Past and present foodscapes of a traditional fermented milk, mabisi, in three Zambian regions. by Taonga Chirwa-Moonga, Elise F Talsma, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Bas J Zwaan, Sijmen E Schoustra, Wilfred Dolfsma

“…Traditional food production practices were replaced by modern food production techniques, shifting from the use of traditional calabashes for mabisi production to plastic containers. Access to healthy indigenous foods has also diminished and because of urbanization and environmental degradation, wild roots, fruits, bushmeat and vegetables were no longer as readily available as before. …”
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Enhancement effect of urea toward electroporation-mediated plasmid transfection efficiency in the HEK-293 cell line by Mahshid Mowla, Gilar Gorji-Bahri, Hamid Reza Moghimi, Atieh Hashemi

“…The electroporation buffer containing 0.5% W/V urea showed the highest EGFP expression (23.3 ± 0.3%) and high cell viability (over 90%). …”
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Texture and Microstructure of Thermally-Treated Acid-Leached Kaolinitic Clays by Mervat Hassan, Hassan El-Shall

“…Disordered, poorly crystalline kaolinite, containing some quartz and very little mica, was calcined at different temperatures and different times and then leached with 25 wt% sulphuric acid for 1 h at 98 °C. …”
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High tackle headache: implications of referee agreement for tackle height law change by Carly D McKay, Ash Kolstad, Stephen W West, Ruth Leese, Ricardo T Sant'Anna

“…For high tackles, 83% of participants agreed on the danger level, 57% on the contact location and 71% on the presence of mitigating factors. …”
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A Systematic Pan-Cancer Analysis of YY1 Aberrations and their Relationship with Clinical Outcome, Tumor Microenvironment, and Therapeutic Targets by Xinghao Fu, Feihong Ji, Qi He, Xinguang Qiu

“…We first explored the potential carcinogenic effect of YY1 in 33 cancers using the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) project and gene expression omnibus (GEO) datasets in this research. Then, we contained a variety of elements, for instance, gene expression, the state of survival, gene alterations, protein phosphorylation, immune infiltration, and related cellular pathways, and used a series of bioinformatics methods to investigate the underlying molecular mechanism of YY1 in the etiology or clinical prognosis of various malignancies. …”
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ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY by V.V. Gordienko, V.M. Tarasov

“…The article contains the results of the study of the Kursk magnetic anomaly, which has attracted the attention of many geophysicists for decades, including in the form of field disturbances recorded by the equipment of artificial Earth satellites. …”
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XAI-Enhanced Machine Learning for Obesity Risk Classification: A Stacking Approach With LIME Explanations by Mohammad Azad, Md Faraz Kabir Khan, Sameh Abd El-Ghany

“…We utilize the publicly available dataset from Palechor and Manotas available in the UCI ML repository which contains relevant information on individuals’ physical characteristics and behaviors. …”
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Optimization and modeling of sulfur removal from liquid fuel using carbon-based adsorbents through synergistic application of RSM and machine learning by Karim Maghfour Sarkarabad, Mohsen Shayanmehr, Ahad Ghaemi

“…The optimal MLP configuration, utilizing the Levenberg–Marquardt (Trainlm) algorithm, consisted of three hidden layers with 20, 17, and 9 neurons, respectively, while the optimal RBF network contained 43 neurons. The MLP network’s determination coefficient (R2) was 0.98 over 30 epochs, and its mean squared error (MSE) was 0.0028. …”
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Combination of dapagliflozin and pioglitazone lacks superiority against monotherapy in streptozotocin-induced nephropathy by Aneta Cinakova, Diana Vavrincova-Yaghi, Peter Krenek, Jan Klimas, Eva Kralova

“…The rats received daily chow containing dapagliflozin (10 mg/kg), pioglitazone (12 mg/kg) or their combination. …”
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Deep Transfer Learning for Lip Reading Based on NASNetMobile Pretrained Model in Wild Dataset by Ashwaq Waleed Abdul Ameer, Pedram Salehpour, Mohammad Asadpour

“…The performance of NASNetMobile is evaluated using several key metrics. The model contains 4,680,739 parameters. It achieves an accuracy of 0.4840, an F1 score of 0.4850, and a weighted F1 score of 0.4850. …”
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Evaluation of Type III Adhesive Mortar (ACIII) and Gypsum as Precipitating Agents of Copper and Lead by Jefferson Luiz Alves Marinho, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato Pereira Teixeira, Jorge Marcell Coelho Menezes, Francisco José de Paula Filho, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha

“…Experiments using ACIII mortar waste as a precipitating agent for Cu ions were obtained using a glass filter composed of 04 chambers and 04 antechambers, while the potential of gypsum as a Pb ion precipitant was evaluated by adding gypsum powder to a beaker containing a Pb ions solution. The toxicity of the precipitation products was evaluated by observing the mortality and negative geotaxis parameters on D. melanogaster. …”
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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY ON TRAFFICKERS by Paul Nwala

“…In conclusion, domestic legislation on Human Trafficking does not need to follow the language of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol precisely, but should be adapted in accordance with domestic legal systems to give effect to the concepts contained in the Protocol. …”
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Phytoconstituent analysis, bioactivity, and safety evaluation of various colors of Chrysanthemum morifolium flower extracts for cosmetic application by Angsana Neatpatiparn, Varaporn Buraphacheep Junyaprasert, Krit Thirapanmethee, Veerawat Teeranachaideekul

“…High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis indicated that the purple extract had the highest concentration of luteolin (0.2403% w/w, p < 0.05), while the yellow extract contained the highest levels of chlorogenic acid (0.4320% w/w, p < 0.05) and caffeic acid (0.0289% w/w, p < 0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Pesticide Use in Greenhouse Tomato Production in the Context of Sustainability, Food Safety and Export Residue Notifications by Hasan Yılmaz, Merve Mürüvvet Dağ

“…The increasing number of pesticide residue notifications from European Union countries in recent years serves as a warning for Turkish farmers. …”
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Crane Lifting Optimization and Construction Monitoring in Steel Bridge Construction Project Based on BIM and UAV by Jiahao Tian, Sang Luo, Xinming Wang, Jing Hu, Jun Yin

“…Then, a fusion model which contains the lifting modules models, the as-is site model, and the crane model was gathered, based on which the collision detection was conducted by 4D crane operating path simulation. …”
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GROWTH PERFORMANCE, RUMEN FERMENTATION, AND NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY OF AWASSI LAMBS FED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ORGANIC COPPER IN A BASAL DIET by A. H. Abdan, O. A. Saeed

“…The findings suggest that an Awassi lamb diet containing more than 0.5 g/kg copper feed over 90 days did not cause copper toxicity, improved rumen fermentation, and reduced methane emissions from the animals…”
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Machine Learning-based Disease Classification in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Plants by Md Towfiqur Rahman, Sudipto Dhar Dipto, Israt Jahan June, Abdul Momin, Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun

“…Therefore, an image processing technique and machine learning algorithms were used for rapid and robust detection of diseases in tomato plant leaves, aiming to streamline the detection process for chemical application responses. A dataset containing 250 images of tomato plant leaves were captured under varying light intensities, eye-level angles, and distances. …”
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Computer Simulation on Analgesic Functional Chemome Characteristics of <italic>Radix Saposhnikoviae</italic> by Chunsong ZHENG, Xiaojie XU, Hongzhi YE, Jinxia YE, Guangwen WU, Xianxiang LIU

“…The analgesic functional chemome characteristics of RS were dissected by comparing the chemical space and compound-target network characteristics of the RS analgesic functional chemome to those of drug/drug-like molecules.Results:49 compounds, which mainly contained glycosides, flavonoids, coumarins, organic acids, etc., composed pharmacodynamic material basis of RS. …”
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THE SOCIAL THEORY OF MAX WEBER IN CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATIONS by Zenonas Norkus

“…In all interpretations abovementioned Weber is conceived as a macrosociological theorist whose substantive work stands in tension with his methodological and programmatic texts containing the concept of interpretative sociology, the outline of action theory and avocacy of the methodological individualism. …”
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A primary school-based dengue solution model for post-COVID-19 in southern Thailand: Students understanding of the dengue solution and larval indices surveillance system. by Jiraporn Jaroenpool, Sarunya Maneerattanasak, Femi Adesina, Atchara Phumee, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Chumpon Ponprasert, Yingqin Zheng, Shamarina Shohaimi, Truong Thanh Nam, Temesgen Anjulo Ageru, Amin Nordin Syafinaz, Charuai Suwanbamrung

“…Based on the thematic analysis, it was determined that the students had learned about dengue fever transmission, dengue mosquitoes, container index calculation, dengue symptoms, and how to prevent dengue mosquitoes, among other topics. …”
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