Clinical implications of Delphian lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-institution study, systemic review and meta-analysis by Bin Wang, Xing-zhu Wen, Wei Zhang, Ming Qiu

“…Conclusions This single-institution observational study and meta-analysis identified that Delphian lymph node metastasis was significantly associated with unfavorable clinicopathological characteristics and had a strong predictive power for further disease in the central compartment. Trial registration The clinical study was retrospectively registered to UMIN clinical trials registry (the registry number: UMIN000033835).…”
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La necroeconomía de la generación de electricidad para la minería. El impacto comunitario del uso del petcoke en Tocopilla (Chile, 2000-2015) by Damir Galaz-Mandakovic Fernández

“…Dichos regímenes productivos, en el marco de la competitividad comercial, derivaron en una necroeconomía a través de la introducción del petcoke como combustible en las termoeléctricas. El petcoke estructuró una fuerte precarización socioambiental y forjó la producción de una subsidiariedad territorial y comunitaria; es decir, la población de Tocopilla tuvo que respirar, soportar y sufrir los efectos ambientales y corporales de las decisiones productivas, las cuales estaban amparadas por agentes del Estado subsumidos y la por debilidad en la regulación medioambiental. …”
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Development of New Chip Products from Brewer’s Spent Grain by Reann Garrett, Danielle Bellmer, William McGlynn, Patricia Rayas-Duarte

“…It is estimated that over 38 million tons of BSG is produced worldwide each year and is usually used as animal feed, composted, or thrown into landfills. BSG contains valuable nutritional components, including protein, fiber, and antioxidants. …”
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Impact of alemtuzumab-mediated lymphocyte depletion on SIV reservoir establishment and persistence. by Benjamin Varco-Merth, Morgan Chaunzwa, Derick M Duell, Alejandra Marenco, William Goodwin, Rachel Dannay, Michael Nekorchuk, Danica Shao, Kathleen Busman-Sahay, Christine M Fennessey, Lorna Silipino, Michael Hull, William J Bosche, Randy Fast, Kelli Oswald, Rebecca Shoemaker, Rachele Bochart, Rhonda MacAllister, Caralyn S Labriola, Jeremy V Smedley, Michael K Axthelm, Miles P Davenport, Paul T Edlefsen, Jacob D Estes, Brandon F Keele, Jeffrey D Lifson, Sharon R Lewin, Louis J Picker, Afam A Okoye

“…Persistence of the rebound-competent viral reservoir (RCVR) within the CD4+ T cell compartment of people living with HIV remains a major barrier to HIV cure. …”
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Unlocking the potential of rice straw: Sustainable utilization strategies for Bangladesh by Bidhan Nath, Md Moudud Ahmmed, Subrata Paul, Md Durrul Huda, Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Sharmin Islam

“…Moreover, a comparative analysis has been carried out on traditional straw uses alongside recent innovations in its utilization, such as biogas production, biofuel generation, biochar creation, and composting, alongside value-added applications such as papermaking and industrial materials. …”
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Evaluation of the Accumulation Conditions and Favorable Areas of Shale Gas in the Upper Palaeozoic Marine-Continental Transitional Facies in the Daning-Jixian Area, Ordos Basin by Xu Zeng, Wei Wang, Qian Cao, Shangwen Zhou, Guodong Dong, Aiming Wang, Zhixin Chen, Hua Mei

“…Residual primary pores formed by shale compaction, secondary pores formed by organic matter hydrocarbon generation, clay mineral transformation and dissolution, and fractures provide suitable reservoir spaces for shale gas. …”
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D-Shaped Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Structure in Bridge Engineering by Yuan Liu, Wei Wang, Changqing Wang, Shuosong Bi, Jianming Zhu

“…In the determination of the bonding state of the concrete-filled steel tube interface, in order to avoid the impact of mechanical and manual vibrating and the difference in concrete pouring methods on the test, the study uses C60 self-compacting microexpansion concrete. While pouring the specimens, three sets of cube specimens with a side length of 100 mm are reserved to determine the mechanical properties of the concrete simultaneously. …”
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Degradación de tierras y teledetección en planicies próximas a la localidad de Centenario, provincia de Neuquén by Luis Alberto Bertani, Oscar R. Peña (†)

“…A esto se le debe sumar, dada la proximidad con centros urbanos, la permanente extracción de especies vegetales, para utilizarlas como combustible. Además de la información obtenida durante las salidas de campo y del análisis de los antecedentes sobre este lugar, la metodología contempla el uso del SIG Idrisi (versión Kilimanjaro) para el tratamiento digital de imágenes satelitales tipo Landsat ETM provistas por la CONAE. …”
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Concentrations, Deposition, and Effects of Nitrogenous Pollutants in Selected California Ecosystems by Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Pamela E. Padgett, Sally D. Parry, Mark E. Fenn, Michael J. Arbaugh

“…In southern California, most of the N air pollution is in oxidized forms as nitrogen oxides (NOx), nitric acid (HNO3), and particulate nitrate (NO3–) resulting from fossil fuel combustion and subsequent complex photochemical reactions. …”
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The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the United States by Robert W. Howarth

“…Consequently, carbon dioxide (CO2) from end‐use combustion of LNG contributes only 34% of the total LNG greenhouse gas footprint, when CO2 and methane are compared over 20 years global warming potential (GWP20) following emission. …”
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Non-apical plateau potentials and persistent firing induced by metabotropic cholinergic modulation in layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in the rat prefrontal cortex. by Nicholas Hagger-Vaughan, Daniel Kolnier, Johan F Storm

“…Thus, surprisingly, these PPs persisted when the apical dendrite was cut off (~50 μm from the soma), and were sustained by local calcium application only to the somatic and basal dendritic compartments. The prefrontal L2/3PCs have been postulated to have a key role in consciousness, according to the Global Neuronal Workspace Theory: their long-range cortico-cortical connections provide the architecture required for the "global work-space", "ignition", amplification, and sustained, reverberant activity, considered essential for conscious access. …”
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Evaluation of Electric Vehicle-Dependent Strategy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Transport System by Tesfamichael Chala Eticha, Yonas Minalu Emagnu

“…Simulation of urban mobility (SUMO) is used to model the existing road transport system and two other scenarios, cases being 20% and 40% replacement of internal combustion engine vehicles by electric vehicles. Among the vehicle types studied under this paper, the SUMO results show that coaches are with the highest CO2 emission, releasing an average amount of 28.442 grams of CO2 every time step, while cars are with the lowest CO2 emission value of 6.542 grams. …”
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Flujo Óptimo de Sistemas Eléctricos de Potencia con Consideraciones Ambientales by Diego Lojano, Juan Palacios

“…De esta manera en el presente trabajo de investigación se realiza una herramienta propia con programación en MATLAB que determina el flujo óptimo de potencia de un SEP y además considerando las restricciones del sistema, se ha tomado como referencia para el análisis el SEP de 14 barras de la IEEE en donde se obtiene su flujo óptimo de potencia y se analizan las restricciones tanto de emisiones como de costos de los combustibles abarcando de esta manera la optimización de potencia y considerando el tema ambiental. …”
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Study on dynamic mechanical properties of frozen weakly cemented rock under lateral constraint by Weiyu Li, Weiyu Li, Shizheng Fang, Ye Zhu, Guangming Li

“…The research results show that: 1) The confining pressure changes synchronously with the axial dynamic load, and undergoes three stages: rapid increase, slow increase, and unloading rebound. 2) Under the combined effects of multiple variables, the dynamic mechanical behavior of the rock shows obvious compaction and rebound characteristics. 3) The dynamic compressive strength of the rock is jointly affected by strain rate, confining pressure, and temperature. …”
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Length – Weight Relationships, Meat Yield and Morphometric Indices of Five Commercial Bivalve Species Collected from the Çanakkale Strait (Türkiye) by İbrahim Ender Künili, Fatma Çolakoğlu, Serhat Çolakoğlu

“…Elongation index (SH/SL), compactness index (SW/SL), convexity index (SW/SH), and density indexes (TW/SL) were significant (p<0.05) and had high correlation coefficients (r=0.806- 0.975). …”
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ORGANISING EFFECTIVE INTERACTION OF MANAGERS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH CLIENTS BASED ON THE THEORY OF NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION by Руслан Кубанов, Дмитро Макатьора, Ярослав Кушик-Стрельніков

“…It is a universal model for building effective relationships in many areas of life, based on empathy, acceptance of the other person and compassion. The key components of non-violent communication are analysed, such as non-judgmental observation, distinction between feelings and thoughts, understanding of the client’s wishes and the ability to formulate constructive requests. …”
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Construction Risk Assessment of Tunnel Crossing Goaf Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process‐Extension Theory Model by Chao Yuan, Lian‐xin Li, Xiao‐wei Su, Rong‐jie Du

“…These factors undoubtedly increase the occurrence of geological disaster risk accidents such as gas combustion and explosion, resulting in tunnel excavation shutdown, plan delay and even a large number of casualties. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Organic Matter Orientation Characteristics of Terrestrial and Marine Shale in China by Dunqing Liu, Hongkui Ge, Yinhao Shen, Kui Zhang

“…However, syncline structure may disorganize the preformed directional alignment and weaken the directionality of the OM grains, which results in the OM arrangement difference between LMX samples from Fuling and Baojing. While the compaction of the layered clay particles is the dominating mechanism leading to the strong directional alignment of the OM grains in terrestrial shale samples from C-7.…”
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Hegemonia e distinção em manifestações de humoristas brasileiros sobre liberdade de expressão by Nara Lya Cabral Scabin

“…Como corpus, foram examinados enunciados de humoristas em episódios de podcasts brasileiros. A pesquisa evidenciou que a demarcação de posicionamentos em defesa da liberdade de expressão desempenha papel central na forma como humoristas representam o campo humorístico em suas falas; além disso, à tentativa de fixar um sentido último, supostamente verdadeiro e incontestável, sobre o que significa fazer comédia, parece corresponder um habitus legitimado entre humoristas brasileiros cujos enunciados vinculam-se ao que denominamos articulação discursiva hegemônica no campo do humor…”
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Utilization of bauxite residue as fine aggregate for the development of structural concrete: An approach towards sustainable construction materials by Gali Kusumanjali, S. Tejas, Amit Chatterjee, Dinakar Pasla

“…Applications extend to self-compacting concrete, where red mud acts as a viscosity-modifying agent, and in the production of concrete blocks and pavers for non-structural uses. …”
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