Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Carbon Stock of Coffee-Based Agroforestry System along an Elevation Gradient in the Moist Mid-Highlands of Southern Ethiopia by Fikrey Tesfay, Yitebitu Moges, Zebene Asfaw

“…These indicate that the agroforestry system has significant potential of storing and enhancing ecosystem carbon stocks across all the elevation gradients. The findings generally show that agroforestry systems in the study area are diverse, structurally complex with significant carbon storage in the soil and woody biomass.…”
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Relationship between weapon size and six key behavioural and physiological traits in males of the European earwig by Blackwell, Samantha E M, Pasquier, Laura, Dupont, Simon, devers, Severine, Lecureuil, Charlotte, Meunier, Joël

“…In many animals, male weapons are large and extravagant morphological structures that typically enhance fighting ability and reproductive success. It is generally assumed that growing and carrying large weapons is costly, thus only males in the best condition can afford it. …”
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Data-Driven Technology in Event-Based Vision by Ruolin Sun, Dianxi Shi, Yongjun Zhang, Ruihao Li, Ruoxiang Li

“…Current status and future trends of event-based data-driven technology are presented successively in terms of hardware, datasets, and algorithms, providing guidance for future research. Generally, this paper reveals the great prospects of event-based data-driven technology and presents a comprehensive overview of this field, aiming at a more efficient and bio-inspired visual system to extract visual features from the external environment.…”
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Definition of Triangular Norms and Triangular Conorms on Subfamilies of Type-2 Fuzzy Sets by Pablo Hernández-Varela, Francisco Javier Talavera, Susana Cubillo, Carmen Torres-Blanc, Jorge Elorza

“…These t-norms and t-conorms are generalized to the type-2 fuzzy set framework.…”
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Double Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting as One Mass: A Case Report by Rugilė Petruokaitė, Vitalijus Eismontas, Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius

“…The aim of this article is to present a case of double adenoma presenting as one and literature review on this topic.Case presentation: 56 years old female suffering from generalized fatigue, bone pain, unstable body weight and palpitations was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism. …”
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Solid waste management beliefs and practices in rural households towards sustainable development and pro-environmental citizenship by M.R. Limon, J.P.C. Vallente, N.C.T. Corales

“…In terms of the participants’ solid waste management beliefs, their ratings yielded a <em>X̄</em> score of 1.08, which means that they generally have positive beliefs towards managing household wastes. …”
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Expression and Function of the Homeostatic Molecule Del-1 in Endothelial Cells and the Periodontal Tissue by Jieun Shin, Kavita B. Hosur, Kalyani Pyaram, Ravi Jotwani, Shuang Liang, Triantafyllos Chavakis, George Hajishengallis

“…Interestingly, Del-1 was itself regulated by inflammatory stimuli, which generally exerted opposite effects on adhesion molecule expression. …”
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An Extended Interval Type-2 Fuzzy VIKOR Technique with Equitable Linguistic Scales and Z-Numbers for Solving Water Security Problems in Malaysia by Wan Nur Amira Wan Azman, Nurnadiah Zamri, Siti Sabariah Abas, Azimah Ismail, Zamali Tarmudi, Syibrah Naim, Lazim Abdullah

“…Most of the IT2FVIKOR methods are created from linguistic variables based on Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Set (IT2FS) and its generalization, such as Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Numbers (IT2FNs). …”
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APPLICATION OF DIBR AND MAIRCA METHODS IN THE EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Radojko Lukić

“…The worst economic performance in BiH’s economy was registered in 2020, which was contributed, among other things, by the Covid-19 pandemic. Generally speaking, the economic performance of BiH’s economy significantly improved recently. …”
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Effective Contract in Higher Education: Intentions and Outcomes by M. V. Kurbatova, I. V. Donova

“…It was revealed that the task of introducing an effective contract for the increasing of salaries is generally being fulfilled but with significant difficulties due to the economic factors. …”
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Comparative analysis of phytochemical properties in preserved and non-preserved butterfly pea flower beverages during storage by Puspitojati Endah, Rahayu Novia Aristi, Fatimah Nur, Sumarna Sumarna

“…Sensory properties, including color and aroma, remained generally preferred by the panelists for both preserved and non-preserved beverages. …”
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Solar Drying and Sensory Attributes of Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Jerky by Iva Kučerová, Štěpán Marek, Jan Banout

“…Jerky from TMP pretreated meat had the highest scores for texture, colour, and taste. Generally, for both meats dried in both driers, TMH marinade was evaluated as the one with the highest total difference ΔE compared to meat dipped in TMP pretreatment, which had the lowest total difference ΔE.…”
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GREEK «ΦΥΣΙΣ» AS THE BASIS OF GENDER STEREOTYPES by S. V. Storozhuk, I. M. Goyan

“…Methodology of the study is caused by interdisciplinary approach, involving not only the use of scientific methods such as analysis, synthesis and generalization and so on. Basic principles of philosophical hermeneutics, hypothetical-deductive method and contextual analysis are used at the same time. …”
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Smoking Cessation Carries a Short-Term Rising Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Independently of Weight Gain: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Yi-Ting Sung, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, I-Jen Chang, Yu-Chih Lin, Chen-Yu Yueh

“…Conclusion. Smoking cessation generally decreased risk for newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. …”
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On the issue of preventing personnel corruption risks in the organization by T. V. Bobko, E. V. Ivanova, D. A. Nadeeva

“…In order to achieve the stated goal and solve the specified tasks, such research methods as social audit, literature review, documentary sources study, analysis, analogy, description, synthesis, and generalization of the obtained data were used.   The application of the above mentioned research methods allowed the most objective and comprehensive study and assessment of the HR corruption risks impact on a company’s objectives, its development trajectory, and the social responsibility degree to all stakeholders (employees, partners, customers, etc.).…”
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Validation of a composite outcome measure for inpatient psychiatry using scales from the interRAI-MH by Howard E. Barbaree, Christopher Perlman, Elke Ham, Gregory P. Brown, John P. Hirdes

“…Currently, there are few generally accepted or widely used outcomes to assess the effectiveness of inpatient treatment.MethodFollowing a Donabedian Model of Health Care Quality, we utilized eight scales from the RAI Mental Health assessment to derive a clinician-scored outcome measure consisting of 4 domains (Psychosis, Depression, Impairment, and Aggression). …”
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Sex differences in presentation of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma by Nora Azin Ali, Jan Calissendorff, Jan Calissendorff, Henrik Falhammar, Henrik Falhammar

“…No differences between sexes were found in biochemical, genetical or histopathological results, or presence of metastasis at diagnosis.ConclusionsThe reported symptoms by patients with PPGL were generally similar between the sexes, except for pallor and sweating. …”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“…Conclusion The authors argue that the generally positive impact of exercise on male fertility can be demonstrated on many levels. …”
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Comparison of prepandemic and postpandemic students’ attitude to the electronic learning at universities with foreign language acquisition in mind by E. V. Zubareva, I. G. Tuchkova

“…Aiming at fundamental analysis of distant learning the authors conducted students’ opinion surveys of the State University of Management on the issues of risks, disadvantages, convenience and advantages of the electronic and blended learning generally and on the issues of foreign language acquisition particularly. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Primary Treatment for Graves’ Disease Complicated by Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis by Rita Yuk-Kwan Chang, Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Ai Chen Chan, Kai Pun Wong

“…Sixteen patients with GD/TPP were followed over a 14-year period. ATD was generally prescribed upfront for 12–18 months before RAI or surgery was considered. …”
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