Fertility and the environment in a natural resource dependent economy: Evidence from Petén, Guatemala by Elizabeth G. Sutherland, David L. Carr, Siân L. Curtis

“…The rapid in-migration of subsistence maize farmers has converted much of the Petén’s forests to agricultural fields. Population dynamics have been transformed in that virtually all farm families have arrived since the 1970s and that total fertility rates exceed the national rural mean. …”
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Reliability Analysis of the Reconfigurable Integrated Modular Avionics Using the Continuous-Time Markov Chains by Changxiao Zhao, Peng Wang, Fang Yan

“…Through the parameter sensitivity analysis, different failure rate λ and priority order of different modules are chosen to analyze their impact on system reliability, which can provide guidance to improve the reliability of the IMA system during a dynamic reconstruction process and optimize resource allocation.…”
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Automatic Single-Cell Harvesting for Fetal Nucleated Red Blood Cell Isolation on a Self-Assemble Cell Array (SACA) Chip by Hsin-Yu Yang, Che-Hsien Lin, Yi-Wen Hu, Chih-Hsuan Chien, Mu-Chi Huang, Chun-Hao Lai, Jen-Kuei Wu, Fan-Gang Tseng

“…In this study, we introduce a novel self-assembled cell array (SACA) chip system, a microfluidic-based platform designed to efficiently settle and align cells into a monolayer at the chip’s base within five minutes using lateral flow dynamics and gravity. This system is integrated with a fully automated, multi-channel fluorescence scanning module, enabling the real-time imaging and molecular profiling of fetal cells through fluorescence-tagged antibodies. …”
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Beat‐to‐Beat Blood Pressure Variability Within 24 Hours of Ischemic Stroke Onset: A Potential Predictor of Functional Prognosis by Jia‐Xin Ren, Yang Qu, Yi Gao, Hong‐Yin Ma, Peng Zhang, Zhen‐Ni Guo, Yi Yang

“…Background Beat‐to‐beat blood pressure variability (BPV) is based on each heartbeat and represents a dynamic equilibrium process modulated by artery and cardiac involvement of pressure‐receptive reflexes. …”
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An integrated neurophenomenological framework for naturalistic assessment of work-related stressors in healthcare professionals: a pilot study in neuro-surgery by Davide Crivelli, Davide Crivelli, Elisa Pellencin, Elisa Pellencin, Alessandro Perin, Alessandro Perin, Michela Balconi, Michela Balconi

“…Wearable devices enable the collection of granular physiological data—heart rate, heart rate variability, electrodermal activity, and skin temperature—while ESM provides real-time subjective insights, reducing recall biases. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Covid-19 Data in the US: Adaptive Phase-Space Approach by Vasilis Z. Marmarelis

“…<italic>Results:</italic> Four waves have passed the time-point of peak infection rate, with the fifth expected to peak on July 20th. …”
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Research on cooperative thermal management of air conditioning system and battery liquid cooling system for pure electric vehicle by Zhaoju Qin, Chenyang Yin, Weizheng Zhang, Dong Liu, Shuxia Yao, Weihong Weng, Zhen Han

“…The synergistic dual-evaporator system can dynamically adjust the evaporator operating state and refrigerant flow rate by innovating the refrigerant flow path and applying an intelligent control strategy to optimize the energy efficiency of the system. …”
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Toward the calibration of 2D thermomechanical simulations of magma poor passive continental margins: method, validation and case example by Perron, Paul, Le Pourhiet, Laetitia, Jourdon, Anthony, Cornu, Tristan, Gout, Claude

“…This method integrates a new kinematic module into the pTatin2D code, allowing for calibrating numerical simulations with regional geological and geophysical dataset over time while solving for mechanical balance using Stokes flow to ensure that crustal deformation remains consistent with mantle dynamics. …”
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GaN Power Amplifier with DPD for Enhanced Spectral Integrity in 2.3–2.5 GHz Wireless Systems by Mfonobong Uko

“…The design employs load modulation and dynamic biasing to optimize power-added efficiency (PAE) and linearity. …”
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Spectrum Allocation Using Integer Linear Programming and Kerr Optical Frequency Combs by Sergio Muñoz-Tapasco, Andrés F. Calvo-Salcedo, Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas

“…The proposed approach offers a flexible cost function that prioritizes system constraints such as transmission distance and bandwidth requirements, resulting in significant improvements to the bandwidth blocking rate (BBR). By integrating multilevel modulation and using wavelengths generated by MRRs, this method efficiently handles up to 1075 requests, achieving a BBR of zero. …”
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Influence of concentration on the steady and oscillatory shear behavior of umbu pulp Influência da concentração no comportamento reológico nos estados estacionário e oscilatório de... by Edimir A. Pereira, Edimir M. Brandão, Soraia V. Borges, Maria C. A. Maia

“…In this experimental work the rheological behavior of umbu pulp has been studied by shear flow (pseudoplasticity, apparent viscosity) and in oscillatory mode (dynamic modules) in the linear domain of viscoelasticity. …”
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A novel droop coefficient to realize rapid SOC balance for distributed energy storage systems by Yuanxi Liu, Ling Yang, Maohua Wei

“…This method involves an innovative approach that integrates an improved state-of-charge equalization control integrated with a sigmoid function to adaptively adjust the droop coefficient, aiming to accelerate the state-of-charge equalization rate. Furthermore, a virtual voltage drop equalization control is designed to dynamically adjust the output current of each distributed energy storage unit through a simple proportional–integral controller. …”
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RF-YOLOv7: A Model for the Detection of Poor-Quality Grapes in Natural Environments by Changyong Li, Shunchun Zhang, Zhijie Ma

“…RF-YOLOv7 builds upon the YOLOv7 architecture by integrating four Contextual Transformer (CoT) modules to improve target-detection accuracy, employing the Wise-IoU (WIoU) loss function to enhance generalization and overall performance, and introducing the Bi-Former attention mechanism for dynamic query awareness sparsity. …”
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A Confidential Transmission Method for High-Speed Power Line Carrier Communications Based on Generalized Two-Dimensional Polynomial Chaotic Mapping by Zihan Nie, Zhitao Guo, Jinli Yuan

“…The experimental results demonstrate that this method can effectively establish a high-speed power line carrier communication network and encrypt information. The maximum error rate obtained by this method is 0.051, and the minimum error rate is 0.010, confirming its ability to ensure secure transmission in high-speed power line carrier communication while improving communication confidentiality.…”
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Application of time series database technology in coal mine safety monitoring system by Hongliang ZHANG

“…The system integrates real-time anomaly detection and trend prediction modules, dynamically identifying gas concentration mutation events through a sliding window mechanism, with a warning accuracy rate of 92.6%. …”
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Astrocytic inhibition of lateral septal neurons promotes diverse stress responses by Kain Seo, Sanghyun Won, Hee-Yoon Lee, Yeonju Sin, Sangho Lee, Hyejin Park, Yong Geon Kim, Seo Young Yang, Dong-Jae Kim, Kyoungho Suk, Ja Wook Koo, Myungin Baek, Se-Young Choi, Hyosang Lee

“…These results suggest that the dynamic interactions between astrocytes and neurons within the LS modulate physiological and behavioral responses to stressful experiences.…”
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PSTR: A Test Case Reuse Method Based on Path Similarity by Xinyue Xu, Sinong Chen, Zhonghao Guo, Xiangxian Chen

“…The proposed PSTR method consists of three core modules: static analysis, dynamic analysis, and reuse. …”
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A Well-Defined Readily Releasable Pool with Fixed Capacity for Storing Vesicles at Calyx of Held. by Kashif Mahfooz, Mahendra Singh, Robert Renden, John F Wesseling

“…Here we confirm that RRPs at calyces of Held from 14 to 21 day old mice have a fixed capacity for storing vesicles that is not modulated by Ca2+. Discrepancies with previous studies are explained by a dynamic flow-through pool, established during heavy use, containing vesicles that are released with low probability despite being immediately releasable. …”
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Polarization Division Multiplexing CV-QKD with Pilot-Aided Polarization-State Sensing by Zicong Tan, Tao Wang, Yuehan Xu, Xu Liu, Lang Li, Beibei Zhang, Yuchao Liu, Peng Huang, Guihua Zeng

“…In this paper, we utilize polarization division multiplexing (PDM) to enhance spectral efficiency and significantly increase the key rate of the CV-QKD system. To address dynamic changes in the state of polarization (SOP) in Gaussian modulated coherent states (GMCS) signals due to polarization impairment effects, we designed a time-division multiplexing pilot scheme to sense and recover changes in SOP in GMCS signals, along with other digital signal processing methods. …”
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AMFEF-DETR: An End-to-End Adaptive Multi-Scale Feature Extraction and Fusion Object Detection Network Based on UAV Aerial Images by Sen Wang, Huiping Jiang, Jixiang Yang, Xuan Ma, Jiamin Chen

“…Specifically, to extract target features from complex backgrounds more accurately, we propose an adaptive backbone network, FADC-ResNet, which dynamically adjusts dilation rates and performs adaptive frequency awareness. …”
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