The impact of extensive reading on academic writing proficiency in EFL undergraduate students by Tamirat Taye, Gemechis Teshome

“…This study underlines ER’s dual function as a linguistic resource and cognitive scaffold. …”
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Morphological Variation of the Fiddler Crab Tubuca paradussumieri (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) Among Provinces in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta and a Classification Key for Genus Tubuca by Anh Ngoc Tran, Vuong Van Ly, Phuc Le Hoang Nguyen, Thuan Thanh Tran, Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Quang Minh Dinh

“…The claw sizes of females were consistent across sites (p>0.05), indicating selective pressures specific to sex. This study highlights T. paradussumieri’s function as a bioindicator for habitat-specific adaptations by offering the first quantitative proof of phenotypic plasticity in the Mekong Delta. …”
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Distributed Frequency Regulation Method for Power Grids Considering the Delayed Response of Virtual Power Plants by Jun Qi, Anning Ying, Bohang Zhang, Dan Zhou, Guoqing Weng

“…To tackle the challenges of distributed flexible resource coordination and inherent control delays in virtual power plant (VPP)-participated frequency regulation (FR) for interconnected power systems, this paper proposes a novel distributed model predictive control (DMPC)-based FR strategy with time-delay compensation. …”
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Polycentric governance: Evaluating the relevance of traditional authorities in good governance in South Africa by Samson Faboye, Trynos Gumbo, Jackson Sebola

“…The study argues that good governance is defined by its ability to meet the needs of the broader populace, not simply select groups. It proposes a formalised polycentric governance framework that elevates traditional authorities as key actors in local government, with a focus on areas such as administrative hierarchy, development planning, land governance, and natural resource management. …”
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Heat stress transcripts, differential expression, and profiling of heat stress tolerant gene TaHsp90 in Indian wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv C306. by Harinder Vishwakarma, Alim Junaid, Jayanand Manjhi, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Kishor Gaikwad, Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria

“…To generate a genetic resource of heat stress responsive genes/ESTs, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) library was constructed in a heat and drought stress tolerant Indian bread wheat cultivar C306. …”
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Scenario-based assessment design: an implementation and analysis of Iranian EFL learners’ writing performance by Masumeh Rahimivand, Saeideh Ahangari, Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid

“…It also revealed that the SBA model significantly improved coherence and cohesion and lexical resources. SBA can acquire further backing and function as a proficient instructional and evaluative framework among teachers, educators, stakeholders, curriculum planners, and syllabus designers for EFL learners.…”
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Sap flow simulation of Cunninghamia lanceolata in degraded red soil region based on back propagation neural network by Tu Jie, Liu Qijing, Wei Jun, Hu Liang

“…Therefore, quantitative research on tree water consumption characteristics by transpiration has become a hot issue in the field of tree physiological ecology in recent years.Taking the C. lanceolata plantation in degraded red soil of Jiangxi Province as the research object, the log-sigmoid type function (tansig) of MATLAB toolbox was selected as the transmission function for the role of neurons. …”
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Innovations and Challenges in Intermediate Respiratory Care Units: Toward Effective Integration into the Hospital System by Beatriz Jara Chinarro, Laura Pazos Rodriguez, Miguel Cuchí Alfaro, Ainhoa Izquierdo Pérez, Silvia Aguado Ibañez, María Churruca Arrospide, Marta Soler Vigil, Cristina Moral, Carlos Almonacid

“…Original articles were selected for analysis. Additionally, recommendation documents on IRCUs from SEPAR and other Scientific Societies were reviewed. …”
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Developing soil quality indices to investigate degradation impacts of different land use types in Northern Ethiopia by Araya Kahsay, Mitiku Haile, Girmay Gebresamuel, Muktar Mohammed

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Impact of municipal wastewater use on urban and peri‑urban agricultural productivity: the endogenous treatment-effects approach by Mohammed Abdulai, Mohammed Tanko, Alhassan Andani

“…Using survey data from 416 vegetable farmers, we employed a semi-log production function augmented with an endogenous binary-treatment effect equation to estimate the drivers and impact of MWW use on value of vegetable output, accounting for selection bias and omitted variable problem. …”
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Thermomechanical and Photophysical Properties of Crystal-Violet-Dye/H2O Based Dissolutions via the Pulsed Laser Photoacoustic Technique by Vicente Torres-Zúñiga, Rosalba Castañeda-Guzmán, Santiago J. Pérez-Ruiz, Omar G. Morales-Saavedra

“…An appropriate processing of the photoacoustic signals allows an adequate data analysis of the generated waves within the system, providing an accurate determination of the speed of sound as function of the dye-concentration. The acoustic attenuation was calculated based on the distance of the two PZT-microphones to an acoustic-source point and performing linear-fitting of the experimental data (RMS-amplitudes) as function of the dye-concentration. …”
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Texture-preserving and information loss minimization method for infrared and visible image fusion by Qiyuan He, Yongdong Huang

“…TPFusion consists of the following key components: a multi-scale feature extraction module for enhancing the capability of capturing features; a texture enhancement module and contrast enhancement module, which helps to preserve fine-grained textures and extract salient contours and contrast information; a dual-attention fusion module for fusing the features extracted from the source images; an information content based loss function minimizing the feature discrepancy between the fused images and the source images and effectively reducing the information loss. …”
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Molecular dissection of the genetic architecture of phenology underlying Lupinus hispanicus early flowering and adaptation to winter- or spring sowing by Wojciech Bielski, Anna Surma, Jolanta Belter, Bartosz Kozak, Michał Książkiewicz, Sandra Rychel-Bielska

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Context-Adaptable Deployment of FastSLAM 2.0 on Graphic Processing Unit with Unknown Data Association by Jessica Giovagnola, Manuel Pegalajar Cuéllar, Diego Pedro Morales Santos

“…In autonomous navigation systems, these algorithms need to operate in real-time on devices with limited resources, emphasizing the importance of reducing complexity and ensuring efficient performance. …”
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Bayesian Denoising Algorithm for Low SNR Photon-Counting Lidar Data via Probabilistic Parameter Optimization Based on Signal and Noise Distribution by Qi Liu, Jian Yang, Yue Ma, Wenbo Yu, Qijin Han, Zhibiao Zhou, Song Li

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Native versus non-native Prosopis woody species: Which fertilize the soil better? by Moslehi Maryam, Ahmadi Farzad, Matinizadeh Mohammad, Sadeghi Seyed Mousa, Izadi Masoumeh, Faunae Nafiseh, Alizadeh Tahereh, Shackleton Ross T.

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Screening for Potential Antiviral Compounds from Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites Using Machine Learning by Tingrui Zhang, Geyao Sun, Xueyu Cheng, Cheng Cao, Zhonghua Cai, Jin Zhou

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Image-based soft drink type classification and dietary assessment system using deep convolutional neural network with transfer learning by Rubaiya Hafiz, Mohammad Reduanul Haque, Aniruddha Rakshit, Mohammad Shorif Uddin

“…To perform experimentation a dataset is built containing ten most consumed soft drinks in Bangladesh using images from the ImageNet dataset, internet sources and also self-capturing. The experiment confirms that our system can detect and recognize different types of drinks with an accuracy of 98.51%.…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid CD4+ T cell infection in humans and macaques during acute HIV-1 and SHIV infection. by Vishakha Sharma, Matthew Creegan, Andrey Tokarev, Denise Hsu, Bonnie M Slike, Carlo Sacdalan, Phillip Chan, Serena Spudich, Jintanat Ananworanich, Michael A Eller, Shelly J Krebs, Sandhya Vasan, Diane L Bolton, RV254/SEARCH010 and RV304/SEARCH013 Study Teams

“…HIV-1 replication within the central nervous system (CNS) impairs neurocognitive function and has the potential to establish persistent, compartmentalized viral reservoirs. …”
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User satisfaction with train fares: A comparative analysis in five Australian cities. by Puteri Paramita, Zuduo Zheng, Md Mazharul Haque, Simon Washington, Paul Hyland

“…In addition, notable heterogeneity is detected across respondents' perceived satisfaction with train fare, specifically with regard to the one-way cost and the waiting time incurred. …”
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