Ultrasound-assisted modification of oat protein isolates: Structural and functional enhancements by Hamad Rafique, Pai Peng, Xinzhong Hu, Kanza Saeed, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Waseem Khalid, Sonia Morya, Tawfiq Alsulami, Robert Mugabi, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik

“…Moderate ultrasonic treatment (400 W) promoted protein dissolution, and maintained a good balance between β-sheets (71.04 ± 0.08), α-helix (16.27 ± 0.02) and β-turns (12.68 ± 0.03), exhibiting optimized flexibility and structural integrity. Whereas, higher strength (600 W) significantly destroyed protein structure. …”
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Long-term observations of black carbon and carbon monoxide in the Poker Flat Research Range, central Alaska, with a focus on forest wildfire emissions by T. Kinase, F. Taketani, F. Taketani, M. Takigawa, C. Zhu, Y. Kim, P. Mordovskoi, Y. Kanaya, Y. Kanaya

“…Source estimation by FLEXPART-WRF (Flexible Particle Dispersion–Weather Research and Forecast) confirmed a contribution of boreal forest wildfires in Alaska and western Canada when high BC mass concentrations were observed. …”
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Simulating fluid within elastic pipe(弹性管道约束下的流体仿真) by 杨少娟(YANG Shaojuan), 马龙(MA Long), 杨润泽(YANG Runze), 陈实(CHEN Shi), 周元峰(ZHOU Yuanfeng)

“…A hybrid approach is employed, using particles to simulate fluids, allowing for a more flexible representation of continuously flowing fluids while using triangular meshes to model pipes, enabling the establishment of overall elastic constraints. …”
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A fuzzy logic approach within the DPSIR framework to address the inherent uncertainty and complexity of water security assessments by Liang Yuan, Zhijie Zhou, Weijun He, Xia Wu, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu, Juan Cheng, Lin Chai, Thomas Stephen Ramsey

“…This research underscores the superiority of fuzzy logic in addressing multi-indicator, non-linear, and complex issues. It provides a flexible framework that accommodates the inherent uncertainties and complexities of water security assessments, captures dynamic interactions between various components of water security, and reveals non-linear relationships and threshold effects that conventional methods might overlook.…”
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The impact of the coupling relationship between projectile size and yarn dimension on the ballistic performance of plain weave fabric by Kaiying Wang, Xuan Zhou, Wenke Ren, Yiding Wu, Yilei Yu, Yi Zhou, Lizhi Xu, Guangfa Gao

“…Aramid fibers, due to their relatively high inter-yarn friction, high strength, high modulus, and other characteristics, have become a typical representative of flexible anti-ballistic materials in modern warfare. …”
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Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese or... by Caumette, Cécile, Diatta, Paterne, Piry, Sylvain, Chapuis, Marie-Pierre, Faye, Emile, Sigrist, Fabio, Martin, Olivier, Papaïx, Julien, Brévault, Thierry, Berthier, Karine

“…We then developed a flexible analysis pipeline centred on a recent machine learning algorithm, which allows the combination of gradient boosting and grouped random effects models or Gaussian processes, to hierarchize the effects of multi-scale environmental variables on the onset of annual BD population growth in orchards. …”
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Deep eutectic solvent enhances antibacterial activity of a modular lytic enzyme against Acinetobacter baumannii by Aleksandra Maria Kocot, Tomasz Swebocki, Karolina Ciemińska, Adrianna Łupkowska, Małgorzata Kapusta, Dennis Grimon, Ewa Laskowska, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Rabah Boukherroub, Yves Briers, Magdalena Plotka

“…The bioinformatic analysis allowed us to determine the spatial architecture of MLE-15, whose components were bactericidal peptide cecropin A connected via a flexible linker to the cell wall binding domain (CBD) of mesophilic 201ϕ2 − 1 endolysin and catalytic domain (EAD) of highly thermostable Ph2119 endolysin. …”
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Physicochemical and functional optimization of probiotic yogurt with encapsulated Lacticaseibacillus paracasei E1 enriched with green tea using Box–Behnken design by Muhaimin Rifa'i, Mochammad Fitri Atho'illah, Siti Nur Arifah, Aditya Ragil Suharto, Aghnia Nuri Fadhilla, Nur Alfi Maghfirotus Sa'adah, Esha Ardiansyah, Rahmi Izati, Belinda Nabiila Al Faizah, Dawama Nur Fadlilah, Septhyanti Aprilia Kavitarna, Shinta Oktya Wardhani, Wisnu Barlianto, Hideo Tsuboi, Yoga Dwi Jatmiko

“…Green tea (GT) has many positive impacts on health and greater flexibility when mixed in various systems without losing its antioxidant properties. …”
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Diseño y manufactura de carrocería de vehículo eléctrico con paneles solares para uso urbano by Abisai Jaime Reséndiz Barrón, Miguel Aarón Ramos Pérez, Alejandro Salas Flores, Francisco Javier García Rodriguez

“…Se estima el área irradiada por el sol, con la finalidad de colocar paneles solares flexibles sobre el capó y el toldo del VE, y conocer su contribución a la autonomía energética del VE. …”
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Advancing life cycle assessment of bioenergy crops with global land use models by Anders Arvesen, Florian Humpenöder, Tomás Navarrete Gutierrez, Thomas Gibon, Paul Baustert, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Konstantin Stadler, Cristina-Maria Iordan, Gunnar Luderer, Alexander Popp, Francesco Cherubini

“…The approach involves methodological choices connected to time horizons, scenarios of GHG prices and socioeconomic pathways, and flexible data transfer between models. Land-use change emissions are treated as totals, avoiding uncertain separation into direct and indirect emissions. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by Ashley E. Mason, Anoushka Chowdhary, Wendy Hartogensis, Chelsea J. Siwik, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Leena S. Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Claudine Anglo, Patricia J. Moran, J. Craig Nelson, Christopher A. Lowry, Rhonda P. Patrick, Charles L. Raison, Frederick M. Hecht

“…Pre-post intervention improvements in negative automatic thinking, but not cognitive flexibility, achieved statistical significance. Improved mood from pre-post the initial WBH session predicted pre-post treatment BDI-II change (36.2%; rho = 0.60, p = 0.038); mood changes pre-post the first CBT session did not.Limitations Small sample size and single-arm design limit generalizability.Conclusion An integrated mind-body intervention comprising weekly CBT sessions and bi-weekly WBH sessions was feasible. …”
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A self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine elicits effective neutralizing antibody response against EBV infection by Ping Li, Ping Li, Ziyi Jiang, Jingjing Shi, Haochuan Sha, Zihang Yu, Yan Zhao, Sanyang Han, Lan Ma, Lan Ma, Lan Ma

“…These epitope peptides detected a binding capability with host cells were then fused by flexibility linkers and expressed in Escherichia coli to reduce the unnecessary glycan modifications to simulate their free-glycan status. …”
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Optimizing Energy and Spectral Efficiency in Mobile Networks: A Comprehensive Energy Sustainability Framework for Network Operators by Luis Mata, Marco Sousa, Pedro Vieira, Maria Paula Queluz, Antonio Rodrigues

“…The framework can be flexibly applied at the location (site), BS (cell), or equipment type (hardware) levels. …”
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Transitioning to residency: a qualitative study exploring residents’ perspectives on strategies for adapting to residency by Gerbrich Galema, Jasperina Brouwer, Tineke Bouwkamp-Timmer, Debbie A. D. C. Jaarsma, Götz J. K. G. Wietasch, Robbert R. J. Duvivier

“…Fixed-variable: whether the residency program followed a fixed timeline or a flexible structure. Serial-disjunctive whether role models or experienced professionals were available for guidance or not. …”
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Housing Price Forecasting Using AI (LSTM) by Hossein Ziyadi, Erfan Salavati, Mohammad Mahdi Lotfi Heravi

“…The main goal of this paper is to build an Artificial Intelligence model with the most flexibility in the input part for the data type heterogeneity and the lowest error in the output part as the predicted price. …”
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Calidad nutritiva de láminas de dos cultivares de festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) by J.R. INSUA, M.G. AGNUSDEI, O.N. DI MARCO

“…Se evaluó la calidad nutritiva de dos cultivares de festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) durante un rebrote estival (temperatura media: 21±2.8 °C), en relación a la morfogénesis de dos cultivares (Tradicional: El Palenque PlusINTA y Hojas flexibles: Grasslands AdvanceGentos). El diseño fue completamente aleatorizado (n=3) en 250 macetas/cultivar al aire libre, sin limitantes hídricas ni de N y P. …”
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Co-Design of an Escape Room for e-Mental Health Training of Mental Health Care Professionals: Research Through Design Study by Joyce J P A Bierbooms, Wouter R J W Sluis-Thiescheffer, Milou Anne Feijt, Inge M B Bongers

“…Attention should be paid to the game’s complexity, credibility, and flexibility. This is important for the usefulness of the escape room in clinical practice, which was rated an average of 3.8 (SD 0.77) on a 5-point scale. …”
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Throughout Maximization for IRS-Assisted WPCN With Hybrid TDMA-NOMA Scheme by Yizheng Ma, Ruoyi Wu, Yi Zhang, Yupeng Shang, Linzhen Zhu

“…The gathered energy is then utilized by these devices to convey data information to an access point (AP) by employing the TDMA protocol with flexible time slots at the uplink wireless information transfer (WIT) stage. …”
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Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students by Matthew Allan Jones, Pika Miklavc, MaryAnne Stewart

“…Pre (n = 46) and Post-analysis (n = 35) revealed significant enhancement of students international education knowledge, international medical practice knowledge, cultural intelligence, social initiative, emotional stability, and work-based flexibility (P < 0.05). Further analysis based on participants international institution revealed significant differences in responses between the two participating cohorts, namely questions relating to cultural intelligence and their confidence of working with cultures unfamiliar to themselves.We are the first to report that implementation of laboratory-based COIL opportunities have significant potential in enhancing students' international, cultural and transferable competencies within laboratory and health education. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity: a qualitative study in the UK by Carmen Soto, Jessica Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Crampton, Paul Alexander Tiffin, Gabrielle M Finn, Amelia Kehoe, Ellie Taylor, John AG Buchanan, Abisola Olatokunbo Balogun

“…Our study elucidates the direct and systemic discrimination that creates barriers to women’s career trajectories in clinical academia. A flexible, strategic response that supports clinical academics in resuming their training and research is required. …”
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