by Mathias Martins, Paola M. Boggiatto, Alexandra Buckley, Eric D. Cassmann, Shollie Falkenberg, Leonardo C. Caserta, Maureen H. V. Fernandes, Carly Kanipe, Kelly Lager, Mitchell V. Palmer, Diego G. Diel
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by Hannah Gora, Simon Smith, Ian Wilson, Annie Preston-Thomas, Nicole Ramsamy, Josh Hanson
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by Taylor Pursell, Jennifer L. Spencer Clinton, Jie Tan, Rongsheng Peng, Paul D. Ling
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by Lesje DeRose, Jeeyeon Kim, Miesha Farahmand, Meagan Y. Shinbashi, Nam Soo Joo, Jeffrey J. Wine
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by Stéphanie Massol, Jonathan Grainger
In two same-different matching experiments we investigated whether transposed-character effects can be modulated by the horizontal displacement or inter-character spacing of target stimuli (strings of 6 consonants, digits, or symbols). Reference and target stimuli could be identical or differed either by transposing or substituting two characters. Transposition costs (greater difficulty in detecting a difference with transpositions compared with substitutions)... Читать дальше...
by Mohamedraed Elshami, Aya Tuffaha, Areej Yaseen, Mohammed Alser, Ibrahim Al-Slaibi, Hadeel Jabr, Sara Ubaiat, Salma Khader, Reem Khraishi, Inas Jaber, Zeina Abu Arafeh, Sondos Al-Madhoun, Aya Alqattaa, Asmaa Abd El Hadi, Ola Barhoush, Maysun Hijazy, Tamara Eleyan, Amany Alser, Amal Abu Hziema, Amany Shatat, Falasteen Almakhtoob, Balqees Mohamad, Walaa Farhat, Yasmeen Abuamra, Hanaa Mousa, Reem Adawi, Alaa Musallam, Nasser Abu-El-Noor, Bettina Bottcher
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by Wusheng Liu, Wang Li, Qing Zhou, Qian Die, Yan Yang
As a new transportation tool, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), has a broad application prospect in logistics distribution, especially for mountainous cities with complex terrain. Due to the limited delivery conditions of UAV, considering the advantages of traditional vehicle delivery, this paper proposes a joint delivery mode of UAV and vehicle, and designs three steps for the joint delivery problem of single UAV and single vehicle: first... Читать дальше...
by Sarah Musa, Rowaida Elyamani, Ismail Dergaa
AimThe COVID-19 pandemic has prompted governments around the globe to implement various restriction policies, including lockdown, social distancing, and school closures. Subsequently, there has been a surge in sedentary behaviour particularly screen time (ST) together with a significant decline in physical activity that was more marked amongst children and adolescents. Excessive screen exposure in adolescents has been correlated with cardio-metabolic risk factors including obesity... Читать дальше...
by Sofía Castro, Zofia Wodniecka, Kalinka Timmer
Monolingualism has typically been understood as a homogeneous phenomenon. The linguistic experiences of monolinguals are usually overlooked when analysing the impact of foreign language experiences on language processing and cognitive functioning. In this study, we analyse the linguistic experiences of 962 English-speaking individuals from the United Kingdom (UK) who identified as monolinguals. Through an online survey, we found that more than... Читать дальше...
by Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, David G. Angeler
Studying ecosystem dynamics is critical to monitoring and managing linked systems of humans and nature. Due to the growth of tools and techniques for collecting data, information on the condition of these systems is more widely available. While there are a variety of approaches for mining and assessing data, there is a need for methods to detect latent characteristics in ecosystems linked to temporal and spatial patterns of change. Resilience-based... Читать дальше...
by Roland Dieki, Edouard Nsi Emvo, Jean Paul Akue
ObjectivesGood-quality and sufficient DNA is essential for diagnostics and vaccine development. We aimed to compare six DNA extraction techniques applied to Loa loa microfilariae in order to evaluate the purity and integrity of extracts in terms of quality and quantity.
MethodsThe microfilariae were purified via a Percoll gradient procedure with blood from hyper-microfilaremic individuals (> 30,000 microfilaria [mf]/ml). DNA... Читать дальше...
by Dashan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Hanxu Zeng, Yonggui Wu
PurposeEncapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) is the most serious complication of long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD), which considerably reduces the patient’s quality of life, leading to patients discontinuing PD. Considering these negative effects, it is necessary to systematically review and determine the risk factors of EPS.
MethodsThe PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and China Biology Medicine (CBM) were searched from their inception to January 1st... Читать дальше...
by Naoko Ose, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Yasushi Sakamaki, Yoshihisa Kadota, Koji Urasaki, Hiromi Tsuji, Kunimitsu Kawahara, Mayuko Noguchi, Yasushi Shintani
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by In Jung Kim, Hyuntae Na
The solvent accessible surface area and the solvent accessible volume are measurements commonly used in implicit solvent models to include the effect of forces exerted by solvents on the protein surfaces (or the atoms on protein surfaces). The two measurements have limitations in describing interactions between proteins (or proteins’ atoms) mediated/bridged by solvents. This is because describing the interactions between proteins should be able to capture the chain... Читать дальше...
by Ayaz Shahid, Matthew Huang, Mandy Liu, Md Abdullah Shamim, Cyrus Parsa, Robert Orlando, Ying Huang
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by Kien Le, My Nguyen
This paper investigates the extent to which in-utero exposure to droughts influences the health outcomes of Bangladeshi children in early childhood. Exploiting the plausibly exogenous deviations of rainfall from the location-specific norms, we find that deficient rainfall during the prenatal period is harmful to child health. Specifically, in-utero exposure to droughts decreases the height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weight-for-age z-scores by 0.10, 0.11, and 0.11... Читать дальше...
by Sara Nawaz, Terre Satterfield
The dexterity and affordability of gene-editing technologies promise wide-ranging applications in agriculture. Aiming to take advantage of this, proponents emphasize benefits such as the climate-mitigating promises of gene editing. Critics, on the other hand, argue that gene editing will perpetuate industrialized forms of agriculture and its concomitant environmental and social problems. Across a representative sample of US and Canadian residents (n = 1478)... Читать дальше...
by Yujuan Chen, Ning Lin, Liang Ding, Jianping Qu, Qijun Zhou
The mismatch between the supply and demand of religious places has resulted from a lack of management, population mobility, and urban socio-spatial differentiation. Furthermore, the identity of religious groups and the localized characteristics of their behavioral practices continue to dominate the evolution of religious places. Therefore, this study analyzed the spatio-temporal patterns of Christian activity places, and further... Читать дальше...
by Moawiah Khatatbeh, Lobna F. Gharaibeh, Omar F. Khabour, Rana K. Abu-Farha, Karem H. Alzoubi
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by Amy Hai Yan Chan, Holly Foot, Christina Joanne Pearce, Rob Horne, Juliet Michelle Foster, Jeff Harrison
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by Enoch Odame Anto, David Antony Coall, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah, Osei-Owusu Afriyie, Otchere Addai-Mensah, Yaw Amo Wiafe, WKBA Owiredu, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Nicholas Akinwale Titiloye, Eric Adua, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans Asamoah Adu, Stephen Opoku, Agartha Odame Anto, Augustine Tawiah, Youxin Wang, Wei Wang
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by Tom Gebhardt, Vasundra Touré, Dagmar Waltemath, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Martin Scharm
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by Tuan Anh Pham, Van Quan Tran
Accurate determination of the axial load capacity of the pile is of utmost importance when designing the pile foundation. However, the methods of determining the axial load capacity of the pile in the field are often costly and time-consuming. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a hybrid machine-learning to predict the axial load capacity of the pile. In particular, two powerful optimization algorithms named Herd Optimization (PSO) and Genetic... Читать дальше...
by Takahiro Iijima, Shinnosuke Ando, Dai Kanamori, Kazumichi Kuroda, Tsutomu Nomura, Laurence Tisi, Paul E. Kilgore, Neil Percy, Hikaru Kohase, Satoshi Hayakawa, Mitsuko Seki, Tomonori Hoshino
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by Yoshinori Tsumura, Yu Tsushima, Azusa Tamura, Hirotsugu Kato, Tsunefumi Kobayashi
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