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Open AccessDry-cured loin characterization by ultrasound physicochemical and sensory parameters
The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of ultrasound inspection and quality determinations to characterize two commercial categories of dry-cured pork loin, labelled as green (GL) and red (RL). For ...
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Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi
Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies1. Although these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematically distinct structures wit...
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Settling of virgin olive oil from horizontal screw solid bowl in static conditions
This work was aimed to study the clarification efficiency of natural decantation in settling tank on virgin olive oil obtained from a two-ways continuous process. For this purpose, the impurities content of th...
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Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster (ata) for the A201A aminonucleoside antibiotic from Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. capreolus
Antibiotic A201A produced by Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. capreolus NRRL3817 contains an aminonucleoside (N6, N6-dimethyl-3′-amino-3′-deoxyadenosyl), a polyketide (α-methyl-p-coumaric acid) and a disaccharide m...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fuzzy MCDA for remediation of a Uranium tailing
The Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant was a largest uranium processing enterprises, producing a huge amount of uranium residues. The Zapadnoe tailings site contains the majority of these residues. We propose a theo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
How Nets of Evolutionary Processors (NEPs) Could be Simulated in a Distributed Way
In this paper we describe a possible design to adapt to Neps of Evolutionary Processors (NEPs) a general methodogy for simulating natural computers in a distributed way. This methodology was early proposed by oth...
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Fragment length analysis screening for detection of CEBPA mutations in intermediate-risk karyotype acute myeloid leukemia
During last years, molecular markers have been increased as prognostic factors routinely screened in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recently, an increasing interest has been reported in introducing to clinical ...
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Model-Based Design, Development and Validation for UAS Critical Software
This paper focuses on the major phases present in the development of critical software for UAS: design, development, testing and validation with flying experiments. A model-based approach is the backbone of al...
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Selecting intervention strategies against eutrophication and the drastic decrease in bird abundance in Ringkøbing Fjord
Ringkøbing Fjord is a large and shallow brackish lagoon on the west coast of Denmark that has gone through two environmental regime shifts in recent decades. Different intervention strategies, including nutrie...
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Visual analogical well-being scale for sleep apnea patients: validity and responsiveness
Health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) tests used in sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) are time-consuming, complicating their application in clinical practice. The objective was to examine the validity and r...
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Relationships Between Conductivity and pH in Channels Exposed to Acid Mine Drainage Processes: Study of a Large Mass of Data Using Classical Statistics
The lack of statistical interdependence relationships between pH and conductivity in channels exposed to Acid Mine Drainage processes is a phenomenon reported by various authors. Based on the study of a large ...
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Quantification of Heavy Metals from A.M.D. Discharged into a Public Water Supply Dam in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain) Using Centered Moving Average
In this work, the determination of moving averages is proposed as a method for quantifying metal, arsenic, and sulfate discharges into a water course undergoing acid mine drainage processes which flows into a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ranking Methods Based on Dominance Measures Accounting for Imprecision
The additive multi-attribute utility model is widely used in multicriteria decision-making. However, it is often not easy to elicit precise values for the scaling weights representing the relative importance o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Active Annuloplasty System for Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Active materials are capable of responding in a controlled way to different external physical or chemical stimuli by changing some of their properties. These materials can be used to design and develop sensors...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers-Based Approach for Aggregating Group Preferences and Ranking Decision Alternatives in MCDM
In this paper we introduce an approach for solving multiattribute decision-making problems in which there are several decision-makers who individually and independently elicit their preferences. The preference...
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Exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in an urban area
Magnetic field levels were studied in an urban area—the city of Cáceres (Spain). The study included systematic spot measurements throughout the city, an analysis of the temporal variation of the magnetic field...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Using a Combination of Weighting Methods in Multiattribute Decision-Making
In this paper we introduce a preliminary approach for a weighting method that is intended to overcome possible biases detected in traditional weighting methods. The procedure is based on a combined application...
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Skewed X Inactivation of the Normal Allele in Fully Mutated Female Carriers Determines the Levels of FMRP in Blood and the Fragile X Phenotype
Background: The variable phenotype in female carriers of a full mutation is explained in part by non-random X-chromosome inactivation. The molecular diagnosis of fragile X syndrome is based on th...
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Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques in a Decision Support System for Group Decision Making
This paper describes a group decision support system based on an additive multi-attribute utility model for identifying a consensus strategy in group decision-making problems where several decision-makers or g...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On the Intensity Thresholds of the Network and Plage Regions
A period of minimum solar activity in April and May 1996 was used to analyze full-disk Ca K spectroheliograms with the aim of deriving the intensity thresholds of the quiet network and the plages by applying t...
