting sweating while happy fit for tears (cry) and blushing (anger and happiness) is the key issue in achieving the high quality facial animation. …”
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A Comparative Frequency Analysis of Maximum Daily Rainfall for a SE Asian Region under Current and Future Climate Conditions by Velautham Daksiya, Pradeep Mandapaka, Edmond Y. M. Lo

“…The impact of changing climate on the frequency of daily rainfall extremes in Jakarta, Indonesia, is analysed and quantified. …”
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TiO2 nanotubes grown on Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy spheres by bipolar anodization by Marcela Sepúlveda, Hanna Sopha, Veronika Cicmancova, Ludek Hromadko, Jan M. Macak

“…The TNTs’ inner diameter on the extremities of the Ti spheres was ∼63 nm and ∼78 nm, for ±60 V and ±65 V, respectively. …”
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Focusing on Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 and the Sympathetic Nervous System: Potential Impact in Diabetic Retinopathy by Lakshini Y. Herat, Vance B. Matthews, P. Elizabeth Rakoczy, Revathy Carnagarin, Markus Schlaich

“…Excitingly, the EMPA-REG clinical trial, which focuses on the clinically used SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin, has been extremely fruitful and has highlighted beneficial cardiovascular and renal outcomes. …”
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The Role of Siak District Library and Archives Office in Disaster Mitigation by Yazid Tantri Puspita, Salam Noor Efni, Iskandar Dahrial, Hardianti Fitri, Elsarena Mai Sela Rosa, Wahidar Tutut Ismi

“…Some disasters that are indicated to have a more frequent frequency level in Siak include floods, extreme weather, extreme heat waves, abrasion, forest and land fires, drought, disease outbreaks, earthquakes to landslides. …”
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Cervical Spine Ischemic Stroke Complicated by Spastic Quadriparesis and Ogilvie Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Salman Assad, Justin Nolte, Dharampreet Singh, Samrina Hanif, Paul Ferguson

“…We present a case of a 66-year-old male who came to the hospital with unsteady gait and numbness of all extremities without associated pain for the past 48 hours. …”
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Using decision analysis to develop a framework for nest protection for threatened birds by Joy. S. Tripovich, Terry Walshe, Andrew Elphinstone, Dean Ingwersen, Mick Roderick, Benjamin J. Pitcher

“…Four categories of threats were considered: avian predators, mammalian predators, extreme weather events and avian competitors. The interventions with the highest predicted probabilities of nest success under each threat category were, respectively: lethal control of avian predators, the use of tree collars to control arboreal mammalian predators, the provisioning of supplementary food and nesting resources during extreme weather events, and control of the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala, a competitor species. …”
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Quantitative Identification of the Water Resistance Capacity of Composite Strata in Mining Coal Seam Floors by Xinyi Wang, Fang Li, Qi Wang, Bo Chen, Yu Zou, Bo Zhang

“…The water resistance of the J16-17 coal seam floor composite rock in the study area was quantitatively evaluated using the fuzzy variable set mathematical model and was divided into five grades: extremely weak, weak, medium, strong, and very strong. …”
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Resilience enhancement by line hardening for communication routing considering renewable energy sources in cyber‐physical power systems by Xiaolong Li, Wenyi Li, Nana Wang, Le Li, Xuan Gong

“…Therefore, a trilevel optimization model is proposed for the CPPS resilience enhancement with the RES against extreme events. The upper‐level model identifies optimal hardening lines of both the transmission and communication networks with consideration of the communication routing constraints. …”
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Fatal Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in an Acquired Aplastic Anemia Patient Treated with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine A by Tohru Takahashi, Yumiko Maruyama, Mayuko Saitoh, Hideto Itoh, Mitsuru Yoshimoto, Masayuki Tsujisaki

“…Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) after immunosuppressive therapy for aplastic anemia (AA) is extremely rare in a nontransplant setting and has not been well described. …”
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Liposarcoma of the Nasopharynx: Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Diagnostic Entity by George X. Papacharalampous, Dimitrios Kikidis, Alexios Vasileiou, Aggeliki Bousiotou, Aristeidis Chrysovergis

“…The majority of liposarcomas arise in the lower extremities and retroperitoneum, while the incidence of this tumor in the head and neck region is reported to be extremely low, comprising 1.8%–6.2% of all cases. …”
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The Gut Microbiome Profile in Obesity: A Systematic Review by Olga Castaner, Albert Goday, Yong-Moon Park, Seung-Hwan Lee, Faidon Magkos, Sue-Anne Toh Ee Shiow, Helmut Schröder

“…Additionally, we analyze the effects of an extreme weight loss intervention such as bariatric surgery on gut microbiota. …”
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Experimental Study on the Mechanical Mechanism of Arch-Chord-Coupled Antisliding Structure by Guoping Hu, Yingzhi Xia, Mingxin Zheng, Hui Li, Xiaoxue Ruan

“…The test results of the bending moment of the pile body show that the crown beam has a great influence on the extreme value of the bending moment of each pile. …”
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Transportation System Vulnerability Assessment considering Environmental Impact by Juanjuan Lin, Wangbing Lin

“…However, transportation infrastructures are highly vulnerable to extreme events. Therefore, identifying the most critical component of the transportation system is among the first priorities of transportation network planners and managers. …”
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Encounter Analysis between Strong Wind and Rainstorm of Reservoir Based on Copula Functions by CAI Qilin, XU Danli, WANG Zhaoli, LAI Chengguang

“…The purpose of this study is to discuss the encounter problem between strong wind and rainstorm in the coastal reservoirs.The Dalongdong Reservoir,located in Taishan of Guangdong Province,was taken as a study case.The P-III,Gamma and GEV functions were used to fit the marginal distributions between three groups of rainfall extremes and one group of maximum wind speed sequence respectively.The values of different return period of the maximum wind speed and maximum rainfall in different periods were also analyzed by Archimedean Copula and Kendall function.The return periods of ‘or’,‘and’,and Kendall return period as well as the most likely design values of wind speed and rainfall were calculated.The results showed that the annual maximum daily rainfall showed a significant uptrend (p<0.05) while the yearly maximum wind speed showed a downtrend.The correlation between wind speed and rainstorm sequence was extremely weak while maximum wind speed had encountered the annual maximum rainfall during the analysis period.The values of wind speed and rainfall based on ‘or’,‘and’,and Kendall return period were smaller than that of univariate marginal distribution,while the values of “or” were larger than those with univariate marginal distribution.The elevation of main dam based on “or” joint distribution of 100a return period was larger than the actual elevation.Accordingly,this study suggested considering the encounter between strong wind and rainstorm when designing the elevation of reservoir dam in the future.…”
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Managing anxiety disorders with the neuro-biofeedback method of Brain Boy Universal Professional by Eleftheria Zafeiri, Vasileios Dedes, Kostantinos Tzirogiannis, Agapi Kandylaki, Maria Polikandrioti, Dimitris Panidis, Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos

“…Based on the SAS scale, before biofeedback, 42.4% of the individuals showed minimal to moderate anxiety, 21.2% marked severe anxiety and 36.5% most extreme anxiety. After the biofeedback, 68.2% of the individuals were within a normal range, 27.1% had minimal to moderate anxiety, 4.7% marked severe anxiety, and none in most extreme anxiety…”
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A Curious Case of MRSA Bacteremia and Septic Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Peripheral Venous Catheter by Joshua Twito, Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Neville Mobarakai

“…Her clinical condition deteriorated acutely. Right upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli were seen on imaging. …”
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ANALYST STUDY AND OPTIMIZATION OF LIGHT TRUCK CAB FLOOR STRENGTH by ZHAO MinQing, LU YuMing, CHEN WenGang, LIN ZhenWen, DONG YongFeng, CHEN MingLiang

“…The calculation results show that the stress extreme value of the CAE calculation simulation results reaches 160. 7 MPa,and the stress extreme value of the same part measured by the electrical measurement method reaches 250. 3 MPa,which is far beyond the yield strength limit of the cab material. …”
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