Hyperspectral estimation of chlorophyll content in grapevine based on feature selection and GA-BP by YaFeng Li, XinGang Xu, WenBiao Wu, Yaohui Zhu, LuTao Gao, XiangTai Jiang, Yang Meng, GuiJun Yang, HanYu Xue

“…It was shown that SNV-based processed hyperspectral data combined with GA-BP has great potential for efficient chlorophyll monitoring in grapevine. This method provides a new framework theory for constructing a hyperspectral analytical model of grapevine key growth indicators.…”
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Taxpayer protection standard in international tax disputes by M. D. Polenchuk

“…This conclusion is based on the fact that the national courts cannot be treated as an effective means of protection of the rights of taxpayers as it is determined by the Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights. …”
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Acetic acid dressings: Finding the Holy Grail for infected wound management by Kapil S. Agrawal, Anup Vidyadhar Sarda, Raghav Shrotriya, Manoj Bachhav, Vinita Puri, Gita Nataraj

“…Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of acetic acid against various organisms isolated was determined. Results: The patients treated ranged between 9 and 60 years, with the mean age 33 years. …”
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Hyperparameter optimization of apple leaf dataset for the disease recognition based on the YOLOv8 by Yong-Suk Lee, Maheshkumar Prakash Patil, Jeong Gyu Kim, Yong Bae Seo, Dong-Hyun Ahn, Gun-Do Kim

“…Further hyperparameter optimization was conducted using the One-Factor-At-a-Time (OFAT) and Random Search (RS) methods. In this case, the optimal settings determined as per the OFAT method were a batch size of 48, a learning rate of 0.01, a weight decay of 0.0005, a momentum of 0.963, and 200 epochs. …”
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Africa, an Emerging Exporter of Turmeric: Combating Fraud with Rapid Detection Systems by Wilfred Angie Abia, Simon A. Haughey, Radhika Radhika, Brandy Perkwang Taty, Heidi Russell, Manus Carey, Britt Marianna Maestroni, Awanwee Petchkongkaew, Christopher T. Elliott, Paul N. Williams

“…Priority adulterants were determined from global food safety alerts. A systematic bibliographic search on Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science was performed to identify appropriate methods and techniques for authentication and safety. …”
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Acute effects of different warm-up duration on internal load and external load responses of soccer players in small sided games by Osman Yilmaz, Furkan Ozturk, Ladislav Batalik

“…The features of SSG are determined as size; 25 × 32 m, bout; 4 × 4 min, resting; 4 min. …”
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Novel insights into the kinetics, bio-based chemicals and mechanisms for tobacco industry waste pyrolysis by Xing Fan, Boyu Li, Yu Xi, Junping Bian, Wenhua Zi

“…The kinetics of the devolatilisation stage were determined using isoconversional methods, and the potential of TIW as a bio-based chemical feedstock was evaluated. …”
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Challenges in developing a split drive targeting dsx for the genetic control of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Mireia Larrosa-Godall, Joshua X. D. Ang, Philip T. Leftwich, Estela Gonzalez, Lewis Shackleford, Katherine Nevard, Rob Noad, Michelle A. E. Anderson, Luke Alphey

“…Several promising suppression drives have been developed in An. gambiae that target the sex determination gene doublesex (dsx). Methods In this study, a geographically confineable gene drive system targeting dsx was developed (dsx gRNA ). …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution and reproductive biology of the brown croaker (Miichthys miiuy) in the southwestern waters of Korea by Seong Yong Moon, Gun Wook Baeck, Jin Ho Jung, Haeyoung Choi, Changsin Kim, Myung Sung Koo, Jeong-Ho Park

“…However, a comprehensive histological analysis across various body sizes during the spawning season is imperative to accurately ascertain these factors, as well as for efficient resource management amidst potential environmental variations. …”
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Non‐Specific Particle Formation During Extracellular Vesicle Labelling With the Lipophilic Membrane Dye PKH26 by Laurel A. Haines, Alex A. Baeckler, Sophi J. Schofield, Eric P. Palmer, Bradley F. Guilliams, Melinda A. Meyers, Daniel P. Regan

“…We optimised a labelling approach that minimises the production of non‐specific dye particles by altering buffer conditions during staining and validated this method across cell‐based and in vivo systems of EV biodistribution. …”
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Formulation and Evaluation of a Licorice-Resveratrol Lollipop for Targeting Streptococcus mutans Biofilm and Antimicrobial Resistance by Patil S, Powar GS, Harale S, Galatage ST, Liu S, Lopes BS, Sharma DK, Patil AR, Wen F

“…The stability of the formulation was determined under accelerated conditions.Results: The LRML formulation showed efficient drug release, with formulation number LRML-7 demonstrating 96.87% release within 45 minutes. …”
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Effects of milk fortification with an advanced chelated trace minerals supplement on growth, health, and nutrient digestibility in dairy calves by Hossein Rajaei-Sharifabadi, Hadi Rahmani, Zahra Shokri, Saideh Fakharzadeh, Somayeh Kalanaky, Mohammad Hassan Nazaran, Ahmad Reza Seradj

“…Milk fortification is an efficient method to supplement young calves before transition to solid feed. …”
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Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii against pathogenic bacteria by P. Bhuyar, M.H. Rahim, S. Sundararaju, G.P. Maniam, N. Govindan

“…Disc diffusion assay results indicated that the extract of red alga <em>K. alvarezi </em>were more efficient against <em>B. cereus</em>. Among the fatty acids determined levoglucosenone and 4-Pyridinemethanol were present in high percentages in hot water extract whereas Hexamethyl- cyclotrisiloxane followed by 1, 2, 5- Thiadiazole-3-carboxamide, 4-[(2-chloroethyl) amino]-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) were present in ethanolic extract of <em>K. alvarezi. …”
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Kinetics model for enzymatic hydrolysis of eel protein by ZHANG Zhiguo, WANG Junhong, CHEN Xinfeng, ZHOU Ligen, GAO Haiyan

“…Kinetics model for enzymatic hydrolysis can serve as the theoretical basis for process control, and it helps to develop efficient procedures of bioactive peptides preparation through protein hydrolysis. …”
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Characterization of a consensus-designed trans-cinnamic acid decarboxylase for styrene biosynthesis by Ana García-Franco, Jesús de la Torre, Patricia Godoy, Estrella Duque, Carmen López, José A. Gavira, Juan L. Ramos

“…ABSTRACT Microbial biosynthesis of aromatic compounds offers significant advantages over petrochemical methods, which rely on fossil fuels and high energy inputs. …”
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Design and Research of Control Rod Scheme for 10 MW Multifunctional Pool-type Research Reactor by HAN Peng, CHEN Xiaoliang, ZHANG Zhenyang, ZHU Jiachen, JIN Xiao

“…Taking into account the safety of reactor operation, channel neutron fluence rate, power peak factor and subsequent fuel management methods, the forked control rod form was finally determined. …”
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Psychological influences and implications for household disaster preparedness: a systematic review by Minrui Ni, Liang Xia, Liang Xia, Xinru Wang, Xinru Wang, Yixuan Wei, Xiaofei Han, Yiqiao Liu, Song Pan, Song Pan

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Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Status and Factors Influencing Negative Mental Health among Health-Care Workers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Fatma AlGhufli, Rayyan AlMulla, Ola Alyedi, Sham Zain AlAbdin, Mohammed Moutaz Nakhal

“…Aim: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psychological health outcomes and associated factors among health-care workers (HCWs) during COVID-19 pandemic. Subject and Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted on 550 HCWs at 4 different clinics (fever, clean, telemedicine, and mixed clinics) in Dubai Health Authority from July 2020 to September 2020. …”
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Process optimization for improving anti-oxidation performance of silver-coated copper powders by response surface methodology and artificial neural network by Hongbin Yin, Shiwei Fan, Kun Peng, Xiao Li, Zizhen Wang, Yuxin Chen, Ming Zhou

“…The strategy achieves superior optimization efficiency and predictive accuracy compared to individual methods by reducing experimental requirements, lowering error functions, and enhancing fitting precision. …”
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Evaluation of functional magnetic resonance APT and DKI imaging for breast cancer by Haiyan Shan, Tengfei Ke, Shasha Bao, Yifan Liu, Na Tan, Xinyan Zhou, Guochen Li, Guangrong Zheng, Yongzhou Xu, Yu Xie, Chengde Liao, Jun Yang

“…The APT signal intensity (SI), apparent kurtosis coefficient (Kapp), non-Gaussian diffusion coefficient (Dapp), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were measured before surgery. …”
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