A POSSIBILISTIC APPROACH TO CALCULATING THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH FUZZY CASH FLOWS by E. S. Volkova, V. B. Gisin

“…Given a fuzzy cash flow, the IRR is presented as a fuzzy set and the membership function may be considered as a version of distribution. …”
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The small bowel microbiome changes significantly with age and aspects of the ageing process by Gabriela Leite, Mark Pimentel, Gillian M. Barlow, Ruchi Mathur

“…However, studies to date have used stool samples, which do not represent the entire gut. Although more challenging to access, the small intestine plays critical roles in host metabolism and immune function. …”
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Two Species of Long-Day Breeding Hamsters Exhibit Distinct Gut Microbial Responses to Photoperiodic Variations by Chao Fan, Huiliang Xue, Jinhui Xu, Ming Wu, Lei Chen, Laixiang Xu

“…The bacterial community variation in the striped hamsters was reflected mainly in the enrichment of the genera <i>Enterorhabdus</i> and <i>Jeotgalicoccus</i> in the LD group; meanwhile, more taxa with significant changes in relative abundance under different photoperiods were found in the Djungarian hamsters, such as the enrichment of the genera <i>Lactobacillus</i> and <i>Faecalibaculum</i> in the LD group and the enrichment of the genera <i>Ruminococcus</i> and <i>Colidextribacter</i> in the SD group. …”
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In Vitro Models of Cardiovascular Disease: Embryoid Bodies, Organoids and Everything in Between by Theodora M. Stougiannou, Konstantinos C. Christodoulou, Dimos Karangelis

“…Not only can they recapitulate 3D form and function, but the developmental programs governing the self-organization of cell populations into more complex tissues as well. …”
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Adaptive Bayesian Nonparametric Regression via Stationary Smoothness Priors by Justin L. Tobias

“…Point estimates from the nonparametric methods suggest (a) expected achievement declines monotonically with a behavioral problems index (BPI) score and (b) the rate of decline is relatively flat at the left tail of the BPI distribution and then becomes sharply more negative.…”
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THE PRIVATISATION AND THE ECONOMICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ARGES COUNTY by Cristina, CHIRIAC

“…The privatisation process has generated over time a lot of controversial opinions of the specialists. …”
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The Fracturing of the Poetic Ego in the Verse of Joan Salvat-Papasseit and Vicent Andrés Estellés by Dominic Keown

“…In Estellés the diagnosis is more severe, offering clear indications of schizophrenia. …”
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PERHITUNGAN NUMERIK RAPAT KEADAAN GRAPHENE BILAYER DENGAN MODEL TIGHT-BINDING MENGGUNAKAN METODE RAMBATAN WAKTU TROTTER-SUZUKI by Wahyu Setiawan

“…The number of atoms (sites) reviewed affects the regularity of the DOS calculation results. The more atoms that are reviewed, the more orderly the DOS calculations will be generated. …”
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Microbial communities in the phyllosphere and endosphere of Norway spruce under attack by Heterobasidion by Wen-jing Meng, Zi-lan Wen, Risto Kasanen, Hui Sun, Hui Sun, Fred O. Asiegbu

“…In conclusion, the Heterobasidion attack decreased the microbial community species richness and shifted the community structure and functional structure to varying degrees. The microbial network was enlarged and became more unstable at both inter-kingdom and intra-kingdom level due to the Heterobasidion infection.…”
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Soil Bacterial and Fungal Community Composition in Top- and Subsoil From Irrigated Mediterranean Orchards by Mohamed Mdaini, Mohamed Mdaini, Mohamed Mdaini, Eva Lloret, Eva Lloret, Nadhem Brahim, Najet Shimi, Raúl Zornoza, Raúl Zornoza

“…Our findings indicated that soil pH (higher in subsoil), electrical conductivity (higher in topsoil) and soil organic carbon (higher in topsoil) were the primary physicochemical drivers of microbial community composition shifts between top- and subsoil. Genera such as Rhizobium, Skermanella, Microvirga and Rubrobacter (bacteria) and Aspergillus, Gibellulopsis, Alternaria, Preussia and Monocillium (fungi) were identified as key genera more abundant in the topsoil, while MB-A2-108, Streptomyces and Bacillus (bacteria), and Mortierella, Fusarium, Necosmospora, Chaetomium and Emericellopsis (fungi), were key genera more abundant in the subsoil, associated with key studied soil properties. …”
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Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and potential pathogenic transmission in poultry farm environments of Bangladesh by Afroja Yasmin, M. Shaminur Rahman, S. M. Kador, Md. Mustak Ahmed, Md. Eashanul Karim Moon, Humaira Akhter, Munawar Sultana, Anowara Begum

“…These findings underscore the influence of environmental factors on microbial diversity and functional potential in poultry farming. The study highlights the need for improved management practices and biosecurity measures to mitigate risks associated with microbial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance, ultimately supporting healthier and more sustainable poultry production in Bangladesh.…”
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Analysis of Drag Torque Characteristic of Hydro-viscous Clutch with Consideration of Cavitation Effect by Sun Chunlian

“…The results show that the velocity distribution is inhomogeneous,and the fluid with the same direction of rotation has high velocity and has the function of diversion. The cavitation occurs in the intersection of the groove,the higher the speed,the larger the film thickness,the more the cavitation phenomenon. …”
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Neural stem cell heterogeneity in adult hippocampus by Ziqi Liang, Nuomeng Jin, Weixiang Guo

“…Recently, more and more studies have shown that rather than being a homogeneous population of identical cells, adult NSCs are composed of multiple subpopulations that differ in their morphology and function. …”
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Measurement report: Influence of particle density on secondary ice production by graupel and frozen drop collisions by S. Yadav, L. Metten, P. Grzegorczyk, A. Theis, S. K. Mitra, M. Szakáll

“…The number of fragments generated in the collisions was analyzed, following a theoretical framework, as a function of the collision kinetic energy. …”
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Macrophages and the microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Karanjot K. Sandhu, Aaron Scott, Amanda L. Tatler, Kylie B.R. Belchamber, Michael J. Cox

“…In addition to this defect, there is apparent selectivity in bacterial uptake by COPD macrophages because certain pathogenic genera, such as Haemophilus, Moraxella and Streptococcus, are taken up more readily than others. …”
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Season, Body Condition and Developmental Stage Influence the Gut Microbiota of the Sole Living Rhynchocephalian Reptile (Sphenodon punctatus) by Carmen Hoffbeck, Danielle M. R. L. Middleton, Nicola J. Nelson, Michael W. Taylor

“…We identified bacterial genera that significantly increased or decreased in each season. …”
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Preclinical Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging of Acute Hyperoxia Therapy of Chronic Hypoxia during Pregnancy by Alexander Zheleznyak, Joel R. Garbow, Michal Neeman, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…Herein we report first-in-mouse PET imaging of fetuses employing both tracers [ 18 F]FDG (metabolism) and 64 Cu-ATSM (hypoxia). [ 18 F]FDG PET/CT imaging allowed clear visualization of placental-fetal structures and supported quantification of tracer uptake, making this a sensitive tool for monitoring placental function in preclinical rodent models. These measurements illustrate the potentially irreversible damage generated by chronic exposure to hypoxia, which cannot be corrected by acute exposure to hyperoxia.…”
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An association rule-based approach for frequent item mining of multi-stage access data by Silong Wu

“…Only one database scan is required, and frequent itemsets are directly generated without generating candidate itemsets, greatly improving the efficiency of the algorithm; Introducing weights into the improved Apriori algorithm and designing a weighted support function, by assigning different weights to different itemsets, more accurately reflects the importance and differences of itemsets in practical applications, thereby improving the accuracy of frequent item mining. …”
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Designing a Multistage Supply Chain in Cross-Stage Reverse Logistics Environments: Application of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms by Tzu-An Chiang, Z. H. Che, Zhihua Cui

“…Regarding system execution time, the GA consumed more time than the other three PSOs did. Regarding objective function value, the GA, PSOA_IWM, and PSOA_CFM could obtain a lower convergence value than PSOA_VMM could. …”
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Sharing and Specificity of Co-expression Networks across 35 Human Tissues. by Emma Pierson, GTEx Consortium, Daphne Koller, Alexis Battle, Sara Mostafavi, Kristin G Ardlie, Gad Getz, Fred A Wright, Manolis Kellis, Simona Volpi, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis

“…To understand the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression, the GTEx Consortium generated RNA-seq expression data for more than thirty distinct human tissues. …”
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