Brown rice: a missing nutrient-rich health food by Xiuxiu Wu, Tianyi Guo, Feijun Luo, Qinlu Lin

“…Underlying mechanisms have also been analyzed, which include regulating lipid synthesis and metabolism, improving insulin levels and increasing glucose metabolism, anti-oxidation, promoting the immune system, transcription and non-transcriptional regulation, blocking cell cycle, thereby improving disease symptoms and reducing its recurrence rate. Generally, BR has been almost disappeared in modern society, but it is promising to exploit the potential to become a functional food. …”
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Strengthening economic resilience through ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 100 countries by Muhammad Bilal, Sohaib Aqib, Ahmad Raza

“…We employed a comprehensive ICT index developed by UNCTAD, including indicators such as fixed broadband, mobile phone subscriptions, and secure internet servers, using data from 100 countries between 2017 and 2022. Utilizing Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation to address endogeneity, our analysis reveals that a percentage increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths led to declines in GDP growth by 0.67 and 0.87 percentage points, respectively. …”
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Simplified sequence repetition nodes-based fast successive cancellation decoding algorithm for polar code by Rui GUO, Yang LIU

“…In order to reduce the decoding latency of the successive cancellation (SC) decoding algorithm further, a kind of fast SC decoding algorithm based on simplified sequence repetition (SR) nodes, namely simplified sequence repetition node-based fast SC (SSRFSC), was proposed to optimize decoding latency issues of SC decoding algorithm.Different types of extended class of generalized parity-check (EG-PC) nodes were decomposed, merged and simplified based on the type of SR source node and decoding complexity, and Rate-C node was trimmed using fast simplified successive cancellation (Fast-SSC) decoding.Experimental results show that the decoding latency of the proposed algorithm can be reduced by up to 28% compared to the latest simplified sequence repetition (SRFSC) decoding algorithm when achieving similar decoding performance (approximately 0.1dB performance loss at frame error rate of 10^-3).Moreover, compared to the Fast-SSC decoding algorithm, the decoding latency of proposed algorithm can be reduced by up to 49%.…”
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Increasing certainty in projected local extreme precipitation change by Chao Li, Jieyu Liu, Fujun Du, Francis W. Zwiers, Guolin Feng

“…Many observational constraints have been proposed to reduce the uncertainty of these projections at global to sub-continental scales, but adaptation generally requires detailed, local scale information. …”
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An Analysis of Surf & Turf Experiences of Tourists from Different Nations in Turkey from The Sustainable Gastronomy Tourism Perspective – Farklı Milletlerden Turistlerin Türkiye’de... by Gürkan Akdağ

“…Findings demonstrated that the gastronomy tourists did not know such a cuisine experience existed in Turkey, and stated that the presentations were generally impeccable and Turkish kitchen, known with red meat dishes, should be promoted with its seafood cuisine as well.…”
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Impact of Diversification on Bank Stability: Evidence from Emerging and Developing Countries by Mohammed Adem

“…Based on dynamic panel generalized moments techniques, the results support portfolio theory; diversification reduces risk and improves bank stability in emerging and developing economies during crisis and noncrisis periods. …”
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Landscape diversity promotes landscape functioning in North America by Sarah Mayor, Florian Altermatt, Thomas W. Crowther, Iris Hordijk, Simon Landauer, Jacqueline Oehri, Merin Reji Chacko, Michael E. Schaepman, Bernhard Schmid, Pascal A. Niklaus

“…Abstract Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments have established generally positive species richness-productivity relationships in plots of single ecosystem types, typically grassland or forest. …”
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OPTIMIZATION AND POST-BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF A LONG SHAFT ROTOR SYSTEM WITH PINNED-STABILIZED SUPPORTED AT ARBITRARY POSITION by XIAO ShiFu, CHEN HongYong, NIU HongPan

“…A nonlinear model of a pinned-free long shaft rotor system with a stabilized support at arbitrary position is established by employing the generalized Hamilton principle. The lower-order polynomials are introduced to construct Ritz basis to analyze the critical rotational velocity of the system and the optimal position of the stabilized support. …”
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Nonlinear Aeroelastic Oscillations in the Wall of a Flat Channel Filled with Viscous Gas and Resting on a Vibrating Foundation by V. S. Popov, A. A. Popova

“…Using the method of iterations, the law of viscous gas pressure distribution in the channel was determined, and the equation of aeroelastic oscillations in the channel wall was obtained as a generalization of the Duffing equation. This equation was solved by the harmonic balance method. …”
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Preguntas comunes cuando se usan sensores de humedad en el suelo para cítricos y otros árboles frutales by Eric Herrera, Sandra M. Guzmán, Eduart Murcia, Daniel Palacios

“…La información en este documento permitirá a los especialistas de extensión responder algunas preguntas generales acerca de los SMSs. Esta publicación se enfoca en dos tipos de sensores portátiles usados actualmente en Florida para manejo de irrigación en cítricos y otros arboles: El oscilador de línea de transmisión (TLO) y el transmisometro en el dominio del tiempo (TDT) por sus siglas en ingles. …”
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A quasi-lumped model for the peripheral distortion of the arterial pulse by Panagiotes A. Voltairas, Antonios Charalambopoulos, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, Lambros K. Michalis

“…It emanates from a generalized Bernoulli's equation for an an-harmonic, linear, viscoelastic, Maxwell fluid flow in a linear, viscoelastic, Kelvin-Voigt, thin, cylindrical vessel. …”
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A Fire-Retardant Composite Made from Domestic Waste and PVA by Neni Surtiyeni, Raidha Rahmadani, Neny Kurniasih, Khairurrijal, Mikrajuddin Abdullah

“…The wastes were composed of organic components (generally originating from foods), paper, plastics, and clothes; the average fraction of each type of waste mirrored the corresponding fractions of wastes in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. …”
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Statistical Data Research on Staff Training for the Digital Economy in the Russian Federation by Yu. V. Frolov, T. M. Bosenko

“…In the course of the study, a comparison of statistical and neural network data modeling methods and generalizing indices was performed. An analysis of the obtained regression models and an analysis of the sensitivity of trained neural networks made it possible to evaluate their accuracy in predicting the trends in the staffing of the digital economy and to identify factors that significantly affect the achievement of the goal of matching the output of specialists and the demands of economic sectors.…”
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Use-Case-Dependent Modeling Approach for Analysis of Distributed DC Grids by Melanie Lavery, Raffael Schwanninger, Martin Marz

“…This paper investigates a generalized modeling approach for DC grid components by applying it to the simulation and analysis of a comprehensive DC grid system. …”
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Impact of Hypoxia on the Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by Nkwoji Joseph Ahamefula

“…Species evenness index ranged from 0.29 to 0.80. There was generally low biodiversity indicating the stressed nature of the study area. © JASEM Keywords: Hypoxia, diversity, benthic, macroinvertebrates, lagoon…”
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A computation offloading scheme for energy consumption optimization in Internet of vehicles by Wenxuan GAO, Xinjie YANG

“…In Internet of vehicles (IoV), vehicle-oriented applications are generally computation-intensive and latency-sensitive.Introducing idle computing resources from mobile vehicles as a supplement to network computing power can effectively alleviate the load pressure on edge servers.The problem of task allocation for edge computation offloading in the context of IoV environment were researched.By fully leveraging the combined computing resources of roadside units (RSU), user vehicles, and mobile vehicles within the RSU service range, a computation offloading strategy based on the sparrow search algorithm was proposed and referred to as sparrow search based computation offloading scheme (S²COS), aiming to optimize the overall system energy consumption.In addition, this strategy fully taked into account practical network issues such as service time constraints caused by vehicle mobility and the potential occurrence of computation node failures.The simulation results demonstrate that S²COS can meet the latency requirements for computation-intensive and latency-sensitive tasks, while significantly reducing system energy consumption.…”
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Autoinflammation with arthritis and dyskeratosis an inflammasomopathy: Case report and review of literature by Nayan Patel Sureja, Liza Rajasekhar

“…We report a 22-year-old female, with recurrent generalized urticaria, periodic fever and pain abdomen, inflammatory polyarthritis, cutaneous lesions over the extremities, and persistently elevated inflammatory markers. …”
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Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis presenting as myositis: A rare case by Niraj Bohania, Sumeet Singla, Jagriti Nahata, Pijush Kanti Nandi, Seema Daksh, S Anuradha

“…We report a 40 year old lady presented with easy fatigability, low grade fever for 5-6 months and generalized myalgias. Examination revealed pallor, a receding hair line, hepatomegaly and proximal muscle weakness. …”
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Effects of microbial biocontrol agents on tea plantation microecology and tea plant metabolism: a review by Yixin Xie, Yixin Xie, Chunxia Cao, Daye Huang, Yan Gong, Beibei Wang

“…While biotic stress generally has detrimental effects on plants, it also activates defense metabolic pathways, leading to shifts in microbial communities. …”
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Polyfactoriality as a Defining Criterion of Formulaic Speech by Günter Schmale

“…Starting from the observation that the criteria generally applied to the definition of formulaic speech – polylexicality, (relative) stability and idiomaticity – no longer reflect the current state-of-the-art insight into the nature of prefabricated speech productions (and understanding), the present paper discusses a revised vision of formulaicity taking the pivotal defining criterion of polyfactoriality as its basis. …”
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