Characterization of all life stages of Tenebrio molitor: Envisioning innovative applications for this edible insect by Nuno Muñoz-Seijas, Helena Fernandes, José Eugenio López-Periago, David Outeiriño, María Guadalupe Morán-Aguilar, José Manuel Domínguez, José Manuel Salgado

“…The human food security is unavoidably dependent on exploring novel nutritional sources, such as edible insects. However, insects farming needs to improve their rearing practices, such as extracting value from all growing stages, from larvae until adults. …”
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Mechanism analysis of mechanical extraction of Pleioblastus amarus fibers by saturated steam pretreatment by Xiaofeng Xu, Weipeng Yu, Xingduo Fan, Zhenhong Gong, Wei Zhang

“…Infrared spectroscopy (IR) was performed on the functional groups of bamboo after alkali boiling and saturated steam softening to investigate changes in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. …”
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The experience of virtualization and university culture: A qualitative study of Tehran universities by F. Lolaee, S. Bastani, M. Farasatkhah

“…Participants were purposefully selected from among students, graduates, faculty members, and university administrators. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Using Hybrid Heating Points in Conditions of Integration of Electrical and Thermal Networks of Urban Neighborhoods. Part 1. Justification of the Feasibility of... by A. V. Sednin, M. I. Pozdnyakova

“…The paper discusses the circumstances and technical solutions that contribute to the integration of electrical and thermal networks of urban neighborhoods within the framework of a surplus of electricity generating capacities arising from the imbalance in the development of energy generation and consumption, stochastic processes of market economy development, the transfer of energy-intensive industrial production to other countries, the desire to diversify fuel energy resources, passion for the construction of energy sources for alternative energy resources in counterbalance to traditional energy facilities without taking into account all aspects of the interaction of the former with the environment, etc. …”
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Violence against healthcare professionals: perspective of local focal points in the south of Portugal by Maria Otília Zangão, Isaura Serra, Dulce Cruz, Maria da Luz Barros, Anabela Coelho, Maria Antónia Chora, Carolina Santos, Laurência Gemito

“…,departments, services, offices or functional units) on violence against health professionals in the Alentejo region. …”
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Challenges to the performance of the regional health departments in Mauritania: a qualitative study by Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Kirsten Accoe, Karina Kielmann, Bruno Marchal, Verónica Trasancos Buitrago, Hamma Issa Moussa, Bart Criel

“…Results This study assessed the performance of two RDHAs in Mauritania by analysing of their key functions. The participants noted a lack of clarity in their objectives, an overly bureaucratic vision of their functions and inadequate technical capacities hampering the provision of required services. …”
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From DVB-S to DVB-S2X: Progress in Standardization of Digital Satellite Broadcasting Systems by K. Yu. Kolomensky, A. Yu. Demidova, A. S. Kazarinov

“…New functions and features introduced in the DVB-S2 system were analyzed, including the Time-Slicing (Annex M) option, which allows receivers to select and decode a specific stream carrying one or more services of interest without wasting resources on processing other streams. …”
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PREVALENCE AND STRUCTURE OF DENTO-MAXILLOFACIAL ANOMALIES IN CHILDREN by O.-Kh.A. Byala

“…Dental health is largely characterized by the correctness of the structure of the mandibular system, its proper functioning and balance, and its condition is one of the preventive and quite clearly fixed indicators of health/ ill health of the human body in general. …”
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Artificial intelligence and radiomics applications in adrenal lesions: a systematic review by Matteo Ferro, Octavian Sabin Tataru, Giuseppe Carrieri, Gian Maria Busetto, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Martina Maggi, Felice Crocetto, Biagio Barone, Francesco Del Giudice, Michele Marchioni, Daniela Terracciano, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Pasquale Ditonno, Raul Gherasim, Ciprian Todea-Moga, Giuseppe Fallara, Marco Tozzi, Antonio Cioffi, Roberto Bianchi, Alessio Digiacomo, Alessandro Veccia, Alessandro Antonelli, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Luigi Schips, Bernardo Rocco

“…Background: Adrenal lesions, often incidentally detected, present diagnostic challenges in distinguishing benign from malignant or hormonally active lesions. …”
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Perception of a child with a chronic disease and mothers' involvement in parenting tasks by Monika Parchomiuk, Beata Antoszewska, Elżbieta Kręcisz-Plis

“…Based on regression analyses, we demonstrated the relationships between the perception of selected positive aspects of the child's functioning, the significance of the child's illness, and the mothers’ involvement in caregiving, educational and therapeutic tasks. …”
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Assessing key soft skills in organizational contexts: development and validation of the multiple soft skills assessment tool by Daiana Colledani, Daiana Colledani, Egidio Robusto, Pasquale Anselmi

“…The present study aimed to develop and validate the Multiple Soft Skills Assessment Tool (MSSAT), a short self-report instrument that evaluates interpersonal skills (initiative-resourcefulness, assertiveness, conflict management), interpersonal communication skills, decision-making style (adaptive and maladaptive), and moral integrity.MethodsThe scale development process involved selecting and adapting relevant items from existing scales and employing a cross-validation approach with a large sample of workers from diverse organizational settings and job positions (N = 639). …”
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Epidemic Process of Haemophilus influenzae Infection in WHO Regions by S. O. Vysokochanskaya, S. Y. Kombarova, R. V. Polibin, A. A. Basov

“…Although Hib infection is classified as vaccine-preventable, WHO and CDC do not post annual incidence information on their resources, unlike other vaccine-preventable infections. …”
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Depoliticization and Criminalization of Social Protest through Economic Decisionism: the Colombian Case by María Carolina Olarte

“…I argue that recent initiatives to criminalize protests exemplify the manner in which physical violence, whether realized or implied, is playing an important role in the legitimization, foundation, and operation of a new property regime characterized by a de facto land reform, a selective enforcement of property rights and an increasing shielding of economic decisions - concerning natural resources exploitation - from political debate. …”
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Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands by Qingqing Chen, Shane A. Blowes, W. Stanley Harpole, Emma Ladouceur, Elizabeth T. Borer, Andrew MacDougall, Jason P. Martina, Jonathan D. Bakker, Pedro M. Tognetti, Eric W. Seabloom, Pedro Daleo, Sally Power, Christiane Roscher, Peter B. Adler, Ian Donohue, George Wheeler, Carly Stevens, G. F. Ciska Veen, Anita C. Risch, Glenda M. Wardle, Yann Hautier, Catalina Estrada, Erika Hersch-Green, Yujie Niu, Pablo L. Peri, Anu Eskelinen, Daniel S. Gruner, Harry Olde Venterink, Carla D’Antonio, Marc W. Cadotte, Sylvia Haider, Nico Eisenhauer, Jane Catford, Risto Virtanen, John W. Morgan, Michelle Tedder, Sumanta Bagchi, Maria C. Caldeira, Miguel N. Bugalho, Johannes M. H. Knops, Chris R. Dickman, Nicole Hagenah, Anke Jentsch, Petr Macek, Brooke B. Osborne, Lauri Laanisto, Jonathan M. Chase

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Iodine deficiency as an environmental risk factor for thyroid gland diseases in animals by І. P. Ligomina, I. M. Sokulskyi, V. M. Sokolyuk, B. V. Gutyj, L. M. Soloviova

“…It was observed that goiter was established in only three cows out of 90 (3.35%); all were in Narodytsky district (6.7 %). Enophthalmos was detected in 24 out of 90 dairy cows (26.7 %), including 16 out of 45 cows (35.4 %) in the Narodytsky District, while this symptom was not detected in the Popilnya District dairy cows. …”
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Elucidating the role of brassinosteroid signaling genes and their promoters in Arabidopsis revealed regulatory mechanisms in plant development and responses to different abiotic st... by Sunny Ahmar, Muhammad Sohaib Shafique, Marcin Rapacz, Ewa Pociecha

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Exploring Health Literacy Among Parents of Children Who Attended the Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinics in Qatar: A Convergent Parallel Research Design by Jessie Johnson PhD, RN, Fadi Khraim PhD, RN, Carolyn Wolsey RN, EdD, MN, Rami A. Elshatarat PhD, RN, Lisa Thornton MD, FAAP, FAAPMR, Dina Schnurman RN, MSN/MBA, Mohammed AlDalaykeh PhD, RN, Amal Al-Farsi PT, MScHCM, PGDipPE

“…While the English-speaking sample demonstrates nuanced comprehension and minimal reliance on external resources, the Arabic sample exhibits challenges in functional and critical HL, with some turning to Google for information. …”
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New Insights on Quality, Safety, Nutritional, and Nutraceutical Properties of Honeydew Honeys from Italy by Andrea Mara, Federica Mainente, Vasiliki Soursou, Yolanda Picó, Iratxe Perales, Asma Ghorab, Gavino Sanna, Isabel Borrás-Linares, Gianni Zoccatelli, Marco Ciulu

“…This contribution aims to provide a comprehensive characterization of the physico-chemical, palynological, functional, and food safety properties of a large sampling of honeydew honeys collected throughout Italy. …”
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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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A Fully Printable Strain Sensor Enabling Highly‐Sensitive Wireless Near‐Field Interrogation by Hassan A. Mahmoud, Hussein Nesser, Tarek M. Mostafa, Shehab Ahmed, G. Lubineau

“…Abstract Wireless, passive, and flexible strain sensors can transform structural health monitoring across various applications by eliminating the need for wired connections and active power sources. Such sensors offer the dual benefits of operational simplicity and high‐function adaptability. …”
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