MEASUREMENT OF THE AMPLITUDE OF PERIODIC SIGNALS USING THE FIBONACCI METHOD by V. S. Petrushak

“…Development of new methods and high-rate means for converting the amplitude of high-frequency periodic signals into a binary code with high speed for solving problems of industrial tomography, radar, radio navigation, during measurements of amplitude-frequency characteristics, measurement of the amplitude of signal generators is relevant in scientific terms and useful in practical applications. …”
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A Field Study of the Effect of Noise and Whole-Body Vibration Exposure on Heavy Equipment Drivers’ Auditory System Function by Seyyed Mohammad Javad Golhosseini, Mohsen Aliabadi, Rostam Golmohammadi, Maryam Farhadian, Mehdi Akbari

“…Material and Methods: 30 male heavy equipment drivers with an average age of 32.40 ± 4.91 years participated in this study, which was designed based on the repeated measurements model. During 3 defined scenarios of exposure to WBV, combined exposure to noise and WBV, as well as the scenario without exposure, the drivers’ auditory response was measured using distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE). …”
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Monitoring for 5-aminosalicylate nephrotoxicity in adults with inflammatory bowel disease: prognostic model development and validation using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink by Abhishek Abhishek, Richard D Riley, Christian D Mallen, Guruprasad P Aithal, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew J Grainge, Maarten W Taal, Tim Card, Matthew D Stevenson

“…It can be used to risk-stratify blood test monitoring during established 5-ASA treatment. …”
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The role and contribution of civil society and community actors in COVID-19 prevention and control: the case of the COMVID COVID-19 movement in Burkina Faso by Charlemagne Tapsoba, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Cheickna Touré, Seyni Mbaye, Orokia Sory, Yamba Kafando, Issa Kaboré, Simon Kaboré

“…During the early days of the pandemic, the national COVID-19 response plan called for the involvement of community actors, but no strategy had been defined for this purpose. …”
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Relationship between Thyroid Hormone Levels and Crime Type: A Controlled Study in Prisoners by Hasan Acar, Ayse Ulgen

“…Various factors cause aggression, which can be related to imbalance of T3 and T4 hormones, which can act as neurotransmitters and are reported to be elevated during aggression. This indicates changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis that cause long-term changes in aggressive behaviour, especially in criminals. …”
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Photometric Analysis of the Cataclysmic Variable Star LT Eri by Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu, Qin-Mei Li, Fu-Xing Li, Min-Yu Li, Ping Li

“…Analysis of the TESS photometry shows that the NSH period is updated to 0.16265161(7) days, persists during the outburst, and its amplitude is correlated with the outburst phase. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles Stabilized by Poly (Vinyl Pyrrolidone) with Potential Anticancer Activity towards Prostate Cancer by Ahmed A. H. Abdellatif, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Abdellatif Bouazzaoui, Shaaban K. Osman, Issa Saad Al-Moraya, Abdulaziz M. Saleh Showail, Mansour Alsharidah, Ashraf Aboelela, Osamah Al Rugaie, Tarek M. Faris, Hesham M. Tawfeek

“…Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and inflammatory cytokine (IL-6) play a vital role in various cellular incidents such as the proliferation and death of cells during carcinogenesis. Hence, regulation of these biomarkers could be a promising tool for controlling tumor progression using nanoformulations. …”
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Specifics of combating corruption at higher education institutions in the context of integrity policy by O. S. Bondarenko

“…It has been noted that corruption at higher education institutions is characterised by high latency due to its benefits for both parties. It has been noted that it is incorrect to impose responsibility for corruption exclusively on employees of educational institutions. …”
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Improving Fugitive Dust Emission Inventory from Construction Sector Using UAV Images Recognition by Yuyao He, Jicheng Jang, Yun Zhu, Pen-Chi Chiang, Jia Xing, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Shicheng Long, Yingzhi Yuan

“…Focusing on the Shunde District of Guangdong in China, the new emission inventory derived from this method highlighted that travel, topsoil excavation, and loading collectively contributed up to 90% of particulate matter (PM) emissions during the earthwork phase. Moreover, this new inventory rectified the tendency of traditional methods to underestimate PM10 emissions and overestimate PM2.5 emissions, while revealing the non-linear relationship between PM emissions and construction area. …”
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Exploring the application of knowledge transfer to sports video data by Shahrokh Heidari, Gibran Zazueta, Riki Mitchell, David Arturo Soriano Valdez, Mitchell Rogers, Mitchell Rogers, Jiaxuan Wang, Ruigeng Wang, Marcel Noronha, Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Mengjie Zhang, Patrice Jean Delmas, Patrice Jean Delmas

“…We focus on ZSL and player re-identification models that use feature embeddings to measure similarity between players. …”
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CGH, cDNA and Tissue Microarray Analyses Implicate FGFR2 Amplification in a Small Subset of Breast Tumors by Mervi Heiskanen, Juha Kononen, Maarit Bärlund, Joachim Torhorst, Guido Sauter, Anne Kallioniemi, Olli Kallioniemi

“…Multiple regions of the genome are often amplified during breast cancer development and progression, as evidenced in a number of published studies by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). …”
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LINKS. A System for Historical Family Reconstruction in the Netherlands by Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Joe Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman

“…Moreover, LINKS also informs archives about all kinds of errors and inconsistencies found during the cleaning and matching process. We will discuss two matching systems, the first is the original querying system that runs within a MySQL database environment and the second is a newly developed system, called burgerLinker, which is based on knowledge graphs and which is designed as a system that can be used independently from LINKS and is made available as open source software. …”
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Asymmetric risk contagion effect of the interaction between the real economy and the financial sector—an analysis based on the domestic commodity price index by Quan Yonghui, Miao Wenlong

“…There are asymmetric risk contagion effects among different financial sectors, with varying degrees of risk spillover effects on commodity prices (with the banking sector having the greatest risk spillover effects on commodity prices and other financial sectors, and diversified finance having the greatest risk spillover effect on commodities). During major global financial events, the risk spillover effects of commodities and input effects increase significantly due to the intensification of the risk spillover effects of energy, steel, and nonferrous metals. …”
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Prediction of Heavy Oil Production Based on Geomechanical Analysis in Entire Lifecycle of SAGD by Dengke Li, Shaowen Zhu, Yanchao Li, Shijie Shen, Zupeng Chen, Zhanli Ren, Yuxuan Zhou, Yanfang Gao

“…Accurate prediction and evaluation of heavy oil output during SAGD production is a key step of construction optimization design and economic evaluation. …”
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Do land models miss key soil hydrological processes controlling soil moisture memory? by M. A. Farmani, A. Behrangi, A. Behrangi, A. Gupta, A. Tavakoly, A. Tavakoly, M. Geheran, G.-Y. Niu

“…We use a version of Noah-MP with advanced hydrology that explicitly represents preferential flow and surface ponding and provides optional schemes of soil hydraulics. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Human Synovial Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Popliteal Cyst by Fang Li, Jianglin Chen, Mengjia Gong, Yang Bi, Chengchen Hu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Ming Li

“…SF-MSCs were collected from the popliteal cyst fluid of pediatric patients during cystectomy surgery. After cyst fluid extraction and adherent culturing, in vitro morphology, growth curve, and cell cycle were observed. …”
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Methylprednisolone as an Adjunct to Local Infiltration on Laminoplasty or Laminectomy before Wound Closure: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Niti Shrestha, Bo Han, Xiying Wang, Wenqing Jia, Fang Luo

“…Local infiltration analgesia during spine surgery significantly reduces postoperative pain, which only upholds for a short time. …”
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Spatial-temporal Pattern of the “Grain-for-Green Project” and Its Carbon Sequestration Effect in Guizhou Province by TAI Liang, CHEN Jia, LONG Wentao, CAI Huayin, WANG Xinxing

“…[Results] (1) During the 20-year period, land use in Guizhou Province had changed significantly, and the comprehensive dynamic had shown a downward and then an upward trend, which was 0.32%, 0.11%, 0.09%, 0.35% in order. …”
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Analysis and Research of Asymmetric Helical Gear Oil Injection Lubrication Considering Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient by Shuai Mo, Xu Li, Zhenxing Zou, Zhiyou Feng, Guojian Cen

“…The computational fluid dynamic （CFD） method is used to study the two injection modes of the non-symmetrical helical gear injection，namely，the injection mode of the entry side and the injection mode of the exit side. …”
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Digital trophies: using social media to assess wildlife crime in Lebanon by André F. Raine, Jason Gregg, Lloyd Scott, Axel Hirschfeld, Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Filippo Bamberghi

“…During 2011–2023 we reviewed 1,844 photographs publicly posted by poachers on Facebook and Instagram. …”
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