Dietary intakes, food behaviours, and health indicators among Métis youth in Manitoba, Canada by Chantal Perchotte, Olena Kloss, Joyce Slater, Alan Katz, Bhanu Pilli, Aynslie Hinds, Marcelo L Urquia, Julianne Sanguins, Chris Green, Jaime Cidro, Dan Chateau, Nathan Nickel, Thomas Falkenberg

“…Percent energy intake of saturated fat was also significantly higher in Métis (12.4%) than non-Métis (11.6%) participants. Median intakes of Grain Products and Meat and Alternatives servings were significantly lower among Métis than non-Métis (6.0 vs. 7.0 and 1.8 vs. 2.0, respectively) participants. …”
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Dynamics of ecosystem service values in the Tarim River Basin by Mengxin Sun, Mengxin Sun, Xin Shen, Xin Shen, Hailiang Xu, Hailiang Xu, Ai Shajiang·Aili, Ai Shajiang·Aili

“…Farmland expanded by over 10% from 2000 to 2015, but its growth slowed between 2015 and 2020 due to the “Grain for Green” policy. Built-up areas grew significantly between 2005 and 2010 but declined afterward due to stricter urban planning. …”
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Tracing Aquatic Macrophyte Development in Nansi Lake, Northern China's Largest Freshwater Lake: Plant Macrofossils From 1855 to Present by Qinghui Zhang, Yufei Wu, Liwei Yang, Zekun Li, Zonglei Li, Yuying Yang, Shiyue Chen, Enfeng Liu

“…Multiple factor analysis was employed to investigate the correlation between these shifts and changes in paleolimnological indicators (invertebrates, geochemistry, and grain size), as well as documented records related to hydrology, climate changes, and human activities. …”
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Time-Series Forecasting of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ Concentrations Based on the Integration of Surveillance Images by Yong Wu, Xiaochu Wang, Meizhen Wang, Xuejun Liu, Sifeng Zhu

“…However, some limitations remain in existing literature, such as their focus on coarse-grained classification, single-moment estimation, or reliance on indirect and unintuitive information from visual images. …”
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Molecular cytogenetic characteristics of new spring bread wheat introgressive lines resistant to stem rust by O. A. Baranova, I. G. Adonina, S. N. Sibikeev

“…Recently, the harmfulness of a dangerous wheat disease, stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, was increased in the main grain-producing regions of the Russian Federation. …”
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An empowerment programme to improve diet quality during pregnancy – the Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy cluster randomised controlled trial by Renske M. van Lonkhuijzen, Jeanne H. M. de Vries, Elske Brouwer-Brolsma, Susanne Cremers, Janine P. M. Faessen, Edith J. M. Feskens, Annemarie Wagemakers

“…Although other components, including fruit, whole-grain foods, nuts, dairy foods, iodine, and fish showed greater average increases in diet quality scores within the intervention group, these differences were not significant. …”
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Superplastic Forming/Diffusion Bonding of TA15 Titanium Alloy for Manufacturing Integrated Solid/Hollow Four-Layer Grid Lightweight Structure Components by Zheng Han, Yuhan Xing, Taiying Liu, Ning Zhang, Shaosong Jiang, Zhen Lu

“…When the temperature is too high, the grain size increases remarkably, and the elongation decreases. …”
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Mobilization of plant genetic resources from the territory of India by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…The greatest number of accessions received by the Institute represented groat crops (over 3500), followed by wheat (1250), and industrial crops and grain legumes (nearly 1000 each). In total, during the whole period of its existence, the Institute has mobilized 24605 accessions.…”
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Resistance of spring bread wheat cultivars and lines to Septoria leaf blotch, tan spot, and spot blotch pathogens by Yu. V. Zeleneva, V. P. Sudnikovа, N. M. Kovalenkо, I. V. Gusev

“…Leaf and stem diseases of cereal crops are among the most harmful in the agrocenoses of Tambov Province, significantly reducing grain yield and rapidly progressing in many regions of Russia. …”
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Closed-loop systems for plants expressing animal proteins: a modernized framework to safeguard the future of agricultural innovation by Kristin A. Bresnahan, Justin M. Ferber, J. Thomas Carrato, Thomas J. Stoddard, Patrick V. Palad, Magi Richani

“…PMF products, particularly those that express an animal protein in seed and grain crops, have the potential to substantially benefit U.S. and global agriculture, food systems, economies, and the environment. …”
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Sole and Combined Application of Biodigestate, N, P, and K Fertilizers: Impacts on Soil Chemical Properties and Maize Performance by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olufunmilayo Titilayo Ande, Samuel Olatunde Dahunsi, Joshua Ogunwole

“…Overall, the treatment of DN1P1K1 demonstrated the highest grain yield, likely due to optimal nutrient supply from N, P, and K fertilizers, along with an improved soil environment facilitated by the biodigestate. …”
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Mapping and Validation of Quantitative Trait Loci on Yield-Related Traits Using Bi-Parental Recombinant Inbred Lines and Reciprocal Single-Segment Substitution Lines in Rice (<i>Or... by Ghulam Ali Manzoor, Changbin Yin, Luyan Zhang, Jiankang Wang

“…., plant height (PH), heading date (HD), thousand-grain weight (TGW), effective tiller number (ETN), number of spikelets per panicle (NSP), and seed set percentage (SS). …”
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Construction and Optimization of Integrated Yield Prediction Model Based on Phenotypic Characteristics of Rice Grown in Small–Scale Plantations by Jihong Sun, Peng Tian, Zhaowen Li, Xinrui Wang, Haokai Zhang, Jiangquan Chen, Ye Qian

“…This study employs four rice phenotypic traits, namely, panicle angle, panicle length, total branch length, and grain number, along with seven machine learning methods—multiple linear regression, support vector machine, MLP, random forest, GBR, XGBoost, and LightGBM—to construct a yield prediction model group. …”
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Projet Sphinx : réhabilitation d'un groupe de mandrills en milieu naturel by Lucille Martin‑Klimoczko, Anais Herbert, Anne Meyer, Mélanie Harté

“…Aujourd’hui les mandrills sont toujours suivis quotidiennement, le groupe est stable et semble bien adapté à son nouvel environnement, ils se nourrissent de façon autonome des fruits, graines, racines et insectes de la forêt et découvrent peu à peu la vaste étendue de forêt qui s’offre à eux.…”
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Evaluation of vegetable pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] genotypes for yield stability by J. D. Ojwang, R. Nyankanga, N. V. P. R. G. Ganga Rao, J. Imungi

“…Results Combined analysis of variance (ANOVA) at six environments revealed highly significant (P  < 0.01) variations in G × E interactions for yield (Kg/ha), 100 Seed mass (g/100 seed), days to flower and maturity (P  < 0.05). AMMI model for grain yield interaction principal components analysis (IPCA), explained 96.5% of the total yield variation. …”
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Commercial chip-based tunneling magnetoresistance sensor for green-synthesized magnetic nanoparticles assay by Pinaka Elda Swastika, Harlina Ardiyanti, Zurnansyah, Deska Lismawenning Puspitarum, Nurul Imani Istiqomah, Nur Aji Wibowo, Edi Suharyadi

“…All sample have a face-centered cubic inverse spinel structure with average grain size of 10.3 nm, 9.2 nm and 6.1 nm for Fe3O4, CoFe2O4 and MnFe2O4, respectively. …”
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Fractionation of Rare Earth Elements in Greisen and Hydrothermal Veins Related to A-Type Magmatism by Mikael Tillberg, Olga M. Maskenskaya, Henrik Drake, Johan K. Hogmalm, Curt Broman, Anthony E. Fallick, Mats E. Åström

“…The greisen consists of coarse-grained quartz, muscovite, and fluorite, whereas the veins mainly contain quartz, calcite, epidote, chlorite, and fluorite in order of abundance. …”
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Photosynthetic performance and carbon metabolism in the ear organs of oats under drought stress by Jiaqi Fang, Yuan Zhan, Baowen Zhao, Yan Zhao, Youjun Chen, Qingping Zhou, Hui Wang

“…Drought stress significantly decreased the PEPC activities in the glumes, lemmas, and flag leaves, and the glumes had significantly higher PEPC activity than the flag leaves in the late stages of grain filling. Compared to CK-7, fructose and sucrose content was significantly decreased in the flag leaves under DS-7, while drought stress significantly increased the fructose, sucrose, and starch content in the glumes and lemmas. …”
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Distribution and environmental drivers of macrofaunal nematode communities across gradients of methane seepage at cold seeps on Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand) and potential implica... by Daniel Leduc, Ashley A. Rowden, Ashley A. Rowden, Sarah Seabrook, David A. Bowden, Andrew R. Thurber, Andrew R. Thurber, Jane Halliday, Cliff S. Law, Cliff S. Law, Olivia S. Pereira, Bethany G. Whitten, Andrew Marriner

“…Within area variability in nematode community structure was mainly correlated with food availability and sediment grain size. Consistent with previous investigations of seep nematodes, we did not find evidence of seep endemics. …”
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A Wideband Chemical Survey of Massive Star-forming Regions at Subarcsecond Resolution with the Submillimeter Array by Charles J. Law, Qizhou Zhang, Arielle C. Frommer, Karin I. Öberg, Roberto Galván-Madrid, Eric Keto, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Paul T. P. Ho, Andrés F. Izquierdo, L. Ilsedore Cleeves

“…In particular, we find potential evidence of carbon grain sublimation in G28.20-0.05 and identify an elemental oxygen gradient and rich sulfur chemistry in G35.58-0.03. …”
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