The dependency structure of international commodity and stock markets after the Russia-Ukraine war. by Cheng Zhang, Shuo Liu, Mimi Qin, Bin Gao

“…The price fluctuations of crude oil may be contagious to agricultural and precious metal markets in the same direction, while the stock market price fluctuations are inversely correlated with commodity markets. …”
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Self-organized criticality and urban development by Michael Batty, Yichun Xie

“…We illustrate the theory using a unique space–time series of urban development for Buffalo, Western New York, which contains the locations of over one quarter of a million sites coded by their year of construction and dating back to 1773, some 60 years before the city began to develop. …”
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On the Conditions for the Introducing Distance Learning in Russian Universities by A. V. Borovskikh

“…The application of this method (“double inversion of position” or, in other words, “double negation”: intent   – objections  – withdrawal of objections), made it possible to formulate three principal lists. The first contains an explicitly formulated framework in which the introducing distance learning makes sense; the second and third represent the research and development program necessary for the implementation of distance learning. …”
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Rapid detection of FAdV-4 by one-tube RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay by Lei Ma, Xueping Wang, Mingliang Zhang, Mengjie Zhu

“…IntroductionFowl adenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4) is a highly contagious viral pathogen of global significance that affects various avian species. …”
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The Impact of Digitalization on Public Administration, Economic Development, and Well-Being in the EU Countries by Armenia Androniceanu, Irina Georgescu, Oana Matilda Sabie

“…All four clusters are well determined, with cluster 1 including the three Nordic countries ranking first, followed by cluster 3 of well-developed countries and cluster 4 containing mainly emerging economies.   …”
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Mechanical Properties of the Shear Failure of Rock Masses with Prefabricated Sinusoidal Fractures by Limei Tian, Hongzhou Zhang, Wei Hong, Yunxia Zhang, Jinghua Zhang, Wenhui Tan

“…Sandstone specimens containing sinusoidal fractures with different undulated heights were prefabricated by the CNC sand-wire-electrode cutting technology to explore the effect of sinusoidal fractures on the mechanical properties of shear failure of rock masses. …”
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Dual medical image watermarking using SRU-enhanced network and EICC chaotic map by Fei Yan, Zeqian Wang, Kaoru Hirota

“…A logo image for integrity verification is embedded into the region of interest within the medical image, and a text image containing copyright information is combined with the feature vectors extracted by SCNeXt for generating zero-watermark information. …”
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Effect of Camel Milk on the Physicochemical, Rheological, and Sensory Qualities of Bread by Noha M. Almoraie, Israa M. Shatwan

“…Improved sensory attributes were observed under these formulation conditions. Bread containing ≥70% camel milk received lower sensory scores. …”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of pre-treated luffa fiber reinforced cement mortar. by Renqiang Yang, Zhengjun Guan, Lihua Zhang, Yong Shu

“…The SEM-EDS images revealed that cement mortar containing 1 cm fibers had a substantial presence of tinfoil-like C-S-H (hydrated calcium silicate) and needle-like AFt (ettringite) structures. …”
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Application of expert opinion in investigation and proof of criminal offences against justice by V. V. Grytsenko

“…In addition, it is determined that typical examinations also include handwriting examination, the objects of which are primarily protocols of procedural actions, official documents containing forged signatures or false text. Another typical method used in the investigation of criminal offences against justice is the technical examination of a document, which is aimed at confirming/refuting the fact of its forgery. …”
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CMS systems in rapeseed and their use in the breeding of domestic hybrids by I. N. Anisimova, A. G. Dubovskaya

“…The State Register of the Russian Federation for 2019 contains rapeseed hybrids of only foreign origin. Main achievements in domestic rapeseed hybrid production are highlighted. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Perivascular Adventitial Cells in the Whole Mount Mesenteric Branch Artery Using Immunofluorescent Staining and Scanning Confocal Micro... by Chandra Somasundaram, Rahul K. Nath, Richard D. Bukoski, Debra I. Diz

“…In summary, CGRP, and NCAM-containing neural cells in the perivascular adventitia also express palladin and CaSR, and coexpress Gap-43 which may participate in response to stress/injury and vasodilator mechanisms as part of a perivascular sensory neural network.…”
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Distorting Electrical Power of the Alternating Current in the Simplest Circuit with a Diode by O. V. Bialobrzheskyi, D. Y. Rod`kin

“…For the analysis of processes of formation the components of electrical power, a diagram of the simplest circuit containing a series-connected source of electromotive force, resistors and a diode is considered; also, the circuit was conditionally separated into a source and a consumer. …”
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Genotoxic and antigenotoxic properties of selenium compounds in the in vitro micronucleus assay with human whole blood lymphocytes and tk6 lymphoblastoid cells by Eduard Cemeli, Ricard Marcos, Diana Anderson

“…Only 1 μM selenous acid increased the frequency of binucleated cells containing micronuclei (BNMN) in blood lymphocytes, while all three selenium compounds increased BNMN in TK6 cells. …”
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Issues with the Organic and Elemental Carbon Fractions in Recent U.S. Chemical Speciation Network Data by Philip K. Hopke, Yunle Chen, David Q. Rich, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow

“…The Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) source factor containing the optical pyrolysis correction (OP) typically includes significant contributions to sulfate and/or nitrate. …”
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Modelling the Movement of Concentrate Particles in a Flash Furnace by E. Kolczyk

“…Vortices were formed in the region of the settler tub containing particles to the upper spaces of the reaction shaft. …”
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Phytotoxicity of aluminum ions by O. V. Yakovleva

“…Russia contains the largest areas of soil with excessive acidity in the world. …”
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Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR-II) Antagonist Reduces Body Weight Gain in Mice by Tomoko Asagami, Joseph K. Belanoff, Junya Azuma, Christine M. Blasey, Robin D. Clark, Philip S. Tsao

“…Ten-week-old, male, C57BL/6J mice were fed a diet containing 60% fat calories and water supplemented with 11% sucrose for 4 weeks. …”
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Microstructural analysis and mechanical properties of Ni35Co25.5Al16Fe15.5Cr8 high-entropy alloy in the as-cast and homogenized conditions by A. Pourferiedouni, S.G. Shabestari

“…The as-cast alloy exhibited a dual-phase microstructure, consisting of a primary FCC (face-centered cubic) phase and an interdendritic eutectic region containing both FCC/BCC (body-centered cubic) phases. …”
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An automatic cervical cell classification model based on improved DenseNet121 by Yue Zhang, Chunyu Ning, Wenjing Yang

“…Firstly, the SE module is embedded in DenseNet121 to increase the model’s focus on the nucleus region, which contains important diagnostic information, and reduce the focus on redundant information. …”
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