Research Progress and Prospect of Multi-robot Collaborative SLAM in Complex Agricultural Scenarios by MA Nan, CAO Shanshan, BAI Tao, KONG Fantao, SUN Wei

“…The convergence of digital twin technology with SLAM is projected to yield innovative solutions for intelligent perception and is likely to play a transformative role in the realm of agricultural automation. …”
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Presentations on How to Finance Iran's Higher Education Based on the Global Study Model by Ehsan Ehteshamnejad, Mehdi Pakzad Bonab, Mehdi Ramezani

“…As a knowledge enterprise, the university follows the activities of production, distribution, transformation and promotion of knowledge. A desirable model for financing the financial activities of public universities is a model that firstly includes all the mentioned activities, secondly, it creates three efficiency, quality and justice in universities, and thirdly, it develops universities for development. …”
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Cerebral microvascular density, blood-brain barrier permeability, and support for neuroinflammation indicate early aging in a Marfan syndrome mouse model by Tala Curry-Koski, Tala Curry-Koski, Liam P. Curtin, Mitra Esfandiarei, Mitra Esfandiarei, Mitra Esfandiarei, Theresa Currier Thomas, Theresa Currier Thomas, Theresa Currier Thomas, Theresa Currier Thomas

“…IntroductionMarfan Syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder due to mutations in fibrillin-1 (Fbn1), where a Fbn1 missense mutation (Fbn1C1039G/+) can result in systemic increases in the bioavailability and signaling of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). In a well-established mouse model of MFS (Fbn1C1041G/+), pre-mature aging of the aortic wall and the progression of aortic root aneurysm are observed by 6-month-of-age. …”
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Changes in alcohol consumption among Belgian adults participating in the internet-based one-month-abstinence campaign ‘Tournée Minérale’ by Annelies Thienpondt, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Joris Van Damme, Gera E. Nagelhout, Benedicte Deforche

“…Repeated measures ANCOVAs were used to examine changes over time in alcohol consumption (log transformed due to skewness) and determinants among TMC participants (n = 8,730, 48.4 ± 12.9 years old, 37.4% males) who filled in all three measurements. …”
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Proximal, Microbiological and Nutritional Characterization in Chinese Potato Flour of the White Variety Colocasia Esculenta for Application in Functional Foods by F. López, L. Arboleda, V. González

“…Therefore, it can be used as functional food or be transformed through the use of different techniques, thus being an important plant genetic resource to improve the nutritional quality of food, productivity, food health, as well as the protection and prevention of diseases in areas of the equator with high levels of malnutrition. …”
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The report of Chief of the General Staff of USSR marshal Alexander Jegorov about his visit in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on 15th-26th of February, 1937 by Zenonas Butkus, Magnus llmjarv

“…The visit has to be associated with the confrontation of Moscow and Berlin, with their struggle for influence in the Baltic States and Stalin's attempts to transform that confrontation into an agreement, which he managed to reach in August of 1939. …”
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Ethnic and racial discrimination in maternal health care in Mexico: a neglected challenge in the search for universal health coverage by Edson Serván-Mori, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Rocío García-Díaz, Diego Cerecero-García, David Contreras-Loya, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Arachu Castro

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Analysis of the Spatial Pattern of Military River Defense on the Ming Great Wall: A Case Study of the Shanxi Section of the Yellow River by Tianlian WANG, Zhe LI

“…The spatial arrangement of river defence, represented by the Yellow River defence, embodies the ancient practice of adapting to local conditions, optimizing resource utilization, and transforming challenges into the guide of construction. …”
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An Evidence summary of postoperative pain management in spinal surgery (脊柱外科术后患者疼痛管理的证据总结) by XIANG Tingting (向婷婷), ZHENG Su (郑苏), XIE Xiaomin (谢晓敏)

“…In the process of evidence transformation, standards should be formulated to regulate the pain management behavior of medical staff in combination with clinical practice, so as to reduce postoperative pain in patients with spinal surgery and improve the quality of nursing (目的 检索并评价脊柱外科术后疼痛管理的相关证据, 以促进脊柱外科术后患者疼痛的规范化管理。…”
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Effect of Shangke Zhitong Ointment Kinesio Tape on Ankle Sprain by WANG Qiang, LIU Zhiyang, JU Shaohua, LI Xiaodong, HUANG Jichao, XIANG Ning

“…Before treatment and after two weeks of treatment, visual analogue score (VAS), swelling degree measurement, American orthopedic foot and ankle society-ankle hindfood scale (AOFAS-AHS), traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score (local tenderness, local swelling, local blood stasis, limited activity) were evaluated, and laboratory index test [interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) , matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9)] were performed and skin adverse reactions were observed.Results(1) VAS score, swelling degree of ankle joint and AOFAS-AHS score: compared with before treatment, VAS score and swelling degree in the three groups decreased significantly after treatment, while AOFAS-AHS score increased significantly after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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EIF1AX mutation in thyroid tumors: a retrospective analysis of cytology, histopathology and co-mutation profiles by Noha Elsherbini, Dong Hyun Kim, Richard J. Payne, Thomas Hudson, Véronique-Isabelle Forest, Michael P. Hier, Alexandra E. Payne, Marc P. Pusztaszeri

“…While 55% of thyroid nodules were benign at the time of surgery, the possible malignant transformation of these nodules, had they not been resected, is unknown. …”
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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…Several critical studies have approached political change in North Africa and the Middle East after 2011 by shifting the focus from institutions and procedural understandings of democratic praxis to society and its structural transformations. The role has been emphasized of popular mobilisations aimed at challenging the decisions of the ruling class, articulating alternative political demands to those articulated by the interim authorities, or rejecting elections as mere tools for the 'staging of democracy' (Benzenine, 2020; Gana and Van Hamme, 2020). …”
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Identification of the Granule-Bound Starch Synthase (GBSS) Genes Involved in Amylose Biosynthesis in Tartary Buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum tataricum</i> (L.) Gaertn.) by Juan Huang, Fei Liu, Jieqiong Zhang, Bin Tang, Jiao Deng, Taoxiong Shi, Liwei Zhu, Hongyou Li, Qingfu Chen

“…Finally, <i>FtGBSS1-5</i> was successfully transformed into rice through transgenic manipulation, and the <i>FtGBSS1-5</i> overexpression lines showed an increase in amylose content accompanied by a reduction in amylopectin and total starch contents compared with WT. …”
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Prevalence of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV: a systematic review with meta-analysisResearch in context by Dimitra V. Pouliopoulou, Nicole Billias, Joy C. MacDermid, Erin Miller, Kelly K. O'Brien, Kieran L. Quinn, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta, Tiago V. Pereira, Angela M. Cheung, Fahad Razak, Saverio Stranges, Pavlos Bobos

“…We performed meta-analysis of proportions to synthesise prevalence estimates using logit transformation and a sensitivity analysis using mixed-effects logistic regression. …”
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Dealing with Complexity – Knowledge, design, and management of the built environment by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…Therefore, the question is, how do we transform complexity from challenge to opportunity? …”
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Evaluating the impact of a multicountry interprofessional training programme to improve HIV knowledge and clinical confidence among healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a coho... by Jehan Z Budak, Ian Couper, Michael Reid, Deborah von Zinkernagel, Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, Maeve Forster, Shayanne Martin, Evelyn Chilemba, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Jessica Celentano, Clara Haruzivishe, David Sears, Judy N. Khanyola, Mmoloki Molwantwa, Fred Semitala, Marietjie de Villiers, Abigail Kazembe

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Geometric Feature Characterization of Apple Trees from 3D LiDAR Point Cloud Data by Md Rejaul Karim, Shahriar Ahmed, Md Nasim Reza, Kyu-Ho Lee, Joonjea Sung, Sun-Ok Chung

“…The data processing steps involved data conversion, radius outlier removal, voxel grid downsampling, denoising through filtering and erroneous points, segmentation of the region of interest (ROI), clustering using the density-based spatial clustering (DBSCAN) algorithm, data transformation, and the removal of ground points. Accuracy was assessed by comparing the estimated outputs from the point cloud with the corresponding measured values. …”
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Exploring the Mechanism of Canmei Formula in Preventing and Treating Recurrence of Colorectal Adenoma Based on Data Mining and Algorithm Prediction by Xiaoling Fu, Yimin Xu, Xinyue Han, Xiangying Lin, Jingnan Wang, Guanhong Li, Xiaochen Fu, Min Zhang

“…Abstract Background The high incidence of recurrence and malignant transformation of colorectal adenoma (CRA) are current issues that need to be addressed in clinical practice. …”
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Biosynthesis and activity of Zn-MnO nanocomposite in vitro with molecular docking studies against multidrug resistance bacteria and inflammatory activators by Samy Selim, Tarek M. Abdelghany, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Mohammed K. Nagshabandi, Muyassar K. Tarabulsi, Mohammed Yagoub Mohammed Elamir, Asmaa A. Alharbi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…Numerous functional groups were detected on the surface of Zn-MnO nanocomposite via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. X-Ray diffraction assay appeared that the synthesized Zn-MnO nanocomposites contained two different components, MnO (JCPDS 81-2261) and ZnO (JCPDS 36-1451), while energy dispersive X-ray spectra confirmed the occurrence of manganese, zinc, oxygen, and carbon in Zn-MnO nanocomposites. …”
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Cloning and sequencing of VP19-encoding gene of white spot syndrome virus from Situbondo’s isolate by Sahrul Alim, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muhamad Ali

“…This research conducted through several stages, DNA genome isolation of Penaeus monodon infected with WSSV, amplification of VP19-encoding gene, isolation of VP19-encoding gene, ligation of VP19-encoding gene into pGEM-T Easy vector, transformation to Escherichia coli, recombinant vector screening, vector isolation using mini preparation technique, vector verification, and sequencing. …”
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