Classical Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple with Gratiana boliviana by Rodrigo Diaz, Julio Medal, Kenneth Hibbard, Amy Roda, A. Fox, S. Hight, Philip Stansly, Brent Sellers, James Cuda, William A. Overholt

“…The article covers the importance of the weed, identification and biology of the biological control agent, rearing and release efforts, establishment and impact, and efforts to communicate the outcomes of the program to stakeholders. Written by R. Diaz, J. Medal, K. Hibbard, A. Roda, A. Fox, S. …”
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Utilizing the Novel Developed MLP Techniques to Survey Pile Subsidence via Optimization Algorithms by Augustinus Sieck, Graciela Daniels

“…In the prediction process, the R2 value of MLP-AOA and MLP-BBO were obtained at 0.93 and 0.94, respectively. …”
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IL-33 Acts to Express Schaffer Collateral/CA1 LTP and Regulate Learning and Memory by Targeting MyD88 by Tomoyuki Nishizaki

“…Taken together, these results show that IL-33 acts to express Schaffer collateral/CA1 LTP relevant to spatial learning and memory in a MyD88-dependent manner and that the LTP might be expressed through an IL-1R1/IL-1RAcP-MyD88 pathway in the absence of ST2.…”
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Multiobjective Multistate System Preventive Maintenance Model with Human Reliability by Chao-Hui Huang, Chun-Ho Wang, Guan-Liang Chen

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A Digital Microscopic Inspection of Dentinal Defects after Using Endodontic Retreatment Files by Ammar AbuMostafa, Hala Almoqayyad, Al-Omari Mohammad

“…The study aimed at evaluating the incidence of dentinal defects after root canal retreatment with ProTaper Universal retreatment (PTUR) and XP-endo Shaper and Finisher R (XP). Materials and Methods. Sixty extracted single-rooted human premolars were selected and divided into 4 groups of 15 teeth each. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Fracture Behavior in Ti6Al4V Alloys Manufactured by SLM Process by Mohsen Sarparast, Majid Shafaie, Mohammad Davoodi, Ahmad Memaran Babakan, Hongyan Zhang

“…Using selected layers and neurons, the system consistently achieved R2-values exceeding 0.99 for both maximum force and fracture displacement. …”
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LC/MS/MS Analysis of N-Terminal Protein Adducts with Improved Sensitivity: A Comparison of Selected Edman Isothiocyanate Reagents by Per Rydberg, Hans von Stedingk, Jörgen Magnér, Jonas Björklund

“…This procedure is denoted the “FIRE procedure” as fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) gave superior sensitivity by LC/MS/MS when measuring adducts (R) of electrophilic compounds with a modified Edman procedure. …”
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Advanced LC-MS/MS method for selective quantification of nitrosamine impurities in Risperidone: Enhancing drug safety by Hitesh Thumbar, Pankajkumar Nariya, Bhavin Dhaduk

“…The calibration curves for NDIRs impurities (0.23–185.72 µg/mL) exhibited R² values between 0.998 and 0.999. Recoveries ranged varied from 94.9 to 124.4 %, with % RSD < 15.0 %. …”
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Transparent Inflatable Column Film Dome for Nuclear Stations, Stadiums, and Cities by Alexander Bolonkin, Shmuel Neumann, Joseph Friedlander

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Multi-Layer Perceptron-Based Forecasting Model of Biomass and Coal Gasification by Nikolaieva Oksana

“…The result of statistical analysis in the case of R2 values for CH4 and CO is higher than 0.99, and for the CO2 and H2 is higher than 0.98, which shows a good agreement between the experimental and predicted data. …”
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Design and Implementation of E-Lazisnu in Zakat, Infaq, and Sedekah Mangement With Android Based by Nadia Roosmalita Sari, Annas Ribab Sibilana

“…The research and development methodology used in this research is Research and Development (R&D). This methodology covers all matters related to development to produce quality software. …”
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Age, Growth and Mortality Rates of Symphodus tinca (Osteichthyes: Labridae) in Izmir Bay (NE Aegean Sea) by Okan Akyol, Gülnur Metin

“…The weight-length relationship parameters (a, b, r2 ) were calculated to be 0.0175, 2.9023 and 0.9629, respectively. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DISPLACEMENT OF A CAM FOLLOWER USING REGULA FALSI METHOD by KOLAWOLE ADESOLA OLADEJO, DARE ADERIBIGBE ADETAN, ADEKOLA OLAYINKA OKE, RAHAMAN ABU, GANIU AYOOLA LAMID

“…The results revealed that the programme could be used to find the angular displacement corresponding to a given follower displacement for any cam; if the function CAMF is modified to include the appropriate radius function, r(x). The results further revealed that at a halve cycle of a rotating cam, which is equivalent to (x = 3.142 rad), is a solution that would provide the desired displacement of the follower (opening and closing of valves). …”
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«Вот скажем лицом я в Китае». Стереотипы и имаготипы Китая, китайца и китайского в практике обращения к чужому в геопоэтике и геоэстетике Дмитрия Пригова... by Rainer Grübel

“…Stereotypes and Imagotypes of China, the Chinese Man and Woman and the Chinese in the Practice of Addressing the Alien in the Geo-poetics and Geo-esthetics of Dmitrij Prigov The article considers the circulation and the role of the motifs China, the Chinese man/woman and the Chinese as concepts of the other/strange(r), which negatively correspond to the concepts of the self in the work of the Russian poet, writer, artist and producer of performances Dmitrij Prigov. …”
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STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH OF KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEW INNOVATIONS by Sanja Tišma, Karolina Horvatinčić, Iva Tolić, Anamarija Farkaš

“…However, there is limited colla-boration between industry and academia in R&D and there is a need to further support and train SMEs. …”
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Gliclazide protects ionizing radiation-induced intestinal injury in mice by inhibiting oxidative stress and caspase-3 by Soroush Arzani, Soghra Farzipour, Fereshteh Talebpour Amiri, Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr

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Validation of the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale alongside multifaceted investigation of earworms among Iranian college students by Aref Tabahori, Imanollah Bigdeli, Hossein Kareshki

“…The primary aim of our study is to validate the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (PIMIS) and, secondly, to carry out a detailed exploration of earworms among Iranian college students.MethodsA total of 946 Iranian college students were recruited to answer the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (PIMIS), and gold standards including the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ, to convergent validity), the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21, to concurrent validity), the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI, to predictive validity), as well as the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-revised (OCI-R), and socio-demographic queries. A complex of features regarding the validity and reliability of the PIMIS, along with numerous aspects of earworm, were explored.Results and discussionThe Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale encompasses 15 items along with three additional questions. …”
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Traffic Prediction-Based Fast Rerouting Algorithm for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks by Zhiyuan Li, Junlei Bi, Siguang Chen

“…Performance comparison of TPFR with ant-based multi-QoS routing (AntSensNet) and power efficient multimedia routing (PEMuR) shows that they: (a) maximize the overall network lifespan by load balancing and not draining energy from some specific nodes, (b) provide high quality of service delivery for multimedia streams by switching to a better path towards a sink node in time, (c) reduce useless data retransmissions when node failures or link breaks occur, and (d) maintain lower routing overhead.…”
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A Defected Structure Shaped CPW-Fed Wideband Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Applications by Puneet Khanna, Amar Sharma, Kshitij Shinghal, Arun Kumar

“…Microstrip line feed is used to excite the proposed antenna placed on an FR4 substrate (dielectric constant εr=4.4). The antenna is practically fabricated and simulated. …”
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The Analysis of a Wideband Strip-Helical Antenna with 1.1 Turns by Xihui Tang, Botao Feng, Yunliang Long

“…The proposed antenna is printed on a hollow-cylinder with a substrate relative permittivity of εr=2.2 and a thickness of h=0.5 mm. A 50 Ω coaxial cable is directly connected to excite the strip-helical antenna without any additional impedance matching section. …”
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