Characterization, biochemical defense mechanisms, and antifungal activities of chitosan nanoparticle-encapsulated spinach seed essential oil by Hajar Soleimani, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, Mustafa Ghanadian

“…Characterization of the SSEO-LCNPs revealed a spherical morphology, an average diameter of 116.2 nm, and a surface that is negatively charged, with an average zeta potential of −27.7 mV. …”
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Reliable B cell epitope predictions: impacts of method development and improved benchmarking. by Jens Vindahl Kringelum, Claus Lundegaard, Ole Lund, Morten Nielsen

“…Similarly, the average AUC performance on an independent evaluation data set improved from 0.712 to 0.727. …”
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Spatial Distribution, Source Apportionment, and Pollution Assessment of Toxic Metals Around Agricultural Soils Based on APCS-MLR Receptor Modelling: A Case Study of the Northern Sl... by Buasi Nueraihemaiti, Halidan Asaiduli, Abudugheni Abliz, Panqing Ye, Xianhe Liu

“…The average ranking of toxic metal content is as follows: Zn > Cr > Pb > Cu > Hg > as. …”
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Interannual Variations of Water and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes over a Semiarid Alpine Steppe on the Tibetan Plateau by Yang Liu, Huizhi Liu, Fengquan Li, Qun Du, Lujun Xu, Yaohui Li

“…The results show that the average ET for the growing season ranged from 1.1 to 2.4 mm/d with an average of 2.0 mm/d for the four consecutive years. …”
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Evaluation and Mapping of Snow Characteristics Using Remote Sensing Data in Astore River Basin, Pakistan by Ihsan Ullah Khan, Mudassar Iqbal, Zeshan Ali, Abu Bakar Arshed, Mo Wang, Rana Muhammad Adnan

“…The results show that the average snow-cover area in the Astore river basin, in the upper indus basin, ranges from 94% in winter to 20% in summer. …”
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Can Scanning Electron Microscopy be used to quantitatively measure dentine roughness? by Shivaughn Maria Marchan, Marsha Ivey, Amrita Rajhbeharrysingh, Kelee Bascombe

“…Ra (average roughness) readings were obtained for profilometric assessment. …”
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Ridge method of sowing crops on drained lands by Y. I. Mitrofanov, O. N. Antsiferova

“…The yield increase was obtained both due to an increase in the number of productive stems by 17.8 % (on average in crops), and due to a higher grain mass in the ear (panicle) – by 10.0 %. …”
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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ORAL LIQUID IN CHILDREN WITH MALOCCLUSION AND DIFFERENT ENAMEL RESISTANCE by N.I. Smolyar, M.Ju. Lesytskiy, T.Yu. Lysak

“…At the same time, the possibility of access of mineral elements to the surface of the enamel significantly worsens in case of increased viscosity and decreased rate of saliva secretion of oral fluid. …”
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Meteorological regime of the Sygyktinsky Glacier (the Kodar Ridge) during the ablation period by E. Y. Osipov, O. P. Osipova, O. V. Vasilenko

“…We found significant statistical relationships between the daily ablation (29 mm day–1 on average) and relative humidity as well as with incoming shortwave radiation and cloud cover. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanofibers Grown on Powdered Activated Carbon by Yehya M. Ahmed, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Ahmad T. Jameel, Ma’an Fahmi R. AlKhatib, Mutiu K. Amosa, Mohammed A. AlSaadi

“…The PAC surface area increased from 101 m2/g to 837 m2/g after the growth of CNF. …”
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GIS-driven evaluation of energy infrastructure vulnerability to coastal inundation in Qatar by Abderraouf Hzami, Sa’d Shannak, Esmat Zaidan, Azzam Abu-Rayash

“…Abstract Rising average sea levels and increasingly extreme conditions pose serious threats to low-lying coastal areas due to various coastal hazards. …”
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C2FAU-Net: A Deep Learning Approach with Multi-scale Strategy for Automated Delineation of Organs-at-risk in Cervical Cancer High-dose Rate Brachytherapy by Man Zhao, Wenfeng He, Jingjing Dai, Yaoqin Xie, Zhijian Chen, Nanjie Xiao, Dongjie Chen, Shupeng Liu, Xiaokun Liang, Chenbin Liu

“…To assess the delineation performance, we employed the volumetric dice similarity coefficient (DSC), 95th percentile Hausdorff Distance (HD95), average symmetric surface distance (ASSD), precision, and recall. …”
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NMR and SEM fractal dimensions explore shale pore structure taking the Upper Paleozoic shale in Ordos Basin as an example. by Keying Zhao, Zhanghua Zhang

“…Fractal dimension analysis of SEM images reveals that the shale pores of the Shanxi Formation can be divided into organic pores, inter-granular pores and micro-fractures. The average diameter of nano-scale pores is 17.13 nm to 67.65 nm, the surface porosity is 5.75% to 9.37%, and the proportion of micro-fractures is 0.36% to 0.72%, with an average value of 0.53%. …”
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Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation by Chaohui Chen, Yindong Zhang, Yihan Lou, Ziyi Tang, Pin Wang, Tangao Hu

“…Urbanization has led to an increase in impervious areas and, consequently, an increase in the surface runoff volume and runoff rate. This has exacerbated urban flooding and highlighted the importance of modeling urban hydrological processes. …”
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A model for calculating beta exposure doses to tracheobronchial cells during movement of a point source by V. S. Repin

“…The results of calculations showed, that as far as the generation number increasing, the average irradiation doses of the type 1 cells are 10 or more times greater than those of the type 2 cells. …”
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Analysis of Clinical Study Results Obtained in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in 2005–2020. Review by N. A. Gavrilova, N. S. Gadzhieva, O. E. Tishchenko, A. V. Zinov’eva

“…When analyzing the degree of convenience and the level of tolerance of drugs, a tendency towards a decrease in the average scores of these indicators in patients with advanced stage of glaucoma was noted, which may be due to the long-term use of antiglaucoma therapy in this category of patients with changes in the ocular surface. 98.25% of doctors expressed their intention to continue prescribing antiglaucoma drugs from Sentiss Russ.…”
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EFFECTS OF MOBILE- AND FIXED-BEARING TIBIAL INSERTS ON CLINICAL RESULTS OF KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY by Mehmet Fevzi Çakmak, Levent Horoz

“…Result: When comparing the MB and FB designs, the MB group has 106 cases with an average age of 63.1±8.0, and the FB group has 116 cases with an average age of 63.9±7.0 years; no significant difference was observed between the groups. …”
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DEM-FEM Simulation of Double Compaction of Cu and Al Composite Metal Powders with Multiple Particle Sizes by Wenchao Wang, Yuanbo Zhao, Mengyao Weng, Kangxing Dong, Hui Qi, Wenzhe Wang, Chongming Li

“…The results show that the average relative density of the compact increases with the Al content, and the stress decreases. …”
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Structural transformation of MnTiO3 with manganese dioxide and titanium dioxide influenced by solid-state calcination kinetics by Ritushree Shaily, Abhishek Prasad, Kuldeep Kumar, Dilip Kumar Meena

“…The stress and energy density, i.e., 0.128 GPa and 2.94 MJm−3, respectively, were obtained by the Uniform Deformation Energy Density Model. The surface morphology of the 24-hour calcinated MnTiO3 sample shows that the average particle size is 7.05μm, as obtained by Scanning Electron Microscope.…”
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The effects of armed conflict on natural resources and conservation measures in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia by Hailemariam Meaza, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes, Zbelo Tesfamariam, Girmay Gebresamuel, Biadgilgn Demissie, Dawit Gebregziabher, Jan Nyssen

“…We found that vegetated landscapes were damaged by artillery fire and bombings. The average depth of the surveyed bomb craters along the asphalts was 1.15 ± 0.47 m (n = 16), whereas the average surface diameter of the craters and their rim was 2.66± 0.67 m. …”
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