Influencing Mechanisms of Ecosystem Services on Net Carbon Sink Efficiency and Spatial Differentiation Thereof: A Case Study of the Shanghai Metropolitan Area by Haoyang SONG, Min WANG

“…In combination with the guiding content of spatial synergistic planning for the Shanghai Metropolitan Area, four important ecosystem services, namely water retention, water purification, soil retention and biodiversity maintenance, are quantitatively characterized with the InVEST model. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…[Methods]A novel detection method named Deep Semi-Non-negative Matrix Factorization-based Mahalanobis Distance Anomaly Detection (DSNMFMAD) was proposed, which combines Deep Semi-Non-negative Matrix Factorization (DSNMF) with Mahalanobis distance for robust anomaly detection in complex image backgrounds. …”
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Optimization of Identification and Zoning Method for Landscape Characters of Urban Historic Districts by Hong YUN, Zixuan HU, Zehao HU

“…Finally, the research takes the Pun Tong Historic District in Guangzhou as an example to test the effectiveness of the optimized method mentioned above.ResultsThe research shows that the the Pun Tong Historic District consists of four historic layering, namely the traditional rural period (from Tang Dynasty to 1840), the traditional township period (1840 – 1911), the modern township period (1912 – 1948), and the contemporary township period (from 1949 to the present). …”
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Deteksi Covid-19 pada Citra Sinar-X Dada Menggunakan Deep Learning yang Efisien by Novanto Yudistira, Agus Wahyu Widodo, Bayu Rahayudi

“…We used 1125 x-ray images and achieved an accuracy of 86.93% with a number of model parameters of 18.55 times less than EfficientNet and 22.36 times less than ResNet50 to detect 3 categories namely Covid-19, Pneumonia, and normal through the 5-fold cross validation. …”
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MOKSLO VERTYBINIO NEUTRALUMO PROBLEMA XX A. FILOSOFIJOJE (M. WEBERIS, ANALITINĖ MOKSLO FILOSOFIJA IR METAETIKA, KRITINĖ TEORIJA) by Zenonas Norkus

“…Against the prevailing interpretations of Weber as noncognitivist of emotivist (MacIntyre) or prescriptivist (Runciman) kind suggestion is made that Weber's views can be considered as cognitivist (namely, as cognitivist antinaturalist scepticism or agnosticism). …”
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Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African “Ritual Archives”: Disciplinary Formations in African Thought by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…Except for the set of images in the appendix, these artistic works are not identified, nor does the identification of those in the appendix go beyond naming them, exclusions perhaps motivated by the need to avoid expanding an already unusually big book of about 1,032 pages of central text. …”
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'Giustizia fatta': observations sur un registre des condamnés à mort (1471–1764) de la bibliothèque de Beccaria by Pierre Musitelli

“…This chronicle of the scaffold, which breaks off in the month if not on the very day that Dei delitti et delle pene (On crimes and punishments) appeared, records the names of ‘thousands of wretches’ whose deaths, presented as ‘pleasing spectacles’, made the Milanese philosopher ‘shudder’ with indignation, as he observes in his celebrated pamphlet of 1764. …”
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Evaluation of single and multispecies probiotic applications for the prevention of Motile Aeromonads Septicaemia in gourami, Osphronemus gourami by Agista Tsani Untsa, Widanarni Widanarni, Sukenda Sukenda, Usamah Afiff, Munti Yuhana

“…The in vivo assay, consisted of five treatments and five replicates, namely: negative control (K-); positive control (K+); (B) fish fed with  supplementation of 1% (v/w) probiotic Bacillus NP5 RifR cells and challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila RifR; (L) fish fed with supplemention of probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum CipR 1% (v/w); challenged with A. hydrophila RifR; (BL) fish fed with mixture supplementation of Bacillus NP5 RifR 0.5% (v/w)+L. plantarum CipR 0.5%; infected with A. hydrophila RifR. …”
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Cloning, Characterization and Expression Regulation in Response to High-Temperature Stress of TRAF7 Gene in the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus by Yanfeng ZHAO, Meijie LIAO, Jianlong GE, Jinjin WANG, Yingeng WANG, Xiaojun RONG, Bin LI, Yanting TAN

“…In this study, based on the results of sea cucumber genome sequencing, the full-length sequence of sea cucumber TRAF7 (named AjTRAF7) cDNA was obtained using RACE technology. …”
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Optimization of salinity range for rearing glass eel Anguilla bicolor bicolor by Ade Yulita Hesti Lukas, Daniel Djokosetiyanto, Tatag Budiardi, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Ridwan Affandi

“…It used a completely randomized design (CRD) with four salinity treatments and three replications, namely (A) 0 g/L, (B) 10 g/L, (C) 20 g/L, and (D) 30 g/L. …”
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Evolution, Characteristics and Inspirations of Management Zoning for National Parks in the United States by Zhenwei ZHANG, Hanyue XIAO, Yankang MAO

“…China’s national parks should adopt the zoning model of “1+N”, namely retaining the existing definition and regulation of the core zone, while endowing the zones outside the core zone with autonomy so that they can meet the provisions on the existing “general control zones”. …”
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New particle formation dynamics in the central Andes: contrasting urban and mountaintop environments by D. Aliaga, V. A. Sinclair, R. Krejci, R. Krejci, M. Andrade, M. Andrade, P. Artaxo, L. Blacutt, R. Cai, R. Cai, S. Carbone, Y. Gramlich, L. Heikkinen, L. Heikkinen, L. Heikkinen, D. Heslin-Rees, D. Heslin-Rees, W. Huang, W. Huang, V.-M. Kerminen, A. M. Koenig, A. M. Koenig, M. Kulmala, M. Kulmala, M. Kulmala, P. Laj, P. Laj, V. Mardoñez-Balderrama, V. Mardoñez-Balderrama, C. Mohr, C. Mohr, C. Mohr, I. Moreno, P. Paasonen, W. Scholz, K. Sellegri, L. Ticona, G. Uzu, F. Velarde, A. Wiedensohler, D. Worsnop, D. Worsnop, C. Wu, C. Wu, C. Wu, C. Xuemeng, Q. Zha, F. Bianchi

“…These categories were then named after their emergent and most prominent characteristics: (1) Intense-NPF, (2) Polluted, (3) Volcanic, and (4) Cloudy. …”
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Immune response and growth of Lates calcarifer fed on hydrolized protein-supplemented diet by Romi Novriadi, Tinggal Hermawan, , Ibtisam, , Dikrurrahman, Muh Kadari, Mikael Herault, Vincent Fournier, Paul Seguin

“…The experiment was performed in two different rearing period, namely nursery and grow out by using completely randomized design. …”
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A Predictive Model for Pulmonary Aspergillosis in ICU Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Li Y, Ren X, Wang Q, Shen S, Li Y, Qian X, Tang Y, Jia J, Zhang H, Ding J, Song Y, Zhang S, Wang S, Xu Y, Jiang Y, He X, Dai M, Zhong L, Xiong Y, Pan Y, Wang M, Shao H, Cai H, Huang L, Wang H

“…The risk prediction model for IPA, incorporating microbiological characteristics, identified six independent risk factors, namely age, immunosuppression, chronic kidney disease, connective tissue disease, liver failure, and cytomegalovirus positivity. …”
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A Comparative Study of Health Efficacy Indicators in Subjects with T2DM Applying Power Cycling to 12 Weeks of Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Con... by Jun Li, Wei Cheng, Haifeng Ma

“…This study is aimed at comparing the effects of different exercise intensities, namely, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), on body composition, heart and lung fitness, and blood glucose, and blood pressure indices in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), using power cycling. …”
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Performance evaluation of four cascade impactors for airborne ultrafine-particle (UFP) collection: the influence of particle type, concentration, mass, and chemical nature by E. Eckenberger, A. Mittereder, N. Gawlitta, N. Gawlitta, J. Schnelle-Kreis, J. Schnelle-Kreis, M. Sklorz, D. Brüggemann, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, A. C. Nölscher

“…Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive characterization and comparison of four cascade impactors suitable for separating and collecting UFPs – namely, the 120R Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor (120R MOUDI-II), ultraMOUDI, electrical low-pressure impactor (ELPI), and personal nanoparticle sampler (PENS) – under controlled laboratory conditions and in a field application.…”
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Associations of sedentary time, sleep duration and physical exercise with multimorbidity among older adults in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study based on national physical f... by Kai Li, Jingjing Wang, Yuqin Rao, Fanhui Zheng, Ying Chen, Bo Zhai, Jintao Hong, Dao Wang, Chen Wang, Bao Liu

“…The other 3 classes, namely the metabolic-cardiovascular-joint-digestive-respiratory disease class (2.9%–3.0%), the metabolic-cardiovascular disease class (14.5%–15.5%), and the joint-digestive-respiratory disease class (17.9%–18.0%), each had an average of more than 2 chronic diseases, representing different multimorbidity patterns. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“… In this regular issue, I am very pleased to present 5 accepted articles by 16 authors from 7 different countries, namely Algeria, China, India, Ireland, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkiye.…”
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Improving Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters and Reducing Mortality due to Ascites in Broilers by Propranolol Inclusion by Shahriar Saidian, Somaya Farahmand, Mokhtar Fathi, Salar Saifi

“…B-blockers (or b-adrenergic antagonists) are a group of drugs widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, namely arterial hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, and angina pectoris as well as other types of pathologies such as anxiety or glaucoma. …”
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Selection of Superior Sugar Beet Genotypes using the Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Traits by Mahdi Hassani, Ali Saremirad, Hamed Mansouri

“…Overall, the results firmly establish the superior performance of three key genotypes, namely 12, 35, and 33, surpassing other tested genotypes in the study.…”
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