The Effects of Ovine Whey Powders on Durum Wheat-Based Doughs by Nicola Secchi, Costantino Fadda, Massimo Piccinini, Ivo Pinna, Antonio Piga, Pasquale Catzeddu, Simonetta Fois

“…For each dough the optimum mixing time and hydration level were calculated using the consistograph. …”
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Two-party cooperative blind signature based on SM2 by Xue BAI, Baodong QIN, Rui GUO, Dong ZHENG

“…SM2, issued by China in 2010, is a public key cryptography standard based on elliptic curves.It has been widely used in finance, social security and other fields thanks to its advantages of improved signature efficiency, decreased storage space and computing complexity than RSA.With the popularization and application of SM2, the issues of its key security and data privacy are of great concern.The single-key mode inhibits the potential application in multi-user settings, and the leakage of the key will threaten the security of the entire cryptosystem due to the centralization.The problem of secure storage and reasonable utilization of keys needs to be solved urgently.In addition, the SM2 digital signature algorithm cannot guarantee the message privacy.Aiming at the issues of key security and data privacy of the signature algorithm, many researchers have proposed the idea of cooperative signature and blind signature for SM2.However, there isn’t SM2 collaborative blind signature scheme proposed.Then a two-party cooperative blind signing protocol based on SM2 was proposed in this paper, which allowed two parties to sign except the user.The signing process did not require recovering the complete private key, while not revealing the information of the partial private key and secret number.The key was stored separately to improve the security of the key, while the blind signature protected the privacy of the message.In terms of security, the protocol satisfied unforgeability and unlinkability.The protocol was implemented using C to demonstrate the efficiency of each participant’s local operation.In the honest model, the time cost of each entity in the cooperative signature phase was similar as that of executing a lightweight SM2 blind signature.Overall, the proposed protocol has certain advantages in terms of function and efficiency.…”
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Triaxial Tests on Dry-wet Cycle and Creep Behavior of High-fill Coarse-grained Soil by WU Guoli, JI Binbin, LIANG Junjun, HUANG Zhongchun, XIONG Tanqing

“…After the Baihetan Dam reservoir area is impounded, the high fill site will experience the rise and fall of water level for a long time, which is very disadvantageous to the deformation and stability of the site. …”
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NMR-Based Plasma Metabolomics at Set Intervals in Newborn Dairy Calves with Severe Sepsis by Abdullah Basoglu, Ismail Sen, Gaia Meoni, Leonardo Tenori, Amir Naseri

“…The main challenges with the use of biomarkers of sepsis in domestic animals are their availability, cost, and time required to obtain a result. Metabolomics may offer the potential to identify biomarkers that define calf sepsis in terms of combined clinical, physiological, and pathobiological abnormalities. …”
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Comparison of Direct Runoff Hydrographs of Two Ungauged Sub-Basins Using Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph Approach by Hüseyin Akay, Müsteyde Baduna Koçyiğit

“…According to the model results, peak discharges in sub-basin 1 and sub-basin 2 were found to be 18.71 and 27.83 m3/s, respectively, and the peak discharge of sub-basin 2 was found to be 49% higher than that of sub-basin 1. Furthermore, time to peak of the sub-basin 2 was estimated as 5 hours while it was 7 hours for the sub-basin 1. …”
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Topographical Analysis of Spatial Patterns Generated by a Cellular Automaton Model of the Proliferation of a Cancer Cell Line In Vitro by Jacqueline Palmari, Bruno Lafon, Pierre Marie Martin, Christophe Dussert

“…A well‐suited model to simulate cellular population dynamics is the two‐dimensional cellular automaton model, which consists of a lattice of sites, the value ai,j of each site being updated in discrete time steps according to an identical deterministic rule depending on a neighbourhood of sites around it. …”
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Thermodynamics of the Classical Planar Ferromagnet Close to the Zero-Temperature Critical Point: A Many-Body Approach by L. S. Campana, A. Cavallo, L. De Cesare, U. Esposito, A. Naddeo

“…We explore the low-temperature thermodynamic properties and crossovers of a d-dimensional classical planar Heisenberg ferromagnet in a longitudinal magnetic field close to its field-induced zero-temperature critical point by employing the two-time Green’s function formalism in classical statistical mechanics. …”
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Influence of β-Glucan Structures and Contents on the Functional Properties of Low-Fat Ice Cream During Storage by Marek Aljewicz, Aleksandra Florczuk, Aneta Dąbrowska

“…The experimental ice cream was produced with the addition of 0.5% and 1% highly purified (1-3)(1-4) and (1-3) β-glucans. β-Glucans significantly increased overrun and decreased the melting time. The study demonstrated that the β-glucan structure and addition level significantly influenced the consistency and viscosity index, flow behavior, cohesiveness, and firmness of ice cream. …”
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Thoracic Complications in Behçet’s Disease: Imaging Findings by Kemal Ödev, Recep Tunç, Salih Varol, Harun Aydemir, Pınar Didem Yılmaz, Celalettin Korkmaz

“…These radiologic methods have characteristics that are complementary to each other in diagnosis of the thoracic complications in BD. 3D ultrashort echo time (UTE) MR imaging (MRI) could potentially yield superior image quality for pulmonary vessels and lung parenchyma when compared with breath-hold 3D MR angiography.…”
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Early Detection of Baby-Rain-Cell Aloft in a Severe Storm and Risk Projection for Urban Flash Flood by Eiichi Nakakita, Hiroto Sato, Ryuta Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yamabe, Kosei Yamaguchi

“…In July 2008, five people were killed by a tragic flash flood caused by a local torrential heavy rainfall in a short time in Toga River. From this tragic accident, we realized that a system which can detect hazardous rain-cells in the earlier stage is strongly needed and would provide an additional 5 to 10 min for evacuation. …”
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Adaptive Control for Improved Virtual Synchronous Generator Under Imbalanced Grid Voltage by Yangyang Chen, Wei Han, Youhao Hu, Yilin Zhang

“…Compared to conventional VSG control methods, the proposed approach enables dynamic adjustment of the inertia and damping coefficients based on the output angular frequency oscillations, so as to shorten the settling time and reduce active power overshoot. The error-driven adaptive mechanism forms a closed-loop control, which effectively keeps the system stable regardless of parameter variations. …”
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The temporal relationship between the neural and vascular actions of kallidin within the nose by K. Rajakulasingam, L. C. K. Lau, R. Polosa, M. K. Church, S. T. Holgate, P. H. Howarth

“…The time course of effect of the B2-receptor agonist kallidin (K) on induced changes of nasal airflow, rhinorrhoea, nasal pain, sneezing and nasal microvascular leakage has been examined and compared with its B2 metabolite agonist bradykinin (B) and the B1-agonist [des-arg9]-bradykinin (D). …”
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Implementasi kebijakan pelayanan angkutan laut perintis di pelabuhan kelas II teluk palu propinsi Sulawesi Tengah by Fahrudin Fahrudin, Syahruddin Hattab, Sitti Chaeriah Ahsan

“…The results of the research showed that: (1) communication to socialize the maritime transportation services of pioneer ships in hammer bay ports is still not maximized; (2) resources in terms of human resources and means are optimum, but budget (financial) and Prasarana resources are not sufficient; (3) dispositions on implementation are well running in connection with the appointment of the Commitment Maker Office (PPK) including incentives; (4) bureaucratic structures are still ineffective in relation to the mechanisms of implementation of the marine transportation service of the pioneers that have not been followed up by creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and on the execution of the established shipping route is not appropriate and the time of sail in 1 (one) voyage is too long. Conclusion Implementation of Pioneer Shipping Services Policy in Class II Ports of Palu Bay, Central Sulawesi Province, is not effective. …”
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Enhancing the research enterprise at a health sciences university: A call for an institutional paradigm shift by Bryan G. Beutel, Taryn Bissing, Aaditya Patel, Nicolette Duong, Jan Talley

“…Frequently listed barriers to conducting research were lack of time within the curriculum (290 [27%] responses), inadequate institutional support (278 [26%]), and faculty unavailability (207 [19%]). …”
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An Integrated Support to Collaborative Semantic Annotation by Annamaria Goy, Diego Magro, Giovanna Petrone, Claudia Picardi, Marco Rovera, Marino Segnan

“…Collaborative annotation tools are the most common way to address these issues, but collaboratively tagging resources is usually perceived as a boring and time consuming activity and a possible source of conflicts. …”
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Consumption of Cross-Linked Resistant Starch (RS4XL) on Glucose and Insulin Responses in Humans by Enas K. Al-Tamimi, Paul A. Seib, Brian S. Snyder, Mark D. Haub

“…These data illustrate, for the first time, that directly substituting standard starch with RS4XL, while matched for available carbohydrates, attenuated postprandial glucose and insulin levels in humans. …”
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Technique for improving concrete characteristics with bacillus: Insights on strength and durability by Sayali Sandbhor, Sayali Apte, Shubham Puranik, Mansi Asati, Samyak Rai

“…For expediting setting time with high compressive strength, adding Bacillus Sphaericus solution in 45 ml concentration is recommended. • For achieving a homogenous mix with lesser cracks on 28th day, Bacillus Subtilis Spores in 30 ml concentration can be added to concrete with partial replacement of the water requirement.…”
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PREVALENCE OF DENTAL CARIES IN FIRST PERMANENT MOLARS OF CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 TO 9 YEARS OLD ATTENDED AT THE DENTISTRY CLINIC OF THE UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA EQUINOCCIAL- SERODU, PERI... by Jonathan Ochoa López, Alexander Cruz Gallegos, Leslee Ribadeneira

“…Materials and methods: An observational, retrospective and descriptive study was conducted in the Clinic of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Technological University Equinoccial-Quito-Ecuador, during the period 2016-2017, reviewing each of the Clinical Histories entered in the interval of proposed time, with a previously calibrated staff. In History the information of the Odontogram and the Treatment section was collected. …”
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Evaluating interdisciplinary breastfeeding and lactation knowledge, attitudes and skills: An evaluation of a professional graduate programme for healthcare professionals. by Denise McGuinness, Kate Frazer, Karl F Conyard, Paula Cornally, Lauren Cooper, Niamh Vickers

“…All students enrolled in a six month programme were invited to complete an online anonymous survey at two time points: January 2023 and July 2023. Ethical approval (LS-C-23-17) was obtained in January 2023. …”
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Multifunctional Photonic Reservoir Computing Based on Semiconductor Laser With Optical Feedback by Liyue Zhang, Weijie Hong, Songsui Li, Wei Pan, Lianshan Yan, Bin Luo, Xihua Zou

“…Finally, our results are experimentally demonstrated using semiconductor lasers with a time-delay feedback loop.…”
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