Marine environmental monitoring programmes in South Africa: a review by L. Hutchings, M. Roberts, H. Verheye

“…These observations need to continue; even though the single-species stock assessment and operational management procedures have not yet formally used environmental factors for fisheries management advice, they help us to understand the factors affecting fish population fluctuations and early life histories and to identify large-scale regime shifts where marine trophic structure and functioning alter to a new state.…”
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Mathematics in its relation to other disciplines. Some examples related to economics and physics by Jean-Luc Dorier

“… - In the context of French upper secondary and university education specialised in economics: the use of matrices for linear models of production and the use of functions, and especially of the concept of derivative and its relation to the notion of marginality in eco- nomics. …”
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NexoNet: Blockchain Online Social Media with User-Centric Multiple Incentive Mechanism and PoAP Consensus Mechanism by Junzhe Zuo, Wei Guo, Li Ling

“…Blockchain online social media (BOSM) seeks to mitigate the drawbacks of traditional centralized OSM by leveraging the decentralized nature of blockchain technology, migrating the functionalities of social media into a decentralized realm, and positioning the users at the core of the OSM ecosystem. …”
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Comparison of dCas9-activator complexes for the activation of PDX1 and NGN3 pancreatic genes using the CRISPR system by Ersin Akıncı, Mehmet Fatih Cengiz, Fatma Akçakale Kaba, Adem Kaba

“…Future studies should explore the long-term functionality and stability of these β-like cells in preclinical models to further assess their therapeutic potential. …”
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RootTracer: An intuitive solution for root image annotation by Maichol Dadi, Annalisa Franco, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Silvio Salvi, Alessandra Lumini

“…In this study, we introduce “RootTracer” a software tool that offers a variety of functionalities. RootTracer enables users to quickly and easily create RSML files that capture the structure of a root system by inputting the image to be analyzed and marking or modifying key points within the image. …”
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EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF DISCORD-BASED BLENDED LEARNING ON ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT by Ahmad Zaki Munibi, Endry Boeriswati, Novi Anoegrajekti, Aceng Rahmat

“…Educators utilize Discord's functionalities to host engaging discussions, deliver diverse learning materials, and conduct both formative and summative assessments effectively. …”
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Association between intraoperative lactate levels and acute kidney injury after on-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study across two centers by Dong Xu Chen, Yu Yang Zhang, Xing Long Xiong, Leng Zhou, Jing Shi

“…The association between lactate levels and outcomes was evaluated using restricted cubic spline functions with five knots in our retrospective statistical modeling approach. …”
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Seamless trials in oncology: A cross-sectional analysis of characteristics and reporting. by Katarzyna Klas, Karolina Strzebonska, Paola Buedo, Alicja Włodarczyk, Samuel Gordon, Paulina Kaszuba, Maciej Polak, Marcin Waligora

“…Efforts should be made to adapt the functionality of the ClinicalTrials.gov database to emerging clinical trial models.…”
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Formation of the Pre-Pensioner Segment in the Labor Market: Financial and Management Aspects by L. A. Zhigun, E. V. Kamneva, M. V. Polevaya, S. Zappala

“…The authors use methods of statistical, correlation, and regression analyses, the calculation of the average for a certain integral of functions, as well as the method of linear modeling of multiple regression. …”
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Estimating Carbon Biomass Using DNA: Phytoplankton as a Case Study by Lingjie Zhou, Nanjing Ji, Brittany N. Sprecher, Senjie Lin

“…Furthermore, similar strong regression functions were found when incorporating previously published data on a wide range of organisms including bacteria, plants, and animals. …”
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91 The Effect of Pesticide Exposure on Immunological Responses in Children Against SARS-CoV-2 by Derek Werthmann, Elizabeth Norton, Felicia Rabito

“…Immunological response was measured using neutralizing, phagocytizing, and NK-activating antibody responses biomarkers using plasma antibody isotyping, effector functions, T-cell activation-induced marker (AIM), and recall cytokine secretion assays on lysed, whole blood. …”
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Prepare for trouble and make it double: Effects of Carpobrotus acinaciformis and Apis mellifera invasion in floral visitor networks by Luiz F. C. Serigheli, Sofia Bacca, Brisa Marciniak, Michele S. Dechoum

“…Invasive species pose a significant threat to ecological systems, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Invasive plants and bees can alter mutualistic networks by increasing nestedness and reducing modularity, as a consequence leading to a reduction in network biodiversity and specialization. …”
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Modified planar sensors for the separate detection of certain cephalosporin antibiotics by Kulapina, Elena Grigorievna, Mursalov, Ruslan K., Kulapina, Olga Ivanovna

“…It is established that all the studied models give high values of correlation coeffi cients and tangents of the slope of the “measured-predicted” dependencies close to one, which makes it possible to recommend these methods for practical use.…”
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Adoption of artificial intelligence applications in clinical practice: Insights from a Survey of Healthcare Organizations in Lombardy, Italy by Vittoria Ardito, Giulia Cappellaro, Amelia Compagni, Francesco Petracca, Luigi M. Preti

“…Conclusions There is considerable variability in both the types and stages of AI applications adopted in clinical practice by healthcare organizations in Lombardy. In terms of functions, most implementations support diagnostic and prognostic tasks, with strong emphasis on imaging-based tools. …”
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Application of Open-Source, Low-Code Machine-Learning Library in Python to Diagnose Parkinson's Disease Using Voice Signal Features by Daniel Hilário da Silva, Caio Tonus Ribeiro, Leandro Rodrigues da Silva Souza, Adriano Alves Pereira

“…We leveraged the PyCaret Python library's ML algorithms and functions, which were introduced in this article, to demonstrate their simplicity and effectiveness in dealing with real-world data. …”
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TOOTH EXTRACTION OPERATION AS A COMPONENT OF ORTHODONTICAL TREATMENT by K.P. Lokes, A.Ye. Karasiunok, L.V. Smaglyuk, L.I. Voloshyna, H.V. Voronkova, K.Yu. Rezvina

“…Currently, the criteria that determine the orthodontic indications for extraction go beyond the analysis of diagnostic control models and the position of the teeth in the bone tissue of the jaw. …”
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Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review. by Bonaventure Amandi Egbujie, Peter Arthur Delobelle, Naomi Levitt, Thandi Puoane, David Sanders, Brian van Wyk

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to examine how CHW have been utilized to support T2DM self-management globally, their preparation for and supervision to perform their functions.<h4>Method</h4>The review was guided by a stepwise approach outlined in the framework for scoping reviews developed by Arksey and O'Malley. …”
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Algorithmic Support of Adaptive Automatic Control Systems with Data Compression by V. V. Alekseev, E. M. Antonyuk, I. E. Varshavskiy

“…The exponential growth of measurement information caused by ongoing complication of technical and production facilities necessitates the development of improved or brand new information and measurement systems, including those performing adaptive automatic control functions. Automatic criteria-based selection and reduction of measurement information continuously supplied by multi-parameter sources characterizing the objects under study require algorithms ensuring reconfiguration of automatic control systems during operation. …”
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Aptamer‑mediated modulation of eEF1 enhances salt stress tolerance in rice by Yongxiang Huang, Haomin Chen, Zhihao Xie, Daming Chen, Mingming Chen

“…Binding analyses via EMSA revealed an apparent dissociation constant of 5.3 nM for S2-A, while structural predictions using RNAstructure and AlphaFold-based modeling, together with MDockPP docking, indicated that S2-A targets the GTP-binding domain of eEF1. …”
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Information system for assessing maturity level of an organization by I. N. Nurutdinova, L. A. Dimitrova

“…The software can be both deployed in the existing network infrastructure of a customer and used by all the functionality through connecting to a remote server. …”
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