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... Under the U.S. Electoral College system, battleground states receive a degree of attention from candidates and political parties that is out of proportion to their contribution to the vote total because they can effectively determine the outcome of a presidential election. Although the public and researchers tend to focus on the immediate impact of winning a battleground state on the current conte ...
... Communication plays an important role in advancing scientific fields and disciplines, defining what knowledge is made accessible to the public, and guiding policymaking and regulation of public authorities for the benefit of the environment and society. Hence, what is finally published is of great importance for scientific advancement, social development, environmental and public health, and econo ...
... Verbal descriptions are commonly used in daily lives for giving directions for wayfinding. They are valuable sources to understand underlying components that can contribute to spatial orientation, which is degrading with the growing use of routing services in navigation systems. Previous studies deconstruct and categorize all information embedded in spatial descriptions as a framework to investiga ...
researchers, etc ; ecology; evolutionary adaptation; prediction; shape; Show all 5 Subjects
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... ‘Evolvability’ – the ability to undergo adaptive evolution – is a key concept for understanding and predicting the response of biological systems to environmental change. Evolvability has various facets and is applied in many ways, easily leading to misunderstandings among researchers. To clarify matters, we first categorize the mechanisms and organismal features underlying evolvability into deter ...
researchers, etc ; caecilians; frogs; salamanders and newts; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Amphibians are a diverse animal class but are often only associated with frogs and salamanders in their most classical forms. However, each order within amphibians (frogs, salamanders, and caecilians) has highly specialized characters and/or species that fascinate researchers as well as laypersons world-wide. This special issue is aimed to provide an overview of some fascinating or even spectacula ...
researchers, etc ; adhesion; biofilm; microalgae; microbiology; polymers; polysaccharides; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Biofilm secreted by microalgae are extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) composed mainly of polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids. These EPSs immobilize the cells and stabilize biofilm, mediating adhesion towards solid surfaces. The EPSs valorization through industrial exploitations and scientific works is becoming more popular, but the bottleneck of such studies is the lack of c ...
researchers, etc ; cameras; data collection; lidar; variance; Alabama; Show all 6 Subjects
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... UA_L-DoTT (University of Alabama’s Large Dataset of Trains and Trucks) is a collection of camera images and 3D LiDAR point cloud scans from five different data sites. Four of the data sites targeted trains on railways and the last targeted trucks on a four-lane highway. Low light conditions were present at one of the data sites showcasing unique differences between individual sensor data. The fina ...
researchers, etc ; Internet; data collection; drugs; health services; trade; Show all 6 Subjects
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... A drug dataset containing international proprietary names is essential for researchers investigating different drugs from different countries worldwide. However, many websites on the internet offer free access for a single drug searching service to identify international drug trade names, but not for a list of drugs to be searched and identified. Therefore, it will be problematic if the researcher ...
researchers, etc ; governance; issues and policy; stakeholders; Saudi Arabia; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance, especially the characteristics of the chairman of the board of directors (BC) (tenure, expertise and directorships) on corporate performance (CP). It was conducted with data from the 44 companies registered in the financial sector on Bursa, Saudi Arabia, from 2015 to 2019, eventually totalling 195 firm-year observation ...
researchers, etc ; agricultural research; farmers; qualitative analysis; texture; weaving; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This research aimed to identify the practices used by actors while innovating digitally in the field of agriculture. We also attempted to depict if and how they experience disruptions associated with the emergence of digital technologies. A qualitative research design permitted us to uncover that work‐ and system‐related disruptions follow the process of agricultural digitalisation. The study also ...
researchers, etc ; Bayesian theory; econometrics; journals; models; presses; pressing; Show all 7 Subjects
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... We develop methods for robust Bayesian inference in structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) where the parameters of interest are set-identified using external instruments, or ‘proxy SVARs’. Set-identification in these models typically occurs when there are multiple instruments for multiple structural shocks. Existing Bayesian approaches to inference in proxy SVARs require researchers to specify ...
researchers, etc ; focus groups; interpersonal relationships; models; teachers; Indonesia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Islamic schools with the concept of boarding school are increasing every year in Indonesia. These schools offer academic education that is integrated with Islamic learning and Islamic character to students. Of course, this integration must be carried out systematically and planned by the school as an education provider through good communication between schools and students. Therefore, this study ...
researchers, etc ; automation; chromatography; computer software; data analysis; tea; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper presents a program to automatize many repetitive manual tasks needed to analyze data from a chromatography of tea samples. We present and explain the main steps of the code altogether with the process in which how raw data are gradually converted into figures and tables and finally a summarized report with them. Our main object was to enable researches to focus on data interpretation an ...
Kessy Abarenkov; Erik Kristiansson; Martin Ryberg; Sandra Nogal-Prata; Daniela Gómez-Martínez; Katrin Stüer-Patowsky; Tobias Jansson; Sergei Põlme; Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad; Natàlia Corcoll; Ruud Scharn; Marisol Sánchez-García; Maryia Khomich; Christian Wurzbacher; R. Henrik Nilsson
researchers, etc ; Ursidae; databases; fungi; nucleotide sequences; sequence analysis; Show all 6 Subjects
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... AbstractThe international DNA sequence databases abound in fungal sequences not annotated beyond the kingdom level, typically bearing names such as “uncultured fungus”. These sequences beget low-resolution mycological results and invite further deposition of similarly poorly annotated entries. What do these sequences represent? This study uses a 767,918-sequence corpus of public full-length funga ...
researchers, etc ; Bayesian theory; prediction; regression analysis; sample size; uncertainty; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper studies large sample properties of a Bayesian approach to inference about slope parameters γ in linear regression models with a structural break. In contrast to the conventional approach to inference about γ that does not take into account the uncertainty of the unknown break date, the Bayesian approach that we consider incorporates such uncertainty. Our main theoretical contribution is ...
researchers, etc ; carcinogenicity; compliance; human health; particulates; quality control; India; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The elemental concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) have a detrimental effect on human health in which some elemental species have carcinogenic nature. In India, significant variations have found in the practices adapted from sampling to analysis for the determination and assessment of the elemental concentration in PM. Therefore, Indian studies (2011–2020) on the related domain ar ...
researchers, etc ; biotechnology; business enterprises; ethics; patients; profits and margins; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The family of Henrietta Lacks has begun suing companies for using her cells, raising ethical and legal questions affecting research. Benefits and burdens should be shared among patients and researchers, but do not necessarily warrant cash transfers through lawsuits. This discussion has crucial implications for profits from donations of biospecimens. ...
researchers, etc ; catalysts; catalytic cracking; energy; plastics; product quality; recycling; wastes; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Plastics are utilized in various materials that are useful in everyday life. As the usage of plastics increases, the disposal of plastic materials has become a major issue, calling for recycling methods. Here, we review the different methods to recycle plastics, with focus on catalytic cracking. We present catalysts, cracking mechanisms, and we compare the various treatment methodologies. Several ...
researchers, etc ; coasts; ecology; ethics; issues and policy; onions; rain forests; Australia; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Collaborations between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous scientific researchers are increasingly mandated by global to local conservation policy and research ethics guidelines. Breakdowns occur due to misunderstandings around expected protocols of engagement and cooperation, which are compounded by lack of broader awareness of differences in cultural values, priorities and knowledge systems. Using fir ...
researchers, etc ; adults; animal behavior; automation; bark; dogs; motivation; principal component analysis; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Domestic pet dogs typically spend a large amount of time inside the home environment, including hours alone. An audio/food dispensing automated device (an artificial agent, hereafter agent) was evaluated for enrichment potential. The agent issued owner-spoken verbal cues to dogs, and food rewards for correct behavioural responses. The dogs’ welfare during interaction was examined using Qualitative ...