Molecular and seasonal characteristics of organic vapors in urban Beijing: insights from Vocus-PTR measurements by Z. An, Z. An, R. Yin, X. Zhao, X. Li, Y. Li, Y. Yuan, J. Guo, Y. Zhao, X. Li, D. Li, Y. Li, D. Wang, C. Yan, K. He, D. R. Worsnop, D. R. Worsnop, F. N. Keutsch, J. Jiang

“…<p>Understanding the composition and evolution of atmospheric organic vapors is crucial for exploring their impact on air quality. …”
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The Response of Dung Beetle Communities to Land Use Change in the Brazilian Cerrado by Pedro Gomes Peixoto, Gabriela de Sousa Barbosa, Heytor Lemos Martins, Ana Luíza Franco, Jhansley Ferreira da Mata, Vanesca Korasaki

“…Density and arboreal basal area were the main predictive variables for the diversity of the dung beetle community, reinforcing the importance of vegetation cover for maintaining diversity, whereas local and landscape-related variables influenced community composition.…”
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Management and quality control of construction materials standards, techniques, and challenges by Severin Jean Maixent Loubouth, Sorel Nzaba, Gildas Ngouono Ngakali, Narcisse Malanda

“…Adherence to stringent standards and regulations is essential for materials like concrete, steel, wood, bricks, and composites. Common defects include manufacturing flaws, storage issues, non-compliance with standards, and variability in quality. …”
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Longitudinal effect of nocturnal R-R intervals changes on cardiovascular outcome in a community-based cohort by Abdulghani Sankari, Laurel Anne Ravelo, Scott Maresh, Nawar Aljundi, Bander Alsabri, Serene Fawaz, Mulham Hamdon, Ghazwan Al-kubaisi, Erika Hagen, M Safwan Badr, Paul Peppard

“…Nocturnal total RRDI (10-unit change) was associated with composite CVD event(s) (HR, 1.24 per 10-unit increment in RRDI (95% CI 1.10 to 1.39), p&lt;0.001). …”
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New tectonic discrimination diagrams for basic and ultrabasic volcanic rocks through log-transformed ratios of high field strength elements and implications for petrogenetic proces... by Surendra P. Verma, Salil Agrawal

“… The statistically correct handling of compositional data requires log-ratio transformation whereas the multivariate technique of linear discriminant analysis (LDA) assumes a normal distribution of the transformed variables. …”
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Different Culture Media Affect Proliferation, Surface Epitope Expression, and Differentiation of Ovine MSC by Carina Adamzyk, Tanja Emonds, Julia Falkenstein, René Tolba, Wilhelm Jahnen-Dechent, Bernd Lethaus, Sabine Neuss

“…We compared two published protocols for oMSC differentiation towards the osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic fate and found (i) considerable donor to donor variations, (ii) protocol-dependent variations, and (iii) variations resulting from the preculture medium composition. Our results indicate that the isolation and culture of oMSC in different growth media are highly variable regarding oMSC phenotype and behaviour. …”
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MODIFICAÇí-ES NA COMPOSIÇÃO IÔNICA DA ÁGUA EM VIVEIROS ABASTECIDOS POR POí­"¡OS SALINIZADOS by Zélia M. Pimentel NUNES, Isabela C. de Sá MARINHO, Athiê J. G. SANTOS, Manlio PONZI, João L. do CARMO, Virgílio O. T. F. ALVES, Dagoberto C. ARAUJO, Jacilda F. M. OLIVEIRA, Rui G. OLIVEIRA, Cristiane FLOR, Gilson O. SANTOS, José C. E. SANTOS

“…During the cultivation time (from February to December 1995) observation were made in order to characterize probable modifications occurred in the ionic composition of the water, as well others correlated variables. …”
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The <i>ARK2N</i> (<i>C18ORF25</i>) Genetic Variant Is Associated with Muscle Fiber Size and Strength Athlete Status by Rukiye Çığırtaş, Celal Bulgay, Hasan Hüseyin Kazan, Onur Akman, Goran Sporiš, George John, Rinat A. Yusupov, Rinat I. Sultanov, Andrey V. Zhelankin, Ekaterina A. Semenova, Andrey K. Larin, Nikolay A. Kulemin, Edward V. Generozov, Damir Jurko, Ildus I. Ahmetov

“…The aim of this study was threefold: (a) to compare <i>ARK2N</i> gene expression between power and endurance athletes; (b) to analyze the relationship between <i>ARK2N</i> gene expression and muscle fiber composition; and (c) to investigate the association between the functional variant of the <i>ARK2N</i> gene, muscle fiber size, and sport-related phenotypes. …”
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The effectiveness of marine protected areas on the spatio-temporal patterns of reef fish in the Southwest Atlantic by Amanda Aparecida Carminatto, Paulo Emilio Costa Santos, Rodrigo de Oliveira Campos, Matheus Marcos Rotundo, Davi Butturi-Gomes, Miguel Petrere Jr.

“…For fishing-targeted species, the islands showed significant effects on species composition and abundance, highlighting the importance of protected areas. …”
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Invasive Glossy Buckthorn (<i>Frangula alnus</i>) Has Weak Impact on Native Understory Plant and Saprophagous Macroarthropod Communities by Gabrielle Roberge, Ira Tanya Handa, Tristan Juette, Daniel Kneeshaw

“…We hypothesized a decreased taxonomic diversity and a change in community composition of both indicator taxa with increasing <i>F. alnus</i> density. …”
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Identification of coffee agroforestry systems using remote sensing data: a review of methods and sensor data by Agustín Escobar-López, Miguel Ángel Castillo-Santiago, Jean F. Mas, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Jorge Omar López-Martínez

“…To facilitate the analysis, we ordered the mapped AFS into five classes according to their density and species composition of shade trees. The Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to evaluate significative differences among classes. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…We explored relationships with three different area-level measures related to deprivation: the Carstairs index (a composite measure from UK Census variables relating to poverty), the avoidable death rate (health inequality) and fuel poverty (wealth inequality). …”
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Unveiling terroir: evaluating the magnitude of the heterogeneity and its main drivers in the Canary Islands wines by Pablo Alonso González, Eva Parga Dans, María Mercedes Hernández González, Paula Arribas Blázquez, Andrea Carolina Acosta Dacal, Octavio Pérez Luzardo

“…An examination of elemental composition, oenological attributes and fertility parameters was conducted, followed by comprehensive statistical analysis. …”
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Contrasting two major Arctic coastal polynyas: the role of sea ice in driving diel vertical migrations of zooplankton in the Laptev and Beaufort seas by I. A. Dmitrenko, V. Petrusevich, A. Preußer, A. Preußer, K. Kosobokova, C. Bouchard, C. Bouchard, M. Geoffroy, M. Geoffroy, A. S. Komarov, D. G. Babb, S. A. Kirillov, D. G. Barber

“…This difference in DVM between the Laptev and Beaufort seas is not entirely assigned to the 3° difference in latitude between the mooring positions as it is also due to the different light threshold required to trigger DVM, different zooplankton communities' composition, and potentially different depths and predation pressures. …”
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Spatial distribution and urban–rural disparity of unmet need for family planning among married/in-union women in Ethiopia: a spatial and decomposition analysis by Shimels Derso Kebede, Daniel Niguse Mamo, Jibril Bashir Adem, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Yawkal Tsega, Elsabeth Addisu, Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Ermias Bekele Enyew

“…Finally, multivariable decomposition analysis via a logit model was used to decompose the observed difference in unmet need by the compositional difference and the difference in effects of explanatory variables between places of residence.ResultsSpatial distribution of unmet need for family planning was clustered in Ethiopia with a global Moran's I index value of 0.25 (p-value = 0.004). …”
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Diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of tight sandstone: A case study of the Upper Triassic Yanchang formation Chang 7 sandstones, Ordos Basin, China by Haihua Zhu, Guangchen Liu, Dakang Zhong, Tingshan Zhang, Jun Lang, Jingli Yao

“…The detrital constituents were controlled by the provenance and sedimentary condition, which resulted in a spatially variable composition; e.g., high biotite and feldspar contents in the northeast (NE) of the study area, and high contents of rock fragments, especially dolomite, matrix, and quartz in the southwest (SW). …”
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Targeted Acidogenic Fermentation of Waste Streams for the Selective Production of Volatile Fatty Acids as Bioplastic Precursors by Dolores Hidalgo, Lidia Garrote, Francisco Infante, Jesús M. Martín-Marroquín, Enrique Pérez-Zapatero, Francisco Corona

“…The analysis emphasizes how the chemical composition and biodegradability of waste streams influence the selection of microbial consortia and metabolic pathways, determining the yield and composition of the products generated. …”
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Optimization of Solid Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation Using Design of Experiments, PART I: <i>Strategic Tool for the Determination of Critical Parameters Regarding Formulation and P... by Margot Cassayre, Dany Teles de Souza, Magalie Claeys-Bruno, Alexandre Altié, Philippe Piccerelle, Christophe Sauzet

“…A non-classical mixed design was applied using AZURAD^® software (version 4.4.1), incorporating a mixture variable for lipid composition (comprising carnauba wax, glyceryl behenate, glyceryl distearate), and two quantitative factors: the percentage of polysorbate 80 (P80) in the P80/sorbitan oleate surfactant system and ultrasound (US) treatment time. …”
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DIALECTIC OF IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCES IN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN TRIOOLET by A. V. Ostankovich, E. V. Bublik

“…The article features the reflection of the main development trends of Triolet in the Russian poetry of the XVIII-XX centuries, connected with dialectics the interaction of contrasts: traditional and innovative, stable and variable, symmetry and asymmetry, architectonic and composition, statics and dynamics; a classification and description of the main models of the Russian Triolet, poetic analysis of Triolets by M. …”
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Risk factors associated with the coexistence of stunting, underweight, and wasting in children under 5 from 31 sub-Saharan African countries by Eric Duku, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Collins Adu, Iddrisu Amadu, James Boadu Frimpong, John Elvis Hagan Jnr., Belinda Ampah

“…In the short-term, national-level policies and interventions need to be well tailored considering the compositional characteristics.…”
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