Instrumenting Parkrun: Usefulness and Validity of Inertial Sensors by Rachel Mason, Yunus Celik, Gill Barry, Alan Godfrey, Samuel Stuart

“…The analysis of running gait has conventionally taken place within an expensive and restricted laboratory space, with wearable technology offering a practical, cost-effective, and unobtrusive way to examine running gait in more natural environments. This pilot study presents a wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) setup for the continuous analysis of running gait during an outdoor parkrun (i.e., 5 km). …”
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Study of Drought Characteristics and Atmospheric Circulation Mechanisms via a “Cloud Model”, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China by Sinan Wang, Henglu Miao, Yingjie Wu, Wei Li, Mingyang Li

“…Droughts are long-term natural disasters and encompass many unknown factors. …”
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Chemical Composition, Total Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activity of the Essential Oils Extracted from the Needle of Ten Pinus Taxa by Zhihong Liu, Weixin Fan, Qing Xie

“…The results showed that all of the EOs studied had strong antioxidant activity, and these pine plants could be used as natural antioxidants in functional food and pharmaceutical industries.…”
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Intelligent LED Lighting System by I. I. Maronchuk, I. V. Shirokov, A. A. Velchenko, V. I. Mironchuk

“…Turning on the LED luminaire at reduced power is carried out automatically when the level of external natural light is less than a certain threshold value. …”
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Individual and Herd-Level Seroprevalence in Association with Potential Risk Factors of Japanese Encephalitis in Pigs Collected from Urban, Periurban, and Rural Areas of Bali, Indon... by I. Made Kardena, Anak Agung Ayu Mirah Adi, I. Nyoman Mantik Astawa, Mark O’Dea, Ian Robertson, Shafi Sahibzada, Mieghan Bruce

“…More than 90% seroprevalence detected in this study indicates high natural JEV infection occurred in pigs, which highlights the high public health risk of the infection in the areas.…”
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Linking Endotoxins, African Dust PM10 and Asthma in an Urban and Rural Environment of Puerto Rico by Mario G. Ortiz-Martínez, Rosa I. Rodríguez-Cotto, Mónica A. Ortiz-Rivera, Cedric W. Pluguez-Turull, Braulio D. Jiménez-Vélez

“…ENX were found to contribute to cytotoxicity and inflammatory responses provoked by urban ADE PM10 exposure suggesting a synergistic potency of local and natural ENX incoming from ADE. The contribution of ADE PM10 ENX is valuable in order to understand interactions and action mechanisms of airborne pollutants as asthma triggers in PR.…”
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Nonlinear Pounding Analysis of Multispan and Simply Supported Beam Bridges Subjected to Strong Ground Motions by Hong-Yu Jia, Xian-Lin Lan, Nan Luo, Jian Yang, Shi-Xiong Zheng, Chao Zhang

“…To investigate the nonlinear impact effect of multispan simply supported beam bridges under strong earthquakes, firstly, the dynamic motion equation, the algorithm of its solution, and some pounding modelling methods are presented and the finite element model of a considered multispan simply supported railway beam bridge is established in the nonlinear finite element software of SAP2000 in which the primary nonlinear characteristics of the bearing and the impact element are considered herein. Secondly, the natural vibration characteristic of the considered railway bridge is analyzed to prepare for the subsequent parameter analysis. …”
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Development of the industrial sector in the Russian regions − cluster analysis by A. A. Nikolaev

“…This is primarily due to the uneven distribution of natural resources throughout the country, when a small number of regions have faster development of the mining sector compared to others. …”
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Multispecies occupancy models unravel reduced colonization probabilities in plants from the unique Amazonian cangas by Rafael de Fraga, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira Santos, Valeria da Cunha Tavares, Leonardo Carreira Trevelin, Maurício Takashi Coutinho Watanabe, Leandro Maioli, Samir Rolim, Carolina da Silva Carvalho

“…For some endemic species, apparent population declines are more likely to be occurring due to natural causes than to the negative effects of mining.…”
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Gallic acid protects intervertebral disc cells from ferroptosis and alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating key factors of oxidative stress by Zaishi Zhu, Zeling Huang, Chaofeng Zhang, Bo Xu, Hua Chen, Shuai Pei, Baofei Zhang, Lishi Jie, Xiaoqing Shi, Yujiang Liu, Yuwei Li, Yuwei Li, Xiaofeng Shen, Xiaofeng Shen

“…Gallic acid (GA) is naturally present in a variety of plants and has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and analgesic effects. …”
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GDPR-oriented intelligent checking method of privacy policies compliance by Xin LI, Peng TANG, Xiheng ZHANG, Weidong QIU, Hong HUI

“…The implementation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has resulted in the imposition of over 300 fines since its inception in 2018.These fines include significant penalties for prominent companies like Google, which were penalized for their failure to provide transparent and comprehensible privacy policies.The GDPR, known as the strictest data protection laws in history, has made companies worldwide more cautious when offering cross-border services, particularly to the European Union.The regulation's territorial scope stipulates that it applies to any company providing services to EU citizens, irrespective of their location.This implies that companies worldwide, including domestic enterprises, are required to ensure compliance with GDPR in their privacy policies, especially those involved in international operations.To meet this requirement, an intelligent detection method was introduced.Machine learning and automation technologies were utilized to automatically extract privacy policies from online service companies.The policies were converted into a standardized format with a hierarchical structure.Through natural language processing, the privacy policies were classified, allowing for the identification of relevant GDPR concepts.In addition, a constructed GDPR taxonomy was used in the detection mechanism to identify any missing concepts as required by GDPR.This approach facilitated intelligent detection of GDPR-oriented privacy policy compliance, providing support to domestic enterprises while they provided cross-border services to EU users.Analysis of the corpus samples reveals the current situation that mainstream online service companies generally fail to meet GDPR compliance requirements.…”
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Biophysical Soil and Water Conservation Structures: A Case Study of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Elias Bojago, Marisennayya Senapathy, Innocent Ngare, Tsegeye Bojago Dado

“…Soil erosion is a serious environmental and natural resource issue in Ethiopia, posing a significant threat to agricultural productivity and being one of the principal drivers of land degradation and soil fertility reduction. …”
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Eurocentric Beauty Standards: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Pakistani Skincare Blogs by Memona Mujahid, Salma Kalim

“…Notably, from the three selected blogs, Instacarere commends organic and natural ingredients. This research argues for the growing need to critically evaluate healthcare website content in the digital age and urges providers to prioritize accurate, medically-supported information over commercial beauty ideals. …”
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Phenolic Extracts from Vaccinium corymbosum L. Loaded in Microemulsions and Liposomes as Enhancers of Olive Oil Oxidative Stability by Nikolina Liović, Perica Bošković, Ivana Drvenica, Anet Režek Jambrak, Ana Marija Dropulić, Greta Krešić, Viktor Nedović, Branko Bugarski, Zoran Zorić, Sandra Pedisić, Tea Bilušić

“…Natural phenolic compounds are recognized as bioactive ingredients in food but can also have a role as effective alternatives to synthetic antioxidants in stability improvement of foods prone to oxidation, such as edible oils. …”
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Soft computing paradigm for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey: A systematic review by Muhammad Talha, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Kieron Moller

“…Regarding thematic focus, about 33.3 % of the articles addressed water resource management, 22.2 % focused on climate prediction, 11.1 % on land and agriculture, 9 % on ecosystem modeling, and 24.2 % on natural disaster preparedness and response. The analysis reveals a growing but uneven body of research utilizing AI across the ECO countries. …”
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A comparative cohort study of post-COVID-19 conditions based on physical examination records in ChinaResearch in context by Zhong Liu, Boqiang Hu, Tao Zeng, Cuiping You, Nan Li, Yongjing Liu, Jie Zhang, Chenbing Liu, Piaopiao Jin, Xiaoxi Feng, Jun Chen, Jinyan Huang

“…Funding: This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFE0108100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program (82270159, 82070147).…”
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Introduced substrates trigger colonization by reef-associated fish in a degraded coastal system. by Maryann S Watson, Jon Dickson, Oscar Franken, Laura L Govers, Tjisse van der Heide, Sterre Witte, Britas Klemens Eriksson

“…However, many such projects use artificial substrates, such as concrete or metal, that are not naturally occurring in the marine environment. We experimentally introduced hard substrates that were either historically common in a soft sediment-dominated ecosystem, or are mimicking these substrates with biodegradable material, and monitored the substrates for mobile species use (fish and invertebrates). …”
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Semiotic knowledge about mass communication Umberto Eco and problems of comprehension of digital reality by T. Smirnova, I. Unzhakova

“…The phenomenon of “visual communication” has been considered in detail: in natural language, the value is predetermined, in the visual it is generated as the message is received. …”
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Spontaneous tumor regression following COVID-19 vaccination by Hui Dai, Renata Ferrarotto, Myrna Godoy, Diana Bell, Shiaw-Yih Lin, Daniel J McGrail, Luana Guimaraes de Sousa, Kaiyi Li, Mario L Marques-Piubelli, Cipriano Gonzalez, Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, Jared Burks

“…Highly multiplexed imaging mass cytometry showed that the postvaccination lung metastasis samples had remarkable immune cell infiltration, including CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, natural killer cells, B cells, and dendritic cells, which contrasted with very low levels of these cells in the prevaccination primary tumor and lung metastasis samples. …”
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Improved recuperator unit with increased efficiency for use in mechanical ventilation systems by D. O. Khlopitsyn, A. G. Rymarоv

“…With the help of these technologies and their improvements, energy conservation of natural resources takes place. Energy efficiency in technology helps humanity to reduce the cost of energy resources, but at the same time to ensure the necessary level of technological processes in buildings. …”
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