How do monomorphic bacteria evolve? The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and the awkward population genetics of extreme clonality by Stritt, Christoph, Gagneux, Sebastien

“…A question mark remains behind various quantities of applied and theoretical interest, including mutation rates, the interpretation of nonsynonymous polymorphisms, or the role of genetic bottlenecks. Looking ahead, we discuss how new tools for evolutionary simulations, going beyond the traditional Wright-Fisher framework, promise a more rigorous treatment of basic evolutionary processes in clonal bacteria. …”
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Path-Following Control of Wheeled Planetary Exploration Robots Moving on Deformable Rough Terrain by Liang Ding, Hai-bo Gao, Zong-quan Deng, Zhijun Li, Ke-rui Xia, Guang-ren Duan

“…An approach is proposed in which the reference path is generated according to the planned path by combining look-ahead distance and path updating distance on the basis of the carrot following method. …”
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COVID-19: Understanding the New Variants of Concern by Ke-Yan Loo, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Despite continuous efforts to prevent the spread of the virus, the virus seemed always to be a step ahead of humankind as it rapidly evolved to produce new variants. …”
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Enhanced Fatigue Strength of Commercially Pure Ti Processed by Rotary Swaging by Hasan ALkhazraji, Ehab El-Danaf, Manfred Wollmann, Lothar Wagner

“…The effect of refining grain size on fatigue crack growth is to increase the number of microstructural barriers to the advancing crack and to reduce the slip length ahead of the crack tip, and thereby lower the crack growth rate. …”
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History of Military Academies in Indonesia by Nina Herlina

“…During the Dutch East Indies era, officer training took place at the Military Academy in Breda. Following World War II, a new Military Academy was established in Bandung in 1940. …”
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Detection of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Using Android-Based Application (Design of DERI PTM Application) by Feranita Utama, Windi Indah Fajar Ningsih, Widya Lionita

“…A needs analysis was performed by conducting in-depth interviews with five students, three lecturers, three employees, a leadership of faculty, and ahead of the university's healthy campus program. …”
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Deep Convolutional Network Based Machine Intelligence Model for Satellite Cloud Image Classification by Kalyan Kumar Jena, Sourav Kumar Bhoi, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Ranjit Panigrahi, Akash Kumar Bhoi

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A Critical Tiriti Analysis of the Treaty Statement From a University in Aotearoa New Zealand by Logan Hamley, Kyle Tan, Waikaremoana Waitoki, Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai

“…The University of Waikato progresses ahead of other universities in its attempt to fulfil Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitment through the introduction of the Treaty Statement. …”
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Investigation of Rock Failure Pattern in Creep by Digital Speckle Correlation Method by Yunliang Tan, Yanchun Yin, Tongbin Zhao

“…The investigations showed that for a uniaxial compressive specimen, when load arrived at 0.5σc, displacement clusters orderly formed, which was ahead of the macrocreep strain occurring in a slight jump mode when load arrived at 0.7σc. …”
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Human Rights and Democracy: Can the President's Constitutional Disobedience Be Used as Grounds for Impeachment? by Syofina Dwi Putri Aritonang, Muchamad Ali Safa'at, Riana Susmayanti

“…Nevertheless, the President went ahead and issued Presidential Regulation Number 113 of 2021, which constitutes a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the 1945 Constitution. …”
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Distributed Energy Management of the Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources Based on ADMM by Yaling Chen, Luxi Hao, Gaowen Yin

“…., AC subgrid and DC subgrid, to make day-ahead schedules independently with information exchanges while obtaining the optimal energy management solution. …”
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Using machine learning to forecast peak health care service demand in real-time during the 2022-23 winter season: A pilot in England, UK. by Roger A Morbey, Dan Todkill, Phil Moura, Liam Tollinton, Andre Charlett, Conall Watson, Alex J Elliot

“…We utilised machine learning techniques to train and select models that would best forecast the timing and intensity of peaks up to 28 days ahead. Forecast uncertainty was modelled usings a novel generalised additive model for location, scale and shape (gamlss) approach which enabled prediction intervals to vary according to the level of the forecast activity. …”
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Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes: Translating Basic Research into Clinical Application by Matthias S. Klein, Jane Shearer

“…Despite large variations in predictive biomarkers, many studies have replicated elevated plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids and their derivatives, aromatic amino acids and α-hydroxybutyrate ahead of T2D manifestation. In contrast, glycine levels and lysophosphatidylcholine C18:2 are depressed in both predictive studies and with overt disease. …”
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THEOLOGY, INSECURITY AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD by U.N DURUJI

“…It begins by clarification of key concepts used in the study. It then goes ahead to briefly survey the problem of insecurity in Nigeria; Nigeria’s national integration travail, the place of theology in finding solution to the problem of insecurity in Nigeria, and theology and national integration in Nigeria.’ …”
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Peter I and the Birth of the Russian Empire: Political Leadership and Military Successes in Comparative Perspective by A. Dimitrov, G, Durev

“…After the Peace of Nystad, the geopolitical interests of the Tsardom were finally met, with the territorial dominium of the Empire being outlined for a century ahead.Furthermore, the territorial expansion was accompanied by the exercise of the “imperium” as a political authority exclusive to the Russian monarchs. …”
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Changes in Intraocular Straylight and Visual Acuity with Age in Cataracts of Different Morphologies by Sonia Gholami, Nicolaas J. Reus, Thomas J. T. P. van den Berg

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IGDT-Based Robust Operation of Thermal and Electricity Energy-Based Microgrid with Distributed Sources, Storages, and Responsive Loads by Mehdi Sarlak, Abouzar Samimi, Mehdi Nikzad, Amir Hossein Salemi

“…In this paper, the optimal operation of microgrids (MGs) with thermal blocks, distributed generations (DGs), storage systems, and responsive loads is presented to achieve optimal scheduling of active, reactive, and thermal power of the mentioned elements in the day-ahead (DA) reactive power and energy market environment. …”
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Bridging the gap: inclusive practitioners in the third space and the embedding of universal design by Thomas O Shaughnessy, Tracy McAvinue

“…Drawing on key research on the third space including Whitchurch (2008), McIntosh and Nutt (2022), Veles and Carter (2016), and higher education research and data from the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA), this piece establishes the current challenges for embedding inclusive practice in higher education in Ireland. …”
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Single stage auction clearing model for electricity market considering congestion by R.R. Lekshmi, S. Balamurugan

“…This article suggests a single step solution to clear the day ahead electricity market while managing congestion in transmission line. …”
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A Safe and Secured Medical Textual Information Using an Improved LSB Image Steganography by Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun, Oluwakemi Christiana Abikoye

“…With the exponential growth of multimedia technologies and connected networks, modern healthcare is a huge step ahead. Authentication of a diagnostic image obtained from a specialist at a remote location which is from the sender is one of the most challenging tasks in an automated healthcare setup. …”
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