Laboratory and field assays indicate that a widespread no-see-um, Culicoides furens (Poey) is susceptible to permethrin by Vilma M. Cooper, Eva A. Buckner, Yongxing Jiang, Nathan Burkett-Cadena

“…We identified a diagnostic dose (10.75 µg) and time (30 min) that resulted in 100% mortality in CDC bottle bioassays. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by R.S. Markunin

“…In this connection, it is necessary to develop a method of countering the regi-mentation of public life, and at the same time to propose means to combat manifestations of legal anomie. …”

Generalized Pruritus and Gradual Loss of Vision as the Presenting Complaints of Acute HIV Infection: Management Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic by Shrebash Paul, S. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Rajibur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman, Quazi Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Rafiqul Alam, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury

“…Here, we report two thought-provoking cases where patients were suffering from generalized itchy lesions (pruritic papular eruption) throughout the body for a long time and gradual loss of vision in another case. …”
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Self-Reported Oral Hygiene Performance of Patients in Albania: A Questionnaire-Based Survey by Blerina Zeza, Blerina Osmani, Erdita Cenameri, Busra Emir

“…<b>Results:</b> A total of 1006 questionnaires were filled in a one-month time period (January 2020) from a population of 75.2% females and 24.8% males, 32.7 ± 11.3 years of age, from whom 94.6% reported a lack of systemic diseases and 80% were non-smokers. …”
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Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration in Guangdong Province under Climate Change by HUANG Song, DAI Jiaqi, ZHAO Baoshan, LIU Na, LI Hui, CHU Huaping

“…To explore the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of reference crop evapotranspiration (ET₀) in Guangdong Province under climate change and its influencing factors,based on the surface observation data of 37 meteorological stations in Guangdong Province during 1980—2020,the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith method was applied to calculate the daily ET₀ of each meteorological station.In addition,this research systematically analyzed the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of ET₀ in Guangdong Province and quantitatively studied the influence degree of various meteorological factors on ET₀ by using sensitivity and contribution rate analysis methods.The results show that in terms of time scale,the annual average ET₀ in Guangdong Province is 1 150 mm,and it shows a significant increasing trend at the rate of 14.84 mm/10a.In terms of spatial scale,ET₀ in Guangdong Province shows an increasing trend from north to south,with a variation range of 1 069~1 235 mm.ET₀ is more sensitive to relative humidity and temperature than sunshine duration and wind speed.The contribution rate analysis shows that temperature is the dominant factor for ET₀ variation in Guangdong Province,followed by sunshine duration,relative humidity,and wind speed.The potential increase in temperature combined with the decrease in relative humidity can lead to higher ET₀ and drought events in the future.This study can provide a scientific basis for water resources planning and agricultural irrigation management in Guangdong Province.…”
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Analysis on Aircraft Brake Squeal Problem Based on Finite Element Method by Ming Zhang, Ran Xu, Hong Nie

“…Then, transient dynamic simulation using explicit dynamic method has been performed. Response in both time and frequency domain has been analyzed. Two methods have been compared, considering accuracy and calculation consumption. …”
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Evaluation of controls, quality control assays, and protocol optimisations for PacBio HiFi sequencing on diverse and challenging samples by Iraad F. Bronner, Emma Dawson, Naomi Park, Olaf Piepenburg, Michael A. Quail

“…The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to generate high-quality reference genomes for all eukaryotic organisms in Britain and Ireland. At the time of writing, PacBio HiFi reads are generated for all samples using the Sequel IIe systems by the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Scientific Operations teams, however we expect lessons from this work to apply directly to the Revio system too, as core principles of SMRT sequencing remain the same. …”
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Stepping Into an Equatorial Plasma Bubble With a Swarm Overfly by L. Spogli, L. Alfonsi, C. Cesaroni

“…In addition, the local time of the nighttime tracks was favorable to detect and study the morphology of post‐sunset equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs). …”
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Study on Mechanism of Viscoelastic Polymer Transient Flow in Porous Media by Huiying Zhong, Weidong Zhang, Hongjun Yin, Haoyang Liu

“…The results demonstrate that the pressure difference increases as the relaxation time decreases, before the flow reaches its steady state. …”
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The zoning of the relative morphotectonic activity of the Kan-Soleghan basin with an emphasis on the location of the Tehran-North Freeway tunnel by sara Kiani, Amir Karam, Nasrin Hoseinaei

“…The Kan-Soleghan basin is located on the southern Hillside of the Alborz, which has affected the Alp-Himalayan active zone over time. In this respect, the evaluation of active tectonic processes and their effects on many human activities, such as the design and construction of cities, powerhouse, dams, and industrial facilities are of great importance. …”
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Study on Hydraulic Characteristic of Unsteady Flow at Huangchigou Water Distribution Hub by Observing Instantaneous Water Level Based on Single-Camera and Fixed-Scale Compensation... by Weihua Ding, Lin Zhu, Hu Li, Bin Hou, Fan Yang, Xinhong Wang

“…Precise data such as wave front propagation velocity and hydraulic oscillation recovery time of unsteady flows in the Southern Main Tunnel was obtained. …”
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Shale-pore Semantic Segmentation Network Based on Pseudo-labeling by Chenzhang WANG, Yanfei WANG, Zhijing BAI

“…Furthermore, pseudo-labeling enhances the generalizability of neural networks while addressing the high time cost of manual annotation required in previous deep-learning segmentation methods, whereas ensemble learning stably increases the model’s accuracy.…”
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Applicability of ERA5 Reanalysis Data in Simulating Water Level of Medium and Small-Scale Reservoirs:a Case Study of Changjiang Reservoir by CHEN Junlai, ZHANG Zhouwen, CHEN Weihua, HU Xubao

“…The water level in front of the reservoir is important observation data for medium and small-scale reservoir basins.The reanalysis of this data provides optional schemes for the simulation of water levels in medium and small-scale reservoirs,but its applicability still needs to be evaluated.This study took the Changjiang Reservoir Basin in Zhongshan City as an example to assess the accuracy of ERA5,ERA5-Land reanalysis precipitation,and potential evapotranspiration data under different time scales.Based on the three-source Xinanjiang model coupled with reservoir water management,this study set up different input scenarios and analyzed the applicability of ERA5,ERA5-Land precipitation,and potential evapotranspiration data in water level simulation of the reservoir.The results show that at the annual,monthly,and daily scales,the two reanalysis precipitation data in the study area are consistent with the observed precipitation,while the consistency of the reanalysis potential evapotranspiration data with the observed evaporation is weaker.In the seven scenarios of water level simulation,the rate-periodic NSE can all reach 0.6 or more,and there are differences in the input during the validation period.The adaptability of ERA5 reanalysis data is better than that of ERA5-Land,and the reanalysis potential evapotranspiration data can be used as an alternative input for the model evaporation data,but the reanalysis precipitation data is not suitable for direct use in the model input.This study can provide a reference for the application of ERA5 and ERA5-Land data in the simulation and forecasting of reservoir water levels with insufficient data and provide a feasible scheme for the construction of reliable hydrological models in medium and small-scale reservoir basins.…”
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Improvement of Skin Wound Healing for Diabetic Mice with Thermosensitive Hydrogel Combined with Insulin Injection by Lingling Fang, Haijian Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Jianghua Fang, Yabin Zhu

“…Histological specimens were observed in all samples. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was performed to measure the relative expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) in wound tissues at 7, 14, and 28 days. …”
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Fabrication of pH-Responsive Chitosan/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Hydrogels for Controlled Release of Metronidazole and Antibacterial Properties by Zerihun Feyissa, Gemechu Deressa Edossa, Tariku Bayisa Bedasa, Leta Guta Inki

“…The best-fit Korsmeyer–Peppas model suggests that MTZ release followed diffusion and swelling-controlled time-dependent non-Fickian transport related to hydrogel erosion. …”
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Research on the Integrated Detection Host System of Urban Rail Transit Trains by CHEN Zhi, LYU Hongqiang

“…［Result & Conclusion］ The proposed system can monitor the real-time running status and operating environment of the train, promptly detect potential safety hazards and issue early warnings, thus providing guarantees for the safe operation of urban rail transit. …”
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An analysis of urban governance based on providing an optimal model (Case study of Garmadreh city) by Naser Mohamadi, Hosin Mojtabazadeh, ali tavakolan

“…Proper urban management based on the right methods has always been a serious challenge for urban professionals and has been the subject of various discussions and studies over time. Each city, due to its specific characteristics, experiences special issues that are specific to the city and its surroundings, and in the meantime, creating a single model is not acceptable. …”
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A decision framework for cloud migration: A hybrid approach by Mirsaeid Hosseini Shirvani, Gholam R. Amin, Sara Babaeikiadehi

“…To reach a concrete decision, a hybrid approach is applied by incorporating the analytic hierarchy process and Delphi methods to prevent subjective outcomes and to have diverse experiences at the same time. To support the decision model, some economic theories and Moore law are used. …”
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The implications of model formulation when transitioning from spatial to landscape ecology by Robert Stephen Cantrell, Chris Cosner, William F. Fagan

“…When the two patches are separated by a patch of unfavorable matrix habitat, the natural expectation is that the species should persist indefinitely if the two patches are close enough to each other but should go extinct over time when the patches are far enough apart. Our focus here is to examine how different mathematical regimes may be employed to model this situation, with an eye toward exploring the trade-off between the mathematical tractability of the model on one hand and the suitability of its predictions on the other. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Metabolic Factors of Gallstone Disease in the Elderly Agricultural and Fishing Population of Taiwan by Hsi-Che Shen, Yi-Chun Hu, Yu-Fen Chen, Tao-Hsin Tung

“…The participants’ blood samples and real-time ultrasound fatty liver results were collected. …”
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