Exploring the Role of EU Subsidies in Enhancing the Competitiveness of Slovak Farms by Ivana Kravčáková Vozárová, Rastislav Kotulič

“…The competitiveness of Slovak farms is currently strongly influenced not only by internal factors such as productivity, innovation, and management, but also by external factors, especially political and economic decisions at the EU level. …”
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Learner Engagement in Using Kahoot! within a University English Proficiency Course by Mohd Zulfadli Mat Husin, Ruhil Amal Azmuddin

“…Background/purpose – Game-based learning is becoming increasingly popular among educators in higher institutions. …”
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Detecting and Responding to a Dengue Outbreak: Evaluation of Existing Strategies in Country Outbreak Response Planning by Julia Harrington, Axel Kroeger, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Tim O'Dempsey

“…Dengue outbreaks are occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. Evidence-based epidemic preparedness and effective response are now a matter of urgency. …”
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From Radicalism to Conformism: Post-Soviet Ideological Trajectory of Russian Communist Party in 1993–2022 by Georgy A. Mayorov

“…Currently, the Communist Party is going through a contradiction between radical rhetoric and conformist practice. …”
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Counterfactual choice and learning in a neural network centered on human lateral frontopolar cortex. by Erie D Boorman, Timothy E Behrens, Matthew F Rushworth

“…Although the neural system responsible for tracking the value of choices actually taken is increasingly well understood, whether a neural system tracks counterfactual information is currently unclear. …”
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A Study of Observed Climate Change Effects on Grapevine Suitability in Oltenia (Romania) by Mihaela Licurici, Alina Ștefania Vlăduț, Cristina Doina Burada

“…Viticulture represents an important agricultural sector in Oltenia, which is one of the Romanian regions most affected by temperature increases. The main purpose of the present study was to analyze the changes in climate suitability for grapevine and wine production against this climate context in the region. …”
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Paradigm shift: outcomes from a physician-scientist undergraduate pathway program by Alana C. Jones, Tyler R. McCaw, Randy L. Seay, Brian Sims, Robin G. Lorenz

“…Results Since its establishment in 2014, PARAdiGM is already increasing entry of URiM students into the physician-scientist pathway. …”
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Temperature-dependent plasticity in organic synaptic transistors for adaptive learning and data encryption by Yu Gao, Xue-Er Han, Xu Gao, Fei-Le Xue, Jian-Ru Chen, Ya-Nan Zhong, Jian-Long Xu, Sui-Dong Wang

“…The statistical analyses reveal that the channel current increases by over 175 % and the memory window widens by a factor of ∼ 2.5 as ambient temperature rises from 25 °C to 65 °C. …”
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Development and biomechanical evaluation of a 3D printed analogue of the human lumbar spine by Siril Teja Dukkipati, Mark Driscoll

“…Moreover, there are increasing ethical concerns with human dissection practices. …”
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Building a Robust Scenario Library for Safety Assurance of Automated Driving Systems: A Review by Antonio A. Bruto da Costa, Patrick Irvine, Tudor Dodoiu, Siddartha Khastgir, Paul Jennings

“…Ensuring the safety of Automated Driving Systems (ADSs) is both a critical and complex endeavor. The increasing demand for autonomous driving technologies underscores the importance of robust safety assurance, yet the intricate nature of these systems presents significant challenges. …”
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The role of Pakistan Medical & Dental Council in steering undergraduate medical curriculum reforms in Pakistan by Gohar Wajid, Lubna Baig, Syeda Kauser Ali, Usman Mahboob, Ahsan Sethi, Rehan Ahmed Khan

“…There has been an exponential increase in the number of medical colleges in Pakistan over the past few decades, especially in the private sector. …”
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Multi-Parametric Investigations on White Etching Crack Formation in Deep Grove Ball Bearings by Manuel Zuercher, Eberhard Schlücker, Christian Spaeth, Walter Holweger

“…It becomes evident that even under critical conditions for WEC formation, increasing oil flow and decreasing contact pressure can prevent WEC.…”
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Early Warning and Assessment of Chinese Marathon Events' Exposure to High Temperature under Climate Warming by Yu Dandan, Shi Yong, Chen Shuman, Mei Yuru

“…The urgency of addressing high-temperature risks in sporting events is underscored by an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme heat events. …”
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The information component of hybrid wars by D. A. Mirgorod, L. R. Didenko

“…Currently, the risks and threats to state security are becoming increasingly multifaceted and include many aspects. …”
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A quantitative assessment of the behavior of metallic elements in urban soils exposed to industrial dusts near Dunkerque (northern France) by M. Casetta, S. Philippe, L. Courcot, D. Dumoulin, G. Billon, F. Baudin, F. Henry, M. Hermoso, J. Caillaud

“…In this context, the monitoring of industrial PTEs in these urban soils is highly recommended, considering (1) the presence of allotment gardens in the vicinity of emitters and (2) the potential evolution of soil conditions due to increasing flood events.…”
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Life expectancy by religious affiliation in Finland 1972–2020 by Julia Klein, Jan Saarela, Martin Kolk

“…Non-affiliated persons have about one-year shorter life expectancy than Evangelical Lutherans, but the difference has decreased over time, and they currently are at a similar level. …”
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Formulation of best-fit hydrophile/lipophile balance-dielectric permittivity demulsifiers for treatment of crude oil emulsions by C.M. Ojinnaka, J.A. Ajienka, O.J. Abayeh, L.C. Osuji, R.U. Duru

“…The presence of water in crude oil causes corrosion, lowers capacity utilization of production and processing plant parts and pipelines, reduces oil recovery and increases the oil content of the effluent water. The stabilizing factors of crude oil emulsions vary from one oil field to the other and with time in the same well as co-produced water increases, or after a well treatment and Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations (EOR). …”
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Influence of Rail Line Gradient and Curve on Pantograph-Catenary Dynamic Performance by Huan ZOU, Ning ZHOU, Dong ZOU, Weihua ZHANG

“…The results showed that, when the slope change rate is 0, the influence of line on the dynamic response of the pantograph/catenary isn’t obvious;the positive slope change rate of the contact wire decreases the mechanical wear of pantograph/catenary, the stability of current is reduced, and it increases the electrical wear, but the negative slope change rate of the contact wire makes opposite; the smaller the radius of the vertical and horizontal curve, the worse the stability of the pantograph/catenary dynamic performance, which can not be ignored in the simulation, and it should be considered in the line design, construction and interval speed limit of horizontal curve and vertical curve setting.…”
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Design and Analysis of High-Performance Smart Card with HF/UHF Dual-Band RFID Tag and Memory Functions by Gi-Hyun Hwang, Dae-Ki Kang

“…We firstly exploit an IC contact protruded from the card to add an additional memory, and we integrate functions of the RFID tag to use the equipped memory through the induced current of the contact. …”
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One-sample missing DNA-methylation value imputation by Christelle Kemda Ngueda, Julia Palm, Flavia Remo, André Scherag, Lutz Leistritz

“…Abstract Background Currently, the most popular methods for missing DNA-methylation value imputation rely on exploiting methylation patterns across multiple samples from the same population. …”
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