Scale effects of physically based TOPKAPI model in reservoir inflow flood forecasting for ungauged basins by Yihua Sheng, Zhijia Li, Zhiyu Liu, Yalei Han, Jie Wang, Junfu Gong, Ning Xu

“…New hydrological insights: The results reveal a strong correlation between geomorphological features and scale, with variations in grid cell size affecting the statistical characteristics of underlying surface data. …”
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What can the location of biogas plants tell us about agricultural change? A Case Study from the Czech Republic by Dan Van Der Horst, Stanislav Martinát, Josef Navrátil, Petr Dvořák, Petra Chmielová

“…Pressure to grow maize for ADs significantly competes here with growing of other agricultural crops for food. This finding is in strong contradiction with the official national agricultural policy where support for small farms is systematically emphasized. …”
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Differentiated effects and mechanisms of N-, P-, S-, and Fe-modified biochar materials for remediating Cd- and Pb-contaminated calcareous soil by Amir Bostani, Xingying Meng, Le Jiao, Srđan D. Rončević, Peng Zhang, Hongwen Sun

“…NBC, PBC, and SBC effectively immobilized Cd and Pb in the soil and significantly reduced their accumulation in Chinese cabbage by 34.4 %-58.9 % for Cd and 9.2 %-53.1 % for Pb, with PBC having the best effect, attributed to complexation, precipitation, and adsorption. However, FBC had strong acidity and poor immobilization ability, which increased the available concentrations of Cd and Pb in the soil. …”
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Materiality Conditions in the Interplay between Environment and Financial Performance: A Graphical Modeling Approach for EEA Oil and Gas Companies by Mirela Sichigea, Marian Siminica, Mirela Cristea, Gratiela Georgiana Noja, Daniel Circiumaru

“…The recovery after the unprecedented pandemic crisis that Europe has currently been facing is strengthening the strong dependence between social, economic, and environmental fields, maintaining green investments and innovation at the core of the European strategies. …”
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FROM PROTECTIONISM TO GLOBALIZATION: THE ONE BELT, ONE ROAD DYNAMICS IN AFRICA by BANWO ADETORO OLANIYI

“…Should Africa protect its economy and derive the needed capital from trade or should Africa submit to the whims and caprices of China? China is a strong economic ally of most African countries because of trade, infrastructural development and finances. …”
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Acceptability of the social uses of the COVID-19 screening test among women in southern Benin by Mingnimon A. Affo

“…Results: The results show that a strong majority (84.2%) of respondents showed aversion to the COVID-19 screening test. …”
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From information to action: modelling social and cognitive factors in health decisions by Jiadong Yu, D. A. Bekerian

“…Reliance on formal sources positively correlated with compliance behaviors such as mask-wearing and vaccination, while perceived severity strongly predicted mask adherence. In contrast, perceived vulnerability was associated with conspiracy beliefs and informal information use. …”
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Drivers of soil biophysical processes along an elevational gradient at Pico de Orizaba volcano, Mexico by Guillermo Angeles, Marycruz Álvarez-Jiménez, Fabien Anthelme, Isabelle Barois, José Luis Chaparro Carrillo, Nereyda Cruz-Maldonado, Thibaud Decaens, Martín de los Santos-Bailón, Stéphane Fourtier, Emmanuel García-Gutiérrez, David García-Segura, Rodrigo Gómez-Aguilar, Antonio Gómez-Anaya, Eduardo Hernández, Daniel Hernández-Cáceres, Leonor Jiménez, Beatriz E. Marín-Castro, Luis Merino-Martín, Marco A. Morales-Martínez, Edwin U. Monfil-León, René A. Palestina, Carlos Pimentel-Reyes, Ricardo Quiroz Reyes, Frédérique Reverchon, Hervé Rey, Catherine Roumet, Christina D. Siebe-Grabach, Katrin Sieron, Víctor Vázques Reyes, Monique Weemstra, Alexia Stokes

“…Abstract Elevational gradients are characterized by major shifts in environmental conditions, reflected through changes in climatic and soil variables. These shifts strongly impact the composition, community structure and specific functional traits of vegetation. …”
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Assessment of Manual Abilities Using the Box and Block Test in Children with Bilateral Cerebral Palsy by Vanessa Zapata-Figueroa, Fernando Ortiz-Corredor

“…The results of the BBT were lower in the lowest functional levels of the MACS (p≤0.001). The BBT showed a strong correlation with the domains’ self-care (r=0.8), mobility (r=0.7), and social function (r=0.6) of the PEDI. …”
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Are Women More Risk Averse? A Sequel by Christos I. Giannikos, Efstathia D. Korkou

“…This study also documents that education levels strongly influence risk-taking: single women with higher education levels are more likely to hold risky assets, while for men, higher education correlates with less risk-taking. …”
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Enhancing mechanical properties of (HfMoNbZrTa)1-xNx films through multi-phase structures in substoichiometric compositions by Yiming Ruan, Jigang Xie, Lin He, Fugui Zhang, Jie Shi, Hengning Hu, Yun Chen, Rui Shu, Liuquan Yang, Hao Du

“…In this work, we utilized strong nitride-forming elements (Hf, Nb, Zr, and Ta) and the weak nitride-forming element Mo as the metallic cations in a multi-principal element nitride system. …”
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Specific Immune Responses and Oncolytic Effects Induced by EBV LMP2A-Armed Modified Ankara-Vaccinia Virus Vectored Vaccines in Nasopharyngeal Cancer by Liying Sun, Chao Liu, Junping Peng

“…Conclusions: Thus, the MVA-LMP2A recombinant virus effectively induces strong LMP2A-specific cellular and humoral immune responses and anti-tumor activity. …”
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Sonographic and Clinical Features of Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in Critical Care Patients by Michael Blaivas, Konstantinos Stefanidis, Serafim Nanas, John Poularas, Mitchell Wachtel, Rubin Cohen, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…Presence of CVC was a strong predictor for the development of UEDVT in a cohort of critical care patients; however, the rate of subsequent PE and related mortality was low.…”
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Zmiany struktury kanałów dystrybucji a poprawa warunków konkurencji w sektorze ubezpieczeń w Polsce w latach 2002-2009 by Sylwester Kozak

“…Okres lat 2002-2009 charakteryzował się wzrostem inwestycji zagranicznego kapitału oraz zwiększeniem konkurencji ze strony zakładów krajowych i zagranicznych. Jedną z istotniejszych konsekwencji tego procesu było rozszerzenie asortymentu o nowe usługi oraz zmiana struktury kanałów dystrybucji ubezpieczeń. …”
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River God Propaganda in a Septimius Severus Statue from Perge by Ahmet ÇELİK

“…With this armoured statue, which basically shows ‘Adoption’ type hair and facial features, both Adoptive and the emperor must have been propagandised as a strong soldier. However, with this extremely unique beard in the statue belonging to Fountain F2, Septi­mius Severus resembles a river god, and therefore, it may have been propagandised that he was a river god who brought water to the city or someone who resembled a river god.…”
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Probiotic Potential of Lactobacillus Strains with Antifungal Activity Isolated from Animal Manure by Soundharrajan Ilavenil, Hyung Soo Park, Mayakrishnan Vijayakumar, Mariadhas Valan Arasu, Da Hye Kim, Sivanesan Ravikumar, Ki Choon Choi

“…Strains KCC-25, KCC-26, KCC-27, and KCC-28 showed strong antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium roqueforti, Botrytis elliptica, and Fusarium oxysporum, respectively. …”
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Green Synthesis of Gold and Iron Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study by Beenish Khanzada, Nosheen Akthar, Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti, Hammad Ismail, Mohammed Alqarni, Bushra Mirza, Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Gaber El-Saber Batiha

“…Interestingly, AuNPs of Syzygium cumini exhibited strong anti-inflammatory potential as compared to DFP and diclofenac-loaded FeNPs of Ficus microcarpa. …”
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Methylene blue and acid red adsorption on biochar made from modified sugarcane bagasse: A dynamic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic investigation by Wenfang Zhu, Fangyuan Chen, Lei Ye, Xinyuan Yang, Yali Song, Hua Wang

“…In conclusion, the modified bagasse biochar showed strong adsorption affinity for both MB and AR, particularly for MB, making it a promising adsorbent for treating printing and dyeing wastewater.…”
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Validation of the Arabic Version of Medication Regimen Complexity Index Among Older Patients - Validation of the “MRCI-Arabic” by Nilay Aksoy, Nur Ozturk, Betul Okuyan, Mesut Sancar

“…Results: The inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the MRCI-Arabic total scale and its subsection were extremely high (Spearman’s rho ranged from 0.996 to 1; p <0.001). There was a strong and positive correlation between the total MRCI-Arabic score and the number of medications (r = 0.830; p < 0.001), the number of chronic diseases (r = 0.641; p < 0.001). …”
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Anomaly Detection in Spatiotemporal Data from Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing for Outdoor Fire Monitoring by Haitao Bian, Xiaohan Luo, Zhichao Zhu, Xiaowei Zang, Yu Tian

“…Results showed that, compared to AE and VAE models handling spatial or temporal data, the CNN-AE demonstrated superior anomaly detection performance and strong robustness when applied to spatiotemporal data. …”
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