Forming a national community of practice of food system planning initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by Konstantinos Zougris, Albie F. Miles, Rose Benjamin, Ella Geismar

“…The implication of this study denotes the importance of collaboration among academic research institutions, legislators and FPEs within the community that can spur adaptation, innovation, and integration in food system planning, policy, implementation, and monitoring. …”
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On the Twistability of Partially Coherent, Schell-Model Sources by Riccardo Borghi

“…In this paper, the problem of assessing the twistability of a given bona fide cross-spectral density is tackled for the class of Schell-model sources, whose shift-invariant degree of coherence is represented by a real and symmetric function, denoted as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>μ</mi><mo>(</mo><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="bold-italic">r</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mi>μ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi mathvariant="bold-italic">r</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Lights and Siren Transport and the Need for Hospital Intervention in Nontrauma Patients: A Prospective Study by Olivier Bertholet, Mathieu Pasquier, Elina Christes, Damien Wirths, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Olivier Hugli, Fabrice Dami

“…Time-critical hospital intervention (TCHI) denotes urgently needed procedures that cannot be performed properly in an out-of-hospital setting. …”
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Does Adiponectin Act as an Antiangiogenic Factor in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia? by Stefano Molica, Giovanna Digiesi, Angelo Vacca, Rosanna Mirabelli, Katia Todoerti, Caterina Battaglia, Fortunato Morabito, Antonino Neri, Domenico Ribatti

“…RMA intensity values for adiponectin gene transcript denote a homogeneous low expression in B-CLL cells, whereas VEGF transcript was highly expressed with a degree of interpatient variability. …”
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Sedimentary architecture of the microbial mound–shoal complex: a case study of the Ediacaran Dengying Formation, Sichuan Basin, China by Qinyu Xia, Zhenhua Guo, Fei Zhang, Lin Zhang, Rui Xu, Xue Wang, Wenzheng Li, Shuyuan Shi, Haijun Yan, Yuyang Liu

“…Three stacking styles of MMSCs are observed, namely, superimposed MMSCs, which represent aggradational sedimentation; migratory MMSCs, which depict progradational sedimentation; and isolated MMSCs, which denote a single parasequence depositional cycle. The stacking styles of MMSCs are fundamentally controlled by the relationship between MMSC sedimentation rates and variations in accommodation space, with the latter predominantly influenced by fluctuations in sea level. …”
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Ki67 Predicts Progression in Early CIN: Validation of a Multivariate Progression-Risk Model by Arnold-Jan Kruse, Jan P. A. Baak, Emiel A. Janssen, Kjell-Henning Kjellevold, Bent Fianec, Kjell Lovslett, Johan Bergh, Stanley Robboy

“…This study of early CIN biopsies (25 CIN1 and 65 CIN2) with long follow-up was done to validate, in a new group of patients, the value of Ki67 immuno-quantitative features to predict high CIN grade in a follow-up biopsy (often denoted to as “progression”), as described in a previous study. …”
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Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study by Jos M G A Schols, Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah, Irma Everink, Aaron Asibi Abuosi, Christa Lohrmann

“…The mean score for physical QoL of older adults was 43.3, which denotes poor QoL. In all domains, male participants have a significantly higher mean QoL than their female counterparts. …”
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Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbonyls Pollution in Mexico City and an Urban Industrialized Area of Central Mexico by Elizabeth Vega, Omar Ramírez, Gabriela Sánchez-Reyna, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Diego López-Veneroni, Monica Jaimes-Palomera

“…Average VOC concentrations in Tula were dominated by alkanes (40.8–42.2% of the total VOCs), followed by alkenes (10.3–11.9%), oxygenated compounds (10.0–11.5%), aromatics (7.3–12.5%), halogenated species (7.0–9.3%), and acetylene (1.6–2.4%), denotating a highly reactive atmosphere. High concentrations of propane and nButane are associated with leakage, handling, and distribution of liquified petroleum gas (LPG). …”
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A Low Complexity Dual-Phase Alternating Scheme is Used With the PTS Method to Reduce PAPR for B5G Systems by Yung-Ping Tu, Chen-Wei Hsu

“…To reduce computational complexity, before entering the second stage, we employ the pre-process by Monte Carlo method to estimate the amount of subcarriers worth altering, denoted as <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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Association of Hormonal Contraceptives with Depression among Women in Reproductive Age Groups: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study by Sadia Sultan, MD. Abu Bashar, Rahma M. Bazhair, Doaa O. Abdurahman, Renad A. Alrehaili, Meimouna E. Ennahoui, Yasmeen S. Alsulaiman, Seba D. Alamri, Elgawhara F. A. Mohamed

“…Beck depression inventory-II (BDI-II) was applied to the women to assess for depression along with its severity, and a BDI score of >16 was taken to denote clinical depression. Women were stratified by type of contraceptive used, and its association with depression category was assessed. …”
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Effect of substrate temperature and stages duration on recycling of agro-industrial residues through Pleurotus ostreatus production by Sami Abou Fayssal, Milena Yordanova, Youssef Sassine

“…WS:SCG 3:1 OML depicted a correlation (0.8 ≤r≥ 0.9) with dur Stages 2 and 3. OML of WS:SCG 1:3 denoted a correlation (0.8 ≤r≥ 0.9) with dur Stages 1, 2, and 3. …”
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High-efficiency borohydride oxidation and oxygen reduction on titanium-supported Au(NiMo) catalysts for Alkaline fuel cells by Sukomol Barua, Aldona Balčiūnaitė, Jūratė Vaičiūnienė, Loreta Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė, Eugenijus Norkus

“…In this research, we used a straightforward and cost-effective methodology to fabricate a three-dimensional nickel-molybdenum (NiMo) thin-layer coating, sparsely decorated with gold crystallites, on a titanium substrate (denoted as Au(NiMo)/Ti). The catalysts were prepared by depositing NiMo onto a Ti surface through a simple electrochemical deposition technique involving a dynamic hydrogen bubble template, followed by gold crystallite decoration via galvanic displacement. …”
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Multimodal strategies to hand hygiene in Ghanaian hospitals: a cross-sectional study in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Angela Ackon, Sofonias Asrat, Stephen Dajaan Dubik, Winfred Ofosu, Sally-Ann Ohene, Kingsly E Amegah, Ama Akyampomaa Owusu-Asare, Akosua Takyiwa Kwakye, Christiana Akufo, Joyce Amponsah, Hectoria Awekeya, Leslie Vander Puije, Jocelyn Asibey, Seth Twum, Francis Mensa Akwetey, Portia Sam, Hedidor George Kwesi

“…Data were analysed through descriptive statistics.Results The HHSAF median score denotes an intermediate HH implementation level (53.5%, IQR 48.8%–58.3%). …”
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Deep application of controlled-release urea increases the yield and saponin content of Panax notoginseng by regulating soil nitrate distribution by Yun-xia Su, Yun-xia Su, Yun-xia Su, Ping Zhao, Li-jie Jia, Li-jie Jia, Li-jie Jia, Yuan-feng Cao, Guan-ze Liu, Guan-ze Liu, Jun-wen Chen, Jun-wen Chen, Sheng-chao Yang, Sheng-chao Yang, Yan-li Zhou, Guang-qiang Long, Guang-qiang Long, Guang-qiang Long

“…However, its effects on P. notoginseng yield and quality, a medicinal plant with a prolonged nutrient acquisition duration, remain unclear.MethodsIn this study, we conducted a two-year field plot experiment to investigate the effect of CRU on P. notoginseng with three placement depths (0, 6, and 12 cm denoted as R0, R6, and R12, respectively) at an application dosage of 250 kg N ha-1 with biochar addition (R6B) and 20% N reduction (R6R) based on the R6, with conventional fertilization (250 kg N ha-1, common urea) serving as the control (CK).ResultsOur results indicated that yields increased by 27.1–37.6% with R0, R6, R12, and R6B, while remaining stable with R6R compared to CK. …”
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A Resource-Efficient Multi-Entropy Fusion Method and Its Application for EEG-Based Emotion Recognition by Jiawen Li, Guanyuan Feng, Chen Ling, Ximing Ren, Xin Liu, Shuang Zhang, Leijun Wang, Yanmei Chen, Xianxian Zeng, Rongjun Chen

“…Then, such entropies are fused into a matrix to represent complex and dynamic characteristics of EEG, denoted as the Brain Rhythm Entropy Matrix (BREM). …”
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Increased dicentric chromosome in peripheral lymphocytes is related to acute skin toxicity induced by radiotherapy in cancer patients by Minjie Li, Yu Gao, Lin Han, Ping Wang, Jie Li, Junhua Song, Shasha Du, Yunfei Zhang, Yumin Lyu

“…Logistic regression showed that radiosensitivity denoted by the post-RT dic frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes produced insignificant impacts on the severity of RT-induced acute skin toxicities (P ​= ​0.060). …”
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A scalable multi-modal learning fruit detection algorithm for dynamic environments by Liang Mao, Liang Mao, Zihao Guo, Mingzhe Liu, Yue Li, Linlin Wang, Jie Li

“…IntroductionTo enhance the detection of litchi fruits in natural scenes, address challenges such as dense occlusion and small target identification, this paper proposes a novel multimodal target detection method, denoted as YOLOv5-Litchi.MethodsInitially, the Neck layer network of YOLOv5s is simplified by changing its FPN+PAN structure to an FPN structure and increasing the number of detection heads from 3 to 5. …”
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VANDAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADOLESCENTS AS A LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM by O. V. Gurova

“…The aims of the publication were the following: to actualise and discuss the problem of vandal behaviour among adolescents; to denote a problem field of psychological research, which is necessary for identifying genesis, vandal determination and further organisation of effective preventive activity in educational institutions.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis: A disproportionality analysis based on the FAERS database. by Wangyu Ye, Yuan Ding, Meng Li, Zhihua Tian, Shaoli Wang, Zhen Liu

“…To confirm a significant drug-adverse event association, each method had to meet predefined thresholds: for PRR and ROR, values were considered significant if the lower 95% confidence interval (CI) was greater than 1 and at least three reports were identified; for BCPNN, an Information Component (IC025) greater than 0 indicated a signal; for EBGM, a value greater than 2 for the lower 95% confidence interval (EBGM05) was used to denote a positive signal.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 5,723 DI-ALH reports were extracted from the FAERS database. …”
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Cross-protection against homo and heterologous influenza viruses via intranasal administration of an HA chimeric multiepitope nanoparticle vaccine by Yongqiang Zhao, Jia Liu, Chun Peng, Shuangshuang Guo, Bo Wang, Longping Chen, Yating Wang, Haiwen Tang, Liming Liu, Qi Pan, Shiren Li, Jingyu Wang, Dongni Yang, Enqi Du

“…These elements (C, H and M) were presented on the surface of self-assembling ferritin (f) in tandem to generate a nanoparticle denoted as CHM-f. Intranasal vaccination with CHM-f nanoparticles elicited robust humoral and cellular immune responses, conferring complete protection against a variety of IAVs, including the A/PR8/34 H1N1 strain, the swine flu H3N2 strain, the avian flu H5N8 strain, and H9N2. …”
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