(Too) many policies under one roof? About the integration of competition law enforcement and sectoral regulation within one authority by Anna Piszcz

“…It will attempt at the identification of advantages and disadvantages of entrusting competition authorities with additional sectoral regulation functions and discuss whether Directive 2019/1 (“ECN+ Directive”) may serve as a cure for disadvantages of adding not related objectives, such as overwhelming numbers of tasks and lacking resources, including human resources or a relatively small part of budget dedicated to competition enforcement. …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals the genetic basis of vitamin C content in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) seedlings by Chao Wang, Lieqiong Kuang, Ze Tian, Xinfa Wang, Xinfa Wang, Hanzhong Wang, Hanzhong Wang, Xiaoling Dun

“…Additionally, we selected four superior germplasms (8S079, 8S200, 8S242, and 8S243) that demonstrate extreme Vc content, providing valuable germplasm resources for breeding. …”
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An Economic and Econometric Comparative Study of Some Local Wheat Varieties with Imported Ones Planted in Salah al-Din Governorate for the Agricultural Season 2022/2023 (Tikrit Dis... by Nahedh N. Issa, Abdul Khaleq A. Rashid, Khaled Q. Abboud, Muhammad M. Saleh, Wissam A. Qasim

“…As for the average net profit per dunum, it was around (310,567.9) dinars/dunum for local varieties and around (547,781.1) dinars/dunum for varieties. imported, the research results also showed that the estimated production function for local wheat varieties and imported varieties to the total capacity returns are (0.576, 0.805) respectively, and this indicates decreasing capacity returns, which means that increasing the use of production resources by 1% leads to an increase in wheat production for the varieties. local by (0.576) and to increase wheat production for imported varieties by (0.805), And all producers work in the second stage of the production stages of the law of diminishing returns, which is the rational production area. …”
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Commercial NIRS May Not Detect Hemispheric Regional Disparity in Continuously Measured COx/COx-a: An Exploratory Healthy and Cranial Trauma Time-Series Analysis by Amanjyot Singh Sainbhi, Logan Froese, Kevin Y. Stein, Nuray Vakitbilir, Alwyn Gomez, Abrar Islam, Tobias Bergmann, Noah Silvaggio, Mansoor Hayat, Frederick A. Zeiler

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Cucumber Leaf Segmentation Based on Bilayer Convolutional Network by Tingting Qian, Yangxin Liu, Shenglian Lu, Linyi Li, Xiuguo Zheng, Qingqing Ju, Yiyang Li, Chun Xie, Guo Li

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New Cation Sensors Based on Eugenol-Derived Azo Dyes by José R. A. Coelho, Ana Rita F. Pacheco, Diogo C. Domingues, Ana Rita O. Rodrigues, Akani A. Temitope, Paulo J. G. Coutinho, Maria José G. Fernandes, Elisabete M. S. Castanheira, M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves

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Enhanced selectivity of carbon quantum dots for metal ion detection through surface modification by heteroatom doping: A study on optical properties and theoretical approach by María Belén Cánchig, Floralba López, Zaillmar Morales-Navarro, Alexis Debut, Karla Vizuete, Thibault Terencio, Manuel Caetano, Juan Pablo Saucedo-Vázquez

“…The study also demonstrated that functionalization with sulfur could modulate emission frequencies, enhancing the detection capabilities for specific ions. …”
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Respiratory Rate Estimation from Thermal Video Data Using Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning by Mohsen Mozafari, Andrew J. Law, Rafik A. Goubran, James R. Green

“…Thermal videos provide a privacy-preserving yet information-rich data source for remote health monitoring, especially for respiration rate (RR) estimation. …”
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Do capture and survey methods influence whether marked animals are representative of unmarked animals? by John R. Fieberg, Kurt Jenkins, Scott McCorquodale, Clifford G. Rice, Gary C. White, Kevin White

“…The lone exception to this rule was for the cohort of radiocollared moose in Minnesota, which exhibited a slight decrease in detection probabilities over time. Differences in detection probabilities for marked and unmarked animals may not be a significant problem for sightability models, provided that the source of the variability can be captured by model covariates (e.g., heterogeneity is tied to an individual's propensity to be in heavy cover). …”
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Machine Learning Aided Resilient Spectrum Surveillance for Cognitive Tactical Wireless Networks: Design and Proof-of-Concept by Eli Garlick, Nourhan Hesham, MD. Zoheb Hassan, Imtiaz Ahmed, Anas Chaaban, MD. Jahangir Hossain

“…Due to the vast nature of interference signals in the frequency bands used by cognitive TWNs, it is non-trivial to acquire manually labeled data sets of all interference signals. Detecting the presence of an unknown and remote interference source in a frequency band from the transmitter end is also challenging, especially when the received interference power remains at or below the noise floor. …”
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Feasibility and case studies on converting small hydropower stations to pumped storage by Yangqing Dan, Qingyue Chen, Daren Li, Wenhuan Bai, Weiming Zhou, Anyu Yang, Jia Yang

“…Abstract Hydropower, as a controllable energy source, plays a crucial role in supporting essential functions such as peak shaving, frequency regulation, and load reserve within modern power systems, thereby enhancing the overall economic efficiency and safety of these systems. …”
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The Effects of Soil Cover Thickness on Leaf Functional Traits of Vine Plants in Mining Areas Depend on Soil Enzyme Activities and Nutrient Cycling by Ren Liu, Yun Sun, Zongming Cai, Ping He, Yunxia Song, Longhua Yu, Huacong Zhang, Yueqiao Li

“…In addition, soil factor indicators under different soil cover thicknesses were measured to elucidate the linkages between leaf functional traits of vine plants and soil factors. We found that <i>P. lobata</i> showed a resource acquisition strategy, while <i>H. nepalensis</i> demonstrated a resource conservation strategy. …”
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Functional and Genomic Evidence of L-Arginine-Dependent Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in <i>Paenibacillus nitricinens</i> sp. nov. by Diego Saavedra-Tralma, Alexis Gaete, Carolina Merino-Guzmán, Maribel Parada-Ibáñez, Francisco Nájera-de Ferrari, Ignacio Jofré-Fernández

“…Extracellular and intracellular NO measurements under aerobic conditions showed a dose-dependent response, with detectable production at 0.1 µM L-arginine and saturation at 100 µM. …”
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BRDF Correction in Landsat Directional Reflectance Data by Combining Optimal BRDF Archetype With Spectral Characteristics by Aojie Shen, Jie Shao, Xin Qi, Zhongzheng Zhu, Yujie Dai, Qi Zeng

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An Ecological Risk Assessment of the Dianchi Basin Based on Multi-Scenario Land Use Change Under the Constraint of an Ecological Defense Zone by Shu Wang, Quanli Xu, Junhua Yi, Qinghong Wang, Qihong Ren, Youyou Li, Zhenheng Gao, You Li, Huishan Wu

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Effect of Coefficient of Variation on Variable Sampling Scheme Indexed in AQL and AOQL under Measurement Error by Uttama Mishra

“…We present procedures and tables for selecting appropriate variable sampling plans based on specified AQL and AOQL values. …”
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Infrastructure for the deployment of Large Language Models: challenges and solutions by Tomasz Walkowiak, Bartosz Walkowiak

“…As a result, the ability to perform efficient and scalable inferences on these models is becoming crucial to maximize the utilization of valuable resources such as GPUs and CPUs. This thesis outlines a process for selecting the most effective tools for efficient inference, supported by the results of experiments. …”
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<i>Spinacia oleracea</i> L. Baby Leaves as a Source of Bioactive Principles: The Chemical Profiling of Eco-Sustainable Extracts by Using LC-ESI/HRMS- and ¹H NMR-Based Me... by Antonietta Cerulli, Luciana Maria Polcaro, Milena Masullo, Sonia Piacente

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Hyper CLS-Data-Based Robotic Interface and Its Application to Intelligent Peg-in-Hole Task Robot Incorporating a CNN Model for Defect Detection by Fusaomi Nagata, Ryoma Abe, Shingo Sakata, Keigo Watanabe, Maki K. Habib

“…In this paper, a hyper cutter location source (HCLS)-data-based robotic interface is proposed to cope with the issues. …”
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Serverless Computing: A Comparative Analysis of Cloud Run and Cloud Function Prices on Google Kubernetes Engine Cluster Node Management Google Cloud by Christian Bayu Anggoro Putra, Dimas Prasetyo Tegar Asmoro, Akmal Budi Yulianto

“…This model fundamentally changes the application development paradigm, shifting from static resource allocation to an event-driven model where resources are consumed only when needed (Sharma et al., 2021). …”
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