Present Day Higher School in Russia: Challenges and Contradictions by V. I. Karpunin

“…The author shows that the key contradiction evident in the sphere of higher school of Russia, which gave birth to continuously existing problems makes professional community consider the nature of these phenomena and makes authorized representatives of power pay attention to inevitability of managerial paradigm modernization, to the necessity of introducing more tough, more formalized system of estimation criteria of efficiency of university functioning (the program of university development). …”
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Effect of the Foliar Application of Copper Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Persian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum subsp. Persicum) under Salinity Stress by F. Shakarami, S. Mousavi-Fard, A. Rezaei Nejad, F. Beiranvand

“…Salinity stress, characterized by reduced water absorption, heightened salt uptake (especially sodium, chlorine, and boron), and the generation of reactive oxygen species, induces oxidative stress in plants, severely impacting their growth and overall performance. …”
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Insights Into How mHealth Applications Could Be Introduced Into Standard Hypertension Care in Germany: Qualitative Study With German Cardiologists and General Practitioners by Susann May, Frances Seifert, Dunja Bruch, Martin Heinze, Sebastian Spethmann, Felix Muehlensiepen

“…Furthermore, younger physicians, more familiar with digital technologies, demonstrated greater openness to using mHealth apps, suggesting that generational changes may drive future increases in adoption. …”
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Epistemology in the Age of Large Language Models by Jennifer Mugleston, Vuong Hung Truong, Cindy Kuang, Lungile Sibiya, Jihwan Myung

“…LLMs are rapidly becoming integral parts of our daily lives through smartphones and personal computers, and we are coming to accept the functionality of LLMs as a given. As LLMs become more entrenched in societal functioning, questions have begun to emerge: Are LLMs capable of real understanding? …”
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Temporariness of textile architecture. A comparitive study on innovation by Carlotta Mazzola, Alessandro Liuti

“…The discussion pivots around the tight link between architectural and technological innovation, and how this often generates improvements in functional and environmental performances while enabling a more conscious resource allocation throughout the lifespan of a project.…”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…As this discursive space evolves, menstruation is continually reconstructed by a new generation of women. Understanding menstruation as a social construct allows us to recognize how women's bodies are shaped by power dynamics, resistance, and gender norms. …”
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Impact of carbon emission trading on urban electricity efficiency by SHI Yang, SONG Jia

“…[Results] (1) The pilot policy of carbon emission rights trading has significantly enhanced the urban electricity efficiency; (2) Its mechanism of action mainly lies in that, when the electricity price cannot fully regulate the situation, carbon emission rights trading can increase the supply constraints faced by thermal power enterprises and promote the transformation of their functions to improve the power supply flexibility of these enterprises; (3) When the proportion of thermal power generation in the city's electricity generation is higher, the number of thermal power enterprises participating in carbon emission rights trading is greater, and the total volume of carbon emission rights trading is larger, the effect of enhancing electricity consumption efficiency becomes stronger; (4) The carbon emission rights trading policy not only promotes the improvement of electricity efficiency but also boosts the economic growth of the city and reduces the air pollution level. …”
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Label-free optical biosensors in the pandemic era by Nava Giovanni, Zanchetta Giuliano, Giavazzi Fabio, Buscaglia Marco

“…The availability of a new generation of analytical tools enabling a more accurate understanding of bio-molecular processes or the development of distributed diagnostic devices with improved performance is now in greater demand and more clearly envisioned, but not yet achieved. …”
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Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism by Froylán Correa, Miguel Bartorila, Mónica Ribeiro-Palacios, Gerardo I. Pérez-Soto, Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz

“…Active Mobility (AM) currently presents an opportunity to change the paradigm of the competitive and dispersed city created by motorized mobility, revaluing the role of walking and cycling in generating more sustainable urban ecosystems. This article addresses the challenges and opportunities for AM to contribute to the regeneration of urban systems and the capacity for anticipation. …”
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Identification of the allelic state of the flood tolerance gene (Sub-1A) in rice breeding samples by N. N. Vozhzhova, O. S. Zhogaleva, A. Yu. Dubina, P. I. Kostylev

“…The trend towards the greening of agriculture throughout the world and in Russia is becoming more and more stable. In order to combat weeds using an environmentally friendly herbicide-free technology, it is necessary to increase the water layer on simultaneous surviving rice plants. …”
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The Consumer Is Always Right: Research Needs on Sensory Perception of Mushroom-Enriched Meat Products by Erick Saldaña, Juan D. Rios-Mera

“…However, little has been explored regarding consumer opinions for the generation of sensory terms to characterize mushrooms or mushroom-enriched meat products, which may be relevant for the purposes of reformulating healthier and more sustainable meat products. …”
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Modeling and optimization of renewable hydrogen systems: A systematic methodological review and machine learning integration by M.D. Mukelabai, E.R. Barbour, R.E. Blanchard

“…The practicability of socio-economic objective functions is also assessed, proposing that the more comprehensive Levelized Value Addition (LVA) is best suited for inclusion into models. …”
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Natural sounds can be reconstructed from human neuroimaging data using deep neural network representation. by Jong-Yun Park, Mitsuaki Tsukamoto, Misato Tanaka, Yukiyasu Kamitani

“…Although decoding visual content from functional MRI (fMRI) has seen significant success, reconstructing arbitrary sounds remains challenging due to the fine temporal structure of auditory signals and the coarse temporal resolution of fMRI. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Pressure Platform and Insole Devices for Plantar Pressure Assessment by Catarina M. Amaro, Maria F. Paulino, Sara Valvez, Luis Roseiro, Maria António Castro, Ana M. Amaro

“…Foot plantar pressure refers to the pressure or force that the foot generates in contact with the ground, varying across different regions of the foot. …”
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Dual targeting of the mitochondrial Lon peptidase 1 and the chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity as a potential therapeutic strategy in malignant astrocytoma models by Christopher Douglas, Shashi Jain, Naomi Lomeli, Javier Lepe, Kaijun Di, Nitesh Kumar Nandwana, Adil Shareef Mohammed, Thao Vu, James Pham, Maria Cristina Kenney, Bhaskar Das, Daniela A. Bota

“…Using gain- and loss-of-function genetic models, we discovered that LonP1 is both necessary and sufficient to drive BT317 drug sensitivity in established and patient-derived glioma stem-like cells by generating ROS and inducing apoptosis. …”
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Multisensory objects’ role on creativity by Amandine Cimier, Beatrice Biancardi, Jérome Guegan, Frédéric Segonds, Fabrice Mantelet, Camille Jean, Claude Gazo, Stéphanie Buisine

“…Object manipulation may support embodied cognition during a generative creative phase (emergence of motor, spatial, emotional ideas, etc.) then exploratory phase (creative fixation, development of a functional creation, etc.). …”
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Possibilities of Physical Medicine in the Treatment of Median Nerve Paralysis – Case Report by Jarosław Pasek, Grzegorz Cieślar, Tomasz Pasek

“…The recent years this is the dynamic development of method from physical medicine which more and more often help led treatment. Case Report. …”
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Codeswitching – Ergebnisse einer Studie in der albanischen Sprachgruppe in Deutschland und der Schweiz by Naxhi Selimi, Basil Schader, Andrea Cantieni

“…Abstract (English) Code-switching in the Albanian community in Germany and Switzerland, which has existed for more than five decades and now comprises three generations (G1-G3), has not been explored sufficiently. …”
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In-silico study of bacterial keratinase and optimization of extraction procedure for keratin from Country chicken and Indian blue rock pigeon feathers by Sathvika Kamaraj, Suneetha Vuppu

“…This extraction procedure is significantly more cost-effective and yields more keratin than earlier approaches. …”
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Calorimetric Measurements of a High-Power RF Signal by R. V. Budaragin, Z. Ju. Salasenko, A. D. Serov, I. A. Tsvetkova

“…The parameters of the cooling system were determined based on minimizing the time to achieve thermal equilibrium (time to establish readings) and the set parameters (input temperature no more than 35 °С, temperature difference no more than 40 °С). …”
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