Loss of olfaction reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to a natural enemy by Qi Wang, Yufei Jia, Hans M Smid, Berhane T Weldegergis, Liana O Greenberg, Maarten Jongsma, Marcel Dicke, Alexander Haverkamp

“…After analyzing the volatile compounds involved in these interactions, we concluded that olfactory information enables caterpillars to locate suitable food sources more efficiently as well as to select enemy-free spaces. …”
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Performance of geopolymer paste as adhesive and resin material for bonding fiber externally and hardening reinforcing rebars by Marawan Ashraf Saad, Bassam Abdelsalam Abdelsalam, Omar Mohamed Omar Ibrahim, Hassan A. Mohamadien

“…Nowadays the construction of buildings confronts numerous challenges, environmentally, economically, and structurally efficiently. In addition, the saving of raw sources becomes essentially required especially for the building and construction sector. …”

Insights from Self-Reported Student Experiences on using ChatBots by Alexandra-Iulia PĂUCEAN, Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ

“…ChatBots are seen as tools with impact on approaching academic tasks, providing clear and quick explanations to questions (60.9%), organizing information more efficiently (50.0%), or managing time for academic tasks (40.2%). …”
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Unveiling Theranostics: Nanocomplex-Assisted Photodynamic Eradication of Aggressive Cancer Cells and Modulation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages by Butkute A, Kazlauske E, Mlynska A, Peciukaityte E, Karabanovas V, Rotomskis R, Steponkiene S

“…The nanocomplex accumulated efficiently and uniformly across all CRC cell lines, regardless of their aggressiveness or drug sensitivity. …”
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Biomass Gasification as a Scalable, Green Route to Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and Synthesis Gas for Materials: A Review by Maximilian Lackner, Qiang Fei, Shuqi Guo, Ning Yang, Xiaoping Guan, Peng Hu

“…The high externalized and still partly unknown costs of fossil fuels through air pollution from combustion, and their limited resources have caused mankind to (re)turn to renewable sources such as wind, solar, and biomass to meet its energy needs. …”
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Predicting the mechanical performance of industrial waste incorporated sustainable concrete using hybrid machine learning modeling and parametric analyses by Md. Alhaz Uddin, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Kawsarul Islam Kabbo, Md. Kanan Chowdhury Tilak, Ratan Lal, Md. Selim Reza, Fahad Alsharari, Mohamed AbdelMongy, Masuk Abdullah

“…A total of 441 data entries were sourced from various publications. Multiple machine learning techniques, such as light gradient boosting (LGB), extreme gradient boosting (XGB), and decision trees (DT), along with hybrid approaches like XGB-LGB and XGB-DT, were utilized to study how these variables influence compressive strength. …”
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UrduSER: A comprehensive dataset for speech emotion recognition in Urdu languageMendeley Data by Muhammad Zaheer Akhtar, Rashid Jahangir, QuratUl Ain, Muhammad Asif Nauman, Mueen Uddin, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…This comprehensive metadata index enables researchers and developers to efficiently access, organize, and utilize the UrduSER dataset. …”
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Building sustainable information systems and transformer models on demand by Thomas Asselborn, Sylvia Melzer, Simon Schiff, Magnus Bender, Florian Andreas Marwitz, Said Aljoumani, Stefan Thiemann, Konrad Hirschler, Ralf Möller

“…In the humanities, evaluating numerous data sets efficiently is crucial for current and future projects. …”
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Research on Model Reconstruction Methods for Partial Point Cloud Information Loss by Zhengping CHANG, Guoshuai YUAN, Jiuhua LI, Yang ZHAO, Zhongqi WANG

“…Although the local model was efficiently reconstructed, the absence regions of the point cloud were ensured to transform in alignment with the actual model, improving the reconstructed model’s fidelity.Results and Discussions This study employed the outer cylinder of the landing gear as an experimental object to verify the proposed model reconstruction method. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE As someone who has voluntarily been admitted to a psychiatric health facility twice to treat manic episodes stemming from Bipolar I Disorder, I recognize the autonomy-persevering utility of psychiatric advance directives on a theoretical and experiential level. …”
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…Secondary outcomes included mortality at PICU/HDU discharge, day 60 and day 180; (re)intubation rate at 48 hours; duration of PICU/HDU and hospital stay; patient comfort assessed during NRS using the COMFORT Behavior (COMFORT-B) score; proportion of children in whom sedation was used during NRS; parental stress measured, in hospital at/around the time of consent at 24–48 hours, using the validated questionnaire Parental Stress Score: PICU; and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 180 days measured using age-appropriate Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and Child Health Utility 9 Dimension (CHU-9D) questionnaires. Data sources A secure, dedicated electronic case report form was used for trial data entry. …”
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Political Order and Nomadic Life in Iran: From the Afsharid Period to the End of the Qajar Dynasty by Shahram Gholami, Siavash Gholipour

“…They argued that the cold highlands and tropical plains surrounding the Iranian plateau provided an ideal environment for this mode of living, allowing people to efficiently utilize water and soil resources, ultimately resulting in economic prosperity. …”
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