Characterization of volatile organic compounds in wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.) from central and northern China based on comprehensive GC × GC-TOFMS and chemometrics by Shasha Qi, Chengjie Hou, Honglei Tian, Ping Zhan, Bin Qiu

“…In this study, 116 VOCs were identified in thyme samples from four main Chinese production regions by two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-TOFMS). …”
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Machine learning models and dimensionality reduction for improving the Android malware detection by Pablo Morán, Antonio Robles-Gómez, Andres Duque, Llanos Tobarra, Rafael Pastor-Vargas

“…They can detect an average of 91.72% malware samples, with a very low false positive rate of 0.13%, and using only 5,000 features. …”
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Reducing Uncertainties in Carbonate Clumped Isotope Analysis Through Consistent Carbonate‐Based Standardization by Stefano M. Bernasconi, Inigo A. Müller, Kristin D. Bergmann, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Alvaro Fernandez, David A. Hodell, Madalina Jaggi, Anna Nele Meckler, Isabel Millan, Martin Ziegler

“…Major factors limiting the application of this method are the very high analytical precision required for meaningful interpretations, the relatively complex sample preparation procedures, and the mass spectrometric corrections needed. …”
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The impact of smartphone advergames characteristics on purchasing intentions: the mediating role of game involvement by Rana K. Al-Soluiman, Abdallah Q. Bataineh, Sameer M. Al-Jabaly, Hanadi A. Salhab

“…To achieve this aim, the researchers developed a model based on literature reviews and previous studies; a self-administrated questionnaire was designed and distributed over a convenience sample. The researchers used a quantitative method and a descriptive-analytical approach; the study sample consisted of 600 consumers, and 519 questionnaires were returned with an 86.5% response rate. …”
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Wide Binaries from GAIA DR3 : testing GR vs MOND with realistic triple modelling by Charalambos Pittordis, Will Sutherland, Paul Shepherd

“…We provide an updated test for modifications of gravity from a sample of wide-binary stars from Gaia DR3, and their sky-projected relative velocities. …”
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Expositor interativo para a comunicação de amostras geológicas do MM Gerdau – Museu das Minas e do Metal by Roberto Vaz, Rui Raposo, Mário Vairinhos

“…This article focuses on the design and evaluation of a displayer prototype, based on tangible user interfaces, created to explore four geological samples from the collection of MM Gerdau – Museu das Minas e do Metal, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil). …”
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Contributions of Rashid Memorial Welfare Organization in Education Sector: A Comparative Study by Ayesha Nazuk

“…For this purpose, teachers and students have been sampled from three schools within Rashidabad and four public schools outside Rashidabad to judge the quality of education at the surveyed schools. …”
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“Green gold” - “Divine gift” – “The definition of family”: Perceptions and attitudes of domestic olive tourism visitors regarding the olive heritage in Greece by Maria Kouri, Marios Kondakis

“…Qualitative interviews were conducted with a random sample of 55 predominantly domestic OT visitors from February to April 2023, as part of the Olive4All European project. …”
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Transitive Business Model of Management in Central Europe – Torn between East and West by Artur K. Modliński

“…Qualitative research on a sample of Polish, German and Ukrainian companies combined with secondary data. …”
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The backpackers' “round the world” trip, standardised journey? by Brenda Le Bigot

“…Planning still appears to be hardly framed by commercial offers, and depends largely on the individual project of the backpacker on a “round the world” trip, which we particularly interpret here according to the relation to work. …”
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Locating the university lecture as a contemporary educational practice by Crook Charles

“…Yet it remains resilient in the face of such scepticism. However, the project reported here finds that a sample of experienced lecturers fail to recognise the terms of this critique in their own practice. …”
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Analysis of business process maturity and organisational performance relations by Kalinowski T. Bartosz

“…This publication is part of a project funded by the National Science Centre awarded by decision number DEC-2011/01/D/HS4/04070.…”
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Lacto-corder - a new measurement device for cow milk productivity control by Pero Mijić, Ivan Knežević

“…The Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek has been started a scientific – investigation project aimin at study milking traits and their correlation with cows udder health.…”
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Untangling Magellanic Streams by Dennis Zaritsky, Vedant Chandra, Charlie Conroy, Ana Bonaca, Phillip A. Cargile, Rohan P. Naidu

“…The Magellanic Stream (MS) is known to contain multiple H<small>I</small> strands and corresponding stellar populations are being discovered. Combining a sample of 17 stars from the H3 (“Hectochelle in the Halo at High Resolution”) survey with 891 stars drawn from the <em>Gaia</em> DR3 catalog, we trace stars along a sub-dominant strand of the MS, as defined by gas content, across 30${\mathstrut}^\circ$ on the sky. …”
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CBR MATRIX AND PERCEIVED TRAINING NEEDS OF CBR WORKERS: A MULTI-COUNTRY STUDY by Sunil Deepak

“…<p>CBR Matrix, proposed in the CBR Guidelines, provides a systematic framework for organising and analysing CBR activities. A sample of experienced CBR workers, active at community level in 7 countries , were asked for information about different activities they actually carry out, so as to understand the applicability of CBR Matrix framework in the field. …”
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Actions of health education in control of overweight and obesity in the Workplace by Érica Rodrigues D'alencar, Marta Maria Rodrigues Lima, Paulo Marconi Linhares Mendonça, Ires Lopes Custódio, Barbara Pereira D'alencar, Francisca Elisângela Teixeira Lima

“…It was a descriptive, quantitative study, with the population of 1290 and the sample of 119 workers who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Participative research for individualised care in cardiovascular diseases (PRIC-CVD): study protocol for a non-interventional, multicentre mixed-methods study as part of iCARE4CVD by Bianca Steiner, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Loreena Hill, Bettina Zippel-Schultz, Julia Brandts, Matthew Barrett, Thomas Maria Helms, Sabine Friedl, Marlo Verket, Karolien Baldewijns, Marguerite Murphy, Anne McNulty, Markus Schwertfeger, Iñaki Romero

“…Participatory health research, which actively involves patients in the planning, implementation and evaluation of projects, plays a crucial role here. However, patient participation is often unsuccessful due to the lack of a representative patient sample who is involved throughout the project’s duration, has knowledge of the project and can contribute their experience.Methods and analysis Participative Research for Individualised Care in Cardiovascular Diseases is a non-interventional, non-randomised, multicentre mixed-methods study. …”
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Whole Genome Shotgun Sequencing-Based Insights into the Benzene and Xylene Degrading Potentials of Bacteria by MUCCEE FATIMA, MOHIUDDIN FARHAN, SHAHAB AANSA, ALMAJWAL ALI, AFSAR TAYYABA, AMOR HOUDA, RAZAK SUHAIL

“…Taxonomic profiling revealed that the sample was composed of phyla Proteobacteria (76%), Firmicutes (16%) and unclassified phyla (8%). …”
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Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Downstream effects on maternal and infant health (CUPiD): a protocol for a birth cohort pilot study by Mark C Walker, Darine El-Chaâr, Daniel J Corsi, Malia S Q Murphy, Ruth Rennicks White, Serine Ramlawi, Alysha L J Dingwall-Harvey, Laura M Gaudet, Amy McGee, Amanda DeGrace, Christina Cantin

“…Participants will provide demographic and socioeconomic data, report their cannabis use patterns, and provide biological samples. Biological samples include maternal and infant urine and blood, breastmilk/chestmilk, cord blood, cord tissue, placenta and meconium. …”
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A First Taste of MEAD (Measuring Extinction and Abundances of Dust). I. Diffuse Milky Way Interstellar Dust Extinction Features in JWST Infrared Spectra by Marjorie Decleir, Karl D. Gordon, Karl A. Misselt, Burcu Günay, Julia Roman-Duval, Sascha T. Zeegers

“…We obtain an average stoichiometry of the silicate grains in our sample of Mg:Fe:O = 1.1:1:11.2, constraining the grain composition. …”
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