Field Observations during the Eleventh Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-11): from April 25, 2012, through December 6, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Tim H.M. van Emmerik, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Jasmeet Judge, Susan Steele-Dunne, Roger De Roo, Ruzbeh Akbar, Ella Baar, Max Wallace, Anthony England

“…It describes the observations conducted during the MicroWEX-11, a season-long experiment incorporating active and passive microwave observations for bare soil, elephant grass, and sweet corn using a variety of sensors to understand land–atmosphere interactions and their effect on observed microwave signatures. …”
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Field Observations during the Eleventh Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-11): from April 25, 2012, through December 6, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Tim H.M. van Emmerik, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Jasmeet Judge, Susan Steele-Dunne, Roger De Roo, Ruzbeh Akbar, Ella Baar, Max Wallace, Anthony England

“…It describes the observations conducted during the MicroWEX-11, a season-long experiment incorporating active and passive microwave observations for bare soil, elephant grass, and sweet corn using a variety of sensors to understand land–atmosphere interactions and their effect on observed microwave signatures. …”
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Monster or Missing Link? The Mermaid and the Victorian Imagination by Béatrice Laurent

“…Human ‘monsters’ such as Siamese twins or Joseph Merrick, the ‘Elephant Man’, were known and toured in fairs, but their humanity was not disputed. …”
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The formation and the study of a collection of the Miscanthus resource species gene pool in the conditions of the West Siberian forest steppe by O. V. Dorogina, O. Yu. Vasilyeva, N. S. Nuzhdina, I. V. Buglova, E. V. Zhmud, G. A. Zueva, O. V. Kominа, I. S. Kuban, A. S. Gusar, R. V. Dudkin

“…Several species of the genus Miscanthus Anderss. (elephant grass) characterized by a high rate of growth of the aboveground vegetative mass are currently in the focus of attention due to their high practical application as a source of bioethanol and cellulose. …”
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Krovni vrt kao prostor spektakla by Mirjana Sekulić, Ljiljana Došenović

“…Svi vrtovi, bilo individualni ili za državne spektakle, reprezentativni, carski ili zen vrtovi, odraz su želјe za snagom, alegorija moći, veličine i vaŽnosti, san o dostizanju lepote, lјubavi, uzvišenosti, spoznaji harmonije. …”
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Thabo Mbeki’s Decolonial Idea of an African in the African Renaissance by William Jethro Mpofu

“…It is the uprooted, displaced, and dispossessed African represented in Mbeki who makes the remark that: ‘At times, and in fear, I have wondered whether I should concede equal citizenship of our country to the leopard and the lion, the elephant and the springbok, the hyena, the black mamba and the pestilential mosquito.’ …”
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White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Vibrio sp. in the Fresh Feed Used as Tiger Shrimp, Penaeus monodon, Broodstock Diet by R.W. Haliman

“…Pakan segar yang dievaluasi terdiri dari kerang, tiram, kepiting, cumi-cumi dan cacing laut. WSSV dideteksi dengan metode polymerase chain reaction (PCR). …”
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Generalizability of machine learning models for diabetes detection a study with nordic islet transplant and PIMA datasets by Dinesh Chellappan, Harikumar Rajaguru

“…Researchers utilizing a hybrid feature extraction method such as Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) followed by metaheuristic feature selection algorithms as Harmonic Search (HS), Dragonfly Algorithm (DFA), Elephant Herding Algorithm (EHA). Evaluated the performance of a system by using the following classifiers as Non-Linear Regression—NLR, Linear Regression—LR, Gaussian Mixture Model—GMM, Expectation Maximization—EM, Bayesian Linear Discriminant Analysis—BLDA, Softmax Discriminant Classifier—SDC, and Support Vector Machine with Radial Basis Function kernel—SVM-RBF classifier on two publicly available datasets namely the Nordic Islet Transplant Program (NITP) and the PIMA Indian Diabetes Dataset (PIDD). …”
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Designing and planning a bioethanol supply chain network under uncertainty using a data-driven robust optimization model under disjunctive uncertainty sets by Farzaneh MansooriMooseloo, Maghsoud Amiri, Mohammad Taghi Taghavi Fard, Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli

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Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain using robust possibilistic-stochastic programming in pentagonal fuzzy numbers by Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri, Maghsoud Amiri, Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli, Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Jurgita Antuchevičienė

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An assessment of the capacity and responsiveness of a national system to address the threat of invasive species: a systems approach by F. Williams, K. L. Constantine, A. A. Ali, T. W. Karanja, S. Kibet, E. K. Lingeera, G. Muthike, I. Rwomushana, J. Godwin, R. Day

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Facile Preparation of Biocomposite from Prawn Shell Derived Chitosan and Kaolinite-Rich Locally Available Clay by Shanta Biswas, Taslim U. Rashid, Abul K. Mallik, Md. Minhajul Islam, M. Nuruzzaman Khan, Papia Haque, Mala Khan, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman

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Efficacy of Fat Supplements with Different Unsaturated/Saturated FA Ratios Undergoing First Postpartum Ovulation in Lactating Anovulatory Goats by Caroline P. Silva, César C. L. Fernandes, Juliana P. M. Alves, Camila M. Cavalcanti, Felipe B. B. Oliveira, Alfredo J. H. Conde, Diana Celia S. N. Pinheiro, Darcio I. A. Teixeira, Anibal C. Rego, Davide Rondina

“…Thirty-eight An-glo-Nubian-crossbred adult goats were allocated into three groups, one with a control diet (<i>n</i> = 12), fed a total mixed ration (TMR) comprising chopped elephant grass and concentrate; an algal diet (<i>n</i> = 13), fed TMR + green microalgae (1% dry matter); and a linseed diet (<i>n</i> = 13), TMR + linseed (12% dry matter). …”
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Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in Kafta Sheraro National Park Dry Forest, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Fitsum Temesgen, Bikila Warkineh

“…Therefore, the study area was the habitat for the population of the African elephant; species with low importance value indices and lack or having few seedling and sapling stage should be prioritized for conservation, and their soil seed banks should be studied further.…”
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Impact of mild hypothermic circulatory arrest on surgical outcomes in acute type a aortic dissection patients: a single-centre study by Zhenxiong Li, Hao Tang, Chao Deng, Kangjun Shen, Jingyu Li, Song Tian, WenYao Zhan, Ling Tan

“…Methods Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients who underwent total arch replacement (TAR) and frozen elephant trunk (FET) surgery between January 2014 and December 2023 were enrolled in this study. …”
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A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes by Zheng-Yu Zuo, Germinal Rouhan, Shi-Yong Dong, Hong-Mei Liu, Xin-Yu Du, Li-Bing Zhang, Jin-Mei Lu

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Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…Any animal attack, a stampede in the farm, an elephant on the rampage or the buffalo with untoward assaults on the people in the distant wood would invoke the wrath of Adébímpé, and his instant intervention was natural. …”
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Subgenome asymmetry of gibberellins-related genes plays important roles in regulating rapid growth of bamboos by Ling Mao, Cen Guo, Liang-Zhong Niu, Yu-Jiao Wang, Guihua Jin, Yi-Zhou Yang, Ke-Cheng Qian, Yang Yang, Xuemei Zhang, Peng-Fei Ma, De-Zhu Li, Zhen-Hua Guo

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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…“Vulnerability in Research and Health Care; Describing the Elephant in the Room?,” Bioethics 22, no. 4 (2008): 191-202. …”
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