Geotechnical investigations of lead-silver ore processing residues at the Auzelles site, Auvergne (France) by Diaka Sidibé, Mamadou Diallo, Ahmed Amara Konaté, Muhammad Zaheer

“…The adopted methodology included in situ tests (such as density measurement and permeability) and laboratory analyses (grain size distribution, moisture content, methylene blue test, direct shear test, and standard Proctor test). …”
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Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity in a Southern African soybean collection based on single nucleotide polymorphism markers by A. Tsindi, J. S. Y. Eleblu, E. Gasura, H. Mushoriwa, P. Tongoona, E. Y. Danquah, L. Mwadzingeni, M. Zikhali, E. Ziramba, G. Mabuyaye, J. Derera

“…Rapid phenotyping revealed grain yield potential ranging from one to five tons per hectare for the 200 non-genetically modified accessions. …”
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RB-TRNet: a regularity-guided and boundary-aware architecture for toponym recognition from Chinese text by Haigang Sui, Jindi Wang, Xining Zhang, Huihan Ning, Wentao Wang, Lieyun Hu

“…Extracting geographic information from texts contributes to both geographic information science research and various practical applications, but extracting fine-grained and complex location descriptions from Chinese text is still challenging, due to flexible word construction and lack of clear boundaries in Chinese place names. …”
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Synergistic Effect of Sugarcane Bagasse and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Eco-Remediation of Cadmium-Contaminated Saline Soils in Wheat Cultivation by Emad M. Hafez, Khadiga Alharbi, Hany S. Gharib, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Essam Elatafi, Maha M. Hamada, Emadelden Rashwan, Tarek Alshaal

“…These amendments enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity, with catalase (CAT) increasing by 35.3% and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) by 54.9%. Wheat grain yield increased by 42% with SCB alone and by 75.2% with combined SCB and ZnO NP treatment, underscoring their potential as eco-friendly soil amendments for saline, Cd-contaminated soils. …”
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Interface enhancement mechanism of rolled Mg/Al clad plate with particle interface control by Xiaobao Ma, Peng Li, Tao Wang, Zhongkai Ren, Peng Chen, Jiang Ji

“…Meanwhile, the dual cold-sprayed Al coatings on both the Mg slab and Al slab underwent dynamic recrystallization during rolling to form a homogeneous unit with no additional coating interfaces. Fine grain strengthening and dislocation strengthening were judged to be important mechanisms for improving the mechanical performance of the interfacial layer.…”
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A new leaf pubescence gene, Hl1^th, introgressed into bread wheat from <i>Thinopyrum ponticum</i> and its phenotypic manifestation under homoeologous chromosomal substitu... by A. V. Simonov, E. I. Gordeeva, M. A. Genaev, W. Li, I. O. Bulatov, T. A. Pshenichnikova

“…Blue-grain lines were created on the basis of the spring bread wheat variety Saratovskaya 29 (S29) with chromosome 4B or 4D replaced with chromosome 4Th from Thinopyrum ponticum. …”
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Exploring thematic activity changes in black holes and volcanoes of urban population mobility under daily rhythms by Jing Cai, Rui Li, Shunli Wang, Huayi Wu

“…By applying this method to daytime and nighttime economies and public services, we quantified changes in the fine-grained functional service vitality and the distribution of functional facilities in commuting zones. …”
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Gradual Application of Potassium Fertilizer Elevated the Sugar Conversion Mechanism and Yield of Waxy and Sweet Fresh-Eaten Maize in the Semiarid Cold Region by Li Yang, Yu Xin Chi, Yu Feng Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Xun Bo Zhou

“…Considering the overall higher maize quality, we recommended the waxy maize Jin-262 and sweet maize Jingke-183 varieties along with application of 20% (sowing), 40% (jointing), and 40% (large trumpet stages) of 120 kg/ha potassium fertilizer for the improvement of grain quality of maize planting in the semiarid cold region. …”
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CGV-Net: Tunnel Lining Crack Segmentation Method Based on Graph Convolution Guided Transformer by Kai Liu, Tao Ren, Zhangli Lan, Yang Yang, Rong Liu, Yuantong Xu

“…Additionally, the Detailed-Macro Feature Fusion (DMFF) module enables multi-scale feature integration by combining detailed and coarse-grained features, mitigating the significant feature loss encountered during the encoding and decoding stages, and further improving segmentation precision. …”
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Can urban compactness improve ecosystem services: Evidence from Chinese urban agglomerations by Xuewei Zhang, Jiahui Wu, Jintao Yuan, Wanxu Chen

“…This study aimed to address the research gap by examining the spatial relationship between ESs and urban compactness using a set of spatial regression models. Grain yield (GY), habitat quality (HQ), and carbon storage (CS) were selected to measure ESs in this study. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to maize lethal necrosis in tropical maize inbred lines by Hilda M. Kavai, Hilda M. Kavai, Dan Makumbi, Felister M. Nzuve, Vincent W. Woyengo, L. M. Suresh, William M. Muiru, Manje Gowda, Boddupalli M. Prasanna

“…Disease ratings at four time points, grain yield (GY), and other agronomic traits were analyzed using Griffing’s Method 3 and Hayman’s diallel models. …”
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Study on Change of Landscape Pattern Characteristics of Comprehensive Land Improvement Based on Optimal Spatial Scale by Baoping Feng, Hui Yang, Yarong Ren, Shanshan Zheng, Genxiang Feng, Yuwei Huang

“…The results showed that: (1) patch density, largest patch index, area-weighted average shape index, contagion, and division index all showed obvious scale effects, and the suitable first and second scale domains in the study area are 5–7 m and 35–40 m, respectively, and 5 m is the most suitable grain size for the study of landscape pattern change. (2) The block basis ratio of the semi-variogram of the six landscape level indices begins to stabilize at the window radius of 210 m. …”
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Differential physiological and yield responses of selected mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) genotypes to various high-temperature stress regimes by Uday Chand Jha, Sadiah Shafi, Shyam Tallury, Harsh Nayyar, Ignacio A. Ciampitti, Kadambot H. M Siddique, P. V. Vara Prasad

“…Wilczek). Mung beans are vital grain legumes in Southeast Asian countries and are crucial for food security. …”
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Innovative development, microstructure and hydration characteristics of recycled brick powder-circulating fluidized bed fly ash-based earthwork subgrade backfill by Wenhuan Liu, Kaize Li, Xiaoyu Jiao, Hui Li, Honghong Cao, Yongping Qu

“…At the experimental ratio of RBP: CFBFA: coarse-grained soil = 8: 32: 60, the 28-day unconfined compressive strength (UCS), California Bearing Ratio (CBR) value, rebound modulus value, shear strength value, and compression modulus value of the sample attain their maximums, measuring 5.3 MPa, 41.9 %, 71.9 MPa, 10.5 KPa, and 15.76 MPa, respectively, all exceeding the standard values. …”
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The Impact of Oyster Mushrooms (<i>Pleurotus ostreatus</i>) on the Baking Quality of Rye Flour and Nutrition Composition and Antioxidant Potential of Rye Bread by Sylwia Stępniewska, Agnieszka Salamon, Grażyna Cacak-Pietrzak, Małgorzata Piecyk, Hanna Kowalska

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Fodder qualities of heterotic hybrids from intergeneric crosses between maize and eastern gamagrass by P. A. Panikhin, V. A. Sokolov

“…Maize, as a plant with the C4 pathway of photosynthesis, is highly efficient in transforming the energy of light into chemical bond energies, which ultimately leads to the highest yield per unit area of cultivated land. Its grain and green biomass possess good fodder qualities and are actively used in feed rations for cattle, smaller ruminants, and poultry. …”
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Lodging in wheat: genetic and environmental factors and ways of overcoming by E. V. Ageeva, I. N. Leonova, I. E. Likhenko

“…Lodging is one of the main factors in reducing the yield and grain quality of winter and spring wheat varieties. …”
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Multi-view knowledge representation learning for personalized news recommendation by Chao Chang, Feiyi Tang, Peng Yang, Jingui Zhang, Jingxuan Huang, Junxian Li, Zhenjun Li

“…The MKRL framework innovatively integrates convolutional neural networks with multi-head attention modules to capture intricate contextual information from both user history and candidate news, allowing the model to recognize fine-grained patterns. The multi-head attention dynamically weighs user interactions and candidate news based on relevance, enhancing recommendation accuracy. …”
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Assessing microbial population dynamics, enzyme activities and phosphorus availability indices during phospho-compost production by F. R. Kutu, T. J. Mokase, O. A. Dada, O. H. J. Rhode

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Genetic sources for barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>) breeding in the Volga-Vyatka region by O. N. Shupletsova, I. N. Shchennikova

“…These accessions underwent field- and laboratory-based research at the FASC of the North-East, which was targeted at the main qualities of breeding value: grain yield, growing season duration, and resistance to lodging, diseases and soil stress. …”
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