Diversity and Abundance of Breeding Birds, Habitat, and Nesting Substrate Selection in Urban Areas: A Relevant Case from the Southern Slope of the Mediterranean by Ikram Douini, Wafae Squalli, Ismail Mansouri, Mohamed Mounir, El-Mostafa Benka, Mohamed Dakki, Soumaya Hammada

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Forms of financing the cultural sector in Poland against the background of solutions from selected European countries by Joanna Posłuszna, Stella Kaczmarek

“…Although the cultural sector is very important, state budgets contribute only a little to the financing of culture and its functioning depends on various sources of financing. …”
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Enhanced skill optimization algorithm: Solution to the stochastic reactive power dispatch framework with optimal inclusion of renewable resources using large‐scale network by Noor Habib Khan, Yong Wang, Raheela Jamal, Sheeraz Iqbal, Mohamed Ebeed, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Z. M. S. Elbarbary

“…Nowadays, thermal generators are no longer utilized and renewable resources (RERs) have been integrated owing to their marvellous benefits. …”
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MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS AND EXPERT ASSESSMENT OF VEHICLES WITH DIFFERENT DRIVE TYPES REGARDING THEIR FUNCTIONALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT by Ewelina SENDEK-MATYSIAK

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Germplasm Selection and Comprehensive Evaluation of Maize Inbred Lines at Germination and Seedling Stage for Saline–Alkali Tolerance by Shaoqi Ren, Jian Tan, Shuna Zhou, Haixiao Sun, Honggang Li, Wenjin Li, Nuo Li, Jinfeng Wu, Xuejiao Ren, Jiabin Ci, Weiguang Yang

“…Therefore, in the preliminary screening of breeding germplasm resources, different reference indexes can be selected according to different periods and stress conditions. …”
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Functionalizing Lignin‐Based Nanofiber Electrodes with Gold Using Electrochemically Assisted Aqueous Reduction by Reima Herrala, Linfan Cui, Bianca Ligt, Bruno Dufau Mattos, Kirsi Yliniemi, Marta Costa Figueiredo, Mari Lundström, Jaana Vapaavuori

“…Abstract This work demonstrates how the electrochemically assisted aqueous reduction (EAR) method can be employed with lignin to prepare functional surfaces from underutilized resources. First, electrospun lignin nanofiber mats are carbonized at 700, 900, and 1100 °C to prepare electrodes with conductivities between 1.1 and 12 S cm−1. …”
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Economic and functional changes in the largest villages in Poland at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century by Sokołowski Dariusz

“…The article deals with selected aspects of the economic structure and functions of the largest villages in Poland. …”
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How mindfulness-based training improves stress-related health: a selective review of randomized clinical trials comparing psychological mechanisms of action by Lara M. C. Puhlmann, Lara M. C. Puhlmann, Lara M. C. Puhlmann, Veronika Engert, Veronika Engert, Veronika Engert

“…We examine two comparative frameworks, the prominent Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT) and the ReSource training program, an intervention protocol designed to disentangle mindfulness components in a large-scale mental training project. …”
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The Ecosystem Services Assessment of Wetlands based on the Classification of Hydrological-ecological Structures and Functions (Case study: Shadegan Wetland) by leila Rahimi, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Ahmad reza Yavari

“…Selecting Shadegan International Wetland as a case study in this research, the ecosystem services approach have been applied to ecological conditions assessment of the wetland based on biophysical structures, processes, functions and ecosystem services in a hydrological-ecological framework, which provides a valuable tool for optimal allocation of wetland resources and their effective management, as well as adopting rational and sustainable policies. 2-Materials and Methods The proposed framework can be considered as a hierarchical approach based on the characteristics of biophysical structure, functions and ecosystem services. …”
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Fermented, Freeze-Dried Snacks from <i>Lactarius deliciosus</i> as a Source of Functional Compounds and Lactic Acid Bacteria by Kavya Venugopal, Paweł Satora, Katarzyna Kała, Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja, Agnieszka Szewczyk, Beata Ostachowicz, Bożena Muszyńska, Emilia Bernaś

“…After 6 months of storage, mushroom products were a good source of functional compounds, especially LAB, minerals, indoles, lovastatin, antioxidants (phenolic compounds), and dietary fibre. …”
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Selection of Sound Insulating Elements in Hydraulic Excavators Based Onidentification of Vibroacoustic Energy Propagation Paths by Zbigniew DĄBROWSKI, Jacek DZIURDŹ, Radosław PAKOWSKI

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A Multisource Dynamic Fusion Network for Urban Functional Zone Identification on Remote Sensing, POI, and Building Footprint by Hangfeng Qiao, Huiping Jiang, Gang Yang, Faming Jing, Weiwei Sun, Chenyang Lu, Xiangchao Meng

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Impacts of Population Ageing on the Functions of the Health System: A Systematic Review by Alireza Hajizadeh, Ahmed Hassan Albelbeisi, Maryam Tajvar

“…In the resource generation function, the impacts were categorized into human, information and physical resources. …”
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Acoustic modelling of surface sources. Part II. Piston model, asymmetrical function of vibration velocity, discretizing error, axisymmetrical problem by A. BRAŃSKI

“…Then the model of the source consists of an array of driving pistons. In order to select the optimal position of the boundary between the pistons, the measure of the divergence/convergence between directivity function of the model and exact was analysed. …”
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The Microbiome of Continuous Wheat Rotations: Minor Shifts in Bacterial and Archaeal Communities but a Source for Functionally Active Plant-Beneficial Bacteria by Andrea Braun-Kiewnick, Adriana Giongo, Priscilla Mena Zamberlan, Patrick Pluta, Heinz-Josef Koch, Henning Kage, Kornelia Smalla, Doreen Babin

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Trait-Based Selection of Seeds Ingested and Dispersed by North American Waterfowl by Bia A. Almeida, Mihai Costea, Giliandro G. Silva, Leonardo Maltchik, Susan E. W. De La Cruz, John Y. Takekawa, Andy J. Green

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EXPRESS ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSITION STATE COMPANY by V. Kryuchkov, A. Gatin

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Sea dragon metabolome and lipidome unveil bioactive functional food candidates with sepsis therapeutic activities by Huixiang Wu, Miaoyu Li, Lijun Ge, Weibo Lu, Xuewei Shen, Yu Zhang, Zengyan Wu, Jianding Wang, Yonghui Wu, Huijuan Mao, Jianliang Zhang, Qingcheng Wang, Jing Xue, Qing Shen, Yuexing Tu

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Effects of tourism on seasonal movements and fine-scale habitat selection of African lions and spotted hyenas in Etosha National Park, Namibia by Jessica R. Patterson, Stéphanie Périquet-Pearce, Madeline H. Melton, Brennan PetersonWood, Dipanjan Naha, Claudine Cloete, James C. Beasley

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An effective method for anomaly detection in industrial Internet of Things using XGBoost and LSTM by Zhen Chen, ZhenWan Li, Jia Huang, ShengZheng Liu, HaiXia Long

“…We select the optimal threshold and loss function, which are part of our optimal model, by comparing metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, False Alarm Rate (FAR), Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC-ROC), and Area Under the Precision–Recall Curve (AUC-PR) values. …”
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