Sustainability and energy self-sufficiency; overcoming the barriers by Rania Abdel Galil

“…Renewable energy technologies are viewed as radical innovations which necessitate substantial changes in production and consumption patterns, hence often met with resistance from both institutions and individuals. …”
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Subjective memory complaints in people with epilepsy: Are there “signature” complaints associated with anxiety and depression? by Cassandra Trend, Isha Puntambekar, Sallie Baxendale

“…Methods Three hundred and seventy‐five adults with epilepsy, mean age 37 (s.d. 12.8), completed a Subjective Memory Questionnaire (SMQ), rating how often they experienced 19 different types of memory difficulty. …”
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Lumbar Temperature Map of Elderly Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain—An Infrared Thermographic Analysis by Nelson Albuquerque, Liliana Gonçalves, Wally Strasse, Joaquim Gabriel, Laetitia Teixeira, Pedro Cantista

“…Pain intensity was measured using a numerical rating scale (0–10). The functional assessments included spine mobility tests and validated questionnaires evaluating clinical characteristics. …”
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Population Structure and Life Table of Dog Conch (Strombus turturella) in Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia <i><br>[Struktur Populasi dan Tabel Hidup Siput Gonggong (Strombus turt... by Okto Supratman, Tati Suryati Syamsudin

“…The proportion of high mortality rate was at 1 to 2 years old and 3 to 4 years old or in adult individuals, while the highest life expectancy rate was in the age group of 0-1-year old or young individuals. …”
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Long-term forecast of monthly reference evapotranspiration of the period 2018-2027 using SARIMA and GRNN models (case study: Rasht synoptic station) by Pouya Aghelpoor, Vahid Varshavian, Mehraneh Khodamoradpoor

“…This is a warning of a rapid increase in the evapotranspiration rate in the years ahead, in the wet area of Rasht. …”
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Electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis of hue perception differences between art and non-art majors: insights from the P2 and P3 components by Liting Song, Guanghui Zhang, Johanna Silvennoinen, Fengyu Cong

“…Participants completed color perception tasks involving cool, warm, and neutral hues while EEG data were recorded with a 65-electrode system. Behavioral ratings and ERP components (P2 and P3) were analyzed, supplemented by decoding analysis to uncover neural processing patterns. …”
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Language-Based Engineering Considering the Trade-off among Words in Design Reflecting User’s Emotion by Nobuhisa KATSUMATA, Sonosuke HARADA, So FUKUHARA, Masao ARAKAWA, Shogo NAKAO, Masahiko FUJIWARA

“…We analyzed the relationship between user ratings and design elements using Quantification Theory Type I and created a database of these relationships. …”
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Diet Predicts Mind and Moral Concern Towards a Broad Range of Animal Categories by Elise Hankins, Rob Jenkins, Ellen Bousfield, Matti Wilks

“…Both veg*ns and omnivores gave some categories lesser ratings than others (e.g. evolutionarily distant vs. close to humans), suggesting that veg*ns and omnivores follow similar patterns of mind perception. …”
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Features of the functioning of regional airports in the context of the development of the Russian air transportation market by I. N. Rykova, A. A. Alaev, R. S. Gubanov

“…The applied methods of monographic and economic-statistical analysis, rating assessment provided the identification of patterns of changes in the results of airport operations. …”
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Colour Association with Music Is Mediated by Emotion: Evidence from an Experiment Using a CIE Lab Interface and Interviews. by PerMagnus Lindborg, Anders K Friberg

“…The CIE Lab interface promises to be a useful tool in perceptual ratings of music and other sounds.…”
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Identification of galectin-9 and its antibacterial function in Yellow River carp (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) by Li Wang, Li Wang, Li Wang, Yuanyuan Hu, Xudong Li, Ziyan Zhang, Nan Wang, Limin Chao, Chengfei Li, Pei Gao, Jinyou Ma, Jinyou Ma, Lei Wang, Xiaojing Xia, Xiaojing Xia

“…IntroductionGalectin-9 is a β-galactoside-binding lectin that functions as a critical pattern recognition receptor (PRR) in the host immune system, initiating immune defense responses by recognizing and binding to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) on the surface of microorganisms. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Human Proteome Profile in Visceral Adipose and Liver Tissue in Individuals with Obesity with and Without MASLD and MASH by Julie S. Pedersen, Lili Niu, Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen, Viggo B. Kristiansen, Inge Marie Poulsen, Reza R. Serizawa, Torben Hansen, Lise Lotte Gluud, Sten Madsbad, Flemming Bendtsen

“…The <i>p</i>-values were false discovery rate (FDR) corrected. Results: A total of 59 VAT and 42 liver proteins were significantly differentially expressed between the four groups: LS−, LS+, MASH, and CON. …”
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A Camera-Embedded Self-Adaptable Finger With Multi-Modal Sensing Capabilities for Robotic Manipulation by Muhammad Usman Khalid, Hafiz Muizz Ahmed Sethi, Nirmal Kumar Ravikumar, Halar Haleem, Alessandro Seitone, Mattia Frascio, Perla Maiolino, Matteo Zoppi

“…Reliable performance was achieved with slip detection operating at 28.5 Hz and CNN update rate of 8 Hz. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system for both sensing modalities. …”
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Development of mathematical model of gas flow for calibration stand of full and static pressure receivers by A. A. Versin, A. M. Molchanov, V. P. Monahova, V. A. Afanasiev

“…The paper proposes the use of a subsonic nozzle calculated according to the Vitoshinsky formula, which allows creating a given gas flow rate in the working part of the calibration stand depending on the gas flow rate (three modes are considered). …”
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Effect of broccoli extract supplement on carcass traits and lipid metabolism in Holstein steers by Shuangshuang Chen, Xinyu Zhang, Tao Zhu, Die Tang, Mingxing Wen, Chuang Tang, Ling Hou, Zhiyao Zeng, Shanfeng Tong, Xuelong Li, Lu Lu, Keren Long, Quanhui Peng, Anan Jiang, Jideng Ma

“…However, broccoli extract supplementation significantly improved feed intake, lying time, rumination rate, and net meat yield, while reducing subcutaneous fat percentage (P &lt; 0.05). 16S rRNA sequencing revealed increased rumen microbial diversity in the 18 g group. …”
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Studies on the fitting effect of egg production curve in duck using Wood model by LU Li-zhi, CHEN Hai-yan, FU Yan, ZHOU Wai-dong, TAO Zhen-rong

“…The laying rate at the age of 68 weeks of 3 duck breeds, namely Shaoxing duck, Khaki-Campbell duck and Gaoyou duck, was fitted by Wood's model, which gave R² values of 0.6098, 0.5338 and 0.7935, respectively, for the 3 breeds. …”
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Identification of DNA Methylation Differences in Pituitary Tissues of Sichuan White Geese Using Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing (WGBS) by Lin Ma, Xianzhi Zhao, Guoda A, Tongtong Song, Meng Wu, Zhihao Yan, Min Xiao, Wenbo Jiang, Yixiao Gao, Haiwei Wang, Zhuping Chen, Keshan Zhang, Jiajia Xue, Yi Luo, Chao Wang, Youhui Xie, Ying Chen, Guangliang Gao, Qigui Wang

“…We achieved high-quality sequencing data (mean 19.09 Gb raw reads, 15.49 Gb clean reads, 79.1% unique mapping rate) with a bisulfite conversion efficiency of 99.88%. …”
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Verbal fluency tests reliability in a Brazilian multicentric study, ELSA-Brasil by Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Luana Giatti, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Roberta Carvalho Figueiredo, Paulo Caramelli, Isabela Benseñor, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Nagela Valadão Cade, Alessandra Carvalho Goulart, Maria Angélica Nunes, Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves, Ana Angélica Martins da Trindade

“…Intraclass correlation coefficient ratings reliability and Bland-Altman plot examined patterns of ratings disagreement. …”
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Comorbidity health pathways in heart failure patients: A sequences-of-regressions analysis using cross-sectional data from 10,575 patients in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. by Claire A Lawson, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Ulf Dahlstrom, Mamas Mamas, Tiny Jaarsma, Umesh T Kadam, Anna Stromberg

“…The following hypotheses were tested: (i) comorbidities are associated with more severe symptoms and functional limitations and subsequently worse patient-rated health in HF, and (ii) these patterns of association differ among selected comorbidities.…”
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Experimental Study on the Classification and Evolution of the Tip Cavitation Morphology in Axial Waterjet Pumps with Two Different Blade Numbers by Xi Shen, Haoran Wu, Gang Yang, Rui Tang, Chenxin Chang, Bin Xu, Suben Lin, Desheng Zhang

“…Tip cavitation maps of the test impellers were drawn based on the flow rate coefficient and cavitation number variation. …”
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