Simulation of wheat yield by nitrogen and nonlinearity of environmental conditions by Ana P. B. Trautmann, José A. G. da Silva, Manuel O. Binelo, Antonio C. Valdiero, Luana Henrichsen, Natiane C. F. Basso

“…The experimental design was a randomized block design with four repetitions in a 4 x 3 factorial scheme for N-fertilizer doses (0, 30, 60, 120 kg ha-1) and nutrient supply forms [100% in phenological stage V3 (third expanded leaf); (70%/30%) in the phenological stage V3/V6 (third and sixth expanded leaf) and; fractionated (70%/30%) at the phenological stage V3/E (third expanded leaf and beginning of grain filling)], respectively, in the soybean/wheat and corn/wheat systems. The pertinence functions and the linguistic values established for the input and output variables are adequate for the use of fuzzy logic. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Soil Hydraulic Parameters for Improved Flow Predictions in an Atlantic Forest Watershed Using the MOHID-Land Platform by Dhiego da Silva Sales, Jader Lugon Junior, David de Andrade Costa, Renata Silva Barreto Sales, Ramiro Joaquim Neves, Antonio José da Silva Neto

“…The hydraulic soil parameters of VGM are dependent on soil type and are typically estimated from experimental data; however, they are often obtained using pedotransfer functions, which carry significant uncertainty. As a result, calibration is frequently required to account for both the natural spatial variability of soil and uncertainties estimation. …”
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A Multi-objective Transmission Expansion Planning Strategy: A Bilevel Programming Method by S. Zolfaghari-Moghaddam, T. Akbari

“…The LMP of buses are dual variables of the corresponding active power balance equation. …”
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Exploring user usability perceptions and acceptance of chording-enabled keyboards: A perspective between human-computer interaction by Jeryllou Kay O. San Pedro, Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Sean Dominic O. Mendoza, Jann Ryan J. Novela, Ma. Janice J. Gumasing

“…The objective of this study was to determine the variables affecting the acceptance and perceptions of people towards chording-enabled keyboards. …”
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Importance of ice algae versus phytoplankton in the diet of megabenthic organisms under contrasting sea ice conditions (Canadian Arctic): a dual biochemical approach (SIA and HBIs) by Thibaud Combaz, Thibaud Combaz, Ursula Witte, Thomas A. Brown, Philippe Archambault

“…Overall, organisms responded rapidly and efficiently to this pulse of fresh organic matter but trends in resource utilisation (quality and quantity) were observed based on feeding strategy. …”
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Identification and leveling of factors affecting the acceptance of excellence model in Islamic Azad University by Seyedeh Somayeh Mousavi Siah Deleh, Samad Jabbari Asl, Musa Rezvani Chaman Zamin

“…Their research showed that the variables of human resources, knowledge production infrastructure, interactions, strategy, culture, and laws and policies respectively have the greatest impact on organizational readiness for academic knowledge commercialization. …”
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Leveraging artificial intelligence for diagnosis of children autism through facial expressions by Mahmood A. Mahmood, Leila Jamel, Nazik Alturki, Medhat A. Tawfeek

“…Using autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosed child RGB images data, researchers evaluated six prevalent deep learning structures: DenseNet201, ResNet152, VGG16, VGG19, MobileNetV2, and EfficientNet-B0. ResNet152 reached the highest accuracy rate of 89% when functioning independently. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Community-Based Tourism in Rural Areas, Case Study: Villages Targeted by Tourism in the Markazi Province by Hamid Afshari, Behrouz Mohammadi Yeganeh, Hossein Farahani, Mehdi Cheraghi

“…Thus, the aim of the present research is to find the variables affecting community-based tourism in the target villages of Markazi Province. …”
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Tranexamic acid impairs plasmin generation on human mesenchymal stem cells and derived membrane microvesicles, halting pericellular proteolysis by Ramy Abou Rjeily, Christina Mrad, Fatiha Z. El-Ghazouani, Florence Toti, Audrey Cras, Audrey Cras, Eduardo Angles-Cano

“…Cells thus obtained were seeded in multi-well plates and treated with different concentrations of plasminogen and pro-urokinase in the presence or absence of variable amounts of tranexamic acid. We measured MVs formation and phenotypical changes occurring on MSCs. …”
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COBRAme: A computational framework for genome-scale models of metabolism and gene expression. by Colton J Lloyd, Ali Ebrahim, Laurence Yang, Zachary A King, Edward Catoiu, Edward J O'Brien, Joanne K Liu, Bernhard O Palsson

“…This reformulated model gives functionally identical solutions to previous E. coli ME-models while using 1/6 the number of free variables and solving in less than 10 minutes, a marked improvement over the 6 hour solve time of previous ME-model formulations. …”
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Public Procurement Reforms and Service Delivery in Rubanda District Uganda. by Niwagaba, Ivan

“…This was a clear indication that if the Procurement reforms process is managed efficiently and professionally, thenthis causes an inevitable improvement in the Service Delivery of the institution. …”
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EEGUnity: Open-Source Tool in Facilitating Unified EEG Datasets Toward Large-Scale EEG Model by Chengxuan Qin, Rui Yang, Wenlong You, Zhige Chen, Longsheng Zhu, Mengjie Huang, Zidong Wang

“…To tackle the challenges, this paper introduces EEGUnity, an open-source tool that incorporates modules of "EEG Parser", "Correction", "Batch Processing", and "Large Language Model Boost". Leveraging the functionality of such modules, EEGUnity facilitates the efficient management of multiple EEG datasets, such as intelligent data structure inference, data cleaning, and data unification. …”
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Neutral Mode Dominates the Forced Global and Regional Surface Temperature Response in the Past and Future by Fukai Liu, Jian Lu, L. Ruby Leung

“…Abstract Using a large suite of Green's function perturbation experiments, we construct the emergent dynamical operator for surface temperature and extract the most excitable mode. …”
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Estimation of carbon sequestration capacity of urban green infrastructure by fusing multi-source remote sensing data by Jiahui Chang, Zhenfeng Shao, Jinyang Wang, Zhu Mao, Tao Cheng, Xiaodi Xu, Qingwei Zhuang

“…Urban green infrastructure significantly contributes to the carbon storage functions of urban ecosystems. Accurate selection and efficiently integrating remote sensing data are paramount for evaluating carbon storage at the small-scale of urban green infrastructure. …”
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TheraVision: Engineering platform technology for the development of oncolytic viruses based on herpes simplex virus type 1 by Christina Funk, Nadja Uhlig, Zsolt Ruzsics, Florentin Baur, Matthias Peindl, Sarah Nietzer, Karina Epting, Gabriele Vacun, Gudrun Dandekar, Catherine Botteron, Christian Werno, Thomas Grunwald, Susanne M. Bailer

“…Viruses are able to efficiently penetrate cells, multiply, and eventually kill infected cells, release tumor antigens, and activate the immune system. …”
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A Fractional Time–Space Stochastic Advection–Diffusion Equation for Modeling Atmospheric Moisture Transport at Ocean–Atmosphere Interfaces by Behrouz Parsa Moghaddam, Mahmoud A. Zaky, António Mendes Lopes, Alexandra Galhano

“…The framework employs the Caputo fractional derivative to represent temporal persistence and the fractional Laplacian to model non-local turbulent diffusion, and incorporates a stochastic term with a <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>f</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> power spectral density to simulate environmental variability. An efficient numerical solution methodology is derived utilizing complementary Fourier and Laplace transforms, which elegantly converts spatial fractional operators into algebraic expressions and yields closed-form solutions via Mittag–Leffler functions. …”
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Emerging Role of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell and Exosome Therapies in Treating Cognitive Impairment by Vick Key Tew, Muttiah Barathan, Fazlina Nordin, Jia Xian Law, Min Hwei Ng

“…Cognitive aging, characterized by the gradual decline in cognitive functions such as memory, attention, and problem-solving, significantly impacts daily life. …”
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Decellularized adipose-derived matrix from Superficial layers of abdominal adipose tissue exhibits superior capacity of adipogenesis compared to deep layers by Xiaomu Ma, Qiang Yue, Su Fu, Chunjun Liu, Jie Luan

“…These findings not only deepen our comprehension of the structural and functional heterogeneity of adipose tissues but also become one of the reason for the large variability between batches of DAM products, providing guidance for constructing more efficient and stable bio-scaffolds.…”
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Phenotypic screen of early-developing larvae of the blood fluke, schistosoma mansoni, using RNA interference. by M M Mourão, Nathalie Dinguirard, Glória R Franco, Timothy P Yoshino

“…Although RNAi holds great promise as a functional genomics tool for larval schistosomes, our finding of potential off-target or nonspecific effects of some dsRNA treatments and variable efficiencies in specific gene knockdown indicate a critical need for gene-specific testing and optimization as an essential part of experimental design, execution and data interpretation.…”
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Reducing Building Energy Performance Gap: Integrating Agent-Based Modelling and Building Performance Simulation by Chi-Li Chiang, John Calautit

“…The building energy performance gap (BEPG) remains a significant challenge, undermining the accuracy of energy simulations and complicating efforts to design energy-efficient buildings. This study addresses this issue by developing an adaptive occupant behaviour framework for office buildings, integrating agent-based modelling (ABM) with a building performance simulation (BPS) platform. …”
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