Seasonality and age-related propensity of cats to occur bacterial urocystitis by Yu. V. Martyniv, Ya. V. K isera

“…Bacterial urocystitis in cats is caused by several factors, which include a decrease in the protective functions of the immune system, improper diet and housing conditions, complications of non-infectious pathologies, and subclinical bacteriuria. …”
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Rapid high-throughput isolation and purification of chicken myoblasts based on deterministic lateral displacement microfluidic chips. by Lihong Gu, Hongju Liu, Long Wang, Haokai Fan, Xinli Zheng, Tieshan Xu, Qicheng Jiang, Teng Zhou, Liuyong Shi

“…In this paper, we innovate chips design according to specific geometries and functions for Wenchang chicken pectoral muscle tissue, so as to optimize the isolation and purification process of myoblasts. …”
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SERS-based aptasensor for culture-free detection of Escherichia coli in urinary tract infection diagnosis by Kihyun Kim, Sohyun Park, Suyoung Kang, Mi-Kyung Lee, Lingxin Chen, Jaebum Choo

“…The sensor utilizes magnetic beads embedded with gold nanoparticles (MB-AuNPs) functionalized with capture DNA (cDNA) as both the SERS-active substrate and magnetic separation tool. …”
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THE MECHANISM FOR CREATION OF EVENT-DRIVEN APPLICATIONS BASED ON WOLFRAM MATHEMATICA AND APACHE KAFKA by Denis Zolotariov

“…Recommendations are given regarding the use of built-in compilation functions to increase the speed of such processing. …”
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Body Temperature Differences Between Green And Brown Grasshoppers Do Not Result From Thermal Physiology or Thermal Preferences by Lilian Cabon, Holger Schielzeth

“…Colour morphs could represent different life‐history strategies, maximising their fitness locally in the trait space through trade‐offs between all their biological functions. This mechanism could play a role in the maintenance of the green–brown polymorphism in Orthoptera. …”
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The Russia–Ukraine Conflict and Stock Markets: Risk and Spillovers by Maria Leone, Alberto Manelli, Roberta Pace

“…Globalization and the spread of technological innovations have made world markets and economies increasingly unified and conditioned by international trade, not only for sales markets but above all for the supply of raw materials necessary for the functioning of the production complex of each country. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Indonesian Version of SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire on Patients with Permanent Pacemakers by Simon Salim, Muhammad Yamin, Idrus Alwi, Siti Setiati

“…The final translated questionnaire was checked by assessing the correlation of SF-36 and 6-minutes walking test (6MWT) and NT pro-BNP result. Results: Indonesian version of SF-36 showed positive correlation between 6MWT result and physical functioning (PF) (r=0.363; p=0.001) and negative correlation between NT pro-BNP score with general health (GH) (r=-0.269; p=0.020) and mental health (MH) (r=-0.271; p=0.019). …”
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Belief in a just world or belief in just others? a study on the object of belief in a just world by Xiaoyu Zhang, Yanan Zhang

“…This research advances our theoretical understanding of belief in a just world and contributes to our understanding of its functions for both individuals and society.…”
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Practical implementation of a type-2 fuzzy logic controller for steering a service robot by Suci Dwijayanti, Bhakti Y. Suprapto, Ichlasul A. Rizky

“…Subsequently, these inputs are converted into three, five, or seven membership functions (MFs). Comparative simulation analysis revealed that the T2-FLC with seven MFs outperformed that with alternative MF configurations and a conventional type-1 FLC and achieved a minimal steady-state error of 0.0118. …”
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Stress beyond coping? A Rasch analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) in an Aboriginal population. by Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Santiago, Rachel Roberts, Lisa Gaye Smithers, Lisa Jamieson

“…The study analysed: (a) model fit; (b) dimensionality; (c) local dependence; (d) differential item functioning; (e) threshold ordering and item fit; (f) targeting; (g) reliability; and (h) criterion validity. …”
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Local and global sensitivity analysis of key durability parameters of concrete under chloride environment by Lingjie Wu, Chengjian Yu, Fenfei Shi, Xuping Ni

“…Results demonstrate that parameter distribution functions and coefficients of variation (COV) significantly alter sensitivity outcomes, with parameter interactions amplifying or mitigating individual effects. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF WEAR RESISTANT COATINGS FORMED BY PLASMA SPRAYING OF ALLOY Ni–Fe–Cr–Si–B–C SYSTEM REINFORCED WITH CERAMICS Al2O3 by A. S. Kalinichenko, O. G. Devoino, V. V. Meshkova

“…. Creating a functionally oriented, including nanostructured, anti-friction materials and coatings with qualitatively new complex of service properties is an important scientific and practical problem. …”
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DNA aptamers against exon v10 of CD44 inhibit breast cancer cell migration. by Joji Iida, Rebecca Clancy, Jesse Dorchak, Richard I Somiari, Stella Somiari, Mary Lou Cutler, Richard J Mural, Craig D Shriver

“…The diversity of the biological functions of CD44 is the result of the various splicing variants of these exons. …”
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PEMC: Power Efficiency Measurement Calculator to Compute Power Efficiency and CO₂ Emissions in Cloud Data Centers by Asadullah Shaikh, Mueen Uddin, Mohamed A. Elmagzoub, Abdullah Alghamdi

“…The pseudocode and algorithm to perform these specific PUE, DCiE, and CO₂ emission functions are given to explain the working of proposed work. …”
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The Comparison of Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (Akis) For Adopters and Non-Adopters of Good Agricultural Practices in Bafra District of Samsun, Turkey by Mustafe Abdulkadir Abdurahman, Kürşat Demiryürek, Nur İlkay Abacı

“…In terms of usefulness of AKIS for this study, it seems that this system was insufficient to analyze this study. Even though the functions of this system are essent ial elements, they are insufficient for establishing a network of complex innovation-oriented institutional arrangements. …”
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Children in Zakho City with Normal Weight or Obesity and Their Serum Magnesium Levels by Akrem M. Atrushi, Farhad Shaker Armishty, Sirwan A. Saleh, Mehvan Sh. Abdulrahman

“…Magnesium is essential for biological functions. It can lead to deadly outcomes such as vasospasm of cardiac arteries, arrhythmias, and even unexpected death. …”
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An ER complex of ODR-4 and ODR-8/Ufm1 specific protease 2 promotes GPCR maturation by a Ufm1-independent mechanism. by Changchun Chen, Eisuke Itakura, Katherine P Weber, Ramanujan S Hegde, Mario de Bono

“…Thus, UfSP2 proteins have protease- and Ufm1-independent functions in GPCR biogenesis.…”
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Dough-Making Technology for Sugar and Hard-Dough Cookies by Pavel V. Medvedev, Vitalij A. Fedotov, Irina A. Bochkareva

“…The dependence of the shear stress of the dough on the deformation rate was described by power functions. The extra-hard wheat flour raised the strength by 55–60% in sugar cookies and by 45–50% in hard cookies. …”
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Récit et argumentation en français : cercle vicieux ou vertueux ? by Nicole Biagioli

“…Narrative and argumentation are rival and complementary types of discourse : rivals because one can reduce the totality of the discursive experience to one as to the other, complementary because, if one chooses one of the two as the descriptive basis of language, one is obliged to resort to the other, inasmuch as both are necessary for the functioning of the enunciating triangle : 1st, 2nd, and non-person. …”
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Psychological distress among workers at a mine by Yolanda Havenga, Michelle Bester

“…Conclusion: Psychological distress potentially impacts daily functioning for a third of employees, indicating a need for prevention and management interventions addressing personal, workplace and environmental factors. …”
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