RETRACTED: Palmitic Acid Impedes Extravillous Trophoblast Activity by Increasing MRP1 Expression and Function by Yunali Ashar, Qiuxu Teng, John N. D. Wurpel, Zhe-Sheng Chen, Sandra E. Reznik

“…Normal function of placental extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs), which are responsible for uteroplacental vascular remodeling, is critical for adequate delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the developing fetus and normal fetal programming. Proliferation and invasion of spiral arteries by EVTs depends upon adequate levels of folate. …”
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To healthier Ethereum: a comprehensive and iterative smart contract weakness enumeration by Jiachi Chen, Mingyuan Huang, Zewei Lin, Peilin Zheng, Zibin Zheng

“…Moreover, the SWE is a scalable and continuously iterative program. We propose two update mechanisms for the maintenance of the SWE. …”
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A Novel Efficient Method of Estimating Suspended‐To‐Total Sediment Load Fraction in Natural Rivers by Hyoseob Noh, Yong Sung Park, Il Won Seo

“…The explicit relations between the suspended‐to‐total load fraction and the two combinations were revealed by two modern symbolic regression methods: multi‐gene genetic programming and Operon. The five‐variable SVR model showed the best performance. …”
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A Framework for Low-Carbon Container Multimodal Transport Route Optimization Under Hybrid Uncertainty: Model and Case Study by Fenling Feng, Fanjian Zheng, Ze Zhang, Lei Wang

“…For model resolution, fuzzy chance-constrained programming is adopted for defuzzification processing. …”
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Radiation protection and quality control in radiography services: a comparative study between national and international standards by Alex Oliveira, Isabelle Lacerda, Maria Victória Germano

“…However, it should be noted that Brazil is on par with developed countries regarding radiation protection regulations. …”
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Dynamic Vaccine Allocation for Control of Human-Transmissible Disease by Mingdong Lyu, Chang Chang, Kuofu Liu, Randolph Hall

“…During pandemics, such as COVID-19, supplies of vaccines can be insufficient for meeting all needs, particularly when vaccines first become available. Our study develops a dynamic methodology for vaccine allocation, segmented by region, age, and timeframe, using a time-sensitive, age-structured compartmental model. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF CREATION OF A SUBSYSTEM OF ENSURING SAFETY OF INFORMATION IN THE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS by D. O. Esikov, R. N. Akinshin, P. I. Abramov, L. E. Loutina

“…This problem is reduced to the kind of problems of integer linear programming with Boolean variables, this fact allows to apply the existing methods for its solvation. …”
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Computer modeling of volumetric damageability in the mine roadway neighbourhood by S. S. Sherbakov, L. A. Shemet, A. A. Nasan

“…Calculation of dangerous volumes and integral damageability was carried out in the finite element package ANSYS. The program was written in APDL. The ratios between the existing and limiting stresses was calculated for each finite element. …”
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The effectiveness of professional competency certification of sports personnel in accordance with the mandatory of the Sports law on the performance of indonesia sports personnel by Leni Anggraeni, Epin Saepudin, Sandey Tantra Paramitha, Cecep Darmawan, Hendri Irawan, Tarekh Febriana Putra, Abdul Azis, Pipin Firdaus, Eko Purnomo

“…The Sig. (2-tailed) value obtained was <0.05, which means it is significant for the performance results of the trainer compared to when the trainer had not been given a professional competency certification training program. Conclusions: Therefore, the role of professional competency certification is critical in improving the performance of sports personnel in building and developing sports in Indonesia through professional and reliable sports personnel in carrying out their profession in each field following the mandate of the Sports Law. …”
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Optimal multi‐period planning of the distribution network in the presence of wide‐spread penetration of small‐scale solar resources by Masoud Hamedi, Hossein Shayeghi, Seyedjalal Seyedshenava, Amin Safari, Abdollah Younesi, Nicu Bizon

“…Abstract This paper proposes a mixed‐integer non‐linear programming (MINLP) model for the multi‐period active low voltage (LV) distribution network expansion planning problem, which can be solved by off‐the‐shelf optimization solvers. …”
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4C Competencies of Laboratory Assistants: A Catalyst for Improved Experimental Comprehension in Physics Education by Rena Denya Agustina, Riki Purnama Putra, Muhammad Minan Chusni, Zulli Umri Siregar, Dedi Wahyudi

“…This research offers new insights for curriculum developers, educational policymakers, and laboratory supervisors who aim to strengthen practicum quality by empowering laboratory assistants as active pedagogical agents.…”
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Collaborative Optimization of Container Liner Slot Allocation and Empty Container Repositioning Within Port Clusters by Wenmin Wang, Cuijie Diao, Wenqing He, Zhihong Jin, Zaili Yang

“…A novel mixed-integer programming model is proposed, enabling us to simultaneously track slot allocation, empty container repositioning, empty container leasing, and slot renting. …”
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An automated device for provoking and capturing wildlife calls by David E. Ausband, Jesse Skrivseth, Michael S. Mitchell

“…This can be labor‐intensive and may influence animal behavior and, thus, survey results. We developed an automated acoustic survey device using commercially available hardware (e.g., laptop computer, speaker, microphone) and an author‐created (JS) software program (“HOOT”) that can be used to survey for any animal that calls. …”
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Study on oil pilot circuit of adaptive hydraulic drive of tool advance in mobile drilling machine by V. S. Sidorenko, V. I. Grishchenko, S. V. Rakulenko, M. S. Poleshkin, D. D. Dymochkin

“…Through a preliminary computational experiment in the Matlab Simulink program, the following parameters of the control loop devices were determined: a hydromechanical sensor and a hydraulically controlled valve, on the basis of which the experimental setup was implemented. …”
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A Unified Framework for Fast Large-Scale Portfolio Optimization by Weichuan Deng, Paweł Polak, Abolfazl Safikhani, Ronakdilip Shah

“…For each optimization scenario, we detail the translation into the corresponding quadratic programming (QP) problem and then integrate these solutions into a new open-source Python library. …”
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Conditional distributionally robust dispatch for integrated transmission-distribution systems via distributed optimization by Jie Li, Xiuli Wang, Zhicheng Wang, Zhenzi Song

“…Consequently, a conditional DRO framework is developed for the ITDS dispatch problem under uncertainty. …”
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Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads by Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Francesca Russo

“…Since 2003, the Department of Transportation Engineering at the University of Naples has been conducting a large-scale research program based on crash data collected in Southern Italy. …”
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A Decision Support System for Simulating and Predicting the Impacts of Various Tournament Structures on Tournament Outcomes by Khalid Ruzelan, Yusof Muhammad Mat, Rosli Nurzahidah Che, Nawawi Mohd Kamal Mohd

“…To address this issue, this study develops a decision support system (DSS) using Microsoft Visual Basic, based on the object-oriented programming approach, to simulate and forecast the impact of the various tournament structures on soccer tournament outcomes. …”
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Modeling and sensitivity analysis of the compressive strength of recycled brick aggregates concrete using GMDH, GEP and RSM methods by Payam Fereidouni, Ali Seyedkazemi, Saman Soleimani Kutanaei, Abdullah Davoudi-Kia

“…In order to develop the use of alternative materials in concrete and the dependence of its strength on various factors, it is necessary to have relationships to estimate the compressive strength of recycled brick concrete (RBC). …”
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The influence of pandemics in neighborhoods’ public realms: Experts’ point of view in light of social capital by A. Asadpour, H. Nikounam Nezami

“…. >0.022) indicators between the two groups of experts.CONCLUSION: Re-programming activity and restructuring physical (social interaction) developing and expanding green and open spaces and physical and functional flexibility (spatial equity) are the most important indicators for promoting public realms.…”
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