The content of yellow pigments in durum wheat (Titicum durum Desf.) grains: biosynthesis, genetic control, marker selection by P. N. Malchikov, M. G. Myasnikova

“…Grain with high contents of yellow pigments will add the natural bright-yellow colour to the paste, which unlike a paste with a high level of whiteness, are preferred by consumers. …”
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Adapting to climate change and multi-risk governance: toward sustainable adaptation and enhancing urban resilience—Indonesia by Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa

“…Abstract Climate change has contributed to an increase in natural catastrophes over the past five years in Indonesia, causing various forms of damage in urban areas and posing a severe danger to multi-risk governance for municipal governments in Indonesia. …”
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Fast Ways to Detect Outliers by Emad Obaid Merza, Nashaat Jasim Mohammed

“…On the other hand, the presence of outliers ​​may be of great benefit, for example knowledge of geological activities that precede natural disasters such as (earthquakes, forest fires, floods ... etc.). …”
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Clinical Observation on Multi Spectral Irradiation for Middle and Old Aged Osteoporosis Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency by Jun XING, Zhenfang MA, Yahui WANG, Yi RU, Jianfeng LU, Li YAN, Jingke AN

“…The treatment group received the irradiation of spinal column, abdomen and pain joints by using ATWL-YY-Ⅰtype production of multi band spectral instrument, and the control group received natural illumination. Two parts were irradiated per day, and the irradiation lasted for 30 days. …”
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From the guest editors by Gerardo Chowell, Zhilan Feng, Baojun Song

“…His research program is at the interface of the mathematical and natural and social sciences with emphasis on (i) the role of dynamic social landscapes on disease dispersal; (ii) the role of environmental and social structures on the dynamics of addiction and disease evolution, and (iii) Dynamics of complex systems at the interphase of ecology, epidemiology and the social sciences. …”
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Influence of Water System Connectivity Project on Hydrodynamics of Offshore Tidal Waters by WANG Yifei, WANG Yanhong, YANG Xiaoyu, JIAO Jian, DING Lei

“…The water system connectivity project adopts a series of artificial or natural measures to connect the water system and realize the hydraulic connection between the rivers. …”
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Factoring Central Asia in the Russia-India Energy Trade by A. Dhaka, M. Dmitrieva

“…The Central Asian republics are a house to some of the world’s largest natural gas reserves and they have been exporting it large volumes through pipelines. …”
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Conjugated Linoleic Acid Treatment Attenuates Cancerous features in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Zohre Miri-Lavasani, Shukoofeh Torabi, Roya Solhi, Bahareh Shokouhian, Parvaneh Afsharian, Zahra Heydari, Abbas Piryaei, Zahra Farzaneh, Nikoo Hossein-khannazer, Hamidreza Aboulkheyr Es, Ensieh Zahmatkesh, Andreas Nussler, Moustapha Hassan, Mustapha Najimi, Massoud Vosough

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) treatment, natural ligand of HNF4α, on the proliferation, migration, and invasion capacities of HCC cells in vitro. …”
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Levistolide A and periplogenin inhibit the growth of gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by Jia Li Guo, Hong Mei Hu, Shao Chin Lee, Ji Zhong Zhao

“…Aim: In the present study, the natural products levistolide A (LA) and periplogenin (PPG) were studied for their growth inhibitory effects on the development of gastric cancer cells in vitro and, more critically, in vivo, alone or in combination with the therapeutic medication 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). …”
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Local time statistics and permeable barrier crossing: From Poisson to birth-death diffusion equations by Toby Kay, Luca Giuggioli

“…Barrier crossing is a widespread phenomenon across natural and engineering systems. While abundant cross-disciplinary literature on the topic has emerged over the years, the stochastic underpinnings of the process have yet to be linked quantitatively to easily measurable observables. …”
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Biodegradable Mg alloy modified with bioactive exosomes for cardiovascular stent application by Ya-chen Hou, Jing-an Li, Chang Cao, Chang Su, Zhen Qin, Ge Zhang, Jia-cheng Guo, Jun-nan Tang, Jin-ying Zhang, Shao-kang Guan

“…In this work, the biodegradable Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy was modified by MgF2 and dopamine polymer film (PDA) as the corrosion resistance layer and the bonding layer respectively, and then the exosome, a natural nanoparticle contains mRNAs and proteins, was tailored to give the surface better biocompatibility. …”
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Application of the Flux-Variance Technique for Evapotranspiration Estimates in Three Types of Agricultural Structures by Ori Ahiman, Yonatan Mekhmandarov, Moran Pirkner, Josef Tanny

“…Measurements were carried out in three types of agricultural structures: (i) a banana plantation in a light-shading (8%) screenhouse (S1), (ii) a pepper crop in an insect-proof (50-mesh) screenhouse (S2), and (iii) a tomato crop in a naturally ventilated greenhouse with a plastic roof and 50-mesh screened sidewalls (S3). …”
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Integrating cellular automata Markov model to simulate future land use change of a tropical basin by M. Camara, N.R.B. Jamil, A.F.B. Abdullah, R.B. Hashim

“…Given the importance of knowledge of future land use in addressing the problems of uncontrolled development on environmental quality, this study could be valuable for land use planners of the river basin largely covered by natural forest. The study however, suggests future research to integrate geospatial techniques with biophysical and socio-economic factors in simulating land use trends.…”
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Quantum-Inspired Data Embedding for Unlabeled Data in Sparse Environments: A Theoretical Framework for Improved Semi-Supervised Learning without Hardware Dependence by Shawn Ray

“…The versatility of this model is illustrated through its application to critical domains such as medical diagnosis, resource-constrained natural language processing, and financial forecasting—areas where data scarcity impedes the efficacy of traditional models. …”
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Computationally secure steganography based on speech synthesis by Menghan LI, Kejiang CHEN, Weiming ZHANG, Nenghai YU

“…The steganography theory of computing security has been proposed for a long time, but it has not been widely adopted for mainstream steganography using multimedia data as a carrier.The reason is that the prerequisite for calculating secure steganography is to obtain the accurate distribution of the carrier or to accurately sample according to the carrier distribution.However, naturally collected images and audio/video cannot meet this prerequisite.With the development of deep learning technology, various machine-generated media such as image generation and synthesized speech, have become more and more common on the Internet and then generated media has become a reasonable steganography carrier.Steganography can use normal generated media to cover up secret communications, and pursue in distinguishability from normal generated media.The distribution learned by some generative models is known or controllable, which provides an opportunity to push computational security steganography for practical use.Taking the widely used synthetic speech model as an example, a computationally secure symmetric key steganography algorithm was designed and implemented.The message was decompressed into the synthetic audio according to the decoding process of arithmetic coding based on the conditional probability of sample points, and the message receiver had the same generation model to complete the message extraction by reproducing the audio synthesis process.The public key steganography algorithm was additionally designed based on this algorithm, which provided algorithmic support for the realization of full-flow steganographic communication.Steganographic key exchange ensured the security of steganographic content and the security of steganographic behavior was also achieved.The theoretical analysis showed that the security of the proposed algorithm is determined by the randomness of the embedded message.And the steganography analysis experiment further verified that the attacker cannot distinguish the synthesized carrier audio from the encrypted audio.…”
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Impact of eggshell membrane on metabolism and cell adhesion in oxidatively stressed canine chondrocytes by Juraj Vozar, Nikola Hudakova, Natalia Nosalova, Mykhailo Huniadi, Dana Marcincakova, Slavomir Hornak, Lubica Hornakova, Petra Majerova, Dasa Cizkova, Dasa Cizkova

“…Eggshell membrane (ESM) is a rich source of bioactive compounds, including proteins, peptides, and antioxidants, contributing to its potential therapeutic benefits. These natural antioxidants might help neutralize reactive oxygen species (ROS) and modulate inflammatory responses, which are often linked with chondrocyte damage in osteoarthritis. …”
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Consistency Regularization for Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Flood Regions From SAR Images by G. Savitha, S. Girisha, Pundarika Sughosh, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Rahul Paul, Nithesh Naik

“…As one of the most powerful natural catastrophes, floods pose serious risks to people’s lives, the integrity of infrastructure, and agricultural landscapes, which increases the toll they take on the economy and society. …”
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Development of a Multifunctional Chitosan-Based Composite Film from Crab Shell (<i>Portunus segnis</i>) and Algae (<i>Ulva lactuca</i>) with Enhanced Antioxidant and Antimicrobial... by Imen Zaghbib, Johar Amin Ahmed Abdullah, Alberto Romero

“…This study investigates the application of <i>Ulva lactuca</i> macroalgae powder (ULP) as an active additive in crab (<i>Portunus segnis</i>) chitosan-based films for natural food packaging. Films with ULP concentrations of 0.5, 1.5, and 2.5% were prepared using a solvent-casting method with glycerol as a plasticizer. …”
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Great Tit (Parus major) Nestlings Have Longer Telomeres in Old‐Growth Forests Than in Young Forests by Ronalds Krams, Dina Cīrule, Maris Munkevics, Sergejs Popovs, Priit Jõers, Jorge Contreras Garduño, Indrikis A. Krams, Tatjana Krama

“…ABSTRACT Modification and deterioration of old‐growth forests by industrial forestry have seriously threatened species diversity worldwide. The loss of natural habitats increases the concentration of circulating glucocorticoids and incurs chronic stress in animals, influencing the immune system, growth, survival, and lifespan of animals inhabiting such areas. …”
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Bioefficacy of Composite Medicinal Plant Extracts and Gum Arabic on Improving Postharvest Quality in Dragon Fruit by Paa Kwesi Bordoh, Asgar Ali, Matthew Dickinson, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Francisca Aba Ansah

“…Several natural preservative techniques including plant extracts are used to minimize postharvest losses caused by pathogens. …”
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