Shrub encroachment alters the diversity of soil fungal communities in topsoil, but not in subsoil under alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau by Wenming Ma, Tenzing Droma, Changting Wang, Xiangli Ma

“…Co-occurrence networks between fungal taxa showed higher network links and more assembled, indicating the stability of fungal community was promoted by shrub development. Hierarchical partitioning (HP) analysis indicated that pH and SOC were the main key factors affecting fungal community structure in top- and subsoils, respectively. …”
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“…The cultural aspect of Korean linguistics is explored through Eva VUČKOVIČ’s “Workplace Discourse and Expression of Hierarchy in Yoon Tae-ho’s Webtoon Misaeng,” which uses critical discourse analysis to examine hierarchical dynamics in corporate settings, as depicted in this iconic Korean webtoon. …”
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PC-YOLO11s: A Lightweight and Effective Feature Extraction Method for Small Target Image Detection by Zhou Wang, Yuting Su, Feng Kang, Lijin Wang, Yaohua Lin, Qingshou Wu, Huicheng Li, Zhiling Cai

“…The core innovation of PC-YOLO11s lies in the optimization of the detection network structure, which includes the following aspects: Firstly, PC-YOLO11s has adjusted the hierarchical structure of the detection network and added a P2 layer specifically for small object detection. …”
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Stereotypes and social representations associated with pediatric surgeons among medical students, residents and physicians: a cross-sectional study by Coline Ducrot, Max Piffoux, Mathilde Payen, Sebastien Raux, Franck Rolland, Evan Gouy, Linh Nam Truong, Ariel Frajerman, Florent Vinchon, Nawale Hadouiri

“…Methods This anonymous nationwide web-based survey was posted on social networks and disseminated by e-mail by medical students and residents’ associations. It used hierarchical evocation methods. Qualitative analyses were performed using the Reinert method with factorial analyses. …”
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STLNet: Symmetric Transformer Learning Network for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection by Liye Mei, Andong Huang, Zhaoyi Ye, Yaxiaer Yalikun, Ying Wang, Chuan Xu, Wei Yang, Xinghua Li

“…The LGD employs a multilevel semantic feature integration from the encoder to augment feature representation and interdependencies, crucial for detailing small changed areas effectively via a hierarchical attentional fusion block. Ultimately, the detection of changes is based on the rich semantic information provided by the LGD, enabling us to achieve enhanced precision in our remote sensing CD efforts. …”
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Comparison of Essential Oils of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. from Different Processing Methods and Harvest Seasons Based on GC-MS and Chemometric Analysis by Xue Pan, Haiying Li, Dingfang Chen, Jinjin Zheng, Longhua Yin, Juan Zou, Yalun Zhang, Kaiwen Deng, Meifeng Xiao, Lei Meng, Fuyuan He

“…The results showed that the oil yield of FHC (0.076 ± 0.030%) was higher than that of DHC (0.038 ± 0.029%), and oil yield was higher in summer than in autumn (0.044 ± 0.029% for DHC1, 0.036 ± 0.028% for DHC2, 0.084 ± 0.026% for FHC1, and 0.067 ± 0.033% for FHC2, respectively). Moreover, hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) successfully distinguished the chemical constituents of DHC and FHC oils. …”
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TMBocelot: an omnibus statistical control model optimizing the TMB thresholds with systematic measurement errors by Xin Lai, Shaoliang Wang, Xuanping Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuqian Liu, Zhili Chang, Zhili Chang, Xiaonan Wang, Xiaonan Wang, Yang Shao, Yang Shao, Jiayin Wang, Yixuan Wang

“…Therefore, we proposed a universal framework, TMBocelot, which accounts for pairwise measurement errors in clinical data to stabilize the determination of hierarchical thresholds. TMBocelot utilizes a Bayesian approach based on the stationarity principle of Markov chains to implement an enhanced error control mechanism, utilizing moderately informative priors. …”
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mHealth-Augmented Care for Reducing Depression Symptom Severity Among Patients With Chronic Pain: Exploratory, Retrospective Cohort Study by Dan Holley, Amanda Brooks, Matthew Hartz, Sudhir Rao, Thomas Zaubler

“…ResultsmHealth-augmented integrated care led to significantly greater proportions of patients reaching clinical benchmarks for reduction (725/844, 86% vs 2112/2765, 76%), response (689/844, 82% vs 2027/2765, 73%), and remission (629/844, 75% vs 1919/2765, 69%) compared with integrated care alone. Furthermore, hierarchical regression modeling revealed that patients who received mHealth-augmented psychiatric CoCM experienced the greatest sustained reductions in on-average depression severity compared with other cohorts, irrespective of clinical benchmarks. …”
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Distinct phenotypes of patients and healthcare resource utilization after hospitalization for COVID-19: an observational study by Claire Marant Micallef, Manon Belhassen, Florence Ader, Valeria Martinez, Eric Van Ganse, Marjorie Bérard, Mélanie Née, Mikhail Dziadzko, Frédéric Aubrun

“…We performed Ward’s ascendant hierarchical clustering (AHC) analysis to identify groups of patients with similar post-COVID-19 HCU and described HCU and clinical characteristics by cluster. …”
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DeepGenMon: A Novel Framework for Monkeypox Classification Integrating Lightweight Attention-Based Deep Learning and a Genetic Algorithm by Abdulqader M. Almars

“…Next, the CNN is employed to process the visual input and extract hierarchical features for classifying the input data into multiple classes. …”
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Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A Systematic Review of Current and Emerging Trends in Clinical and Translational Research by Foteini Stefania Koumpa, Diamantis Xylas, Maciej Konopka, Dieter Galea, Kirill Veselkov, Anthony Antoniou, Akash Mehta, Reza Mirnezami

“…Acquired data were then divided into hierarchical thematic categories (imaging modalities, translational biomarkers (diagnostic/prognostic/therapeutic), and delivery techniques) and subcategories. …”
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Cellular heterogeneity and communication networks in gastric cancer: Single-cell analysis reveals β-hydroxybutyrylation-associated genes and immune infiltration characteristics by You Hu, Jun Xu, Jian Lv, Yan Qin, Yongda Lu, Fan Cen, Hongbao Yang, Kai Chen, Suhua Xia

“…Among these, 20 β-hydroxybutyrylation (Kbhb)-associated genes were identified, including key genes such as MRPL13, LDHB, COX6C, FABP5, and RPS13, which were significantly associated with immune infiltration and tumor microenvironment remodeling. Hierarchical clustering based on these genes classified gastric cancer patients into two subgroups with distinct prognostic outcomes. …”
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Altering the mechanical properties of self-assembled filaments through engineering of EspA bacterial protein by Moran Elias-Mordechai, May Morhaim, Maya Georgia Pelah, Irina Rostovsky, May Nogaoker, Jürgen Jopp, Raz Zarivach, Neta Sal-Man, Ronen Berkovich

“…Our findings suggest EspA as a fundamental element for developing a new biomaterial with a hierarchical structure, enabling the fabrication of macroscopic substances from self-assembled EspA-modulated filaments.…”
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Response of plant life forms and soil physical properties to near-natural restoration measures in alpine grassland, Tibetan plateau by Guoxing He, Guoxing He, Xiaoni Liu, Xiaoni Liu, Yali Li, Yali Li, Tong Ji, Tong Ji

“…We utilized redundancy analysis (RDA), variation partitioning(VP), hierarchical partitioning (HP), and partial least squares pathway modeling (PLS-PM) to dissect the quantitative relationships between the distribution of plant life forms and soil physical properties under these restoration measures.Results and discussionThe results indicated the following: 1) Under each restoration measure, the distribution of life form plants were predominantly characterized by the highest number of hemicryptophytes, followed by geophytes, with the least number of therophytes. …”
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Navigating diabetes care inequities: an observational study linking chronic care model’s structural elements to process and outcomes of type 2 diabetes care in Belgium by Philippe Bos, Katrien Danhieux, Edwin Wouters, Josefien van Olmen, Veerle Buffel

“…By estimating a series of hierarchical mixed-effects models, we assessed the association between primary care practices’ CCM implementation and two process and two outcome indicators of T2D care. …”
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The Effect of Goat Grazing on the Biodiversity of Pannonian Dry Grassland by Karoly Penksza, Ferenc Pajor, Andrea Kevi, Zsombor Wagenhoffer, Laszló Sipos, Eszter Salata-Falusi, Peter Penksza, Peter Poti, Jozsef Berke, Denes Salata, Marta Bajnok, Szilard Szentes

“…Phytosociological data were processed using hierarchical cluster analysis and the non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test. …”
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Variability of microbiomes in winter rye, wheat, and triticale affected by snow mold: predicting promising microorganisms for the disease control by Ildar T. Sakhabutdinov, Inna B. Chastukhina, Egor A. Ryazanov, Sergey N. Ponomarev, Olga A. Gogoleva, Alexander S. Balkin, Viktor N. Korzun, Mira L. Ponomareva, Vladimir Y. Gorshkov

“…Our study aimed to assess the variability of the snow mold pathocomplex in different winter cereal crops (rye, wheat, and triticale) in different agrocenoses following the peak disease progression and to arrange a hierarchical list of microbial taxa predicted to be the main candidates to prevent or, conversely, stimulate the development of snow mold pathogens. …”
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Role of apoptosis genes in aggression revealed using combined analysis of ANDSystem gene networks, expression and genomic data in grey rats with aggressive behavior by A. O. Bragin, O. V. Saik, I. V. Chadaeva, P. S. Demenkov, A. L. Markel, Yu. L. Orlov, E. I.  Rogaev, I. N. Lavrik, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…Aggressive behavior in animals plays an important role in protecting the territory, offspring, establishing social hierarchical relations, etc. Increased aggression is observed in a number of diseases ( schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, brain degenerative disorders). …”
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Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms by Samantha Lansdell, Abin Zorto, Misaki Seto, Edessa Negera, Saeed Sharif, Sally Cutler

“…The study demonstrated that Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AC) methods and Linear Regression (LR) modelling performed best with this dataset. …”
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CONCEPTUALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: AN ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE ARCTIC by Elena M. Klyuchnikova, Vladimir A. Masloboev, Vladimir V. Dyadik, Andrey V. Masloboev, Natalia V. Dyadik, Anastasia N. Chapargina

“…The study employs a comparative analysis of the environmental policies of the selected nations. A hierarchical framework was used for comparison, analyzing the content of environmental legislation in terms of concepts, objectives, policy directions, and implementation mechanisms. …”