How Family Forest Owners Consider Timber Harvesting, Land Sale, and Conservation Easement Decisions: Insights from Massachusetts, USA by Zhao Ma, David B. Kittredge

“…By analyzing survey data from Massachusetts, this paper examines the thought processes of family forest owners when considering timber harvesting, land sale, and conservation easement decisions, all having great potential to shape the future of individual properties and forest landscape. …”
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Reduction of Residual Stress for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Strip Based on Finite Element Analysis by Zengshuai Qiu, Anrui He, Jian Shao, Xiaoming Xia

“…However, intensive cooling at high cooling rate may cause stress heterogeneity on a steel strip, which further generates great residual stress and influences steel strip shape. …”
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Stability of Positively Charged Nanoemulsion Formulation Containing Steroidal Drug for Effective Transdermal Application by Stephanie Da Costa, Mahiran Basri, Norashikin Shamsudin, Hamidon Basri

“…It was concluded that both positively and negatively charged nanoemulsions showed good stability and have great potential in transdermal delivery system. Though, further investigation of the drug release and drug penetration of both positively and negatively charged nanoemulsions will be studied to further prove the efficacy of nanoemulsion with hydrocortisone as a delivery system for dermal application.…”
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From biological marker to clinical application: the role of anti-Müllerian hormone for delayed puberty and idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia in males by Yuanyuan Zeng, Guicheng Zhao, Yi Zheng, Xiaohui Jiang

“…This review explores the physiological mechanisms of AMH and its diagnostic and prognostic significance in both delayed puberty and fertility disorders in reproductive-age males. While AMH shows great promise in the management of hypogonadism, further research is needed to validate its clinical utility and refine treatment protocols for optimizing patient outcomes.…”
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Temperature Effect on Rheological Behavior of Portuguese Honeys by Afonso Maria João, Magalhães Marta, Fernandes Luana, Castro Marina, Ramalhosa Elsa C.D.

“…The results obtained in this study are of great interest to beekeepers and industrials that handle and prepare eatable honey-based products because they will be better informed about the best type of honey to use.…”
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Genomic and Metabolomic Analyses of <i>Streptomyces albulus</i> with Enhanced ε-Poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-lysine Production Through Adaptive Laboratory E... by Xidong Ren, Xinjie Sun, Yan Chen, Xiangheng Xi, Yunzhe Ma, Xinyue Jiang, Xian Zhang, Chenying Wang, Deqiang Zhu, Xinli Liu

“…Genomic and metabolic analyses revealed that mutations occurred in genes responsible for transcriptional regulation, transporter, cell envelope, energy metabolism, and secondary metabolite synthesis, as well as the enrichment of metabolites involved in the biosynthesis of ε-PL. These findings hold great significance for elucidating the mechanism underlying ε-PL synthesis.…”
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Optimal design of maintenance service contract considering preventive maintenance, random repair cost and time value of money by Majeed Heydari, Amir Yousefli

“…To do this, designing an optimal MSC with a minimum price will be of great interest to service providers. In this paper, the effect of conducting periodic preventive maintenance on the failure process of a given equipment item and its corresponding cost are studied. …”
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Improving the stability and bioavailability of tea polyphenols by encapsulations: a review by Zhiya Yin, Ting Zheng, Chi-Tang Ho, Qingrong Huang, Qingli Wu, Man Zhang

“…The current findings provide scientific insights in encapsulation approaches for the delivery of TPPs, which can be of great value to TPPs-fortified food products. Further explorations are needed for the encapsulated TPPs in terms of their applications in the real food industry as well as their biological fate and functional pathways in vivo.…”
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Conformance Control for Tight Oil Cyclic Gas Injection Using Foam by Falin Wei, Song Zhang, Yilin Xi, Zhouyuan Zhu, Chunming Xiong, Chuanzhen Zang, Junjian Li

“…In conclusion, we have demonstrated the great potential of using foam to improve the conformance in tight oil cyclic gas injection process.…”
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Non-Volatile Reconfigurable Optical Digital Diffractive Neural Network Based on Phase Change Material by Qiaomu Hu, Jingyu Zhao, Chu Wu, Rui Zeng, Xiaobing Zhou, Shuang Zheng, Minming Zhang

“…Thanks to its reconfigurability and low energy supply, the digital optical diffractive neural network holds great potential to facilitate a programmable and low-power-consumption photonic processor for optical-artificial-intelligence.…”
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Tocopherols in Sunflower Seedlings under Light and Dark Conditions by Lidia del Moral, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Leonardo Velasco

“…The study revealed only slight differences in the patterns of tocopherol losses in lines with different tocopherol profiles, both under dark and light conditions, which suggested that the partial replacement of α-tocopherol by other tocopherol forms had no great impact on the protection against oxidative damage in seedlings.…”
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Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin in a Young Patient with Marfan Syndrome by S. B. C. P. Duarte, D. O. Beraldo, L. A. M. Cesar, A. P. Mansur, J. Y. Takada

“…The anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery in the right Valsalva sinus has a prevalence of 0.02%–0.05% and is commonly related to other congenital cardiac anomalies, such as transposition of great vessels, coronary fistulas, bicuspid aortic valve, and tetralogy of Fallot. …”
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Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Newly Produced Household Furniture Products Using a Large-Scale Chamber Testing Method by Duy Xuan Ho, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jong Ryeul Sohn, Youn Hee Oh, Ji-Won Ahn

“…Our results indicate that the emission characteristics of VOC are greatly distinguished between different furniture products in terms of relative dominance between different chemicals.…”
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A Pathophysiological Insight into Sepsis and Its Correlation with Postmortem Diagnosis by C. Pomara, I. Riezzo, S. Bello, D. De Carlo, M. Neri, E. Turillazzi

“…Sepsis is among the leading causes of death worldwide and is the focus of a great deal of attention from policymakers and caregivers. …”
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TS-PAID: A Two-Stage PUF-Based Lightweight Authentication Protocol for Internet of Drones by Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry, Azeem Irshad, Bander A. Alzahrani, Ahmad Alhindi, Mohd Shariq, Ashok Kumar Das

“…The proliferation of Internet of Drones (IoDs)-based use cases has greatly transformed the cyberspace into pervasive and ubiquitous world. …”
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Blood Pressure Control at Rest and during Exercise in Obese Children and Adults by Konstantina Dipla, George P. Nassis, Ioannis S. Vrabas

“…The hemodynamic responses to exercise have been studied to a great extent over the past decades, and an exaggerated blood pressure response during an acute exercise bout has been considered as an indicator of cardiovascular risk. …”
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Disturbance Effect of Pipe Jacking Group Adjacent Excavation on Surrounding Soil by Changbai Wang, Jimin Liu, Hua Cheng, Haibing Cai

“…The results show that there will be different degrees of disturbance superposition in parallel multihole jacking due to the influence of the spacing, and the disturbance intensity is greatly affected by the parallel distance and buried depth.…”
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Impact of the Total Area and Spatial Distribution of Green Infrastructure on the Canopy Urban Heat Island at the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo - A Numerical Study by Stefano Jericó Daminello, Flávia Noronha Dutra Ribeiro

“…Comparison using output data showed that the total area of green infrastructure has great potential in reducing the intensity of the canopy urban heat island. …”
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Impact of Guideline Markings on Saturation Flow Rate at Signalized Intersections by Zhengtao Qin, Jing Zhao, Shidong Liang, Jiao Yao

“…These irregular intersections often confuse drivers and greatly affect operational efficiency. Although guideline markings are recommended in many design manuals and codes on traffic signs and markings to address these problems, the effectiveness and application conditions are ambiguous. …”
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A Review of Different Behavior Modification Strategies Designed to Reduce Sedentary Screen Behaviors in Children by Jeremy A. Steeves, Dixie L. Thompson, David R. Bassett, Eugene C. Fitzhugh, Hollie A. Raynor

“…Many interventions (50%) significantly reduced sedentary screen behaviors; however the magnitude of the significant reductions varied greatly (−0.44 to −3.1 h/day) and may have been influenced by the primary focus of the intervention, number of behavior modification strategies used, and other tools used to limit sedentary screen behaviors.…”
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