L-arginine Supplementation in Endurance Athletes: A Systematic Review of Recovery Mechanisms and Performance Enhancement by Łukasz Karoń, Anna Ewa Zygmunt, Karolina Karoń, Wojciech Grabowski, Grzegorz Drapała, Emilia Pedrycz, Daria Pedrycz

“…Recognized for its multifaceted roles in cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic functions, L-arginine serves as a precursor to biologically active molecules, including nitric oxide (NO), creatine, and polyamines, which are integral to muscle function and recovery. …”
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Long-term conservation tillage breaks the plough pan and promotes the development of preferential flow by Jinze Han, Jianye Li, Qiang Chen, Xingyi Zhang

“…Macropores and preferential flow critically regulate soil hydrological functions and ecosystem services in agricultural systems. …”
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Neurocognitive factors of new drone Pilots: Identifying candidates with expert potential by Miguel A. Ramallo-Luna, Sara Gonzalez-Torre, Álvaro Rodríguez-Mora, Gabriel G. de la Torre

“…Identifying the neurocognitive variables that influence the performance of these pilots can optimize selection and training processes. …”
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Network Analysis of Key Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Domains for Targeted Intervention in US Older Adults Without Dementia: Cross-Sectional Study by Jiaying Li, Rendong He, Erh-Chi Hsu, Junxin Li

“…Network analysis identified central and bridge variables. Nonparametric and case-dropping bootstrap methods checked network stability. …”
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The Effect of Season and Breed on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Hormones, Metabolic Hormones, and Oxidative Markers in Ponies and Horses by Sarah Alison Vaughn, Margaret B. Lemons, Kelsey A. Hart

“…Linear mixed effects modeling with a random effect for animal was used to determine the effects of season and breed. Correlation coefficients were calculated for relevant variables. …”
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Identification of an additive interaction using parameter regularization and model selection in epidemiology by Chanchan Hu, Zhifeng Lin, Zhijian Hu, Shaowei Lin

“…Background In epidemiology, indicators such as the relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI), attributable proportion (AP), and synergy index (S) are commonly used to assess additive interactions between two variables. However, the results of these indicators are sometimes inconsistent in real world applications and it may be difficult to draw conclusions from them. …”
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Objective Measures of Spatial Effects in Spanish Concert Halls by Sara GIRÓN, Teófilo ZAMARRENO, Pedro BUSTAMANTE

“…The paper concludes with a discussion on the relationships of hall-average data of the five parameters with eight geometric and acoustic variables.…”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study incorporated other investment measures like foreign direct investment and public investment into the model, while inflation and exchange rate were taken as control variables. Secondary data was sourced from CBN statistical bulletin of various editions and was estimated using autoregressive distributed lag bound test and its coefficients. …”
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Development characteristics and potential of fault-fracture reservoir in southwest margin of Ordos Basin by HE Faqi, LI Junlu, GAO Yilong, WU Jinwei, BAI Xingying, GAO Dun

“…The induced fracture zone's proximity to the fault correlates with higher production capacity, demonstrating the spatial impact of fault structures on reservoir productivity. 3） The production characteristics of fracture wells are categorized into three stages: ① the fracture system acts as the high yield stage; ② the fracture system serves as the storage stage and plays the role of diversion; ③ the fracture's primarily function in diversion. This research significantly increases the proportion of high-yield wells in the fault-fracture reservoir, providing crucial insights for guiding efficient, ongoing exploration and development activities in the Mesozoic reservoirs on the southwest margin of the basin. …”
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Social capital as a determinant of quality of life in greek cancer patients: a cross-sectional study by Athanasios Pitis, Maria Diamantopoulou, Aspasia Panagiotou, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Foteini Tzavella

“…The association between QoL and Social capital scales was checked via Spearman correlation coefficients (rho).ResultsGreater total score in Social capital scale was significantly associated with greater overall QoL (β = 0.005; p < 0.001), better Emotional functioning (β = 0.004; p = 0.004) and better Social functioning (β = 0.009; p = 0.002),with lower Nausea and vomiting (β = −0.017; p = 0.015), Insomnia (β = −0.014; p = 0.002), Appetite loss (β = −0.010; p = 0.018) and Constipation symptoms (β = −0.009; p = 0.047).ConclusionThere was a strong association between a greater social capital score and the quality of life of Greek cancer patients, indicating that higher levels of social capital are associated with improved quality of life.…”
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A Mixture of Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank Copulas: A Complete Dependence Model by M. A. Boateng, A. Y. Omari-Sasu, R. K. Avuglah, N. K. Frempong

“…The corresponding density and conditional distribution functions of the derived models for two random variables, as well as an estimator for the proportion parameter associated with the proposed model, are also derived. …”
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Unraveling novel variants in the NF1 gene and investigating potential therapeutic strategies by Jianmei Huang, Ke Yang, Yaoping Wang, Xinrui Ma, Wenke Yang, Xiaodong Huo, Jie Bai, Hongjie Zhu, Jinming Wang, Yibing Lv, Shixiu Liao

“…A retrospective analysis of 49 clinical trials over the past 20 years revealed that NF1 therapies predominantly target neurofibromin’s GTPase function. Gene therapies aiming to restore neurofibromin by transducing the truncated NF1-GRD gene have been developed but faced pre-clinical challenges, including cloning capacity, transduction efficiency, and immunogenicity caused by gene delivery. …”
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Chemical magnetic field-assisted batch polishing method of 316L stainless steel by Fukang Yin, Chenchun Shi, Zikang Huang, Ke Wu, Jinbang Li, Chunjin Wang

“…However, there has always been a non-neglected problem of low polishing precision and efficiency in the whole machining chain for such parts, hence, it is difficult to meet the batch demand of the market for 316L stainless steel with high-precision surface. …”
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Some New Connection Relations Related to Classical Orthogonal Polynomials by Wathek Chammam, Wasim Ul-Haq

“…In this paper, we deal with a problem of positivity of linear functionals in the linear space ℙ of polynomials in one variable with complex coefficients. …”
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MCL-SWT: Mirror Contrastive Learning with Sliding Window Transformer for Subject-Independent EEG Recognition by Qi Mao, Hongke Zhu, Wenyao Yan, Yu Zhao, Xinhong Hei, Jing Luo

“…Inspired by left/right hand motor imagery inducing event-related desynchronization (ERD) in the contralateral sensorimotor cortex, we develop a mirror contrastive loss function. It segregates feature spaces of EEG signals from contralateral ERD locations while curtailing variability in signals sharing similar ERD locations. …”
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Enabling Precision Agriculture through a Web-Based Fertilization Management System for Nawungan Selopamioro Fruit Orchards by Andri Prima Nugroho, Fauzan Edy Wijaya, Ngadisih Ngadisih, Rudiati Evi Masithoh, Lilik Sutiarso

“…Although comprehensive testing confirmed a 100% success rate in functionality, the system currently operates within a limited scope of variables. …”
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A Predictive Model of the Photosynthetic Rate of Chili Peppers Using Support Vector Regression and Environmental Multi-Factor Analysis by Bin Li, Bo Qiao, Qianyu Zhao, Dan Yang, Rongcheng Zhu, Zhexuan Wang, Yujie Yang

“…Light intensity, CO₂ concentration, and temperature are three primary environmental factors with high temporal variability, nonlinearity, and strong coupling, which directly influence the photosynthetic rate of plants. …”
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MANAGING FRAUD IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMBs) IN NIGERIA by Onajero Kensington OHWO

“…Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.864 to 0.952. …”

SSR loci potentially associated with high amylopectine content in maize kernel endosperm by S. I. Vakula, O. A. Orlovskaya, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…As a component of functional nutrition, maize cultivars with “non-traditional” kernel composition (waxy, oilbearing, sugar, opaque, etc. phenotypic variants) are promising. …”
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Assessment of the Potential of Decentralized Dinance (DeFi) as an Alternative to Traditional Financial Services in the Context of the Development of the Digital Economy and Web3 by Manoilenko Oleksandr V., Kuznetsova Svitlana O., Pysakovskyi Anton O.

“…An analysis of the main characteristics of DeFi protocols, their functional capabilities, and differences from centralized financial institutions has been conducted. …”
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