Influential factors in the competitiveness of mature tourism destinations by Margarida Custódio Santos, Ana Maria Ferreira, Carlos Costa

“…The first area concerns the deterioration of the destinations’ infrastructure; the second is related to the destinations’ management, namely the lack of a shared strategic vision among stakeholders; the third area is associated with the loss of economic vitality in the destinations; finally, the fourth area includes the impact of tourism development over the years on the territory, specifically social, environmental and cultural impacts. …”
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Exploring the microbiota-gut-brain axis: impact on brain structure and function by Lidya K. Yassin, Mohammed M. Nakhal, Alreem Alderei, Afra Almehairbi, Ayishal B. Mydeen, Amal Akour, Mohammad I. K. Hamad

“…Subsequently, we will examine the technical strategies employed to study MGBA interactions, including using germ-free (GF) animals, probiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), and antibiotics-induced dysbiosis. Finally, we will examine how particular bacterial strains can affect brain structure and function. …”
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RETRACTED: Robot Path Planning Method Based on Indoor Spacetime Grid Model by Huangchuang Zhang, Qingjun Zhuang, Ge Li

“…On the basis of the model, a dynamic path planning algorithm for the robot in the complex time-varying indoor environment is designed, that is, the Spacetime-A* algorithm (STA* for short). Finally, the indoor spacetime grid modeling experiment is carried out with real data, which verifies the feasibility and correctness of the spacetime relationship calculation algorithm encoded by the indoor spacetime grid model. …”
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How NaCl addition destabilizes ionic liquid micellar suspension until phase separation by Dufrêche, Jean-François, Plazanet, Marie, Meyer, Gautier, Billard, Isabelle

“…The lowering of the repulsive interactions between micelles finally allows coalescence and thus phase separation. …”
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Sensitive and label-free fluorescent microRNA detection via catalytic DNAzyme assembly initiated primer exchange reaction by Heng Wang, Yi Sun

“…Furthermore, a block sequence has been incorporated into the template probe for PER, resulting in a substantial decrease in interferences caused by non-specific targets. Finally, the created G-quadruplex can fix thioflavin T (ThT) to generate fluorescence signals in a label-free manner. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Energy Consumption Difference between the Dynamic Impact and the Drilling Tests of Rocks by Shoudong Xie, Mingjian Huang, Junji Lu, Wang Xi, Zhenyang Xu

“…The DP and the RS have a linear positive correlation with the DS, with the influence of the DP on the DS being more obvious. Finally, the EC during the drilling process is higher than the EC during the SHPB technique.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemato-biochemical and Oxidative Parameters of Racing Horses by Jamila Abdulhamid Atata, Abdullateef Abiodun Ajadi, Muhammed Adam, Aishat Omobolanle Olatunji, Muhammed Bisalla, Sani Adamu

“…The result revealed significant changes (P < 0.05) in vital parameters such as erythrocyte count, hematocrit index, hemoglobin concentration, leucocyte count, lymphocyte, neutrophil, neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio, total protein, albumin, urea, creatinine, cortisol, lactate, lactate dehydrogenase, creatinine kinase, aspartate aminotransferase, while glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, gamma-glutamyl transferase, malondialdehyde, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase remained unaltered (P > 0.05). …”
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Evaluating the performance of cultural strategies with fuzzy data envelopment analysis: a case study of ecotourism centers in Mazandaran province by Narges Larijani, Morteza Shafiee, Seyyed Najafi

“…The ranking of Decision-Making Units (DMUs) is also given. And finally, some solutions have been proposed to improve the situation of ineffective ecotourism resorts.…”
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DomeVR: Immersive virtual reality for primates and rodents. by Katharine A Shapcott, Marvin Weigand, Mina Glukhova, Martha N Havenith, Marieke L Schölvinck

“…These key features are modular and can easily be added individually into other UE4 projects. Finally, we present proof-of-principle data highlighting the functionality of DomeVR in three different species: human, macaque and mouse.…”
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Studies on Progress of Aluminum Based Composites for Automotive Applications and its Damping Characteristics – A Review by Karthikeyan Lakshmanan, Pitchipoo Pandian, Rajakarunakaran Sivaprakasam, Kathiravan Sundaram

“…The literature delves into the different aspects that influence aluminum-based composites and the need for damping studies in automotive applications. Finally, the research progress of aluminum-based composites towards damping characteristics has been reported by the Scientometric approach using VOSviewer. …”
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Molecular cloning of EZH2 oncogene in chronic myeloid leukemia and therapeutic prospects by Juliana Costa Gaspar, Lucas Santos de Santana, Camila Menezes Freire de Souza, Marcos Montani Caseiro, Rosane Rezende de Souza Giuliani, Cleide Barbieri de Souza

“…Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasia, caused in 95 % of the cases by a cytogenetic abnormality characterized by the reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 t(9; 22) (q34; q11), resulting in Philadelphia chromosome (Ph).Considering that CML cure is only possible with a successful bone marrow transplantation and that there are resistance cases to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib Mesylate, prescribed in first line drug treatment; it is important to know in detail the genes and proteins that are possibly altered in CML, favoring effective therapeutic strategies, optimized diagnosis and minimal residual disease detection. …”
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hUC-MSC extracellular vesicles protect against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury by promoting NLRP3 ubiquitination by Shanshan Xiao, Ying Lv, Xuejing Hou, Shuqiang Qu

“…These effects were linked to the inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and enhanced ubiquitination via the protein kinase A (PKA) pathway. Blocking PKA partially reversed these protective effects. …”
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Dynamic Behavior of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Expansive Soil under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Zhongnian Yang, Xuesen Liu, Liang Zhang, Fujun Niu, Xianzhang Ling, Guoyu Li, Wei Shi

“…At the same time, reinforced soil can inhibit the axial expansion, reduce the rate of reduction of the Gd, stabilize it with a higher rate, and reduce the influence of the freeze-thaw cycles on the λ of the expansive soil sample. Finally, the change of mechanical properties of expansive soil under the condition of reinforcement is obtained. …”
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Predicting EV battery state of health using long short term degradation feature extraction and FEA TimeMixer by Weijie Tang, Jiayan Chen, Dongjiao Chen

“…Then, the autoencoder is utilized to fuse the features of long-term and short-term SOH degradation trends extracted by empirical degradation models and Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise to improve the prediction accuracy over different prediction lengths. Finally, a Frequency Enhanced Attention (FEA) mechanism is introduced to improve the TimeMixer model, which integrates time-domain and frequency-domain information to overcome the limitations of the original model in capturing frequency-domain features. …”
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Suitable site Selection for Maize Cultivation Based on the crop of Temperature Supply Needs in Northwestern Iran by zeinab ebrahimighalelani, javad khoshhal dastjerdi, hojatolah yazdanpanah

“…Then, it was combined with the layers of altitude, slope of the region and land use, and finally, a zoning map of lands suitable for grain corn cultivation in the northwest of the country was drawn. …”
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A consistency assessment of coupled cohesive zone models for mixed-mode debonding problems by R. Dimitri, M. Trullo, G. Zavarise, L. De Lorenzis

“…A new thermodynamically consistent mixed-mode CZ model based on a reformulation of the Xu-Needleman model as modified by van den Bosch et al. is finally proposed and derived by applying the Coleman and Noll procedure in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics. …”
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A Satisfaction Study of Waterfront Public Spaces in Winter Cities from a Demand Perspective: A KANO-IPA Model Analysis Based on Northeastern China by Ping Yu, Yu Zhang

“…We used the KANO model to classify the attributes of spatial demand indicators, then applied IPA analysis to evaluate them, and finally calculated priority indices to quantify their priority sequences. …”
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Advances in Drug Targeting, Drug Delivery, and Nanotechnology Applications: Therapeutic Significance in Cancer Treatment by Fatih Ciftci, Ali Can Özarslan, İmran Cagri Kantarci, Aslihan Yelkenci, Ozlem Tavukcuoglu, Mansour Ghorbanpour

“…In the third part, drug targeting advantages were discussed, and finally, market research of commercial drugs used in cancer nanotechnological approaches was included.…”
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Fundo Clima: construção e declínio? by Julianna Colonna, Heloisa de Camargo Tozato, Karoline Araújo, Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry

“…Four main points are analyzed: budgetary evolution; the territorial distribution of resources; use of indicators for monitoring and evaluating projects; and finally, the comparability between the official data provided at different times by the different agencies involved. …”
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Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing natural and cultural history collections. by Carla Cicero, Michelle S Koo, Emily Braker, John Abbott, David Bloom, Mariel Campbell, Joseph A Cook, John R Demboski, Andrew C Doll, Lindsey M Frederick, Angela J Linn, Teresa J Mayfield-Meyer, Dusty L McDonald, Michael W Nachman, Link E Olson, Dawn Roberts, Derek S Sikes, Christopher C Witt, Elizabeth A Wommack

“…We also highlight the value of Arctos as an educational resource. Finally, we present the financial model of fiscal sponsorship by a nonprofit organization, implemented in 2022, to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of Arctos.…”
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