The “Miss Curvy Uganda” pageant: representation, commodification and exploitation of women’s bodies by Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…In early February 2019, Godfrey Kiwanda, a Uganda Junior Minister of Tourism proposed a beauty pageant dubbed, “Miss Curvy Uganda,” to publicly showcase voluptuous Ugandan women as means of attracting foreign tourists to generate more foreign currency earnings. …”
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Esophageal Perforation following Accidental Ingestion of a Razor Blade by Suraj Shrestha, Ranjan Sapkota, Suraj Bhatta, Sanjeev Kharel, Bibek Man Shrestha, Aakriti Sharma

“…Background. Ingestion of sharp foreign bodies is uncommon and often underreported. …”
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Analysis of the impact of climate change on the woody plants vegetation in the Botanical Garden of the Ukrainian National Forestry University by Nelia Lukianchuk, Levko Bliusyuk, Nadia Bliusyuk, Nataliіa Kendzora, Liliіa Koliada

“…The process of plant metabolism is closely related, first of all, to the temperature factor, and the weather conditions in 2023 were characterized by a mild winter with predominantly positive average daily air temperature values, which caused the growing season of some plants to begin too early - as early as January and early February. Sharp fluctuations in average daily temperatures and frequent frosts in the spring period caused a delay in the beginning of the growing season of most woody plants. …”
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In Dositej's footsteps: From the paradigm of the modern to the controversy about postmodern Serbian identity by Lolić Marinko V.

“…Dositej's concept of enlightenment is emphasized by some authors not only as sharp criticism of the monastic life at that time, but also a radical break with religion and Serbian Saint Sava's tradition. …”
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A VVC intra coding method based on fast partition for coding unit by ZHONG Hui, LU Yu, YIN Haibing, HUANG Xiaofeng

“…The new partition method increases encoding complexity, leading to a sharp increase in encoding time. To reduce encoding complexity, a fast intra coding method combining deep learning methods and early decision in the MTT direction was proposed. …”
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Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology by Li-Fang Li, Jian-Yang Zhu

“…Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the behavior of early universe. Moreover, the effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of the universe in the semiclassical region. …”
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Considérer les enjeux d’un enseignement de la philosophie avant le lycée, en France, au prisme de la prudence intellectuelle by Marie Coasne-Khawrin

“…It suggests a return to the Aristotelian concept of prudence, phronesis, to clarify the project of the pioneers of philosophy for children (Lipman and Sharp), but defends an updating of the notion in order to understand the contemporary educational stakes of early philosophy teaching. …”
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Changer les bâtiments pour changer l’enseignement. Le projet de l’université Toulouse Le Mirail dans les années 1960 by Pauline Collet

“…In the early 1960s, the architects Georges Candilis, Shadrach Woods and Alexis Josic were chosen to design the Mirail district, which was to house several tens of thousands of inhabitants in the heart of a new city that was to become the new centre of Toulouse. …”
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Automated Estimation of Acute Infarct Volume from Noncontrast Head CT Using Image Intensity Inhomogeneity Correction by Keith A. Cauley, Gino J. Mongelluzzo, Samuel W. Fielden

“…Lack of sharp lesion boundary delineation in early infarcts precludes manual volume measures, as well as measures using edge-detection or region-filling algorithms. …”
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Stage deformation characteristics of natural and saturated crushed gangue with large particle size by LU Wei, LU Yao, LIAO Changlong, LI Qinghai, LI Weiyu, JIANG Ning, MU Wenqiang, WANG Changxiang

“…The displacement curve shows an explicit three-stage pattern of sharp deformation, linear deformation and creep deformation. …”
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The Ancient Greeks in the Thought of Arvydas Šliogeris: The Ambiguity of Reception by Gintarė Škėmaitė

“…For Šliogeris’, the essence of being human lies in being “in between” these conflicting forces. The Greeks, as an early culture, exemplify the interplay of Nihil and Presence in its most genuine form. …”
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Recent Advances of Colossal Magnetoresistance in Versatile La-Ca-Mn-O Material-Based Films by Navjyoti Boora, Rafiq Ahmad, Shafaque Rahman, Nguyen Quoc Dung, Akil Ahmad, Mohammed B. Alshammari, Byeong-Il Lee

“…Additionally, we review the early findings and diverse applications of LCMO thin films. …”
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Retrospective Study of Salinomycin Toxicosis in 66 Cats by Akos Pakozdy, Iris Challande-Kathman, Marcus Doherr, Sigitas Cizinauskas, Simon J. Wheeler, Anna Oevermann, Andre Jaggy

“…It seems that the severity of clinical signs and prognosis correlate well with the amount of toxin ingested. We conclude that early recognition and decontamination combined with supportive care results in complete recovery.…”
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Thoracoabdominal injury with evisceration from a chainsaw assault: a case report by Babatunde Abayomi Salami, Babatunde Adeteru Ayoade, El-Zaki Abdullahi Shomoye, Chigbundu Collins Nwokoro

“…The usual cause of penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries with evisceration are stab wounds with knives and other sharp weapons used during fights and conflicts. Evisceration of the abdominal viscera as a result of trauma, with its attendant morbidity and mortality, requires early intervention. …”
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The Time-Space Joint Response Characteristics of AE-UT under Step Loading and Its Application by Xiaoran Wang, Xiaofei Liu, Enyuan Wang, Chong Zhang, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li

“…Moreover, the joint response of UT-AE spatial distribution field is analyzed, and an AE-UT joint monitoring method to detect early-warning signals of a rockburst disaster in a coal seam is proposed. …”
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Inverted Pyramid Nanostructures Coupled with a Sandwich Immunoassay for SERS Biomarker Detection by Wen-Huei Chang, Shao-Quan Zhang, Zi-Yi Yang, Chun-Hung Lin

“…Cancer diagnostics often faces challenges, such as invasiveness, high costs, and limited sensitivity for early detection, emphasizing the need for improved approaches. …”
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Design of a polarization independent terahertz metamaterial absorber for biomedical sensing applications by Tasnim Mahfuz, Arif Hossan, Naymur Rahman

“…The quality factor indicates a sharp resonance peak, which is crucial for accurate sensing measurements. …”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…Abstract Concentrations of primary air pollutants are driven by emissions and weather patterns, which control their production and dispersion. The early months of the year see the celebratory use of fireworks, a week-long public holiday in China, but in 2020 overlapped in Hubei Province with lockdowns, some of > 70 days duration. …”
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Modelling of Chain Process of Debris Flow Blocking River and Induced Flood Disaster in Meizoseismal Area ——A Case of Xiazhuang Gully in Wenchuan County by LUO Yuting, WANG Lijuan, MA Song, TANG Yao

“…After the Wenchuan earthquake,there has been a sharp increase in the frequency of debris flow activity,which is featured by low rainfall threshold,frequent occurrence,wide impact and strong destruction.The hazards mainly include siltation,impact,river blocking and inundation.Among them,the mudslide blocking river shows particularly prominent disaster effect,seriously threatening the improvement of mountain infrastructure,and residents' life and property safety.The research of the dynamic process of river blocking disaster chain of debris flow can provide scientific reference for debris flow hazard prevention and early warning.Based on field surveys,physical tests,remote sensing images and rainfall data for a typical watershed,a numerical simulation was conducted to study the dynamic process of the river blocking disaster chain of debris flow in Xiazhuang Gully.The simulation results show that the debris flow reaches the outlet of the basin at t=120 step;and at t=130 step the debris flow pushes forward and blocks part of the main river;at t=140 and 150 step the debris flow completely blocks the main river,forming a debris-dam with a length,width and thickness of 236.0 m,74.0 m,6.2 m and 312.0 m,79.0 m,and 7.1 m,respectively,which causes the upstream water level to rise,with an inundation depth of the upstream residential area of 3-5 m.By comparing the simulation results with the field measured data,the accuracy of the simulation reaches up to 84.9%,which indicates that the model is of good applicability to simulating the disaster chain process of landslide-debris flow-flood.…”
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Alcohol-induced gut microbial reorganization and associated overproduction of phenylacetylglutamine promotes cardiovascular disease by Zhen Li, Min Gu, Aline Zaparte, Xiaoming Fu, Kala Mahen, Marko Mrdjen, Xinmin S. Li, Zhihong Yang, Jing Ma, Themis Thoudam, Kristina Chandler, Maggie Hesler, Laura Heathers, Kiersten Gorse, Thanh Trung Van, David Wong, Aaron M. Gibson, Zeneng Wang, Christopher M. Taylor, Pearl Quijada, Catherine A. Makarewich, Stanley L. Hazen, Suthat Liangpunsakul, J. Mark Brown, David J. Lefer, David A. Welsh, Thomas E. Sharp

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