A Bombardier Beetle Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) by Gregory Parrow, Adam Dale

“…Ground beetles of this tribe are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles due to their ability to produce a powerful and hot defensive chemical spray directed at would-be predators. …”
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Modern library and reading in multimedia environment by V. Ya. Askarova

“…The article identifies the library's ability to stimulate reader activity in the context of the multimedia culture development. …”
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Octanoate in Human Albumin Preparations Is Detrimental to Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Culture by Way-Wua Wong, Andrew D. MacKenzie, Vicky J. Nelson, James M. Faed, Paul R. Turner

“…We conclude that the inclusion of human serum albumin in ex vivo growth media requires careful consideration of not only the source of albumin, but also the associated molecular cargo, for optimal cell growth and behavior.…”
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Diversification and securitization of credit portfolios of Ukrainian banks by L.V. Shirinyan, O.V. Lysenok

“…The research shows the potential ability of Ukrainian TOP-Banks to securitize assets. …”
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Ada-GCNLSTM: An adaptive urban crime spatiotemporal prediction model by Miaoxuan Shan, Chunlin Ye, Peng Chen, Shufan Peng

“…A major challenge in achieving accurate predictions lies in identifying generalized patterns of criminal behavior from spatiotemporal features in crime data. …”
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A cross-sectional study on social competence in children with speech sound disorders after cleft palate operation and functional speech sound disorders by LIN Sifan, MA Siwei, HUANG Qi, YANG Feng, LIANG Zhigang

“…The Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist was used to assess the social competence of the three groups of children and a cross-sectional study was conducted. …”
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Patients’ perception of medical care in the hospital environment: the reasons of non-hospitality by Laura Marques Castelhano, Gilberto de Araujo Guimarães, Isabel Baptista

“…Assessments of the physician-patient meeting are based on welcome and the physician’s ability to be perceived as hospitable by the patient. …”
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Assessment of the association between chronic diseases and anxiety and depression among adults in Cape Coast metropolis, Ghana by Worlanyo E. Gato, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Samuel Acquah, Zae A. Moss

“…A chronic disease diagnosis produces significant changes to an individual’s lifestyle and behavior. Coping with these changing circumstances requires a process of psychological adjustment that can be difficult to attain for many. …”
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Differential coupling of self-renewal signaling pathways in murine induced pluripotent stem cells. by Luca Orlando, Yolanda Sanchez-Ripoll, James Foster, Heather Bone, Claudia Giachino, Melanie J Welham

“…The ability to reprogram somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), exhibiting properties similar to those of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), has attracted much attention, with many studies focused on improving efficiency of derivation and unraveling the mechanisms of reprogramming. …”
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<i>ϑ</i>-Fractional Stochastic Models for Simulating Tumor Growth and Chemical Diffusion in Biological Tissues by Ahmed Ghezal, Najmeddine Attia

“…Through extensive computational experiments, the model demonstrates its ability to replicate realistic tumor growth patterns and complex chemical transport dynamics, providing a powerful and flexible tool for understanding tumor behavior and interaction with potential therapies. …”
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Characteristics of drug demand reduction structures in Britain and Iran by Hooman Narenjiha, Roya Noori, Maziyar Ghiabi, Hamid-Reza Khoddami-Vishteh

“…</p><p>In this study, key experts from the addictive behavior department of St George’s University of London and a group of Iranian specialists in the field of drug demand reduction first wrote on a sheet the name of organizations that are in charge of drug demand reduction. …”
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The benefits of inclusive conservation for connectivity of lions across the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania by Arielle W. Parsons, Camilla Sandström, Sally Capper, Lisa Faust, Bernard M. Kissui, Craig Packer, Ingela Jansson

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Les primates non humains ont-ils une théorie de l’esprit ? by Camille Guillier

“…Theory of mind, the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and to others, is a multifaceted phenomenon as there are different kinds of mental states (intention, knowledge, belief, etc.). …”
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Experimental study on chloride transport of blast-furnace slag blended concrete with crystalline admixture under seawater wet dry cycle by Peng He, Lingwei Liu, Jianying Yu

“…Therefore, this paper mainly investigated the influence of crystalline admixture-ion chelator (CA) on the chloride transport behavior of concrete under the action of seawater dry wet cycles. …”
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Modeling the Institutional Factors Affecting the Utilization of Entrepreneurial Capacities (EC) in Sports Tourism in Iran by Reza Heydari, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Bahador Azizi, Sahar Pirjamadi, Saman Mehri

“…Cronbach's alpha test was used to determine the reliability of the tool, and its value was 0.92.Results: Findings revealed that the necessary institutional factors in the legal-administrative, normative-cultural, cognitive-educational, and guiding-supportive dimensions can increase entrepreneurial behavior in this field by increasing the ability and willingness of entrepreneurs to utilization entrepreneurial capacities in sports tourism.Conclusion: Results suggest that to grow the sports tourism industry in developing countries like Iran, many factors with greater convergence should be involved. …”
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Does communication help people coordinate? by Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Zlatko Joveski, Sixie Yu

“…We observe that individual behavior is qualitatively consistent across settings: people clearly react to messages they receive in all communication settings. …”
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Identifying students’ solution strategies in digital mathematics assessment using log data by Eva de Schipper, Remco Feskens, Franck Salles, Saskia Keskpaik, Reinaldo dos Santos, Bernard Veldkamp, Paul Drijvers

“…Second, we related the students’ solution strategies to their mathematical ability based on the entire assessment. Results Five distinct groups of students with different in-assessment behavior were identified, of which one group had a significantly lower estimated mathematics ability than the other groups. …”
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Borders and Bridges – Boundaries as an Opportunity by Stefano Follesa, Francesco Armato, Sabrina Cesaretti, Yao Peian

“…The design, in fact, is free from borders, "has always had the ability to look at different fields and disciplines favoring cross-contamination" (Cappellieri A. …”
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Random Walk‐Based GOOSE Algorithm for Solving Engineering Structural Design Problems by Sripathi Mounika, Himanshu Sharma, Aradhala Bala Krishna, Krishan Arora, Syed Immamul Ansarullah, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau

“…The results of these evaluations highlight IGOOSE algorithm as a competitive optimization tool, offering promising performance across both standard benchmarks and complex structural engineering problems. Its ability to balance exploration and exploitation effectively, combined with its ability to deal with different problems, positions IGOOSE algorithm as a valuable tool.…”
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Small-angle neutron scattering of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in aqueous suspensions in presence of laponite platelets or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide by L. A. Bulavin, V. S. Savenko, N. I. Lebovka, A. I. Kuklin, D. V. Soloviov, O. I. Ivankov

“…The additives of Laponite platelets or cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) were used for enhancing the dispersion ability of MWCNTs. At high values of wave vector q, (1 nm-1 < q < 3.5 nm-1) all samples exhibited behavior characteristic for rigid rods (i.e., q-1 variation of neutron scattering intensity was observed). …”
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