Forest conservation through protection of old growth: the case of Nova Scotia by Peter N. Duinker, Peter G. Bush, John C. Brazner, Mark C. MacPhail, Bruce J. Stewart, Emily K. Woudstra

“…Policies to protect and possibly enhance and increase them are plentiful and diverse across nations and sub-national jurisdictions. …”
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Addition to the summary of cryptogam vascular and gymnosperms plants: “Flora of the Lower Volga Region” (based on materials of the herbarium of SSU (SARAT)) by Boldyrev, Vladimir Alexandrovich, Nyuschenko, Ekaterina Alexandrovna, Stepanov, Michail Vladimirovich

“…The herbarium of the SSU (SARAT) registered 33 species of higher spore-bearing vascular plants: Lycopodiophyta – four, Equisetophyta – six, Polypodiophyta – 19 and Pinophyta – four out of 41 species indicated in the literature for the Lower Volga region. The fund currently contains 1539 herbarium sheets related to the studied devisions the collections of which were carried out from 1902 to 2017. …”
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Comparative Study of Pectin and Kappa-Carrageenan-Based Films Loaded With Boswellic Acid and Acetyl-11-Keto-Beta-Boswellic Acid for Active Packaging by Yasir Abbas Shah, Saurabh Bhatia, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Mohammad Tarahi, Talha Shireen Khan, Tanveer Alam, Esra Koca, Levent Yurdaer Aydemir

“…Moreover, the water contact angle measurements revealed that the films containing AKBA showed a noticeable increase in contact angles, reflecting an enhancement in hydrophobicity. …”
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Scientific Opinion on Review of the European Union Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks in 2009 and 2010 specifically for the... by EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)

“…These results, however, are not linked to further interpretation e.g. the potential reasons for any decrease or increase. It was recommended that the AHAW and BIOHAZ Panels should be consulted (e.g. as part of their annual mandate) before the Report is released to the public.…”
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Information transparency as paradigm of the economic systems sustaina ble development by L. Orlova

“…The identification of the different level economic subjects having interest in increase of information transparency, definition of the main methods of information transparency assessment; definition of need of information transparency increase are research problems of the article.Methodology. …”
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Design of an Automatic Defect Identification Method Based ECPT for Pneumatic Pressure Equipment by Bo Zhang, YuHua Cheng, Chun Yin, Xuegang Huang, Sara Dadras, Hadi Malek

“…In this paper, in order to achieve automatic defect identification for pneumatic pressure equipment, an improved feature extraction algorithm eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is presented. The presented feature extraction algorithm contains four elements: data block selection; variable step search; relation value classification; and between-class distance decision function. …”
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Self-generated temperature gradient under uniform heating in p–i–n junction carbon nanotube thermoelectric generators by Oga Norimasa, Ryota Tamai, Hiroto Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Shinozaki, Masayuki Takashiri

“…The output voltage and current of the SWCNT-TEG increased with increasing temperature. …”
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Telehealth coaching in older adults, behavior change, and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses from The Brain Health Champion Study by Brittany McFeeley, Casey Nicastri, Taylor Krivanek, Kirk R. Daffner, Kirk R. Daffner, Seth A. Gale, Seth A. Gale

“…Study 1.0 participants indicated a decrease in cognitive activities since the start of COVID-19 restrictions, whereas those in Study 2.0 reported an increase in cognitive activities.DiscussionOur findings suggest that pandemic restrictions significantly impacted activities typically done outside the home (social and physical activity), while those feasibly achieved at home were less affected (Mediterranean diet adherence and cognitive activity). …”
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PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION OF THE SIGNALS IN THE ELECTROSTATIC GRAVIINERTIAL SENSOR by I. Z. Gilavdary, S. N. Mekid, N. N. Riznookaya

“…In the simplest case, the sensor does not contain any feedback circuits.As an example, calculations of the micromechanical linear accelerations confirm that the periodic modulation of the coefficient of elastic stiffness of the suspension can significantly increase the sensitivity in the low frequency range, even in the absence of parametric resonance.Conditions for suppressions of background current participating in the output signal from a parametric pumping due to the asymmetry of the differential circuits are set. …”
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Cohort profile: the PHARMO Perinatal Research Network (PPRN) in the Netherlands: a population-based mother–child linked cohort by E. Houben, L. Broeders, E.A.P. Steegers, R.M.C. Herings

“…Additionally, mother–child linkage is currently available for a quarter of these pregnancies (‘Child Cohort’). …”
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Potential impacts of plant pests and diseases on trees and forests in the United Kingdom by Daniel P. Bebber, Ilya M. D. Maclean, Jonathan R. Mosedale, Benjamin D. Youngman

“…The UK Plant Health Risk Register (PHRR) provides semiquantitative estimates of invasion probability and impact on host plants for PPDs thought to pose a risk to the United Kingdom to help prioritize biosecurity activities. The PHRR currently contains 636 PPDs potentially affecting 74 tree species found in the United Kingdom. …”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s disease detection: a novel convolutional neural network based framework leveraging EEG data and segment length analysis by Md Nurul Ahad Tawhid, Siuly Siuly, Enamul Kabir, Yan Li

“…Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects memory, thinking, and behavior, leading to dementia, a severe cognitive decline. While no cure currently exists, recent advancements in preventive drug trials and therapeutic management have increased interest in developing clinical algorithms for early detection and biomarker identification. …”
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Pattern Analysis of the Genotype × Environment Interaction of Seed Yield in Winter Oilseed Rape (WOSR) Mutant Lines using the AMMI Multivariate Method by Hossein Mehripour Azbarmi, Jalal Saba, Bahram Alizadeh, Amir Gholizadeh, Farid Shekari

“…Rapeseed is one of the most important sources of vegetable oil in the world, and its seed contains more than 40% oil. The meal obtained from oil extraction contains more than 35% protein, and currently it ranks third among oil plants after soybean and oil palm in the world. …”
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Reuse of Sewage Sludge as Organic Agricultural Products: An Efficient Technology-Based Initiative by Acharya Balkrishna, Srimoyee Banerjee, Sourav Ghosh, Divya Chauhan, Ilika Kaushik, Vedpriya Arya, Sumit Kumar Singh

“…Rapid urbanisation has led to a dramatic increase in sewage sludge production. There are limited methods of managing sewage sludge along with high energy and monetary investment. …”
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Optimization of the defense forces personnel under mobilization conditions: The role of occupational selection as a personnel allocator by V. V. Kalnysh, A. V. Shvets

“…The second problem is the age aspect in the ranges of 20-30, 30-40 and 40-60 years, for which it is necessary to develop and apply the criteria of occupational suitability for each of the currently relevant professions. A generalized definition of the psychological readiness state was formulated as a stable, multifaceted and hierarchically structured result of preparation for a certain activity, which contains a number of subsystems adequate to the requirements, content and conditions of the activity. …”
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Evaluating the impact of mine tailings wastes on the development of sustainable Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced concrete by Osama Zaid, Mohd Ahmed, Ahmed. M. Yosri, Talal. O. Alshammari

“…Mercury intrusion Porosimetry reveals increased total pore volume, especially in larger pore sizes, with the highest intrusion observed in the mix containing 5% MTP and 20% MTS. …”
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A numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer in the bioconvective Oldroyd B nanofluid flow through the porous stretching Riga surface with gyrotactic microorganism by Muhammad Zulfiqar, Muhammad Bilal Arain, Muhammad Zubair, Usman, Hadil Alhazmi

“…A time-varying Lorentz force induces vertical current flow in the fluid, an effect modeled using a Riga plate under an applied electromagnetic field. …”
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Impact of residual risk messaging to reduce false reassurance following test-negative results from asymptomatic coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing: an online experimental study of a... by Leah Ffion Jones, Richard Amlot, Dale Weston, Holly Carter, Theresa Marteau, Natalie Gold, Eleonore Batteux, Stefanie Bonfield

“…Each message contained either no additional information or information about the need to continue following guidelines and protective behaviours.Outcome measures (1) Proportion understanding residual risk of infectiousness and (2) likelihood of engaging in protective behaviours (scales 1–7).Results The control message decreased understanding relative to the current NHS T&T message: 54% versus 71% (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=0.56 95% CI 0.34 to 0.95, p=0.030). …”
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Structural and hydraulic changes in grape shoot xylem under different root zone volumes by 伟晴 冯, You-Mei Li, Chen Zhou, Zhao-Sen Xie

“…The results indicate that a decrease in container volume leads to a decrease in shoot growth and xylem vessel size. …”
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Dissimilar joining of aluminum alloy and low-alloy carbon steel by resistance spot welding by Yong Xu, Qianwei Chen, Bingxu Wang, Feng Qiu, Baixin Dong, Hongjun Li, Zude Feng, Gary C. Barber

“…The nugget diameters and the indentations rates of RSW joints increased when increasing either welding current or welding time, and decreased when increasing the electrode pressure. …”
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