Sports' Global Anti-Doping Regulatory Regime: The Challenges and Tensions of Polycentricity and Hybridity by Eric L Windholz

“…This case illustrates the challenges that arise when the interests of players, clubs, competition administrators, national regulators, and sports’ global guardians, do not align. The article establishes that while sports’ global anti-doping regime has proven itself to be functionally stable, opportunities exist to broaden the regime’s democratic credentials to give other stakeholders a more meaningful voice. …”
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Proteomic Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles from Human Neural Precursor Cells: A Promising Advanced Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases by Stricker PEF, de Oliveira NB, Mogharbel BF, Irioda AC, da Rosa NN, Lührs L, Saçaki CS, Munhoz da Rocha I, Alves LR, Poubel SB, Cardoso da Silva J, Carvalho PC, Fischer JSG, de Carvalho KAT

“…Their structural integrity aligns with ISEV standards, supporting their potential as reliable biological entities. …”
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Effectiveness of Group Problem Management Plus, a brief psychological intervention for adults affected by humanitarian disasters in Nepal: A cluster randomized controlled trial. by Mark J D Jordans, Brandon A Kohrt, Manaswi Sangraula, Elizabeth L Turner, Xueqi Wang, Pragya Shrestha, Renasha Ghimire, Edith Van't Hof, Richard A Bryant, Katie S Dawson, Kedar Marahatta, Nagendra P Luitel, Mark van Ommeren

“…Secondary outcomes included depression symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, "heart-mind" problems, social support, somatic symptoms, and functional impairment. The hypothesized mediator was skill use aligned with the treatment's mechanisms of action. …”
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Application of Imaging Algorithms for Gas–Water Two-Phase Array Fiber Holdup Meters in Horizontal Wells by Ao Li, Haimin Guo, Yue Niu, Xin Lu, Yiran Zhang, Haoxun Liang, Yongtuo Sun, Yuqing Guo, Dudu Wang

“…In this paper, the Gaussian radial basis function and inverse distance weighted interpolation algorithms exhibit superior accuracy in water holdup calculations, effectively representing the fluctuating features of the gas–water interface and yielding imaging outcomes that align more closely with experimentally observed gas–water flow patterns.…”
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Tidal tail identification and detailed analysis of the open star cluster King 13 using Gaia DR3 and 2MASS by Nasser M. Ahmed, Mohamed S. Darwish

“…We identified 1571 $$\pm$$ 41 member stars with a total mass of 2658.4 $$\pm$$ 61.5 M $$\odot$$ . The mass function (MF) for the cluster has been constructed using a step function with two power lows, $$\alpha _1$$ and $$\alpha _2$$ , rather than the single power low suggested by Salpeter. …”
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From waste to wealth: Plant-Derived cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel for anticancer, antibacterial, and anticorrosion studies by Collince Omondi Awere, Valentine Chikaodili Anadebe, Durgadevi Sabapathi, Bynedi Seshadhri Chinna Mounish, Kasinathan Rakkammal, Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Venkatramanan Varadharajan, Maduabuchi Chidiebere Arinzechukwu, Ponnuchamy Kumar, Eno E. Ebenso, Krishnaswamy Balamurugan, Rakesh Chandra Barik, Manikandan Ramesh

“…The cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel was synthesized from renewable sources ensuring sustainability which aligned with the mandate of green chemistry. The analytical characterization techniques confirm the structural integrity and functional properties of CNC hydrogel. …”
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Musical Manifestations of Textual Patterning in Estonian Regilaul by Janika Oras

“…The article examines which variants of musical rhythm and melodic contour are preferred by four singers in their performance of verses that have different functions within the song structure. In both the text and the musical rhythm, a greater number of syllables, and the attendant changes in musical rhythm, mark the verses that have an initiating function and which communicate entirely new information. …”
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ER stress-driven unfolded protein response fuels aging-related tumor aggressiveness in gliomas by Xiaodong Shao, Shaolei Guo, Jia Yang, Junjie Dai, Kaihua Cao, Xia Cai, Tianshi Song, Shun Yao, Umar Raza, Kun Chen

“…Differential gene and protein expression, functional annotation and pathway enrichment, gene set enrichment, network construction, CRSISPR-based functional dependency, transcription factor prediction, correlation, clinical association and survival analyses were conducted to identify, develop and validate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-driven unfolded protein response (UPR) as key aging-related molecular mechanism driving tumor aggressiveness in gliomas. …”
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MAPPING RAYLEIGH WAVE GROUP VELOCITIES FROM AMBIENT NOISE IN THE WAY RATAI GEOTHERMAL FIELD USING PIGRAF SEISMOGRAPH PROTOTYPES by Karyanto Karyanto, Haidar Prida Mazzaluna, I Gede Boy Darmawan, Rahmat Catur Wibowo, Ahmad Zaenudin, Maman Hermana

“…At the same time, the group velocity from the Green’s function group in the period range 0.2 s to 0.5 s, 0.5 s to 1 s, and 1 s to 5 s are 0.337 km/s, 0.415 km/s, and 0.427 km/s, respectively. …”
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Examining the Intersection of Educational Administration, Power, and Religion in Iran's Historical Social Context: A Bourdieusian Perspective by Mohammad Akhondi, Rezvan Hosseingholizadeh, Mohsen Noghani Dokht Bahmani, Shahram Yousefifar

“…Renowned religious scholars, in their roles as custodians or representatives of authority, assumed responsibility for educational administration based on their professional qualifications and cultural capital. The function of this field is explicable based on its degree of independence.…”
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Effect of cations substitution in lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 solar cells by Nathan Daem, Anthony Maho, Pierre Colson, Gilles Spronck, Cédric Malherbe, Thi Hieu Hoang, Mohamed-Nawfal Ghazzal, Guorui He, Felix Lang, Rudi Cloots, Jennifer Dewalque

“…Joined UPS, PL and EIS studies also highlight differences of charge transfer properties in the different configurations of solar cells, notably owing to the materials energy levels (mis)alignment. All in all, the present contribution allows for an in-depth understanding of how such cationic substitutions affect Cs2AgBiBr6 intrinsic behavior and functionality as photovoltaic material, filling a key knowledge gap.…”
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Vulnerability-Based Economic Loss Rate Assessment of a Frame Structure Under Stochastic Sequence Ground Motions by Zheng Zhang, Yunmu Jiang, Zixin Liu

“…Coherence analysis shows that the function remains relatively stable between 0.3 and 0.6 across the 0–30 Rad/s frequency range. …”
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Heterogeneous foraging swarms can be better by Gal A. Kaminka, Yinon Douchan

“…In this paper, we will show that swarms can perform better, when they self-adapt to admit heterogeneous behavior roles.MethodsWe model a foraging swarm task as an extensive-form fully-cooperative game, in which the swarm reward is an additive function of individual contributions (the sum of collected items). …”
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Fexofenadine HCl enhances growth, biofilm, and lactic acid production of Limosilactobacillus reuteri and Bifidobacterium longum: implications for allergy treatment by Zainab Kamel Hammouda, Reham Wasfi, Nourtan F. Abdeltawab

“…Considering the growing recognition of gut microbiota’s role in health and disease, it is important to explore how commonly used drugs, such as antihistamines, may alter microbial composition and function. Histamine, an essential interkingdom signaling molecule, shapes bacterial virulence, biofilm formation, and immune regulation. …”
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Revolutionizing proton exchange membrane fuel cell modeling through hybrid aquila optimizer and arithmetic algorithm optimization by Manish Kumar Singla, S. A. Muhammed Ali, Ramesh Kumar, Pradeep Jangir, Mohammad Khishe, G. Gulothungan, Haitham A. Mahmoud

“…This paper introduces a recently developed hybrid algorithm (Aquila Optimizer Arithmetic Algorithm Optimization (AOAAO)) that enhances the AO and AAO algorithm’s efficiency through a novel mutation strategy, aimed at determining seven unknown parameters of a PEMFC during the optimization process. These parameters function as decision variables, and the objective function aimed for minimization is the sum square error (SSE) between the predicted and actual measured cell voltages. …”
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Human identification via digital palatal scans: a machine learning validation pilot study by Ákos Mikolicz, Botond Simon, Aida Roudgari, Arvin Shahbazi, János Vág

“…The sex determination function recognized females over males with 69.0% sensitivity, similar to the training set. …”
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HPRS: hierarchical potential-based reward shaping from task specifications by Luigi Berducci, Edgar A. Aguilar, Dejan Ničković, Radu Grosu

“…We perform this by automatically translating the requirements into a sum of safety, target, and comfort rewards, where the target reward is a function of the safety reward and the comfort reward is a function of the safety and target rewards. …”
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Research on Ship Heave Motion Compensation Control Under Complex Sea State Environment Based on Improved Reinforcement Learning by ZHANG Qin, ZHOU Jingyi, WANG Xingyue, HU Xiong

“…Aligned with the uncertainty and complexity entailed by the maritime milieu, this study specifically fine‒tunes the output layer of the Actor network by amplifying the amplitude of the TanH function. …”
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Operational strategy, capabilities, and successfully accomplishing business strategy by Ayman Sadik Al Najjar, Mahmoud Salameh Qandeel

“…To attain sustained success, manufacturers must focus on a client-valued approach, align objectives with capabilities, and support inter-functional links. …”
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Prolonged cognitive–motor impairments in children and adolescents with a history of concussion by Marc Dalecki, David Albines, Alison Macpherson, Lauren E Sergio

“…Current return-to-play assessments that do not test CMI may not fully capture functional abilities postconcussion.…”
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