Staphylococcus Derived from Desert and Its Solidified Ability on Aeolian Sandy Soil by Yu Gao, De Yao, Cuiyan Wang, Yanxing Wang, Chi Li

“…Field test results verified desert autogenous Staphylococcus had a good mineralization effect on sand. It was suitable for Aeolian sandy soil crust and improvement. …”
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The second International Symposium on Networked Learner Support by Sarah Ashton

“…It aimed to offer an opportunity for those involved in creating networked learning resources and developing on-line information support strategies to share experience and ideas, and to contribute to developing good practice in this new area of activity…”
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A Novel Audio Cryptosystem Using Chaotic Maps and DNA Encoding by S. J. Sheela, K. V. Suresh, Deepaknath Tandur

“…Chaotic maps have good potential in security applications due to their inherent characteristics relevant to cryptography. …”
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Development of Polymethylmethacrylate Based Composite for Gas Sensing Application by S. Devikala, P. Kamaraj

“…In the present work, a new composite has been prepared by using PMMA and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP). …”
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Design of Omnidirectional Vehicles Based on the Nested Structure by Wang Weidong, Wang Xue, Shi Zhixiao, Wang Yabin

“…The results show that the omnidirectional vehicle based on the nested structure has good mechanical performance, and can realize trajectory motion with good robustness and high precision.…”
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Study of Manufacturing Process of Holes in Aeroengine Heat Shield by Anyuan Jiao, Weijun Liu

“…The nickel-based superalloy GH3128 with high plasticity, high long-lasting creep strength, good resistance to oxidation and stamping, and good welding performance is widely used in aircraft engine heat shields. …”
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Digital watermarking algorithm in SWT domain based on robust local feature by Panpan NIU, Siyu YANG, Li WANG, Hongying YANG, Li LI, Xiangyang WANG

“…Aiming at the challenging work to design a robust digital audio watermarking algorithm against desynchronization attacks,a new second generation digital audio watermarking in stationary wavelet transform (SWT) domain based on robust local audio feature was proposed.First,the first-order smooth gradient response of the low-pass sub-band coefficient was calculated using Gaussian filter.Then,the short-term energy was utilized to adaptively determine local feature audio segments for embedding.Finally,the watermark information was embedded into local feature audio segments with spread transform dither modulation.The experimental results show that the proposed approach has not only good transparency,but also has strong robustness against common audio processing such as MP3 compression and good robustness against the desynchronization attacks such as pitch-scale modification et al.A SWT domain audio feature point extraction method based on smooth gradient is proposed,which effectively solves the drawbacks of poor stability and uneven distribution of audio feature points,and improves the resistance of digital audio watermarks to amplitude-scale modification,pitch-scale modification,random cropping,and jittering attacks.…”
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Elegance as Complexity Reduction in Systems Design by Luca Iandoli, Letizia Piantedosi, Alejandro Salado, Giuseppe Zollo

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Experimental Study on Seismic Performance of Prefabricated Frame Column Joints with a High Axial Compression Ratio by Y. L. Wang, X. Y. Wu, B. B. Li

“…A new type of an assembled monolithic concrete column encased by partial outsourcing steel was proposed, and the seismic performance was proposed. …”
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Policies Affecting the Efficiency of Beef Production in Alberta: A Supply Chain Analysis by Derek Brewin

“…Free trade is the basis of good agriculture policy and any move towards protectionist policies and higher tariffs is the biggest threat for new costs in the supply chain. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physiotherapists in COVID-19 ICUs: A National Survey by Nikitha Suresh Babu, Vijay Pratap Singh, K. Shyam Krishnan, Dattatray Prabhu

“…This study aimed to assess physiotherapists’ knowledge of COVID-19 guidelines, their attitude toward this new evolving field, and their practice routines in India’s COVID-19 ICUs. …”
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Employing Polymer and Gel to Fabricate Scaffold-like Cancellous Orthopedic Screw: Polycaprolactone/Chitosan/Hydroxyapatite by AmirHossein Badami, Javad Esmaeili, Hasan Mirtalaie

“…The results also showed good in vivo biocompatibility. To sum up, fabricated scaffold-like screws with gel content can be a good candidate for cancellous-bone-based orthopedic purposes. …”
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Reflecting trends of the contemporary academic landscape in the context of Higher Education 4.0 by Nilüfer Ülker

“…The findings indicate that female academics and academics actively involved in EUA activities demonstrate higher awareness of good practice indicators in the scope of HE4.0. Being actively involved in EUAs to mainstream good academic practice across higher education institutions will contribute to keeping up with the rapidly changing academic landscape in the 4th industrial era.…”
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Crushed Capsicum chacoense Hunz Fruits: A Food Native Resource of Paraguay with Antioxidant and Anthelmintic Activity by Eva Coronel, Laura Mereles, Silvia Caballero, Nelson Alvarenga

“…A rich composition of TPC (517.26-543.32 mg GAE/100 g sample), total carotenoids (125.72-239.57 mg/kg), β-carotene (3.29-5.60 mg/kg), and good TAC was observed (154-158 mM TEAC/g SMTC). The methanolic extracts at the doses tested (2.5 to 40 mg/mL) showed good anthelmintic activity. …”
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Oral health-related knowledge, attitude and practices among nurses: a hospital-based questionnaire survey from a tertiary healthcare setting in Faridabad, India by Manu Raj, Sakshi Sharma, Megha Jain, Shilpa Khullar Sood

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Efficacy of Odontoid Screws in Acute Type II Odontoid Fractures by Mohamed AR AbdelFatah *, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Sameh Hefny

“…The odontoid processes were in good alignment in all cases. There were no broken screws. …”
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Synthesis of Substituted Thioureas and Their Sulfur Heterocyclic Systems of p-Amino Salicylic Acid as Antimycobacterial Agents by Mohammed Saleh I. T. Makki, Reda M. Abdel-Rahman, Hassan M. Faidallah, Khalid Ali Khan

“…The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were substantiated with IR, H1, and C13 NMR spectral data and elementary microanalyses. …”
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Teen Birth Rates Decline by Suzanna Smith

“…This drop began in 1991 and has receded steadily so that it is now one-third lower than the 1991 peak. The other good news is that it continues to fall.” This 2-page Family Album Radio transcript was written by Suzanna Smith and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, July 2012. …”
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Performance of the modified 2022 ACR/EULAR giant cell arteritis classification criteria without age restriction for discriminating from Takayasu arteritis by Takahiko Sugihara, Masayoshi Harigai, Haruhito A. Uchida, Hajime Yoshifuji, Yasuhiro Maejima, Jun Ishizaki, Yoshiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Dobashi, Yoshinori Komagata, Naoto Tamura, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis (JPVAS)

“…The discriminability of the criteria was evaluated using C-statistic (> 0.7: good ability). Results Newly diagnosed patients with GCA (n = 139) and TAK (n = 129) were assessed, and 23.3% of TAK were aged 50 years or older at onset. …”
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Starch can expedite the screening for bacterial aflatoxin degraders by Natalie Sandlin, Babak Momeni

“…We thus propose that using starch as the carbon source is a promising means to identify new AF degraders in the environment.…”
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