Analysis of the Causes of Urban Sprawl in Iran by keramatollah Ziari, Saeed Zanganeh Shahraki, Negin Rajabzadeh, Mohsen Abbas Nejad Jelogir

“…Discussion of Results & ConclusionThe causes of urban sprawl in Iran were categorized into 15 distinct dimensions: city form, urban management and planning, infrastructure and urban elements/transportation, land and housing management, planning, and policy, migration and land preparation, socio-cultural factors, natural factors, economic factors, urban plans, political factors, inner-city problems, marginalization and informal settlement issues, urban peripheral problems, demographic factors, and other factors.Within the dimension of city form, spatial-functional discontinuity was noted as a contributing factor (3 occurrences in the sources). …”
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By-Products Valorization: Peptide Fractions from Milk Permeate Exert Antioxidant Activity in Cellular and In Vivo Models by Valeria Scalcon, Federico Fiorese, Marica Albanesi, Alessandra Folda, Gianfranco Betti, Marco Bellamio, Emiliano Feller, Claudia Lodovichi, Giorgio Arrigoni, Oriano Marin, Maria Pia Rigobello

“…Altogether, the results unveil novel recovery strategies for food by-products as sources of antioxidant bioactive peptides that might be utilized for the development of functional foods.…”
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Gut dysbiosis narrative in psoriasis: matched-pair approach identifies only subtle shifts correlated with elevated fecal calprotectin by Bayazit Yunusbayev, Anna Bogdanova, Nadezhda Nadyrchenko, Lavrentii Danilov, Viktor Bogdanov, Grigory Sergeev, Radick Altinbaev, Fanil Bilalov, Milyausha Yunusbaeva

“…We next showed that these enriched species were correlated with elevated biomarkers of intestinal and systemic inflammation and liver function. Functionally, one of the top species, Megasphaera elsdenii, is a potent lactate utilizer in the context of intestinal lactic acidosis and inflammation. …”
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The cryoprotective effect of Litopenaeus vannamei head-derived peptides and its ice-binding mechanism by Julieth Joram Majura, Xiujuan Chen, Zhongqin Chen, Mingtang Tan, Guoping Zhu, Jialong Gao, Haisheng Lin, Wenhong Cao

“…Although discarded as waste, shrimp heads are a potential source of antifreeze peptides, which can be used as cryoprotectants in the food industry. …”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…In our workflow, VSEARCH is utilized for processing fastq files derived from amplicon-based Next-Generation Sequencing data. …”
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Carbon footprint of coffee production: the case study of Indian Robusta coffee by Sandra P. Iglesias, Paraskevi Karka, John A. Posada, Ralph E.F. Lindeboom, Machteld van den Broek, Girigan Gopi, Manju Mathew, TD John, Vipin Champatan, P.V. Aravind

“…Calculating the carbon footprint (CF) in coffee processing is crucial for identifying and mitigating key sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Utilizing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, the current study quantifies the CF associated with Robusta dry coffee processing by collecting primary data through interviews with coffee producers and visits to coffee processing units, roasting, and grinding facilities in Wayanad, India. …”
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Generation of effective and specific human TCRs against tumor/testis antigen NY-ESO-1 in mice with humanized T cell recognition system by Xiaojing Tina Chen, Xiaojing Tina Chen, Matthias Leisegang, Matthias Leisegang, Ioannis Gavvovidis, Ioannis Gavvovidis, Seth M. Pollack, Felix K. M. Lorenz, Ton N. Schumacher, Ton N. Schumacher, Oliver Daumke, Thomas Blankenstein

“…One of the murine-derived human TCRs, TCR-ESO, exhibited higher functional avidity compared to human-derived NY-ESO-1157-165 specific TCRs. …”
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KnowVID-19: A Knowledge-Based System to Extract Targeted COVID-19 Information from Online Medical Repositories by Muzzamil Aziz, Ioana Popa, Amjad Zia, Andreas Fischer, Sabih Ahmed Khan, Amirreza Fazely Hamedani, Abdul R. Asif

“…We present KnowVID-19, a knowledge-based system that assists medical researchers and scientists in extracting targeted information quickly and efficiently from online medical literature repositories, such as PubMed, PubMed Central, and other biomedical sources. The system utilizes various open-source machine learning tools, such as GROBID, S2ORC, and BioC to streamline the processes of data extraction and data mining. …”
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Fast detection method for radionuclides based on Sequential Bayesian approach by WAN Linjian, ZHANG Xuan, ZHANG Chunlei, HUANG Jianwei, LIU Jiacheng, ZHANG Xiaole, LI Dehong, YANG Zhijun

“…Based on the principle that the time interval between adjacent two rays was exponential distributed, the decision was caculated by collecting a series of ray time samples in chronological sequence, and decisions were made by comparing the decision function with the preset upper and lower thresholds. …”
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Application of Anionic Hydrogels from Date Palm Waste for Dye Adsorption in Wastewater Treatment by Farid Fadhillah, Abdulrahman G. Alhamzani, Khaled Bin Bandar, Abdullah Alshamari, Saad Aljlil, Abdelrahman G. Gadallah, M. A. Habib, Mortaga M. Abou-Krisha, Mona A. Abdel-Fatah

“…Biogel formation of the CNF suspension was promoted by sonication, where its removal efficiency of methylene blue dye was studied as a function of dye concentration, temperature, contact time, and pH value. …”
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Natural pigments: innovative extraction technologies and their potential application in health and food industries by Ayu Masyita, Gemala Hardinasinta, Ayun Dwi Astuti, Firdayani Firdayani, Dian Mayasari, Aki Hori, Ira Nur Ainun Nisha, Firzan Nainu, Takayuki Kuraishi

“…Natural pigments, or natural colorants, are frequently utilized in the food industry due to their diverse functional and nutritional attributes. …”
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DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM IN UKRAINE: A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION by Анжела Ігнатюк, Мартіна Раштіцова, Наталія Приказюк, Антоніна Шолойко, Наталія Ткаленко, Наталія Версаль

“…The goal of this research is to evaluate the social protection system of Ukraine and to make recommendations to fill the gaps in its functioning. The evaluation of Ukraine's social protection system utilized the Core Diagnostic Instrument (CODI tool) from the Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments to the extent possible, given the constraints posed by limited information availability. …”
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Taguchi Method-Based Synthesis of a Circular Antenna Array for Enhanced IoT Applications by Wided Amara, Ramzi Kheder, Ridha Ghayoula, Issam El Gmati, Amor Smida, Jaouhar Fattahi, Lassaad Latrach

“…To address this limitation, the synthesis method utilizing the Taguchi approach, originally designed for linear arrays, can be effectively extended to two-dimensional or planar antenna arrays. …”
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Control over biopower in cognitive and surveillance capitalism by Stanković-Pejnović Vesna

“…Power can achieve an effective command over the entire life of the population only when it becomes an integral, vital function that every individual embraces and reactivates of his or her own accord. …”
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Bioinformatic Analysis of Apoptosis-Related Genes in Preeclampsia Using Public Transcriptomic and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Datasets by Liu L, Li X, Yang H, Xu F, Dong X

“…When integrated into the diagnostic nomogram, they showed clinical utility and affected cell functions. In the immune profile of PE, monocytes decreased, resting NK cells increased, and the activities of APC, checkpoint, T-cell co-stimulation, and MHC class I pathways reduced. …”
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Assisted Egg White Biogenic Synthesis for Elaboration of ZnO Nanoparticles by Elena Andreea Vijan, Ecaterina Magdalena Modan, Sorin Georgian Moga, Denis Aurelian Negrea, Adriana-Gabriela Schiopu, Mihai Oproescu, Daniela Istrate

“…The synthesis process utilized egg white from different sources (commercially raised hens, home-raised hens, and ducks) and varying zinc nitrate concentrations (1M and 2M) to evaluate their influence on nanoparticle morphology and size. …”
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Understanding ecohydrology and biodiversity in aquatic nature-based solutions in urban streams and ponds through an integrative multi-tracer approach by M. M. Warter, D. Tetzlaff, D. Tetzlaff, D. Tetzlaff, C. Soulsby, C. Soulsby, C. Soulsby, T. Goldhammer, D. Gebler, K. Vierikko, M. T. Monaghan, M. T. Monaghan

“…Our findings emphasize the utility of integrated tracer approaches to explore the interface between ecology and hydrology and provide insights into the ecohydrologic functioning of aquaNBSs and their potential limitations. …”
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Uso da regressão linear para estimativa da relação entre a condutividade elétrica e a composição iônica da água de irrigação Use of linear regression to estimate the relationship b... by Giorgio M. Ribeiro, Celsemy E. Maia, José F. de Medeiros

“…For comparing the adjusted equations an identity model test was utilized. The adjusted linear equations with electrical conductivity as a function of the contents of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, carbonate, and sulfate varied significantly with time of sampling, water source, and soil type.…”
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Development and Analysis of a Non-Resonant Wide-Band Tri-Axial Electromagnetic Energy Harvester by Hamid Khan, Farid Ullah Khan

“…Moreover, the harvester is utilized with various other home appliances, including washing machine, kitchen blender, and domestic water pump. …”
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A semi-analytical model for flow regime diagnosis in multi-fractured horizontal wells within deep coalbed methane reservoirs by Chang-qing Liu, Zhao-biao Yang, He-qing Chen, Guo-xiao Zhou, Yu-hui Liang, Jun-yu Gu, Yu-qiang Wang, Cun-lei Li, Ben-ju Lu, Shuai-long Feng, Jia-nan Wang

“…In this study, a “dual-porosity and dual-phase” model, which incorporates free and adsorptive gas, coal quality and excess adsorption, has been proposed to better understand gas flow dynamics during extraction from deep coal seams with multi-fractured horizontal wells. Utilizing Laplace transformation and the Gaver-Stehfest numerical inversion method, combined with boundary elements and point-source functions, a semi-analytical solution is derived. …”
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