Superfoods: exploring sustainability perspectives between nutrient synthesizers and accumulators by G. Santunione, G. Montevecchi, G. Montevecchi

“…Analyzing the sources and characteristics of the main compounds found in superfoods reveals that most of them come from plants or bacteria, rather than animal origins. …”
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Delving into the world of webCHAT – an e-mental health support service for distressed youths in Singapore by Yi Ping Lee, Ying Ying Lee, Hamidah Binte Otheman, Charmaine Tang, Mythily Subramaniam, Swapna K Verma

“…Methods A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted using transcripts of webCHAT sessions to identify main themes. Results Many users accessed webCHAT to seek support with emotional and behavioural concerns, valuing its immediacy and anonymity over traditional appointment-based services. …”
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A dynamic modeling for green business development in oil refining industry by N. Barforoush, A. Etebarian, A.R. Naghsh, A. Shahin

“…The starting point in this work is literature review of prior studies on the same common topic and green business, and it relies on a Fuzzy Delphi method to define main parameters. Based on the experts’ opinions, management support (0.78), cost (0.77), knowledge management (0.73), quality (0.64), staff training and empowering (0.63) customer satisfaction (0.63), environmental plan (0.61), production and process design (0.58) as well as suppliers (0.35) are the determining parameters in modeling green oil refining industry, respectively. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Toxoplasma gondii from Aborted Fetuses of Goats by PCR in Lorestan Province by Morad Beiranvand, Hossein Hamidinejat, Somayeh Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Tabandeh, Meysam Makki

“…Identification of the level of infection in intermediate hosts gives us an important data about understanding the role of this parasite in human health as well as estimating the economic loss in livestock. Therefore, the main aim of this study was the isolation and identification of T. gondii from aborted goat fetuses by PCR in Lorestan province. …”
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SÖZLÜ TARİH/SÖZLÜ GELENEK VE HADİS KİTAPLARI-Sahîh-i Müslim Örneği- by M. Hanefi Palabıyık

“…Along with this, we want to emphasize that written sources formed by the oral tradition should be revised critically and used together with the all sources reached; in other words, the main principles of the historical method should are acceptable here. …”
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New trends in basic oxygen furnace dephosphorization by Keskinkilic E.

“…An increase of phosphorus in hot metal is mainly related to the use of high P2O5 containing iron ores. …”
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Legal certainty as a requirement for the formalization of legal norms by Adaskalytsia K.

“…The study illustrated that there are different approaches to the principle of legal certainty, which are united by the concepts of "clarity" and "comprehensibility" of legal provisions as the main requirements for the formalization of legal norms. …”
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The Use of Principal Component Analysis for Reduction in Sleep Quality and Quantity Data in Female Professional Soccer by Eider Barba, David Casamichana, Pedro Figueiredo, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Julen Castellano

“…The main aim of the present study was to uncover multivariate relationships between sleep quantity and quality using principal component analysis (PCA) in professional female soccer players. …”
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Forest Fire Smoke Layers Observed in the Free Troposphere over Portugal with a Multiwavelength Raman Lidar: Optical and Microphysical Properties by Sérgio Nepomuceno Pereira, Jana Preißler, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Ana Maria Silva, Frank Wagner

“…The Ångström exponents were generally high, mainly above 1.4, indicating a dominating accumulation mode. …”
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Healthcare professionals’ understanding of children’s rights: a systematic review of the empirical evidence-base by Sahar Mazied Alshammari, Mark A. Linden, Helen Kerr, Helen Noble

“…Based on the narrative synthesis of the included studies, three main themes were identified: (1) Barriers to implementing children’s rights in healthcare, (2) Factors that contribute to children’s rights implementation, and (3) Study instruments used to measure outcomes. …”
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Intellectual Capital and Bank Profitability: Evidence from Serbia by Isidora Ljumović, Jelena Minović, Slavica Stevanović

“…As a result, our goal was to throw light on the components of IC and examine how they relate to the commercial bank's financial performance in Serbia. Idea: The main idea behind this paper is to assess the relationship between components of IC and bank profitability. …”
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Identifying and evaluating causes of waste effect in green building projects by Usama Hamed Issa, Ahmed Gamal AbdelHaffez, Alaa Atif Abdel-Hafez, Kamal Abbas Assaf

“…Forty-five causes of waste are determined and classified into five main groups as follows: (G01) green materials, (G02) green building design, (G03) sustainable site, (G04) green building technologies, and (G05) green building stakeholders. …”
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INTERSTRAIN DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL AND WEIGHT INDICES IN GC RATS WITH CATATONIC RESPONSE AND WISTAR RATS by T. A. Alekhina, R. V. Kozhemjakina

“…The criterion presumes the selection for the long cataleptic freezing character, whereas the nervous rats display elevated motor excitement: running, jumping, and vocalization. The main purpose of our study was to assess phenotypic indices in GC rats (abbreviated from genetic and catatonia) and recognize principal components of variability for emotional and weight indices. …”
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Micro-classification of orchards and agricultural croplands by applying object based image analysis and fuzzy algorithms for estimating the area under cultivation by Bakhtiar Feizizadeh, Ali KHedmat Zadeh, Mohammad Reza Nikjoo

“…This approach make use of spectral, environmental, physical and geometrical characteristics (e.g. texture, shape) together images contexts for modeling of land use/cover classes. The main objective of this study is to classify micro land use/cover of Meyandoab County by applying appropriate and effective algorithms and parameters in the object based approach. …”
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Bycatch of common pollinators in pheromone baited traps for monitoring corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Missouri Industrial Hemp by Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Isaac N. Ativor, Caroline N. Foba, Valliyodan Babu

“…Results Tricolor traps captured significantly more adult male H. zea than the other traps in both years. Non-target insects, mainly Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Bombus spp. …”
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Deformation Characterisation and Distress Diagnosis of a Metro Shield Tunnel by Adjacent Constructions by Ting-jin Liu, Si-wei Chen, Hong-yuan Liu

“…This paper presents a case history of the developmental effect of a large-area excavation, 8 high-rise main buildings, a series of annex constructions, and ground overloaded building demolition on the deformation characteristics of an existing shield tunnel within Guangzhou Metro Line No. 1 in close proximity to the development. …”
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A Two-Fluid Conditional Averaging Paradigm for the Theory and Modeling of Turbulent Premixed Combustion by Vladimir L. Zimont

“…We propose a simpler approach to modeling the conditional Reynolds stresses based on the use of the two-fluid conditional equations of the standard “k-ε” turbulence model, which we formulate using the splitting method. The main problem arising here is the appearance in these equations of unknown terms describing the exchange of the turbulent energy k and dissipation rate ε in the unburned and burned gases. …”
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Orexitropic Signaling Proteins in Obese Children by Ljiljana Saranac, Bojko Bjelakovic, Hristina Stamenkovic, Borislav Kamenov

“…Adipose tissue is not only the main organ for energy storage, but it also has endocrine properties, producing “adipokines” responsible for energy homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation. …”
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Factors affecting private sector engagement in achieving universal health coverage: a scoping review by Naser Derakhshani, Ramin Rezapour, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Hamideh Nafar, Samira Soleimanpour, Emir Tahmazi Aghdam, Mohammadreza Maleki

“…Extracted data were divided into four main categories: challenges, barriers, facilitators, goals, and reasons for engagement. …”
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Simulation of Arc Discharge in an Argon/Methane Mixture, Taking into Account the Evaporation of Anode Material in Problems Related to the Synthesis of Functional Nanostructures by Almaz Saifutdinov, Boris Timerkaev

“…It is shown that in the case of a refractory tungsten cathode, almost the same methane conversion rate is observed, leading to similar values in the density of the main methane conversion products (C, C₂, H) at different values of the discharge current density. …”
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