Heart rate variability is more sensitive to stress than heart rate in specialist police undergoing selection. by Colin Tomes, Ben Schram, Elisa Canetti, Robin Orr

“…Police tactical group (PTG) officers respond to the most demanding and high-risk police situations. As such, PTG personnel require exceptional physical fitness, and selection for employment often evaluates fitness both directly and indirectly. …”
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Digitalization of the Workflow for Drone-Assisted Inspection and Automated Assessment of Industrial Buildings for Effective Maintenance Management by Jorge Torres-Barriuso, Natalia Lasarte, Ignacio Piñero, Eduardo Roji, Peru Elguezabal

“…Continuous maintenance based on an accurate diagnosis makes it possible to meet the challenges of aging infrastructures, which demands a reliable data-based assessment for maintenance management implementing corrective and preventive actions, according to the damage criticality. …”
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L’éducation des pauvres à la sobriété énergétique : émergence et mise en oeuvre contestée de deux dispositifs à Nantes by Fabien Meslet

“…Comment expliquer l’émergence et la légitimation de dispositifs éducatifs, normatifs et responsabilisants, qui demandent à ceux qui sont les plus exposés aux risques de privation d’énergie d’être plus sobres ? …”
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Winter and Season-Only Irrigation with Late Summer Irrigation Termination Influences Alfalfa Dry Matter Yield and Applied Water Use Efficiency by Leonard M. Lauriault, Murali K. Darapuneni, Koffi Djaman, Mark A. Marsalis

“…Increasing water scarcity for agricultural irrigation demands options to maximize yield with available water. …”
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L’Église catholique face aux États et la liberté religieuse by Bernard Pottier

“…Le Concordat français de 1801 inclut un article sans précédent dans l’histoire, puisque le pape demande à tous les évêques français en poste de démissionner. …”
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Advancing genome editing to improve the sustainability and resiliency of animal agriculture by Diane Wray-Cahen, Anastasia Bodnar, Caird Rexroad, Frank Siewerdt, Dan Kovich

“…Abstract Animal agriculture faces unprecedented challenges, including the need to increase productivity to meet increasing demands for high quality protein while combating increasing pest and disease pressures, improving animal welfare, adapting to a changing climate, and reducing the environmental impact of animal agriculture. …”
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Distance-Based Congestion Pricing with Day-to-Day Dynamic Traffic Flow Evolution Process by Qixiu Cheng, Jiping Xing, Wendy Yi, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiao Fu

“…However, it is computationally demanding due to the calculation of minimal total travel cost for each day among the whole planning horizon. …”
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Piezoelectric biosensor with dissipation monitoring enables the analysis of bacterial lytic agent activity by Radka Obořilová, Eliška Kučerová, Tibor Botka, Hana Vaisocherová-Lísalová, Petr Skládal, Zdeněk Farka

“…Abstract Antibiotic-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus pose a significant threat in healthcare, demanding urgent therapeutic solutions. Combining bacteriophages with conventional antibiotics, an innovative approach termed phage-antibiotic synergy, presents a promising treatment avenue. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study of Equity Bank In Kabale Municipality. by Sabiiti, Ignatius

“…The study results on ICT platforms used by Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from automated teller machine, Mobile banking and PC banking, the study went ahead to find the effect of ICT on performance of Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from information technology has helped in easing enquiry, saving time and improving service delivery, information and communication technology has provided self-service facilities, it helps customer to validate their account numbers and receive instruction on when and how to receive their cheque books, credit and debit cards, it offers retail banking services to customers at their offces/homes and saves customers time, and gives more convenience for higher productivity and the study results further on challenges facing ICT use by Equity bank Kabale branch, the responses were obtained from in adequate ICT infrastructure, technophobia among the ICT bank officials due to inadequate skills in information technology, the cost demands of ICT gadgets, lack of digital preservation knowledge and network problem. …”
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Variation in Benthic Macroinvertebrates Along aLongitudinal Gradient of a Disturbed Nyakambu Stream Kabale District Southwestern Uganda. by Byaruhanga, Benson

“…Anthropogenic disturbances in streams are occasioned by the necessity for social amenities by man and vary from region to region. In the tropics the demands for domestic water are common (Mathooko et al. 2009), which become detrimental to the associated water resources when they exceed the tolerance range of the macroinvertebrate community and also affect individual taxa composition, thus impacting stream ecosystem functioning (Meyer 1997; Wagenhoff et al. 2011). …”
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Global sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for a mathematical model of dry anaerobic digestion in plug-flow reactors by Daniele Bernardo Panaro, Andrea Trucchia, Vincenzo Luongo, Maria Rosaria Mattei, Luigi Frunzo

“…A surrogate model was constructed to investigate the relation between input and output parameters without running demanding simulations from scratch. The obtained Sobol' indices allowed to perform the quantitative global sensitivity analysis. …”
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Harnessing the potential of chloroplast-derived expression elements for enhanced production of cellulases in Escherichia coli by Ayesha Siddiqui, Muhammad Mudassar Iqbal, Asad Ali, Iqra Fatima, Hazrat Ali, Aamir Shehzad, Sameer H. Qari, Ghulam Raza, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Peter J. Nixon, Niaz Ahmad

“…Our finding underscores the potential of this approach to meet industrial demands for efficient enzyme production employing E. coli as a robust biomanufacturing platform.…”
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Moringa oleifera seed meal as a sustainable fishmeal substitute: Growth and health implications for Cirrhinus mrigala by Sadia Tabassum, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Shafaqat Ali, Pallab K. Sarker, Khalid A. Al-Ghanim, Lalarukh

“…As global protein demands rise, fish protein has become an essential component of food security. …”
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Designing EV Charging Energy Hubs to Meet Flexibility Requirements in Smart Grids by Walied Alfraidi, Fahad Alaql, Khalid AlMuhanna, Hassan M. Hussein Farh, Abdullrahman A. Al-Shamma’a

“…The model incorporates key parameters such as energy demands, load profiles, and grid conditions to optimize the sizing and operation of distributed energy resources, including photovoltaic (PV) systems and BESSs. …”
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Low-Cost LoRa-Based System for Continuous GHGs Monitoring in Cattle: Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability by Boonyarit Kumkhet, Nisit Pukrongta, Noraset Wichaipanich, Pubet Sangmahamad, Tanaporn Pechrkool, Virote Pirajnanchai, Patchadaporn Sangpet, Utthapon Issara, Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn

“…Rising concern over livestock emissions and their contribution to climate change demands innovative and cost-effective monitoring solutions. …”
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AutoMEX: Streamlining material extrusion with AI agents powered by large language models and knowledge graphs by Haolin Fan, Junlin Huang, Jilong Xu, Yifei Zhou, Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh, Wen Feng Lu, Bingbing Li

“…While the framework shows promising potential, challenges such as the computational demands of advanced LLMs and the need for continual updates to the KG remain areas for future work. …”
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Development and Implementation of an IoT-Based Early Flood Detection and Monitoring System Utilizing Time Series Forecasting for Real-Time Alerts in Resource-Constrained Environmen... by Nik Nor Muhammad Saifudin Nik Mohd Kamal, Ahmad Anwar Zainuddin, Abu Ubaidah Shamsudin, Muhamad Syariff Sapuan, Muhammad Hazim Amin Samsudin, Mohammad Adam Haikal Zulkfli

“…Flooding is a recurrent natural catastrophe in Malaysia, demanding excellent early warning and monitoring systems to reduce the impact on those affected. …”
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Stereotypes and social representations associated with pediatric surgeons among medical students, residents and physicians: a cross-sectional study by Coline Ducrot, Max Piffoux, Mathilde Payen, Sebastien Raux, Franck Rolland, Evan Gouy, Linh Nam Truong, Ariel Frajerman, Florent Vinchon, Nawale Hadouiri

“…The specialty is considered as wide, intense, meticulous, and demanding surgical specialty but also as hyperspecialized and confined to academic centers with a unique parent–child–surgeon relationship, embodying traits such as “empathy”, “humanity”, “passion”, “beautiful[ness]” and “honorab[ility]”. …”
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A Multivent System for Non-Invasive Ventilation: Solving the Problem of Ventilator Shortage During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shuai Ren, Xiaohan Wang, Liming Hao, Tao Wang, Zujin Luo

“…Multiple ventilation circuits can be combined in parallel to simultaneously meet patients’ ventilation demands. Meanwhile, the mathematical model of the multivent system is established and validated through experiments. …”
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Eight-element flexible MIMO antenna based on characteristics mode theory with enhanced channel capacity for sub 6 GHz 5G communications by Deepthi Mariam John, Shweta Vincent, Sameena Pathan, Kunjan D Shinde, B S Supreetha, Tanweer Ali

“…Such hyper-connected communication demands multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems to meet the channel capacity. …”
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