Terrecotte votive da Taranto. Un tentativo di contestualizzazione di materiali sequestrati by Irene Managlia

“…The amount of votive terracottas yielded by ritual contexts in Magna Graecia have been increased by seized archaeological objects which have yet lost part of their informative power. …”
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Assessment on Impact of Agricultural Subsidies on Potato Production: Evidence from Syangja, Nepal by Bibas Chaulagai, Isha Nepal, Saroj Yadav, Promise Shrestha, Anish Parajuli, Subheksha Shrestha

“… This study examines the impact of agricultural subsidies on potato production in the Syangja District of Nepal, where the current productivity is not sufficient to meet the increasing demand despite favorable policies by the government. …”
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Thermally induced PtOx interfacial layer enhances stability of Pt/β-Ga2O3 vertical Schottky diodes by Kingsley Egbo, William A. Callahan, Shahadat Sohel, Chris Chae, Brooks Tellekamp, Jinwoo Hwang, Andriy Zakutayev

“…Further exposure to a constant 350 °C environment for 10 h reveals a slight increase in the leakage current from 10−7 to 10−6 A at −5 V and degradation of the forward current, due to potential thermodynamic instability of the Ohmic contacts. …”
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Stochastic simulation modeling of the economics of providing additional living space for housed dairy cows by Jake S. Thompson, Chris D. Hudson, Jon N. Huxley, Jasmeet Kaler, Martin J. Green

“…Under the circumstances and contexts investigated, the results suggest that building for increased living space would be cost-effective. …”
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Large Language Model Applications for Health Information Extraction in Oncology: Scoping Review by David Chen, Saif Addeen Alnassar, Kate Elizabeth Avison, Ryan S Huang, Srinivas Raman

“…Comparing the studies published in 2022‐2024 versus 2019‐2021, both the total number of studies (18 vs 6) and the proportion of studies using prompt engineering increased (5/18, 28% vs 0/6, 0%), while the proportion using fine-tuning decreased (8/18, 44.4% vs 6/6, 100%). …”
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Land use dynamics in Sagara River Catchment in Dodoma Region, Tanzania by Dominico Benedicto Kilemo

“… Abstract Context and background: The Sagara hills provide key ecosystem services to the communities in Kongwa and Mpwapwa districts in Dodoma region. …”
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The Significance of Team Dynamics in Students’ Entrepreneurial Decision-Making by Quynh Duong Phuong

“…Among various factors, reasons are rooted in the team membership decreasing uncertainty, students’ decision dependencies on team members and the increased importance placed on the team relative to the idea. …”
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Continuity and discontinuity of plurilingual practices

“…He emphasizes the need for renewed efforts to promote multilingualism, particularly in the context of increasing globalization. Main Theme: The issue examines how multilingualism is practiced across different social contexts, including family, school, and work. …”
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Features of state support of industrial enterprises under sanctions pressure by Ya. A. Grabovsky

“…The article discusses the problems of the current situation and development of the Russian industrial enterprises in the context of sanctions that were imposed against Russia in 2014 and significantly increased in 2022.   …”
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A Systematic Review on the Application of Community of Inquiry Framework in Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language by Pingping Guo, Joanna Joseph Jeyaraj, Abu Bakar Razali

“…The CoI framework, widely recognized as a leading theoretical model for constructivist-based technology-enhanced learning, has attracted increasing attention from researchers. The abrupt shutdown caused by the pandemic has increased this interest by shifting traditional teaching to online instruction globally, even until now. …”
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Generative AI may create a socioeconomic tipping point through labour displacement by Jo-An Occhipinti, William Hynes, Ante Prodan, Harris Eyre, Roy Green, Sharan Burrow, Marcel Tanner, John Buchanan, Goran Ujdur, Frederic Destrebecq, Christine Song, Steven Carnevale, Ian B. Hickie, Mark Heffernan

“…Results indicate that even a moderate increase in the AI-capital-to-labour ratio could increase labour underutilisation to double its current level, decrease per capita disposable income by 26% (95% interval, 20.6–31.8%), and decrease the consumption index by 21% (95% interval, 13.6–28.3%) by mid-2050. …”
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DYNAMO-A: A generic simulation model coupling crop growth and disease epidemic. by Laetitia Willocquet, Simone Bregaglio, Roberto Ferrise, K H Kim, Serge Savary

“…Future modelling with DYNAMO-based models should enable interdisciplinary research addressing plant disease impacts on current and future agricultural production.…”
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Sociocultural correlates and epidemiological patterns of non-alcoholic beer consumption: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Andrzej Silczuk, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Tomasz Baran, Tytus Koweszko, Paulina Mularczyk-Tomczewska, Julia Gujska, Magdalena Tatara, Małgorzata Gałecka

“…While nearly half of current users report reduced or substituted alcohol intake, a substantial proportion incorporate NAB into existing drinking routines without change or with increased alcohol use. …”
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Production of TNF-alpha, IL-12(p40) and IL-17 can discriminate between active TB disease and latent infection in a West African cohort. by Jayne S Sutherland, Bouke C de Jong, David J Jeffries, Ifedayo M Adetifa, Martin O C Ota

“…Our results provide further insight into the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and may enhance the specificity of the currently available diagnostic tests, particularly for diagnosis of active TB.…”
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Parallel synapses with transmission nonlinearities enhance neuronal classification capacity. by Yuru Song, Marcus K Benna

“…Here we model the current to the soma contributed by each synapse as a sigmoidal transmission function of its presynaptic input, with learnable parameters such as amplitude, slope, and threshold. …”
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Tuberculosis mortality and drug resistance among patients under TB treatment before and during COVID-19 in Burundi: a case–control study by Arnaud Iradukunda, Fentabil Getnet, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja

“…Vulnerable population groups have been disproportionately exposed to certain diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) due to service interruptions. The current study aimed to assess TB related mortality and risk of drug resistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burundi. …”
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Optimizing Automated Educational Systems: Adaptive Syllabus Generation and Precise Assessment Using Artificial Intelligence by William Villegas-Ch, Jaime Govea, Roque Albuja, Diego Buenano-Fernandez, Aracely Mera-Navarrete

“…Integrating artificial intelligence in education can revolutionize how educational resources are generated, and assessments are conducted. However, current automated systems often struggle with precision, relevance, and usability issues, particularly in adapting to the specific needs of diverse educational contexts. …”
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CHOICE OF CARBON POWDERY ENVIRONMENT FOR MICROARC CARBURIZING OF METALWARE by Yury Markovich Dombrovskiy, Makar Stepanovich Stepanov

“…With the particle size reduction, the electrical resistance of coal and coke powders rises sharply that is explained by the transient resistance increase because of the growth of the interparticle contacts number. …”
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Use of dignity therapy in palliative care: a comprehensive scoping review by Romel Jonathan Velasco Yanez, Erilaine de Freitas Corpes, Judith Sixsmith, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes, Priscila de Souza Aquino, Régia Christina Moura Barbosa Castro, Herla Maria Furtardo Jorge

“…Its use has steadily increased, and previous systematic reviews have synthesized evidence on its effectiveness in palliative care. …”
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Sexual Crimes in Metaverse: New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology and Legal Challenges by Giulia Melis, Merylin Monaro

“…While digital threats such as the dissemination of pornographic material have long been recognized, behaviors like sexual harassment and assault have historically been addressed primarily within physical contexts. However, in Metaverse, the boundaries between virtual and physical harm are increasingly blurred, as illustrated by the first widely reported case of virtual rape in January 2024, involving the avatar of a young girl assaulted by other users in an immersive gaming environment. …”
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