Comparing soil microbial diversity in smallholder plantain backyard gardens and main farms in Western and Central Africa by Manoj Kaushal, Yao Adjiguita Kolombia, Amos Emitati Alakonya, Cargele Masso

“…Beneficial genera such as Bacillus, Streptomyces, Bradyrhizobium, and Paenibacillus were also detected. Functional predictions based on COG and KEGG databases indicated notable differences in microbial functional potential between the two settings. …”
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THE SOLUTION TO THE EQUATION OF THE SHOCK WAVE BURGERS IN THE PTC MATHCAD ENVIRONMENT by R. E. Oleynikova

“…However, this error is detected through the values of the nonlinear term included in the differential equation, which is determined according to the binomial representation through the quadratic forms of the matrix of the trial function. …”
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Effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an overview of systematic reviews by Daisuke Sasaki, Takashi Kitagawa, Yuichi Isaji, Kunihiro Onishi, Masateru Hayashi, Wataru Okuyama

“…Objective This study aimed to assess the methodological quality of published systematic reviews of exercise therapy in knee osteoarthritis and summarise their reported effectiveness on quality of life, knee joint function, or adverse events.Design Overview of systematic reviews.Data sources PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science and CENTRAL (searched on 14 April 2025), plus grey literature (PROSPERO, Epistemonikos, OpenGrey).Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis by imaging or clinical criteria and treated conservatively with exercise therapy; we excluded reviews that enrolled patients scheduled for surgery, with acute inflammation or osteoarthritis of other joints (hand, hip, ankle), for which relevant author data could not be obtained after one contact attempt, or that did not report at least one primary outcome (quality of life, knee joint function or adverse events).Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, interventions and outcomes, and assessed methodological quality using the AMSTAR 2 (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews 2) tool. …”
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The ‘crisis’ of fat body in the neoliberal era: the case of obesity in Turkey by Seda Keklik, Neriman Berna Güler

“…Qualitative data, systematically selected from academic and institutional sources, are used to examine the structural roots of obesity in capitalist social relations, focusing on how individuals function as both labour and consumers. …”
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Sorting algorithm acceleration based on CPU-FPGA heterogeneous system by Kou Yuanbo, Qiu Zeyu, Wang Liang, Huang Jianqiang

“…Traditional sorting methods are mainly implemented in software serial mode, including bubble sorting, selective sorting and so on. These algorithms often use sequential comparison, and the operation time complexity is relatively high. …”
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Optimal extraction of a polysaccharide with antioxidant and hypoglycemic activities from the root of Radix Puerariae lobatae (Willd.) Ohwi by Jingjing Fang, Yijun Zhang, Yuqing Liu, Wen Cao, Qiuyue Lv, Jiangping Wu, Guodong Wang, Jun Han

“…Radix Pueraria lobata has been recognized as a medicine and functional food, whose polysaccharide is its main bioactive component. …”
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Genomic Survey of Genes Encoding Major Intrinsic Proteins (MIPs) and Their Response to Arsenite Stress in Pepper (<i>Capsicum annum</i>) by Syed Muhammad Azam, Kaixuan Huang, Jiaxin Yuan, Yanqing Bai, Qiaolin Chen, Panpan Dang, Hend Alwathnani, Hajar Fahad Bin Zayid, Renwei Feng, Christopher Rensing

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Metabolism and Immune Suppressive Response in Liver Cancer by Patrizio Caini, Vinicio Carloni

“…The enhanced metabolic activity of cancer cells leads to competition for essential nutrients, depriving non-malignant cells of critical resources. Simultaneously, the accumulation of metabolic byproducts within the tumor microenvironment (TME) selectively favors innate immune responses while impairing adaptive immunity. …”
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Intratumoural aldosterone and CYP11B2 expression levels among different genotypes of aldosterone producing tumours by Tobias Åkerström, Branislav Klimàcek, Matilda Annebäck, Olov Norlén, Peter Stålberg

“…Primary aldosteronism is the most common endocrine cause of hypertension, affecting 5–10% of hypertensive patients. Determining the source of aldosteronism is necessary for correct diagnosis and further molecular analysis. …”
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Grown up in the face of values. The subjective dimension of shaping values in human life. by Rafał Bodarski

“…This enormous impact of our activity is analyzed in the article from the point of view of selected theories functioning both in psychology and in pedagogy.…”
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Magistrates’ Travelling Libraries: The Circulation of Normative Knowledge in the Portuguese Empire of the Late 18th Century by Airton Ribeiro da Silva Jr.

“…The present study focuses on the lists of books of eleven magistrates appointed to judicial posts in a range of locations throughout Portuguese America between 1799 and 1807. Censorship sources allow us to identify the books chosen by these itinerant magistrates as being indispensable for the exercise of their judicial function. …”
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Viewing Global Changes in the Heliosheath with IMAP’s Energetic Neutral Atom Imagers by E. J. Zirnstein, J. Heerikhuisen, D. J. McComas, J. Bower, G. Clark, M. A. Dayeh, H. O. Funsten, M. Gkioulidou, D. G. Mitchell, D. B. Reisenfeld, N. A. Schwadron

“…We aim to answer the following: (i) What are the time delays as a function of energy and direction; (ii) at what energies can we observe changes the soonest; and (iii) what might the ENA source distributions affecting the time delays look like? …”
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Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists by Camille E. Wendlandt, Saumik Basu, Angeliqua P. Montoya, Paige Roberts, Justin D. Stewart, Allison B. Coffin, David W. Crowder, E. Toby Kiers, Stephanie S. Porter

“…However, these outcomes may be difficult to achieve simultaneously, since plant defenses activated in response to antagonists can compromise mutualism function, and plant resources allocated to defense may trade off with resources allocated to managing mutualists. …”
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The health care needs of multidimensional frail elderly patients with multimorbidity in primary health-care settings: a qualitative study by Linlin Zhao, Bingjie Chang, Qinghua Hu, Xiaolei Chen, Juan Du, Shuang Shao

“…Appropriate policies and measures should be taken, such as integrating multidimensional frailty assessments into current multimorbidity management protocols, developing personalized interventions centered on patient needs, conducting family function assessments and caregiver training programs, and enhancing the integration of social resources.…”
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Exploring the Possibility of Medical Device Surveillance in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis Using a Common Data Model by Seon Min Kim, Sooin Choi, You Kyoung Lee, Cheol Wan Lim, Byung Chul Yu, Moo Yong Park, Jin Kuk Kim, Seng Chan You, Seo Jeong Shin, Soo Jeong Choi

“…After implementing amended matching, these data were detected. <i>Conclusions</i>: While some PD-related medical data recorded in EHRs were misrepresented or omitted during the CDM database extraction, transformation, and loading process, the CDM shows potential to serve as a source of real-world data for active surveillance.…”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF EXPERT COMPETENCY by Olena Lobach, Igor Babych, Elena Persiyanova

“…The following results were obtained: the problem of assessing the quality of experts was considered; based on the authors’ practical experience and analysis of literature sources, the structural diagram of the properties of experts and their assessment was developed; five main groups of existing methods for assessing the quality of experts were analyzed; existing models of an integrated assessment of the competency of experts were reviewed; a two-stage method for the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was developed by integrating the methods of heuristic, test, and statistical assessment; the main groups of users and functional requirements to the information system for assessing the competency of experts were identified; the database and user interface of the information system were developed; the developed information technology of the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was tested on actual data for selecting an expert group to choose the methodology of project management. …”
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Reassessing Adaptational Lag in Eriophorum vaginatum: Short-Term Responses to Reciprocal Transplant and Passive Warming Experiments in Northern Alaska by Jennifer Lynn Chandler, James B McGraw, Michael L Moody, Jianwu Tang, Janice Voltzow, Ned Fetcher

“…This study’s short duration likely limited our ability to detect differences in tiller population growth as a function of garden or ecotype, emphasizing the need for long-term monitoring.…”
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Greener solvents in extraction of proteins and peptides by Katarína Maráková

“…The sample pretreatment still represents a fundamental aspect of any analytical workflow, and the implementation of sustainable and efficient extraction of proteins is essential to satisfy the increasing requirements for high-quality extraction of proteins from their natural sources. Proteins, with their unique structural and functional characteristics, are utilized in several industries such as pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, cosmetics, and food. …”
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Development of the information platform of the station ACS through interaction with the rolling stock identification systems, control complexes for sorting automation and satellite... by M. A. Khizhnyak

“…ASUST facilities combine, analyze and optimize all data flow possible for a given control object, making cross-sections and selections that allow station employees to quickly perform their functional duties. …”
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Evaluation of Rural Housing Structural Transformations Based on the Rural Livelihood; Case Study : Riab Village in Khorasan Razavi Province by Abasalt Askari Rabori, Shahab Abbaszadeh, Ali Asghar Abroon

“…The present research, via explaining the causes and factors influencing rural life, attempts to explain the nature of rural life influences on the structure of rural housing architecture, to examine the changes of rural housing from traditional-native housing to new housing in a the selected case study. This is achieved through combined descriptive-analytical approach, while studying library resources and field observations, and analyzed the changes in the structure of rural housing architecture. …”
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