Selfish Node Detection in Delay Tolerant Networks Using Fuzzy Logic by Fahimeh Rashidjafari, Nahideh Derakhshanfard, Behrouz Shahrokhzadeh, Ali Ghaffari

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method enhances the delivery rate by 10% and reduces the average delay by 15% and hop count by 8% when compared to existing approaches.…”
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A novel spatial heterogeneity decay model for depicting scale-effects in urban land by Weilin Wang, Rong Wang, Yangyang Lu, Yuanyuan Meng, Zhou Zhou

“…Based on the scale-effect model, we derived characteristic indicators (maximum, minimum, fluctuation, and rate of decay) of the SHUL scale-effect and compared their variation across Chinese cities. …”
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Popular Phonetic Mapping in The Qur’an and Its Implications on Teaching Arabic for Non-Native Speakers by Muhammad Thohir, Muhammad Dzakiruddin

“…This study aimed to map popular phonetics with repetition rate in the Qur'an in order to build implicative concepts in Arabic learning for non-native speakers. …”
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Underwater Acoustic Communication by a Single-Vector Sensor: Performance Comparison Using Three Different Algorithms by Long-xiang Guo, Xiao Han, Jing-wei Yin, Xue-song Yu

“…In this paper, three different algorithms are used to process the experimental data and their performance are compared in terms of equalized output signal to noise ratio (OSNR) and bit error rate (BER). The three algorithms are P-DFE, B-DFE, and T-DFE, respectively. …”
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Hematological Changes and Immunomodulation of Neutrophil and Monocyte Populations in Shelter Dogs by Marek Kulka, Iwona Monika Szopa, Maciej Klockiewicz

“…Our study revealed that stressful conditions can alter the molecular pattern of surface receptors on neutrophils and monocytes, as well as the leukocytes apoptosis rate. …”
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Effect of exogenous silicon on resistance of asparagus bean rust and its physiological mechanism by LI Guo-jing, LIU Yong-hua, ZHU Zhu-jun, WU Xiao-hua, WANG Bao-gen

“…The effects of root-applied silicon and inoculation with Uromyces vignae on the activities of peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), superoxide dismutase (SOD), the content of malonyldialdehyde (MDA), the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and the respiration rate in the leaves of asparagus bean (Vigna sesquipedalis Wight.) were investigated. …”
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Damage Evolution Characteristics of Rock Salt under Different Stress Conditions by Chunping Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Lu Wang

“…The damage degrees where the damage rate starts to decrease are about 0.83 in the direct tensile test, about 0.75 in the Brazilian test, and about 0.91 in the compression test. …”
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Lifestyle Issues in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Smoking by Cecilia Benoni

“…In ulcerative colitis, but not in Crohn’s disease, a dose-response pattern has been demonstrated. Changes in clinical course, in disease severity and extension, and in recurrence rate indicate substantial clinical effects of smoking with a protective effect of smoking in ulcerative colitis and an aggravating effect in Crohn’s disease. …”
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Nasal Discharge Eosinophils in Childhood Asthma Patients as a Predictive Factor for Persistent Asthma by Norihide Murayama, Kikuno Murayama

“…The evaluation of nasal discharge eosinophils in the asthma group showed a significantly higher positive rate in older age groups than in the 0–1-year-old age group (p<0.05–0.001). …”
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Experimental Study on the Diffusion Radius of Modified Slurry Used in Longwall Overburden Isolated Grouting by Dayang Xuan, Mingwei Zhang, Jian Li, Zebin Dong, Aimaiti Alimu, Jialin Xu

“…The cement-blending ratio was found to have a small effect on the density of the slurry but a significant effect on the slurry’s precipitation rate and viscosity. The slurry diffusion experimental system was established to study the diffusion radius and consolidation. …”
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Clogging of induced fracture to increase waterflood sweep efficiency by K. M. Fedorov, I. V. Vydysh, A. V. Kobyashev, N. V. Mikhailov, A. S. Gavris

“…The first one, which follows immediately after the fracture clogging, demonstrates a water cut decrease and an oil production rate increase. The second, in which the oil production declines below the base variant. …”
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Climate change concerns and fertility intentions: first evidence from Italy by Chiara Puglisi, Raya Muttarak, Daniele Vignoli

“…Abstract The impact of climate change is being felt worldwide, with Europe experiencing the fastest rate of warming among all continents. Beyond socioeconomic consequences, climate change can potentially affect demographic outcomes, including fertility, in terms of both reproductive health and fertility behavior. …”
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Broad Instantaneous Bandwidth Microwave Spectrum Analyzer with a Microfabricated Atomic Vapor Cell by Yongqi Shi (石永麒), Thomas Ruster, Melvyn Ho, Sylvain Karlen, Jacques Haesler, Philipp Treutlein

“…In our proof-of-principle experiment, we demonstrate a microwave spectrum analyzer that has ≈1  GHz instantaneous bandwidth centered around 13 GHz, 3 MHz frequency resolution, 2 kHz refresh rate, and a -23  dBm single-tone microwave power detection limit in 1 s measurement time. …”
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Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases among Gram-negative bacteria from an Egyptian pediatric hospital: a two-year experience by Maysaa El Sayed Zaki

“…The highest resistant rate was for cefazolin and ampicillin/sulbactam (75.5% for each), followed by cefuroxime 70.3% and ceftriaxone (63.5%). …”
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Mechanical behavior of CFRP partially confined coal cylinders under uniaxial compression. by Qingwen Li, Ling Li, Chuangchuang Pan, Yuqi Zhong, Fanfan Nie, Hao Yang

“…As the net spacing ratio decreases and the number of CFRP layers increases, the peak strength and deformation capacity of the coal cylinders are significantly improved, with the maximum enhancement rate reaching up to 409.36%. Under different confining conditions, the energy evolution pattern of CFRP-confined coal cylinders is generally consistent, with energy primarily accumulating in the form of elastic energy prior to reaching peak strength, and dissipated energy increasing sharply after peak strength is reached. …”
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Clinical Profile and Outcome of Coronavirus Disease-2019 in Kidney Transplant Recipients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Center: A Retrospective Study by Deepak Kumar Panigrahi, Sahil Bagai, Kamakshi Narula Singh, Kunal Raj Gandhi, Pallavi Prasad, Gagan Deep Chhabra, Rahul Grover, Dinesh Khullar

“…Conclusions: Mortality rate in COVID-19 affected KTR is higher than in the general population. …”
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Transfer learning and multi-phase training for accurate diacritization of Arabic poetry by Gheith A. Abandah, Ashraf E. Suyyagh, Mohammad R. Abdel-Majeed

“…Compared with best known previous results, the proposed solutions improve the diacritization error rate from 6.08% to 3.54% (42% improvement).…”
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The subordinate role of pseudogenization to recombinative deletion following polyploidization in angiosperms by Ewout Crombez, Yves Van de Peer, Zhen Li

“…Our findings imply that gene loss post-polyploidization primarily takes place via DNA deletion, enabled by a genomic environment with an elevated recombination rate created by WGMs. In contrast, small-scale duplications yield scattered duplicated genes, which appear less exposed to deletion and hence result in a high number of pseudogenes. …”
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Reducing the air temperature inside the simple structure greenhouse using roof angle variation by Krit Tashoo, Pichai Namprakai, Ratanachai Pairintra, Sirichai Thepa

“…The investigation results of the ventilation rate and the wind pressure coefficient, at a reference roof angle of 30°, is adequate for greenhouse construction. …”
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Longitudinal trajectories of disability index and associated factors in Chinese older adults by Huaxin Si, Yemin Yuan, Zhenyu Shi, Yanshang Wang, Ping He

“…This study aimed to identify patterns of disability index trajectories and associated factors influencing these trajectories in older adults. …”
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