Representative Elementary Length to Measure Soil Mass Attenuation Coefficient by J. A. R. Borges, L. F. Pires, J. C. Costa

“…When experimentally determined (μes), the use of suitable sized samples enable to evaluate it precisely, as well as to reduce measurement time and costs. This study investigated the representative elementary length (REL) of sandy and clayey soils for μes measurements. …”
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Working with Young Children with Special Needs in Earthquake Zone: Experiences of Special Education Teachers by Nisa Demir, Hikmet Taha Acartürk, Funda Ün Yumrutepe, Beyza Elif Çiçen, Emine Ayyıldız

“…Since the physical and psychological difficulties of the earthquakes and the need for support in the region will continue for a long time, it is essential to provide training on what to do in disasters to teachers who are currently on duty and those who will be assigned later. …”
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Autonomous Streaming Space Objects Detection Based on a Remote Optical System by V. S. Baranova, V. A. Saetchnikov, A. A. Spiridonov

“…Under laboratory conditions, the satellite trajectory had simulated for an initial assessment of the compiled algorithmic modules of the computer vision library OpenCV.Based on the simulation results, dynamic detection of the International Space Station in real-time from the observation site with coordinates longitude 25o41′49″ East, latitude 53o52′36″ North in the interval 00:54:00–00:54:30 17.07.2021 (UTC + 03:00) had performed. …”
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RNA Sequencing Reveals the Differentially Expressed circRNAs between Stable and Unstable Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques by Xueguang Lin, Ying Deng, Lujuan Ye, Bo Chen, Jindong Tong, Weijun Shi, Bo Wang, Bo Yu, Jingdong Tang

“…DE circRNAs were screened, and six DE circRNAs were verified using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Functional evaluation of the DE circRNAs was conducted via Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses. …”
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Assessment of the impacts of rapid Marine Heatwaves and cumulative thermal stress on cold-water upwelling coral refugia by Po-Chun Hsu, Rose Angeli Tabanao Macagga, Roshin P. Raj

“…MHWs reflect rapid rises in Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and their timing, while DHW captures sustained high SSTs, indicating thermal stress, potential bleaching risks, and vulnerability of coral habitats. …”
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Field-Based Biochar, Pumice, and Mycorrhizae Application on Dryland Agriculture in Reducing Soil Erosion by Surya Sabda Nugraha, Junun Sartohadi, Makruf Nurudin

“…Biochar application provides better soil characteristics by reducing BD and SG while at the same time increasing the porosity, OM, CEC, and aggregate stability. …”
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RNA binding protein ALYREF regulates ferroptosis to facilitate LUAD growth and metastasis via promoting SLC7A11 mRNA stability by Yanni Chen, Ting Zhao, Hao Chen, Jun Chen, Weili Han

“…Importantly, our study reveals for the first time that ALYREF can regulate LUAD by inhibiting ferroptosis. …”
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The Role of the Commercial Space Industry within the US National Security under the Trump Administration by E. A. Kuznetsov

“…However, only in 2010s private space companies have come to play a prominent role not only on the global market of space services but in the field of international security as well. At the same time, this trend towards commercialization of outer space use and the growing role of the private space sector in ensuring national security is still understudied. …”
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Deformation Fields Measurement of Crack Tip under High-Frequency Resonant Loading Using a Novel Hybrid Image Processing Method by Hongli Gao, Zhaonian Zhang, Wei Jiang, Kaiyong Zhu, Ao Gong

“…An ordinary CCD camera is used to collect a series of crack images on one side of the compact tension (CT) specimen; meanwhile, a high-speed digital camera is used to acquire a series of digital speckle images of the other side of the specimen under the loading conditions at regular time intervals. Digital image processing (DIP) method is used to determine the macroscopic crack position. …”
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Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System by Scott A. Weismiller, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Brandon Alderman, Carrie Esopenko, Fiona N. Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Allison Brown, Nicola L. de Souza, Jennifer F. Buckman

“…# BACKGROUND Individualized baseline testing is resource and time intensive. The use of normative data to approximate changes after a suspected concussion is thus an appealing alternative. …”
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QT and QTc in Male Patients with Psychotic Disorders Treated with Atypical Neuroleptics by Mario Miniati, Marly Simoncini, Federica Vanelli, Caterina Franceschini, Gabriele Massimetti, Claudia Carmassi, Liliana Dell’Osso

“…Patients who were treated with one atypical antipsychotic at the time of the ECG recording were 109/184 (59.2%). QT/QTc were compared considering the atypical antipsychotic received. …”
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes in the Dental Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alagesan Chinnasamy, Marjory Moodie

“…A MEDLINE-PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library search was conducted with no time specification. Information on study characteristics and diagnostic parameters was retrieved for meta-analysis. …”
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Contactless defects detection using modulated photoluminescence technique: model for a single Shockley-Read-Hall trap in a semiconductor thin layer by Bérenguier Baptiste, Asseko Alban, Haddara Hiba, Le Gall Sylvain, Kleider Jean-Paul, Guillemoles Jean-François

“…By extending it to low lifetime/highly defective materials we discovered its potential to become a defect spectroscopy method, measuring time constants close to the ones governing impedance spectroscopy measurements. …”
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Division-selection transfer learning for prediction based dynamic multi-objective optimization by Hongye Li, Fan Liang, Yulu Liu, Quanheng Zheng, Kunru Guo

“…It may deviate the search path and seriously reduce the efficiency, so how to reduce the occurrence of negative transfer to save the running time of dynamic multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (DMOEA) is an important issue to be addressed. …”
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Effect of Astaxanthin on Immune Function and Myocardial Injury in Mice with Chronic Sleep Deprivation by FENG Biyun, LI Lingyan, LI Ming, ZHANG Jiayuan, QI Huanyang, CHEN Pingping, XU Guanghui

“…Methods: A modified multi-platform water environment method was used to establish an CSD mouse model for two weeks. At the same time, mice were intragastrically administered with astaxanthin at different doses. …”
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Peculiarities of Informing Parents about Mental Disorders of Their Minor Children by O. V. Petlenko, N. V. Gnidko

“…The difficulty is that most parents do not agree with the need to take action on their children with residual organic problems, hoping that the child will outgrow over time the minor symptoms, from their point of view, that are manifested now. …”
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Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

“…Irrigated agriculture throughout much of the western United States relies on water resources that are under increasing stress from more frequent and severe droughts, reduced snowpack, and changes in the timing of runoff. Much of the water used for irrigation in that region passes through lands managed by irrigation organizations. …”
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Temporal-Spatial Characteristics and Future Changes of Temperature Extremes in Longtan Watershed Based on Multiple Indices by Chongxun Mo, Shiting Long, Yuli Ruan, Yanping Xie, Xingbi Lei, Shufeng Lai, Guikai Sun, Zhenxiang Xing

“…The spatial distribution of most temperature extremes increases or decreases from southwest to northeast, and the fluctuation is obvious with the alternation of positive and negative positions of the time. In the next 30 years, compared with the reference period 1961–1990, under the RCP4.5, the multiyear average of the Extreme Tmax and the multiyear average of the Extreme Tmin increase by 2.1°C and 0.4°C, respectively, and by 2.0°C and 0.3°C under the RCP8.5. …”
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Development of cobalt-doped alumina hybrids for adsorption of textile effluents by Kousar Parveen, Uzaira Rafique

“…Amorphous shaped particles and elemental composition (carbon, aluminium and oxygen) are demonstrated in scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray micrograph. Time-dependent batch experiments under identical experimental parameters showed 74% of basic fuchsine, 68% of methyl orange and 85% maximum removal of Congo red onto the surface of cobalt-doped alumina hybrids probably through ion exchange mechanism. …”
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Betula pendula Roth. survival and growth in treeline is affected by genotype and environment by Kari Saikkonen, Otto Saikkonen, Marjo Helander, Irma Saloniemi

“…The arboreta were located 9 km from each other and approximately 60 km north from the species’ most northern natural growth site at that time. They were fenced to prevent vertebrate grazing, which is known to be among the most important factors limiting the expansion and regeneration of forests in European treeline ecotones. …”
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