TARIFF AS A TOOL FOR FINANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN CITIES by Magdalena ZIOŁO, Piotr NIEDZIELSKI

“…The article hypothesises that third generation tariffs are financial tools that allow cities to manage local finance more effectively and affect the competitiveness and appeal of public transport. …”
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) in crop production, case study: apple and grape by Elham Ebrahimi, Laleh Ebrahimi

“…Consumption of energy sources for one functional unit of two apple and grape crops was 10.1 and 9.13 MJ LHV, respectively.Conclusion: Generally, the evaluation of the environmental impacts of apple and grapes production showed that in most of the studied indicators, apple causes more damage to the environment. …”
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Children’s Headache Through Drawings: A Narrative Review and a Portrait Gallery by Floriana Ferro, Caterina Gaspari, Giulia Manfrè, Federica Cernigliaro, Daniela D’Agnano, Ruben Panzica, Edvige Correnti, Maria Rosita Ruta, Francesca Marchese, Renata Pitino, Mariarita Capizzi, Giuseppe Santangelo, Antonella Versace, Vittorio Sciruicchio, Vincenzo Raieli

“…This tool provides unique access to children’s psychological and emotional states, as a direct window into their inner world and as an expressive medium that often generates more detailed, accurate, and clinically actionable information, compared to verbal reports alone. …”
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Influence of genetic factors of humans, mosquitoes and parasites, on the evolution of Plasmodium falciparum infections, malaria transmission and genetic control methods: a review o... by Seni Nikiema, Issiaka Soulama, Gifty Dufie Ampofo, Moustapha Nikiema, Abdou Azaque Zouré, Salif Sombié, Salam Sawadogo, Nicolas Ouedraogo, Samuel Sindie Sermé, Haffsatou Sawadogo, Raïssa Ily, Guillène Y. N. Tibiri, Djamila O. A. Zouré, Nassandba Julien Yanogo, Farida C. A. Kaboré, Chanolle Tchekounou, Adama Zida, Issoufou Tao, Oumarou Ouedraogo, Dramane Zongo, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma, Alfred B. Tiono, Sodiomon B. Sirima, Athanase Badolo, Jacques Simporé

“…Since 2014, artemisinin resistance has been observed in 6 countries in Africa and, more concerningly, the evidence from longitudinal molecular surveys in these countries suggests that it is spreading. …”
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Can open-defecation free (ODF) communities be sustained? A cross-sectional study in rural Ghana. by Caroline Delaire, Joyce Kisiangani, Kara Stuart, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Ranjiv Khush, Rachel Peletz

“…Multivariate regression analysis indicated that communities had higher toilet coverage when they were located further from major roads, were not located on rocky soil, reported having a system of fines to punish open defecation, and when less time had elapsed since ODF status achievement. Households were more likely to own a functional toilet if they were larger, wealthier, had a male household head who had not completed primary education, had no children under the age of five, and benefitted from the national Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program. …”
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Bicarbonate Within: A Hidden Modulator of Antibiotic Susceptibility by Selvi C. Ersoy, Warren E. Rose, Richard A. Proctor

“…Mechanistically, bicarbonate appears to influence <i>mecA</i> expression and PBP2a production/localization, as well as key elements for PBP2a functionality, including the PBP2a chaperone PrsA, components of functional membrane microdomains (FMMs), and wall teichoic acid (WTA) synthesis. …”
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Logical gates recognition in a flat transistor circuit by D. I. Cheremisinov, L. D. Cheremisinova

“…Decompilation tools for transistor circuits can not only significantly reduce the time to perform VLSI topology check, but also provide the basis for generating test cases, logical reengineering of integrated circuits and reverse engineering to detect untrusted attachments.The objective of the work is to solve the problem of extracting the structure of the functional level from a flat circuit of the transistor level by recognizing in it subcircuits that implement logical elements.M e t h o d s. …”
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Orchard-Wide Visual Perception and Autonomous Operation of Fruit Picking Robots: A Review by CHEN Mingyou, LUO Lufeng, LIU Wei, WEI Huiling, WANG Jinhai, LU Qinghua, LUO Shaoming

“…Multi-view information fusion tackles the issue of occlusions by combining data from multiple cameras and sensors around the robot, providing a more comprehensive view of the environment and enabling more reliable sensing. …”
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Demography and the age of rare variants. by Iain Mathieson, Gil McVean

“…Haplotypes shared between continents are much older with median ages for haplotypes shared between Europe and Asia ranging from 320 to 670 generations. The distribution of the ages of ƒ(2) haplotypes is informative about their demography, revealing recent bottlenecks, ancient splits, and more modern connections between populations. …”
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Spatial-Spectral Adaptive Graph Convolutional Subspace Clustering for Hyperspectral Image by Yuqi Liu, Enshuo Zhu, Qinghe Wang, Junhong Li, Shujun Liu, Yaowen Hu, Yuhang Han, Guoxiong Zhou, Renxiang Guan

“…In addition, we harness a combination of spectral and spatial features to introduce additional view information to help learn more robust features and generate more refined superpixels. …”
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Bioinformatic Methodologies in Assessing Gut Microbiota by James Douglas Fox, Austin Sims, Morgan Ross, Jeffery Bettag, Alexandra Wilder, Dylan Natrop, Alison Borsotti, Sree Kolli, Shaurya Mehta, Hema Verma, Kento Kurashima, Chandrashekhara Manithody, Arun Verma, Ajay Jain

“…These methodologies involve high-throughput sequencing technologies, such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metagenomics, which generate vast amounts of data on microbial diversity and functional potential, as well as whole-genome sequencing, which, while being more costly, has a more expansive potential. …”
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Clinical and genetic parallels in congenital brain lesions without epilepsy by P. L. Sokolov, A. G. Prityko, N. V. Chebanenko, P. A. Romanov

“…Malformations of the brain are more often associated with determinants of the regulation of the formation and functioning of the cytoskeleton, neuroontogenesis, as well as the processes of cell division (chromatin modification, transcription, replication). …”
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Sphingolipids in High Fat Diet and Obesity-Related Diseases by Songhwa Choi, Ashley J. Snider

“…HFD enhances de novo sphingolipid synthesis and turnover of sphingolipids via the salvage pathway, resulting in the generation of ceramide, and more specifically long chain ceramide species. …”
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Novel insights into carbohydrate utilisation, antimicrobial resistance, and sporulation potential in Roseburia intestinalis isolates across diverse geographical locations by Indrani Mukhopadhya, Jennifer C. Martin, Sophie Shaw, Martin Gutierrez-Torrejon, Nikoleta Boteva, Aileen J. McKinley, Silvia W. Gratz, Karen P. Scott

“…The ubiquitous presence of motility and sporulation gene clusters demonstrates the importance of these phenotypes for gut survival and acquisition of this bacterium. More than half the strains contained functional, potentially transferable, tetracycline resistance genes. …”
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Hardware Obfuscation Based Watermarking Technique for IPR Ownership Identification by Priyanka Bagul, Vandana Inamdar

“…Furthermore, an encrypted functionality is set as the signature generator module for generating owner’s signature. …”
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Colorectal cancer-infiltrating NK cell landscape analysis unravels tissue-resident PD-1+ NK cells in microsatellite instability tumors by Valentina Obino, Chiara Giordano, Simona Carlomagno, Chiara Setti, Marco Greppi, Matteo Bozzo, Silvia Pesce, Silvia Pesce, Elisa Ferretti, Elisa Ferretti, Simona Candiani, Simona Candiani, Letizia Muccio, Enrico Ciferri, Tania Buttiron Webber, Agnese Solari, Fulvia Ortolani, Laura Paleari, Matteo Clavarezza, Andrea Barberis, Marco Filauro, Nicoletta Provinciali, Nicoletta Provinciali, Mariangela Rutigliani, Emanuela Marcenaro, Emanuela Marcenaro, Andrea DeCensi, Andrea DeCensi, Mariella Della Chiesa, Mariella Della Chiesa, Simona Sivori, Simona Sivori

“…Since CRC microenvironment can induce NK cell dysfunction and hinder cancer control, understanding tumor-associated NK cell features is mandatory to fully unlock their immunotherapeutic potential.PurposeOur study aims at elucidating the molecular and functional characteristics of tumor-associated NK cells in CRC focusing on the expression of immune checkpoints that critically regulate NK cell function. …”
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Entre convergences et divergences : la communauté haïtienne de Montréal by Ariane Cyr

“…As regards the elements of discourse gathered during individual interviews conducted with the members of the first generation of Haitian immigrants, an identity pattern can be observed, matching two different and yet complementary systems of functioning: detachment and symbolic recognition…”
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Réseaux écologiques dans l’Arc alpin by Yann Kohler, Thomas Scheurer, Aurelia Ullrich

“…Research and activities based on the theme of ecological connectivity are generating a completely new perception of methods of protecting the natural environment: there is a shift from a conservationist approach to natural systems to one that is more functional. …”
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Ecological networks in the Alpine Arc by Yann Kohler, Thomas Scheurer, Aurelia Ullrich

“…Research and activities based on the theme of ecological connectivity are generating a completely new perception of methods of protecting the natural environment: there is a shift from a conservationist approach to natural systems to one that is more functional. …”
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Use of Technology to Support Health Care Providers Delivering Care in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Umbrella Review by Adam Craig, Harriet Lawford, Maggie Miller, Liuyi Chen-Cao, Leanna Woods, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Myron Anthony Godinho

“…Digital health innovations (DHIs) promise more efficient and equitable health care delivery. …”
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