DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC CHANGES CHARACTERIZING THE RURAL POPULATION IN ROMANIA by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN

“…The analysis of the dynamics of the rural population and its structure in Romania in the period 2007-2016 was based on various demographic and economic criteria, the empirical data provided by the National Institute of Statistics, and corresponding processing methods. …”
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Feasibility study of a cold gas-propelled autonomous surveying vehicle for lunar environments by Nikita Jagdish, Brian C. Gunter

“…However, they have only been observed by orbiters and little is known about their internal structure or suitability for habitation. Various ground-based robotic systems have been proposed to conduct an initial survey, but ground vehicles have a high risk of being immobilized on rough terrain. …”
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Morphological-Priors-Guided Network With Semantic Booster and Scalable Bins Module for Height Estimation From Single-View Remote Sensing Images by Tao Zhang, Furong Shi, Yuanping Zhu

“…Geographic height information describes the vertical spatial structure of the city and serves as important foundational data for urban management. …”
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Toward low-carbon agriculture: measurement and driver analysis of agricultural carbon emissions in Sichuan province, China by Wenxiu Zhang, Yang Shen

“…Population density, industrial structure, social wealth, agricultural mechanization and technological progress have negative effects on agricultural carbon intensity, while macro-control has increased agricultural carbon intensity.DiscussionIn this study, a complete accounting system for agricultural carbon emissions was established, and a series of statistical methods were used to analyze and obtain insightful results. …”
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Optimization design of cross border intelligent marketing management model based on multi layer perceptron-grey wolf optimization convolutional neural network by Zongping Lin, Jing Yang, Yabin Lian, Yanhong Chen, Zhonghui Huang, Kexin Ning

“…This model extracts implicit high-order information through nonlinear methods and can handle complex and sparse marketing data. Firstly, a dual path deep network structure was designed, in which one path was modeled using a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) to extract user interest features based on historical interaction ratings; Another path utilizes Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to extract semantic features from user label information and construct item feature representations. …”
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THE PROBLEMS OF CONCEPTUALIZING THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF INTER-SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: THE FORMATION OF A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TRADITION (THE END OF 18TH – EARLY... by A. Kh. BOROV, E. G. MURATOVA, Yu. M. AZIKOVA

“…In the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in the context of the integration of local societies into the judicial and administrative system, economic life and the estate structure of the empire, a kind of local discursive space arose in which the discussion of the estate and land issues turned out to be closely connected with the interpretation of the nature of inter-social interactions on Central Caucasus. …”
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Social intelligence and peculiarities of managerial decision-making by higher education students studying in the speciality “Law Enforcement” by S. V. Kharchenko, O. V. Koldashov

“…The article presents the results of an empirical study on the relationships between the components of the structure of social intelligence abilities and the peculiarities of managerial decision-making (“Power” and “Behaviour in a problem situation”) of higher education students studying in the speciality “Law Enforcement”. …”
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Villages of the Black Earth Region of European Russia in the 17th – First Third of the 18th Centuries by Denis Lyapin, Alena Melnikova

“…As a result of the study, an increase in the number of rural settlements and changes in their internal structure were recorded in favor of the increase in large villages. …”
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Cross-Domain Person Re-Identification Based on Multi-Branch Pose-Guided Occlusion Generation by Pengnan Liu, Yanchen Wang, Yunlong Li, Deqiang Cheng, Feixiang Xu

“…Secondly, a multi-branch feature fusion structure is constructed. By fusing different feature information from the global and occlusion branches, the diversity of features is enriched. …”
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Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of rare earth mineralisation in the Middle Dnipro region (on the example of the Kotlyarivka ore occurence) by V. V. Sukach, L. V. Isakov, Yu. Ye. Khomych

“…The article presents a mineralogical, petrographic, and geochemical characterization of the rare earth mineralization of the Kotlyarivka ore occurrence, which was discovered by drill hole 114 in the south-western part of the Krynychky plagiogranite-migmatite dome during geological exploration of the southern part of the Verkhivtseve greenstone structure and its granitoid framing. Rare earth elements (REE) are critically important minerals for many countries, including EU, USA, Canada, and Australia, and other developed countries. …”
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Unraveling smallholder food loss and value for sustainable cold chain investments: a case of horticultural value chains in Kiambu County, Kenya by Catherine W. Kilelu, Daniel M. Musyoka, Dorcas N. Kalele

“…The mixed-method study collected quantitative and qualitative data through a household survey of 460 farmers and 25 key informant interviews. …”
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Comparison of Early Treatment Outcomes for Large Macular Hole Using Various Surgical Techniques by D. V. Petrachkov, L. Alkharki, A. G. Matyushchenko, V. M. Filippov, F. K. Dudieva

“…Restoration of the correct structure of the fovea with the formation of U- and V-shaped profile during OCT after 1 month was noted in all cases. …”
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Patterns and efficiency of fossil energy trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road by ZHANG Pengyan, CHANG Yinghui, LIU Yu, ZHANG Jinbing, LIU Zhenyue

“…Among them, the proportion of natural gas imports increased significantly; energy trade was relatively stable, and the survival rate of trade relations was high, but there were still some low energy trade activities. GDP, economic structure, and spatial distance were important factors that affected China’s energy imports. …”
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Heparins: Mechanism of Action and Application in Acute Pancreatitis by Chooklin S., Pidhirnyy B., Chuklin S.

“…Its major anticoagulant effect is attributed to a unique pentasaccharide structure. Heparin prevents coagulation after binding with a plasma antithrombin III. …”
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THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ENAMEL OF TEETH WITH PRECERVICAL CARIES by S. P. Yarova, I. I. Zabolotnaya, E. S. Genzytskaya

“…Resistance to decay related to the structure and properties of dental tissues. The aim - to determine the mineral content of tooth enamel caries cervical depending on the depth of cracks and anatomical region. …”
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Artificial Intelligence as a Strategic Component of Technological Sovereignty by A. Yu. Kolianov

“…The analysis made it possible to describe the Russian model of supporting the development of technologies using artificial intelligence as a “Moscow consensus”, characterized by a social orientation of the results.Conclusion. In the structure of technological sovereignty, artificial intelligence plays an important role as a strategic component that contributes to the achievement of digital sovereignty. …”
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Climatic variations of the Arctic front and the Barents sea ice cover in winter time by A. N. Zolotokrylin, T. B. Titkova, A. Yu. Mikhailov

“…Climatologic Arctic front location at Atlantic-European section and changes in Barents sea ice coverage during periods of Arctic warming (1981–2010) and cooling (1948–1980) are studied 7by reanalysis data (UEA CRU and NCEP/NCAR). As we demonstrate, Arctic front structure is more complex than was considered before. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of PEGylated Liposomes and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers with Entrapped Bioactive Triterpenoids: Comparative Fingerprints and Quantification by UHPLC... by Carmen Socaciu, Florinela Fetea, Mihai Adrian Socaciu

“…UV–Vis spectrometry was applied as a preliminary evaluation (1), as well as UHPLC-QTOF-ESI⁺-MS for structure identification (2), ATR-FTIR spectroscopy (for semi-quantitative evaluation) (3), and HPLC-DAD for an accurate quantification of each component, either in the organic solvents or in the nanoformulations (4). …”
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Toxicity evaluation of metsulfuron-methyl, nicosulfuron, and methoxyfenozide as pesticides in Indonesia by Natawigena Wahyu Daradjat, Rifasta Muhammad Ilfadry, Susanto Agus, Wilar Gofarana, Suhandi Cecep

“…In this study, the acute and chronic toxicity of metsulfuron-methyl, nicosulfuron, and methoxyfenozide were predicted using quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) analysis through the EPI Suite program. …”
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A spatio-temporal assessment of simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) evolution reveals a highly dynamic process within the host. by Alison F Feder, Christopher Kline, Christopher Kline, Patricia Polacino, Mackenzie Cottrell, Angela D M Kashuba, Brandon F Keele, Shiu-Lok Hu, Dmitri A Petrov, Pleuni S Pennings, Zandrea Ambrose

“…However, most of these studies sample only two compartments and few have data from multiple time points. To directly measure how drug resistance spreads within a host and to assess how spatial structure impacts its emergence, we examined serial sequences from four macaques infected with RT-SHIVmne027, a simian immunodeficiency virus encoding HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT), and treated with RT inhibitors. …”
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