Understanding farmers’ motivations for joining cashew marketing cooperatives in coastal Kenya: the moderating role of social capital by Gospel Iyioku, Ebenezer Donkor, Jana Mazancova, Jiri Hejkrlik

“…The study surveyed 249 cashew farmers from Kenya’s coastal region. Employing Structural Equation Modelling with Maximum Likelihood Robust estimation, the research explores the relationships between latent variables influencing participation. …”
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Research on damage recognition of concrete beams based on embedded piezoelectric sensors by Bin Fu, Pengcheng Li, Youjia Zhang, Xu wang, Shuqin Zheng, Yanru Wang

“…However, under the influence of service environment and loading, secondary cracks and holes in concrete beams may further expand, which may aggravate the structural damage and even lead to failure, posing a threat to the safety of people's lives and properties. …”
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An Optimally Oriented Coherence Attribute Method and Its Application to Faults and Fracture Sets Detection in Carbonate Reservoirs by Shuai Chen, Shengjun Li, Qi Ma, Lu Qin, Sanyi Yuan

“…The method is guided by depositional and tectonic principles, constructing model traces along directions with maximal structural variation to amplify responses at geological boundaries. …”
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An approach of the internal friction-dependent temperature changes for conventional and pure biogenic lubricating greases by Leif Ahme, Erik Kuhn, Miguel Ángel Delgado

“…In addition, they showed the lowest ratio of expended energies (R tee), which means more structural degradation in the stressed grease. On the contrary, the grease C3, with 13 wt% of Li-soap but the lowest base oil’s viscosity, showed the lowest maximum ΔT and the temperature profile was characterised by a moderate variation of ΔT along the test. …”
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Clinical validation of the scales of depression, neuroticism, somatization, personal anxiety and validity of the modified questionnaire for neurotic disorders by L. I. Tsydzik

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Dynamic Response Prediction of Railway Bridges Considering Train Load Duration Using the Deep LSTM Network by Sui Tan, Xiandong Ke, Zhenhao Pang, Jianxiao Mao

“…The factors that may affect the prediction accuracy, such as network structure, training samples, the number of structural units, and noise level, are discussed. …”
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Responses of grassland soil mesofauna to induced climate change by Iwona Gruss, Marta Czarniecka-Wiera, Sebastian Świerszcz, Magdalena Szymura, Tomasz Szymura, Małgorzata W. Raduła

“…Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that plant traits explained 37.91% of the variation in mesofauna structure. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) further supported these findings, showing that climate exerted a strong negative effect on soil quality, which in turn had a pronounced positive influence on plant quality (total effect = 0.678). …”
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Advances in insect chromosome evolution(昆虫染色体进化研究进展) by 陆月琪(LU Yueqi), 陈曦(CHEN Xi), 李飞(LI Fei)

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Systematic many-fermion Hamiltonian input scheme and spectral calculations on quantum computers by Weijie Du, James P. Vary

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ARTEM: a method for RNA and DNA tertiary motif identification with backbone permutations by Eugene F. Baulin, Davyd R. Bohdan, Dawid Kowalski, Milena Serwatka, Julia Świerczyńska, Zuzanna Żyra, Janusz M. Bujnicki

“…Abstract Non-coding RNA functions are largely defined by their 3D structures, which consist of recurrent building blocks, tertiary motifs. …”
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Unconscious overtone manipulation and transmission in flute performance: insights into musical expression and perception by Kai Hiraiwa, Masanobu Miura

“…This study aims to elucidate the overtone structure of the flute, examine the impact of acoustic parameter alterations on timbre perception, and foster a shared vocabulary among players and listeners. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and driving forces of water consumption patterns: insights from Jiangxi Province, China by Lina Liu, Fen Ouyang, Weilin Liu, Zhanxiong Zhou, Biaobiao Yin

“…Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics and underlying determinants of water consumption structure is of great importance for the strategic allocation of regional water resources and the promotion of economic and societal sustainability. …”
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Seismic performance of monolithic shear walls with disjointed steel bars in the northern Shaanxi by Jun Peng, Zhiqi Li, Hairen Wang, Xiangyu Li

“…The findings reveal that: Specimens transition from flexural-shear failure to shear-dominated failure as the shear-span ratio decreases; Increased shear-span ratio reduces load-bearing capacity while enhancing structural ductility; Wall thickness variations exhibit limited impact on performance, whereas openings reduce load capacity but improve ductility; Effective composite action between precast panels and cast-in-place boundary elements with intact vertical connections demonstrates superior seismic performance. …”
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Full-Scale Testing and Stability Analysis of Prefabricated Steel Plate-Concrete Composite Walls in Underground Granaries by Hao Zhang, Ruixin Wang, Lei Chen, Jun Chuai

“…However, cast-in-place reinforced concrete construction faces challenges such as waterproofing and complex on-site processes, necessitating prefabricated steel plate-concrete composite structures with robust joints for enhanced structural integrity and streamlined construction. …”
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A novel study of the impact of supply chain complexity on the bullwhip effect by Mohammed El-Beheiry, Raghda Taha, Tamer Ismail, Yasmin Adel

“…Conclusion: Supply network architects should consider the level of structural complexity to mitigate amplifications of demand variations and to optimise the supply chain’s overall operation. …”
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The role of Pinus massoniana deadwood in promoting Plagiomnium acutum growth: effects of microbial communities and physicochemical properties by Bingyang Shi, Xiurong Wang, Shuoyuan Yang, Hongmei Chen, Yang Zhao, Qiao Liu, Rong Zou, Yannan Pan

“…The results revealed that microbial community composition, abundance, and structure were altered by variations in the physicochemical properties of deadwood. …”
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A Novel Inductive Displacement Sensor Based on Dual-Excitation and Single-Sensing Coils for Core Displacement Measurement by Longjiang Gao, Qiwei Xu, Yiru Miao, Wei Zhang, Chunlei Wang, Mengshu Li, Shihan Tang

“…This article develops a new inductive displacement sensor with a segmented multi-group coil structure, which is suitable for the displacement measurement of control rods in nuclear reactors. …”
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Mechanical Properties Regulation of Invar36 Alloy Metastructures Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by Jianyu Feng, Jialei Yan, Xiaoqiang Peng, Gening He, Ke Huang

“…Metastructures fabricated via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) have significantly broadened the application scope of Invar36 alloy, owing to their unique advantages such as lightweight design, high specific strength, and high specific stiffness. However, the structure–property coupling relationship in Invar-based metallic lattice structures remains insufficiently understood, which poses a major obstacle to their further engineering utilization. …”
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A Multi-Scale Investigation of Sandy Red Clay Degradation Mechanisms During Wet–Dry Cycles and Their Implications for Slope Stability by Wei Xie, Zhenguo Liu, Zhigang Kong, Lu Jing, Rui Xiao

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Electrical Transport Interplay with Charge Density Waves, Magnetization, and Disorder Tuned by 2D van der Waals Interface Modification via Elemental Intercalation and Substitution... by Xiao Tong, Yu Liu, Xiangde Zhu, Hechang Lei, Cedomir Petrovic

“…This review integratively cross-examines the atomic and electronic structures and transport properties of van der Waals-layered crystals ZrTe₃, 2H-TaS₂, and Cr₂Si₂Te₆, providing a comprehensive understanding and uncovering new discoveries and insights. …”
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