Investigation of the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Coal/Biomass Blends for Kinetics Analysis with Sequential Method Implication by SHOAIB Hafiz Muhammad, QURESHI Tayyab, KHAN Ihtisham, MAHMOOD Hamayoun, IQBAL Tanveer

“…The research findings revealed that the addition of rice husk to the blends led to an increase in the activation energy for devolatilization, rising from 22.9 kJ/mol to 45.2 kJ/mol. …”
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Differential expression of plasma proteins and pathway enrichments in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis by Paolo Spagnolo, Enis Cela, Maitray A. Patel, David Tweddell, Mark Daley, Cheril Clarson, Saverio Stranges, Gediminas Cepinskas, Douglas D. Fraser

“…Elevated inflammatory pathways suggest an enhanced inflammatory response, which may contribute to the complications of severe DKA. Additionally, upregulated pathways related to hormone signaling and nitrogen metabolism were identified, consistent with increased hormone release and associated metabolic processes, such as glycogenolysis and lipolysis. …”
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Development of a conceptual model for a gas detonation deminer by Oleksiy Pavlenko, Olga Shypul, Vitalii Myntiuk, Denys Tkachenko, Dmytro Brega, Vadym Garin

“…A three-dimensional model of the main body of the deminer was developed considering its compactness, maintainability, and safety requirements under explosion exposure conditions. …”
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Portfolio assessment in AI-enhanced learning environments: a pathway to emotion regulation, mindfulness, and language learning attitudes by Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh, Alaa Aladini, Sabah Abdulkader Assi, Bemnet Ajanil

“…The study employed pretests and posttests to measure AER and mindfulness levels before and after the intervention. Additionally, an attitude questionnaire was administered to the EG to assess their perceptions of AI-based portfolio assessment. …”
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The sorption of Tebuconazole and Linuron from an Aqueous Environment with a Modified Sludge-Based Biochar: Effect, Mechanisms, and Its Persistent Free Radicals Study by Jingjie Yang, Hongwei Sun, Yucan Liu, Xiaohan Wang, Kamran Valizadeh

“…The g-factors for BC400, BC600, BCF400, and BCF600 were 2.0036, 2.0035, 2.0034, and 2.0033, respectively, indicating that the EPFRs mainly have a carbon-centered structure with adjacent oxygen atoms. In addition, to close to the actual situation, natural water (from YanTai) was collected to simulate pesticide contamination. …”
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Intelligent Electronic Device-in-the-Loop: A Real-Time Simulation as Modern Educational Aid by Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt, LE Nam Hai Pham

“…Furthermore, universities, research institutes, and industry companies can use this aid as an additional training course for their students and employees.…”
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Integrative mindfulness-based infant parenting program: theoretical foundations and a novel intervention protocol by Or Burstein, Zipi Teshale Zevin, Ronny Geva, Ronny Geva

“…These elements are not merely complementary but cardinal in meeting the diverse needs of parents during infancy, both in typical developmental contexts and following preterm birth, where additional stressors are often present. The study delineates the theoretical foundations of this integrative mindfulness-based approach and openly provides a novel comprehensive protocol of an 8-week group intervention program that operationalizes the proposed framework. …”
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Optimizing aerodynamic shape of benchmark problems using an improved Gaussian process regression algorithm by Youtao Xue, Yuxin Yang, Shaobo Yao, Wenwen Zhao, Lihua Chen

“…By using the benchmark two-dimensional Rosenbrock function for comprehensive evaluation, the results show that when optimizing this function, the AKC-GPR model reduces the number of actual function calls by 45%, and the optimization results are closer to the true value. In addition, to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the framework, a benchmark optimization of aerodynamic shape for drag minimization of a RAE2822 wing under transonic viscous flow, proposed by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerodynamic Design Optimization Discussion Group (ADODG), was conducted. …”
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Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts in the manufacturing process of thermoelectric coolers: A life-cycle impact perspective by Hyo Young Kim, Jeong Eun Kim, Daehyun Wee

“…For every 1 MWh of cooling amount, GHG emissions are predicted to decrease from 2.9 kg CO2-eq in 2021 to 1.95 kg CO2-eq in 2030 with a greener energy mix.In addition, generating 2.1 % with green hydrogen would reduce total GHG emissions by 1.7%p more than grey hydrogen generation. …”
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Elevation of Circulating miR-210 Participates in the Occurrence and Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications by Xi Chen, Feng Tian, Zhilian Sun, Guoqing Zeng, Ping Tang

“…Notably, higher miR-210 level was also correlated with abnormal lipid metabolism, disease history, and dietary patterns. In addition, compared with normal cells, high glucose increased the miR-210 level in exosomes from cell culture supernatants as well as cells in HUVEC, VSMC, RAW 264.7, 3 T3-L1, SMC, and Beta-TC-6 cells, while it reduced the expression of ChREBP and HIF-1α. …”
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Bacterial Quality and Molecular Detection of Food Poisoning Virulence Genes Isolated from Nasser Lake Fish, Aswan, Egypt by Nady Khairy Elbarbary, Mohamed K. Dandrawy, Ghada Hadad, Maha Abdelhaseib, Amna A. A. Osman, Rawaf Alenazy, Ibrahim Elbagory, Neveen M. Abdelmotilib, Fagelnour Elnoamany, Ghada A. Ibrahim, Reda A. Gomaa

“…Incidences of bacterial contamination among examined fishes were 28.8%, 20.4%, and 16% for Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, respectively. Additionally, PCR analysis detected the presence of aerA (60%) and Act (40%) genes in A. hydrophila, rpoB (70%) and LasB (30%) genes in P. aeruginosa, and ToxR (70%) and tdh (50%) genes in V. parahaemolyticus. …”
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Sources of Civil and Sports Law as a sub-branch of Civil Law of Ukraine by O. A. Morhunov, I. V. Lysenko, A. M. Lysenko

“…It will also help to eliminate the gaps and contradictions that currently exist in the legal acts regulating the relationship between physical culture and sports. In addition, Civil and Sports Law will meet international standards, the legal status of professional athletes and other subjects of sports legal relations will become more protected, research in the field of Private Law regulation of social relations arising in the field of physical culture and sports will be intensified, it will make it possible to establish the procedure for consideration of disputes between subjects of sports legal relations more transparent.…”
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α-Bisabolol alleviates diesel exhaust particle-induced lung injury and mitochondrial dysfunction by regulating inflammatory, oxidative stress, and apoptotic biomarkers through the... by Sumaya Beegam, Nur Elena Zaaba, Ozaz Elzaki, Abderrahim Nemmar

“…Moreover, BIS mitigated DEP-induced increase in the expression of phospho-c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in a dose-dependent manner.DiscussionBIS markedly alleviated DEP-induced lung injury by regulating the inflammatory, oxidative stress, and apoptotic biomarkers through the JNK signaling pathway. Following additional studies, BIS may be considered as a plausible protective agent against inhaled-particle-induced pulmonary adverse effects.…”
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An integrated corporate governance index for Spain: From construction to construct validity by Paolo Saona, Laura Muro, Erika López-Quesada

“…Methods such as Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for index structure are used to validate the index. In addition, panel data analysis using the GMM method is employed, incorporating a novel measure of firm value that takes into account the replacement cost of assets. …”
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Facies distribution, sequence stratigraphy, and reservoir quality of the Oligo-Miocene carbonate sequences (Asmari formation) in the Dezful embayment, SW Iran by Hamed Sadeqi, Mohsen Aleali, Ali Kadkhodaie, Mehran Arian

“…The distribution and association of recognized microfacies proposed carbonate ramp-type platform deposition for the Asmari Formation. In addition, three third-order depositional sequences (sequences 1, 2, and 3) have been recognized through the Asmari Formation in the Haft-Kel Oil field that is well correlated with sequences IV, V, and VI proposed by van Buchem et al. (2010), respectively. …”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…The present study also aims to evaluate the impact of these treatments on growth parameters under a controlled pot experiment. Additionally, molecular polymorphism induced by both gamma irradiation and drought stress was analyzed using Real-Time quantitative PCR techniques for DREB2, ERF, and EF transcription factors. …”
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Assessment of air pollutants when burning alternative fuels by Olena Levytska, Artem Sikorsky

“…The comparative characteristics of alternative and traditional fuels are relevant due to the exhaustibility of traditional fuels. In addition, the use of waste as an energy resource leads to the abolition or reduction of costs associated with waste management and eliminates the cost of money for the extraction of energy resources. …”
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A feasibility study on using soft insoles for estimating 3D ground reaction forces with incorporated 3D-printed foam-like sensors by Nick Willemstein, Saivimal Sridar, Herman van der Kooij, Ali Sadeghi

“…A subset of this data was used to identify personalized Hammerstein–Wiener (HW) models to estimate the 3D GRFs while the others were used for validation. In addition, the identified HW models showed the best estimation performance (on average root mean squared (RMS) error 9.3%, $ {R}^2 $ =0.85 and mean absolute error (MAE) 7%) of the vertical, mediolateral, and anteroposterior GRFs, thereby showing that these sensors can estimate the resulting 3D force reasonably well. …”
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Transitar desde la Escuela al Mercado Laboral: Un Enfoque Basado En la Educación para el Trabajo by Tania Mateos Blanco

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Genetic diversity of Rhododendron dauricum based on morphological traits and SSR markers by Dan Wang, Ying Ma, Xueli Zhao, Ling Wang

“…Importantly, plants showing extreme variations in flower color and flower number were used to further develop two new cultivars 'Ao Xue' and 'Yanricai', respectively. In addition, nine SSR markers exhibited polymorphism among the 13 populations, and 25 alleles were found. …”
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