Building a Computer Vocational Guidance System for Graduates of Secondary Educational Institutions Based on a Genetic Algorithm by A. P. Sergushicheva, E. N. Davydova

“…As a result of crossing a pair of individuals from the parent population, a descendant is obtained whose chromosome consists of the genes of both parents. The selection of surviving specimens is based on the percentage of success in the development of each of the professions in the list and the fitness function. …”
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Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of <i>Boletus edulis</i>, <i>Imleria badia</i>, <i>Leccinum scabrum</i> in the Context of Environmental Conditions and Heavy Metals Bio... by Zofia Sotek, Katarzyna Malinowska, Małgorzata Stasińska, Ireneusz Ochmian

“…From a practical perspective, the results highlight the importance of species selection and sourcing location when considering wild mushrooms for consumption or processing, particularly in the context of nutritional value and contaminant load. …”
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Application of modern agronomic and biotechnological strategies to valorise worldwide globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.) potential - an analytical overview by Aneta Grabowska, Gianluca Caruso, Ali Mehrafarin, Andrzej Kalisz, Robert Gruszecki, Edward Kunicki, Agnieszka Sękara

“…The growing importance of globe artichoke as modern functional food as well as a source of pharmaceuticals has raised new issues that all producers have to face; hence the necessity of contemporaneous development of new centres of production and new technologies application in traditional regions of growing which can complement the global market. …”
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Possibilities for computer-based assessment the quality indicators of Kashkaval cheese using image processing by Balabanov Alexandar, Andreeva Hristina, Danev Angel, Bosakova-Ardenska Atanaska, Ivanov Galin, Balabanova Tatyana

“…The current study presents two open-source software products – ImageJ and Scilab and their functionalities that are applied for image analysis of three samples of Kashkaval cheese, which are produced using different sodium chloride content. …”
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Decellularized Extracellular Matrix as an In Vitro Model to Study the Comprehensive Roles of the ECM in Stem Cell Differentiation by Takashi Hoshiba, Guoping Chen, Chiho Endo, Hiroka Maruyama, Miyuki Wakui, Eri Nemoto, Naoki Kawazoe, Masaru Tanaka

“…Stem cells are a promising cell source for regenerative medicine. Stem cell differentiation must be regulated for applications in regenerative medicine. …”
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Salinity Gradients Override Hydraulic Connectivity in Shaping Bacterial Community Assembly and Network Stability at a Coastal Aquifer–Reservoir Interface by Cuixia Zhang, Haiming Li, Mengdi Li, Qian Zhang, Sihui Su, Xiaodong Zhang, Han Xiao

“…Community assembly analyses showed that homogeneous selection predominated, especially under strong salinity gradients, while dispersal limitation and spatial distance also contributed in areas of reduced connectivity. …”
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Microbial diversification is maintained in an experimentally evolved synthetic community by Zahraa Al-Tameemi, Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo

“…We further observed loss-of-function mutations in flagellar genes that were fixed in monocultures but not in co-cultures. …”
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Synthesis and Production of Sweet-Tasting Protein in E. coli and Purification by Amylose Resin by F. Mansouri

“…MBP-brazzein system permits large-scale functional expression and purification of recombinant soluble proteins, providing a basis for the future study of structure and function of brazzein.…”
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Saturdays-in-Motion: Education and Empowerment through an Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Parkinson’s Disease in Cali-Colombia by Beatriz E. Muñoz, Valentina Quintana-Peña, Maria C. Gonzalez, Jaime A. Valderrama, Yor Jaggy Castaño-Pino, Domiciano Rincón, Andrés Navarro, Jorge L. Orozco

“…The progression of PD produces an important disease burden in patients due to functional impairment, which also has repercussions on caregivers. …”
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PPI-GA: A Novel Clustering Algorithm to Identify Protein Complexes within Protein-Protein Interaction Networks Using Genetic Algorithm by Naeem Shirmohammady, Habib Izadkhah, Ayaz Isazadeh

“…Any disturbance in proteins interactive network can act as a source for biological disorders and various diseases such as Alzheimer and cancer. …”
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TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFICIENT USAGE OF HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING WASTE IN PRODUCTION OF MULTI-COMPONENT SOLID FUEL by B. M. Khroustalev, A. N. Pekhota

“…The paper considers modern approaches to usage of hydrocarbon-containing waste as energy resources and presents description of investigations, statistic materials, analysis results on formation of hydrocarbon-containing waste in the Republic of Belarus. …”
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Exploring habitat‐density relationships and model transferability for an alpine bird using abundance models by Håkon Brandt Fjeld, Jan Eivind Østnes, Erlend B. Nilsen

“…Although abundance and distribution are theoretically interconnected, environmental stochasticity, species interactions, functional responses in habitat selection and human management intervention might reduce the transferability of abundance models more than they affect transferability of distribution models. …”
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Evaluations of Morphometric Traits and Body Conformation Indices of Horse Ecotypes Reared in the Highlands of Bale Eco‐Region, Ethiopia by Mesay Guyo, Melaku Tareke, Andualem Tonamo, Diriba Bediye, Girma Defar

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Autophagy in aquatic animals: mechanisms, implications, and future directions by Md. Abu Kawsar, Md. Abu Kawsar, Md. Abu Kawsar, Md. Abu Kawsar, Diponkor Adikari, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang

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Machine learning driven multi-omics analysis of the genetic mechanisms behind the double-coat fleece formation in Hetian sheep by Yanwei Zhang, Wenrong Li, Xinming Xu, Mengwan Xie, Liping Tang, Peiyu Zheng, Nannan Song, Lijuan Yu, Jiang Di

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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…The global market's increasing demand, diverse resource supply options, global competition, and environmental protection needs are driving organizations to adopt sustainable strategies. …”
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FXYD2 marks and regulates maturity of β cells via ion channel-mediated signal transduction by Clarissa Tacto, Meghan Tahbaz, Andrew Salib, Shudi Wang, Fritz Cayabyab, Jinhyuk Choi, Kiyoka Kim, Yu Hamba, Harvey Perez, Paul D. Gershon, Robert Damoiseaux, Tae Gyu Oh, Eiji Yoshihara

“…These results suggest that FXYD2 marks and regulates human β cell maturation via channel-sensing signal transduction and that it can be used as a selection marker for functional heterogeneity of stem cell derived human islet organoids.…”
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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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Adaptation of the modular number system in threshold secret sharing schemes by A. F. Chernyavskiy, A. I. Kazlova, V. S. Sadov, A. A. Kolyada

“…The results of the presented work allow to conclude for modular threshold cryptosystems of secret sharing in distributed data processing systems that the use of a linear masking function and narrowing the range of changes in the masking analogue S̃ of the original secret S, allowing for minimally redundant coding for the selected p1, p2, …, pn, causes a significant reduction in the computational complexity of the calculated minimal-redundant modular arithmetic relations of integral characteristics within the framework of the model under study. …”
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IndoHerb: Indonesia medicinal plants recognition using transfer learning and deep learning by Muhammad Salman Ikrar Musyaffa, Novanto Yudistira, Muhammad Arif Rahman, Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Andi Besse Firdausiah Mansur, Jati Batoro

“…The rich diversity of herbal plants in Indonesia holds immense potential as alternative resources for traditional healing and ethnobotanical practices. …”
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