Gene Surfing: An efficient and versatile tool for targeted enzyme mining in metagenomics by Tong Xu, Danyang Huang, Tingting Huang, Yuxin Wang, Wanqiu Chen, Shijunyin Chen, Yurong Qian, Haitao Yue

“…It integrates modules for data quality control (Fastp), genome assembly (MEGAHIT), assembly evaluation (QUAST and MetaQUAST), functional annotation (Prokka), and homologous sequence retrieval (MMseqs2). …”
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Advanced bioactuator selection for efficient human motion simulation in biohybrid robots using CSF dynamic knowledge by Masfa Nasrullah Ansari, Abdul Razaq, Abdul Wakil Baidar, Dilshad Alghazzawi, Ghaliah Alhamzi

“…Notable characteristics of these operators are defined, and an enhanced score function is devised to rectify the deficiencies identified in the current score function in the CSF framework. …”
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Polychromatic Iterative Statistical Material Image Reconstruction for Photon-Counting Computed Tomography by Thomas Weidinger, Thorsten M. Buzug, Thomas Flohr, Steffen Kappler, Karl Stierstorfer

“…It is based on local approximations (surrogates) of the negative logarithmic Poisson probability function. Exploiting the convexity of this function allows for parallel updates of all image pixels. …”
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Feasibility and reliability of sequential logic with gene regulatory networks. by Morgan Madec, Elise Rosati, Christophe Lallement

“…However, achieving more sophisticated functions, such as control or computation, usually requires sequential circuits or so-called state machines. …”
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Psychological means of recreation sportsmen’s psychic workability by H.Y. Gant, O.M. Orlenko

“…Results: sportsmen’s subjective assessment of own state depends on the stage of competition functioning. This assessment is rather favorable in pre-competition and competition periods. …”
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Asymptotic analysis of optimal control problems on the semiaxes for Carathéodory differential inclusions with fast oscillating coefficients by Sergey Dashkovskiy, Oleksiy Kapustyan, Olena Kapustian, Tetyana Zhuk

“… We consider an optimal control problem for a differential inclusion of the Carathéodory type affine with respect to the control with a coercive cost functional on a semiaxis and with fast oscillating time-dependent coefficients. …”
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Optimum Profile of Chisel Front Surface by Y. P. Lobachevskiy, S. I. Starovoytov

“…The projection of the tangential reactions of the elemental area of the surface depends on the concordance of the rotation angle to the size of digging-in, also on the deepening of the elementary area, the coefficient of external friction of the soil, and the first derivative of the function curve of the surface. …”
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Chloride transport modeling for normal and fly-ash concrete using naturally logarithmic apparent diffusion coefficient with considering eutrophication potential effect by Aruz Petcherdchoo, Rafat Siddique, Tanakorn Phoo-ngernkham

“…This study indicates two issues of available time-dependent diffusion coefficient function; non-smoothness of diffusion coefficient decay, and inconsistency of stable time of diffusion coefficient. …”

Self-Assembling Families of LC Ladder Circuits With Frequency-Controlled Growth by Russell Deaton, Max Garzon, Rojoba Yasmin, Andrew Garth

“…At higher frequencies, growth can be both bounded or unbounded, depending on frequency and circuit parameters. In some instances, the distribution of node potentials as a function of length exhibits complex, aperiodic behavior. …”
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Construction of CFC-programs by LTL-specification by D. A. Ryabukhin, E. V. Kuzmin, V. A. Sokolov

“…The language CFC (Continuous Function Chart) is a variation of FBD (Function Block Diagram). …”
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Le degré de grammaticalisation de HAVE : application d’une méthodologie développée par Joan Bybee et William Pagliuca by Lucile Bordet

“…After a brief reminder of the main principles at work in a grammaticalization process, and having examined the various functional realizations of HAVE, I try to determine its degree of grammaticalization depending on its various uses. …”
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Effects of environmental variability on population dynamics of golden carpet shell clam (Polititapes aureus) by José Manuel Parada, José Molares

“…A model was built to explain the natural mortality rate as function of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, and the condition factor. …”
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Determination of Steel Losses and Optimization of the Thickness of the Transformer Magnetic Conductor Sheets by S. M. Plotnikov

“…Based on the fact that the dependence of the magnetization loss on the thickness of the magnetic conductor plates is a decreasing linear function, and the eddy current loss is an ascending parabolic function, an expression of the optimal thickness of the plates has been found, the implementation of which makes the losses of steel minimal. …”
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WINTER BIOENERGETICS OF EASTERN WILD TURKEYS: UNDERSTANDING ENERGY BALANCE AND SURVIVAL IN NORTHERN POPULATIONS by Peter J. Pekins

“…Winter mortality is a common management concern, and survival is a function of energy balance that is influenced primarily by snow depth and condition that dictate use and availability of forage, mobility, and activity. …”
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Model free approach to kinetic analysis of real-time hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy data. by Deborah K Hill, Matthew R Orton, Erika Mariotti, Jessica K R Boult, Rafal Panek, Maysam Jafar, Harold G Parkes, Yann Jamin, Maria Falck Miniotis, Nada M S Al-Saffar, Mounia Beloueche-Babari, Simon P Robinson, Martin O Leach, Yuen-Li Chung, Thomas R Eykyn

“…An important finding is that the area under the curve is independent of both the input function and of any other metabolic pathways arising from the injected metabolite. …”
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Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation

“…., Social Sympathy, Feelings of Inability, Intellectual Function, Level of Awareness (from a given event) and Socio - economic Status, were significantly related to the dependent variable, namely, cooperation in decreasing risks from natural disasters. …”
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Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes. by David Navarro-Payá, Ilona Flis, Michelle A E Anderson, Philippa Hawes, Ming Li, Omar S Akbari, Sanjay Basu, Luke Alphey

“…Our data indicate that loss of function mutations in the AeAct4 gene are recessive but that short in-frame deletions produce dominant-negative versions of the AeAct4 protein that interfere with flight muscle function. …”
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Physiotherapists’ User Acceptance of a Lower Limb Robotic Exoskeleton in Specialized Rehabilitation: Qualitative Exploratory Study by Anstein Olimb Hillkirk, Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen, Hege Mari Johnsen

“…Identified benefits in gait function rehabilitation include improved gait function, cardiovascular effects, enhanced training quality, patient motivation, and reduced physical and psychological workload for therapists. …”
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On the Relation Between Quantum Computational Speedup and Retrocausality by Giuseppe Castagnoli

“…It would tell her the function computed by the black box, which to her should be hidden. …”
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Optimum design of the hybrid (diffractive/refractive) multifocal intraocular lenses implanted within human eye by Ali H. Al-Hamdani, Hayfa G. Rashid, Hussein Talb Hashim

“…A comparison between the image quality for healthy eye (Liou & Brennan model) and for eye with the implanted hybrid MIOLs were done depending on ZEMAX-EE optical software. The image characteristics, point spread function (PSF), modulation transfer function (MTF), blur spot size and longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA), were used as an image criterion in this study. …”
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