The Porous–Permeable Zones in Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs: A Case Study from Amara Oilfield, Iraq by Namam M. Salih, Shireen Mansour Al-Majmaie, Zana Abdulla Muhammad

“…The nature of carbonate rock’s heterogeneity under subsurface conditions is still under debate due to significant variations in mineral composition and changes in rock texture during/after diagenesis. …”
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Wild house mice have a more dynamic and aerotolerant gut microbiota than laboratory mice by Eveliina Hanski, Susan Joseph, Michael A. Curtis, James W. Swann, Marie Vallier, Miriam Linnenbrink, John F. Baines, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Andrew Wolfenden, Iris Mair, Kathryn J. Else, Janette E. Bradley, Wieteke Holthuijzen, Jonathan H. Plissner, Aura Raulo, Maude Quicray, Sarah C. L. Knowles

“…Knowledge about how and why the gut microbiota of this species varies between lab and wild settings and among natural populations could improve its utility as a model organism. Here, we use a large dataset comprising over 800 house mouse samples from multiple laboratory facilities and strains and wild mice from mainland and island populations to investigate gut microbiota variation in this species across contrasting genetic and environmental settings. …”
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The Importance of Fiber Orientation for the Performance of High-Performance Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials in Sliding Contact with Steel by Alois K. Schlarb, Miaozi Huang, Yao Xu, Chi Hua, Leyu Lin

“…The properties of composite materials depend not only on the composition but also on the distribution and orientation of the fillers, i.e., on the internal material architecture. …”
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Exploring Postharvest Metabolic Shifts and NOX2 Inhibitory Potential in Strawberry Fruits and Leaves via Untargeted LC-MS/MS and Chemometric Analysis by Georgia Ladika, Paris Christodoulou, Eftichia Kritsi, Thalia Tsiaka, Georgios Sotiroudis, Dionisis Cavouras, Vassilia J. Sinanoglou

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Strawberries are highly appreciated for their rich phytochemical composition, but rapid postharvest deterioration limits their shelf life and nutritional quality. …”
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Effects of permeability, grid resolution, and carbonate reactions on CO2 distribution and sulphate scaling in seawater-flooded carbonates by Ali M. Al-Behadili, Eric J. Mackay

“…In contrast, carbonate scales are caused by variations in the temperature, pressure, pH, composition of the brine, and the amounts of CO2 in the aqueous and hydrocarbon phases. …”
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Potential use of saliva infrared spectra and machine learning for a minimally invasive screening test for congenital syphilis in infants by Deise Cristina Dal’Ongaro, Cicero Cena, Bruno Spolon Marangoni, Daniele A. Soares-Marangoni

“…When applying Quadratic Standard Normal Variate preprocessing with LOOCV, the model achieved 90% accuracy, 100% sensitivity, and 80% specificity. …”
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Investigation of the high thermal ageing resistance of the 2219 aluminium alloy by Thomas Perrin, Arthur Després, Pierre Heugue, Alexis Deschamps, Frédéric De Geuser

“…However, unlike ACMZ alloys, at 300 °C, the stabilising mechanism is insufficient to preserve mechanical properties, suggesting a strong sensitivity of these mechanisms to compositional variations.…”
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Efficient Hotspot Detection in Solar Panels via Computer Vision and Machine Learning by Nayomi Fernando, Lasantha Seneviratne, Nisal Weerasinghe, Namal Rathnayake, Yukinobu Hoshino

“…Model-level insight shows that both absolute and relative temperature variations are important in solar panel inspections. …”
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The Correlations of Sarcopenia and Obesity Status with Prevalence of Osteoarthritis in Older Adults by Yeqing Wang MS, Guofang Gao BS, Zhongxin Zhu PhD

“…The findings underscore the importance of body composition in joint health and suggest the need for targeted interventions considering demographic and clinical variations.…”
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Flowsheets for hydroxyacetone–phenol binary mixture separation: The use of special distillation methods by I. S. Gaganov, E. V. Rytova, A. K. Frolkova

“…Mathematical modeling of the vapor–liquid equilibrium was carried out using a local compositions model Non-Random Two Liquid. …”
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Predicting emergency department visits for non-traumatic dental-related conditions among Medicaid beneficiaries by Sung Eun Choi, Rindala Fayyad, Daniel Nolte, Christine Riedy, Sharon-Lise Normand

“…Individual-level variables, such as age, race/ethnicity, and musculoskeletal complications, and area-level variables, such as racial/ethnic composition, indices of food access, and proportion of US-citizenship, explained a significant proportion of the variation in dental-related ED use. …”
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Geoinformatics-based prioritisation of natural resources rich regions at disaggregated levels for sustainable management by T. V. Ramachandra, Paras Negi

“…Additionally, predicting likely land use changes in ecologically fragile areas would help formulate appropriate location-specific mitigation measures. Modeling likely land uses through the simulation of long-term spatial variations of complex patterns has been done through the CA–Markov model. …”
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Amalgamation and Optimization of FAEE Biodiesel Fuel from Croton macrostachyus hochst. ex Delile Seed oil Utilizing Solid Calcium Oxide-Chicken Eggshell Squander as a Heterogeneous... by Yigrem Solomon, Ermias Girma, Ancha Venkata Ramayya

“…The FTIR spectrum confirms the composition and functional groups of synthesized biodiesel under optimum reaction conditions. …”
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Adsorption of heavy metals onto food wastes: a review by Wilfrida Nyairo, Joel B. Njewa, Victor O. Shikuku

“…However, regardless of these encouraging results attained, the use of food waste-based adsorbents has limitations such as variation in the composition and the structure. This leads to inconsistencies in adsorption efficiencies, regenerations and reuse, and reduced removal capacities. …”
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Mixed-Species Flock Diversity and Habitat Density Are Associated with Antipredator Behavior in Songbirds by Eric K. Frazier, Zaharia A. Selman, Charles A. Price, Monica Papeş, Todd M. Freeberg

“…Titmice avoided feeders more when hawk models were presented at sites with greater vegetation density. …”
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The driving forces behind the prices of major cryptocurrencies: Evidence from the past five years by Medina Ayta Mohammed, Carmen De Pablos Heredero, José Luis Montes Botella

“…The results are robust under variations in sample composition and changes in sets of variables. …”
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Music-stylized hierarchical dance synthesis with user control by Yanbo Cheng, Yichen Jiang, Yingying Wang

“…Considering the high expressiveness and variations in space and time, providing accessible and effective user control for tuning dance motion styles remains an open problem. …”
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Brake rigging dynamic simulation under braking on a track section with irregularities (the case of a passenger car) by I. A. Yaitskov, V. V. Kosarevskii

“…The work objectives include the development of a “rigging brakeblock -wheel working surface” contact module in a full-scale computer model of a passenger car in the “Universal Mechanism” software package; and a computer simulation of the braking operating mode from 50 to 32 km/h considering vertical and horizontal track rail irregularities for determining the mechanism of variation of the longitudinal acceleration of the brakeblock and its angular acceleration. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics reveal high turnover and contrasting assembly processes in fungal communities across contiguous habitats of tropical forests by Chieh-Ping Lin, Yu-Fei Lin, Yu-Ching Liu, Mei-Yeh Jade Lu, Huei-Mien Ke, Isheng Jason Tsai

“…Abstract Background The variation in fungal community composition within a single habitat space has been extensively studied in forest ecosystems. …”
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Complex carbonate phases drive geologic CO2 mineralization by Nabajit Lahiri, Libor Kovarik, Sandra D. Taylor, Jarrod V. Crum, Eugene S. Ilton, Charles T. Depp, Quin R. S. Miller, H. Todd Schaef

“…However, there is limited information on the structure and composition of key mineralization endpoints during sequestration. …”
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