Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland by Yulin Li, Li Cheng, Honglin Yang, Rui Zhang, Zhiying Ning

“…Meanwhile, soil burial or litter mixing have greater effects on litter decomposition, individually or jointly. Together, our results highlight the need to consider rainfall distribution variability and incorporate soil-covering and litter-mixing as driving factors of organic matter turnover in drylands.…”
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UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTERS IN RUSSIA: GOALS AND PROSPECTS by Irina B. Korotkina

“…The future of writing centers is viewed as a tool in overcoming disciplinary and institutional borders and leading to the internationalization of Russian higher education. …”
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Music, theology, and space: listening as a way of seeking God by F. England

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Calcium Mass Balances in Bicarbonate Hemodialysis by Carlo Basile

“…Finally, which CaMB should we study: ionized CaMB or total CaMB? This issue is largely discussed in the review.…”
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Advances in Deep Brain Imaging with Quantum Dots: Structural, Functional, and Disease-Specific Roles by Tenesha Connor, Hemal Weerasinghe, Justin Lathia, Clemens Burda, Murat Yildirim

“…Quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as promising tools in advancing multiphoton microscopy (MPM) for deep brain imaging, addressing long-standing challenges in resolution, penetration depth, and light–tissue interactions. …”
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Glycoalkaloids and phenolic compounds in three commercial potato cultivars grown in Hebei, China by Cheng-Yu Jin, Hong Liu, Dan Xu, Fan-Kui Zeng, Yu-Ci Zhao, Hai Zhang, Gang Liu

“…The ratio of α-chaconine to α-solanine in whole potatoes ranged from 0.41 for Russet Burbank potatoes to 3.61 for Atlantic potatoes. The removal rate of total glycoalkaloids in Russet Burbank potatoes during dehydrated potato flake processing is 90.0%. …”
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Innovations in bioethanol production: A comprehensive review of feedstock generations and technology advances by Abeer Kazmi, Tahira Sultana, Amir Ali, Aneela Nijabat, Gaojie Li, Hongwei Hou

“…According to estimates, one-third of the food produced worldwide, or 1.3 billion tonnes annually, is wasted. Biofuels like bioethanol reduce dependency on fossil fuels and can operate with a fleet of internal combustion engines. …”
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Implementation of Minimum Antenatal Care Service Standards in North Lampung Regency by Lisa Suarni, Kodri Kodri, Warjidin Aliyanto, Hasti Primadila, Fajar Desma Wahyudi

“…The Minimum Service Standard report also indicates that the budget for maternal care services is around 17% of the total budget allocation. This study aims to provide an overview of the implementation of the 10 Antenatal Care (ANC) services in North Lampung. …”
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« Villes nouvelles » et urbanités émergentes dans les périphéries de Constantine et Marrakech by Jean-Marie Ballout

“…In other words, do the inhabitants of “new towns” perceive their space as a city?…”
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Maternal Circulating Concentrations of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Leptin, and Adiponectin in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Xu, Yan Hong Zhao, Yun Ping Chen, Xiao Lei Yuan, Jiao Wang, Hui Zhu, Chun Mei Lu

“…A systematic search of PubMed and Medline was undertaken. In total, 27 trials were evaluated by meta-analyses using the software Review Manager 5.0. …”
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Optimization Design and Simulation of Single Degree of Freedom Legs of Quadruped Robots by Shi Huiwen, He Jing, Wang Zhijun

“…Quadruped robots based on the bionic principle are the hot topic of many scholars at home and abroad. In order to satisfy the stationary motion requirements of quadruped robots, a non-impact foot trajectory form combining the improved constant velocity motion law in the vertical direction and the bionic motion law in the forward direction is proposed, and its piecewise function expression is derived. …”
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Effect of Electrolyzed Cassava Starch-Gelatin Coating on Biochemical Properties and Ripening of Banana ( Musa acuminata L.) Fruits by Thanh Tung Pham, Le Phuong Lien Nguyen, László Baranyai, Thuy Linh Nguyen, Khanh Son Trinh

“…Furthermore, the change in titratable acidity and contents of soluble solids, total carbohydrates and reducing sugars of coated bananas were slower. …”
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Des-q: a quantum algorithm to provably speedup retraining of decision trees by Niraj Kumar, Romina Yalovetzky, Changhao Li, Pierre Minssen, Marco Pistoia

“…Des-q achieves a logarithmic complexity in the combined total number of old and new examples, even accounting for the time needed to load the new samples into quantum-accessible memory. …”
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Neratinib and the Role of Anti‐HER2 Therapy in Salivary Duct Carcinoma by Martina Napolitano, Lucia Trudu, Enrica Martinelli, Chiara Santini, Massimo Dominici, Federica Bertolini

“…Even with central nervous system involvement at diagnosis, a durable clinical response was obtained with a PFS of 11 months and no significant toxicities to manage. Best response observed during tratment was partial response. …”
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An Evaluation of Skin Lesion Segmentation Using Deep Learning Architectures by Rabia Öztaş Kara, Devrim Akgün, Bekir Murat Aydın, Gökçen Çetinel, Sevda Gül

“…According to the comparative evaluations, mixed datasets, where public and private datasets were used together, provided the best results. The evaluations also show that the collected dataset with ground truth images provided promising results.…”
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Harnessing genomic and bioinformatic data to broaden understanding of leukaemia across continents by Gumelar Gugun, Ulfa Mia Maria, Amukti Danang Prasetyaning, Irham Lalu Muhammad, Yuliani Sapto, Adikusuma Wirawan, Khairi Sabiah, Darmawi Darmawi, Chong Rockie, Ates Ilker, Singh Dilpreet, Chavan Aditya Ashok

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Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children by Raghavendra Shanbhog, H. P. Chanchala, K. T. Srilatha, B. Madhu, S.N. Manjunatha

“…Performing a meaningful diet analysis is a challenge in routine clinical practice. Currently, very few tools are available for clinicians to assess children’s diet relating to caries risk. …”
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La posibilidad de crear justicia a través del turismo by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

“…Pese a este contexto, a lo largo de la década de 2000 aumentó el reconocimiento de que los aspectos del turismo relacionados con la justicia y la capacidad que el turismo tiene para favorecer la justicia son temas dignos de estudio. El turismo justo toma muchas formas y se ve favorecido por una serie de medios y partes implicadas, aunque, en esencia, persigue el propósito de garantizar que el turismo ofrezca formas de desarrollo turístico más sociológica y ecológicamente benignas, que permitan crear mejores futuros para todas las partes implicadas, en particular para las comunidades anfitrionas. …”
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Energy-/Carbon-Aware Evaluation and Optimization of 3-D IC Architecture With Digital Compute-in-Memory Designs by Hyung Joon Byun, Udit Gupta, Jae-Sun Seo

“…We have built in-house simulators calculating energy and area given high-level hardware descriptions and DNN workloads and integrated with carbon estimation tool to analyze the embodied carbon of various hardware designs. …”
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Mühendislik Kültürünün ve Eğitiminin Öncüsü: Ord. Prof. Mehmet Fikri Santur (1878-1951) by Semiha Betül Bayam Takıcak

“…Santur, Avrupa’da yapılan bilimsel toplantılara katılmış, yabancı kaynakları yakından izlemiş ve gençlerin yetişmesi için özel bir çaba göstermiştir. …”
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