A deep learning method for differentiating safflower germplasm using optimal leaf structure features by Hoang Thien Van, Phuong Thuy Khuat, Trang Van, Thai Thanh Tuan, Yong Suk Chung

“…The OLSF, calculated as the average response of a multidirectional Gabor filter bank and optimized with the structural similarity index measure (SSIM), enhances complex leaf features, such as veins, texture, and frequency variations, to enhance the classification performance of deep learning models. …”
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The Role of Auditor Competence and Independence in Enhancing Internal Audit Quality with Auditor Ethics as a Mediating Variable by Salwa Putri Zaqiani, Dani Sopian

“…The method used is quantitative, with a population of internal auditors working in 223 Banks Perekonomian Rakyat (BPR) in West Java, and a sample of 86 auditors selected through purposive sampling. …”
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ASEAN Regional Integration: The Philippines' domestic constraints to Physical connectivity by Tobit Abao, Hazel Jovita

“…This stark reality on the infrastructure gap is relevant to the Philippines as it continued to lag behind other ASEAN members on the infrastructure pillar of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index (WorldBank,2018).This paper looks into the domestic affairs of the Philippines in terms of financial capacity, governance scheme, and stability-security situation - and its implications on the country’s infrastructural gap in the ASEAN Region. …”
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Application of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences for identifying Anoectochilus setaceus Blume in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam by B. B. Thinh, L. D. Chac, L. T.M. Thu

“…Lindl. published in GenBank, GQ328774. This study also demonstrates that the method employing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences is an effective tool to identify A. setaceus taxa.…”
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Jute mills as restorative landscapes: perceptions of environmental aesthetics in living industrial heritage by Abantika Mukherjee, Haimanti Banerji

“…The conglomeration of operational and abandoned jute mills forms a distinctive continuous industrial landscape along both banks of the Hooghly River in West Bengal. Apart from creating a historic industrial landscape, the elements within each of the heritage jute mills contain aesthetically significant built and natural elements. …”
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Mutation analysis of SHP2, SOS1, and SOS2 related to dysregulation of Ras/MAPK pathway in Noonan syndrome by Nihayatul Karimah

“…The structures of SHP2 and SOS1 were obtained from Protein Data Bank, while the undefined structure of SOS2 was modeled using YASARA. …”
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A Network-Based Approach to Study Returns Synchronization of Stocks: The Case of Global Equity Markets by Jaime F. Lavin, Mauricio A. Valle, Nicolás S. Magner

“…To policy-makers, governments, and central banks, our work is a call to incorporate events of high global synchronization into the radar of hazards of the whole market stability.…”
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Postharvest Analysis of Lowland Transgenic Tomato Fruits Harboring hpRNAi-ACO1 Construct by Bita Behboodian, Zainon Mohd Ali, Ismanizan Ismail, Zamri Zainal

“…Initially, cDNA corresponding to ACO1 of lowland tomato cultivar (MT1), which has high identity with ACO1 of Solanum lycopersicum in GenBank, was cloned through RT-PCR. Using a partial coding region of ACO1, one hpRNAi transformation vector was constructed and expressed ectopically under the 35S promoter. …”
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Circulation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic by E. Duyck, N. P. Foukal, E. Frajka-Williams

“…Our results suggest that if an increasing amount of freshwater reaches the Labrador shelf, it would not directly affect the Labrador Sea convection region; instead, it would lead to the formation of a salinity anomaly off the Grand Banks, which could then circulate around the subpolar North Atlantic.…”
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Makroszczątki roślinne w torfie w analizie paleośrodowiskowych uwarunkowań osadnictwa na przykładzie stanowiska Łane Małe w dolinie Kłodnicy by Krzysztof J. Wójcicki, Marek Kloss

“…Results of archaeological studies from the territory of Poland show that prehistorical settlements were often founded on the banks of lakes and mires. Botanical composition of organic deposits allows reconstructing historical plant communities and palaeohydrological conditions of the settlement, the subject of research was a peatland situated in the neighborhood of the archaeological site at Łany Małe. …”
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DELLA MUTATIONS IN PLANTS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON WHEAT by G. A. Chebotar, S. V. Chebotar, Yu. M. Sivolap

“…The aim of the current study is to estimate the genetic similarity of DELLA nucleotide and amino acid sequences stored in GenBank and to identify mutant and wild type alleles that encode DELLAs in modern Ukrainian winter bread wheat varieties. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Soil Displacement and Settlement in Deep Foundation Pit Excavations Near Water by Zhongjing Hu, Qingbiao Wang, Shuo Yang, Zhenyue Shi, Bo Liu, Hongxu Song, Fuqiang Wang

“…This study uses a numerical simulation method to study the stability of the deep foundation pit near water based on the Biot three-dimensional seepage-stress coupling model, with the open-cut section on the south bank of the Jinan Yellow River Tunnel Project as the engineering field test. …”
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Determinants of Financial Sustainability in Microfinance Institutions: A Panel Data Study by Gyan Mani Adhikari, Amrita Sapkota, Devendra Parajuli, Ganesh Bhattarai

“…The research employed the two-step system General Method of Moments estimator to analyze the financial sustainability of twenty-five sampled microfinance institutions, out of fifty-seven D-class financial institutions categorized as microfinance institutions and regulated by Nepal Rastra Bank, using cross-sectional data obtained from their comprehensive financial statements spanning from 2016 to 2023. …”
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Automatic Segmentation and Enhancement of Pavement Cracks Based on 3D Pavement Images by Baoxian Li, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Allen Zhang, Yue Fei

“…Second, crack saliency maps are segmented from 3D pavement data using steerable matched filter bank. Third, 2D tensor voting is applied to crack saliency maps to achieve better curve continuity of crack structure and higher accuracy. …”
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Selection and characterization of specific nanobody against bovine virus diarrhea virus (BVDV) E2 protein. by Tiansen Li, Meiling Huang, Hongran Xiao, Guoqi Zhang, Jinhua Ding, Peng Wu, Hui Zhang, Jinliang Sheng, Chuangfu Chen

“…We obtained a BVDV-E2 antigen epitope bait protein by prokaryotic expression using the nucleotide sequence of the E2 gene of the BVDV-NADL strain published in GenBank. Phage display was used to screen the anti-BVDV nanobody gene library. …”
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Ichnologic and sedimentologic datasets from the Ediacaran–Cambrian Chapel island formation, Newfoundland, CanadaMendeley Data by Romain Gougeon, M. Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois, Guy M. Narbonne, Brittany A. Laing, Maximiliano Paz

“…Extensive ichnologic and sedimentologic datasets were gathered from six localities (Fortune Head, Fortune North, Grand Bank Head, Lewin's Cove, Little Dantzic Cove, and Point May) of the Ediacaran–Cambrian Chapel Island Formation at Burin Peninsula, southeastern Newfoundland, eastern Canada. 1708.2 m of sedimentary strata were logged at a centimeter scale (1:40) using a Jacob staff, in addition to 11.08 m of strata reported at a millimeter scale (1:1.67). …”
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Women’s contribution to climate change action: A gender analysis by Setyowati Retno, Rusdiyana Eksa, Widiyanto, Sugihardjo, Lestari Eny, Arwindianti Micelle Lovinia

“…This movement is embodied into such institutions as female farmer group, Family Welfare Program (FWP), and waste bank driven by women through activities food production from the surrounding environment, healthy (organic) farming practices, health education and environmental hygiene, basic health services (posyandu for toddlers, adolescents and elderly), prevention of infectious diseases through “Jumantik”, waste reduction education, education on circular economy utilization of waste, making biopores and utilizing organic waste (magot cultivation).…”
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Pseudo Inefficiency in Multi-Period Systems: A DEA-based Approach by Mahsa Torkavannezhad, Ghasem Tohidi, Behrouz Daneshian, Mahnaz Maghbouli, Farzin Moddarres Khiyabani

“…Otherwise, the estimate claims pseudo-inefficiencyFindings: A comparison is made between Kao and Liu [8] and the proposed algorithm to measure the efficiency of 22 Taiwanese commercial banks from 2009-2011. The results demonstrate the proposed method's practicality and superiority compared with the existing multi-period models.Originality/Value: In the literature, pseudo-inefficiency has been detected by applying periodic weights. …”
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A Simple Approach for Monitoring Business Service Time Variation by Su-Fen Yang, Barry C. Arnold

“…A numerical example involving nonnormal service times from the service system of a bank branch in Taiwan is used to illustrate the applications of the EWMA-AV and EWMA-AM charts and to compare them with the existing variance (or standard deviation) and mean charts. …”
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Identifying and Ranking Security Indicators in Online Social Networks with an MADM Technique by Hamed Fathi, Alireza Amini

“…Social networks include Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram.Methodology: The information technology units of Melli Bank have been studied, and 30 people have been considered research experts. …”
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