Farmer Perception of Trees in a Semiarid Agroecological Zone by Eniola Ajibola Olowu, Ian Timothy Riley

“…Trees in upland, semiarid agroecological zones typically require water efficiency due to low rainfall, cold and dry temperatures as in Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Türkiye. …”
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Purification of Urban Sewage River Using a Biological Aerated Filter with Sponge Iron and Ceramsite Mixed Fillers by Yi Wu, Jun Dai, Qiong Wan, Guobin Tian, Dongyang Wei

“…The removal efficiency experiments were carried out through the self-designed biological aerated filter (BAF) reactor with sponge iron and ceramsite mixed fillers, and the microorganisms attached to the surface of the biological fillers were qualitatively and quantitatively identified through 16S rDNA. …”
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Alpha-Stable Distribution and Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis-Based Fault Diagnosis Method Application for Axle Box Bearings by Qing Xiong, Weihua Zhang, Yanhai Xu, Yiqiang Peng, Pengyi Deng

“…Currently, the regular maintenance of axle box bearings mainly depends on manual off-line inspection, which has low working efficiency and precision of fault diagnosis. In order to improve the maintenance efficiency and effectiveness of railway vehicles, this study proposes a method of integrating the vibration monitoring system of the axle box bearing in the underfloor wheelset lathe, where the integration scheme and work flow of the system are introduced followed by the detailed fault diagnosis method and application examples. …”
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A 3-D Parallel Method of PSTD-Based Reverse Time Migration of GPR Data by Lingjia Huang, Bowen Ma, Qinghua Huang

“…Numerical tests also show quantitatively that the computation time and efficiency of the proposed parallel PSTD-based RTM method are significantly superior to those of the RTM algorithm based on the popular parallel finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. …”
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Study on frame synchronization performance of data link protocol using in broadband IP networks by TAO Ying, WU Chong-qing, LIU Xue, ZHANG Yong

“…The results show that with the high realization performance, high transmission efficiency and high transmission speed, GFP is more suitable for next generation IP transmission networks.…”
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Identifying Inefficient Urban Residential Land within Shenzhen City: An Approach Using Gaussian Mixture Model and Multi-Source Big Data by Y. Liu, S. Liang, R. Guo, W. Wang, D. Ma, Y. Zheng, L. Zhang, Q. Liu, X. Li

“…To address these issues, this paper employs the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) clustering method and integrates multi-source geographical big data to quantitatively characterize land use efficiency. Additionally, Spearman's coefficient analysis and Principal Component Analysis methods are applied for data dimensionality reduction. …”
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Substantiation of Principles and Effectiveness of Advanced Complex Differentiated Treatment of Circulatory System Organs Affections in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis by Farmaha M., Abrahamovych M., Svintsitskyi A., Abrahamovych O.

“…The factual material was processed on a personal computer with the help of EViews (Quantitative Micro Software) and Excel (Microsoft) software programs, using descriptive statistics, ANOVA analysis of variance, z-criteria for two-particles comparisons. …”
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Zoning and Identification of Factors Affecting Illegal Livestock Grazing in Golestan National Park Using Logistic Regression by Meysam Madadi, HamidReza Rezaei, Alireza Mohammadi, Bagher Nezami Balochi, Maryam Shahbazi

“…Therefore, by identifying the centers of violations and increasing the efficiency of patrolling in these areas, it is possible to significantly prevent the occurrence of illegal grazing and help improve the quality of the ecosystem by restoring damaged areas.…”
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Syntactic Analysis of Spatial Structure Characteristics of Traditional Villages Along the Yellow River in Western Shanxi Province by Chenge GAO, Fang WANG

“…Comparative analysis is conducted on the spatial construction and adaptation of traditional villages to achieve a quantitative analysis of the differentiated spatial structural characteristics. …”
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Strategies for understanding and reducing the Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale hypnozoite reservoir in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised placebo-controlled trial and ma... by Leanne J Robinson, Rahel Wampfler, Inoni Betuela, Stephan Karl, Michael T White, Connie S N Li Wai Suen, Natalie E Hofmann, Benson Kinboro, Andreea Waltmann, Jessica Brewster, Lina Lorry, Nandao Tarongka, Lornah Samol, Mariabeth Silkey, Quique Bassat, Peter M Siba, Louis Schofield, Ingrid Felger, Ivo Mueller

“…The inclusion of a directly observed 20-d treatment regime maximises the efficiency of hypnozoite clearance but limits the generalisability of results to real-world MDA programmes.…”
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The effect application of nitrogen levels and intercropping ratios of pea (Pisum sativum) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) by Elham Raftari, Ali Nakhzari Moghaddam, Mehdi Mollashahi, Hossein Hosseini Moghaddam

“…It provides farmers with a variety of returns from land and labour, often increases the efficiency with which scarce resources are used and reduces the failure risk of a single crop that is susceptible to environmental and economic fluctuation. …”
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A fully automated machine-learning-based workflow for radiation treatment planning in prostate cancer by Jan-Hendrik Bolten, David Neugebauer, Christoph Grott, Fabian Weykamp, Jonas Ristau, Stephan Mende, Elisabetta Sandrini, Eva Meixner, Victoria Navarro Aznar, Eric Tonndorf-Martini, Kai Schubert, Christiane Steidel, Lars Wessel, Jürgen Debus, Jakob Liermann

“…This represents a promising step towards efficient and standardized prostate cancer treatment. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of combined treatment of coronary heart disease – coronary artery bypass grafting, transplantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells: a ra... by V. V. Komok, N. S. Bunenkov, S. A. Beliy, V. M. Pizin, V. M. Kondratev, A. V. Dulaev, A. E. Kobak, T. S. Maksimova, I. P. Sergienko, E. V. Parusova, L. A. Smirnova, E. V. Babenko, B. V. Afanasev, A. S. Nemkov, G. G. Khubulava

“…Qualitative indicators were calculated using the Pearson’s chi-squared test and Fisher criteria. Quantitative indicators were calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis and Wilcoxon tests. …”
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Biochar effects on durum wheat (Triticum durum) under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 by Lorenzo Brilli, Franz-Werner Badeck, Lorenzo Genesio, Silvia Baronti, Fulvia Rizza, Clara Fares, Luigi Cattivelli, Franco Miglietta, Anita Maienza, Alessandro Zaldei, Federica Camin, Rosella Motzo, Piero Toscano

“…Biochar treatments also increased flag leaf chlorophyll and decreased flavonoids, and enhanced intrinsic water use efficiency due to increases in photosynthesis and decreases in stomatal conductance. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Operation Safety of Earth-rock Dams Based on Weight Optimization-cloud Model by ZHANG Jianwei, WU Weitao, HOU Ge, HUANG Jinlin, WANG Bingpeng, LIU Hongze, HU Zixu

“…Since the error did not change significantly when the number of cloud drops continued to increase, 5 000 was taken as the optimal number of cloud drops to balance computational efficiency and accuracy.Results and DiscussionsThe established evaluation model was applied to the earth and rock dam of the Helong Reservoir in Guangdong Province. …”
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Reutilization and upcycling of spent graphite for sustainable lithium-ion batteries: Progress and perspectives by Xueqian Li, Chenglong Deng, Mengyao Liu, Jiawei Xiong, Xiaodong Zhang, Qiaoyi Yan, Jiao Lin, Cen Chen, Feng Wu, Yi Zhao, Renjie Chen, Li Li

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Dominant geological and engineering factors controlling the productivity of horizontal wells for deep coalbed methane in the southern Shenfu block by Guangshan GUO, Yancheng LIU, Gang ZHAO, Zhaohui CHEN, Chen LI, Lifang KANG, Yuchuan WANG, Jianan WANG

“…Dominant factors controlling the horizontal well productivity were quantitatively determined based on Kendall's rank correlation coefficients and Pearson correlation coefficients. …”
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Healthcare models, quality indicators and quality of care in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease in Spain: Results from the CARABELA-CKD initiative by Mercedes Salgueira, Pedro Ruiz, Jesús Ignacio Diago, Manuel Pérez Maraver

“…Regional meetings were then held to refine all these aspects from a regional perspective and to determine the cocreation of solutions with subsequent quantitative validation of results using the two-round Delphi method (Phase 3B). …”
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CD81-guided heterologous EVs present heterogeneous interactions with breast cancer cells by Elena Gurrieri, Giulia Carradori, Michela Roccuzzo, Michael Pancher, Daniele Peroni, Romina Belli, Caterina Trevisan, Michela Notarangelo, Wen-Qiu Huang, Agata S. A. Carreira, Alessandro Quattrone, Guido Jenster, Timo L. M. Ten Hagen, Vito Giuseppe D’Agostino

“…Conclusions This study highlights the quantitative aspects underlying the creation of a platform for secreted heterologous EVs and shows the limits of single receptor-ligand interactions behind EV-cell engagement mechanisms, which now become the pivotal step to predict functional tropism and design new generations of EV-based nanovehicles.…”
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Detection of melatonin and 5-HTP in dietary supplements based on multiple spectra by Huiyu Yang, Huiyu Yang, Huiyu Yang, Xinrui Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Yang Gao, Yang Gao, Yang Gao, Zhuang Peng, Zhuang Peng, Zhuang Peng, Bo Su, Bo Su, Bo Su, Kai Li, Cunlin Zhang, Cunlin Zhang, Cunlin Zhang

“…This study establishes a rapid, efficient, and non-destructive approach for the regulation and quantitative analysis of dietary supplements.…”
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