Sharing in Action: The Systemic Concept of the Environment in Aleksandr Bogdanov by Rispoli Giulia

“…On the one hand, the environment favours biological organisms best adapted to its conditions; on the other hand, the environment is seen as a portion of space (ecosystem) in which populations live and continuously modify the biogeochemical conditions of that system. …”
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Investigation of the impact of natural antioxidants found in coffee leaves, yerba mate, and jambolan pulp on the induction period and rate constant of biodiesel oxidation reaction... by Isadora G. Branco, Julia W. Campos, Eduardo G. de Sousa, Nathan F. Silva, José Gonçales Filho, Elis Pauli, Érica S. Romagnoli, Ana C. G. Mantovani, Dionisio Borsato

“…Furthermore, the alcoholic jambolan pulp extract was the one that presented the best antioxidant properties in the presence of metal ions.…”
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Morphological evidence supports splitting of species in the North Atlantic Sebastes spp. complex. by Ingrid Marie Bruvold, Agneta Hansen, Arve Lynghammar, Hannes Höffle, Tanja Hanebrekke, Caroline Aas Tranang, Kjell Nedreaas, Einar Nilssen, Atal Saha, Torild Johansen

“…Combined with non-parametric meristic analysis, the results show that features such as beak length and eye diameter provide sufficient discrimination between the proposed cryptic species as well as separating them from the sympatric species S. mentella and S. viviparus. …”
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Kurdish Language Learning Tool in Serious Game by Gulala Ali Hama Amin, Karzan Hussein Sharif

“…In this era, technology has a great impact on the educational system as they have on the other different areas of today’s life, for instance, smartphone devices are the best examples. Software technology vendors moving toward developing tremendous applications in the education field. …”
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An Accelerated Successive Convex Approximation Scheme With Exact Step Sizes for L1-Regression by Lukas Schynol, Moritz Hemsing, Marius Pesavento

“…The second performs a simultaneous descent step along both the best response and the past trajectory, thereby finding a two-dimensional step size, also in closed-form. …”
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Screening recent studies about incorporating environmental, social and governance criteria in the investment process of institutional investors: scoping review by Khadija ARHILAS, Hassan BOUGANTOUCHE

“…Upon reviewing the selected studies, a significant gap was identified: there is limited research exploring the role of ESG criteria in the investment decision-making processes of institutional investors in Africa, particularly in Morocco. Notably, and to the best of our knowledge, no published studies have examined the influence of ESG factors on investment decision-making in Moroccan companies or the Moroccan stock market. …”
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Traditional Language with a Flair for Innovation: Hans Florian Zimmer’s Compositional Process by Gabriele

“… Hans Florian Zimmer is one of the best known and most prolific film composers in the world nowadays. …”
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Reliability analysis of passive residual heat removal system for large advanced pressurized water reactors by Tianrui Li, Xinkun Xiao, Guoqing Lu, Shikang Chen, Ronghua Chen, Wenxi Tian

“…Such comprehensive analysis contributes to ensuring the safe operation and advancement of nuclear power plants. The best-estimate program VITARS is used to analyze and calculate accident scenarios, with sensitivity analysis conducted based on preliminary thermal-hydraulic calculations to optimize parameter selection and simplify the response surface model structure, thereby streamlining the analysis process. …”
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Safety and efficacy of oral cancer vaccine B440 in patients with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-resistant advanced urothelial cancer: a study protocol for a phase 1 multicenter, open-label,... by Junya Furukawa, Yasumasa Kakei, Sae Murakami, Hiroshi Kita, Hideto Ueki, Takuto Hara, Jun Teishima, Nobuyuki Hinata, Hideaki Miyake, Masato Fujisawa, Toshiro Shirakawa

“…Secondary outcomes are the presence or absence of a response, the best overall response and PFS. Discussion If this trial shows B440 to be safe and effective, it may lead to a late phase randomized controlled trial in advanced urothelial cancer. …”
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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES by Samuel Olufemi Omoyele, Jayeola Olabisi

“…The study concluded that diversity management motivates employees to put in their best to achieve a high level of productivity which leads to improved profitability due to employees’ innovativeness. …”
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Predicted thermodynamic structural and elastic properties of SrCuP and SrCuSb for thermoelectric applications by N. Bioud, N. Benchiheub, A. Benamrani, M. A. Ghebouli, M. Fatmi, Faisal Katib Alanazi, R. Yekhlef

“…Our thermodynamic parameters increase monotonically with temperatures for both SrCuP and SrCuSb materials. To the best of our knowledge, there are no data available in the literature on the elastic and thermodynamic parameters of SrCuX (X = P, Sb) compounds, then our results are prediction. …”
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Enhancing Solar Energy Prospects: Predicting Direct Normal Irradiance in Qinghai Province Using ALO-RF Modeling by MD Abdul Munnaf, Tawhidul Islam

“…The basic approach for this study is provided as a novel hybrid method by combining Ant Lion Optimizer with Random Forest, which has the best performance outcome compared to other created models. …”
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Accurate identification of oxygen desaturation status in COPD by using classifier ensemble. by Yue-Fang Wu, Xin Shu, Shiqi Wang, Xiaojun Xu, Pei-Li Sun

“…The comparative computational results on the 6-min walk test (6MWT) of the recruited participants show that the proposed method achieved the best global performance with AUC (Area Under Curve) value of 0.8532, indicating that the proposed method can be effectively used for the identification of EIOD and could assist the clinic diagnosis of COPD.…”
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Analysing Geo-linguistic Dynamics of the World Wide Web: The Use of Cartograms and Network Analysis to Understand Linguistic Development in Wikipedia by Liao Han-teng, Petzold Thomas

“…It is argued that although certain more developed language versions such as English and German may have central positions in connecting all languages, there exists another pattern that can best be explained by geo-linguistic factors. Finally, the limitations and implications of such findings and techniques are discussed, not only for research on Wikipedia but for Internet studies in general.…”
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Measuring market efficiency using factor models - An empirical study on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange by Phạm Hoàng Thạch

“…The results indicate that the five-factor model consisting of the market risk (proxied by the VN-index), the size-mimicking risk (size factor proxied by the SMB portfolio), the value-mimicking risk (value factor proxied by the HML portfolio), the profitability-mimicking risk (profitability factor proxied by the RMW portfolio), and the investment-mimicking risk (investment factor proxied by the CMA portfolio) is the best model to explain risk in the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, compared to the single factor model using only the market risk (VN-index) and the three-factor model using the market risk (VN-index), the Size-Mimicking Risk (SMB), and the value-mimicking risk (HML). …”
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Integrative approach in management of recurrent pilonidal sinus in a rare case of polycythemia vera by Komal Dhalani, Tukaram Dudhamal, Yogesh Meghani

“…Pilonidal sinus is a common surgical disease that affects young hairy adults involving characteristically the sacrococcygeal area. The best surgical method is being searched for the treatment of pilonidal sinus in terms of minimizing recurrence. …”
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Kidney Diseases Classification using Hybrid Transfer-Learning DenseNet201-Based and Random Forest Classifier by Abdalbasit Mohammed Qadir, Dana Faiq Abd

“…Most of the recent studies have focused on investigating prevalent diseases that spread in the population in order to minimize mortality risks, choose the best method for treatment, and improve community healthcare. …”
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Clay Shoveler's Fracture: A Pain in the Neck by Marc Boutros, Maria R. Karam, Maria El Asmar, Emmanuelle Wakim, Labib Chebli, Pierre Maurice Doumit Bader Tarabay, Sami Roukoz

“…What does a clay shoveler's fracture patient feel? What are the best tools for the physical exam and imaging? These questions will be answered and developed in this article to reach the right diagnosis and correct treatment for the patient.…”
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Lowering Soil pH to Optimize Nutrient Management and Crop Production by Rao Mylavarapu, George Hochmuth, Cheryl Mackowiak, Alan Wright, Maria Silveira

“…If they are not maintained in the 6.0 to 6.5 pH range, which is best for most crops, most mineral soils in the Southeast will gradually return to their natural acidic state and their fertility levels will drop. …”
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Determination of Calcium Carbonate Content in Eggshells of Different Types (White and Brown Egg shells). by Namutebi, Joweria

“…Egg shells are a rich source of mineral salts, mainly calcium carbonate, which is probably the best natural source of calcium and it is about 90% absorbable. …”
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