Community structure and drivers of wet miombo woodlands in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot by Andrew Samora Macrice

“…Understanding of key factors driving wet miombo community structure in village forests is vital for restoring ecosystem’s functions and integrity. The study used standard ecological methods to examine important human disturbance and environmental variables that determine wet miombo woody plant species total abundance, richness, evenness and diversity using 24 (10 m × 10 m) plots and 72 (1 m × 1 m) subplots in Intake village land forest reserve Southern Tanzania. …”
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Crow Search Algorithm for MEMS Gyroscope Temperature Drift Signal and Processing for Denoising by Xichen Wang, Huiliang Cao, Xiaomin Duan

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Attitude of patients and doctors of government health care system to the basic principles of medical ethics by E. P. Pukhova, O. Yu. Kutumova, D. O. Trufanov

“…The classical principles of bioethics preserve functionality and form the necessary attitude of doctors and patients to the ethical foundations of the doctor’s professional activities. …”
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Characteristics of real-world driving behavior in people with schizophrenia: a naturalistic study utilizing drive recorders by Hiroki Okada, Saki Komagata, Mayu Takagi, Yuichi Kamata, Junichi Matsumoto, Takaya Maeyama, Yukiko Takashio, Masaki Matoba

“…Furthermore, considering that driving violations among PWS may be attributed to cognitive errors, the results highlight the importance of assessing and addressing cognitive functions in driver assistance systems to promote safer driving. …”
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Assessing plasticity in the primary sensory cortex and its relation with atypical tactile reactivity in autism: A TMS-EEG protocol. by Shohreh Kariminezhad, Reza Zomorrodi, Christoph Zrenner, Daniel M Blumberger, Stephanie H Ameis, Hsiang-Yuan Lin, Meng-Chuan Lai, Tarek K Rajji, Yona Lunsky, Marcos Sanches, Pushpal Desarkar

“…Within the tactile domain, atypical tactile reactivity (TR) is common, it emerges early, persists into adulthood, and impedes social interaction and daily functioning. Hence, atypical TR is a key target for biological intervention to improve outcomes. …”
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Resource-saving inter-row cultivator by N. E. Rudenko, I. A. Nosov, S. D. Kayvanov, D. A. Petukhov

“…The ploughshare performs the copying functions therefore the additional copying wheels are not required. …”
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Preparation of One-Emission Nitrogen-Fluorine-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots and Their Applications in Environmental Water Samples and Living Cells for ClO− Detection and Imaging by Qianchun Zhang, Haijiang Du, Siqi Xie, Fengling Tian, Xixi Long, Shan Liu, Yun Wu

“…Thus, to determine its biological functions in depth, ClO− should be tested in biosystems. …”
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A Robust Adaptive Strategy for Diesel Particulate Filter Health Monitoring Using Soot Sensor Data by Bilal Youssef

“…A correction factor is calculated using an optimization algorithm based on the integral of engine speed measurements and IMEP set points during each sensor loading period. Different cost functions have been tested and evaluated to improve the diagnostic performance. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Media Consumption, System Justification, and Political Efficacy-Related Beliefs in the Hungarian Context by Anna Málna Benza, Zsuzsanna Kun, Zsolt Péter Szabó

“…System justification pertains to the belief that the current system functions properly, while a sense of political efficacy refers to one’s confidence in influencing politics. …”
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Assessment of Developmental Prosopagnosia in an Individual with Tourette Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Case Report by Petter Espeseth Emhjellen, Randi Starrfelt, Rune Raudeberg, Bjørnar Hassel

“…Results: The neuropsychological assessment revealed varying degrees of difficulties primarily related to executive functions, attention, reaction time, and memory processes, as expected in a person with Tourette’s syndrome and ADHD. …”
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Self-Tuning Parameters of the Proposed Fuzzy Immune Integral Controller to Improve the Performance of the Standard P&O-MPPT Strategy by Ramazan Ayaz

“…Firstly, a nonlinear model perfectly describing the internal functioning of the solar PV generator is designed where its nonlinear current-voltage characteristic is linearized around standard test conditions (STC). …”
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A practical solution for the state of charge estimation in lithium-ion batteries considering disturbance and errors in the measurement sensors by Omid Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Iman Sharifi, Mohammad A. Khosravi

“…In lithium-ion battery management systems (BMS), state of charge (SoC) is a key parameter that is used in most other functions. This paper introduces a different approach from the past presented methods and tackles the problems of model uncertainties, stochastic disturbances, measurement errors, and nonlinearity problems with an adaptive Hꝏ unknown input observer (AHUIO). …”
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Proper selection of personnel for the Security Service of Ukraine as a prerequisite for the career growth of its employees by M. S. Yuzyshen

“…There is a need to amend Article 19 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Security Service of Ukraine” with the following provisions: first, on the need for candidates to be proficient in Ukrainian at the level determined in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as the State language”, and second, on the need to test candidates for service using a polygraph, which will allow for more objective information about the candidate’s past, environment, positive and negative personal qualities. …”
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Quality of life among earthquake survivors living in prefabricated houses in Adıyaman: a cross-sectional study after the February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye by Yusuf Emre Bostan, Yusuf Demirtaş

“…The smallest decrease was observed in the ‘physical functioning’ domain (7.6% in men and 15.4% in women), while the largest decline occurred in the ‘role limitations due to emotional problems’ domain (32.1% in men and 45.6% in women). …”
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Quantum Snowflake Algorithm (QSA): A Snowflake-Inspired, Quantum-Driven Metaheuristic for Large-Scale Continuous and Discrete Optimization with Application to the Traveling Salesma... by Zeki Oralhan, Burcu Oralhan

“…Large leaps to escape deep local minima are simultaneously provided by quantum tunneling, which is particularly useful in highly multimodal environments. Tests on challenging functions like Lévy and HyperSphere showed that the QSA can more reliably obtain very low objective values in continuous domains than conventional swarm or evolutionary approaches. …”
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The study of socio economic factors’ influence on the capacity dynamics of the pharmaceutical market in contracting conditions by А. А. Kotvitska, V. H. Kostiuk

“…For the effective functioning of pharmaceutical companies in the current economic conditions it is necessary to carry out product policy aimed to expanding the range of medicines that are most popular. …”
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Changes in life satisfaction over six years in the general population: A longitudinal study with the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). by Andreas Hinz, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Heide Glaesmer, Matthias L Schroeter, Ana N Tibubos, Katja Petrowski, Michael Friedrich

“…Changes in the SWLS over the six years were correlated with changes in optimism (r = 0.23), mental health (r = 0.26), social functioning (r = 0.22), perceived social support (r = 0.21), anxiety (r = -0.30), and physical complaints (r = -0.18). …”
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Family Profile of Substance Addicted Individuals by Fatmanur Alsancak, Hülya Yıldız, Hüseyin Zahid Kara, Hasan Hüseyin Taylan, Yusuf Genç

“…The presence of a substance addicted member in the family negatively affects the functioning and health of the family. In this study, the profiles of the families of substance addicts living in Sakarya were revealed by adopting a descriptive screening model, and it was aimed to make some concrete suggestions about this by examining the effects of family characteristics on addicted people. …”
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Co-Optimization of the Hardware Configuration and Energy Management Parameters of Ship Hybrid Power Systems Based on the Hybrid Ivy-SA Algorithm by Qian Guo, Zhihang Fu, Xingming Zhang

“…The Ivy-SA algorithm, which integrates the advantages of both the Ivy algorithm (IVYA) and the simulated annealing algorithm (SA), is developed for the co-optimization. The algorithm is tested with the CEC2017 benchmark functions and outperforms 11 other algorithms. …”
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Protective effects of Euphorbia heterophylla against testicular degeneration in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats in relation to phytochemical profile. by Ahmed M Nagy, Heba A Fahmy, Mohamed F Abdel-Hameed, Rehab F Taher, Alaa M Ali, Mohamed M Amin, Sherif M Afifi, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Mohamed A Farag, Abdelsamed I Elshamy

“…<h4>Background</h4>Diabetes mellitus (DM) poses a major risk to human health due to an array of implications, one of which is a detrimental effect on the testicular and reproductive functions. Euphorbia heterophylla is widely recognized for its medicinal properties worldwide.…”
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