Social network position is a major predictor of ant behavior, microbiota composition, and brain gene expression. by Tomas Kay, Joanito Liberti, Thomas O Richardson, Sean K McKenzie, Chelsea A Weitekamp, Christine La Mendola, Matthias Rüegg, Lucie Kesner, Natasha Szombathy, Sean McGregor, Jonathan Romiguier, Philipp Engel, Laurent Keller

“…Simultaneous measurement of pertinent variables and quantification of the correlations between these variables can indicate whether relationships are direct (and possibly causal) or indirect. …”
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Composition of the freshwater decapod crustacean communities in an area of mining in Brazilian Amazonia and the variation related to environmental parameters by Katherine Soares Morais, Claudia Antônia Campos Rodrigues de Oliveira, Alexandre de Oliveira Marques, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire, Lílian Lund Amado, Maria Clara Pinheiro de Souza, Leandro Machado de Carvalho, Gustavo Quevedo Romero, Bianca Bentes

“…The present study investigated the composition of the local communities of freshwater decapod crustaceans and their variation in relation to environmental parameters of the Carajás Mosaic. …”
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Digital Environmental Management of Heat Stress Effects on Milk Yield and Composition in a Portuguese Dairy Farm by Daniela Pinto, Rute Santos, Carolina Maia, Ester Bartolomé, João Niza-Ribeiro, Maria Cara d’ Anjo, Mariana Batista, Luís Alcino Conceição

“…This one-year study aimed to evaluate the impact of heat stress on milk yield and composition in a dairy farm located in the Elvas region of Portugal. …”
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Genetic markers of obesity risk: stronger associations with body composition in overweight compared to normal-weight children. by Andreas Beyerlein, Rüdiger von Kries, Andrew R Ness, Ken K Ong

“…We examined whether there are differential effect sizes depending on children's body composition.<h4>Methods</h4>We analysed data of n = 4,837 children recorded in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), applying quantile regression with sex- and age-specific standard deviation scores (SDS) of body mass index (BMI) or with body fat mass index and fat-free mass index at 9 years as outcome variables and an "obesity-risk-allele score" based on eight genetic variants known to be associated with childhood BMI as the explanatory variable.…”
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Parametric characterization of a mesomechanic kinematic caused by ondulation in fabric reinforced composites: analytical and numerical investigations by Marco Romano, Ingo Ehrlich, Norbert Gebbeken

“…A parametric characterization of a mesomechanic kinematic caused by ondulation in fabric reinforced composites is investigated by analytical and numerical investigations. …”
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Environmental gradients strongly affect functional composition and biomass C stocks within aquatic plant meadows by Roel Lammerant, Jenna Hölttä, Janina Pykäri, Nishant Nishant, Anna Villnäs, Sofia A. Wikström, Alf Norkko, Camilla Gustafsson

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KFESO-based composite anti-disturbance control for distributed cooperative path following of unmanned surface vehicles by Haoyu CHEN, Haixiang XU, Xiao WEI, Jian WANG, Wei CHEN

“…To address this issue, a composite anti-disturbance control method based on an extended state observer combined with Kalman filter (KFESO) is proposed for distributed cooperative path following of multiple USVs.MethodsFirstly, an extended state observer combined with Kalman filter is constructed to estimate the state variables and lumped disturbances of USVs. …”
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The Effect Of Photo-Activation Method in Polymerization Process Of Different Light-Cured Composite Resins On Hardness And Compression by ايناس غازي يونس, اياد جياد جرجيس, منى يوحنا صليوة

“…&nbsp;Three resins were analyzed: Swiss TEC restorative composite resin, Composan Ceram Syringes, and Ivoclar Vivadent Tetric N-Ceram Light Cured Hybrid. …”
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Removal of Cu and Zn Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Sodium Alginate and Attapulgite Composite Hydrogels by Dajian Huang, Wenbo Wang, Aiqin Wang

“…The effect of common variables including the content of APT, pH value, contact time and initial concentration of metal ions on the adsorption properties of the composite hydrogels for the adsorption of Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ ions was investigated using a batch adsorption technique. …”
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Evaluation and modelling of the buckling behaviour of SRC composite columns under simultaneous off-axis and lateral loading by Kabir Sadeghi, Javad Royaei, Fatemeh Nouban

“… In this paper, steel-reinforced composite columns (SRCs) with IPE profiles, commonly used in Iran, have been investigated under lateral and axial loads. …”
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Composite fault feature extraction for gears based on MCKD-EWT adaptive wavelet threshold noise reduction by Yanchang LV, Jingyue Wang, Chengqiang Zhang, Jianming Ding

“…For the strong noise gear fault vibration signal is relatively weak, and the transmission path is complex and variable, in the case of composite faults, the modulation of different fault characteristics of the frequency, coupling, resulting in the actual acquisition of the fault characteristics are difficult to extract and separate. …”
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Quick Review and Assessment of Thermal Stress Analyses for Exact and Assumed Temperature Distribution for Composite and Sandwich Laminates by Sandeep Pendhari, S. Harwande, Sharawari Kulkarni, Tanmay Vora, Jainil Visariya

“…Four layered domains of composite and/or sandwich laminate with variable degrees of orthotropic and several transverse and in-plane aspect ratios have been used for numerical investigation. …”
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Muscle Power and Body Composition of Ranked and Unranked Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes: A Pilot Study by Adriano Neves Breithaupt, Ricardo Luís Fernandes Guerra

“…Results: despite percentage differences in favor of RG, there were no differences (<i>p</i> > 0.05) between the groups for the variables analyzed. Conclusions: there is no difference in muscular power and body composition between ranked and unranked athletes. …”
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Process-driven strength enhancement and progressive damage analysis of three-dimensional woven composites traction rods by Hao Huang, Zhongde Shan, Yanming Xing, Zitong Guo, Chunguang Yang, Jianhua Liu, Zheng Sun, Xiaohui Ao, Dong Wang, Chenchen Tan, Weihao Wang, Juncheng Luo

“…With the growing emphasis on lightweight and high-strength materials, optimizing the performance of composites has become increasingly critical for engineering applications. …”
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Is the solution composition and external magnetic field influencing FeNi film deposition – physicochemical and tribological studies by Anna Maria Białostocka, Marcin Klekotka, Urszula Klekotka, Beata Kalska-Szostko

“…Examined layers present variable surface morphologies and compositions depending on the substrates and the presence or absence of the EMF. …”
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A core-shell magnetic layered double hydroxide composite material for the effective decolorization of phenol red by Şakir Yılmaz

“…The magnetic composite based on layered double hydroxide (Fe3O4/NiMn-LDH) was prepared by co-precipitation procedure and considered as a material to eliminate phenol red (PR) from aqueous environments. …”
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Phytochemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the leaves of Peganum harmala L.  in southern Algeria. by Abderrahmane Ghillace, Ourida Chouitah, Fatima Zohra Kiari, Zineb Fergoug, Zineeddine Daikh

“…For this our study aims to valorize medicinal and aromatic plants of the Algerian flora, for this reason we determined the phytochemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of  Peganum harmala in two different southern regions. …”
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Efficient optimum safety factor approach for system reliability-based design optimization with application to composite yarns by Gh. Kharmanda, I. R. Antypas

“…Several linear and nonlinear distribution laws are applied to composite yarns studies and then extended to multiple failure modes. …”
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Vibration Optimization of Fiber-Metal Laminated Composite Shallow Shell Panels Using an Adaptive PSO Algorithm by Hadi Ghashochi-Bargh, Mohammad Homayoun Sadr

“…The paper illustrates the application of a combined adaptive particle swarm optimization (A-PSO) algorithm and the finite strip method (FSM) to the lay-up optimization of symmetrically fiber-metal laminated (FML) composite shallow shell panels for maximizing the fundamental frequency. …”
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The composition of bacterial communities associated with plastic biofilms differs between different polymers and stages of biofilm succession. by Maria Pinto, Teresa M Langer, Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann, Gerhard J Herndl

“…Factors affecting the development and composition of these communities are still poorly understood. …”
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