Where there’s smoke there is fire: Türkiye and the international illegal wildlife trade by Özgün Emre Can

“…Trafficked wild animals and wildlife products are moving between source and demand regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. …”
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Baseline levels of microplastics in agricultural soils obscure the effects of additional microplastics from recycled fertilizers by Collin J. Weber, Dominika Kundel, Andreas Fliessbach, Else K. Bünemann, Moritz Bigalke

“…Whilst it was observed from the fluxes that digestate can be a substantial source of microplastics to soils, the comparatively short time of application and the high background at our investigated sites leads to a obscured effect where digestate inputs serve a limited function.…”
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Obstacle shape determination by mobile robot sensor system using GP2Y0A (Sharp) type IR distance sensors by V. P. Andreev

“…It is necessary to determine the source of such interference, propose a method for estimating its parameters and a way to minimize its influence.   …”
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Provenance-Finding of Dust Storms Using AVHRR Sensor Images of NOAA Satellite (Case Study: Southwest of Iran) by Mohammad Hossein Rezaei Moghaddam, Mojtaba Mahdian Boruojeni

“…Dust pollution of this area drawn to the south of Khuzestan. 4- Conclusion In general, using 24 AVHRR images and the use of detection techniques, a total 62 points were identified as the source of dust production. …”
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Sexual dysfunction in anxiety disorders by M. I. Yagubov, I. Yu. Kan, N. V. Dobaeva, I. R. Ayriyants

“…If sexual disorders are detected in patients with anxiety disorders, taking into account the clinical situation, psychotropic drugs with no or minimal negative effect on sexual function are prescribed, if possible. …”
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Targeting Antibodies to Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors by Pyrene Hydrazide Modification of Heavy Chain Carbohydrates by Steingrimur Stefansson, Hena H. Kwon, Saeyoung Nate Ahn

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Collective Mapping of Gas Leakages to Determine Safe Routes Using Multi-Robot System by Ronnier Frates Rohrich, Luis Felipe Messias, Jose Lima, Andre Schneider de Oliveira

“…In this study, robot groups act as multiple composite sensors that can move independently according to their assigned functions. Autonomous detection, collective mapping, and collective decision-making of the robots are behaviors bioinspired by the cognitive mechanisms observed in bacterial colonies. …”
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A Variant Character Dataset for Historical Narratives of Middle and Late Imperial China by Jiwon Lee, Youngim Jung

“…In addition, it can function as a versatile tool for extending such analyses to pre-modern Korean and Japanese historical narratives, which exhibit strong intertextual connections with Chinese historical records.…”
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Nonlinear Damping as the Fourth Dimension in Optical Fiber Anemometry by Jeremiah C. Williams, Hengky Chandrahalim

“…This setup permits precise measurement of gaseous fluid flow with minimal sensor footprint at the point of detection and accommodates a variety of optical sources and measurement apparatuses without the need for specific wavelength or broad‐spectrum capabilities. …”
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ParticleHolography.jl: Holographic particle measurement in Julia by Dai Nakai, Yohsuke Tanaka

“…This comprehensive software provides an end-to-end processing pipeline encompassing a wide range of functionalities: preprocessing, including background removal and camera calibration; three-dimensional reconstruction through diffraction calculations; particle analysis, including detection and tracking; and result visualization. …”
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Harnessing evanescent photoacoustic waves for multi-domain imaging by Rong Zhou, Liying Zhang, Beibei Li, Jingtao Xiao, Yiheng Xing, Chang Chen, Yuecheng Shen, Hao Shen, Deng Pan, Hongxing Xu

“…Leveraging these features, we develop a proof-of-concept for supercritical angle photoacoustic microscopy (SA-PAM), which utilizes evanescent PA waves to enable new PAM functionalities, such as surface topography reconstruction and edge detection. …”
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Fluxgate Magnetometers Based on New Physical Principles by Ivan V. Bryakin, Igor V. Bochkarev, Vadim R. Khramshin, Vadim R. Gasiyarov, Ivan N. Erdakov

“…The authors considered a generalized flow of the physical processes in the FM to obtain a detailed representation of the operating functions of the FM. The presented experimental results for the proposed FM in the field meter mode confirm its operating parameters (±40 μT—measurement range, 0.5 nT—detection threshold). …”
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An Optimization Algorithm for Forward-Scatter Radar Network Node Deployment Based on BFGS and Improved NSGA-II by Yuqing Zheng, Xiaofeng Ai, Zhiming Xu, Jing Wu, Feng Zhao

“…A multi-objective optimization model was subsequently established with the objective functions of minimizing node cost and maximizing spatial detection area. …”
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Feature selection using a multi-strategy improved parrot optimization algorithm in software defect prediction by Qi Fei, Guisheng Yin, Zhian Sun

“…Experiments conducted on eight benchmark test functions validate the superior performance of MEPO in terms of convergence speed and solution accuracy. …”
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Wastewater metagenomics in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. by Stephen Kanyerezi, Fatma Zahra Guerfali, Abbas Abel Anzaku, Oluwasegun Adesina Babaleye, Tracey Calvert-Joshua, Julien Alban Nguinkal, Oluwaseun Paul Amoo, Chiraz Atri, Waqasuddin Khan, Iqra Saleh, M Imran Nisar, Arthur Shem Kasambula, Koketso Morapedi, Gerald Mboowa

“…The advent of metagenomics has dramatically expanded our understanding of microbial communities, particularly through the study of wastewater, which serves as a rich source of microbial data. In Africa, wastewater metagenomics presents unparalleled opportunities for public health monitoring, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) tracking, and the discovery of new microbial species and functions. …”
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Optimised Neural Network Model for Wind Turbine DFIG Converter Fault Diagnosis by Ramesh Kumar Behara, Akshay Kumar Saha

“…VMD’s robustness stems from its ability to decompose a signal into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) with well-defined centre frequencies and bandwidths. …”
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Non-Targeted Lipidomics Analysis of Characteristic Milk Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) by Tingting Wei, Tianxiao Zhou, Shenping Zhang, Zhexue Quan, Yang Liu

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PhotoNeuro: A compact photodetector for synchronization of visual stimulus presentation during behavioural experiments in neuroscience by Xavier Cano-Ferrer, Marcelo J. Moglie, George Konstantinou, Antonin Blot, Gaia Bianchini, Albane Imbert, Petr Znamenskiy, M. Florencia Iacaruso

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Assessment of the nutritional constituents of Elaeis Guineensis Jacq exudates from different States of Nigeria by FI Obahiagbon, GE Ilori, JO Erhabor

“…The concentration of potassium was high in all the samples irrespective of their sources. The exudates could be classified as a rich source of nutrients that are needed in man, as some of the nutrients act as sources of energy, body builders, components of body organs and tissues, coenzymes and play notable roles in biochemical functions and deficiency diseases. …”
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A comparative study of adrenalin and fluocinolon induced oxidative stress in male wistar rats by Erika KIS

“…Treatment with synthetic glucocorticoids as e.g. dexamethasone or dermocorticosteroids and repeated immobilization stress, decreases the total body weight gain of animals by disturbing the HPA axis function and accelerating the catabolism of the organism. …”
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