CooccurrenceAffinity: An R package for computing a novel metric of affinity in co-occurrence data that corrects for pervasive errors in traditional indices. by Kumar P Mainali, Eric Slud

“…We provide functions to perform the analysis based on a 2×2 contingency table of occurrence/co-occurrence counts as well as a m×n presence-absence matrix (e.g., species by site matrix). …”
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Wind Speed-Independent Two-Source Energy Balance Model Based on a Theoretical Trapezoidal Relationship between Land Surface Temperature and Fractional Vegetation Cover for Evapotra... by Xiao-Gang Wang, Qing Kang, Xiao-Hong Chen, Wen Wang, Qing-Hua Fu

“…Results indicate that WiTSEB provides reliable estimates in latent heat flux (LE), with root-mean-square-errors (RMSE) and coefficient of determination of 68.6 W m−2 and 0.88, respectively. The RMSE of the ratio of the vegetation transpiration component to LE is 5.7%. …”
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Transcriptomic characterization of the functional and morphological development of the rumen wall in weaned lambs fed a diet containing yeast co-cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisia... by Zixuan Xu, Lan Yang, Hui Chen, Pengxiang Bai, Xiao Li, Dacheng Liu

“…In total, 24 lambs were grouped into four groups of six lambs including a control (C) group fed a basal diet, and N, M, and NM groups in which lambs were fed the basal diet, respectively, supplemented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cultures (30 g/d per head), Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast cultures (30 g/d per head), and co-cultures of both yeasts (30 g/d per head), the experiment lasted for 42 d.ResultsIn morphological analyses, lambs from the NM group presented with significant increases in papilla length, papilla width, and epithelial thickness in the rumen relative to lambs in the C group (p < 0.05). …”
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Characteristics and distribution of the <i>Opuntia</i> (Cactaceae) representatives naturalized in Crimea by N. A. Bagrikova, Ya. A. Perminova

“…., O. tortispina Engelm. &amp; J.M. Bigelow, and O. tunoidea Gibbes is based on the research carried out in 2007–2021. …”
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Single-Stage Microwave-Assisted Coconut-Shell-Based Activated Carbon for Removal of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) from Aqueous Solution: Optimization and Batch Studies by Azrina Aziz, Mohamad Nasran Nasehir Khan, Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Yusop, Erniza Mohd Johan Jaya, Muhammad Azan Tamar Jaya, Mohd Azmier Ahmad

“…The total pore volume, BET surface area, and average pore diameter of CSAC were 0.420 cm3/g, 625.61 m2/g, and 4.55 nm, respectively. The surface of CSAC was negatively charged shown by the zeta potential study. …”
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Study of Transition Region of p-Type SiOx:H as Window Layer in a-Si:H/a-Si1-yGey:H Multijunction Solar Cells by Pei-Ling Chen, Po-Wei Chen, Chuang-Chuang Tsai

“…Compared to the cell using standard a-SiCx:H(p), the a-Si:H/a-Si1-yGey:H tandem cells employing SiOx:H(p) deposited with RH2 of 167 showed an improved efficiency from 9.3% to 10.3%, with VOC of 1.60 V, JSC of 9.3 mA/cm2, and FF of 68.9%.…”
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Is It Scaly Anteater or Bat A Real Origin of The 2019-Novel CoV: A Probable Hypothesis? by Salar Ali, Taib Hama-Soor, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salvatore Dimonte, Francesco Greco

“…The phylogenetic trees for animal coronaviruses with the novel coronavirus-2019 have been created using a number of available complete protein sequences of envelope (E), membrane (M), nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) proteins. The phylogenetic trees analysis illustrated that 2019nCoV in all four proteins are very closely related with coronaviruses isolated from Pangolin (scaly anteater) and Bat-SARS-like-coronavirses because all of them are clustered in the same clade. …”
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Enhancing Intelligent Road Target Monitoring: A Novel BGS-YOLO Approach Based on the YOLOv8 Algorithm by Xingyu Liu, Yuanfeng Chu, Yiheng Hu, Nan Zhao

“…Notably, it shows a 7.3% increase in mean average precision (mAP) and a 2.4% improvement in accuracy. These results highlight the model&#x2019;s high precision and swift response in detecting road targets in complex traffic scenarios. …”
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Teratogenic Effects of Coadministration of Fluoxetine and Olanzapine on Rat Fetuses by Azam Bakhtiarian, Nasrin Takzare, Mehdi Sheykhi, Narges Sistany, Farahnaz Jazaeri, Mario Giorgi, Vahid Nikoui

“…The first group received 0.5 mL of normal saline as the control. The second and third groups received fluoxetine at doses of 9 mg/kg and 18 mg/kg, respectively. …”
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Therapeutic Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B in Parkinson’s Disease via Antineuroinflammation and Neuroprotection In Vitro and In Vivo by Chien-Wei Feng, Nan-Fu Chen, Te-Fu Chan, Wu-Fu Chen

“…It could significantly attenuate the interferon-gamma-induced upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). It enhanced M2 type microglia markers, such as arginase-1 and Ym-1 in BV2 murine microglial cells. …”
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Opposite Effects of Mineral Dust Nonsphericity and Size on Dust‐Induced Snow Albedo Reduction by Tenglong Shi, Cenlin He, Daizhou Zhang, Xuelei Zhang, Xiaoying Niu, Yuxuan Xing, Yang Chen, Jiecan Cui, Wei Pu, Xin Wang

“…Results indicate that the dust‐induced albedo reduction decreases by up to 30% as the effective radii of dust particles increase in 1–5 μm. Nonspherical dust enhances snow albedo reduction relative to spherical dust by up to 20%. …”
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PD-L1 Expression and CD8+ T Cell Infiltration Predict a Favorable Prognosis in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Yangyang Wang, Chunchao Zhu, Wei Song, Jun Li, Gang Zhao, Hui Cao

“…PD-L1 expression was positively correlated with CD8+ T cell infiltration. Then, PD-L1 and CD8A mRNA expression was analyzed using gastric cancer data from the TCGA database, confirming a positive correlation. …”
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Downregulation of Hlx Closely Related to the Decreased Expressions of T-bet and Runx3 in Patients with Gastric Cancer May Be Associated with a Pathological Event Leading to the Im... by Yan Xu, Jingjing Gao, Zhaoliang Su, Xiaoli Dai, Yazhen Li, Yingzhao Liu, Jianguo Chen, Jia Tong, Yun Zhang, Chaoyang Wu, Dong Zheng, Shengjun Wang, Huaxi Xu

“…In addition, the Runx3 expression was also downregulated with the lower T-bet mRNA level. These results suggested that the decreased Hlx expression was closely associated with T-bet and Runx3 downregulations and may contribute to the development of gastric cancer.…”
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ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS ASSESSMENTS FOR 400/220/110/20 kV URECHESTI POWER SUBSTATION by Nicolae Daniel FÎȚĂ, Mila Ilieva OBRETENOVA, Florin MURESAN – GRECU, Gheorghe Eugen SAFTA, Adrian Mihai SCHIOPU, Dan Cristian LAZAR

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Synthesis of antifungal imines as inhibitors of ergosterol biosynthesis by Joydeep Karan, Aditi Kundu, Robin Gogoi, Kanchikeri Math Manjaiah, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Koyel Mondal, Rajesh Kumar, Parshant Kaushik, Priya Saini, Virendra Singh Rana, Najam Akhtar Shakil

“…Most of the compounds were effective against the test fungi with EC50 values ranging from 0.99 to 190.51 μg/mL. The substitution of chlorine at the phenyl ring attached to the carbon of the imine group resulted in the highest antifungal activity against both test fungi. …”
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Can a physical activity program improve functional capacity and fatigue in people with cancer? A retrospective analysis by Aline Reinmann, Edouard Laré, Anne-Violette Bruyneel, Joseph Gligorov, Alexandre Bodmer, Thibaud Koessler

“…Walking capacity (+ 41.63 ± 91.00 m) and fatigue (-2.01 ± 3.77) were improved after the program (p < 0.001). …”
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Advances in Deep Brain Imaging with Quantum Dots: Structural, Functional, and Disease-Specific Roles by Tenesha Connor, Hemal Weerasinghe, Justin Lathia, Clemens Burda, Murat Yildirim

“…Studies have demonstrated the capability of QDs to achieve imaging depths up to 2100 μm, far exceeding that of conventional fluorophores. …”
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NEUTRON CAPTURE GAMMA RAY FIELD WITH ENERGY TO 10 MeV FOR METROLOGICAL SUPPORT OF RADIATION PROTECTION DEVICES by D. I. Komar, R. V. Lukashevich, V. D. Guzov, S. A. Kutsen

“…We got experimental spectral data on detection unit BDKG-19M NaI(Tl) 63 × 160 mm with nonlinear channel-energy conversion characteristic in range to 10 MeV. …”
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Effect of physical activity and interstimulus interval on an RSVP task: A replication of Raymond et al. (1992) by Bradley-Garcia, Meenakshie, Zhang, Anqi, Erbayav, Arda, Arranz, Artemis, Leclair, Danica, Kotch, Gabe, Mallet, Matthieu, Boivin, Thomas, Bensmaia, Sophia, Brisebois, Rosalie, Carraro, Francesca, Coulombe Grinham, Maya, Ekoly-Wambi, Rhema, Estephan, Rebecca, Josiah, Kathy, Lacroix, Émilie, Mayotte, Edwige, Meyerovich, Erika, Montminy-Bergeron, Charlotte, Muco, Annick, Pala, Deniz, Piquette, Amélie, Poirier, Isabelle, St-Aubin, Camille, T-Beauchamp, Cassandra

“…A sample of participants (n = 132) aged 18-70 years old (M = 31.91, SD = 17.25) were recruited to complete the study. …”
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency with coinherited Gaucher disease: A rare association by Nupur Parakh, Kusha Sharma, Sunita Sharma, Priti Chatterjee, Varinder Singh

“…Beta glucosidase enzyme levels were low while chitotriosidase was raised (1109.19 nmol/hr/mL). A final diagnosis of G6PD with GD was made. …”
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