A framework for researching African food systems by Julian May, Frans Swanepoel, Claire Helen Quinn, Melody Mentz-Coetzee, Elizabeth Mkandawire, Andrew John Dougill

“…The structure and functioning of current African food systems, together with unfavourable terms of trade and climate change impacts, pose significant challenges to achieving sustainability and more equitable outcomes. …”
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Central (Hemodynamic) and Peripheral (Autonomic) Synergy During Persuasion Within a Shared Decision-Making Process by Laura Angioletti, Carlotta Acconito, Federica Saquella, Michela Balconi

“…The results revealed significant effects on the dissimilarity indices at the dyadic level. …”
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Evaluation of polyester high-tenacity fabric and carbon nanotube reinforcements for improving flexural response in concrete beams by M. S. El-Feky, Amr H. Badawy, Khaled Mohamed Seddik, Sarah Yahia

“…Abstract This research scrutinized the effectiveness of utilizing polyester high tenacity fabrics to enhance the functionality of concrete panels. …”
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Review on recent developments in the ferroelectric material SrMnO3 by Rui He, Inpyo Hong, Sangmo Kim, Chung Wung Bark

“…Strontium manganese oxide (SrMnO3), a perovskite multifunctional oxide material, has emerged as an ideal candidate for next-generation memory devices and energy conversion systems owing to its unique ferroelectricity, antiferromagnetism, and magnetoelectric coupling effect. SrMnO3 films show great potential for ferroelectric memories (e.g., Fe random-access memory) and energy storage devices (e.g., capacitors and lithium-ion batteries). …”
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Microbial Genome Editing with CRISPR–Cas9: Recent Advances and Emerging Applications Across Sectors by Chhavi Dudeja, Amish Mishra, Ansha Ali, Prem Pratap Singh, Atul Kumar Jaiswal

“…While enzyme and biopharmaceutical manufacturing use CRISPR for quick strain optimization and glyco-engineering, food and beverage fermentations benefit from starter-culture customization for aroma, texture, and probiotic functionality. Off-target effects, cytotoxicity linked to Cas9, inefficient delivery in specific microorganisms, and regulatory ambiguities in commercial fermentation settings are some of the main challenges. …”
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Mathematical modeling of sorption isotherms and the thermodynamic properties of vacuum-dried and freeze-dried Barhi dates by Mohamed Fikry, Saleh Al-Ghamdi, Bandar Alfaifi, Mansour N. Ibrahim, Nashi Alqahtani, Muhammad Umar, Kitipong Assatarakul

“…These thermodynamic parameters were effectively modeled as functions of Xe, indicating that both adsorption and desorption were nonspontaneous processes. …”
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Green Protein Extraction from Hazelnut Press Cake: Yield, Efficiency, and Secondary Structure Analysis by Bruna Anzà, Silvia Fraterrigo Garofalo, Alessandro Lapolla, Debora Fino

“…Alkali solubilization/isoelectric precipitation (ALKIS) is a widely used method for protein extraction due to its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. Despite that, ALKIS extraction has limitations due to the alteration in protein functionality, a reduction in protein stability, and significant wastewater production. …”
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Enhancing iron bioavailability and bioactive stability in sweet-sour beetroot sauce through liposomal vitamin C by Marwa A. Sheir, Manal M. Ramadan, Tamer M. El-Messery, Entsar N. Mohamed

“…C encapsulation presents a promising strategy for developing iron-fortified functional foods with enhanced nutritional value and consumer appeal.…”
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Construction of a Multi-Omics database for Paeonia lactiflora: A resource for comprehensive data integration and analysis by Zongran Lu, Ling Huang, Somnuk Bunsupa, Hamizah Shahirah Hamezah, Xiaohui Tong, Chuanshan Jin, Jinmei Ou, Rongchun Han

“…Additionally, it summarizes P. lactiflora’s major active compounds, and highlights reported pharmacological effects. The database is organized into key functional modules: Home, Genome, Transcriptome, Proteome, Tools, Biosynthetic Pathways, Chemical Compounds, and Publications. …”
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Three-Dimensional UAV Path Planning Based on Multi-Strategy Integrated Artificial Protozoa Optimizer by Qingbin Sun, Xitai Na, Zhihui Feng, Shiji Hai, Jinshuo Shi

“…The proposed algorithm is validated through comparative experiments using 12 benchmark functions from the 2022 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), outperforming nine common algorithms in terms of convergence speed and optimization accuracy. …”
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Open-Source vs. Commercial Photogrammetry: Comparing Accuracy and Efficiency of OpenDroneMap and Agisoft Metashape by A. Kostrzewa, A. Płatek-Żak, P. Banat, Ł. Wilk

“…OpenDroneMap (ODM), open-source software, offers similar functionalities to popular commercial options, enabling the generation of point clouds, DEMs, and mesh models using advanced algorithms like Multi-View Stereo (MVS) and Poisson surface reconstruction. …”
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Networked micro-grid topologies for transactive energy management system: An overview and future perspectives by Stephen Oko Gyan Torto, Rupendra Kumar Pachauri, Jai Govind Singh, Baseem Khan, Ahmed Ali

“…This study concludes and highlights the significant role and effectiveness of energy system schemes for power exchange networked management systems. …”
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Development and Application of High Temperature Rapid Formation Pressure Testing Instrument by HAO Guiqing, LAN Meng, JIA Qiyong, BAI Xiaoyu, CHEN Yongchao, ZHOU Yanmin

“…The modular design of each functional short section of the high-temperature rapid formation pressure tester, with its hydraulic power highly integrated with the precision suction short section, and the compact structure of the pushing and sealing short section reduces the length and diameter of the instrument. …”
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Deciphering cross-species reactivity of LAMP-1 antibodies using deep mutational epitope mapping and AlphaFold by Tiphanie Pruvost, Magali Mathieu, Steven Dubois, Bernard Maillère, Emmanuelle Vigne, Hervé Nozach

“…We used deep mutational scanning (DMS) of the human LAMP-1 antigen displayed on yeast surface and leveraged next-generation sequencing to observe the effect of individual mutants on the binding of two LAMP-1 antibodies and to determine their functional epitopes on LAMP-1. …”
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The Proinflammatory Cytokines IL-18, IL-21, and IFN-γ Differentially Regulate Liver Inflammation and Anti-Mitochondrial Antibody Level in a Murine Model of Primary Biliary Cholangi... by Ya-Fei Xu, Yuan Yao, Min Ma, Shu-Han Yang, Peng Jiang, Jinjun Wang, Koichi Tsuneyama, Chan Wang, Xiangdong Liu, Liang Li, Zhe-Xiong Lian

“…Our results demonstrate that different proinflammatory cytokines can regulate different effector functions in PBC pathogenesis and need to be considered in PBC treatment.…”
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Dynamic Real-Time Anchor Selection for Accurate UWB Indoor Positioning-Based Deep Neural Networks by Ammar Fahem Majeed, Rashidah Arsat, Muhammad Ariff Baharudin, Nurul Mu'Azzah Abdul Latiff, Abbas Albaidhani

“…By integrating multi-scale feature extraction, sequential learning, and advanced activation functions with the conventional linearized least squares method, the LSB-DIP Net enables robust, accurate, and dynamic UWB positioning in real-time. …”
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Restructuring Non-teaching Hospitals into Teaching Hospitals in Iran: Component Change in General Hospitals by Niusha Shahidi Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Maleki, Soudabeh Vatankhah, Bahram Mohaghegh, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadehsorati

“…Background: The present study investigated how a general hospital is restructured in Iran when transforming from a non-teaching into a teaching hospital.Methods: This applied study was conducted based on a mixed-method design from 2020 to 2021 using a systematic search and review, document analysis, comparative and cross-sectional design, multiple voting technique, and qualitative phenomenological method.Results: The conceptual framework of the components of a hospital as a system includes inputs (governance and policy-making, goals and mission, clinical and support departments, physical space, clients, and human resources), processes (internal and external relations, key processes, type and level of services, and teaching mission systematization), and outputs (performance evaluation, internal and external customer satisfaction, human capital empowerment, organizational behavior, income-cost management, cost-effectiveness and efficiency, service quality, and legal and social responsibility).Conclusion: The findings from the present study depicted how the components of teaching and non-teaching hospitals are restructured when changing their functions. …”
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Immune dynamics throughout life in relation to sex hormones and perspectives gained from gender-affirming hormone therapy by Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Rumeysa Yalcinkaya, Fabian Sardh, Fabian Sardh, Nils Landegren, Nils Landegren

“…The advent of gender-affirming hormone therapy offers a novel opportunity to study the immunological effects of sex hormones. Despite the limited studies on this topic, available research has revealed that testosterone therapy in transgender men may suppress certain immune functions, such as type I interferon responses, while increasing inflammation markers like TNF-α. …”
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Identification and Alleviation of False Data Injection Within the Cyber Layer of an Enhanced Distributed Secondary Control in DC Islanded Microgrids by Nada Mosaad, Omar Abdel-Rahim, Wesam Rohouma, Sobhy Mohamed Abdelkader

“…The results demonstrated that the cybersecurity threat’s influence could be proficiently detected and alleviated in both microgrid configurations, while maintaining the effectiveness of secondary control functions, which are, preserving voltage regulation and precise current distribution. …”
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Long‐Term Demography of Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in a Lion‐Depleted but Prey‐Rich Ecosystem by S. Martens, S. Creel, M. S. Becker, G. Spong, D. Smit, E. Dröge, J. M'soka, B. Mayani‐Nkhoma, T. Mukula, S. Mwaba, H. Ndakala

“…With carnivore guilds now ubiquitously impacted by humans, disentangling the effects of interspecific competition and other drivers of hyena demography is important. …”
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