Diaporthaceae associated with root and crown rot of maize by S.C. Lamprecht, P.W. Crous, J.Z. Groenewald, Y.T. Tewoldemedhin, W.F.O. Marasas

“…In spite of the differences in conidial pigmentation, no support could be obtained for polyphyly in Diaporthaceae, suggesting that as observed in Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales), conidial pigmentation is not informative at the family level in Diaporthales.…”
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Excavating trajectory planning of electric shovel based on dynamic excavating volume prediction by Juan Wu, Rui Liu, Baoguo Lin

“…Then, the trajectory model of the dipper tooth tip is established by using the 6th polynomial interpolation method, and the minimum excavation energy consumption per unit volume is taken as the optimization objective, and the whale optimization algorithm is used to plan the excavation trajectories for four kinds of complex stacking surfaces (concave, convex, convex–concave and stepped stacking surfaces). …”
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Reducing the Brace Correction Stress on the Secondary Lumbar Curve Results in Excellent Muscle, Bone, and Disc Mechanical Performance: A Musculoskeletal Finite Element Simulation o... by Xiaohui Zhang, Di Wang, Danyu Lv, Jinmiao Lv, Huiyi Tang, Jinlin Qian, Bagen Liao

“…However, the proximal thoracic (PT) curve was aggravated and the axial forces on the concave side were unbalanced. At this time, the biomechanical performance of the model is also not optimal. …”
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Integral Representations of Cooperative Game with Fuzzy Coalitions by Jinhui Pang, Xiang Chen

“…A new class of symmetric extension of fuzzy game with fuzzy coalition variables is put forward with Concave integral, where players’ expected values are on a partial set of coalitions. …”
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Competition in mathematics as a form of educating gifted children: Kaunas case study by Vilija Dabrišienė, Bronė Narkevičienė

“…The individualization of giftted children in the se­condary school is incomplete, the diversity in the modes of teaching activities is scarce and used episodically, this work is not planned, and it is not organized systematically. …”
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An entropic generalization of Caffarelli’s contraction theorem via covariance inequalities by Chewi, Sinho, Pooladian, Aram-Alexandre

“…The optimal transport map between the standard Gaussian measure and an $\alpha $-strongly log-concave probability measure is $\alpha ^{-1/2}$-Lipschitz, as first observed in a celebrated theorem of Caffarelli. …”
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Design and Analysis of Target Simulator Using All Spherical System with High Matching Rate by Shijie Li, Xiaojing Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zihuai Li, Xiong Li, Lumin Zhao, Jin Zhang, Changlong Cai

“…To achieve low wavefront error and high throughput with vignetting-free target simulators, a concave-convex-concaveoff-axis spherical system is designed in this paper, which effectively eliminates astigmatism and coma of the system by fields of view (FOVs) and aperture offset and provides theoretical basis for the realization of 100% matching between the exit pupil of the field lens and entrance pupil of the three-mirror anastigmat (TMA) system. …”
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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN IMPROVED MOTORIZED MAIZE SHELLER/THRESHING MACHINE by ADEWALE SEDARA, EMMANUEL ODEDIRAN, SETH MANUWA

“…Component parts such as: frame, hopper, transmission shaft, cylinder with spikes and blower, concave with sieve, power source, pulley and bearings was designed and fabricated. …”
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Roughness Variation Impact on the Morphological Evolution at the Medjerda River: Telemac 2D-Sisyphe Modeling by Hammami Saber, Romdhane Hela, Soualmia Amel, Kourta Azeddine

“…We used the Telemac Sisyphe model to stimulate sediment 17.8 km section, which regularly undergoes dredging crossing the city of Boussalem. This section contains two distinct parts: first a smooth riverbed followed by the variable roughness on both sides of the banks, which is influenced by the existing vegetation cover. …”
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The Antibacterial Activity of Bajakah Tampala Extracts (Spatholobus littoralis Hassk.) Mouthwash Formulation Inhibited Dental Plaque against Streptococcus mutans by Rikhaturhohmah, Rospadila Dwi Adrila, Widiya Dwi Handayani, Rasyani, Ananda Alifvia Suprapto, Nofran Putra Pratama, Mitsalina Fildzah Arifah

“…Currently, the mouthwash market contains high levels of alcohol, which can cause long-term side effects. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Berberis aetnensis C. Presl (Berberidaceae) Roots Extract and Protective Effects on Astroglial Cell Cultures by Agata Campisi, Rosaria Acquaviva, Roberta Bonfanti, Giuseppina Raciti, Andrea Amodeo, Silvana Mastrojeni, Salvatore Ragusa, Liliana Iauk

“…We demonstrated that the alkaloid extract of roots of B. aetnensis C. Presl contains prevalently berberine and berbamine, possesses antimicrobial properties, and was able to counteract the upregulation evoked by glutamate of tissue transglutaminase in primary rat astroglial cell cultures. …”
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Case-based analysis of mechanically-assisted leaching for hydrometallurgical extraction of critical metals from ores and wastes: application in chalcopyrite, ferronickel slag, and... by Laskar, Clément, Dakkoune, Amine, Julcour, Carine, Bourgeois, Florent,  Biscans, Béatrice, Cassayre, Laurent

“…The attrition-leaching process, which is carried out in a stirred reactor containing millimetric beads, can partially overcome this problem and increase the extraction yield by physically abrading the layers. …”
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Hydrothermal decomposition of industrial jarosite in alkaline media: The rate determining step of the process kinetics by González-Ibarra A.A., Nava-Alonso F., Fuentes-Aceituno J.C., Uribe-Salas A.

“…The industrial jarosite is mainly composed by natrojarosite and contains 150 g Ag/t, showing a narrow particle size distribution, as revealed by XRD, fire assay, SEM-EDS and laser-diffraction analysis. …”
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Effect of Rare Earth Metals, Sr, and Ti Addition on the Microstructural Characterization of A413.1 Alloy by M. G. Mahmoud, A. M. Samuel, H. W. Doty, S. Valtierra, F. H. Samuel

“…The present work was performed on A413.1 alloy containing 0.2–1.5 wt% rare earth metals (lanthanum or cerium), 0.05–0.15% Ti, and 0–0.02 wt% Sr. …”
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The occurrence and safety evaluation of phthalic acid esters in Oasis agricultural soils of Xinjiang, China by Hejiang Liu, Xiuting Liu, Kai Wang, Xingwang Ma, Haihe Gao, Xuejun Liu, Changrong Yan

“…Soil pollution caused by plastic residues containing additives (e.g. phthalic acid esters (PAEs)) is ubiquitous and has become a global concern. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms conferring resistance to phenamacril in the Fusarium species by Alexander Dumbai Joe, Runze Liu, Xiao Luo, Ruqiya Syed, Farhan Aslam, Zhenying Luo, Zhitian Zheng

“…The filamentous fungal genus Fusarium contains many species that cause catastrophic diseases in fruits, cereal, and vegetables. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of pseudocapacitance behavior in supercapacitors through porous carbon and lignosulfonate integration by Bingjie Zhou, Yuankai Shao, Weikang Zhu, Shuoyao Yin, Zhenguo Li, Xiaoning Ren, Anqi Dong, Xi Liu, Yatao Liu, Yaodong Hao, Bin Ren, Wei Liu

“…Lignosulfonate, a byproduct of the forestry and pulp industries, contains quinone groups and has enormous potential for electrochemical energy storage. …”
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Traffic Flow Parameters Collection under Variable Illumination Based on Data Fusion by Shaojie Jin, Ying Gao, Shoucai Jing, Fei Hui, Xiangmo Zhao, Jianzhen Liu

“…Another four datasets of 2400 images containing 20161 vehicles were collected to test the proposed method. …”
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Lipoic acid-boronophenylalanine-derived multifunctional vesicles for cancer chemoradiotherapy by Liqun Dai, Jie Liu, Tingyu Yang, Xiaorui Yu, Yi Lu, Lili Pan, Siming Zhou, Diyun Shu, Yuanhao Liu, Wuyu Mao, Zhiyong Qian

“…Additionally, the derivatives of the B-10 isotope, containing up to 1.6% boron, are engineered for incorporation into L P B-3-based vesicles. …”
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Relationship between Sustained Reductions in Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations with Apheresis and Plasma Levels and mRNA Expression of PTX3 and Plasma Levels of hsCRP in... by Claudia Stefanutti, Fabio Mazza, Michael Steiner, Gerald F. Watts, Joel De Nève, Daniela Pasqualetti, Juergen Paal

“…Our findings suggest that LA has anti-inflammatory and endothelium protective effects beyond its well-established efficacy in lowering apoB100-containing lipoproteins.…”
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