Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…We analysed behaviours associated with direct interactions (aggression acts) and foraging activity (time to enter the feeder and the time spent in the feeder). …”
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Adsorption Removal of Imidacloprid Insecticide in Agriculture Industry Using MoO3 Nanorod by Razieh Razavi, Zeinab Nazari, Moslem Basij

“…Batch adsorption studies were conducted to investigate the effect of temperature, initial Imidacloprid concentration, and adsorbent count and contact time as important adsorption parameters. The maximum equilibrium time was 25 min with 5 mg adsorbent at 45ºC and pH=7 for MoO3. …”
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An Innovative Methodological Approach for Monitoring and Chemical Characterization of Odors around Industrial Sites by A. Di Gilio, J. Palmisani, G. de Gennaro

“…This methodology reveals to be a useful tool to collect real-time information about the emission sources and their impacts on the surrounding area giving credit to citizens’ complaints. …”
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Digital Media Design for Dynamic Gesture Interaction with Image Processing by Xiaoli Xiong, Yongguang Hou

“…This paper proposes a design scheme of an interactive touch system based on image processing and a dynamic gesture recognition method and uses the time difference method to experimentally simulate the system proposed in this paper. …”
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An Interpretable Machine Learning Procedure Which Unravels Hidden Interplanetary Drivers of the Low Latitude Dayside Magnetopause by Sheng Li, Yang‐Yi Sun, Chieh‐Hung Chen

“…This is for the first time the interpretable concept is being applied to construct a machine‐learning magnetopause model.…”
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Doppler Ambiguity Resolution Based on Random Sparse Probing Pulses by Yunjian Zhang, Zhenmiao Deng, Jianghong Shi, Linmei Ye, Maozhong Fu, Chen Zhao

“…A pulse train with the random and sparse transmitting time is transmitted. The received signals after matched filtering can be viewed as randomly sparse sampling from the traditional fixed-pulse repetition frequency (PRF) echo signals. …”
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Three-Dimensional Scanning Virtual Aperture Imaging with Metasurface by Zhan Ou, Yuan Liang, Hua Cai, Guangjian Wang

“…The pre-processing step fully exploits the feature of near-field beamforming that only a time delay is added on the received signal, which introduces ignorable additional calculation time. …”
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Mucinous Cystadenoma of the Appendix in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erthematosus by Debrah A Wirtzfeld, Lorne M Price, Maire A Duggan, Shaun AC Medlicott, Francis R Sutherland

“…A mucinous neoplasm of the appendix with mucinous dissection to the serosal surface was reported at the time of frozen section. No gross ovarian pathology or peritoneal implants were noted. …”
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Automatic Evaluation of Internal Combustion Engine Noise Based on an Auditory Model by Kai Liang, Haijun Zhao

“…The results showed that the sound quality evaluation model based on the CNN could predict the sound quality of internal combustion engines more accurately, and the input evaluation score based on the auditory spectrum in the CNN classification model was more accurate than the short-time average energy input evaluation score based on the time domain.…”
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The Significance of Natural Environment in Reducing Long-Term Consequences of COVID-19. Tasks and Threats of Forest Pedagogy as Environmental Education by Marlena Baranowska, Anna Koprowicz, Martyna Korzeniewicz, Robert Korzeniewicz

“… During COVID 19 pandemic- related restrictions it was observed that people were more willing to spend time in nature and the thus number of forest visitors doubled. …”
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Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm. at Peter the Great Botanic Garden by Firsov Gennadiy, Volchanskaya Alexandra, Orlova Larisa, Tkachenko Kirill

“…In 2023, it formed cones with normally developed seeds for the first time. It was previously noted that this crop was not winter-hardy enough for the conditions of the North-West, periodically froze, but over time it was restored (grown) again. …”
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Enhancing language learning: EFL teachers’ insights on online autonomous learning activities by Ahmed Al Shlowiy, Praveen Raj

“…Additionally, the research shows that compared to traditional face-to-face learning, online learning gives teachers more time and opportunities to update their methods and help students in new ways.…”
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Comparison of Wide Conjunctival Flap and Conjunctival Autografting Techniques in Pterygium Surgery by Lokman Aslan, Murat Aslankurt, Adnan Aksoy, Murat Özdemir, Erdem Yüksel

“…In the present study, we aimed to compare the wide conjunctival flap and the conjunctival autografting techniques in pterygium surgery according to time of operation, safety, and effectiveness. Results showed that the effect of wide conjunctival flap techniques on primary pterygium surgery was found close to the conjunctival autograft techniques. …”
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Numerical simulation of creep notched bar of P91 steel by Norhaida Ab Razak, C. M. Davies

“…Within the FE model, a ductility exhaustion model based on the Cocks and Ashby model was utilized to forecast the creep rupture time of notched bar P91 material. The lower and upper bound of creep ductility are employed in the FE analysis. …”
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Optimization of Gentisides Extraction from Gentiana rigescens Franch. ex Hemsl. by Response Surface Methodology by Bowen Chu, Yao Shi, Zhimin Li, Hao Tian, Wanyi Li, Yuanzhong Wang

“…Based on univariate test, a Box-Behnken design (BBD) was applied to the survey of relationships between response value (gentisides yield) and independent variables which were chosen from various extraction processes, including extraction temperature, extraction time, and solvent-material ratio. The optimized conditions for this extraction are as follows: extraction time of 3.40 h, extraction temperature of 74.33°C, and ratio of solvent to raw material of 10.21 : 1 mL/g. …”
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Parallel association rules incremental mining algorithm based on information entropy and genetic algorithm by Yimin MAO, Qianhu DENG, Zhigang CHEN

“…Aiming at the problems that in the big data environment, the Can-tree based incremental association rule algorithm had problems such as too much space occupation of the tree structure, inability to dynamically set the support threshold, and too much time consumption during the data transfer process between the Map and Reduce stages, the Map Reduce-based parallel association rules incremental mining algorithm using information entropy and genetic algorithm (MR-PARIMIEG)was proposed.Firstly, a similar items merging based on information entropy (SIM-IE) was designed to merge similar data items, and a Can tree based on the merged data set was constructed, thereby reducing the space occupation of the tree structure.Secondly, the dynamic support threshold obtaining using genetic algorithm (DST-GA) was proposed to obtain the relatively optimal dynamic support threshold in the big data environment, and frequent itemset mining was performed according to this threshold to avoid the unnecessary time consumption caused by mining redundant frequent patterns.Finally, in the process of MapReduce parallel operation, the parallel LZO data compression algorithm was used to compress the output data of the Map stage, thereby reducing the size of the transmitted data, and finally improving the running speed of the algorithm.Experimental simulation results show that MR-PARIMIEG has better performance when mining frequent item sets in the big data environment, and it is suitable for parallel processing of larger data sets.…”
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Solving of Two-Dimensional Unsteady-State Heat-Transfer Inverse Problem Using Finite Difference Method and Model Prediction Control Method by Shoubin Wang, Rui Ni

“…Finite difference method (FDM) is adopted for direct problem to calculate the temperature value in various time quanta of needed discrete point as well as the temperature field verification by time quantum, while inverse problem discusses the impact of different measurement errors and measurement point positions on the inverse result. …”
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Production of Sterilizing Agents from Calendula officinalis Extracts Optimized by Response Surface Methodology by Fatih Mehmet Goktas, Bilgesu Sahin, Sibel Yigitarslan

“…To achieve the maximum yield, parameters of solid-to-liquid ratio, extraction temperature, and time were studied. The optimum conditions were determined by response surface methodology as 41°C, 7 h, and 3.3 g/200 mL for temperature, time, and solid-to-liquid ratio, respectively. …”
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Physical Activity during Pregnancy: Impact of Applying Different Physical Activity Guidelines by Katie M. Smith, Christina G. Campbell

“…All women achieved the 500 MET-minute guideline and nearly all women accumulated ≥150 minutes of weekly moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at both time points. Only 22% and 26% participated in ≥3 sessions of MVPA lasting ≥30 minutes at both time points and this further declined to 5% and 9% when the guideline was increased to ≥5 sessions of 30 minutes. …”
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The Dynamical Casimir Effect in quasi-one-dimensional Bose condensates: the breathing ring by Tettamanti, Manuele, Parola, Alberto

“…The analytical solution of the time dependent Gross–Pitaevskii equation allows to follow the time evolution of the phonon spectrum and shows that periodic oscillations of the ring radius do not induce modulations in the density profile but give rise to the mixing of clockwise and anticlockwise modes, leading to the creation of pairs of entangled phonons in a squeezed vacuum state, if the drive frequency equals twice the frequency of the phonon mode. …”
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