Variability in grain, flour, functional properties and protein profiling in newly developed wheat genotypes grown in temperate climate of Western Himalayas by Taha Mukhtar, Abida Jabeen, Syed Zameer Hussain, Raashid Ahmad Siddiqi, Shabir H. Wani, Anju Mahendru-Singh, Tawheed Amin, Quraazah A. Amin, Mohmad Sayeed Bhat

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Effect of management system and dietary seasonal variability on environmental efficiency and human net food supply of mountain dairy farming systems by Thomas Zanon, Stefan Hörtenhuber, Greta Fichter, Giovanni Peratoner, Werner Zollitsch, Markus Gatterer, Matthias Gauly

“…For the present analysis, we used a dataset with information on feed intake and diet composition, as well as animal productivity at the individual cow level and farm management data based on multiyear data recording. …”
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WHAT IF PRICES CHANGE? ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST MARKET SEGMENTS' COMPOSITION IN THE FACE OF INFLATION FLUCTUATIONS by Jesús Barreal Pernas, Julio Vena Oya, Juan Antonio Parilla González

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INTERLAMINAR STRESS ANALYSIS OF INCOMPATIBLE GENERALIZED MIXED ELEMENT MODEL FOR COMPOSITE LAMINATES WITH A HOLE by QING Guanghui, WANG Yonggang, WANG Xie

“…Numerical examples demonstrated that the incompatible generalized mixed element could obtain more accurate stress singularity results than the 8-node three-dimensional solid incompatible displacement element results solved by the finite element software Abaqus. …”
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Random forest models highlight early Homo sapiens habitats and their relationship to lithic assemblage composition by Lucy Timbrell, James Blinkhorn, Matt Grove

“…Topographic factors, distance to water and net primary productivity are found to be the most important factors in predicting MSA site locations in eastern Africa, followed by a suite of precipitation and then temperature variables. We find that environmental suitability has a significant impact on overall assemblage composition, suggesting that populations occupying optimal and peripheral zones within the landscapes use distinct artefact types and reduction technologies. …”
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Design of a Real-Time Adaptively Tuned Dynamic Vibration Absorber with a Variable Stiffness Property Using Magnetorheological Elastomer by Toshihiko Komatsuzaki, Yoshio Iwata

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Learning compositional sequences with multiple time scales through a hierarchical network of spiking neurons. by Amadeus Maes, Mauricio Barahona, Claudia Clopath

“…The hierarchical model redistributes the variability: it achieves high motif fidelity at the cost of higher variability in the between-motif timings.…”
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Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Sleep Variables: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2005–2008 by R. Constance Wiener, Anoop Shankar

“…We found that snoring more than 5 nights per week, daytime sleepiness, and an additive composite score of sleep variables were associated with high serum uric acid in the age- , sex-adjusted model and in a multivariable model adjusting for demographic and lifestyle/behavioral risk factors. …”
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Unveiling the Impact of Anaerobic Soccer Training and Small-Sided Games on Soccer Player’s Body Composition by Mochammad Ilham Ramadhani, David Agus Prianto, I Dewa Made Aryananda Wijaya Kusuma, Dewa Ayu Praba Amustikarani, Alex Aldha Yudi, Ketut Chandra Adinata Kusuma

“…Additionally, AnST led to more substantial increases in SMM and TBW (p < 0.05), while no marked difference in BW was observed between groups. …”
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A Taguchi-based study on the control factors of reinforced composites with the fiber of coir and pineapple leaves by Md Firoz Kabir, Md Alamgir Hossain, Md Nazmus Sakib, Md Waliullah Shadhin, Md Ariful Alam

“…The use of composite materials, whether metallic or non-metallic, is becoming more popular nowadays because of some of their superior characteristics compared to the use of wood and metallic materials alone. …”
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Landscape complexity and edge effects shape bird community composition and filter functional traits in villages by Tamás Lakatos, András Báldi, Zoltán Benkő, Róbert Gallé, Dávid Korányi, István Kovács, Zoltán László, Jenő J. Purger, Krisztina Sándor, Gábor Seress, István Urák, Péter Batáry

“…However, the surrounding landscape and within-village position could determine bird species composition and functional traits. We examined how bird functional traits (diet, nest location, body mass, nestling diet, foraging technique, migration status), species composition, and predation on dummy caterpillars were affected by landscape-scale variables in 64 villages in Hungary and Romania. …”
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A novel machine learning based framework for developing composite digital biomarkers of disease progression by Song Zhai, Andy Liaw, Judong Shen, Yuting Xu, Vladimir Svetnik, James J. FitzGerald, James J. FitzGerald, Chrystalina A. Antoniades, Dan Holder, Marissa F. Dockendorf, Jie Ren, Richard Baumgartner

“…The data consisted of Opal™ sensor-based movement measurements and MDS-UPDRS Part III scores collected at 3-month intervals for 2 years in 30 PD and 10 healthy control participants.ResultsIn our illustrative example, 77 out of 235 digital features from the study passed univariate feature screening, with 11 features selected by PGEE to include in construction of the composite digital measure. Compared to MDS-UPDRS Part III, the composite digital measure exhibited a smoother and more significant increasing trend over time in PD groups with less variability, indicating improved ability for tracking disease progression. …”
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Genomic insights into genetic diversity and seed coat color change in common bean composite populations by Eva Plestenjak, Eva Plestenjak, Mohamed Neji, Lovro Sinkovič, Vladimir Meglič, Barbara Pipan

“…Key GO terms included phosphatidylinositol-biphosphate binding, exocytosis, and vesicle-mediated transport, suggesting a link between cellular transport and pigment deposition in the seed coat.DiscussionThe study demonstrates significant genetic diversity within and among common bean composite populations, with KIS_Amand and SRGB_00366 exhibiting the highest phenotypic and genetic variability. …”
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Correlations Between Body Composition and Aerobic Fitness in Elite Female Youth Water Polo Players by Mark Zamodics, Mate Babity, Gusztav Schay, Tamas Leel-Ossy, Agnes Bucsko-Varga, Panka Kulcsar, Regina Benko, Dora Boroncsok, Alexandra Fabian, Adrienn Ujvari, Zsuzsanna Ladanyi, Dorottya Balla, Hajnalka Vago, Attila Kovacs, Eva Hosszu, Szilvia Meszaros, Csaba Horvath, Bela Merkely, Orsolya Kiss

“…Our results draw attention to the fact that body composition is more precise than weight and height in the evaluation of athletes’ physical fitness.…”
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Sources of variation underlying the production of lactose by dairy cows by J.I. Gargiulo, S.C. Garcia, R.C. Hovey

“…Holsteins had the highest LY and MSY and the lowest LP, whereas Jerseys produced more MSY per unit of LY (MSY:LY ratio). We observed a negative correlation between LY and milk composition variables (fat and protein percentages) and environmental factors such as the temperature-humidity index. …”
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Analysis of the characteristics of porcine antibody repertoire by high-throughput sequencing method by JI Chunmiao, WANG Bin, QIN Pan, HUANG Yaowei

“…The results showed that several IGHV, IGHD and IGHJ genes were preferentially used by three-week-old piglets under normal conditions, and IGHV1-4 and IGHV1S2 were the two most frequently used variable (V) genes. The total frequencies of the use of eight IGHV genes accounted for more than 80%. …”
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Sarcopenia in Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma: A Narrative Review by Constantin Radu Vrabie, Andreea Ioana Parosanu, Cornelia Nitipir

“…Incorporating sarcopenia with other relevant components of body composition (BC) and systemic inflammatory markers may facilitate the development of more robust risk scores. …”
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Body fat percentage is a key factor in elevated plasma levels of caffeine and its metabolite in women by Przemysław Domaszewski, Mariusz Konieczny, Paweł Pakosz, Jakub Matuska, Anna Poliwoda, Elżbieta Skorupska, Manel Santafe

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Indicators of Obesity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Croatian Children by Marko Badrić, Leona Roca, Vladan Pelemiš, Dragan Branković, Vladimir Živanović

“…Regression analysis showed statistical significance for the set of predictor variables, which were BMI indicators, on the criterion variable predicting cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in both genders. …”
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Predictive values for different cancers and inflammatory bowel disease of 6 common abdominal symptoms among more than 1.9 million primary care patients in the UK: A cohort study. by Annie Herbert, Meena Rafiq, Tra My Pham, Cristina Renzi, Gary A Abel, Sarah Price, Willie Hamilton, Irene Petersen, Georgios Lyratzopoulos

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Based on evidence from more than 1.9 million patients presenting in primary care, the findings provide estimated PPVs that could be used to guide specialist referral decisions, considering the PPVs of common abdominal symptoms for cancer alongside that for IBD and their composite outcome (cancer or IBD), taking into account the variable PPVs of different abdominal symptoms for different cancers sites. …”
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