Enhanced MCDM Based on the TOPSIS Technique and Aggregation Operators Under the Bipolar pqr-Spherical Fuzzy Environment: An Application in Firm Supplier Selection by Zanyar A. Ameen, Hariwan Fadhil M. Salih, Amlak I. Alajlan, Ramadhan A. Mohammed, Baravan A. Asaad

“…By using the two algorithms, a comparative analysis of the proposed method with other existing ones is given in order to verify the feasibility of the suggested decision-making procedure.…”
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Long-Term Film Mulching with Manure Amendment Drives Trade-Offs Between Spring Maize Nutrient Uptake and Topsoil Carbon Stability on the Loess Plateau by Fangfang Zhang, Kai Liu, Qilong Song, Linjuan Wang, Renshan Li, Kongyang Wu, Jianming Han, Shiqing Li

“…The FCM treatment significantly increased the two-year NPK averages of plants to 44.9%, 50.7%, and 54.5% and significantly increased those of grains to 46.7%, 58.2%, and 30.4%. …”
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A seated virtual exercise program to improve cardiovascular function in adults with chronic neurological impairments: a randomized controlled trial by Devina S. Kumar, Devina S. Kumar, Amy Bialek, Ayushi A. Divecha, Rachel M. Garn, Lydia E. J. Currie, Kathleen M. Friel, Kathleen M. Friel

“…Primary outcomes including Heart Rate (HR) Recovery (HRR), HR at Rest (HR Rest) and HR at peak exercise (HR Max) were averaged across three sessions at baseline, mid-study, and end of study. …”
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Erosión en la bahía de Samborombón y cambios en la dirección de los vientos, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Erosion at the Samborombón Bay and changes in wind direction, prov... by Jorge O Codignotto, Walter C Dragani, Paula B Martin, María I Campos, Guadalupe Alonso, Claudia G Simionato, Rubén A Medina

“…From the analysis concludes that overall the shoreline has retreated about 50 m in the last 49 years at Samborombón Bay.…”
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Genetic analyses and molecular associations of FSHR and GH genes for semen traits in Egyptian buffalo by Abdelfatah R. Zaghloul, Maher H. Khalil, Mahmoud M. Iraqi, Amin M. S. Amin, Ibrahim Abousoliman, Ayman G. EL Nagar

“…For molecular genetic analysis, a total of 86 buffalo bulls were used to characterize FSHR and GH genes. …”
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Quality of life and fatigue in elderly patients with sarcopenia by Yu. A. Safonova, E. G. Zotkin, N. V. Toroptsova

“…To assess the possibility of using the FACIT-F scale for SP screening, its sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive and negative predictive value were determined, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (ROC analysis) was constructed, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated.Results and discussion. …”
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Estimating mineral-associated organic carbon saturation and sequestration potential using MIR spectral based local quantile regression by Longnan Shi, Karen Daly, Sharon O’Rourke

“…By defining neighbourhoods around each soil sample based on spectral dissimilarity, quantile regression was conducted within these neighbourhoods, and inverse distance weight averaging was applied to improve the robustness of the estimates. …”
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Presepsin as a marker of sepsis in oncological patients after surgical interventions by N. K. Guskova, A. A. Morozova, D. A. Rozenko, A. V. Alyoshkina, A. M. Skopintsev, O. N. Selyutina, N. V. Golomeeva, E. A. Guskova, A. K. Donskaya, I. V. Tselishcheva, A. S. Nozdricheva

“…Purpose of the study. Analysis of the possibility of using presepsin in the early diagnosis of sepsis in cancer patients after extensive surgical interventions for tumors of the thoraco-abdominal localization.Materials and methods. …”
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Long-term results of treatment for patients with locally advanced external ear skin cancer by A. M. Mudunov, E. G. Khazarova, M. V. Bolotin

“…Patient observation time averaged 30.0 ± 32.3 months (from 0.7 to 117.4 months, median 12.0 months). …”
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Successful implementation of a risk assessment and mitigation program to control bovine digital dermatitis at the herd-level by Jim Weber, Marina Hillen, Torsten Seuberlich, Andreas Fürmann, Corinne Gurtner, Jens Becker, Claudia Syring, Maria Welham Ruiters, Maher Alsaaod, Lina Mazurek, Gertraud Schüpbach, Adrian Steiner

“…Mainstays of the program derived from results of a previous BDD risk factor analysis. All farms were visited monthly to assess within-herd BDD prevalences to perform risk assessments and to treat BDD lesions with salicylic acid paste. …”
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Interpreting the biological effects of protons as a function of physical quantity: linear energy transfer or microdosimetric lineal energy spectrum? by Fada Guan, Lawrence Bronk, Matthew Kerr, Yuting Li, Leslie A. Braby, Mary Sobieski, Xiaochun Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Clifford Stephan, David R. Grosshans, Radhe Mohan

“…We and others have used dose-averaged LET (LET d ) as a correlative physical quantity to the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of proton beams. …”
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Multiple modes of shoreline change along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea observed using ICESat-2 altimetry and satellite imagery by M. B. Bryant, A. A. Borsa, E. J. Anderson, E. J. Anderson, C. C. Masteller, R. J. Michaelides, M. R. Siegfried, M. R. Siegfried, A. P. Young

“…We find a mean spatially averaged shoreline change rate of <span class="inline-formula">−</span>16.5 m a<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> over 3 years, with local estimates ranging from <span class="inline-formula">−</span>66.7 to <span class="inline-formula">+</span>18.6 m in a single year. …”
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Pulsed Focused Nonlinear Acoustic Fields from Clinically Relevant Therapeutic Sources in Layered Media: Experimental Data and Numerical Prediction Results by Tamara KUJAWSKA

“…The main objective of this work was to verify experimentally the applicability of the recently developed numerical model based on the Time- Averaged Wave Envelope (TAWE) approach (Wójcik et al., 2006) as an effective research tool for predicting the pulsed focused nonlinear fields produced in two-layer media comprising of water and tested materials (with attenuation arbitrarily dependent on frequency) by clinically relevant axially-symmetric therapeutic sources. …”
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Evaluation of Sentinel-2 and MODIS NDVI Accuracy in Heterogeneous Agricultural Landscapes Using UAV Observations: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin by Liying Geng, Tao Che, Junlei Tan, Haibo Wang, Xufeng Wang

“…However, their accuracy and uncertainty require further analysis to enhance their applicability. Spatial scale mismatches between in situ measurements and satellite observations pose challenges for accurate validation. …”
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The Cumulative Atherogenic Index of Plasma Exposure in Carotid Plaque by YanChen Zhao, MD, XiaoYu Zhao, MD, YunFei Li, MD, YueRuiJing Liu, MD, JinQi Wang, PhD, JiaHe Wang, MD, ZhiYuan Wu, PhD, Jia Liu, PhD, XiuHua Guo, PhD, LiXin Tao, PhD

“…CumAIP was derived by averaging AIP values between consecutive visits and multiplying by time intervals. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of <i>β</i>-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes with Eugenol, Eucalyptol, and Clove Essential Oil: Characterisation and Antimicrobial Activity Assessment for Ph... by Alina Ionela Stancu, Magdalena Mititelu, Anton Ficai, Lia-Mara Ditu, Mihaela Buleandră, Irinel Adriana Badea, Elena Pincu, Marius Constantin Stoian, Oana Brîncoveanu, Adina Boldeiu, Eliza Oprea

“…DSC thermograms confirmed complex formation, and DLS analysis revealed nanostructures averaging 186.4 nm in diameter (PDI = 0.298). …”
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy approach reveals quantitative signatures for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis by Lingyun Li, Lingyun Li, Aoshan Wang, Xiongqing Liu, Ganlu Wang, Shanjie Xu, Changjiang Li, Wenzhong Wu, Xiaoying Zhang, Zhendan He, Huiling Qiu, Xiao Peng, Wei Yan, Junle Qu

“…These results demonstrated that the fluorescence lifetime values in cancerous tissues significantly exceeded those of peritumoral region tissues, with their averages ranging from 2000–2500 picoseconds (ps) compared to 500–1000 ps in peritumoral region tissues. …”
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Validation of SOLPS-ITER and EDGE2D-EIRENE simulations for H, D, and T JET ITER-like wall low-confinement mode plasmas by N. Horsten, M. Groth, V.-P. Rikala, B. Lomanowski, A.G. Meigs, S. Aleiferis, X. Bonnin, G. Corrigan, W. Dekeyser, R. Futtersack, D. Harting, D. Reiter, V. Solokha, B. Thomas, S. Van den Kerkhof, N. Vervloesem

“…Both experiments and simulations with SOLPS-ITER and EDGE2D-EIRENE show that the onset of detachment for the low-field side (LFS) divertor – defined here as the line-averaged upstream density (〈ne〉edge) at which the plasma flux to the LFS target (ILFS−plate) starts to decrease with increasing 〈ne〉edge – is independent of the isotope mass. …”
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Intensification of Natural Disasters in the State of Pará and the Triggering Mechanisms Across the Eastern Amazon by Everaldo B. de Souza, Douglas B. S. Ferreira, Luciano J. S. Anjos, Alan C. Cunha, João Athaydes Silva, Eliane C. Coutinho, Adriano M. L. Sousa, Paulo J. O. P. Souza, Waleria P. Monteiro Correa, Thaiane S. Silva Dias, Alexandre M. C. do Carmo, Carlos B. B. Gutierrez, Giordani R. C. Sodré, Aline M. M. Lima, Edson J. P. Rocha, Bergson C. Moraes, Luciano P. Pezzi, Tercio Ambrizzi

“…The quantitative comparison between the averages of the most intense period of disasters (2017 to 2023) and the earlier years (1999 to 2016) revealed a remarkable percentage increase of 473%. …”
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Tacrolimus IPV Group Membership Does Not Consistently Track With Electronically Monitored or Self-reported Adherence in Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients by Cyd K. Eaton, PhD, Cozumel S. Pruette, MD, MHS, Kristin A. Riekert, PhD, Nazanin Yousefzadeh, MS, Ahna L. Pai, PhD, Sandra Amaral, MD, MHS, Vikas R. Dharnidharka, MD, MPH, Bärbel Knäuper, PhD, Jodi M. Smith, MD, MPH, Susan L. Furth, MD, PhD, Bethany J. Foster, MD, MSCE

“…Electronically monitored averages of doses taken, doses taken early/late, and differences from expected dose time were associated with tacrolimus IPV (P < 0.05) but were poor classifiers of IPV group membership (area under the curve < 0.70). …”
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