Bacterial Infections across the Ants: Frequency and Prevalence of Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Asaia by Stefanie Kautz, Benjamin E. R. Rubin, Corrie S. Moreau

“…Next-generation sequencing approaches can characterize bacterial diversity associated with a host and at the same time facilitate the fast and simultaneous screening of infectious bacteria. …”
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Influence of cobalt substitution in CoFe2O4 nanoparticles on structural, morphological, cation distribution, optical and magnetic properties by Z. Mosleh, M. Beygmohammadvand, A. Ghotbi Varzaneh, P. Kameli

“…This paper presents the first-time synthesis of CoFe2−xCoxO4 nanoparticles (where x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) through hydrothermal methods utilizing metal chloride precursors. …”
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Estimation of Soil-Water Characteristic Curve for Cohesive Soils with Methylene Blue Value by Junhui Zhang, Junhui Peng, Yejuan Chen, Jue Li, Feng Li

“…Then, regression equations for determining the four fitting parameters in a previously developed SWCC equation by using the measured MBV were utilized to generate the SWCC for the cohesive soils. At the same time, the slope parameter, bf, in the SWCC equations was found to be associated with the moisture susceptibility of cohesive soils. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Dropping Shock of Series Cushioning Packaging System by Yang Xue, Wei-Sheng Song, Hong-Tao Miao, Jing Wang, Yu Li

“…The multi-objective optimization (MOP) model of the series cushioning system is established for the first time. The model considers more factors, such as the stability of the cushioning material and whether to use local cushioning. …”
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Digital technologies in territorial development: Opportunities and challenges of application in state and municipal administration by Ivan A. Antipin, Natalya Yu. Vlasova, Elena A. Shishkina

“…Digital technologies are introduced into state and municipal administration with a view of strengthening interaction of authorities of different levels with each other and the population, as well as increasing the speed and quality of decision-making. At the same time, digital transformation processes at regional and municipal levels are highly differentiated. …”
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A Wearable Stiffness-Rendering Haptic Device with a Honeycomb Jamming Mechanism for Bilateral Teleoperation by Thomas M. Kwok, Bohan Zhang, Wai Tuck Chow

“…The HJ-Haptic effectively adjusts its stiffness in response to real-time gripper feedback, mimicking the sensation of direct object grasping with hands. …”
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The dynamics of a delay model of hepatitis B virus infection with logistic hepatocyte growth by Steffen Eikenberry, Sarah Hews, John D. Nagy, Yang Kuang

“…We analyze the dynamics of a model consideringlogistic hepatocyte growth and a standard incidence function governing viral infection.This model also considers an explicit time delay in virus production. With this modelformulation all model parameters can be estimated from biological data; we also simulatea course of lamivudine therapy and find that the model gives good agreement with clinicaldata. …”
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Biomechanical Changes During a 90º Cut in Collegiate Female Soccer Players With Participation in the 11+ by Celeste Dix, Amelia Arundale, Holly Silvers-Granelli, Adam Marmon, Ryan Zarzycki, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“… # Results There was a significant main effect of time for non-dominant knee valgus collapse (p=0.03), but decreases in non-dominant knee valgus collapse only exceeded the SDC in the intervention team…”
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IMBALANCES IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The article underlines contradictory conditions of the present economic development in India and coexistence of the capitalist and pre-capitalistic ways of production (the small-scale industry), including the cottage industries, in the Indian real sector. At the same time the contemporary economic policy of the Indian government doesn’t aim at the elimination of the pre-capitalistic way of production but at the large-scale business’ activity restrictions in the sphere of the small-scale industry. …”
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INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS’ MILITARY TRAINING by V. S. Dobrovolsky, G. G. Shpakov

“…It opens wide opportunities for carrying out scientific researches in this field defining at the same time the general strategy for improving its qualitative parameters.…”
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Development of a high-throughput screening system for identification of novel reagents regulating DNA damage in human dermal fibroblasts by Bae Seunghee, An In-Sook, An Sungkwan

“…This DREAM system is scalable and forms a time-saving high-throughput screening system for identifying novel anti-photoaging reagents regulating DNA damage in dermal fibroblasts.…”
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Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940 by Diogo Paiva, Francisco Anguita, Kees Mandemakers

“…We also evaluated the result in the light of what we know from emigration patterns to the USA over time and period and we concluded that our efforts have produced a reasonable result. …”
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Deep eutectic solvent extraction and biological activity of polysaccharides from Tenebrio molitor by Shengru Yang, Xu Li, Qiaoli Li

“…The optimal extraction parameters were a DES molar ratio of 1:2.1, a water content of 27 %, an extraction temperature of 70 °C, and an extraction time of 44 min, resulting in polysaccharides yield of 18.62 %. …”
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Pengaruh lama perendaman dalam larutan kapur dan asam sitrat pada pembuatan gelatin untuk marshmallow dari tulang ikan tenggiri (Scomberomorus commersoni) by Yazid Ismi Intara, Deddy Muladi Togatorop, Bosman Sidebang Sidebang

“…The design in this study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with one different factor, namely lime soaking time for 24 hours (K1) and 48 hours (K2) and 6% citric acid immersion for 12 hours (S1), 18 hours (S2) and 24 hours (S3). …”
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Two-Step Method for Millimeter-Wave Antenna Performance Assessment in 5G Smartphones by Filipa S. S. Fernandes, Christian Rom, António Rodrigues, Simon Svendsen, Ole Jagielski

“…Then, it evaluates the antenna’s influence on the MIMO performance, using a discrete, time-variant geometrical MIMO channel simulator to recreate any mm-Wave propagation scenario. …”
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Growth Performance, Body Measurements and Live Weight Estimation of Tülü (Bactrian × Dromedary F1) Calves from Birth to Six Months of Age by Atakan Koç, Alkan Çağlı

“…Tülü calves average birth weight (BW) was 34.7±1.80 kg and reached 175.3±3.38 kg at the age of 6 months with a 0.768±0.03 kg DWG during this time. Although the monthly total weight gains and monthly DWG averages of the calves in the first 6 months were similar, the changes in monthly LW and BMs were statistically significant (P<0.01). …”
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Effective removal of heavy metal ions (Pb, Cu, and Cd) from contaminated water by limestone mine wastes by Aya T. Fathy, Mohamed A. Moneim, Ezzat A. Ahmed, Abdalla M. El-Ayaat, Fatma M. Dardir

“…The optimum conditions of sorbent dosage, pH, initial concentration, and contact time factors were investigated for pristine limestone and calcined limestone absorbents. …”
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De la ruche-tronc à la ruche à cadres : ethnoécologie historique de l’apiculture en Cévennes by Ameline Lehébel-Péron, Daniel Travier, Alain Renaux, Edmond Dounias, Bertrand Schatz

“…Most salient features, such as the first evidence of the use of log hives in the early 17th century, were thus time-stamped and retrospectively set into context. …”
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EL SUBSISTEMA REDUCCIONAL JESUÍTICO DEL BORDE ORIENTAL DE LAS PAMPAS Y SU VÍNCULO REGIONAL CON LOS ESTABLECIMIENTOS PRODUCTIVOS DE BUENOS AIRES, 1740-1753 by Fabian Arias

“…The shaft suggested from what has been called the ‘cell jesuit of Buenos Aires’ can be understood, and at the same time analyze, considering that each establishment of the company forms part of “a group of units of production, distribution and consumption that operate from a common activity to all of them” (Rofman , 1984: 43). …”
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Zuranolone for postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of two randomized studies by Juliana Almeida Oliveira, Karine Eskandar, Marcos Aurélio Araújo Freitas, Chris Elizabeth Philip

“…We included randomized controlled trials comparing the effectiveness and safety of zuranolone versus placebo in women with postpartum depression. No time or language restrictions were applied. 297 results were retrieved, of which 11 papers were selected and fully reviewed by two authors. …”
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