Cross-sectional analysis of two social determinants of health in California cities: racial/ethnic and geographic disparities by Dulce Bustamante-Zamora, Neil Maizlish

“…Compared with Whites, the median within-city poverty difference was 7.0% for Latinos and 6.2% for Blacks. For education, median within-city difference was 26.6% for Latinos compared with Whites. …”
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Dynamics of linalool and its derivatives enantiomers in Camellia sinensis var. Assamica “Hainan dayezhong” by Ying Zhou, Junjie Tian, Hainuo Hong, Yang Gao, Yunchuan He, Zeng-Rong Zhu

“…The proportion of chiral isomers underwent no considerable change during black tea manufacturing. However, their content varied dramatically among different processes. …”
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Shell colour luminance of Cuban painted snails, Polymita picta and Polymita muscarum (Gastropoda: Cepolidae). by Mario Juan Gordillo-Pérez, Natalie Beenaerts, Dunia L Sánchez, Karen Smeets, Yaumel Calixto Arias-Sosa, Bernardo Reyes-Tur

“…Otherwise, for P. picta, the morphs showing the highest luminance were yellow with a pink sutural band (112.8 ± 7.1) and pale yellow (112.6 ± 10.3) and the lowest luminance corresponded to the black morph (44.5 ± 1.2). The presence of dark bands decreased the luminance values regardless of their position in the shell, the morph and the species analysed. …”
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The Impact of Selected Regimens of Chronic HIV‐Antiretroviral Treatment on Glycemic Control Markers and Correlates: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Protocol by Mlindeli Gamede, Mbulelo Aubrey Sosibo, Nontobeko Gumede, Mluleki Luvuno

“…The articles that remained after full article screening will be assessed for bias using the Downs and Black checklist, and the data will be extracted. …”
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Data Fusion Applied to the Leader-Based Bat Algorithm to Improve the Localization of Mobile Robots by Wolmar Araujo-Neto, Leonardo Rocha Olivi, Daniel Khede Dourado Villa, Mário Sarcinelli-Filho

“…Comparative studies with leading algorithms, such as Manta Ray Foraging Optimization (MRFO) and Black Widow Optimization (BWO), highlighted the proposed algorithm’s ability to achieve greater path accuracy and faster convergence, even when using fewer particles. …”
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Discoloration Effects of High-Dose γ-Irradiation and Long-Term Thermal Aging of (U)HMW-PE by Anja Kömmling, Emmanouil Chatzigiannakis, Jörg Beckmann, Volker Wachtendorf, Kerstin von der Ehe, Ulrike Braun, Matthias Jaunich, Ulrich Schade, Dietmar Wolff

“…The color change was correlated mainly to decomposition products of the antioxidant in addition to trapped radicals as in UHMW-PE. Additionally, black spots appeared after thermal aging of HMW-PE.…”
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Magnetoresistance Effect in NiFe/BP/NiFe Vertical Spin Valve Devices by Leilei Xu, Jiafeng Feng, Kangkang Zhao, Weiming Lv, Xiufeng Han, Zhongyuan Liu, Xiaohong Xu, He Huang, Zhongming Zeng

“…Here, we report magnetoresistance (MR) properties of a black phosphorus (BP) spin valve devices consisting of thin BP flakes contacted by NiFe ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes. …”
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The Low-Mass End of the MBH/Mhost Relation in Quasars by Roberto Decarli, Renato Falomo, Jari K. Kotilainen, Tomi Hyvönen, Michela Uslenghi, Aldo Treves

“…We do not find any evidence of a population of massive black holes lying below the relation.…”
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Color Alteration of Resin Composites by Cigarette Smoke with Various Levels of Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide by Jéssica Dias Theobaldo, Waldemir Francisco Vieira-Junior, Marcela Alvarez Ferretti, Lorena Barros Costa, Giselle Maria Marchi, Debora Alves Nunes Leite Lima, Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar

“…Results: Significant differences were observed for ΔL* (toward black), Δa* (toward red), ΔEab, and ΔE00 of both resin composites compared with the control (p<0.05) regardless of the type of cigarette, with higher values for NF (p<0.05). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF ROMANIAN ALPINE HABITATS SPATIAL SHIFTS BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION SCENARIOS by ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU, JENICĂ HANGANU, ANTHONY LEHMANN, NICOLAS RAY

“…The output of models will contribute to the Black Sea Catchment Observation Systems to be further accessible to scientists, decision-makers and the general public.…”
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Aesthetic and Mechanical Suitability of a Clear Synthetic Resin as a Unconventional Binder for Road Pavements by Marco Pasetto, Andrea Baliello, Giovanni Giacomello, Emiliano Pasquini

“…Slightly increased aptitude to rutting at the higher temperatures was detected, even if it is worth noting that clear in-service mixtures would achieve lower temperatures than traditional “black” materials at a given environmental condition (air temperature, solar radiation, etc.). …”
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Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies in Türkiye by Regions via Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering Analysis by Özlem Demir, Batuhan Ersöz

“…On the other hand, when participation rates are analysed based on unemployment, different regional clusters are encountered and the West Black Sea Region (TR8) is differentiated from other regions. …”
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The Effect of Supplementation of Fish Protein Hydrolysate to the BSF-Based Aquafeed on the Growth, Survival, Fatty Acids, and Histopathology of Juvenile Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) by Ishaaq Saputra, Yih Nin Lee, Ravi Fotedar

“…The present study aims to evaluate the effect of liquid fish protein hydrolysate (FPH) following fishmeal substitution with full-fat and defatted BSF (black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens) meal in the feeds of juvenile ornate spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus. …”
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Effect of background colors on oviposition site preference by Anopheles gambiae s.s.: an experimental proof by Norah Lowassari, Germana T. Baraka, Grace Jayombo, Castory Munishi, Eliningaya J. Kweka

“…This study evaluated the gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s. response to habitat water with a background of different colors. Methods: Green, black, red, and blue were selected as background colors based on previous literature searches. …”
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Computer-aided cholelithiasis diagnosis using explainable convolutional neural network by Dheeraj Kumar, Mayuri A. Mehta, Ketan Kotecha, Ambarish Kulkarni

“…Although several computer-aided cholelithiasis diagnosis approaches have been introduced in the literature, their use is limited because Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models are black box in nature. Therefore, a novel approach for cholelithiasis classification using custom CNN with post-hoc model explanation is proposed. …”
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FEATURES OF DECENTRALIZATION IN THE UK: EXPERIENCE OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY FOR UKRAINE by Olha Andrieieva, Nataliia Larina, Yurii Ruban

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EMG-Based Continuous Estimation of Index Finger Movements With Varying Interjoint Coordination Patterns by Modeling Musculoskeletal Dynamics by Trenton A. Gilstrap, Mada M. Alghamdi, Thanh Phan, Sang Wook Lee

“…Surface electromyography (EMG) is widely used for predicting kinematics of intended finger movements in applications including teleoperation. Generally, &#x2018;black-box&#x2019; models with high complexity such as neural networks (NN) were used to improve prediction accuracy, which may not reproduce other important movement characteristics such as smoothness or kinematic similarity. …”
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The Entente’s Support for the White Armies in Southern Russia (Late 1918–1919) by G. G. Popov, T. G. Chshiev, O. Yu. Kazenkov

“…This comprehensive source base enables a reassessment of some long-held views in Russian historiography regarding the Entente's intervention in the Black Sea region. The study aims to delineate the scope and nature of the Entente’s support and to understand why this assistance failed to secure a victory for the White forces.Post-Soviet historiography commonly posits that the Red Army enjoyed an economic advantage in terms of weapons and ammunition supply for most of the Civil War. …”
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Role of badger setts in life of other carnivores by Natalia V. Sidorchuk, Michail V. Maslov, Vyacheslav V. Rozhnov

“…The second group includes lynx Lynx lynx and wolf Canis lupus in Darwin reserve and Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus, brown bear U. arctos, yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula aterrima and lynx Lynx lynx in Ussuriisk reserve. …”
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Immobilization of Laccase in Alginate-Gelatin Mixed Gel and Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes by Mehdi Mogharabi, Nasser Nassiri-Koopaei, Maryam Bozorgi-Koushalshahi, Nastaran Nafissi-Varcheh, Ghodsieh Bagherzadeh, Mohammad Ali Faramarzi

“…Results showed that the maximum and minimum dye removal was related to amido black 10B and eosin, respectively.…”
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