Quantitative Detection of Beef and Beef Meat Products Adulteration by the Addition of Duck Meat Using Micro Drop Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction by Chen Chen, Jia Chen, Yan Zhang, Yongbo Li, Zan Wang, Xian Li, Wei Zhou, Zhisheng Zhang

“…Both the relationships between meat weight and DNA weight and between DNA weight and DNA copy number (C) were nearly linear within the dynamic range. To calculate the original meat weight from the DNA copy number, the DNA weight was used as the intermediate value to establish the following formulae: Mbeef = 0.058C − 1.86; Mduck = 0.0268C − 7.78. …”
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An Improved Grasshopper Optimizer for Global Tasks by Hanfeng Zhou, Zewei Ding, Hongxin Peng, Zitao Tang, Guoxi Liang, Huiling Chen, Chao Ma, Mingjing Wang

“…Moreover, the application of probability in this paper greatly balances the advantages of each strategy and improves the comprehensive ability of the original GOA. Note that several representative benchmark functions are used to evaluate and validate the proposed MOLGOA. …”
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Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption and Digital Transformation in Enhancing Sustainable Business Performance: The Mediating Effect of Green Product Innovation by Gohar Mahmood, Allah Ditta, Muhammad Ramzan, Zahid Abbas

“…Green innovation practices partially mediate this relationship by leveraging digital capabilities to develop environmentally friendly products and processes. Originality/Value: This research contributes to the growing literature on sustainability and digital innovation by introducing green innovation practices as a mediator between AI, digital transformation, and sustainable firm performance. …”
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Self-Efficacy as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Sandra K. M. Tsang, Eadaoin K. P. Hui, Bella C. M. Law

“…This paper reviews the literature to outline the definition and theoretical conceptualizations of the construct originally devised by Bandura that have flourished since the 1990s. …”
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Novel Strategies for the Improvement of Stem Cells’ Transplantation in Degenerative Retinal Diseases by Simona Delia Nicoară, Sergiu Șușman, Oana Tudoran, Otilia Bărbos, Gabriela Cherecheș, Simion Aștilean, Monica Potara, Olga Sorițău

“…The success of transplantation depends on the origin of cells, the route of administration, the local microenvironment, and the proper combinative formula of growth factors. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach for Mental Fatigue State Assessment by Jiaxing Fan, Lin Dong, Gang Sun, Zhize Zhou

“…The model achieves an impressive accuracy of 95.29% in identifying fatigue from original ECG data, 2D spectral characteristics and physiological information of subjects. …”
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Segregation-dislocation self-organized structures ductilize a work-hardened medium entropy alloy by Bojing Guo, Dingcong Cui, Qingfeng Wu, Yuemin Ma, Daixiu Wei, Kumara L. S. R, Yashan Zhang, Chenbo Xu, Zhijun Wang, Junjie Li, Xin Lin, Jincheng Wang, Xun-li Wang, Feng He

“…Abstract Dislocations are the intrinsic origin of crystal plasticity. However, initial high-density dislocations in work-hardened materials are commonly asserted to be detrimental to ductility according to textbook strengthening theory. …”
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Сurrent state of clinical significance of early kidney injury markers by D. N. Khotko, A. I. Khotko, A. I. Tarasenko, A. O. Efimova

“…Authors performed a literature review of articles (original studies and reviews) published between 2018 and February 2022 on the study of pro‑inflammatory, profibrotic and angiogenic factors in urolithiasis. …”
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Treatment of biliary cysts of the liver and polycystic liver disease: a surgical view by M. P. Kochieva, N. N. Bagmet, A. G. Abdullayev, O. G. Skipenko

“…To present up-to-date management approach to biliary cysts of the liver and polycystosis.Original positions. Opinions of surgeons differ in the issue of whom and when to operate, as well as in the choice of intervention procedure. …”
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Late-Onset Recurrent Femoral Cyst Formation 10 Years after ACL Reconstruction: A Case Report and Literature Review by Enrique Sanchez-Munoz, Antonio Maestro Fernández, Iván Pipa Muñiz, Nicolas Rodríguez García

“…Synovial fistula and cyst formation after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is very unusual and almost always affects the tibia. Only 3 cases originating in the femur have been reported. We present a rare case of late-onset femoral cyst formation related to ACL reconstruction. …”
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Schwannoma of the Tongue in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Report and 20-Year Review by Nitin Bhola, Anendd Jadhav, Rajiv Borle, Gaurav Khemka, Umesh Bhutekar, Sanatan Kumar

“…Schwannomas (Neurilemmomas) are benign, encapsulated, slow-growing, and usually solitary tumours originating from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath with uncertain etiology. …”
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Symptomatic tensor fasciae suralis muscle as accessory muscle at popliteal fossa in young soldier: a case report by Yong Sik Lee, Yeong Hyeon Lee, Jee Soo Park, Gil Yeong Ahn, Sung Hyun Hwang, Chae Kyung Lee

“…Ultrasonography identified an aberrant tensor fasciae suralis muscle with perifascial edema, originating from the semimembranosus muscle and attaching to the fascia of the medial gastrocnemius. …”
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Fluorescence Characteristics of Humic Acid in Chinese Black Soil under Long-Term Fertilization by Dan Wei, Yan Li, Shan-shan Cai, Liang Jin, Yu-mei Li, Wei Wang, Yang Bai, Yu Hu, Nicholas Clarke

“…The dimension reduction for the original fluorescence parameters extracted two principal components. …”
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Considerations on the Use of Exogenous Fibrolytic Enzymes to Improve Forage Utilization by Germán D. Mendoza, Octavio Loera-Corral, Fernando X. Plata-Pérez, Pedro A. Hernández-García, Mónica Ramírez-Mella

“…Exogenous fibrolytic enzymes are of fungal or bacterial origin and increase nutrient availability from the cell wall, which consists of three fractions in different proportions depending on the species of forage: digestible, potentially digestible, and indigestible. …”
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Cash Holding, Firm Value and Performance under Financial Constraint: A Case Study of the Iranian Capital Market by Azadeh Shemshad, Mohsen Imeni

“…The results indicate that companies with financial constraints hold cash holdings, which will reduce financial performance.Originality/Value: Evidence of a nonlinear relationship between firm performance and cash holdings under company-specific conditions gives managers and investors the insight to examine the performance of companies, future value, and how they make decisions in certain circumstances, such as financial constraints for companies…”
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Determinants of the Sensory Quality of Półgęsek in Relation to Volatile Compounds and Chemical Composition by Nowicka Katarzyna, Jaworska Danuta, Przybylski Wiesław, Górska Ewa, Tambor Krzysztof, Półtorak Andrzej

“…The volatiles generated by the smoking process and the ones originating from spices were also observed. The results of the sensory evaluation indicated that all the samples of the analyzed products were characterized by a high overall quality. …”
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Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds by HS-GC-IMS in Powdered Yak Milk Processed under Different Sterilization Conditions by Duo Feng, Jing Wang, Xiao-Jiao Ji, Wen-Xiang Min, Wen-Jie Yan

“…Most importantly, UHPS can retain the original flavor of yak milk to a greater extent.…”
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Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of an Impacted Canine in the Presence of Dens Invaginatus and Follicular Cyst by Marialuce Spallarossa, Carola Canevello, Francesca Silvestrini Biavati, Nicola Laffi

“…“Dens invaginatus” is a dental anomaly which originates from the invagination of the ameloblastic epithelium into the lingual surface of the dental crown during the odontogenesis. …”
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A novel denoising method for non‐linear and non‐stationary signals by Honglin Wu, Zhongbin Wang, Lei Si, Chao Tan, Xiaoyu Zou, Xinhua Liu, Futao Li

“…First, an improved VMD method is used to decompose the original signal into an optimal number of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). …”
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Chemotaxonomic Study of Four Subspecies of Pinus nigra Arn. Grown in Common Garden Based on Essential Oil Composition by Sondes Fkiri, Faten Mezni, Ghayth Rigane, Ridha Ben Salem, Hanene Ghazghazi, M. Larbi Khouja, Zouheir Nasr, Abdelhamid Khaldi

“…The essential oil compositions appeared to be very different according to their origin. Thus, five main essential oil chemotypes were identified in Pinus nigra plants: caryophyllene oxide, camphene, ß-caryophyllene, α-amorphene, and germacrene D. …”
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