Ethephon Stimulation and Yield Response of Some Hevea Clones in the Humid Forests of South West Cameroon by J. N. Njukeng, P. M. Muenyi, B. K. Ngane, E. E. Ehabe

“…A study was therefore conducted in the South West region of Cameroon characterized by a monomodal rainfall regime (one dry and one rainy season) to evaluate yield response to Ethephon stimulation (conc. 2.5%) of some newly introduced rubber clones (IRCA 18, IRCA 19, RRIC 100, and RRIC 110) for large-scale planting in Cameroon. Generally, annual yields and tree productivity ranged between the referenced clones tested: some closer to the intermediate yielding GT 1 (IRCA 18 and IRCA 19) and others to the high yielding PB clones (RRIC 100 and RRIC 110) indicating thereby the possible convenient adoption of some established exploitation regimes for these new introductions. …”
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Based on the MaxEnt model the analysis of influencing factors and simulation of potential risk areas of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) in China by Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang, Zhong Da Ren, Zhong Da Ren, Jie Wang, Wen Dong, Wen Dong

“…After verification, the model simulation results are generally consistent with the actual outbreak of the epidemic. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Changes of Vegetation Coverage in Duliu River Basin from 2000 to 2021 Based on MODIS Data by ZHAI Xiang, ZHAO Qingsong

“…Changes in vegetation coverage can reflect the improvement or degradation of the ecological environment,so as to help identify the evolution characteristics of the regional ecological environment.This paper takes the Duliu River Basin as the research area and calculates the vegetation coverage condition of the basin by using a pixel binary model based on MODIS-NDVI product data.The changing trend,fluctuations,and abnormal conditions of the vegetation coverage of the basin over the past 22 years are analyzed through the analyses of the trend,the anomalous percentage,and the coefficient of variation.The results indicate that ① the vegetation coverage in the Duliu River Basin is generally higher or high,with excellent performance and significant seasonal distribution characteristics;② the vegetation coverage is mainly increasing, and the similarity between summer and interannual changes is high,while the changing trend between spring and winter is similar;③ for the past 22 years,the annual vegetation coverage of the basin has mostly been in a normal state,with a relatively stable proportion in annual data.There are more abnormal states in spring and winter.The abnormal changes in vegetation coverage in the same season of different years are more significant compared with the annual data of different years;④ from 2000 to 2021,the overall vegetation coverage shows a stable state.However,the vegetation coverage in winter and spring is relatively unstable,and the fluctuation in winter and spring is more significant than that in summer and autumn.The interannual and summer distribution patterns are relatively consistent in terms of spatiotemporal changes.…”
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Different orthology inference algorithms generate similar predicted orthogroups among Brassicaceae species by Irene T. Liao, Karen E. Sears, Lena C. Hileman, Lachezar A. Nikolov

“…Results produced using OrthNet were generally outliers but could still provide detailed information about gene colinearity. …”
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Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics by Torie L. Grant, MD, MHS, Laken C. Roberts Lavigne, PhD, MPH, Craig Evan Pollack, MD, MHS, Pete Cimbolic, BA, Susan Balcer-Whaley, MPH, Roger D. Peng, PhD, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD

“…Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the participants in the Mobility Asthma Project. Generalized estimating equations were used to assess the association between moving and asthma exacerbations and maximum symptom days. …”
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An ultra-simplified protocol for PCR template preparation from both unsporulated and sporulated Eimeria oocysts by Aruto Takano, Dennis V. Umali, April H. Wardhana, Dyah H. Sawitri, Isao Teramoto, Toshimitsu Hatabu, Yasutoshi Kido, Akira Kaneko, Kazumi Sasai, Hiromitsu Katoh, Makoto Matsubayashi

“…Molecular biological techniques have enabled the accurate identification of the avian Eimeria parasite, however, the preparation of PCR template remains a bottleneck due to contaminants from feces and the robust oocyst's wall resistant to chemical and mechanical force. Generally, the preparation of PCR template involves three main steps: (1) pretreatment of oocysts; (2) disruption of oocysts; and (3) purification of genomic DNA. …”
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Genera Mixta in Herbert George Wells’s Industrial Romance ‘The Cone’ (1895): Realism, the Uncanny Fantastic, the Industrial Sublime and the Tragic by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…The industrial sublime coexists with a generalized sense of melancholy, shown as the new social disease affecting middle-class characters—and no longer the working-class underdogs or ‘Hands’ of previous texts—in a disfigured world deserted by God. …”
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Phylodynamic reconstruction of major chicken infectious anemia virus clades epidemiology, dispersal, and evolution by Giovanni Franzo, Matteo Legnardi, Francesca Poletto, Riccardo Baston, Giulia Faustini, Mattia Cecchinato, Claudia Maria Tucciarone

“…The phylogeographic analysis identified several connections involving also distantly related regions, and more generally, multiple introduction events occurred in several countries and were followed by local evolution, indicative of unconstrained viral circulation.DiscussionOverall, the study highlights the ongoing circulation and evolution of different CIAV variants worldwide, where biosecurity measures and vaccination appear insufficient to prevent viral presence and dispersal.…”
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Forest Fire Smoke Layers Observed in the Free Troposphere over Portugal with a Multiwavelength Raman Lidar: Optical and Microphysical Properties by Sérgio Nepomuceno Pereira, Jana Preißler, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Ana Maria Silva, Frank Wagner

“…The Ångström exponents were generally high, mainly above 1.4, indicating a dominating accumulation mode. …”
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Real-life functioning and duration of illness in schizophrenia: A mediation analysis by C. Brasso, S. Bellino, P. Bozzatello, C. Montemagni, P. Rocca

“…We performed three generalized linear mediation models, one for each selected domain of functioning as the dependent variable. …”
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Música popular campesina. Usos sociales, incursión en escenarios escolares y apropiación por los niños y niñas: la propuesta musical de Velosa y Los Carrangueros by Tomás Sánchez Amaya, Alejandro Acosta Ayerbe

“…El trabajo se desarrolla a través de dos temáticas generales. La primera, busca dar cuenta de los procesos de emergencia, desarrollo y consolidación de esta manifestación musical. …”
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Modelling lateral meltwater flow and superimposed ice formation atop Greenland's near-surface ice slabs by Nicole Clerx, Horst Machguth, Andrew Tedstone, Dirk van As

“…SI formation, an important process in the formation and thickening of the ice slabs, can retain up to 40% of the available meltwater, and generally delays the appearance of visible runoff. …”
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MD-Unet for tobacco leaf disease spot segmentation based on multi-scale residual dilated convolutions by Zili Chen, Yilong Peng, Jiadong Jiao, Aiguo Wang, Laigang Wang, Wei Lin, Yan Guo

“…To address the limitations of traditional methods, such as weak generalization and sensitivity to noise in segmenting tobacco leaf lesions, this study focused on four tobacco diseases: angular leaf spot, brown spot, wildfire disease, and frog eye disease. …”
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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Measure: Cross-Cultural Validation of an Arabic Version for Older Jordanians by Mohammad H. Abuadas, Zainab Albikawi, Osama Khoury

“…Evidence suggested that construct validity for the FACIT-F was generally quite acceptable. Conclusions: With regard to evaluating fatigue in an older Jordanian population, the Arabic translations of the FACIT-F have been shown to be reliable and valid.…”
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Control Method of Nanomaterial Numerical Control Electronic Processing Based on RBF Neural Network by Haiyan Wang, Fanwei Meng

“…In the early stage of the machining process, the BP neural network is generally used to control the CNC machining. However, it also has some shortcomings, such as the inability to determine the initial parameter weights according to the errors in the processing process, which limits its application in processing control. …”
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Longterm temporal analysis of vegetation cover and soil use on Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Pará, Amazonian Brazil by Larissa de Carvalho Lima, Alberto Bentes Brasil Neto, Cassio Rafael Costa dos Santos, Aline Nascimento Braga, Suany Couto Teixeira Nunes

“…Between 1984 and 2014, there was a great increase in the class urban area, generally associated with the generation of environmental problems, due to irregular occupation and lack of environmental and urban management of the island.…”
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Duskward displacement of plasmoids and reconnection in the near-Earth magnetotail by Akimasa Ieda, Yukinaga Miyashita

“…Through a comprehensive reinterpretation and integration of previous statistical results, we found that the dusk preference is generally evident for tailward flows but is often absent for earthward flows. …”
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Dissolved Oxygen Prediction Based on SOA-SVM and SOA-BP Models by ZHANG Xuekun

“…To improve the accuracy of dissolved oxygen prediction,this paper researches and proposes a prediction method that combines seagull optimization algorithm (SOA) with support vector machine (SVM) and BP neural network,prepares four prediction schemes based on the monthly dissolved oxygen monitoring data of the Jinghong Power Station in Xishuangbanna,a national important water supply source in Yunnan Province,from January 2009 to September 2020,optimizes the key parameters of SVM and weight threshold of BP neural network by SOA to construct SOA-SVM and SOA-BP models,predicts the dissolved oxygen of Jinghong Power Station based on the models,and compares the prediction results with those of SVM and BP models.The results show that:The absolute values of the average relative errors of the SOA-SVM and SOA-BP models for the 4 schemes of dissolved oxygen prediction are between 4.07%~4.98% and 3.85%~4.83%,and that of the average absolute errors are 0.309~0.374 mg/L and 0.294~0.371 mg/L,respectively.With better prediction accuracy than SVM and BP models,they have good prediction accuracy and generalization ability.SOA can effectively optimize the key parameters of SVM and weight threshold of BP neural network.SOA-SVM and SOA-BP models are feasible for dissolved oxygen prediction,which can provide references for related prediction research.…”
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THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON SELF-ACTUALIZATION OF TEENAGERS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION by S. V. Storozhuk, Y. N. Goyan

“…Methodology is caused by interdisciplinary approach, involving not only the use of scientific methods such as analysis, synthesis and generalization, but also the methods of comparative analysis and analogies which were used to solve specific research problems related to the study of influence of computer technology and created through it virtual reality on self-actualization of teenagers. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprints of Water and Sediment Samples of Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by A. O. Adeniji, O. O. Okoh, A. I. Okoh

“…TPH and OC levels were slightly lower in summer than in autumn in the two environmental matrices, and the average amount of TPH in the water samples collected from all the sampling stations was generally lower than the EU standard limit of 300 μg/L. …”
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