Six-year removal of co-dominant grasses alleviated competitive pressure on subdominant grasses but dominant shrub removal had neutral effects in a subalpine ecosystem by Li, Wenjin, Knops, Johannes M. H., Png, Kenny Guochen, Yan, Xi, Dong, Huan, Li, Jinhua, Zhou, Huakun, Sierra, Rubén Díaz

“…In addition, most plant-species removal experiments in grasslands are short-term (1–2 years), which may imprecisely reflect transient effects arising from methodological limitations. …”
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Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Shamsi, ZA, Paraoan, V, Kim, C, Saifuddin, SR, Cosker, TDA, Whitwell, D, Gibbons, CLMH, Stavroulias, D, DiChiara, F

“…This study reports the current management and outcomes of primary thoracic sarcoma patients at the Oxford Sarcoma Service over a seven-year period. Objectives: Given the rarity of thoracic sarcomas, and their associated diagnostic and management complexities, our aim is to report on the treatment strategies and outcomes of primary thoracic sarcoma patients treated at the Oxford Sarcoma Service from 2017 to 2023. …”

Visual Acuity Outcomes and Influencing Factors in a Cohort of UK Real-World Diabetic Macular Oedema Patients During the First Two Years of Anti-VEGF Treatment by Wen, Qing, Karcher, Helene, Wright, David M., Sinha, Samriddhi Buxy, Chakravarthy, Usha, Santos, Catarina, Igwe, Franklin, Salongcay, Recivall, Curran, Katie, Peto, Tunde

“…Methods: Using Medisoft electronic medical records (UK), this retrospective cohort study analysed VA outcomes, changes, and determinants in DMO patients at year 1 and year 2 after initial anti-VEGF injection. …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Ward, Joseph L., Azzopardi, Peter S., Francis, Kate L., Santelli, John S., Skirbekk, Vegard, Sawyer, Susan M., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Mokdad, Ali H., Hay, Simon I., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdoli, Amir, Mohammad Abdollahi, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adekanmbi, Victor, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M., Afshari, Khashayar, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan, Ahmed, Anwar E., Aji, Budi, Akombi-Inyang, Blessing, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour, Alanzi, Turki M., Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun, Al-Hajj, Samar, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Ali, Saqib, Alicandro, Gianfranco, Alijanzadeh, Mehran, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Almasi-Hashiani, Amir, Almasri, Nihad A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Alonso, Jordi, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Amini, Saeed, Aminorroaya, Arya, Amit, Arianna Maever L., Amugsi, Dickson A., Ancuceanu, Robert, Anderlini, Deanna, Andrei, Catalina Liliana, Androudi, Sofia, Ansari, Fereshteh, Ansari, Iman, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Anvari, Davood, Anwer, Razique, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw, Arabloo, Jalal, Arab-Zozani, Morteza, Ärnlöv, Johan, Asaad, Malke, Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran, Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Ausloos, Marcel, Avenyo, Elvis Korku, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Ayano, Getinet, Aynalem, Yared Asmare, Azari, Samad, Azene, Zelalem Nigussie, Bakhshaei, Mohammad Hossein, Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Banach, Maciej, Banik, Palash Chandra, Barboza, Miguel A., Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Basu, Sanjay, Baune, Bernhard T., Bayati, Mohsen, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bekuma, Tariku Tesfaye, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Bell, Michelle L., Benjet, Corina, Bensenor, Isabela M., Berhe, Abadi Kidanemariam, Berhe, Kidanemaryam, Berman, Adam E., Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Methods: We report trends in estimated total numbers of deaths and mortality rate per 100 000 population in young people aged 10–24 years by age group (10–14 years, 15–19 years, and 20–24 years) and sex in 204 countries and territories between 1950 and 2019 for all causes, and between 1980 and 2019 by cause of death. …”
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A mobile application developed for scaffolding ESL learners in providing peer feedback. by Catherine, Nguoi Chui Lam, Habil, Hadina, Siew, Min Hui

“…Background and Purpose: Peer feedback has received significant research attention in teaching and learning of oral presentation skills. …”
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An Amazon stingless bee foraging activity predicted using recurrent artificial neural networks and attribute selection by Gomes, Pedro A. B., Suhara, Yoshihiko, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, Costa, Luciano, Arruda, Helder, Venturieri, Giorgio, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia, Pentland, Alex, de Souza, Paulo, Pessin, Gustavo

“…There have been multiple reports in recent years illustrating bee population declines worldwide. …”
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The impact of repeated notifications and notification checking mode on investors' reactions to managers’ strategic positive title emphasis by Chen, Wei, Tan, Hun-Tong, Wang, Elaine Ying

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Beyond the hive mind: leveraging the artificial bee colony model for collaborative learning in English language teaching by Ravana, Venosha, Moorthy, Thilip Kumar, Palpanadan, Sarala Thulasi

“…This study conceptualizes the integration of the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) model with constructivist principles to enhance collaborative learning in English Language Teaching (ELT). …”
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Long-Term Associations between Disaster-Related Home Loss and Health and Well-Being of Older Survivors: Nine Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami by Shiba, Koichiro, Hikichi, Hiroyuki, Okuzono, Sakurako S., VanderWeele, Tyler J., Arcaya, Mariana, Daoud, Adel, Cowden, Richard G., Yazawa, Aki, Zhu, David T., Aida, Jun, Kondo, Katsunori, Kawachi, Ichiro

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AMIC Correspondents' Meeting : 1st, Singapore, Dec 2-7, 1971 : [proceeding of the 20th year's anniversary conference of the Japan society for studies in journalism and mass communication]

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Having Peers and Becoming One: Collective Consciousness among Civil Society Actors in China by Wu, Fengshi

“…Based on a unique survey of non governmental organization (NGO) practitioners from diverse backgrounds, the article examines how these NGO practitioners view their peers and people alike, and the interconnectedness, unity and solidarity of the NGO sector. …”
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Examining bystander intervention for peer depression and sociodemographic correlates among university students in Singapore by Lim, Benedict Wei Zhi, Koh, Yen Sin, Shahwan, Shazana, Goh, Janrius Chong Min, Samari, Ellaisha, Ong, Wei Jie, Kwok, Kian Woon, Chong, Siow-Ann, Subramaniam, Mythily

“…We aimed to assess the likelihood of university students intervening when their peers suffer from depression, before and after the ARTEMIS intervention. …”
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Polyphenols extraction from Malaysian stingless bees propolis using supercritical carbon dioxide and its storage stability / by Nor Faadila Mohd Idrus, 1989-, author 655835, Mohd. Azizi Che Yunus, supervisor 295604, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Tenaga 599090

Polyphenols extraction from Malaysian stingless bees propolis using supercritical carbon dioxide and its storage stability / by Nor Faadila Mohd Idrus, 1989-, author 655835

A discrete artificial bee colony algorithm for the no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem with the total tardiness criterion by Tasgetiren, M. Fatih., Pan, Quan-Ke., Suganthan, P. N., Oner, Adalet.

“…In this paper, we present a discrete artificial bee colony algorithm to solve the no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem with the total tardiness criterion. …”
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A driftwood-based record of Arctic sea ice during the last 500 years from northern Svalbard reveals sea ice dynamics in the Arctic Ocean and Arctic peripheral seas by Hole, GM, Rawson, T, Farnsworth, WR, Schomacker, A, Ingólfsson, Ó, Macias-Fauria, M

“…We present a 500-year history of naturally felled driftwood incursion to northern Svalbard, directly reflecting regional sea ice conditions and Arctic Ocean circulation. …”

Features of digital media which influence social interactions between adults and children aged 2–7 years during joint media engagement: a multi-level meta-analysis by Mathers, SJ, Kolancali, P, Jelley, F, Singh, D, Hodgkiss, A, Booton, SA, Malmberg, L, Murphy, VA

“…This study reviewed research on the features of digital media (e.g. apps, e-books) which influence interactions between adults and children aged 2–7 years when using these media together. We focused on interactions which support child learning, particularly oral language development. …”

Retention in second year computing students in a London-based university during the post-Covid-19 era using learned optimism as a lens: a statistical analysis in R by Chrysikos, Alexandros, Bamford, Neal

“…The main aim is to support the university’s efforts to improve retention rate as the overall dropout has been increasing in the last few years. The research methodology employed was an exploratory investigation approach by using statistical modelling analysis in R to predict behavioural patterns. …”
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Exploring EFL teachers’ perceptions of the use of peer assessment in external exam-dominated writing classes by Meletiadou, Eleni, Tsagari, Dina

“…Teachers used PA of writing for one whole school year with more than 400 students after receiving training in PA methods and continuous support throughout this implementation. …”
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A Hybrid Active Contour and Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Segmenting Mixed-Meal Food Images (S/O: 13239) by Harun, Nor Hazlyna, Mahmuddin, Massudi, Harun, Hazaruddin

“…In addition, a modified active contour method is presented in this paper using the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm to optimize the weights of the external energy function in the original active contour (AC) method. …”
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