How Changing Portraits and Opinions of “Pit Bulls” Undermined Breed-Specific Legislation in the United States by Michael Tesler, Mary McThomas

“…Scholars and journalists typically trace the diffusion of breed-specific legislation (BSL) in the U.S. to the surge in negative media portraits of pit bull-type dogs (PBTDs) during the late twentieth century. Yet, while news coverage still portrays these dogs unfavorably, we document a sharp rise in countervailing sources of “pit bull positivity” over the past two decades. …”
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Buryat Language in Multi-Ethnic Buryatia: Functional Distribution, Language Competence, Motivations by G. A. Dyrkheeva, D. D. Badaraev, E. V. Khilkhanova

“…A feature of this survey is a large sample (1289 respondents of Buryat and Russian nationality) and a wide coverage of the problems of the functioning of the Buryat language. …”
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Side effects of the pandemic: impacts on the business interruption insurance market by Izadora de Geus Monteiro Gomes, João Vinícius de França Carvalho

“…Abstract The aim of this article was to analyze the underwriting dynamics and coverage extent in business interruption insurance, investigating the probability updating process during the pandemic. …”
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Characterization of Phytoplankton Composition in Lake Maggiore: Integrated Chemotaxonomy for Enhanced Cyanobacteria Detection by Elisabetta Canuti, Martina Austoni

“…This study focuses on the phytoplankton composition of Lake Maggiore, with a special emphasis on cyanobacteria detection through pigment composition. While microscopy is the standard method for phytoplankton identification, pigment-based methods provide broader spatiotemporal coverage. …”
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Multi-layer frequency selective surface wideband filter with high selectivity operating in L, S, and C bands by Vincenzo Violi, Danilo Brizi, Agostino Monorchio

“…Unlike conventional 2D structures, the proposed multi-layer architecture improves bandwidth and filter selectivity while preserving an easy manufacturing process. The design is carried out by adopting a layer-by-layer equivalent circuit extraction technique that allows accurate impedance tailoring in order to accomplish the desired behavior in the L, S and C bands. …”
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Mutation‐inspired symbolic execution for software testing by Kevin J. Valle‐Gómez, Antonio García‐Domínguez, Pedro Delgado‐Pérez, Inmaculada Medina‐Bulo

“…To reduce these costs, the authors set out a roadmap for more efficient versions of MISE, gaining its advantages while avoiding a large part of its additional costs.…”
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Multi-Objective Optimization-Driven Research on Rural Residential Building Design in Inner Mongolia Region by Dezhi Zou, Cheng Sun, Denghui Gao

“…This study proposes an optimization methodology for rural dwellings in Inner Mongolia, focusing on reducing energy demand while enhancing indoor thermal comfort and daylight performance. …”
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Spatiotemporally Continuous Marine Heatwaves: A Novel Clustering Approach Reveals Increasing Frequency, Duration, Area, Intensity, and Movement Distance by Jie Ren, Chunzai Wang, Yulong Yao

“…Abstract Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are extended periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures that significantly impact marine ecosystems. While most studies concentrate on temporal changes at a single point or spatial changes over a fixed duration, the combined daily progression of these changes in both space and time is still largely unexplored. …”
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Logistic Service Improvement Parameters for Postal Service Providers Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Quality Function Deployment by Nisa James, Anish K. P. Kumar, Robert Jeyakumar Nathan

“…The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) ranked these elements, while Quality Function Deployment (QFD) bridged customer expectations with service improvements. …”
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Slotted ALOHA Based Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) Blockchain Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimization by Ziyi Zhou, Oluwakayode Onireti, Lei Zhang, Muhammad Ali Imran

“…The viable area represents the minimum PBFT coverage area that guarantees the liveness, safety, and resilience of the PBFT protocol while satisfying a predefined end-to-end success probability. …”
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Advancements and Future Directions of Automotive Radar in Autonomous Vehicles by Chen Zhiyuan

“…Millimeter-wave radar (24–77 GHz) provides robust long-range detection (up to 300 meters) and dynamic tracking in adverse weather, while ultrasonic radar enables cost-effective short-range sensing (0.2–5 meters) for parking and low-speed scenarios. …”
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Enhancing Spreading Factor Assignment in LoRaWAN with a Geometric Distribution Approach for Practical Node Distributions by Phanupong Tempiem, Rardchawadee Silapunt

“…The GD algorithm significantly outperformed existing methodologies for both fixed and uniform random node patterns, achieving a 14.3% and 4.8% improvement in DER over the ADR, respectively. While the GD algorithm consistently demonstrated superior DER values across varying coverage areas and payload sizes, it incurred a slight increase in energy consumption due to node allocations to higher SFs. …”
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Synergistic evaluation system of “technology and service” in smart elderly care institutions in China by Xiaoyun Liu, Ka-Yin Chau, Xiaoxiao Liu, Yan Wan

“…Background Smart elderly care faces numerous challenges while aligning with the national strategy of promoting the silver economy. …”
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Insights from initial experience for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with proton therapy by S.Y. Sin, S.N. Chen, Y.L. Soong, H.Q. Tan

“…Each process is crucial to allow the proton beam deposit precise dose in Bragg peak’s region, resulting in optimal planned target volume coverage while allowing maximum sparing of adjacent dose-limiting organs. …”
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Assessing species interactions using integrated predator-prey models by Paquet, Matthieu, Barraquand, Frédéric

“…However, there is no evaluation of such models when interactions are actually absent---while any interaction inference method runs the risk of producing false positives. …”
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Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma on a Pencil Beam Scanning Gantry by Hang Qi, PhD, Lei Hu, PhD, Sheng Huang, PhD, Yen-Po Lee, MS, Qing Chen, MS, Francis Yu, MS, Huifang Zhai, MS, Yunjie Yang, PhD, Minglei Kang, PhD, Peter Park, CMD, Andy Shim, CMD, Xiaoxuan Xu, PhD, David H. Abramson, MD, Jasmine H. Francis, MD, Arpit Chhabra, MD, Charles B. Simone, II, MD, Christopher A. Barker, MD, Haibo Lin, PhD

“…The beam-specific apertures effectively reduced doses to the organs adjacent to the target in the PBS proton treatment while maintaining similar target coverage. This approach offers an opportunity to expand access to ocular proton therapy widely.…”
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Study of the influence of population immunity to tick-borne encephalitis virus on the characteristics of the epidemic process in Russia by Temur K. Muminov, Vladimir A. Gushchin, Vladimir A. Gushchin, Vladimir A. Gushchin, Denis A. Kleymenov, Artem P. Tkachuk, Artem P. Tkachuk, Viktor A. Manuylov, Viktor A. Manuylov, Andrei E. Siniavin, Andrei E. Siniavin, Daria A. Ogarkova, Nadezhda A. Kuznetsova, Vladimir I. Zlobin, Alexander L. Gintsburg, Alexander L. Gintsburg

“…Petersburg and Leningrad Region, vaccination coverage was ranged from 10.4% to 11.3%, while in other regions it was below 6%. …”
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Spatiotemporal assessment of environmental change in Kushtia, Bangladesh (1998–2023) using remote sensing-based environmental indices by Md. Anik Hossain, Md. Rahedul Islam, Tamanna Yesmin, Rabeya Sultana, Md. Kamrul Hossain, Rafiquel Islam

“…The results represent a decline in the highest NDVI value from 0.72 in 1998 to 0.47 in 2023, reflecting an 18.23 % decrease in vegetated area coverage, while water availability (NDWI) and moisture content (NDMI) declined by 57.64 % and 47.01 %, respectively. …”
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Impact of monitor unit optimization in volumetric modulated arc therapy planning for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. by Huaqu Zeng, Zhen Li, Zongyou Chen, Shukui Tang, Qifu Lin, Minzhi Zhong, Zunbei Wen

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>MU optimization in NPC VMAT planning effectively reduces MUs and enhances delivery accuracy (improved gamma passing rates). While target coverage and OAR sparing were generally maintained, higher MUO strengths (e.g., S100) may necessitate careful consideration of dosimetric trade-offs. …”
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The mitigation of spatial constraint in porous environments enhances biofilm phylogenetic and functional diversity by Chengxia Fu, Yichao Wu, Søren J. Sørensen, Ming Zhang, Ke Dai, Chunhui Gao, Chenchen Qu, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai

“…Results Larger pore sizes were found to increase biofilm thickness and roughness while decreasing biofilm coverage over pore spaces. …”
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