Potential Suitable Area Change and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Robinia pseudoacacia Plantation under Climate Change Scenario by MA Yunlei, HAN Lei, WANG Nana, MA Jun, WANG Yuan, MA Shijie

“…［Objective］ Robinia pseudoacacia, as the main afforestation tree species in China, plays an important role in improving the ecological environment and increasing carbon storage to alleviate climate change. This paper predicts the spatial and temporal changes of the suitable area distribution and carbon storage of Robinia pseudoacacia forest under different emission scenarios in the future, and analyzes its carbon sequestration potential, so as to provide scientific basis for regional plantation development planning and sustainable management. …”
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Recent Progress in Diatom Research in the Yangtze River Basin by Hui Liu, Xiangqun Wu, Xu Chen

“…Based on limnological investigations of lakes in the Yangtze River Basin, diatom-based conductivity and total phosphorus (TP) transfer functions have been developed for quantitative reconstruction of past conductivity and TP in the water column. …”
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Analysis of Science Learning Outcomes on Matter and Its Changes in Seventh-Grade MTs Students Reviewed from Gender Differences by Fatimah Az-Zahro, Dian Nugraheni, Aisyah Az-Zahro, Isnanik Juni Fitriyah, Yayuk Mulyati, Erti Hamimi

“… This study investigates science learning outcomes on the topic Matter and Its Changes among seventh-grade students at MTs, with a focus on gender differences. …”
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Organizational Readiness for Change: A Case Study on Change Drivers and Inhibitors from Oman’s Health Professions Education Institutions by Nada Al Moosa, Deena AL Asfoor, Reem AL Alawi

“…Methodology: a mixed method case study approach was conducted during the period of August 2017 to March 2019. For the quantitative part of the study, the authors used the Organizational Change Readiness Assessment OCRA tool to explore the barriers and drivers regarding change implementation experienced by employees at (OCHS) during a period of transition. …”
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Romance is not dead, it’s changing: A grounded theory inquiry investigating the changing views of monogamy among Canadian adolescents. by Hughes, A.

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Changes in bullying behavior through agents of change using the balinese fable animation "Tat Twam Asi" in Jembrana regency by Putu Sukma Megaputri, Putu Dian Prima Kusuma Dewi, Made Bayu Oka Widiarta, Made Padmarani Sudewiputri

“…This was followed by a quantitative phase, involving 930 students across 23 selected schools. …”
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Penser l'économie du cinéma by Claude Forest

“…Quantitative data allow the economist to approach a study seriously because it relies on facts and not on feelings or impressions which are not compatible with scientific analysis. …”
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Present and Future of the E-Learning in Economics Schools and Faculties by T. Casasús Estellés, A. Ivars Escortell, M.I. López Rodríguez

“…The changes in curricula carried out in Spain in the last decade have boosted access to these faculties’ degrees for all kind of students. …”
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Longitudinal Follow‐Up of Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Using Quantitative 23Na and 1H MRI by Teresa Gerhalter, Benjamin Marty, Lena V. Gast, Frank Roemer, Pierre‐Yves Baudin, Regina Trollmann, Michael Uder, Pierre G. Carlier, Armin M. Nagel

“…ABSTRACT Background Quantitative muscle MRI commonly evaluates disease activity and muscle wasting in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). …”
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Alterations in whole muscle quality and physiological cross-sectional area measured with quantitative MRI following ACL injury by Meredith K. Owen, Lauren Richardson, Darren L. Johnson, Moriel H. Vandsburger, Thorsten Feiweier, Katherine L. Thompson, Christopher S. Fry, Peter A. Hardy, Brian Noehren

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Role of AI and 3D quantitative computed tomography in obstructive airway diseases in correlation with pulmonary function tests by Amira Abdalla saad, Ahmed M. Osman, Hossam M. Abdelhamid, Mai Mohammad Sedik

“…Abstract Background Chronic obstructive airway diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, are distinguished by airflow limitation due to inflammatory changes. Aim of the study To evaluate the usefulness of artificial intelligence (AI) and three-dimensional (3D) quantitative computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of lung volume, the wall thickness of the airway, the volume of emphysematous changes, and the verification of the relation between the structural changes of the bronchial tree and the airflow limitation in patients with obstructive airway diseases in correlation with pulmonary function tests (PFT). …”
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Computed tomography-derived quantitative imaging biomarkers enable the prediction of disease manifestations and survival in patients with systemic sclerosis by Gabriela Riemekasten, Felix Nensa, Hanna Grasshoff, René Hosch, Malte Maria Sieren, Lennart Berkel, Jörg Barkhausen, Roman Kloeckner, Franz Wegner

“…This study aims to extract quantitative BC imaging biomarkers from CT scans to assess disease severity, define BC phenotypes, track changes over time and predict survival.Materials and methods CT exams were extracted from a prospectively maintained cohort of 452 SSc patients. 128 patients with at least one CT exam were included. …”
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Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of BHK-21 Cells Infected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype Asia 1. by Hui-Chen Guo, Ye Jin, Shi-Chong Han, Shi-Qi Sun, Yan-Quan Wei, Xian-Ji Liu, Xia Feng, Ding Xiang Liu, Xiang-Tao Liu

“…Stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) was used to quantitatively study the host cell gene expression profile, in order to achieve an unbiased overview of the protein expression changes in BHK-21 cells infected with FMDV serotype Asia 1. …”
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Repeatability and Reproducibility of Quantitative Corneal Shape Analysis after Orthokeratology Treatment Using Image-Pro Plus Software by Ying Mei, Zhiping Tang, Zhouyue Li, Xiao Yang

“…To evaluate the repeatability and reproducibility of quantitative analysis of the morphological corneal changes after orthokeratology treatment using “Image-Pro Plus 6.0” software (IPP). …”
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Pleiotropic expression quantitative trait loci are enriched in enhancers and transcription factor binding sites and impact more genes by Aitor González, Pascale Paul

“…Integrating expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) enables the discovery of pleiotropic gene regulatory variants that influence a wide range of traits and disease susceptibilities. …”
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Increased Brain Iron Deposition in the Putamen in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detected by Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping by Jing Li, Qihao Zhang, Nan Zhang, Lingfei Guo

“…T2DM patients showed increased susceptibility values in the putamen and had declines in executive functions, but the linear association between them was not statistically significant. Changes in susceptibility values in the putamen indicated increased iron deposition and might be used as a quantitative imaging marker of central nervous system injury in T2DM patients. …”
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Quantitative ultrastructural characteristics of the mitochondria network of ventricular muscle cells during prenatal ontogeny under the chronic hypoxia by M. V. Ivanchenko

“…We have studied a quantitative ultrastructural analysis of the formation and reactions of the mitochondria network in rat muscle cells during prenatal ontogeny under the chronic hypoxia in the experiment. …”
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A novel potential measurement indicator with objective and quantitative effect for trigeminal neuralgia: fractional anisotropy in MR-DTI by Zhongshuai Ma, Xu Su, Xu Su, Zhengming Wang, Zhijia Wang, Min Cheng, Yu Tian, Chao Du

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Towards assessing cortical bone porosity using low-frequency quantitative acoustics: A phantom-based study. by Florian Vogl, Benjamin Bernet, Daniele Bolognesi, William R Taylor

“…This work therefore investigated the sensitivity of low-frequency quantitative acoustics to changes in porosity as well as individual pore characteristics using specifically designed cortical bone phantoms.…”
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Direct observation and quantitative characterization of chemotactic behaviors in Caribbean coral larvae exposed to organic and inorganic settlement cues by Koumudhi Deshpande, Daniel Gysbers, Joaquin Yus, Daan van Bendegom, Emily Nixon, Rayna McClintock, Zachary A. Quinlan, Kristen L. Marhaver, Linda Wegley Kelly, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Amy J. Wagoner Johnson, Gabriel Juarez

“…The behavioral and morphological changes exhibited by individual larvae were investigated as well. …”
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