Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Therefore, this study examined consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators, brown crabs (Cancer pagurus) and European lobsters (Homarus gammarus), and European oysters on Helgoland island (German Bight, North Sea) for the first time. …”
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“You’re telling us to go first?!” COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination experiences among Aboriginal adults in Western Australia by Samantha J. Carlson, Carla Puca, Paige Wood-Kenney, Justin Kickett, Valerie Swift, Katie Attwell, Christopher C. Blyth

“…In Australia, though national infection rates with COVID-19 infections in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were lower in the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was soon a greater burden in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island people once Omicron was circulating. …”
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Unveiling the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Berlengas Archipelago in Portugal as a Hotspot of Fish Species Using eDNA Metabarcoding and the Collaboration of Fishing Crews by Marco Simões, Cátia Costa, Maria da Luz Calado, Nuno Vasco-Rodrigues, Maria Jorge Campos, Sérgio Miguel Leandro, Agostinho Antunes

“…The results indicated that autumn presented the highest diversity and that the area around Berlenga Island was the richest area, increasing biodiversity across the region. …”
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Land surface temperature changes caused by land cover/land use properties and their impact on rainfall characteristics by A. Suharyanto, A. Maulana, D. Suprayogo, Y.P. Devia, S. Kurniawan

“…The pixel values along the urban heat island line were used to analyze the interrelationships between vegetation index, built-up index, and land surface temperature. …”
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Consumer Products Nerve Injuries Among Patients Products Presenting to United States Emergency Departments Between 2012 and 2021: A Nationwide Cohort by Ganga A, Mukhdomi T, Kim EJ, Ly E, Patel Y, Dankievitch KN, Kendall MC

“…Arjun Ganga,1 Taif Mukhdomi,2 Eric J Kim,1 Eric Ly,3 Yash Patel,3 Korinne N Dankievitch,3 Mark C Kendall3 1Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; 2Department of Pain, Pain Zero, New Albany, OH, 43054, USA; 3Department of Anesthesiology, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USACorrespondence: Mark C Kendall, Department of Anesthesiology, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Davol #129, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, USA, Tel +414-444-5172, Email mark.kendall@lifespan.orgIntroduction: Nerve injuries and resultant pain are common causes of emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. …”
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Childhood BMI trajectories and sociodemographic factors in an Italian pediatric population by Erich Batzella, Joaquin Gutierrez de Rubalcava Doblas, Gloria Porcu, Silvia Bressan, Elisa Barbieri, Carlo Giaquinto, Anna Cantarutti, Cristina Canova

“…Females, children residing in Southern and Island regions, and those from more deprived socioeconomic areas had a higher probability of following the “overweight-to-obese” group compared to the “normal-weight” trajectory. …”
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Experimental study on mechanical properties of S-RM with different rock block proportions in fault zone by Peng-fei Wang, Xue-yang Xing, Yong-cheng Jin, Jian-biao Bai, Chang-hong Li

“…This paper takes the Sanshan Island fault zone as the engineering background, and uses a self-designed small-scale test device to conduct triaxial compression tests to study the strength and deformation failure laws of S-RMs with different rock block proportions (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80%). …”
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The clinical application and anatomical analysis of proximal peroneal artery perforator in free fibula flap based on CTA by Yitong Zhao, Danwei Xiang, Lina Song, Zhujiajun Cui, Xingwu Zheng, Tianyu Zhang, Huihui Yang, Yongzhen Fu, Qilin Liu

“…Conventionally, the vascular supply to the skin island is derived from the distal perforators of the peroneal artery. …”
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Effect of phosphorus fractions on benthic chlorophyll-a: Insight from the machine learning models by Yuting Wang, Sangar Khan, Zongwei Lin, Xinxin Qi, Kamel M. Eltohamy, Collins Oduro, Chao Gao, Paul J. Milham, Naicheng Wu

“…A total of 125 freshwater samples were collected from these sections of the Thousand Island Lake (TIL) watershed for analysis. The RF model (R2 = 0.88, RMSE = 2.20) outperformed the ANN (R2 = 0.37, RMSE = 4.78). …”
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The Origin of the Matter Matters: The Influence of Terrestrial Inputs on Coastal Benthic Microeukaryote Communities Revealed by eDNA by Mathisse Meyneng, Raffaele Siano, Naïna Mouras, Dominique Ansquer, Christine Laporte‐Magoni, Florence Antypas, Thomas Haize, Hugues Lemonnier

“…To demonstrate this hypothesis, we have chosen the main island of New Caledonia as a study site, a French overseas territory located in the South West Pacific. …”
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Traces of Paleolithic expansion in the Nivkh gene pool based on data on autosomal SNP and Y chromosome polymorphism by V. N. Kharkov, N. A. Kolesnikov, L. V. Valikhova, A. A. Zarubin, A. L. Sukhomyasova, I. Yu. Khitrinskaya, V. A. Stepanov

“…The Nivkhs are a small ethnic group indigenous of the Russian Far East, living in the Khabarovsk Territory and on Sakhalin Island, descending from the ancient inhabitants of these territories. …”
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Aplikasi Pertimbangan Wisata di Pulau Lombok dengan Metode Fuzzy Mamdani & Algoritma Genetika by Zainul Harir, Ida Bagus Ketut Widiartha, Royana Afwani

“…Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used in providing optimal budget allocation in traveling on Lombok IslandThe results of testing with manual calculations and different defuzzification models have 100% accurate, the application of GA obtained optimal budget allocation on crossover probability (pc) and mutation probability (pm) combination with (pc) 0.7 and (pm) 0.2. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Pathogenicity of Potential Probiotics Isolated from Intestinal Coconut Crab (Birgus latro Linnaeus, 1767) by Muhammad Aris, Tamrin Tamrin, Waode Munaeni, Sudirto Malan, Juharni Juharni, Rusmawati Labenua

“…Coconut crab samples were collected from Moor Island, South Patani District, Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province, Indonesia. …”
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Evaluating the Timeliness of Enteric Disease Surveillance in British Columbia, Canada, 2012-13 by Eleni Galanis, Marsha Taylor, Kamila Romanowski, Olga Bitzikos, Jennifer Jeyes, Craig Nowakowski, Jason Stone, Michelle Murti, Ana Paccagnella, Sara Forsting, Sophie Li, Linda Hoang

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In-situ formation mechanism of endogenous fluorescent carbon dots during the roasting process of small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) by Yutong Qu, Shuyi Zhao, Jilong Ni, Long Jiao, Xiaoye Zhang, Soottawat Benjakul, Zhiyu Liu, Xiang Chen, Bin Zhang

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Modeling factors related to earthquake preparedness: a structural equation modeling approach by Azadeh Fatehpanah, Elham Maraghi, Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Mahmood Karimy, Amir H. Pakpour, Majed Maripour, Nematollah Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard, Marzieh Araban

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Assessing survey design changes of long-term fishery-independent groundfish trawl surveys in the Gulf of Mexico by Adam G. Pollack, Eric R. Hoffmayer, Theodore S. Switzer, David S. Hanisko, Jill M. Hendon, John Mareska, Fernando Martinez-Andrade, Jeff Rester, Zachary C. Zuckerman, Gilmore Pellegrin

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High-performance UWB Vivaldi antenna on FR4: A cost-effective solution for wearable technologies by Sahar Saleh, Tale Saeidi, Nick Timmons, Bader Alali, Faroq Razzaz, Ayman A. Althuwayb

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Effect of ocean acidification on the oxygen consumption of the sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) and Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) living in CO2 natural gradients by Robert Fernández-Vilert, Robert Fernández-Vilert, Vanessa Arranz, Vanessa Arranz, Marta Martín-Huete, Marta Martín-Huete, José Carlos Hernández, Sara González-Delgado, Sara González-Delgado, Rocío Pérez-Portela, Rocío Pérez-Portela

“…The study is divided into two parts: plasticity response over time, measuring respiration rates of individuals from the Mediterranean Sea exposed to low pH over seven days, and adaptation and plasticity under changing pH, analyzing individuals inhabiting a pH gradient in a natural CO2 vent system located in La Palma Island, Spain. Over the seven days of low pH exposure, distinct patterns in respiration rates were revealed, with both species demonstrating potential for acclimatization. …”
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Genetic profiling of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a tertiary care center in Malaysia by Aisyah Syakirah Shahari, Navindra Kumari Palanisamy, Fadzilah Mohd Nor

“…The antibiotic resistance island resides in a mobile element and rapidly evolved. …”
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