Function Synergy of Cross-Linked Cationic PVA Polymer to AMPS-Type Fluid Loss Additive Used for Cement-Based Material by Hao Wang, Ming Li, Youzhi Zheng, Tao Gu

“…., positive ZETA (ζ) potential characteristics and cross-linked molecular structure. Due to competitive absorbed behavior of glyoxal-modified hydroxyl groups and free Ca2+ released by the hydration product, the chelating effect of AMPS-Na units to Ca2+ was weakened and the possibility of FLA A chains being absorbed to the surface of the cement-based material was decreased. …”
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Individual profiles of psychological suitability for police service (according to the results of the individual typological questionnaire) by V. I. Barko, V. V. Barko, O. O. Yevdokimova

“…These typical psychological profiles include fifteen variants, the study of which will help the psychologists of the National Police psychological support units to formulate scientifically sound forecasts of the success of the candidates for police officers during the psychological stage of professional selection, as well as to help police officers in conducting competitions for vacant positions, carrying out the certification procedure, etc. …”
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Strategic Coupling and Its Impact on the Survival of Taiwan-Invested Enterprises in Chinese Mainland: A Configuration-Based Perspective by Sun Jiping, Wei Suqiong, You Xiaojun, Chen Jindong

“…Robust domestic economies, large internal markets, competitive regional innovation environments, and preferential policies for Taiwanese businesses have become primary drivers of TDI. …”
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DIGITAL ECONOMY AND RECRUITMENT POTENTIAL: STRATEGICAL INTERCONNECTION AND PROSPECTS by G. Yu. Peshkova, А. Yu. Samarina

“…On the contrary, high schools ought to independently and urgently initiate the organisation of competitive experts training and to form innovative methods of education of new specialists by cooperating with business sphere and taking examples of digital leaders. …”
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A Throughfall Collection Method Using Mixed Bed Ion Exchange Resin Columns by Mark E. Fenn, Mark A. Poth, Michael J. Arbaugh

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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF INDIAN MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA) by Puspa Raj Bista, Krishna Bohara, Dhirendra Man Thapa, Keshav Bahadur Karki, Keshar Bahadur Shahi

“…However, herbicidal treatments like Pendimethalin also showed competitive economic benefits.…”
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Bacterial Isolation from Natural Grassland on Nitrogen-Free Agar Yields Many Strains Without Nitrogenase by Amrit Koirala, Nabilah Ali Alshibli, Bikram K. Das, Volker S. Brözel

“…Without physical separation, only the most competitive strains are obtained. The distance between strains provided by plating on solid media in reduced oxygen environments has been found to increase the diversity of culturable potential diazotrophic bacteria. …”
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Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Factors During 90° Change of Direction are Associated to Non-Contact ACL injury in Female Soccer Players by Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Matteo Crepaldi, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa

“… # Study Design Prospective cohort study # Methods Sixteen competitive female football (soccer) players (age 21.4 ± 4.3) performed a series of pre-planned 90° COD tasks. 3D motion data was recorded through 10 stereophotogrammetric cameras and a force platform. 2D frontal and transverse plane joint kinematics were computed through video-analysis from three high-speed cameras. …”
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Biotechnological methods as a tool for efficient sugar beet breeding by T. P. Zhuzhzhalova, E. O. Kolesnikova, E. N. Vasilchenko, N. N. Cherkasova

“…The technologies developed by biotechnological methods are a topical and innovative direction of inquiry, since the application of these techniques to sugar beet breeding will promote obtaining of competitive hybrids with a set of commercially valuable traits. …”
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Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for Efficient Task Allocation in UAV-Assisted Edge Computing for Smart City Traffic Management by Ahmed Shamil Mustafa, Salman Yussof, Nurul Asyikin Mohamed Radzi

“…It consistently outperformed comparison methods in minimizing active nodes while maintaining competitive performance in energy distribution and execution time. …”
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Forecasting Foreign Exchange Volatility Using Deep Learning Autoencoder-LSTM Techniques by Gunho Jung, Sun-Yong Choi

“…Additionally, because fluctuations in FX affect the value of imported and exported goods and services, such fluctuations have an important impact on the economic competitiveness of multinational corporations and countries. …”
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Enhancing the performance of polyfarnesene-based bio-rubbers with surface-modified cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers by Luis Valencia, Ilse Magaña, Marisol Gálvez, Francisco Javier Enríquez-Medrano, Teresa Córdova, Cristal Cabrera, José Luis Olivares Romero, Héctor Ricardo López-González, Ramón Díaz de León

“…The results demonstrate that plasma-modified cellulose nanoparticles effectively enhance the mechanical properties of polyfarnesene bio-rubbers, offering a sustainable alternative with performance competitive to synthetic rubbers.…”
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Diversity-Focused Undergraduate Premedical Enrichment Programs: The Impact of Research Experiences by Acevedo A, Babore YB, Greisz J, King S, Clark GS, DeLisser HM

“…Both groups of students, however, expressed frustration at the lack of identity-concordant mentors to support their research aspirations and felt the pressure to do research to support their competitiveness for the residency match.Conclusion: The research experiences of diversity-focused enrichment programs may foster the agency and self-efficacy of participants in ways that support their success in medical school.Keywords: medical student diversity, diversity recruitment, pathway programs, health equity, health disparities, medical student admissions…”
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Naturally occurring variation in a cytochrome P450 modifies thiabendazole responses independently of beta-tubulin. by J B Collins, Clayton M Dilks, Steffen R Hahnel, Briana Rodriguez, Bennett W Fox, Elizabeth Redman, Jingfang Yu, Brittany Cooke, Kateryna Sihuta, Mostafa Zamanian, Peter J Roy, Frank C Schroeder, John S Gilleard, Erik C Andersen

“…A predicted high-impact lysine-to-glutamate substitution at position 267 (K267E) in CYP-35D1 was identified in a sensitive strain, and reciprocal allele replacement strains in different genetic backgrounds were used to show that the lysine allele conferred increased TBZ resistance. Using competitive fitness assays, we found that neither allele was deleterious, but the lysine allele was selected in the presence of TBZ. …”
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Investigating the relationship between brand experience, brand recall and brand loyalty in experiential marketing (case study: Maral Leather) by Mehdi Ajalli, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Sahar Johari

“…As a result, marketers can use a unique value, and a higher brand name has a competitive advantage. This study investigated the relationship between brand experience, brand reputation, and brand loyalty in empirical marketing at Maral Leather Company.Methodology: The method of this research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey nature. …”
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Clinicopathological and Sero-Molecular Detection of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in Goats in Southern Areas of Pakistan by Faiz Ur Rehman, Farhan Anwar Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Mehboob Ali, Hayatullah Khan, Faisal Ahmad, Qudrat Ullah

“…A total of 200 (50 from each area) serum samples were collected from clinically infected goats, whereas 600 various samples (nasal swab n = 50, pleural fluid n = 50, lungs n = 50 at each selected area of study) were collected from live goats showing respiratory clinical signs and dead/slaughter goats having lesions in the lungs/pleura. A commercial competitive ELISA kit confirmed anti-Mccp antibodies in altogether 17% of serum samples, while area-wise seroprevalence was recorded as follows: Kohat, 28%, Bannu, 18%, DI Khan, 14%, and Karak, 8%. …”
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Resetting the Hsc70-mediated lysosomal degradation of PD-L1 via a supramolecular meso peptide for the restoration of acquired anti-tumor T cell immunity by Yujia Zhao, Dan Liu, Wenguang Yang, Wangxiao He, Jin Yan, Leiqing Yao

“…While Hsc70 can interact with PD-L1 to promote its lysosomal degradation, the overexpression of CMTM6 competitively inhibits this interaction, leading to the blockade of PD-L1 lysosomal degradation. …”
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Enhanced Tolerance to Antifungals as a General Feature of Rho⁻ Mutants in Yeast Species: Implications to Positive Selection of Respiratory Deficiency by Zachary Johnson, Farhan Nadim, Mikhajlo K. Zubko

“…However, they are compromised in many aspects of fitness and competitiveness. Nevertheless, a few research groups have reported that some petite mutants of <i>Candida glabrata</i> and <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> manifested higher levels of tolerance to the antifungal fluconazole than their wild-type (WT) counterparts. …”
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A Massively Parallel SMC Sampler for Decision Trees by Efthyvoulos Drousiotis, Alessandro Varsi, Alexander M. Phillips, Simon Maskell, Paul G. Spirakis

“…Bayesian approaches to decision trees (DTs) using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) samplers have recently demonstrated state-of-the-art accuracy performance when it comes to training DTs to solve classification problems. Despite the competitive classification accuracy, MCMC requires a potentially long runtime to converge. …”
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Aim high, hit ×10: psychological strategies driving the success of South Korean archers by Joonyoung Lee, Suyoung Hwang

“…IntroductionSouth Korean archers have excelled in global competitions. However, limited research exists on the factors contributing to their long-term success, particularly in the context of achieving ×10 scores. …”
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