Economic and statistical analyses of labor productivity growth at russian industrial enterprises: Key factors by P. A. Mikhnenko

“…Today, the country has a growing productivity gap between the most efficient and lagging companies. The aim of the study is to identify the key factors which determine the magnitude and growth rate of this indicator in the interests of revealing promising areas and ways of managing its growth. …”
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Microtubule actin crosslinking factor 1 regulates the Balbiani body and animal-vegetal polarity of the zebrafish oocyte. by Tripti Gupta, Florence L Marlow, Deborah Ferriola, Katarzyna Mackiewicz, Johannes Dapprich, Dimitri Monos, Mary C Mullins

“…We report the identification of the zebrafish magellan (mgn) mutant, which exhibits a novel enlarged Balbiani body phenotype and a disruption of oocyte polarity. To determine the molecular identity of the mgn gene, we positionally cloned the gene, employing a novel DNA capture method to target region-specific genomic DNA of 600 kb for massively parallel sequencing. …”
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Enhanced Retinal Vessel Segmentation Using Dynamic Contrast Stretching and Mathematical Morphology on Fundus Images by El-Mehdi Chakour, Yasmine Mrad, Anass Mansouri, Yaroub Elloumi, Idriss Benatiya Andaloussi, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui, Ali Ahaitouf

“…In this study, we propose an efficient approach combining dynamic contrast stretching (DCS) method, advanced morphological operation–based segmentation, triangle thresholding, and a final postprocessing step. …”
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Semi-in-situ cutting force measurement of a jigsaw by Sándor Apáti, György Hegedűs, Sándor Hajdu

“…A measurement rig was designed to securely mount the saw, the load cell, and the inductive sensors needed for speed measurements, making it possible to measure cutting forces accurately under different working conditions. The method uses Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis to determine the motor speeds, which helps calculate dynamic cutting parameters correctly. …”
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Study of the parametric effect of the wave profiles of the time-space fractional soliton neuron model equation arising in the topic of neuroscience by Md. Nur Alam, Md. Azizur Rahman

“…Kink, singular kink and different types of soliton solutions are successfully recovered through the Kudryashov method. The outcomes of various studies show that the applied method is highly efficient and well-suited for tackling problems in applied sciences and mathematical physics. …”
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CORRECTION OF HYPODINAMY AS A FACTOR OF THE RISK OF OBESITY DEVELOPMENT IN FIRE-RESCUERS by E. V. BURDYUKOVA, A. N. ARKHANGELSKAYA, S. N. ALEKSEENKO, I. A. YAKIREVICH, E. A. DMITRIEVA, O. P. KARAZHELYASKOV, M. V. IVKINA, K. G. GUREVICH

“…We used a comparison of the means of the Student method. To compare the values expressed in percent, the method of inverse trigonometric Fisher transformations was used.Results. …”
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Changes in Cardiopulmonary Reserve and Peripheral Arterial Function Concomitantly with Subclinical Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved E... by Damien Vitiello, François Harel, Rhian M. Touyz, Martin G. Sirois, Joel Lavoie, Jonathan Myers, Anique Ducharme, Normand Racine, Eileen O’Meara, Mathieu Gayda, Malorie Chabot-Blanchet, Jean Lucien Rouleau, Simon de Denus, Michel White

“…Peripheral arterial blood flow was determined by strain gauge plethysmography. Peak VO2 (12.0±0.4 versus 19.1±1.1 mL/min/kg, P<0.001) and oxygen uptake efficiency slope (1.55±0.12 versus 2.06±0.14, P<0.05) were significantly decreased in HFpEF patients compared with CTL. …”
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Innovative Design of Compact Heavy-Load Independent Transfer Device for Nuclear Engineering System by Hao Wan, Songfeng Weng, Hua Du, Dailin Dong, Bingyan Wang, Tianda Yu

“…It was of great significance to improve the efficiency of the nuclear engineering system.…”
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Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Photonic Crystals for Extreme-UV Photonics based on Comprehensive Dielectric Function Modeling by Yasser Shamssollahi, Mohammad Kazem Moravvej-Farshi

“…Through extensive calculations using the Finite Difference Time Domain Method, we determined that MWCNT-based photonic crystals possess significant Bragg reflections of up to 80% without experiencing substantial attenuation, even at wavelengths as low as 17 nm. …”
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Modeling of hydrogen sulfide removal from Petroleum production facilities using H2S scavenger by H.A. Elmawgoud, T.M. Elshiekh, S.A. Khalil, A.M. Alsabagh, Mamoun Tawfik

“…The scavenging of hydrogen sulfide is the preferred method for minimizing the corrosion and operational risks in oil production facilities. …”
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Waste Products (Apricot and Black Currant Pomace) Aqueous Extracts and Their Characterization by Georgii Vasyliev, Victoria Vorobyova, Margarita Skiba, Liudmyla Khrokalo

“…An eco-friendly and low-cost method for synthesizing and capping silver nanoparticles with aqueous extracts of apricot and currant wastes is reported. …”
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UAVs-Based Visual Localization via Attention-Driven Image Registration Across Varying Texture Levels by Yan Ren, Guohai Dong, Tianbo Zhang, Meng Zhang, Xinyu Chen, Mingliang Xue

“…Following this, we combined a convolutional neural network with an attention mechanism and the inverse-combined Lucas-Kanade method to further extract image features. This integration facilitates the efficient registration of drone images with satellite tiles. …”
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In vivo antiviral efficacy of LCTG-002, a pooled, purified human milk secretory IgA product, against SARS-CoV-2 in a murine model of COVID-19 by Viraj Mane, Rikin Mehta, Nadine Alvarez, Vijeta Sharma, Steven Park, Alisa Fox, Claire DeCarlo, Xiaoqi Yang, David S. Perlin, Rebecca L. R. Powell

“…Presently, SARS-CoV-2 was utilized as a model mucosal pathogen, and methods were developed to efficiently extract human milk sIgA from donors who were naïve to SARS-CoV-2 or had recovered from infection that elicited high-titer anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike sIgA in their milk (pooled to make LCTG-002). …”
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An evaluation model and its application of low-pressure abrasive air jet slitting hard rock by Jianping WEI, Yubo CAI, Tiegang ZHANG, Yi XUE, Songtao JI, Changjiang CHEN, Huidong ZHANG, Yong LIU

“…Low-pressure abrasive air jet technology is one of the most promising methods for addressing the issues of low efficiency and significant tool wear in hard-rock drilling, owing to its strong rock-breaking capability and low energy consumption. …”
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Daily feeding frequency impacts muscle characteristics and fat deposition in finishing pigs associated with alterations in microbiota composition and bile acid profile by Luga Hu, Huayu Tang, Zhaoxi Xie, Hongyu Yi, Lunjie Feng, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Xiang Ao, Jianchuan Zhou, Honglin Yan

“…It remains unknown whether adjusting feeding frequency could effectively regulate both skeletal muscle development and whole-body lipid metabolism and thus affect carcass composition and feed conversion efficiency. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effects of feeding frequency on muscle growth, fat deposition, cecal microbiota composition, and bile acid composition in finishing pigs.MethodsSixteen Sichuan-Tibetan black pigs, with an initial weight of 121.50 ± 1.60 kg, were divided into two groups and fed either two meals (M2) or four meals (M4) per day. …”
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Reproductive performance and fertility traits in Madrasin cattle: The influence of growth differentiation factor-9 gene expression on reproductive tract size, cervical mucus charac... by Budi Utomo, Rimayanti Rimayanti, Rochmah Kurnijasanti, Nurhusien Yimer Degu, Athhar Manabi Diansyah, Muhammad Fajar Amrullah

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 20 Madrasin cows (aged 2–5 years) were evaluated. …”
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Myocardial function in cardiac resynchronization therapy and factors significant for its improvement by Elena M. Rimskaya, Svetlana Е. Dobrovolskaya, Gennady S. Tarasovskiy, Svetlana Yu. Kashtanova, Victor N. Shitov, Vladimir V. Slobodyanik, Nataliia A. Mironova, Marina A. Saidova, Sergey P. Golitsyn

“…Materials and methods. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and myocardial work parameters including global constructive work (GCW), global wasted work (GWW), global work index (GWI) and global work efficiency (GWE) were analyzed in addition to standard transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in 60 patients (mean age 61±10 years, 36 male) with left bundle branch block (LBBB), chronic heart failure (HF 2 [2; 3] FC (NYHA), decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LF EF=28 [23; 31] %) before and 6 months after CRT implantation.. …”
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Could We Achieve the On‐Line Measurements of the Optical Fractal Dimensions of Black Carbon? by Gang Zhao, Min Hu, Weili Lin, Ye Kuang, Jie Sun, Linghan Zeng, Chunsheng Zhao

“…This method enables to measure the Df of BC aggregates online by measuring their Dm and m0 concurrently with an accuracy of 0.15. …”
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Pot Skirt Configuration on the UB-03 Biomass Stove: Taguchi Approach Optimization by Bayu Rudianto, Maghriza Iskhak, Dedy Eko Rahmanto, Miftah Hijriawan

“…The pot skirt is a device that focuses the fire’s direction on the load to minimize wasted heat and increase the efficiency of the biomass stove. This study used the Water Boiling Test (WBT) method for experimental testing. …”
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Reservoir water level prediction using combined CEEMDAN-FE and RUN-SVM-RBFNN machine learning algorithms by Lan-ting Zhou, Guan-lin Long, Can-can Hu, Kai Zhang

“…By integrating the adaptive complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN) method and fuzzy entropy (FE) with the new and highly efficient Runge–Kuta optimizer (RUN), adaptive parameter optimization for the support vector machine (SVM) and radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) algorithms was achieved. …”
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