Global Financial Partnerships in Microfinance: India, Peru and Tanzania by TUBARO, Paola, MARR, Ana

“…Focus is on the extent to which patterns in wholesale lending relationships relate to the legal status and characteristics of microfinance institutions; to the regulatory, business and social environment in which they operate; and to shifts in the balance between social and commercial interests of diverse types of lenders.The analysis brings to light considerable cross-country variation in the structure and features of wholesale lending relationships, and relates it primarily to differences in governance and regulation. …”
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Differing evolutionary histories of the ACTN3*R577X polymorphism among the major human geographic groups. by Carlos Eduardo G Amorim, Victor Acuña-Alonzo, Francisco M Salzano, Maria Cátira Bortolini, Tábita Hünemeier

“…It is possible that particularities of Native American population structure could be responsible for the observed allele frequencies, which would have resulted from a complex interaction between selective and random factors.…”
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY IN ROMANIA'S AGRICULTURE IN THE PERIOD 2011-2020 AND ITS FORECAST FOR 2021-2025 HORIZON by Agatha POPESCU, Cristiana TINDECHE, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ, Adelaida HONȚUȘ

“…For agriculture development, labour productivity must be increased paying attention to the key determinants: farm structure and size, labour input, technical endowment, and investment.…”
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The Effect of doping by Fe and Sn on the physical properties of Nickel. oxide thin films prepared by Spin coating by Hardan Thyab Ghanem, Ayed Najem Saleh

“…(XRD) measurement shows that the films prepared with Molars concentration (0.3M) and annealing temperature (573 k) were found to be Amorphous structure and annealing at (723k) temperature, change into polycrystalline. the optical properties show ,they transport records value as between (72-85)% for  all films. …”
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Modulation recognition method based on multiscale convolutional fusion coding networks by LI Guojun, ZHU Siyuan, ZHENG Jianzhong, WANG Jie, YE Changrong

“…A dual-branch multilayer perceptron structure was introduced to further improve adaptability and diversity learning while accelerating operational speed. …”
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The differentiated impacts and constraints of allometry, phylogeny, and environment on the ruminants’ ankle bone by Orgebin Pierre, Ilya Dziomber, Aiglstorfer Manuela, Mennecart Bastien

“…Here, we conducted allometric and size-adjusted clade and ecomorphological analyses to assess the contribution of each of these three parameters to the morphological variation of the astragalus in ruminant artiodactyls. 3D geometric morphometric analyses confirm the astragalus’ highly integrated structure and multifactorial morphological responses. …”
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Multineutrosophic Analysis of the Relationship Between Survival and Business Growth in the Manufacturing Sector of Azuay Province, 2020–2023, Using Plithogenic n-Superhypergraphs by Eduardo Martín Campoverde Valencia, Jessica Paola Chuisaca Vásquez, Francisco Ángel Becerra Lois

“…Additionally, the Springate Z-Score model was used, along with the logarithmic variation of assets, multiple regression, and factor analysis. …”
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Parenclitic Network Analysis of Methylation Data for Cancer Identification. by Alexander Karsakov, Thomas Bartlett, Artem Ryblov, Iosif Meyerov, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Alexey Zaikin

“…The node centrality ranking and arising modular structure could provide insights into the systems biology of cancer.…”
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Gait and Stability Analysis of 3-PUU Wheel-legged Mobile Robot by Miao Zhiying, Li Ruiqin, Zhang Qisheng, Liang Jingjing, Meng Hongwei, Liang Shijie

“…It has advantages of simple structure,high stiffness and strong carrying capacity. …”
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Classification of Alzheimer's disease using unsupervised diffusion component analysis by Dominique Duncan, Thomas Strohmer

“…The new algorithm constructs coordinates as an extension of diffusion maps and generates efficient geometric representations of the complex structure of the MRI data. The key difference between our method and others used to classify and detect AD early in its course is our nonlinear and local network approach, which overcomes calibration differences among different scanners and centers collecting MRI data and solves the problem of individual variation in brain size and shape. …”
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The dynamics of shapes of vesicle membranes with time dependent spontaneous curvature. by R A Barrio, Tomas Alarcon, A Hernandez-Machado

“…This constriction is mediated by the action on the membrane of an structure resembling the role of a Z ring. Our phase-field model is able to reproduce a number of different shapes that have been experimentally observed. …”
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High‐throughput sequencing for biology and medicine by Wendy Weijia Soon, Manoj Hariharan, Michael P Snyder

“…In this review, we discuss these innovative new approaches—including ever finer analyses of transcriptome dynamics, genome structure and genomic variation—and provide an overview of the new insights into complex biological systems catalyzed by these technologies. …”
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Statistical Modeling and Probable Calculation of the Strength of Materials with Random Distribution of Surface Defects by Roman Kvit, Petro Pukach, Tetyana Salo, Myroslava Vovk

“…Based on the solutions of deterministic fracture mechanics and the methods of probability theory, the algorithm for calculating the probabilistic strength characteristics of plate elements of structures with an arbitrary stochastic distribution of surface defects is outlined. …”
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Mineral Heterogeneity Characterization of the Lacustrine Yanchang Shales, Ordos Basin Using Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (Micro-FTIR) Technique by Bing Luo, Zhiguo Shu, Yalin Chen, Zhuo Li, Yufei Hou, Liwei Wang, Youdong Yang, Zhikai Liang

“…Shale is a typical fine-grained sedimentary rock with small grain sizes of matrix components, significant lithofacies variation of rock texture and structure, and strong heterogeneity of organic matter and mineral compositions. …”
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Remote Sensing Reveals Multi-Dimensional Functional Changes in Fish Assemblages Under Eutrophication and Hydrological Stress by Anastasiia Zymaroieva, Dmytro Bondarev, Olga Kunakh, Jens-Christian Svenning, Oleksander Zhukov

“…By employing a combination of extensive ichthyological field surveys and satellite-derived environmental indices (including NDVI, chlorophyll-a, turbidity, and spectral proxies for algal blooms), we assessed the impacts of eutrophication, hydrological alterations, and climate warming on functional structure. Our results reveal three key responses in fish functional diversity: (1) a decline in functional specialization and imbalance, indicating the loss of unique ecological roles and increased redundancy; (2) a rise in functional divergence, reflecting a shift toward species with outlying trait combinations; and (3) a complex pattern in functional richness, with trends varying by site and trait structure. …”
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Antipolyelectrolyte Response of Amphiphilic Sulfobetaine Polymer Coatings by Lisa Schardt, Stefano Da Vela, Alejandro Martínez Guajardo, Maximilian Jaugstetter, Kristina Tschulik, André Laschewsky, Axel Rosenhahn

“…Yet their performance strongly depends on the mechanical properties, the degree of swelling, and the structure of the swollen hydrogels. These properties depend on the zwitterionic groups in the polymers and the properties of the surrounding electrolyte. …”
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Carbon emission effects of land use change in Nanchang, West of Central China Region by Shuai Fu, Bingxian Xu, Yuxin Peng, Ciyi Huangxiong, Xiuxiang Li

“…The adjustment and optimization of energy consumption structure and the improvement of human-land policies in Nanchang from the perspectives of optimizing land use layout and structure, rationally controlling population size, and advocating low-carbon lifestyle are conducive to the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development of Nanchang.…”
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Strain Relaxation of Al‐Rich α‐(AlGa)2O3 and α‐Al2O3/Ga2O3 Superlattice on m‐Plane Sapphire Substrates by Plasma‐Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy by Riena Jinno, Hironori Okumura

“…Abstract The strain relaxation of Al‐rich α‐(AlxGa1‐x)2O3 single layers with x > 0.6 and an α‐Al2O3/Ga2O3 superlattice structure grown on m‐plane sapphire substrates by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. …”
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Wearable graphene-patterned gas detection sensor by Mohammadreza Nehzati, Alireza Barati Haghverdi, Amir Ali Mohammad Khani, Ilghar Rezaei, Toktam Aghaee

“…The operational frequency range is the THz gap while the sensor includes a golden bottom, Kapton spacer, and periodic arrays of graphene disks and ribbons. The structure is exclusively represented by an impedance that can predict absorption versus frequency. …”
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Virulence and Genetic Diversity of <i>Puccinia</i> spp., Causal Agents of Rust on Switchgrass (<i>Panicum virgatum</i> L.) in the USA by Bochra A. Bahri, Peng Tian, Samikshya Rijal, Katrien M. Devos, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Shavannor M. Smith

“…Five major haplotypes were identified differing by 11 out of the 39 SNP positions identified. STRUCTURE, Principal Coordinate Analysis, and phylogenetic analyses divided the rust population into two genetic clusters. …”
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