FROM SOIL TO TABLE: EVALUATING CONVENTIONAL AND ECOLOGICAL CULTIVATION SYSTEMS IN SOUTH-WEST OLTENIA, ROMANIA by Cosmina SMEDESCU, Dragoș SMEDESCU, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ, Valentina Constanța TUDOR

“…The research was derived from a comprehensive questionnaire applied on 18 farms in the South-West Oltenia region: half of them employing ecological practices and the other half using conventional methods. Our primary focus was to determine the most economically viable agricultural system for the area. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Digital Tools on the Recruitment Process Using the Design Thinking Methodology by Danijela Magdalenić, Ljerka Luić

“…The findings highlight that digital tools, particularly gamification and online assessments, significantly enhance recruitment quality, increase efficiency, reduce hiring time, and improve cultural alignment. …”
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An innovative and mass-sensitive quartz tuning fork (QTF) biosensor for GFAP detection: A novel approach for traumatic brain injury diagnosis by Burcu Özcan, İnci Uludağ Anıl, Mehmet Altay Ünal, Fikret Arı, Mustafa Kemal Sezgintürk, Sibel Ayşıl Özkan

“…In contrast to conventional neuroimaging methods, which are resource-intensive and frequently inaccessible in emergency situations, this innovative biosensor offers a portable, cost-effective, and efficient alternative for rapid GFAP measurement. …”
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Objective and Automated Quantification of Instrument Handling for Open Surgical Suturing Skill Assessment: A Simulation-Based Study by Simar P. Singh, Amir Mehdi Shayan, Jianxin Gao, Joseph Bible, Richard E. Groff, Ravikiran Singapogu

“…As hardware advancements offer more complex, unique sensors, determining effective task performance measures becomes imperative for efficient suturing training. …”
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EVALUATING TRAINING COURSES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN DUHOK PROVINCE AND 1TS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES by Aamel F. AL-Abbassi, Aabid A. AL-Douski, Zahraa M. AL-Busso

“…The results showed that the level of training level was high, and the dimension of trainers efficiency occupied the first rank order while the dimension of training methods and aids occupied the last rank order. …”
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Pedographic and clinical assessment of total contact cast immobilization in diabetic foot syndrome by Sergey Valentinovich Gorokhov, Oleg Viktorovich Udovichenko, Irina Nikolaevna Ul'yanova, Evgenia Alexandrovna Berseneva, Gagik Radikovich Galstyan

“…To estimate offloading efficiency of total contact cast (TCC) and determine factors, affecting trophic ulcer response to treatment with TCC, as well as ways of their compensation. …”
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A review of the influencing factors of building energy consumption and the prediction and optimization of energy consumption by Zhongjiao Ma, Zichun Yan, Mingfei He, Haikuan Zhao, Jialin Song

“…Building upon the investigation of supervision and determinants of building energy consumption, three predictive methodologies were examined: (ⅰ) Physical methods, (ⅱ) data-driven methods, and (ⅲ) mixed methods. …”
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Low-Voltage Power Restoration Based on Fog Computing Load Forecasting and Data-Driven Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization by Ruoxi Liu, Yifan Song, Yuan Gui, Hanqi Dai, Zhiyong Wang, Chengdong Yin, Qinglei Qin, Wenqin Yang, Yue Wang

“…This forecasting method embeds two weighted ultra-short-term load forecasting techniques of complementary characteristics and mines real-time load to learn incrementally, and thanks to this mechanism, the method can efficiently make predictions of low-voltage loads with trivial computational burden and data storage. …”
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Early Weak Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing Based on Multilayer Reconstruction Filter by Quanfu Li, Yuxuan Zhou, Gang Tang, Chunlin Xin, Tao Zhang

“…The proposed method has the advantages of reducing noise influence and adaptive estimation of decomposed modes, which can be applied more efficiently in practice.…”
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Theoretical Derivation and Parameters Analysis of a Human-Structure Interaction System with the Bipedal Walking Model by Huiqi Liang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Peizi Wei

“…The state-space method is employed to determine natural frequencies and damping ratio of the coupled system. …”
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Analysis of two Nocardia brasiliensis class A β-lactamases (BRA-1 and BRS-1) and related resistance to β-lactam antibiotics by Aimee Songo, Hervé Jacquier, Maxime Danjean, Fabrice Compain, Delphine Dorchène, Zainab Edoo, Paul-Louis Woerther, Michel Arthur, David Lebeaux

“…In this study, we characterised resistance mediated by two β-lactamases in the reference strain N. brasiliensis HUJEG-1 and extended our analysis to nine N. brasiliensis clinical strains. Methods: The susceptibility of N. brasiliensis HUJEG-1 was determined by measuring the MIC via microdilution for five β-lactam antibiotics that were or were not associated with β-lactamase inhibitors (clavulanate and avibactam, 4 µg/mL). …”
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PolyA polymorphisms in 3' flanking region of pig neuronal protein 3.1 gene and their relationships with meat traits by Yang Yun, Zeng Yongqing, Zhang Zhe, Xu Zhenggang, Chen Wei, Fang Guofeng, Wang Shoudong

“…The ear and Longissimus dorsi samples were collected for DNA extraction and meat traits determination. The extracted DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the products were used to detect the polymorphic type with the method of single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and sequencing. …”
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Implementation of project management in state authorities by O. A. Zyablikova

“…The objectives of the study included reviewing the role of project activities, practices of implementing project management in the regions, identifying problems in the implementation of regional projects and programs and determining ways to solve them. The article uses graphical and tabular methods of data visualization, statistical and general scientific research methods. …”
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Algorithms to Identify Copied and Manipulated Spectrum Occupancy Data in Cognitive Radio Networks by Joseph Tolley, Carl B. Dietrich

“…The attacks covered in this paper include copying and manipulating existing data to create a Spectrum Sensing Data Falsification (SSDF) attack. We propose methods to identify two categories of easily implemented SSDF attacks and show the proposed methods to be both effective and efficient. …”
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Improvement of organisation for road transport functioning in a multimodal logistics system for grain delivary from Volgograd region to Iran by A. V. Kulikov, E. A. Bliznyakova, P. A. Pavlov, A. A. Kulikov

“…It is proposed to consider the functioning of road transport in a multimodal logistics system for grain export from the standpoint of a systematic approach at the micro, meso and macro levels based on the newly introduced concept of transport capacity of the simulated graph. To determine the optimal modes of road transport functioning (with the further aim of increasing its efficiency of functioning) in the logistics links of export grain supplies at the micro level, it is proposed to perform using the ‘Sowing fields – regional barn-floors’ graph, at the meso level – the ‘Regional barn-floors – regional grain storages’ graph, at the macro level – the ‘Regional grain storages – port grain storages’ graph. …”
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Redistribution natural resource rents for welfare society: experience Alaska by Karyna Sherstyukova

“…The study used general scientific and special methods, in particular: the dialectic, the theoretical generalization and comparison, analysis and synthesis - when determining the basic principles of the system and elements of rent redistribution mechanism, statistic-economic and graphic - in determining the distribution model operation results and the redistribution of natural - resource rent. …”
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Advancing skin cancer detection integrating a novel unsupervised classification and enhanced imaging techniques by Md. Abdur Rahman, Nur Mohammad Fahad, Mohaimenul Azam Khan Raiaan, Mirjam Jonkman, Friso DeBoer, Sami Azam

“…Therefore, early detection can lead to an advanced and efficient diagnosis, thus reducing mortality. Unsupervised classification techniques analyse extensive skin image datasets, identifying patterns and anomalies without prior labelling, facilitating early detection and effective diagnosis and potentially saving lives. …”
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Mechanical Behaviors of Natural Sand Soils and Modified Soils in Heavy-Haul Railway Embankment by Yingying Zhao, Yang Yang, Xianzhang Ling, Guoyu Li, Weiming Gong

“…Meanwhile, a brittle characteristic is observed. In the process of determining the reinforcement methods in practical projects, several other considerations are included, such as equipment and time available, especially for stabilized soils. …”
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Higher performance enhancement of direct torque control by using Space Vector Modulation for doubly fed induction machine by Gouaamar Radouan, El Fadl Adiba, Bri Seddik, Mekrini Zineb

“…The results of this research should help in the further development of control strategies for electric machines to make them more efficient and reliable when used.…”
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Emission of Brominated Pollutants from Waste Printed Circuit Boards during Thermal Treatment: A Review by Jun Wan, Jia Sun, Xiang-Lin Zhao, An-Sheng Le, Peng-Bo Ren, Ming-Xiu Zhan, Xiao-Qing Lin, Tong Chen

“…At present, research on the WPCB disposal process has mainly been focused on efficient resource recovery; studies of pollutant emission have been limited to chlorinated dioxins, and research on brominated pollutants is relatively limited. …”
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