Surveillance experiences of extinction rebellion activists and police: Unpacking the technologization of Dutch protest policing by Majsa Storbeck, Gabriele Jacobs, Marc Schuilenburg, Robin van den Akker

“…Moving beyond the narrow legal interpretation of “chilling effects,” it uncovers two further socio-psychological sub-manifestations, showing how both groups adapt through hyper-transparency (extreme openness) and hyper-alertness (extreme caution). …”
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Precipitation Characteristics and Fitting Parameters in China by ZHOU Yu, ZHANG Yujia, MIAO Changsheng

“…In order to summarize the precipitation characteristics in China and explore the distribution of precipitation duration,this paper selects 56 years of continuous daily precipitation data from 698 meteorological stations in China and analyzes the spatial distribution and inter-annual variations of precipitation characteristics in terms of seasonal distribution,extreme characteristics,and precipitation duration.The paper also uses the Gamma distribution to fit the precipitation duration curves and estimate the parameters and analyzes the potential factors that affect the fitting parameters.The results show that ① the precipitation generally shows an increase in the southeast part and a decrease in the central part of China,with an increase and a wider distribution of winter precipitation in the east,northwest,and northeast parts.From the southeast to the northwest of China, the trend of precipitation percentile change shows an increase,then a decrease,and then an increase again,and the distribution of the 99-percentile precipitation thresholds is more uneven.The trend of the precipitation percentile at the Linhe station shows the greatest decrease,especially the wet-day precipitation percentile.The wet period is in a decreasing trend in the southwest and central parts and in an increasing trend in the coastal and northwestern parts.The distribution characteristics of drought and flooding durations in the basin show the opposite state in most regions,and the inter-annual variation of the wet period is smaller than that of the dry period.② The Gamma distribution has a better fitting effect on precipitation.The scale parameter β has a higher correlation with precipitation amount and precipitation percentile and better performance on extreme precipitation thresholds for heavy precipitation events.These findings can provide theoretical support for the subsequent research on precipitation processes based on physical influencing factors.…”
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Hydrological Drought Analysis using Streamflow Drought Index (SDI) in Ethiopia by Kassa Abera Tareke, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke

“…The overall result shows that 1984/85, 1986/87, 2002/03, and 2010/11 were the most severe and extreme drought years in all river basins. The 1980s were found severe and extreme drought years in which most hydrological drought events occurred in the country. …”
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A machine-learning-based hardware-Trojan detection approach for chips in the Internet of Things by Chen Dong, Jinghui Chen, Wenzhong Guo, Jian Zou

“…After that, we use the scoring mechanism of the eXtreme Gradient Boosting to set up a new effective feature set of 49 out of 56 features. …”
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Phenoxybenzamine in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Potential Role and Novel Mechanisms by Mario A. Inchiosa

“…One form of this syndrome, CRPS I, was originally termed reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) because of an apparent dysregulation of the sympathetic nervous system in the region of an extremity that had been subjected to an injury or surgical procedure. …”
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Opportunities for improving the processes of preparing legal acts by public authorities based on the process mining by E. V. Vasilieva, O. I. Dolganova

“…However, currently the procedures are extremely bureaucratic, pre-planned and go through many instances during the preparation, approval and signing. …”
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A guidance to intelligent metamaterials and metamaterials intelligence by Chao Qian, Ido Kaminer, Hongsheng Chen

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Corruption abuse of humanitarian and free aid in the context of armed conflicts: a comparative legal study by O. S. Bondarenko

“…The article is devoted to the analysis of an extremely important topic under martial law, which is the characteristics of certain corrupt practices in relation to free and humanitarian aid in foreign countries and Ukraine, with the aim of finding optimal ways to combat corruption in the sphere of rational and effective use of free and humanitarian aid during armed conflicts. …”
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A Methodology for Multihazards Load Combinations of Earthquake and Heavy Trucks for Bridges by Dezhang Sun, Xu Wang, Baitao Sun

“…Current load resistance factor design (LRFD) specifications usually treat extreme hazards alone and have no probabilistic basis in extreme load combinations. …”
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Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of the Peripheral Choroidal Thickness in High-Risk Infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Pilot Study. by Mohamed A. Hussein, Evelyn Paysse

“…We evaluated the choroidal thickness and development, centrally and at the extreme nasal and temporal periphery, for each eye with each ROP screening exam. …”
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Global burden of ischemic heart disease in older adult populations linked to non-optimal temperatures: past (1990–2021) and future (2022–2050) analysis by Lihui Liu, Lihui Liu, Yisong He, Yisong He, Gang Huang, Yangxi Zeng, Yangxi Zeng, Jiaan Lu, Ru He, Haiqing Chen, Yuheng Gu, Qingwen Hu, Bin Liao, Bin Liao, Juyi Wan, Juyi Wan

“…BackgroundIschemic heart disease (IHD) is a leading cause of death and disability, particularly affecting the older adult population. Extreme temperatures, especially very low and very high temperatures, are known to exacerbate cardiovascular disease burden. …”
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Clinical Rehabilitation Effect of Postoperative Lower-Limb Training on the Patients Undergoing OLIF Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Haoming Wang, Yachong Huo, Yachao Zhao, Botong Zhang, Dalong Yang, Sidong Yang, Wenyuan Ding

“…Postoperatively, the participants in the intervention group were trained with lower-extremity rehabilitation exercise and maintained for three months. …”
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Strains of Rodents and the Pharmacology of Learning and Memory by Martine Ammassari-Teule, Claudio Castellano

“…The first part of this short review describes experiments involving the bidirectional selection of rats or mice for extreme behavioral characteristics or for sensitivity to pharmacological treatments. …”
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Why We Should Be Concerned about Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by Austin B. Mogen, Kelly C. Rice

“… Treatment and complete resolution of MRSA infections can be extremely challenging, since many MRSA strains are multidrug-resistant. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Lupus Vulgaris and the Practical Usefulness of Dermatoscopy by Grigorios Theodosiou, Marina Papageorgiou, Ioanna Mandekou-Lefaki

“…We report a case report of lupus vulgaris (LV) presented on the extremities of an 80-year-old man. He was misdiagnosed as having psoriasis and referred to our department for a second-opinion evaluation. …”
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Why We Should Be Concerned about Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by Austin B. Mogen, Kelly C. Rice

“… Treatment and complete resolution of MRSA infections can be extremely challenging, since many MRSA strains are multidrug-resistant. …”
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Mediastinal Teratoma with Neuroendocrine Features in 34-Year-Old Male with Syncope by Peter A. Andrawes, Masood A. Shariff, Qing Chang, Fanyi Kong, Frank M. Rosell

“…Neuroendocrine tumors that arise in an extragonadal teratoma are extremely rare. Somatic-type malignancy, defined as any sarcoma, carcinoma, leukemia, or lymphoma developing in a germ cell tumor, occurs in approximately 2% of all germ cell tumors. …”
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Soft-Tissue Chondroma of Anterior Gingiva: A Rare Entity by Dhana Lakshmi Jeyasivanesan, Shameena Pazhaningal Mohamed, Deepak Pandiar

“…Oral soft-tissue chondromas are uncommon and soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva is extremely uncommon. Here, we report an unusual case of soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva in a 50-year-old woman.…”
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The analysis of the effect of cutting mode and coolant on formation of burrs when drilling aluminum alloy by A.G. Kisel, D. S. Makashin, D. Yu. Belan, K. V. Averkov

“…Drilling is an extremely important process widely used in the manufacture of fuel control equipment. …”
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Palpable Penile Metastases: A Bizarre Presentation of Rectal Adenocarcinoma by Liza Cholin, Sarah Perz, Furman Mahmood, Saleem Zafar

“…A review of the literature indicates that corporeal metastasis as an initial presentation of malignancy is an extremely rare occurrence and carries a very poor prognosis.…”
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