Landscape structure, climate variability, and soil quality shape crop biomass patterns in agricultural ecosystems of Bavaria by Maninder Singh Dhillon, Thomas Koellner, Sarah Asam, Jakob Bogenreuther, Stefan Dech, Stefan Dech, Ursula Gessner, Daniel Gruschwitz, Sylvia Helena Annuth, Tanja Kraus, Thomas Rummler, Christian Schaefer, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Martina Wilde, Martina Wilde, Tobias Ullmann

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Profitability As a Moderator: Assessing The Influence of Capital Structure, Investment Decision and Firm Size on Firm Value by Naelati Tubastuvi, Arafah Esa Yuswandani, Azmi Fitriati, Akhmad Darmawan, Pensri Jaroenwanit

“…The purpose of this study is to determine whether capital structure, investment decisions, and firm size have an impact on firm value by examining profitability as a moderating factor. …”
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Petrophysical characteristics of carbonate rocks of organogenic structures of late devonian age (Voronezh horizon) in Orenburg region by A. R. Ryazanov

“…The carbonate rocks represented by organogenic structures of the Voronezh horizon (D3vr) at the Volostnovsky, Vostochno-Volostnovsky and Yuzhno-Volostnovsky fields in the northern part of the East-Orenburg oil and gas bearing region of the Volga-Ural oil and gas bearing province are studied.Aim. …”
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Revealing arginine-cysteine and glycine-cysteine NOS linkages by a systematic re-evaluation of protein structures by Sophia Bazzi, Sharareh Sayyad

“…By systematically analyzing over 86,000 high–resolution X-ray protein structures, we uncovered 69 additional NOS bonds, including arginine-NOS-cysteine and glycine-NOS-cysteine. …”
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Control Parametric Analysis on Improving Park Restoring Force Model and Damage Evaluation of High-Strength Structure by Huang-bin Lin, Shou-gao Tang, Cheng Lan

“…In this study, the Park restoring force has been improved by adding two control parameters (energy-based strength degradation βe and ductility-based strength degradation βd). Based on the testing data, the constitutive model is input and 55 numerical models are developed to analyze the effects of various parameters on structural behavior. …”
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Seismic Analysis of Reticulated Shell Structure Based on Sensor Network for Smart Transportation Seismic Isolation Bearings by Jun Peng, Yufei Li

“…From the experimental data of the seismic response of the ground-isolated structure to the near-field pulsation and far-field vibration, the total energy of the ground-isolated structure under the near-field pulsed ground motion is the largest. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of European hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties. by Nanna Hellum Nielsen, Gunter Backes, Jens Stougaard, Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Ahmed Jahoor

“…Progress in plant breeding is facilitated by accurate information about genetic structure and diversity. Here, Diversity Array Technology (DArT) was used to characterize a population of 94 bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties of mainly European origin. …”
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Distribution and Structure of China–ASEAN’s Intertidal Ecosystems: Insights from High-Precision, Satellite-Based Mapping by Zhang Zheng, Renming Jia

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The changes of left cardiac structure and function in the patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease and influencing factors by CHEN Cai-ming, CHEN Yuan, CHEN Yi, ZHANG Xiao-hong, WAN Jian-xin

“…Objective To analyze the changes of left ventricular structure and function in the patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease(ND-CKD)and the influencing factors.Methods The ND-CKD patients were enrolled from Jan.2013 to July 2014 in our hospital.All patients were subjected to echocardiography and the indexes were collected.Also the clinical data were collected.The indexes of left ventricular structure and function among different CKD groups were analyzed,and the correlation between the changes of cardiac structure and function were clinical data were also analyzed.Results 337 ND-CKD patients were enrolled,including 71 patients with CKD1 stage,37 patientswith CKD2 stage,28 patients with CKD3 stage,36 patients with CKD stage 4 and 165 patients with CKD stage 5.In pace with the progression of CKD,the data revealed that body mass index(BMI)and serum calcium were gradually declined(P<0.05),while blood urea nitrogen(BUN),serum creatinine(SCr),serum phosphorus,intact parathyroid hormone(iPTH)and Cystatin C gradually ascended(P<0.05).New bone metabolic markers revealed that in pace with the progression of CKD,25-(OH)-VitD gradually declined(P<0.05),but N-Osteocalcin(NOC),β-C-terminal telopeptide of typeⅠcollagen(β-CTX)and N-terminal peptide of typeⅠprocollagen(P1 NP)gradually ascended(P<0.05).Echocardiographic indexes revealed that in pace with the progression of CKD,left ventricular end diastolic dimension(LVDd),left ventricular end systolic dimension(LVDs),and left ventricular mass index(LVMI)gradually ascended(P<0.05)in cardiac structure,and SV gradually ascended(P<0.05)in cardiac function,while relative wall thickness(RWT),cardiac output(CO),left ventricular ejection fraction(LV-EF),fractional shortening(FS),and transmitral diastolic early peak inflow velocity/transmitral diastolic late peak inflow velocity(E/A)had no statistically significant difference,but E/A gradually declined and was less than1 after CKD2.Left ventricular geometric remodeling revealed that the normal LV geometry group gradually declined from CKD1 to CKD5,with84.5%,70.3%,64.3%,44.4%and38.2%respectively.The abnormal LV geometry groups gradually ascended from CKD1 to CKD5,and there were 32.1% with eccentric hypertrophy,15.2% with concentric hypertrophy,and 14.5% with concentric remodeling.Multiple linear regression revealed that the risk factors of RWT were age and serum phosphorus,the risk factor of LVDd was BMI,the risk factor of LVMI wasβ-CTX,the risk factor of SV was Cystatin C,and the protective factors of E/A were age,gender(female),Ca and BUN.Conclusions The left ventricular structure and function in the patients with ND-CKD were aggravated in pace with the progression of CKD.Age,renal function,serum phosphorus,serum calcium,iPTH,BMI andβ-CTX were related to the changes of left ventricular structure and function.…”
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The role of scapular morphological structure in degenerative rotator cuff injury: a digital reconstruction radiograph study by Wen-bin Zhang, Fei-Long Lu, Yu-Lin Ma, Xiao-Ming Du, Hao Song, Zhao-Xi Yang, Yi-Mei Hu

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Modelling of adaptive phase-shifting filter cells with optical control based on multilayer structures of phasechange materials by A.V. Kiselev, V.A. Mikhalevsky, A.A. Nevzorov, A.A. Burtsev, V.V. Ionin, N.N. Eliseev, A.A. Lotin

“…The paper presents the results of modelling the phase shift of a passing optical beam caused by the formation of a layered structure in a controllable cell made of the phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5 induced by the controlling influence of pulsed laser radiation of short and ultrashort duration. …”
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Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Spanish version of the HLS-EU-Q16 questionary in Venezuelan adults. by Judith Francisco-Pérez, Víctor López-Guerra, Gabriel Ortíz, Angélica Rojas, Carmen Martínez, Ronald Serrano

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AI-generated corpus learning and EFL learners' learning of grammatical structures, lexical bundles, and willingness to write. by Chunlin Lu

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Determinants of Dynamic Capital Structure and the Speed of Adjustment to Optimal Leverage: A Study on Financial Institutions in Turkey by Hülya Yılmaz

“…Using the dynamic panel data analysis method GMM-SYS, the speed of adjustment to optimal capital structure is determined to be 26%; however, during the global financial crisis (2007–2010), when financial institutions’ total debt ratios declined, this speed plummeted to 19%. …”
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Shaking Table Test of a Full-Scale RC Frame Structure with an Indoor Gas Piping System by Dezhang Sun, Endong Guo, Houli Wu, Zhibin Liu, Chenxi Mao, Haoyu Zhang, Xun Sun

“…To investigate the seismic behavior of a two-story RC frame structure with an indoor gas piping system, a shaking table test was performed and the data obtained from the shaking table test were analyzed in this paper. …”
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Cross-Cultural Examination of the Bifactor Structure and Network Invariance of Dark Triad Items Across Four Countries by Cristian Ramos-Vera, Dennis Calle, Angel García O'Diana, José Vallejos-Saldarriaga, Yul Carrasco Ramírez, Giancarlos Chapoñan Cubas

“…A total of n = 2715 adults (59% female, M = 31.04) participated considering open-access data and Peruvian data collection. The well-known dark triad instruments such as the Short Dark Triad and Dirty Dozen scales were used. …”
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Upper Mantle P and S Wave Velocity Structure of the Kalahari Craton and Surrounding Proterozoic Terranes, Southern Africa by Kameron Ortiz, Andrew Nyblade, Mark van derMeijde, Hanneke Paulssen, Motsamai Kwadiba, Onkgopotse Ntibinyane, Raymond Durrheim, Islam Fadel, Kyle Homman

“…Abstract New broadband seismic data from Botswana and South Africa have been combined with existing data from the region to develop improved P and S wave velocity models for investigating the upper mantle structure of southern Africa. …”
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Backscattering of Ultrasonic Waves as the Basis of the Method of Control of Structure and Physicо-Mechanical Properties of Cast Irons by A. R. Baev, N. V. Levkovich, E. P. Babuk, M. V. Asadchaya

“…The subject of the present studies was such characteristics of structural noise as amplitude-temporal A(t) and as root mean square value of the amplitude of the ultrasonic waves backscattering field AN, compared with the data on ultrasonic velocity and strength or tensile strength of cast iron samples. …”
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The deep structure of the Nepa‐Peleduy arch of the Nepa‐Botuoba anteclise in the development of B.A. Sokolov's hypothesis by M. R. Marsanova, A. G. Berzin

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A Novel Optical Frequency-Hopping Scheme Based on a Flexible Structure for Secure Optical Communications by De Chao Ban, Qing Chao Huang, Yin Fang Chen, Yi Chao Qi, Wei Chen, Ning Hua Zhu

“…In other words, one channel optical carrier carries different users&#x2019; data segments. A flexible structure was demonstrated and used in optical frequency-hopping system to simplify the structure and decrease the cost of the security system. …”
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