Gloger's Rule or Historical Conjecture? Tests in Mammals by Natasha Howell, Tim Caro

“…Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we investigated and compared both ideas across a global sample of 2726 species of mammals, examining their head, torso, legs and tail regions. …”
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Exploiting the similarity of dissimilarities for biomedical applications and enhanced machine learning. by Mohammad Neamul Kabir, Li Rong Wang, Wilson Wen Bin Goh

“…Integrating this approach into an analysis allows for the design of better, more meaningful experiments and the development of smarter validation methods, ensuring that the models learn in a meaningful way.…”
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SREBF1, a target gene of multiple sclerosis and coronary heart disease: based on mendelian randomization study by Linqin Du, Yangyang Cui, Yang Zhou, Ofe Eugene Kwaku, Xuefeng Ding, Lang Zeng, Shikang Li, Lijuan Xiong, Yonghong Zhang, Peng Zhou, Kun Wang, Rongchuan Yue

“…This study investigated the causal relationship between MS and coronary heart disease (CHD) using Mendelian randomization (MR) techniques to clarify direct effects and identify relevant target genes. Methods We conducted various methods, including two-sample MR. method, reverse, and multivariable MR analyses, to examine the causal relationship between MS and CHD. …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of Microbial Leakage in Different Root Canal Obturation Techniques by Alakesh Singha, Keshav K. Manglam, Nishita Grandhi, Lipsa Bhuyan, Subasish Behera, Soumyaranjan Nanda, Mahesh Ghadage, Bhumika J. Patel

“…Results: The findings demonstrated that 12 samples (60%) in Group 1, eight samples (40%) in Group 2, and 15 samples (75%) in Group 3 had microbial leakage. …”
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Advanced Hybrid Transformer-CNN Deep Learning Model for Effective Intrusion Detection Systems with Class Imbalance Mitigation Using Resampling Techniques by Hesham Kamal, Maggie Mashaly

“…However, existing benchmark datasets for intrusion detection typically contain more normal traffic samples than attack samples to reflect real-world network traffic. …”
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Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement. by José L Safanelli, Tomislav Hengl, Leandro L Parente, Robert Minarik, Dellena E Bloom, Katherine Todd-Brown, Asa Gholizadeh, Wanderson de Sousa Mendes, Jonathan Sanderman

“…Soil spectroscopy is a widely used method for estimating soil properties that are important to environmental and agricultural monitoring. …”
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Physically abused women's experiences and expectations of medical practitioners by M.S. Jansen van Rensburg, F.J. van Staden

“…Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of physically abused women's medical consultations, the anatomical location of their injuries and the perceived support given by medical practitioners. Method: The sample consisted of 42 physically abused women who made use of the services of the People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) Organisation. …”
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Nature of antimicrobial resistance of pathogens causing urinary tract infection in Bangladesh: age and gender profiles by Ferdous Jahan, Mohammed Anwer

“…Patients who were prescribed urine culture sensitivity tests as part of their treatment at a tertiary-level hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were included as a sample. Urine culture was done following the guidelines of CLSI, and a sensitivity test was done following the Kirby-Bauer sensitivity method. …”
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Using of brown algae Sargassum pallidum as raw materials for extraction of fucoxanthin by E. E. Fedotova, V. P. Korchagin, D. D. Vingorodova

“…Fucoxanthin was extracted from these preparations by method of alcohol extraction using the ethanol water solution in ratio of 1 : 10 during 24 hours in a dark place, then the solution was filtered or centrifuged. …”
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PERFORMANCE REFINEMENT OF CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES FOR SOLVING BIG DATA PROBLEMS by Saud Aljaloud

“… The use of more examples than contrasted ones to compare neural network frameworks through using the MNIST database is considered a good research method. …”
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Nurses’ perception of the professional practice environment and its relation to organizational dehumanization and work passion by Shimaa Mohamed Salem, Huda Mohammed Bakeer, Hayam Ahmed El Shrief

“…Aim To assess nurses’ perceptions of the professional practice environment and its relation to organizational dehumanization and work passion. Method A descriptive correlational research design was used. …”
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Reimagining the Purpose of Vocational Education and Training: Perspectives of Bhutanese TVET practitioners on online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Sangay Tshewang, Prakesh Sarki, Sonam Wangmo

“…An online survey method (google forms) was used for data collection. …”
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Changes and challenges in artisanal fishery: unpacking the impact of a mining waste disaster by Mayra Jankowsky, Jocemar Tomasino Mendonça, Rodrigo Randow de Freitas

“…From 2021 to 2022, 441 semi-structured interviews were conducted with fishers in Espírito Santo municipalities, using the snowball method to sample 20% of total fishers. The interviews focused on socioeconomic aspects and post-disaster changes. …”
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Short-term Wind Power Forecasting Based on BWO‒VMD and TCN‒BiGRU by LU Jing, ZHANG Yanru, WANG Rui

“…Through this method, a thorough search was conducted to identify the optima parameter combination. …”
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The relationship between value orientations and understanding of emotions in preschoolers by Olga V. Morozova, Ekaterina V. Kartashova, Ulyana D. Guseva, Daria A. Bukhalenkova

“…The sample included 46.7% of boys. Methods. To study the child’s value orientations, the “Three Wishes” technique (Prizhozhan, Tolstykh, 2005; Veraksa, 2012) was used. …”
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Evolving superpixel-level affinity based on contrastive learning and good neighbors for hyperspectral image clustering by Yao Qin, Guisong Xia, Kun Li, Yuanxin Ye, Weiping Ni

“…Meanwhile, since the spatial information of HSIs may not be sufficiently utilized in these methods, it is difficult for them to obtain robust clustering performance when processing various HSIs. …”
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THERMAL MONITORING IN MICROCHANNELS by M. V. Freytes, A. Donofrio, A. E. Juarez

“…It was found that the recorded fluorescence intensity profiles are consistent with the expected temperature gradients. The method proved to be efficient for implementation in more complex platforms.…”
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Volunteering of students: Social meaning and basis of motivated refusal by M. V. Pevnaya, A. N. Tarasova, D. F. Telepaeva, M. Cernicova-Bucă

“…A representative sample consisted of 1105 people, the error is no more than 3,5%. …”
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Evidence of slow millennial cliff retreat rates using cosmogenic nuclides in coastal colluvium by R. Bossis, R. Bossis, V. Regard, S. Carretier, S. Choy

“…Specifically, there are no available methods that can be used to quantify slow coastal erosion (<span class="inline-formula">&lt;</span> 1 cm yr<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>) averaged over millennia. …”
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The long-term average spectrum in forensic phonetics: From collation to discrimination of speakers by Jordi Just Alcaraz

“… The present work aims to provide more data regarding the comparison and discrimination of speech samples in the field of forensic phonetics. …”
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