Research on glass imitation jade culture in the ancient Chinese Silk Road by Sai Huang, Ziyi Wang, Junyi Zhu

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Enhancement of high-quality cinnamon quill production through agronomic approaches: a review by Hashitha Nayananjalee Aluthgamage, D.L.C. Kumari Fonseka, Niluka Nakandalage

“…Even today, cinnamon plays an important role in the Sri Lankan economy, being the fourth export agricultural crop that acquires a considerable amount of foreign exchange to the country. …”
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Quantifying monochromatic and polychromatic optical blur anisotropy in the periphery of myopes and emmetropes using a radial asymmetry metric by Chloe Degre Kendrick, Dibyendu Pusti, Geunyoung Yoon

“…PurposeThe goal of this study is to characterize peripheral blur anisotropy resulting from monochromatic and chromatic aberrations along multiple meridians of myopic and emmetropic eyes using a newly developed quantitative metric.MethodsA scanning Shack-Hartmann-based wavefront sensor was used to measure lower- and higher-order monochromatic aberrations along the horizontal and vertical meridians of 20 healthy adult subjects (10 myopes, and 10 emmetropes). …”
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Accelerated Orthodontic Canine Retraction Using Minimally Invasive Orthocision by Omar Chawshli, Zana Omer, Omed Ikram

“…The contralateral side of each patient used as a control for the experimental side with vertical incisions and decortication of bone with piezo knife both mesial and distal to the retracted canine after alignment and before starting retraction with power chain on 0.017*0.025 inch stainless steel wire. …”
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Analysis Winds Data from ASCAT and SAR Backscatter using Statistical and Modeling Methods during Tropical Cyclone Anggrek (2024) in Indian Ocean by Amabel Amedea Santoso Annisa, Wicaksono Ashari

“…The results of the analysis show that this adjustment can reduce the SAR and ASCAT wind errors and show lower bias values. This research is expected to help the use of CMOD7D adjustment for wind speed analysis during tropical cyclones. …”
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Abnormal Respiratory Symptoms of Workers and Sampling of Organic Vapors Using Solid-phase Microextraction Devices in a Golf Ball Manufacturing Factory by Wen-Hsi Cheng, Nai-Yu Chen

“…Due to lighter weight and lower cost than the traditional charcoal tube, which has to be connected to a sampling pump, therefore, NTS should be promoted as a routine VOC monitoring device in the workplace.…”
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Phytochemical Constituents, Antimicrobial activities and Isolation of Eupatorin from the Seed Extract of <i>L. inermis</i> LINN by R.S. Ochu, H. Ibrahim, A.O. Oyewale

“…The antimicrobial screening and activities of the crude extracts were observed against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia with a zones of inhibition ranging from 12-26 mm which were however lower than the standard drug (Ciprofloxacin) with 28-30 mm. …”
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Experimental Investigations of the Resistance Performance of Commercial Cylinder Filters and Effect Factors under Humid Airflows by Shuang Zhang, Wanyi Zhang, Tailong He, Huan Zhao, Zhongping Lin

“…Abstract Experiments were performed to summarize the variations in the resistance of commercial cylinder filters applied in the air intake filtration systems of gas power plants under humid airflows. Seven clean cylinder filters composed of various materials (including synthetic, wood cellulose, nanofibers, and polyester fibers) are subjected to the airflow containing water mist. …”
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INTERNAL AUDIT PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS: INSIGHTS FROM SMES IN KWARA STATE by Saheed Lawal, Abdulkadri Toyin Alabi

“… The tenacious cases of anomalies in corporate organizations, producing at higher cost with consequently lower profit margin especially among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have raised several questions on the presence of internal audit unit. …”
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Proverbs Attributed to Humans and Nonhumans in the Beja Language (Sudan) by Mohamed-Tahir Hamid Ahmed

“…It shows that Beja proverbs have the power to express a personal point of view, although they are allusively attributed to the whole community by the Beja themselves. …”
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Hyperbolic Graph Convolutional Network Relation Extraction Model Combining Dependency Syntax and Contrastive Learning by Jinzhe Li

“…Abstract In current relation extraction tasks, when the input sentence structure is complex, the performance of in-context learning methods based on large language model is still lower than that of traditional pre-train fine-tune models. …”
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Driving Motivation in Irish Language Learning: An analysis of variation in post-primary pupil attitudes to Irish in the Growing Up in Ireland study by Emily Barnes, Joe Condon, Ann Devitt, Noel Ó Murchadha

“…The paper uses data from Growing Up in Ireland, the national longitudinal study of the well-being and development of children and young people in Ireland, to explore factors influencing young people’s motivation in relation to learning the Irish language, controlling for overall engagement with schooling.  Using data from over 7000 students surveyed at two time points, the findings suggest that young people’s attitudes to learning Irish remain relatively stable over time, from primary to post-primary.  …”
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Examining the role of ClassPoint tool in shaping EFL students' perceived E-learning experiences: A social cognitive theory perspective by Huma Akram, Abbas Hussein Abdelrady

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Characterization and Pickering emulsifying ability of Adinandra nitida leaf polysaccharides by Yingxuan Zhou, Lu Bai, Sheng Geng, Benguo Liu

“…ANP possessed a reducing power and ABTS radical scavenging ability. ANP could also reduce the interfacial tension between medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and water in a concentration-dependent manner, demonstrating its emulsifying role. …”
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ESC PWM Fullbridge Motor DC Berbasis Arduino by budi pramono jati, Jenny Putri Hapsari

“…The ESC parts consist of: fullbridge switching inverter, PWM signal generator, Arduino, Arduino sketch software, SMPS power supply. The ESC is built using 8 130A 200V MOSFETs, with a duty cycle varying from 0 -100%.…”
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Evaluating the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Web Survey Response Rates in the UK Millennium Cohort Study by Charlotte Booth, Erica Wong, Matt Brown, Emla Fitzsimons

“… A major objective for longitudinal studies is retaining participants over time. The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is the largest on-going nationally representative study of young people in the UK (N = 18,818). …”
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Toward the Language MOOC (LMOOC’s) low dropout rate: The control-value theory of persistency in LMOOC (CVTPLMOOC) by Amir Reza Rahimi, Babak Daneshvar Ghorbani

“…To remedy this problem, previous LMOOC studies applied motivational, self-regulation, and technology acceptance theories; however, for the sake of persistence in this context, the term persistence needs to be addressed. …”
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Earthquake-based multi-hazard resilience assessment: a case study of Istanbul, Turkey (neighborhood level) by Saman Ghaffarian, Mahyat Shafapourtehrany, Umut Lagap, Maryna Batur, Haluk Özener, Rıza Evren Kılcı, Himmet Karaman

“…The results reveal that Istanbul’s overall Resilience Score (RS) is 0.48, on a 0-1 scale, suggesting a moderate capacity to endure and recover from seismic events. …”
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Physiological analysis of cognitive load variations during complex information processing by Allan Armougum, Alexandre Gaston-Bellegarde, Chantal Joie-La Marle, Pascale Piolino

“…With rise in expertise of the investigated train station, participants showed equal or higher cognitive load than participants with lower expertise level, from encoding to recognition phase of the experiment, suggesting an expertise reversal effect. …”
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Potential Application of Porous Oxide Ceramics and Composites in Concentrated Solar Technologies by Gözde Alkan, Peter Mechnich, Ferdinand Flucht, Christian Willsch

“…Concentrated solar thermal technology (CST) using solid particles as integrated thermal absorptance, transport, and storage medium offers higher storage densities and lower storage costs. In this application, ceramic particles are heated up rapidly in solar receivers up to 1000 °C and carried to the heat exchanger to generate hot air or steam. …”
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