Using near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate soil water retention curves with the van Genuchten model by Youssef Fouad, Inès Soltani, Christophe Cudennec, Didier Michot

“…The results showed that i) the NIR-spectroscopy approach was relevant for estimating hydraulic parameters θs, α and n of the VG model and ii) the parameters obtained from a VG-like equation based on the relation between h and SWSI predicted values of θ of the soil–water retention curve that were similar to observed values, with a root-mean-square error of 0.031 and 0.045 cm3cm−3 for topsoil and subsoil horizons, respectively. The method was thus more accurate for topsoil horizons.…”
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Effects of Antifreeze Proteins on the Quality of Frozen Pork by LIAO Hongmei, WANG Shanglong, ZHANG Baoxue, DING Yinyin, LIU Mingguang, XIONG Guoyuan

“…Scanning electron microscopy showed that in the presence of 0.2 mg/mL AFP, the arrangement of muscle fibers was orderly, appearing more compact and denser. Overall, AFP addition had a positive effect on improving the quality of frozen pork and might have the potential of being a safe and efficient cryoprotection method.…”
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Maximising the Potential of Reactive Carbon Support with Cobalt Active Phase for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Termeh Darvishzad, Paweł Stelmachowski

“…The activation of graphene nanoparticles with oxygen plasma allowed us to obtain a catalyst that showed only 317 mV@10 mA·cm⁻². More importantly, in the series of plasma-activated samples, the OER activity was very high in a range of cobalt phase loadings, yielding a material with 2.4 wt.% of cobalt and an overpotential of only 327 mV@10 mA·cm⁻². …”
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Being Trapped in an Abusive Relationship: A Phenomenological Study of Women’s Experiences of Violence in Intimate Relationships by Annah Mabunda, Mathildah Mpata Mokgatle, Sphiwe Madiba

“…The data were analysed using Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis method. Although women experienced a myriad of violent acts, physical violence was the most prevalent form of violence. …”
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A novel approach to assess acid diversion efficiency in horizontal wells by Abdulameer Almalichy, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, Zoltan Turzo, Ahmed Al-Yaseri

“…This paper proposes a new method for simulating matrix acidizing in horizontal wells by introducing five injection points and two outlet lines. …”
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PV-YOLO: Lightweight YOLO for Photovoltaic Panel Fault Detection by Wang Yin, Shen Lingxin, Li Maohuan, Sun Qianlai, Li Xiaosong

“…The label assignment mechanism is optimized, and the SIoU loss functionis used to improve the uneven distribution of samples and accelerate network convergence. Experiments on the dataset prove that this method is superior to the existing technology, as the highest mAP value is 92.56%. …”
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Using item response theory for the development of a new short form of the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey by Mohammed Looti, Marwa Abd-Alzim

“…Overall, the GZTS-SF offers a more efficient yet psychometrically sound method for assessing the ten GZTS traits, making it highly suitable for research and applied contexts involving university populations. …”
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Model Pembelajaran Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) Terhadap Berpikir Kritis Peserta Didik Kelas V Sekolah Dasar by Yuli Yanti, Elisa Siswanto, Chairul Amriyah

“…This learning model is known as an innovative approach that encourages independent, collaborative learning and scientific discovery The research method used was quasi-experimental with a posttest control group research design. …”
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Transcriptional instability during evolving sepsis may limit biomarker based risk stratification. by Antonia Kwan, Mike Hubank, Asrar Rashid, Nigel Klein, Mark J Peters

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the temporal gene expression during the evolution of sepsis induced multi-organ failure in response to a single organism, Neisseria meningitidis, in previously healthy children.<h4>Method</h4>RNA was extracted from serial blood samples (6 time points over 48 hours from presentation) from five critically ill children with meningococcal sepsis. …”
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Drug-drug interaction prediction of traditional Chinese medicine based on graph attention networks by Bin Yang, Dan Song, Yadong Li, Jinglong Wang

“…Experimental results reveal that the proposed DGAT method significantly outperforms currently advanced deep learning techniques, including Graph Convolutional Networks, Weave, and Message Passing Neural Networks. …”
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The Effect of Exercise on Inflammatory Markers in PCOS Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials by Mozhgan Hafizi Moori, Saeed Nosratabadi, Naghmeh Yazdi, Razieh Kasraei, Zeinab Abbasi Senjedary, Razieh Hatami

“…This study aimed to clarify the effect of exercise on inflammatory markers in women with PCOS. Method. Electronic searches in international databases were performed to identify eligible publications up to August 2021, which compared the effects of exercise on inflammatory markers in the intervention group compared to the control group in PCOS women. …”
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Teacher-student empathic relationship shaping: an elimination mechanism for psychological segmentations in entrepreneurship education by Kui Yi, Xinyu Wang, Yingqi Wu, Le Zhang

“…Previous studies have focused on the educational significance of the promoting entrepreneurial intention, and few have paid attention to the psychological differentiation caused by the incomprehension between teachers and students. Method By conducting three experiments on cognitive empathy shaping to eliminate confidence segmentation, affective empathy shaping to eliminate confidence segmentation, and the non-negligible affective bias, a total of 424 college undergraduates were invited to participate in this study (405 final valid samples were collected). …”
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Research on the prediction of blasting fragmentation in open-pit coal mines based on KPCA-BAS-BP by Shuang Liu, Enxiang Qu, Chun LV, Xueyuan Zhang

“…Compared with the unoptimized BP neural network and the BP neural network optimized by the artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) model, this model has higher prediction accuracy and is more suitable for predicting the blasting block size of open-pit coal mines, it provides a new method for predicting the fragmentation of blasting under the influence of multiple factors, filling the gap in related theoretical research, and has certain practical application value.…”
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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Leonurus L. species under the conditions of Uzbekistan by Arabova Nodira, Bahodirova Gavharkhon, Bobonazarov G'appar

“…The sequences were aligned using the CLUSTALW tool, refined with Snap Gene, and analyzed using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) method with the Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) model in the IQ-TREE program. …”
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The effect of “annealing” on the specific crushing energy of the layered frozen ice. by V. A. Dzhumandzhi, A. V. Shavlov, I. V. Sokolov, E. S. Yakovenko

“…The paper demonstrates realization of an experimental method of shock destruction of ice in order to study its specific energy of destruction and strength under various annealing conditions. …”
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Let’s be pediatricians: What influences Saudi medical students’ interest in pursuing a career in pediatrics by Yossef Alnasser, Aljohara I. Alharthi, Reema M. AlJohani, Abdullah S. Alsaedi, Shouq I. Alajlani, Fahad H. Bin Shalhoub, Jamal A. S. Omar

“…This study aims to explore Saudi medical students’ interest in pediatrics while trying to capture influencing factors and barriers. Method: A cross-sectional design was adopted to conduct this study. …”
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Future impacts of artificial intelligence technologies in graphic design by Hussein Nasser Ibrahim Saleh Al-Dulaimi

“…The research adopted the descriptive approach and the content analysis method to analyze nine research samples to reach a number of results. …”
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“I Am a Football Player and/or a Girl”: Psychosemantics of Self-Consciousness among Teenage Female Football Players by Olga G. Lopukhova

“…Design. The psychosemantic method of multiple identifications is used to assess self-consciousness in participants. …”
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Perceptions of how spiritual leadership enhances connectedness in blended teams by Thandeka L. Maseme, Musawenkosi D. Saurombe

“…Research approach/design and method: A qualitative research approach employing a purposive sample was followed and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from 12 managers in the financial services industry which were then thematically analysed. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STANDARD AND ENHANCED SWARM INTELLIGENT DEEP BELIEF NETWORK ON MAIZE DISEASE DETECTION by Kehinde Sotonwa, Adebisi Oluwatosin, Adesesan Adeyemo, Micheal Adenibuyan

“…Images of healthy and unhealthy 3852 maize plant samples were acquired from https:\\www.kaggle.com. …”
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