Estimating Potential Evapotranspiration by Missing Temperature Data Reconstruction by Eladio Delgadillo-Ruiz, Eusebio Jr. Ventura-Ramos, Julián González Trinidad, Hugo Enrique Júnez-Ferreira, Carlos Francisco Bautista-Capetillo, Olivia Delgadillo-Ruiz

“…The reconstruction of missing data was carried out in three steps: (1) application of a 4-parameter sinusoidal type regression to temperature data, (2) linear regression to residuals to obtain a regional behavior, and (3) estimation of missing temperature values for a certain year and during a certain season within the basin under study; estimated and observed temperature values were compared. …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…Subsequent dynamic compression experiments demonstrated the dislocation multiplication mechanism in HEA, i.e., a high value of initial dislocation density led to a more efficient dislocation multiplication behavior, which further increased the contribution of dislocation strengthening. …”
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Milk adulteration identification using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning by Muhammad Aqeel, Ahmed Sohaib, Muhammad Iqbal, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…In conclusion, this study established a multiclass model capable of detecting milk adulterant behavior, showing significant practical application for milk quality assessment.…”
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Electronic media use and sleep in toddlerhood and preschool age by R. Praninskienė, R. Jusienė, I. Laurinaitytė, L. Petronytė, I. Rakickienė, V. Urbonas

“…Children’s sleep problems were assessed using the Child’s Behavior Check list (CBCL /1½-5). Results. The study results revealed that most children’s sleep duration was 9-10 hours per night. 95.3% of children, who slept 8 hours, and all children, who slept 7 hours during night, slept also during daytime. 77% of children at this age slept during the day. …”
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Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Signature Predicts Prognosis and Indicates Immune Microenvironment Infiltration in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Lijian He, Qiange Ye, Yanmei Zhu, Wenqi Zhong, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang, Zhangding Wang, Xiaoping Zou

“…Abnormal lipid metabolism is known to influence the malignant behavior of gastric cancer. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. …”
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The Short-Term Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Electroencephalography in Children with Autism: A Randomized Crossover Controlled Trial by Anuwat Amatachaya, Mark P. Jensen, Niramol Patjanasoontorn, Narong Auvichayapat, Chanyut Suphakunpinyo, Suparerk Janjarasjitt, Niran Ngernyam, Benchaporn Aree-uea, Paradee Auvichayapat

“…The results show significant pre- to postsession improvements in two domains of ATEC (social and health/behavior domains) following active tDCS, relative to sham treatment. …”
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Kinematic characteristics in patients with subcortical vascular cognitive impairment: a quantitative analysis of digitized spiral drawing metrics by Hyo Jeong Kim, Hyemin Jang, Hee Jin Kim, Duk L. Na, Ji Hye Yoon

“…This study provides essential clinical basic data that can be utilized to precisely determine the diminished kinematic behavior within the SVCI group.…”
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Energy transfer aspects of chemically reactive Casson fluid between a conical gap of cone-disk system with multiple rotations by M. Qamar, M. Khan, A.S. Alqahtani, M.Y. Malik

“…Furthermore, the mass profile shows upsurge behavior with an enhancement in activation energy factor. …”
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CFD analysis of heat transfer enhancement in impinging jet array by varying number of jets and spacing by Zakia Rachdi, Nidhal Hnaien, Aboulbaba Eladeb, Badr M. Alshammari, Lioua Kolsi, Hacen Dhahri

“…The diversification of the parameters studied and the thorough analysis in this study add important new results to the field by demonstrating the significant effects of the number of jets, jet–jet spacing, and jet-plate distance on the thermal and dynamic behavior of impinging jet arrays.…”
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Innovative dispersion techniques of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) through mechanical stirring and ultrasonication: Impact on morphological, mechanical, and thermal properties of ep... by Vasi Uddin Siddiqui, S.M. Sapuan, Mohd Roshdi Hassan

“…This study focuses on the effect of GNP dispersion on the mechanical, thermal, and morphological behavior of GNP/epoxy nanocomposites. This study aims to understand how the dispersion of GNPs affects the properties of epoxy nanocomposite and to identify the best dispersion approach for improving mechanical performance. …”
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A longitudinal study on the professional identity formation of health promotion practitioners: evidence from undergraduate students in Switzerland by Verena Biehl, Verena Biehl, Andreas Bänziger, Frank Wieber, Frank Wieber

“…In addition to sociodemographic data, potential determinants in cognitive, social, motivational, and behavioral dimensions were measured. Mixed effect models were used to analyze these determinants of PI formation.ResultsThe study included 276 participants. …”
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Effect of ON and OFF Axis Open Hole Tensile Testing of GFRP/Epoxy Composites by Sunith Babu Loganathan, Ashok Kumar Krishnappa, Jaya Christiyan Kumaravelu Grace Jesu Bai, Ritin Pavirala, Rajesh Mathivanan

“…The OFF-axis specimens displayed a non-linear behavior to failure as compared to the On-axis type. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the qualitative and quantitative aspect of household solid waste by O. Ouhsine, A. Ouigmane, El. Layati, B. Aba, R. Isaifan, M. Berkani

“…More specifically, this study would investigate the behavior of citizens with regard to protective equipment against the coronavirus COVID-19. …”
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Characterizing Perception Deep Learning Algorithms and Applications for Vehicular Edge Computing by Wang Feng, Sihai Tang, Shengze Wang, Ying He, Donger Chen, Qing Yang, Song Fu

“…In our analysis, we identified three distinct behaviors of memory contention, each interacting differently with other resources. …”
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Consistent individual positions within roosts in Spix’s disc-winged bats by Giacomini, Giada, Chaves-Ramírez, Silvia, Hernández-Pinsón, H. Andrés, Barrantes, José Pablo, Chaverri, Gloriana

“…Here we study the relative position of individuals within a roost-site and establish if sex, age, and vocal behavior are associated with a given position. We focus on the highly cohesive and mobile social groups found in Spix’s disc-winged bats (Thyroptera tricolor) given this species’ use of a tubular roosting structure that forces individuals to be arranged linearly within its internal space. …”
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Drawing-Aware Parkinson’s Disease Detection Through Hierarchical Deep Learning Models by Ioannis Kansizoglou, Konstantinos A. Tsintotas, Daniel Bratanov, Antonios Gasteratos

“…A rigorous 5-fold cross-validation strategy is adopted for evaluation, indicating our system’s robust behavior under different testing scenarios. By directly comparing it against a similar end-to-end classifier, the benefits of our technique are clearly illustrated during experiments. …”
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Heterogeneous foraging swarms can be better by Gal A. Kaminka, Yinon Douchan

“…In this paper, we will show that swarms can perform better, when they self-adapt to admit heterogeneous behavior roles.MethodsWe model a foraging swarm task as an extensive-form fully-cooperative game, in which the swarm reward is an additive function of individual contributions (the sum of collected items). …”
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Men’s Experiences of Psychological and Other Forms of Abuse in Intimate Relationships: A Qualitative Study by Gloria Macassa, Frida Stål, Michelle Rydback, Joan Pliakas, Daniel Winsjansen, Anne-sofie Hiswåls, Joaquim Soares

“…In some instances, it affected their health behavior, as they reverted to alcohol and drug use to cope with the abuse. …”
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A study on climate change impacts using lumped versus distributed hydrological models in a semi-arid basin by Farahnaz Baharvand, Ali Reza Massah Bavani, Mohammad Mahdavi, Massoud Goodarzi

“…By analyzing the models, finally, the three best models, including GFDL-CM3, CNRM-CM5 and NorESM1-M models, which reproduce the climatic behavior of monthly temperature and precipitation values, were selected. …”
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From Bitter to Sweet: a preliminary study towards a patient-friendly Praziquantel dosage form by Zanolla, Debora, Bertoni, Serena, Passerini, Nadia, Albertini, Beatrice, Zingone, Guglielmo, Perissutti, Beatrice

“…The grinding for a short period (such as 30 min) of PZQ and selected sweeteners led to several very interesting products, with prevalent amorphous character, enhanced solubility and Intrinsic Dissolution Rate comparing to the raw drug. Peculiar behavior was found in the case of xylitol:PZQ ground mixtures where the appearance of traces of PZQ anhydrous Form B was noticed. …”
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