Sentiment analysis of user reviews: exploring Duolingo and Babbel in English language learning by Husnat Ahmed Tabssam, Saima Akhtar Chattha, Muhammad Farooq Javeed, Ali Hayat

“…This study contributes to the field of applied linguistics by demonstrating the potential of user feedback to enhance the usability and pedagogical efficacy of language learning technologies, ultimately advocating for a more learner-centered approach in the design of educational tools. …”
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THE USE OF BIOTEXTILES TO RECUPERATE DEGRADADED AREAS BY EROSION by Marcia Silva Furtado, Neilianne de Fátima Costa Lima, Ulisses Denache Vieira Souza, Jane Karina Silva Mendonça, Antônio Teixeira Guerra, Antonio Cordeiro Feitosa

“…Such initiatives have been applied in different situations, with positive results for being an alternative which makes use of biodegradable materials such as vegetal fibers, wooden stakes, rigid iron-like structures, besides vegetation to make the soil more stable, lowering the costs and providing improvement to the environmental balance. …”
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A-STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION ON THE BORDER OF AGES by B. S. Belov

“…Decrease of macroorganism immune response to above mentioned serotypes may play a role because their distribution was low for several decades. Created during evolution ability of some group of A streptococcal strains lo develop structural changes increasing virulence may also be one ol the causes. …”
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The Politics of Migration in the 21st Century: Employing Systemism to Advance Research Strategies by Jeannette Money

“…Elaboration is employed to expand the systemist presentation of “No Vacancy”, to communicate causal mechanisms more thoroughly. The next section employs systematic synthesis to bring together the two articles and to engage the research agenda on the politics of migration policy. …”
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Documenting the Dragon Gate in Antonio Gaudí’s Finca Güell in Barcelona by Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Camilla Mileto

“…These surveys date from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, while more recent ones incorporate technology and greatly improve geometric accuracy. …”
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ZIKV prM hijacks PIM1 kinase for phosphorylation to prevent ubiquitin−mediated degradation and facilitate viral replication by Yingying Ren, Yingying Ren, Yishuo Liu, Rui Pang, Gang Xu, Yining Lei, Yining Lei, Hang Fai Kwok, Yingliang Wu, Zhijian Cao, Zhijian Cao, Zhijian Cao, Zhijian Cao

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Effect of the Number and Distribution of Circular Holes on the Damage and Fracture of Limestone Using PFC2D by Handong Liu, Shuai Liu, Haining Liu, Yunyou Fu, Minglei Kang, Zhe Bai, Jianglong Xu, Chao Zheng

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How Habitat Simplification Shapes the Morphological Characteristics of Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Different Biogeographical Contexts by Ana Cristina da Silva Utta, Gianpasquale Chiatante, Enrico Schifani, Alberto Meriggi, Itanna Oliveira Fernandes, Paulo A. V. Borges, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Fabricio Beggiato Baccaro, Donato Antonio Grasso

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The histone core domain evolves at single-residue resolution to directly orchestrate transcription by Zachary H. Harvey, Kathryn M. Stevens, Jian Yi Kok, Akihisa Osakabe, Jiaying Liu, Tobias Warnecke, Frédéric Berger

“…Here, we reconstituted H2A.Z sequences resulting from more than a billion years of eukaryotic evolution in a single synthetic host system, interrogating their impact on transcription. …”
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Hygroscopic effect of high clay-content shale under temperature and humidity conditions and its impact on mechanical properties. by Weisheng Zhao, Wei He, Lichao Hu, Zhaoan Wang

“…Within the experimental conditions, reducing humidity was found to be more effective than increasing temperature in reducing EWC. …”
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Research on Living Conservation Strategies for the Ming-Guangwu Great Wall Based on the Grey Relational Analysis Model by Weicheng Han, Zele Mo, Wei Wang

“…While damage to its main structural components and explicit heritage elements has been widely acknowledged, the more critical issue lies in the ambiguous recognition and insufficient safeguarding of its implicit heritage elements. …”
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An Assessment Approach to Urban Economic Resilience of the Rust Belt in China by Shan Man, Xiangli Wu, Yongchun Yang, Qingmin Meng

“…Coastal cities should focus on increasing the diversity of their economic structures and creating positive trends of economic and social development. …”
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Countries of the European Union—An Evaluation of Plans and Strategies by Concepción Natalia Rodríguez-Rojo, María Luisa Pérez-Cayeiro, Juan Adolfo Chica-Ruiz

“…The analysis focused on the development and evolution of these instruments, particularly in response to major coastal impacts. …”
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Optimizing a human monoclonal antibody for better neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by Qian Wang, Yicheng Guo, Ryan G. Casner, Jian Yu, Manoj S. Nair, Jerren Ho, Eswar R. Reddem, Ian A. Mellis, Madeline Wu, Chih-Chen Tzang, Hsiang Hong, Yaoxing Huang, Lawrence Shapiro, Lihong Liu, David D. Ho

“…Abstract SARS-CoV-2 has largely evolved to resist antibody pressure, with each successive viral variant becoming more and more resistant to serum antibodies in the population. …”
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A new mamenchisaurid from the Upper Jurassic Suining Formation of the Sichuan Basin in China and its implication on sauropod gigantism by Xuefang Wei, Yuanjun Tan, Shan Jiang, Jun Ding, Lei Li, Xiaobing Wang, Yiyang Liu, Guangbiao Wei, Deliang Li, Yu Liu, Guangzhao Peng, Shizhen Zhang, Changling Lao

“…Phylogenetic analysis shows that it is more closely related to Mamenchisaurus than to Omeisaurus. …”
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Zinc Finger-Homeodomain Transcription Factor: A New Player in Plant Growth, Stress Response, and Quality Regulation by An-Qing Shen, Mei-Yan Lv, Yan-Xin Ge, Jin Zhou, Zhen-Zhu Hu, Xu-Qin Ren, Ai-Sheng Xiong, Guang-Long Wang

“…In recent years, an increasing number of reports regarding this class of transcription factors have been published, identifying their novel functions. In this paper, the evolution, structural characteristics, and subfamily classification of ZF-HD transcription factors are comprehensively introduced and the roles of the ZF-HD in abiotic and biotic stress responses, plant hormone signal transduction, and quality regulation are extensively investigated. …”
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Insights into brain network dynamics across ages using group-ICA functional parcellation by Lorena Malinalli López-Medina, Omar Paredes, Sorpresa Lora-Castro, Rebeca Romo-Vázquez, J. Alejandro Morales, Hugo Vélez-Pérez

“…The brain becomes structurally, functionally, and interconnected differently. …”
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Emergence of ion-channel-mediated electrical oscillations in Escherichia coli biofilms by Emmanuel Akabuogu, Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martorelli, Rok Krašovec, Ian S Roberts, Thomas A Waigh

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Additive-driven microwave crystallization of tyramine polymorphs and salts: a quantum crystallography perspective by Szymon Grabowski, Klaudia Nowakowska, Helena Butkiewicz, Anna Hoser, Aleksandra Wesełucha-Birczyńska, Tomasz Seidler, Paulina Moskal, Marlena Gryl

“…Over time, in solution, crystals of barbital–tyramine salts (C1 and C2) begin to form, providing an opportunity to assess structural evolution. Optical properties calculations show significant maximum linear birefringence values (0.164 and 0.255) for two polymorphs of tyramine, whereas for C1, this value decreases to 0.095.…”
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Atomically thin high-entropy oxides via naked metal ion self-assembly for proton exchange membrane electrolysis by Tao Zhang, Qingyi Liu, Haoming Bao, Mingyue Wang, Nana Wang, Bao Zhang, Hong Jin Fan

“…Here, we develop a self-assembly technique to synthesize 1 nm-thick rutile-structured high-entropy oxides (RuIrFeCoCrO2) from naked metal ions assembly and oxidation at air-molten salt interface. …”
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