Temporal dynamics of summer phytoplankton communities and their response to environmental changes in the northern Yellow Sea (2011-2020) by Yibo Wang, Yibo Wang, Zhiliang Liu, Zhiliang Liu, Yanping Qi, Yang Chen, Yang Chen, Haibo Zhang, Xihan Liu, Xihan Liu, Du Su, Du Su

“…Temperature, temperature gradient (reflecting stratification intensity) and salinity exhibited upward trends, whereas pH, nitrogen-to-silicon (N/Si) ratio, and chlorophyll-a concentration showed downward trends. The abundances of total phytoplankton, Bacillariophyta, and Dinoflagellata, as well as the Dia/Dino index, fluctuated annually and correlated with temperature, temperature gradient, and nutrient structure. …”
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Applying Fuzzy Logic to Comparative Distribution Modelling: A Case Study with Two Sympatric Amphibians by A. Márcia Barbosa, Raimundo Real

“…We modelled the distributions of two toads (Bufo bufo and Epidalea calamita) in the Iberian Peninsula using the favourability function, which makes predictions directly comparable for different species and allows fuzzy logic operations to relate different models. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Multilayer Domain Adaptation by Bingru Yang, Qi Li, Liang Chen, Changqing Shen

“…The multikernel maximum mean discrepancy (MK-MMD) and pseudo-label learning are adopted in multiple layers to take both marginal distributions and conditional distributions into consideration. A total of 12 transfer tasks in the fault diagnosis problem are conducted to verify the performance of MLDA. …”
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A transgenic mouse line with a 58 kb fragment deletion shows skeletal defects by Ahmed Alamoudi, Dina Husein, Yoshio Ohyama, Angela Chen, Hanna Mochida, Yoshiyuki Mochida

“…Our results showed that body size and bone length of the 58 kb-/- mice were smaller than those of wild-type (WT) mice. The microcomputed tomography (µCT) analyses of trabecular and cortical bones in the 58 kb-/- displayed lower bone volume, thinner trabeculae and thinner bone cortex as compared to WT. …”
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Multiscale Deep Network with Centerness-Aware Loss for Salient Object Detection by Liangliang Duan

“…Specifically, the network architecture is composed of a bottom-up encoder module, top-down decoder module, and centerness prediction module. …”
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A Study on The Validity and Reliability of The Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form in Turkish Community Sample by Yusuf BILGE, Yildiz BILGE

“…In the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), PBQ-STF subscales revealed two factors explained 70,89% of the total variance. In the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), it was seen adaptive statistical values of scale were at acceptable/agreeable level. …”
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Características neuropsicológicas de mujeres víctimas de violencia de pareja by Isabel Rodríguez Ipiña, Jorge Alberto Guzmán Cortés

“…Se observó una correlación negativa fuerte (-.639) entre TEPT y la puntuación Total de Funciones Ejecutivas (TFE). Finalmente se realizó una . de Mann-Whitney para el TFE, donde la variable de agrupación fue la ausencia o presencia de TEPT, se encontró diferencia significativa a favor del grupo sin TEPT (p= .007). …”
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Experimental Study on the Effect of Offset Notch on Fracture Properties of Rock under Three-Point Bending Beam by Qifeng Guo, Xinghui Wu, Meifeng Cai, Shengjun Miao

“…A fracture model considering the effect of offset notch is developed, and the relationship between the offset notch parameter, tensile strength, and fracture toughness is established.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Soil Plugging Effect of Pipe Piles by Sifeng Zhang, Chaonan Wang, Wei Fan, Jianyong Han, Qian Liu, Guozhang Ren

“…Notably, soil layers characterized by higher hardness on top and lower softness beneath are more susceptible to soil plug occlusion. …”
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Efficacy of 2‐Mercaptoethane Sulfonate Sodium (MESNA) in the Prevention of Pancreatitis After Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Randomized Open Label Trial by Amir Sadeghi, Hesamoddin Samar, Mohammad Abbasinazari, Parvaneh Mohammadi, Ali Abazarikia, Shadi Ziaie

“…The PEP incidence and degree were measured in the patients as the main outcome. Results The total rate of PEP was equal to 13.7%. No significant difference was seen in the rate and severity of PEP between the mesna plus indomethacin and indomethacin alone arms (14% vs. 13.4%, respectively, p = 0.671). …”
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Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Inventory in secondary education by S. Suherman, T. Vidákovich

“…The research demonstrates that the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Inventory (MEI2) is an effective tool for assessing various aspects of ethnic identification among Indonesian secondary school students from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. …”
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Protective Effects of N-Acetylcysteine in Concanavalin A-Induced Hepatitis in Mice by Chengfen Wang, Yujing Xia, Yuanyuan Zheng, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Kan Chen, Jingjing Li, Sainan Li, Rong Zhu, Jing Yang, Qin Yin, Huawei Zhang, Junshan Wang, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

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Sağlık Bakanlığı Hastanelerinin Dış Kaynaktan Yararlanma Durum Analizi: Ankara İli Örneği by Seyhan Çil Koçyiğit, Zeki Kadı, Aynur Sorucuoğlu

“…Bu çalışma, Ankara’da Sağlık Bakanlığına bağlı eğitim araştırma hastaneleri, devlet hastaneleri ve ağız ve diş sağlığı merkezleri olmak üzere toplam 42 hastanenin 2017 yılında DKY yöntemiyle sağlanan hizmet türlerini tespit etmeye, DKY’nin nedenlerini ortaya koymaya ve idarecilerin DKY yöntemiyle aldıkları hizmetlerle ilgili memnuniyet düzeylerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamıştır. …”
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Beyond Anything Realism Can Represent? Monstrous Crime in Marx’s Victorian Novel by Jayson Althofer

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Systematization of scientific approaches in the contemporary motivation system and staff incentives by A. J. Bonyani

“…Therefore, the author presents in the article an analysis of the existing types and forms of personnel motivation and incentive systems, and also highlights the factors of the modern world that dictate the introduction of new tools and methods for motivating employees of enterprises. …”
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Reservoir water level decline accelerates ground subsidence: InSAR monitoring and machine learning prediction of surface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area by Jiaer Yang, Jiaer Yang, Pinglang Kou, Pinglang Kou, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Ying Xia, Qinchuan Gu, Yuxiang Tao, Jiangfan Feng, Qin Ji, Weizao Wang, Ram Avtar

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Comparison of the lower genital tract microbiome composition in patients with benign gynecological disease by Yonghui Shi, Jun Li, Jinjing Xie, Tianye Yang, Qiongyan Ma, Hua Chen, Wenwei Guo

“…Studying the lower genital tract microbiome composition in patients with benign gynecological diseases could provide new insights for interpreting the complex interplay between the microbiome and pathogenesis and finding new targets for preventive measures.MethodsA total of 16 patients with endometrial polyps (EPs), 11 patients with uterine myoma (UM), 6 patients with ovarian cysts (OC) and 36 healthy women (HWs) were recruited for this study. …”
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Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Caleb Cornaby, Alice Cortez, Miguel Bernardes, Georgina Terroso, Marta Figueiredo, Cristina Dos Santos Mesquita, Lúcia Costa, Brian D. Poole

“…IL-10 and IL-6 are likely to be involved, since IL-10 concentration was associated with depression and Tocilizumab decreased depressive symptoms in the RA patients. …”
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Pretreatment Strategies to Improve Crude Glycerol Utilisation and Metabolite Production by Aspergillus terreus by Muhamad Hafiz Abd Rahim, Hanan Hasan, Elicia Jitming Lim, Phebe K. Samrani, Ali Abbas

“…The largest increase in toluene (Tol) was observed in sulochrin production, at 67.22% (versus CG) and 183.85% (versus PG). …”
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Inversion of the main trends of digitalization in the educational space. by Darya Pavlovna Kozolupenko

“…The modern space is increasingly determined by the trends of digitalization. Today we can talk about such consequences of digitalization as the appearance of scattered identity and distancing – a new kind of socialization in the conditions of spatial separation and overcoming social deprivation and virtual transgression. …”
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