The Effects of the Social Hierarchy Destabilization on the Foraging Activity of Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus styx Richards, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) by Vanderlei Conceição Costa Filho, Sulene Noriko Shima, Ivan Cesar Desuó, André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami

“…Our results showed that the removal of higher-ranked females had higher effect on the number of foraging trips of M. cerberus styx than the removal of lower-ranked females (the number of foraging trips/hour decreased by 66.4% and 32.7%, resp.). …”
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Comparison of sustainable life cycle assessment on building construction methods: IBS versus conventional by Nik Mazlan Nik Muhammad Akif, Ismail Sushilawati, Saryanto Hendi, Wan Nasaruddin Wan Anwar Faiz, Tukiat Ikhwan Shah Tisadi

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Impact response and post-impact compression behavior of two-dimensional triaxially braided carbon fiber composites by SUN Yang, HUANG Jian, ZHAO Zhenqiang, ZHOU Haili, LI Chao, ZHANG Liquan, ZHANG Chao

“…The ballistic limit velocity of the two-dimensional triaxial braided composite is about 138.5 m/s. The projectile is embedded in the plate. When the impact velocity is greater than the ballistic limit velocity， a rectangular hole is formed on the impact surface， and a tearing fracture can be observed on the back surface. …”
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Electric and Magnetic Properties of Sputter Deposited BiFeO3 Films by N. Siadou, I. Panagiotopoulos, N. Kourkoumelis, T. Bakas, K. Brintakis, A. Lappas

“…At a target-to-substrate distance d=2′′ the BiFeO3 structure can be obtained in larger range process gas pressures (2–7 mTorr) but the films do not show a specific texture. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms for Decreased Glutathione in Individuals with HIV Infection by Devin Morris, Carlos Guerra, Clare Donohue, Hyoung Oh, Melissa Khurasany, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…This decrease correlated with an increase in the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) in macrophages from HIV+ individuals. In addition, we observed increased levels of free radicals, interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-17 (IL-17) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in plasma samples derived from HIV+ individuals compared to healthy subjects. …”
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Navigating the Dynamics: Modeling of Wave Propagation at Taiping Bay Port for Enhanced Design and Management by Dachuan He, Xi Zhang, Yakun Liu, Zhi Chen, Xiangjun Nie, Ke Wang

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Isolation and characterization of cadmium-resistant Bacillus cereus strains from Cd-contaminated mining areas for potential bioremediation applications by Bixia Liang, Yimeng Feng, Xiyue Ji, Chune Li, Qian Li, Zhenshun Zeng, Yuqi Wang

“…Optimal Cd adsorption was observed at 36 h for strain C9 and at 48 h for strain C27, with maximum removal rates achieved at a Cd concentration of 70 μM. Both strains demonstrated substantial resistance to heavy metals in the order Zn > Cd > Tl on solid media. …”
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Prognostic Value of GPNMB, EGFR, p-PI3K, and Ki-67 in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Bo Wang, Mengyan Li, Anna Su, Yongmei Gao, Yan Shi, Chao Li, Wenying Liu, Liping Su, Wan Li, Yuqing Ma

“…Statistical analysis was done by SPSS 22.0 and R. Results. GPNMB mRNA expression is higher in ESCC compared with paracancerous tissues. …”
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Particle Size Dependence of TiO2 Electrodes in Rechargeable Lithium Battery by S. Y. Huang, G. Campet, N. Treuil, J. Porter, K. Chhor

“…Particle size effects in five anatase TiO2 pellet electrodes with different particle sizes (4 ∼ 300nm) and surface areas (8 ∼ 380m2/g) were studied by XRD analysis, chronopotentiometry and chronoamperometry in Li/LiN(CF3SO2)2 + EC:DME/TiO2 cells. …”
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Insects of the Subfamily Scolytinae (Insecta: Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Collected with Pitfall and Ethanol Traps in Primary Forests of Central Amazonia by Raimunda Liege Souza de Abreu, Greicilany de Araújo Ribeiro, Bazilio Frasco Vianez, Ceci Sales-Campos

“…Five impact traps of the type Escolitideo/Curitiba, with ethanol baits, were installed at the height of 3 m above the ground, and five pitfall traps were buried in the same area of the above ground traps. …”
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Study on the performance and mechanism of aging asphalt with organic–inorganic composite rejuvenator by Benan Shu, Guodong Zeng, Leifeng Li, Maocong Zhu, Yunlong Ma

“…A reduction in stiffness of 33% was observed, accompanied by an increase in m of 15% at a temperature of −18 °C. The unrecoverable creep compliance was decreased by 58% under shear stresses of 0.3 kPa. …”
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Easterly Wave Disturbances over Northeast Brazil: An Observational Analysis by Helber Barros Gomes, Tércio Ambrizzi, Dirceu Luís Herdies, Kevin Hodges, Bruce Francisco Pontes da Silva

“…The mean characteristics of EWDs are 5.5-day period, propagation speed of ~9.5 m·s−1, and a 4500 km wavelength. A synoptic analysis shows that between days −2 d and 0 d, the low level winds presented cyclonic relative vorticity and convergence anomalies both in 2006 and 2007. …”
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Breather, lump and other wave profiles for the nonlinear Rosenau equation arising in physical systems by Baboucarr Ceesay, Muhammad Zafarullah Baber, Nauman Ahmed, Muhammad Waqas Yasin, Wael W. Mohammed

“…We use Mathematica to investigate these wave patterns and obtained variety of wave behaviors, such as M-shaped waves, mixed waves, multiple wave forms, periodic lumps, periodic cross kinks, bright and dark breathers, and kinks and anti-kinks. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Living with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes by Gábor Kovács, Elemér Mohos, János Tibor Kis, Ádám Tabák, Péter Gerendy, Judit Pettkó, Dávid Nagy, Dávid Győrbíró, Zoltán Kaló

“…Patients entered the simulation model at the age of 45 with body mass index BMI≥30 kg/m2 and type 2 diabetes. The model was performed from the public payer’s perspective, comparing sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) procedures to conventional care of diabetes. …”
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Experimental Study on Reasonable Spacing after Carbon Dioxide Presplitting in Low-Permeability Coal Seam by Zongyong Wei, Shugang Li, Haifei Lin, Botao Li, Yang Ding, Haiqing Shuang

“…It is obtained that the reasonable spacing of the gas drainage holes is 8.10 m and the reasonable drainage time is 180 days after CO2 presplitting and permeability increase in the 4−2 coal seam of the mine.…”
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Strategies for Enhancing Home Economics Teachers’ Service Delivery in Some Selected Public Secondary Schools in Lagos State by Kemi P. Ogbonna, Ukamaka G. Okwume, Francisca N. Onyeka, Temitope F. Ogabi

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Optimizing synthesis parameters to compare Ag2V4O11/AgVO3 nanosheets for electrochemical energy storage by Poria Gomrokchi, Maryam Ghiyasiyan-Arani, Mehdi Shabani-Nooshabadi, Masoud Salavati-Niasari

“…The nanosheets of silver vanadate by thickness of 30 nm which synthesized in the presence of 1.5 mol of ligand show the highest capacity at 15th cycle about of 314 mAhg−1. Hence, employing a two-dimensional (2D) structure for the can be suitable for hydrogen storage in the electrodes made of silver vanadate (AGV). …”
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Modified MobileNetV2 transfer learning model to detect road potholes by Neha Tanwar, Anil V. Turukmane

“…Fourteen models were evaluated, including MobileNet, MobileNetV2, NASNetMobile, DenseNet121, DenseNet169, InceptionV3, DenseNet201, ResNet152V2, EfficientNetB0, InceptionResNetV2, Xception, and EfficientNetV2M. The study introduces a modified MobileNetV2 (MMNV2) model designed for fast and efficient feature extraction. …”
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Treatment of LF slag to prevent powdering during cooling by Ghorai S., Mandal G.K., Roy S., Minj R.K., Agarwal A., Singh D.P., Kumar A., Ramna R.B.V.

“…The slag generated, during the production of thermo mechanically treated steel in ladle furnace at M/s Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, India, behaves in similar manner. …”
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Determinant domain in prognosis evaluation of the septic patient in the intensive care unit. by Alexis Díaz Mesa, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Alexis Suárez del Villar Labastida, Dagmaris Losa Pérez

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> The essential supremacies for the evolution and prognosis were identified including clinical, paraclinical aspects and some others which in a decrement order by correlations coefficient analyzed were the following: Hb &lt; 80 gr / L, glycemia &gt;12 mmol / L, time of bleeding &gt;4 seconds, SAT &lt; 80 mmHg, HR &gt;101 beats / min, creatinine &gt;200 mmol / L, platelet count &lt;100 000 / L, K+ &gt;6 mEq / L and the levels of PH &lt; 7.15, all of them at the 5th day of evolution, and the multiple organic dysfunction. …”
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