Assessing Roles of Aggregate Structure on Hydraulic Properties of Saline/Sodic Soils in Coastal Reclaimed Areas by Yuanhang Fei, Dongli She, Shengqiang Tang, Hongde Wang, Xiaoqin Sun, Xiao Han, Dongdong Liu

“…In this study, a total of 90 soil samples from various reclaimed years (2007, 1960, and 1940) and land use patterns (cropland, grassland, forestland, and wasteland) were taken to analyze the quantitative effects of soil saline/sodic characteristics and the aggregate structure on SHPs through pedotransfer functions (PTFs). …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Interviews explored perceptions of the different models of general practice care, positive and negative consequences of different ways of working, how different models of care influence staff experiences, job satisfaction and resident and family experiences, and the underlying structures, processes and values that perpetuate these models. …”
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Umbrella Refinement of Ensembles—An Alternative View of Ensemble Optimization by Johannes Stöckelmaier, Tümay Capraz, Chris Oostenbrink

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Does Price Really Matter for Generic Alternatives? Supervised learning Approaches in Deciding the Right Price for Acceptable Quality Attributes of Amlodipine Besylate among Generic... by Laltanpuii Chenkual, Mahindran Mariyappan, Dimple S. Lalchandani, Khajapeer Shaikh, Pavan Kumar Sathala, Pawan Kumar Porwal

“…In this work, machine learning-based classification models were developed with respect to the quality attributes of 258 samples covering 9 marketed amlodipine (AMLO) formulations. …”
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The Effect Polychronicity on Employee Engagement by Sahat Andalan Juliwan Saputra Tarihoran, Muhammad Donal Mon, Evi Silvana Muchsinati 

“…This study examines the role of compensation as a moderating variable to test how polychronicity and job satisfaction influence employee engagement in the hospitality business. Purposive sampling and procedure were employed in the survey method data collection for the quantitive investigation. …”
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Potential role of hemopexin in venous thromboembolism (VTE) mediated through effects on apoptosis-related proteins by Jun-li Zhuang, Xiao-hui Yu, Hua-gang Liu, Peng Tang, Hong-ping Deng, Jie Li, Jiang-qiao Zhou, Zhong-jun Zhang

“…This study aimed to identify critical factors underlying VTE.Methods: The isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) method was applied to identify differentially expressed proteins in plasma samples from patients with VTE and healthy volunteers. …”
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Factors driving the biomass and species richness of desert plants in northern Xinjiang China. by Cheng Fei, Yi Qiang Dong, Sha Zhou An

“…In the present study, There were 527 sampling sites, and each sampling site contained approximately 9 quadrats. …”
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Hydraulic characteristics of sedimentary deposits at the J-PARC proton-accelerator, Japan by Marui Atsunao, H. Gallardo Adrian

“…Hydraulic characteristics of sediments were investigated at J-PARC for the purpose of site characterization in relation with the construction of Japan's largest proton-accelerator. A total of 340 samples extracted from 9 exploratory wells were examined by standard laboratory tests and complemented with statistical analyses to quantitatively determine the main terrain attributes. …”
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Predicting Thermochemical Equilibria with Interacting Defects: Sr_{1−x}Ce_{x}MnO_{3−δ} Alloys for Water Splitting by Anuj Goyal, Michael D. Sanders, Ryan P. O’Hayre, Stephan Lany

“…Developing a mechanistic understanding of the behavior of materials on the basis of atomistic models and first-principles calculations is an important part of advancing the technology. …”
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Impact of Green Advertising on Consumer Purchase Intentions in the Beverage Industry: The Moderating Role of Product Quality by Arif Ashraf, Naveed Khalid, Ebad-ur-Rehman, Ayesha Saleem, Muhammad Rafay Bakhtiyar

“…Data were gathered from 284 respondents through a close-ended questionnaire using, non-probability, purposive sampling. The responses were analyzed through SMART-PLS 4.0 software, employing Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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The role of proactive attitude and employee engagement in mediating the effect of perceived organizational Support and workplace spirituality on public servant performance in Indon... by Sih Darmi Astuti, Ni Kadek Suryani

“…Structural equation modeling techniques were used to analyze the hypothesis by adopting AMOS version 26. …”
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Inactivation of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Campylobacter jejuni in a Restructured Beef Jerky Developed for Production in Ethiopia by Arie Havelaar, Barbara B Kowalcyk, Chad Carr, Jason M Scheffler, Jessica Anne Brown, Taylor O'Bannon

“…Nonlinear predictive models were fit to the inactivation data, revealing an inverse sigmoidal curve for S. enterica and concave downward curves for E. coli and Campylobacter. …”
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Viability studies of bacterial strains exposed to nitrogen oxides and light in controlled atmospheric conditions by Elena Gatta, Elena Abd El, Marco Brunoldi, Muhammad Irfan, Tommaso Isolabella, Dario Massabò, Franco Parodi, Paolo Prati, Virginia Vernocchi, Federico Mazzei

“…The goal of these experiments was to quantitively study how the culturability of these bacteria is affected by exposure to NO, NO2, and light. …”
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A data-driven approach to predict fracture intensity using machine learning for presalt carbonate reservoirs: A feasibility study in the Mero Field, Santos Basin, Brazil by Eberton Rodrigues de Oliveira Neto, Fábio Júnior Damasceno Fernandes, Tuany Younis Abdul Fatah, Raquel Macedo Dias, Zoraida Roxana Tejada da Piedade, Antonio Fernando Menezes Freire, Wagner Moreira Lupinacci

“…However, previous studies rely excessively on conceptual models and typically do not integrate multiple types of data to perform such task. …”
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A novel principle of frequency characteristics-based current differential protection for outgoing lines of wind farms by Bingran Wang, Zengping Wang

“…The results of the dynamic experiment, which relies on physical models, demonstrated the correctness of the theoretical analysis and the high performance of the proposed protection scheme. …”
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Novel antibody reagents for characterization of drug- and tumor microenvironment-induced changes in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells. by Tony Navas, Thomas D Pfister, Simona Colantonio, Amina Aziz, Lynda Dieckman, Richard G Saul, Jan Kaczmarczyk, Suzanne Borgel, Sergio Y Alcoser, Melinda G Hollingshead, Young H Lee, Donald P Bottaro, Tara Hiltke, Gordon Whiteley, Naoko Takebe, Robert J Kinders, Ralph E Parchment, Joseph E Tomaszewski, James H Doroshow

“…Similarly, our new anti-CD133 antibody enabled detection and quantitation of drug-induced reductions in CD133-positive tumor cells following treatment of SUM149PT triple-negative breast cancer xenograft models with the CSC/focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor VS-6063. …”
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Elevation of intact and proteolytic fragments of acute phase proteins constitutes the earliest systemic antiviral response in HIV-1 infection. by Holger B Kramer, Kerry J Lavender, Li Qin, Andrea R Stacey, Michael K P Liu, Katalin di Gleria, Alison Simmons, Nancy Gasper-Smith, Barton F Haynes, Andrew J McMichael, Persephone Borrow, Benedikt M Kessler

“…A proteomics-based screen was performed on a cohort from whom samples were available at time points prior to the earliest positive HIV detection. …”
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Target Recognition Method Based on Graph Structure Perception of Invariant Features for SAR Images by Jingyi CAO, Yang ZHANG, Ya’nan YOU, Yamin WANG, Feng YANG, Weijia REN, Jun LIU

“…Specifically, to support essential feature extraction in each branch, we design a feature-guided graph feature perception module based on multilevel essential feature modeling. This module uses salient points for target feature analysis and comprises a target ontology feature enhancement unit, an environment feature sampling unit, and a context-based adaptive fusion update unit. …”
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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic assessment of oral nicotinamide in the NEAT clinical trial for early Alzheimer’s disease by Gabriel L Ketron, Felix Grun, Joshua D Grill, Howard H Feldman, Robert A Rissman, Gregory J Brewer

“…Abstract Background Nicotinamide, a form of B3 vitamin, is an NAD+ precursor that reduces pTau231 levels via histone deacetylase inhibition in murine models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A recent phase 2a randomized placebo-controlled trial tested high-dose oral nicotinamide for the treatment of early AD. …”
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Geographical distribution and phenotypic characterization of Malin sheep in three selected states of Peninsular Malaysia by Siti Nabilah Mahdzar, Mohd Aftar Abu Bakar, Nadiatur Akmar Zulkifli, Mahanem Mat Noor, Mohd Hafiz Abdul Rahman, Norfarhan Mohd-Assa’ad, Shairah Abdul Razak

“…Data were then collected from 15 studied locations in Pahang, Perak, and Kelantan via purposive sampling. Six qualitative traits and seven morphometric traits were recorded for 152 Malin sheep. …”
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