Prośrodowiskowe kształtowanie terenów zieleni - propozycje dla dzielnicy Ursynów m.st. Warszawy by Justyna Staroszczyk, Antoni Skowroński

“…Plants influence urban conditions in many ways; they have a positive effect on both people’s health and environmental issues, there are many reasons why the proportion of green areas in cities should be increased. It is important to take advantage of plant properties and suitable methods of shaping green areas to benefit nature. …”
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Modulating urban dynamics from a climate perspective – In-between spaces and climate neutrality by Fabrizio Tucci, Paola Altamura, Maria Michaela Pani

“…The paper compares six case studies that represent the three identified categories of in-between spaces, evaluating them through the criteria of Naturalness, Proximity and Circularity and in relation to the six strategic axes of Green Cities.   Article info Received: 10/09/2023; Revised: 10/10/2023; Accepted: 19/10/2023 …”
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An empirical analysis of factors affecting the commercial adoption of autonomous trucks by Christopher Mondy, Matias Enz, Daniel Rust

“…Autonomous semi-trucks are poised to be a disruptive technology in the motor carrier industry, and many studies extol the virtues of autonomous vehicles. The benefits cited in these studies generally assume high market penetration rates, yet there is a lack of rigorous qualitative studies that investigate the factors that will drive autonomous truck adoption in the commercial transportation sector. …”
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Facilitating Community Change: Lessons from Climate Adaptation to Guide Extension Engagement by Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart, Holly Abeels, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Alicia Bradigan-Betancourt, Crystal Goodison, Thomas Ruppert

“…While much of the research behind these strategies has been conducted in the context of climate adaptations in vulnerable communities and ecosystems, such as coastal fisheries, rainfed agriculture, and floodplain cities, the principles that underlie these processes are universal. …”
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Rasch Rating Scale Model: Bias Detection and Validation Test of Indonesian-Adolescent Life Satisfaction Scale by Yonathan Natanael, Rahmaditya Salsabilla, Denisa Aulia, Dwi Khoirunnisa, Husna Nursaid Munawar, Nada Salsabila Hidayat, Romi Faizal Firdaus

“…The modern construct-oriented scale construction method was selected as a guide in developing the instrument, and the participants were 474 adolescents from various cities in Indonesia. At the initial screening stage using the Rasch model analysis, 54 participants were detected as outliers, hence further analysis was only conducted on 420. …”
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Analysis of the Indentation Size Effect in the Microhardness Measurements in B6O by Ronald Machaka, Trevor E. Derry, Iakovos Sigalas, Mathias Herrmann

“…The best correlation between literature-cited load-independent Vickers microhardness values, the measured values, and applied models was achieved in the case of the MPSR and the MFSL models.…”
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Natural Habitat, Housing, and Restraint of Six Selected Neotropical Animals in Trinidad and Tobago with the Potential for Domestication by Kavita Ranjeeta Lall, Kegan Romelle Jones, Gary Wayne Garcia

“…The year of the earliest reference cited was 1950 and the most recent was 2018, with over 100 references being used. …”
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Facilitating Community Change: Lessons from Climate Adaptation to Guide Extension Engagement by Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart, Holly Abeels, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Alicia Bradigan-Betancourt, Crystal Goodison, Thomas Ruppert

“…While much of the research behind these strategies has been conducted in the context of climate adaptations in vulnerable communities and ecosystems, such as coastal fisheries, rainfed agriculture, and floodplain cities, the principles that underlie these processes are universal. …”
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Urban Surface Temperature Reduction via the Urban Aerosol Direct Effect: A Remote Sensing and WRF Model Sensitivity Study by Menglin Jin, J. Marshall Shepherd, Weizhong Zheng

“…By combining National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) observations in large cities with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations, we find that the aerosol direct reduction of surface insolation ranges from 40–100Wm−2, depending on aerosol loading and land-atmosphere conditions. …”
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A growth model for citations networks by Pedro Castillo-Castillo, Enrique Stevens-Navarro, Ulises Pineda-Rico, Abel Garcia-Barrientos, Francisco R. Castillo-Soria, Jesus Acosta-Elias

“…There are also networks where this can not happen. For instance, in citation networks of scientific articles, after an article has been published, it will start gaining incoming links as it is cited, but its outgoing links will remain unchanged. …”
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Water Demand Forecast in the Baiyangdian Basin with the Extensive and Low-Carbon Economic Modes by T. L. Qin, D. H. Yan, G. Wang, J. Yin

“…Ecological water calculation involves the water within stream, wetland, and cities and towns. Total water demand of the research region was obtained based on the above three aspects. …”
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Porphyra haitanensis polysaccharide (PH) attenuates cell hyperplasia via remodeling the cross-talk between Hippo/YAP and mTOR pathways by Chong Wang, Wanglei Lin, Zhihua Sun, Yiming Sun, Yanbo Wang, Linglin Fu

“…Porphyra polysaccharide is a special kind of nutrient showing multiple physiological functions including regulating cell proliferation, but the detailed mechanisms are not fully revealed, impairing its further development and applications. This work was to purify and characterize the Porphyra haitanensis polysaccharide (PH), investigate its physiological function, and demonstrate the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Catalyzed Ester Synthesis Using Candida rugosa Lipase Entrapped by Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-itaconic Acid) Hydrogel by Nikola Milašinović, Sonja Jakovetić, Zorica Knežević-Jugović, Nedeljko Milosavljević, Marija Lučić, Jovanka Filipović, Melina Kalagasidis Krušić

“…This study reports the synthesis of polymeric matrices based on N-isopropylacrylamide and itaconic acid and its application for immobilization of lipase from Candida rugosa. …”
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Inhibitory Effect of Natural Phenolic Compounds on Aspergillus parasiticus Growth by Romina P. Pizzolitto, Carla L. Barberis, José S. Dambolena, Jimena M. Herrera, María P. Zunino, Carina E. Magnoli, Héctor R. Rubinstein, Julio A. Zygadlo, Ana M. Dalcero

“…These findings make an important contribution to the search for new compounds with antifungal activity.…”
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Il-6 signaling exacerbates hallmarks of chronic tendon disease by stimulating reparative fibroblasts by Tino Stauber, Greta Moschini, Amro A Hussien, Patrick Klaus Jaeger, Katrien De Bock, Jess G Snedeker

“…We conclude that IL-6 activates tendon fibroblast populations which then initiate and deteriorate tendinopathy hallmarks.…”
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Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…Comparative studies suggested that Ag NPs possess enhanced catalytic activity compared to bulk Ag. In second approach, supported Ni NPs were fabricated using Al2O3 as supporting surface; that is, Ni NPs get adsorbed on Al2O3 through in situ reduction reaction. …”
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Phenotypic characteristics of indigenous dairy buffaloes of Bangladesh by Md O. Faruque, Abdullah I. Omar, Y. Zhang, Md Mohsin T. Raju, Sahed Hossain

“…All the cows and calves were ear tagged, date of calving and milk yield was recorded following International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) (2017). …”
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The Vision of State and Social Life in the Normative Models of Environmental Awareness by Wojciech Trempała

“…Some are blatantly totalitarian, citing the impotence of democracy in the face of the looming ecological disaster. …”
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An Archaeology of Passage: Adrian Piper Passing and Not Passing as the Mythic Being by Cat Dawson

“…Through a close reading of several frequently cited but infrequently closely read objects from the series, I suggest that we need not foreclose on the myriad forms of passing within the project to find the politics within. …”
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The influence of service quality on the Aceh government SIGAP website by Irham Maulida, Ulung Pribadi

“…Research questionnaires were distributed to 6 districts/cities in Aceh Province with a research sample of 128 respondents. …”
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