Enteric Coated Pellets with Lactoferrin for Oral Delivery: Improved Shelf Life of the Product by Nika Kržišnik, Blaž Grilc, Robert Roškar

“…The experimentally determined shelf life is extended from 15 to almost 30 months if the product is stored in a refrigerator instead of at room temperature, which ensures the commercial applicability of the product. …”
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The Role of Dopamine in Impulsivity and Substance Abuse: A Narrative Review by Connor J Plaisance, Lloyd F Ledet III, Nicholas J Slusher, Charles P Daniel, Zachary Lee, Bradley Dorius, Sonnah Barrie, Tomasina Q Parker-Actlis, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

“…Impulsive decision making is commonly defined as a reduced ability to choose a delayed large reward instead of a small immediate reward. Dopamine has been implicated as a prominent neurotransmitter implicated in the development and pattern of addiction and impulsivity, especially in regard to substance use disorder. …”
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A New Multivariable Grey Convolution Model Based on Simpson’s Rule and Its Applications by Song Ding, Ruojin Li

“…Accordingly, a multivariable grey convolution model (GMC (1, n)) having correct solutions is put forward to deal with such complicated and uncertain issues, instead of the incorrect multivariable grey model (GM (1, n)). …”
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Performance Evaluation of Turkish Ports: Integrated Fuzzy Entropy- Fuzzy MARCOS Analysis by Özlem Karadağ Albayrak

“…This method can provide a more accurate evaluation of the performance level of ports and its use in the planning and effective use of port investments.Originality: This research fills the gap in the literature in three ways: (1) Evaluatee the application of triangular fuzzy numbers to the panel data, which will provide effective inferences about the performanse level of the selected ports, (2) Evaluated a weighting approach using Entropy method that takes into account the distances of triangular fuzzy numbers consisting of real numbers instead of linguistic expressions, (3) An Entropy-based MARCOS method is proposed for solving the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem involving the performanse analysis of Turkish ports.…”
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A Network Traffic Prediction Model Based on Layered Training Graph Convolutional Network by Yulian Li, Yang Su

“…This paper therefore proposes a layered training graph convolutional network (LT-GCN) to decrease the training time greatly with the nearly same prediction accuracy as graph convolutional network (GCN). Instead of training on parameters in all hidden layers simultaneously, LT-GCN develops a new layer-by-layer training pattern for multiple hidden layers to degrade the computational complexity in training process. …”
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Pазказът на костните останки: два скелета от вкопано жилище № 10, ранносредновековен комплекс Брестница–Полето, Северозападна България... by Victoria Russeva, Lyuba Manoilova, Stiliyan Ivanov

“…While these are not the only skeletons discovered on the site, this find is of note because, unlike other burials excavated nearby, it doe s not represent a regular Christian burial Instead the remains were found on the floor of a housing structure. …”
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May Sinclair’s Romantic Corpus by Leslie de Bont

“…Her characters’ poetic references have little to do with contemporary Imagist and Vorticist experimentations; instead, Sinclair’s novels insistently mention the same eclectic poetic corpus, wherein British Romanticism, including several poems by Shelley, Byron, Keats and Wordsworth, plays a major role. …”
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Robustness of Dengue Complex Network under Targeted versus Random Attack by Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik, Faiza Abid, Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin, Zeeshan Bhatti

“…The outcomes demonstrated that 5% targeted attack is equivalent to the result of 65% random assault, which showed the topology of this complex network validated a scale-free network instead of random network. Four centrality measures (Degree, Closeness, Betweenness, and Eigenvector) have been ascertained to look for focal hubs. …”
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Small fiber neuropathy: clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, possibly causes and treatment by E. Paulėkas, D. Garšvienė, K. Petrikonis

“…In some cases, a non-length-dependent clinical presentation may develop instead, characterized by focal or multifocal symptoms. …”
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Variational Estimation of Optimal Signal States for Quantum Channels by Leonardo Oleynik, Junaid Ur Rehman, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas

“…This article explores the performance of quantum communication systems in the presence of noise and focuses on finding the optimal encoding for maximizing the classical communication rate, approaching the classical capacity in some scenarios. Instead of theoretically bounding the ultimate capacity of the channel, we adopt a signal processing perspective to estimate the achievable performance of a physically available but otherwise unknown quantum channel. …”
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Delegitimizing, corruptive crises by Ángel R. Oquendo

“…In other words, one should not solely seek to change the attitude or the prevailing professional culture in civil service. Instead, Latin American societies must embark upon an unlikely radical crusade to transform the way in which they understand themselves, particularly the premises of their social integration. …”
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Establishing Concurrent Validity of the Role Checklist Version 2 with the OCAIRS in Measurement of Participation: A Pilot Study by Patricia J. Scott, Danielle Cacich, Morgan Fulk, Karen Michel, Katie Whiffen

“…Given time constraints, therapists may skip administration of a client-centered participation focused assessment and instead use an impairment or limitation focused assessment. …”
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Finite element simulations of auxetic structure combined with honeycomb using unidirectional continuous carbon fiber composite properties by Nathália Mello Mascarenhas Paixão, Antônio Ferreira Ávila

“…Therefore, it is concluded that it is possible to model similar structures using shell element instead of solid element. …”
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Adaptive Similarity Function with Structural Features of Network Embedding for Missing Link Prediction by Chuanting Zhang, Ke-Ke Shang, Jingping Qiao

“…The node feature representations are obtained by optimizing a graph-based objective function. Instead of generating edge features using binary operators, we perform link prediction solely leveraging the node features of the network. …”
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The Standardized Data Management Plan for Educational Research by Sebastian Netscher, Harald Kaluza, Reiner Mauer, Kati Mozygemba, Karsten Stephan

“…Conventional templates of data management plans (DMP) guide users, but hardly support them in implementing and realizing data management. Instead, users of conventional templates require more tailored guidance to better understand how to manage their data according to the needs of their research discipline, and its methods and practises, e.g., regarding data sharing. …”
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Newly developed EMF cell with zirconia solid electrolyte for measurement of low oxygen potentials in liquid Cu-Cr and Cu-Zr alloys by Katayama I., Tanigawa S., Živković D., Hattori Y., Yamashita H.

“…The idea was based on Janke but a zirconia rod was used instead of the zirconia crucible which contacts liquid alloy electrode. …”
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The Story of CD4+CD28− T Cells Revisited: Solved or Still Ongoing? by Kathrin Maly, Michael Schirmer

“…As an alternative costimulatory signal instead of CD28, not only natural killer cell receptors and Toll-like receptors, but also CD47, CTLA-4, OX40, and 4-1BB have to be considered. …”
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A Novel Approach to Reduce the Unicast Bandwidth of an IPTV System in a High-Speed Access Network by El Hassane Khabbiza, Rachid El Alami, Hassan Qjidaa

“…This means that, after each channel change request, the STB will receive the unicast traffic from another STB instead of the central server. By using this method, the unicast traffic will not pass through the IP network; it will be a peer-to-peer communication via the Access Network only. …”
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Influence Factors on the Properties of Ultrahigh-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Cured under the Condition of Room Temperature by Pu Zhang, Yiliang Huang, Yongqi Li, Jun Zhao, Hengqian Dong, Tao Chen

“…When the volume ratio of steel fiber was 3%, the recommend water to binder ratio was 0.194 according to this experiment, the dosage of GGBFS-replaced cement is recommended as 20%, the dosage of fly ash instead of silica fume is recommended as 30%. The recommend ratio of 0-1 mm and 1∼3 mm sintered bauxite was 1.51 : 1. …”
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The Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An Evaluation of Large Panels of Plasma Protein Markers Using Repeated, Prediagnostic Samples by Sophia Harlid, Robin Myte, Bethany Van Guelpen

“…MetS alone was not related to any protein. Instead, BMI displayed by far the strongest associations with the biomarkers. …”
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