Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with Lactobacillus rhamnosus bioactive metabolites: Preparation, characterization, and antifungal activity by Aya Abdel-Nasser, Hayam M. Fathy, Ahmed N. Badr, Olfat S. Barakat, Amal S. Hathout

“…Aspergillus flavus is a severe danger to worldwide maize (Zea mays) cultivation, due to its extreme toxicity of aflatoxins produced by the fungi, and its ability to cause economic losses while also posing a health concern to humans and animals. …”
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Classification of tomato leaf disease using Transductive Long Short-Term Memory with an attention mechanism by Aarthi Chelladurai, D.P. Manoj Kumar, S. S. Askar, Mohamed Abouhawwash, Mohamed Abouhawwash

“…The attention mechanism introduced in T-LSTM has the ability to focus on various parts of the image sequence. …”
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Surprise Bug Report Prediction Utilizing Optimized Integration with Imbalanced Learning Strategy by Hui Li, Yang Qu, Shikai Guo, Guofeng Gao, Rong Chen, Guo Chen

“…Due to the limited budge and work force, the developers often may not have enough time and ability to inspect all the reported bugs, and thus they often focus on inspecting and repairing the highly impacting bugs. …”
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Patient experiences of an ankle fracture and the most important factors in their recovery: a qualitative interview study by Rebecca Samantha Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, David R Ellard, Zi Heng Liew

“…Factors of importance to participants included regaining their independence, sleep quality and quantity, ability to drive, ability to walk without walking aids or weight-bearing restrictions, and radiological union.Conclusions The results of this research demonstrates the extensive impact of ankle fracture on individuals’ lives, including social and family life, sleep, their sense of independence and psychological well-being. …”
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Elucidating the process mechanism in Mg-to-Al friction stir lap welding enhanced by ultrasonic vibration by Ming Zhai, Lei Shi, ChuanSong Wu

“…The exerted UV increased the horizontal materials flow ability, and decreased the upward flow ability, which resulted in the increase of effective sheet thickness/effective lap width from 2.01/3.70 mm in FSLW to 2.04/4.84 mm in UVeFSLW. …”
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Evaluating the predictive potential of RSM and ANN models in treatment of greywater-syrup mixture using Ekowe clay-PEM microbial fuel cell by Livinus A. Obasi, Cornelius O. Nevo

“… This study provides a comparative evaluation of the ability of response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the performance of microbial fuel cell (MFC) driven by greywater-syrup substrate system as anolyte with respect to power generation and wastewater treatment. …”
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE DESIGNERS: MIDJOURNEY TOOLS by Ivan M. Tsidylo, Chele Esteve Sendra

“…Such a situation prompts the selection of methods and means for developing the ability to carry out a qualitative verbal description of images and the surrounding reality in order to popularize the possibility of using artificial intelligence technologies in the process of training future designers. …”
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Conducting and automating the water Morris maze test in SPF conditions by N. V. Khotskin, V. A. Kulikov, E. L. Zavyalov, D. V. Fursenko, A. V. Kulikov

“…The water Morris maze is the basic test to study the spatial ability to learn as well as spatial memory in laboratory rodents. …”
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AI-Enhanced Design and Application of High School Geography Field Studies in China: A Case Study of the Yellow (Bohai) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat Curriculum by Binglin Liu, Weijia Zeng, Weijiang Liu, Yi Peng, Nini Yao

“…Our course design concept is supported by AI technology, and improves students’ abilities through innovative functions such as dynamic data support, personalized learning paths, immersive research and study experience, and diversified evaluation mechanisms. …”
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A Training Model for Urban Railway Transit Disciplines Postgraduate Based on Real-Problem-Driven Approach by HUANG Shize, SUN Zhang, ZHANG Yi, XIAO Junhua, ZOU Liang, WU Dan

“…［Result & Conclusion］ After introducing real problem situations, students can deeply participate in actual projects and further cooperate with enterprises, thereby cultivating their practical abilities and innovative spirit. The real-problem-driven urban rail transit disciplines postgraduate training model can stimulate students′ learning interest and practical motivation, train their innovative thinking, and improve their ability to solve practical problems and innovative thinking.…”
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A Method for Tomato Ripeness Recognition and Detection Based on an Improved YOLOv8 Model by Zhanshuo Yang, Yaxian Li, Qiyu Han, Haoming Wang, Chunjiang Li, Zhandong Wu

“…Additionally, the BiFPN (Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network) module is introduced to replace the traditional PANet connection, which achieves efficient feature fusion across different scales of tomato skin color, size, and surrounding environment and optimizes the expression ability of the feature map. …”
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Study on perspective taking in online discussions among university students with hearing impairments by A. A. Gareyev, Yu. V. Krasavina, E. P. Ponomarenko, A. A. Shishkina

“…The present research aimed to compare the ability of DHH students with their hearing peers to accept different perspectives during online discussions. …”
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Structural Characterizations and Biological Evaluation of a Natural Polysaccharide from Branches of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Abel by Shengjia Lu, Yali Zhang, Yanghui Ou, Jianghui Xin, Hongliang Yao, Litao Guan

“…Additionally, we study its properties, such as monosaccharide composition, structural features, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory abilities. Results: BBD was employed to optimize polysaccharide extraction (solid-liquid ratio = 1:40; 90 °C; 130 min) for a higher yield. …”
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Biosafety characteristics and antibacterial activity of probiotic strains against Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis by Jeong-Yong Park, Ji Yeon Lee, YongGyeong Kim, Byoung-Kook Kim, Byung Kwon Kim, Soo-Im Choi

“…In addition, it showed considerable adhesion ability to oral epithelial cells. L. reuteri MG4722 produced H2O2 and reuterin as antibacterial substances, as confirmed by the presence of genes encoding the antibacterial compounds reuterin, reuteran, and reutericyclin. …”
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Physiological and transcriptome analysis of sex-specific responses to cadmium stress in poplars by Meihua Liu, Sumei Wu, Yigang Song, Mengjiao Shi, Lita Yi

“…Understanding Cd-detoxification mechanisms in woody plants will help to evaluate their tolerance ability and phytoremediation potential to Cd-polluted soils. …”
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Exosomal miR-141-3p from PDLSCs Alleviates High Glucose-Induced Senescence of PDLSCs by Activating the KEAP1-NRF2 Signaling Pathway by Min Liu, Rui Chen, Yunxuan Xu, Jiawen Zheng, Min Wang, Ping Wang

“…Senescent PDLSCs have diminished abilities to proliferate and differentiate, affecting the efficiency of periodontal tissue repair and regeneration. …”
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The Refining Capability of Palm Shell Activated Carbon for Waste Cooking Oil by Maria Ulfah, Chrisatya Nugraha Tamanampo, Sunardi Sunardi

“…This research aimed to study the ability of palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKSAC-AC260) compared to standard activated carbon (DAC or Decolorized Activated Charcoal by Sigma-Aldrich) in refining waste cooking oil at various concentrations of activated carbon. …”
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Life Stage‐ and Sex‐Specific Sensitivity to Nutritional Stress in a Holometabolous Insect by Leon Brueggemann, Pragya Singh, Caroline Müller

“…Individuals differed in their ability to conform to the given environment, with the responses being life stage‐ and sex‐specific.…”
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Psychological Aspects of a Police Officer’s Professional Success by M. V. Butenko

“…Through the analysis of the main powers of police officers, the need for them to have emotional intelligence, which includes such components as empathy, understanding, recognition and the ability to manage their own and other people’s emotions, is determined. …”
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ORGANISING EFFECTIVE INTERACTION OF MANAGERS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH CLIENTS BASED ON THE THEORY OF NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION by Руслан Кубанов, Дмитро Макатьора, Ярослав Кушик-Стрельніков

“…It is noted that an important role in solving these problems is played by the ability of managers to organise high quality communication that gives customers a sense of attention, understanding and trust. …”
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