Temporal and Spatial Changes in Soil Quality at Shooting Ranges: A Case Study in Croatia by Željka Zgorelec, Nikica Šprem, Radovan Abramović, Marija Galić, Iva Hrelja, Domina Delač, Toni Safner, Ivica Kisić

“…The intensity of shooting range use (calculated from the age of the lane and the average number of targets used per year) and the distance from the shooting range (−40 m to +240 m) were examined in relation to soil chemical composition and soil quality. …”
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An Energy-Efficient Clustering Routing Algorithm Based on Geographic Position and Residual Energy for Wireless Sensor Network by Ali Jorio, Sanaa El Fkihi, Brahim Elbhiri, Driss Aboutajdine

“…The simulation results show that if the clusters are not constructed in an optimal way and/or the number of the clusters is greater or less than the optimal number of clusters, the total consumed energy of the sensor network per round is increased exponentially.…”
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In Vitro Model of Vascular Remodeling Under Microfluidic Perfusion by Kotaro Nishikata, Kimisato Doi, Nobuyoshi Kaneoya, Masataka Nakamura, Nobuyuki Futai

“…We obtained many large-area (2 mm × 3 mm) long-term (more than 30 days per run) time-lapse image datasets of the in vitro luminal network using this microfluidic system. …”
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Stock status of kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) fishery using surplus production model: An assessment from coastal waters of Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal, Southeast coast of... by Rajendran Abinaya, Moosambikandy K. Sajeevan

“…The Catch-based MSY (CMSY), the Bayesian state-space Schaefer surplus production Model (BSM), and stochastic Surplus Production model in Continuous Time (SPiCT) packages were used to investigate the stock exploitation by running surplus production models with catch, catch per unit effort (CPUE), and other life history data. …”
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Noise Robustness of Quantum Relaxation for Combinatorial Optimization by Kentaro Tamura, Yohichi Suzuki, Rudy Raymond, C. Hiroshi Watanabe, Yuki Sato, Ruho Kondo, Michihiko Sugawara, Naoki Yamamoto

“…Quantum random-access optimization (QRAO) is a quantum-relaxation-based optimizer that uses fewer qubits than the number of bits in the original problem by encoding multiple variables per qubit using quantum random-access code (QRAC). …”
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Testing of selected hybrids of Ribes nigrum L. in Estonia by Ave Kikas, Asta-Virve Libek

“…Genotypes 14-11-4 (SRI9154-3 Ã âKarriâ), 11-13-3 (âKatyushaâ Ã âBen Finlayâ) and 9-13-2 (âMinaj Smyriovâ Ã âBen Finlayâ) were shown to be winter-hardy, disease-resistant and associated with good yield potential, a high number of fruits per cluster and a high ascorbic acid content in the berries.…”
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Effects of Catastrophic Insect Outbreaks on the Harvesting Solutions of Dahurian Larch Plantations by Qi Jin, Lauri Valsta, Kari Heliövaara, Jing Li, Youqing Luo, Juan Shi

“…Insect damage is assumed to be a Poisson process with an average rate of 0.1 per year. One hundred scenarios of insect damage are created using the Poisson process to simulate the distribution of bare land value of each of the optimal regimes. …”
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Dentists’ Awareness of Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Study by Inae C. Gadotti, Corey Hulse, Julia Vlassov, Derek Sanders, Daniela A. Biasotto-Gonzalez

“…The overall awareness and information on patient referral were presented per dentist specialty. Results. A total of 256 dentists completed the survey. …”
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Increased Yield and Improved Transplantation Outcome of Mouse Islets with Bovine Serum Albumin by Suzanne Bertera, A. N. Balamurugan, Rita Bottino, Jing He, Massimo Trucco

“…The method outlined here can reduce the overall number of animals needed per experiment and also reduce the time and resources needed for islet preparation.…”
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Prevalence and Imaging Characteristics of Palatine Tonsilloliths Detected by CT in 2,873 Consecutive Patients by Akira Takahashi, Chieko Sugawara, Takaharu Kudoh, Daisuke Uchida, Tetsuya Tamatani, Hirokazu Nagai, Youji Miyamoto

“…The number of tonsilloliths per palatine tonsil ranged from one to 18. The size of the tonsilloliths ranged from 1 to 10 mm. …”
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Practical operation of Fenton oxidation/efficient precipitation in fluoride wastewater treatment by SUN Longhai, WANG Wenfeng, CHEN Liang, HAN Feichao

“…The operating cost of the sewage treatment increased by 1.95 yuan per ton of water.…”
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Power to Ammonia Production by Djire All-Fousseni, Bazzi Ahmed, El Hafdaoui Hamza, Khallaayoun Ahmed, Lghoul Rachid

“…In the latter, electricity consumption drops to 10 MWh per ton of ammonia produced, saving 60 GWh of energy annually, along with reductions in capital costs by 53% and operating costs by 10% compared to the first scenario.…”
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Thermal and Environmental Analysis Solar Water Heater System for Residential Buildings by Reza Alayi, Nima Khalilpoor, Saeid Heshmati, Atabak Najafi, Alibek Issakhov

“…Our country (IRAN) is geographically located in a hot and dry region, and with more than 280 sunny days per year, one of the nonpower applications of solar energy is heating space and water consumption of the building using solar thermal energy. …”
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Dietary supplementation with sodium humate improves egg quality and immune function of laying hens by A.R. Zhang, S.A. Pirzado, G.H. Liu, Z.M. Chen, W.H. Chang, H.Y. Cai, W.L. Bryden, A.J. Zheng

“…Each treatment had six replicates with 15 layers per replicate. Egg production, egg quality, serum antioxidant parameters and immunity indexes were measured. …”
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Comparing Two Seawater Temperatures For Human Norovirus Depuration From Oysters by Françoise S. Le Guyader, Joanna Ollivier, Sylvain Parnaudeau, Mathias Gauffriau, Mathias Papin, Christophe Stavrakakis, Virginie François, Françoise Vincent-Hubert, Pascal Garry

“…Over the experiment, quantitative RT-qPCR showed a one-log decrease of norovirus (both genogroups combined) genome copies per gram of digestive tissue after 41 days for oysters depurated at 8 °C and 24 days at 18 °C. …”
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Low Temperature Gasification of Coconut Shell with CO2 and KOH: Effects of Temperature, Chemical Loading, and Introduced Carbonization Step on the Properties of Syngas and Porous C... by Natthaya Punsuwan, Chaiyot Tangsathitkulchai, Takayuki Takarada

“…It was also found that carbonization step could promote the generation of hydrogen gas as well as increasing the gas heating value per kg of gas. Furthermore, the porosity development of carbon product was found to be influenced by the chemical ratio and gasification temperature. …”
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‘Tais’: a new pear cultivar for the Middle Urals by G. N. Tarasova, L. А. Kotov, D. D. Telezhinskiy

“…The average yield at the age of 10–14 years is 9.42 tons per hectare, while the maximum yield is 19.81 t/ha. …”
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Green Supply Chain Network Design with Economies of Scale and Environmental Concerns by Dezhi Zhang, Fangzi Zou, Shuangyan Li, Lingyun Zhou

“…Findings show that (i) the optimal location of RDCs is affected by the demand of customers and the level of economies of scale and that (ii) the introduction of CO2 emission taxes will change the structure of a supply chain network, which will decrease CO2 emissions per unit shipment.…”
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Optimization of purse seine fishing gear on skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) landed at Kutaraja fishing port by Agustina Imelda, Maulidar Nur, Salmarika Salmarika, Thaib Rizwan

“…The highest fishing effort reached 2,676 trips in 2022, while the lowest was 2,112 trips in 2021. The catch per unit effort (CPUE) value reached 3.69 tons/trip in 2023, indicating that purse seine gear is able to operate optimally in supporting the increase in skipjack tuna catch. …”
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Microcirculatory Changes in Term Newborns with Suspected Infection: An Observational Prospective Study by Irene Alba-Alejandre, Stephan Hiedl, Orsolya Genzel-Boroviczény

“…Flow in vessels was classified as continuous or noncontinuous flow and given as proportion of total vessels per image as in the studies in adults. Results. …”
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