What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4 W approach to the heart of the field by Marie Ruth Dago, Irié Casimir Zo‐Bi, Isaac Kouamé Konan, Aimé Kouadio Kouassi, Stéphane Guei, Patrick Jagoret, Anny Estelle N'Guessan, Elsa Sanial, Chloé Tankam, Soulemane Traoré, Bruno Hérault

“…All four aspects of the 4 W framework significantly contribute to understanding farmers' deep motivations, while the influence of each 4 W determinant varies based on the specific material and immaterial uses being considered. …”
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Next generation bioelectronic medicine: making the case for non-invasive closed-loop autonomic neuromodulation by Imanuel Lerman, Yifeng Bu, Rahul Singh, Harold A. Silverman, Anuj Bhardwaj, Alex J. Mann, Alik Widge, Joseph Palin, Christopher Puleo, Hubert Lim

“…Early innovations, such as cardiac pacemakers and deep brain stimulation, paved the way for these sophisticated technologies. …”
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A qualitative research on career expectations of civilian nurses in military hospitals (军队医院文职护理人员职业期待的质性研究) by CAI Aini (蔡爱旎), HONG Hanhan (洪涵涵), LU Jiaojiao (卢姣姣), JI Dandan (季丹丹), SHANG Yanjun (尚彦君)

“…Conclusion Relevant administrators should have a deep understanding of career needs and expectations of civilian nurses in military hospitals, and enhance their sense of mission by addressing existing problems. …”
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Introduction of the ‘Blue Card’ Concussion Policy to Semi-Elite Australian Football: Medical Staff Experiences and Perceptions by Jacob R Msando, Gill Cowen, Sarah A Harris, Troy Kirkham, Myles C Murphy

“…Over two-thirds of medical staff feel the Football Commission needs to provide education about concussion policies before the commencement of each season. …”
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Assessing inter-basin groundwater input to the Verlorenvlei estuarine lake using stable isotopes and hydrochemistry by A. Welham, J. van Rooyen, A. Watson, J. Miller, R. Chow

“…Furthermore, Verlorenvlei experiences high evaporation (evaporation best fit line: δ2H = 12.49 x δ18O - 47.68, average δ2H value of 47.1 ‰ and average δ18O value of 7.64 ‰) compared to its feeding rivers. Two sandstone and shale-dominated sub-catchments exhibit overlapping groundwater δ18O and δ2H values and water types to the sub-catchment in the nearest vicinity of Verlorenvlei, suggesting a disproportionately high groundwater contribution from these sub-catchments to Verlorenvlei. …”
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Mechanism of Enhanced Oil Recovery for In-Depth Profile Control and Cyclic Waterflooding in Fractured Low-Permeability Reservoirs by Daiyin Yin, Wei Zhou

“…In this paper, based on the advantages of in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection, the feasibility of combining deep profile control with cyclic water injection to improve oil recovery in fractured low-permeability reservoirs during the high water cut stage was studied, and the mechanisms of in-depth profile control and cyclic waterflooding were investigated. …”
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Enhancing Mandibular Reconstruction with Surgeon–Bioengineer Collaboration: A Protocol for Virtual Surgical Planning by Dong-Ho Shin, Hyo-Joon Kim, Ji-Su Oh, Seong-Yong Moon

“…Successful reconstructions were achieved across varying defect spans (29–53 mm) using both bicortical deep circumflex iliac artery (DCIA) flaps and monocortical iliac block bone grafts. …”
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Cytokines and Metabolic Patterns in Pediatric Patients with Critical Illness by George Briassoulis, Shekhar Venkataraman, Ann Thompson

“…The initial predominance of the hypometabolic pattern (48.6%) declined within 1 week of acute stress (20%), and the hypermetabolic patterns dominated only after 2 weeks (60%). …”
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An intelligent lithology identification method for sandstone and mudstone strata and its applications: A case study of the Jurassic strata in the Lunnan area, Xinjiang, China by Ming CAI, Qingwen ZHOU, Cong YANG, Feng CHEN, Dong WU, Wang LIN, Chengguang ZHANG, Yuanjun ZHANG, Yuxin MIAO

“…., natural gamma-ray value, spontaneous potential, deep and shallow resistivity ratio, sonic interval transit time, and density, this study developed an intelligent lithology identification model based on the CatBoost algorithm. …”
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Influence of water masses and environmental variables on fish community in the south bank of Yangtze River Estuary, China by Dongrong Zhang, Dongrong Zhang, Hengtao Xu, Hengtao Xu, Xin Fang, Xin Fang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Youzheng Zhang, Youzheng Zhang, Jian Qian, Jian Qian

“…Furthermore, the presence of these fronts provides suitable habitats for spawning, feeding, and fattening for various fish species, making them ideal environments for numerous migratory fish. …”
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Induced resistance to the greenbug aphid Schizaphis graminum Rond. in species of the genus Triticum by S. D. Rumyantsev, S. V. Veselova, G. F. Burkhanova, I. V. Maksimov

“…The problem of creating varieties resistant to phloem-feeding insects is quite urgent, since the mechanisms procuring the resistance of plants to insects are not fully understood. …”
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Response of Hard-Bottom Macro-Zoobenthos to the Transition of a Mediterranean Mariculture Fish Plant (Mar Grande of Taranto, Ionian Sea) into an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquacultur... by Roberta Trani, Cataldo Pierri, Antonella Schiavo, Tamara Lazic, Maria Mercurio, Isabella Coccia, Adriana Giangrande, Caterina Longo

“…The results from seasonal sampling performed in a treatment site, where bioremediators (filter-feeding invertebrates such as sponges, polychaetes, mussels, and macroalgae) were deployed, and a control site without bioremediators were compared. …”
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Speech Enhancement Using Joint DNN-NMF Model Learned with Multi-Objective Frequency Differential Spectrum Loss Function by Matin Pashaian, Sanaz Seyedin

“…We propose a multi-objective joint model of non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) and deep neural network (DNN) with a new loss function for speech enhancement. …”
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Combined analysis of 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomics reveals the growth-promoting mechanism of compound probiotics in zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus) by Yuwei Feng, Zhiting Zuo, Guangting Xie, Yiman Chen, Xiaoli Yin, Baoyue Lu, Zhide Yu, Chong Han, Hu Shu

“…The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effects of single or combined supplementation with marine fish probiotics on growth performance, intestinal physiology, gut microbes, and gut metabolites in zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus). A total of 1500 three-month-old healthy M. armatus were randomly divided into 5 groups: CON (control group), BC (Bacillus cereus G1–11 group), EA (Exiguobacterium acetylicum G1–33 group), MIX (the compound probiotics group), PC (the commercial probiotics group), and the feeding period was 8 weeks. …”
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Advanced artificial intelligence with federated learning framework for privacy-preserving cyberthreat detection in IoT-assisted sustainable smart cities by Mahmoud Ragab, Ehab Bahaudien Ashary, Bandar M. Alghamdi, Rania Aboalela, Naif Alsaadi, Louai A. Maghrabi, Khalid H. Allehaibi

“…Nevertheless, the possibility of FL regarding IoT forensics remains mostly unexplored. Deep learning (DL) focused cyberthreat detection has developed as a powerful and effective approach to identifying abnormal patterns or behaviours in the data field. …”
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Management and Outcome of Invasive Clindamycin-Resistant MRSA Community-Associated Infections in Children by Amanda E. Macias, Grant Stimes, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Jesus G. Vallejo, Kristina G. Hulten, J. Chase McNeil

“…The most common diagnoses were osteomyelitis (n = 17) and deep abscess (n = 7). The median duration of IV therapy was 11.5 days (IQR 6–42 days) and total therapy (IV + oral) was 32 days (IQR 23–42). …”
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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

“…Data were collected through standardised questionnaires that, in addition to sociodemographic and economic data, collected information on breast feeding, mental health status and COVID-19.Findings to date Results from the first wave show that the majority of participants have 9–11 years of schooling (54.4%; 95% CI 61.0 to 70.9) and are of mixed race (71.5%; 95% CI 66.5 to 76.0). …”
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Kinetic simulation of uranium migration in granite fissure media of beishan, gansu, China: A case study based on the Laplace transform and inverse transform methods by Xianzhe Duan, Cong Du, Nan Li, Jiaxin Duan, Zhenping Tang

“…Deep geological disposal is currently considered the most practical and feasible method for disposing high-level radioactive wastes (HLWs). …”
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Influence of type traits on stayability in the Ital- ian Mediterranean buffalo by Damiano Altieri, Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Yuri Gombia, Dario Rossi, Luca Gubitosi, Nadia Piscopo, Francesca Carnovale, Rossella Di Palo

“…In the past, the selection of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo has mainly focused on increasing milk production, which has had an unfavorable impact on the average farm life of the IMB. This trend needs to be reversed as this inevitably leads to an increase in production costs due to the increase in the replacement rate. …”
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Spawning biology, breeding, and larval rearing techniques for Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) for aquaculture and recreational use in Bangladesh: The first approach by Paul Shyamal Kumar, Sarker Bhakta Supratim, Sultana Nahid, Pall Jewel Chandra, Perven Tania, Saha Debasish, Majumdar Priyanka Rani

“…Mustard oil cake (D1), powdered feed (D2), and one-day-old live tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) larvae (D3) were used to determine larval survival after 28 days. …”
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