Seasonal Pattern of Endo-β-Mannanase Activity During Germination of <i>Jeffersonia dubia</i>, Exhibiting Morphophysiological Dormancy by Young Hyun Kwon, Seung Youn Lee, Yong Ha Rhie

“…The research focused on <i>Jeffersonia dubia</i>, a species with deep simple MPD, by monitoring its morphological and biochemical characteristics under natural field conditions. Seeds were buried in the field and exhumed monthly over a year. …”
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Study of Fluid Flow Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Aviation Fuel-Welded Pipelines via the Fluid–Solid Coupling Method by Changhong Guo, Mengran Di, Hanwen Gong, Jin Zhang, Shibo Sun, Kehua Ye, Bin Li, Lingxiao Quan

“…An increase in fluid pressure has a significant impact on the natural frequency of the pipeline. This study enhances our comprehension of the mechanical properties of aircraft fuel lines with fluid–solid coupling and provides a foundation and guidance for the optimal design of fuel-welded lines.…”
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The effect of the implementation of the health transformation plan on the health indicators of pregnant mothers in East Azerbaijan province, Iran: a longitudinal study from 2007 to... by Hossein Jabbari Beirami, Parisa Yoshari, Davood Gharekhani, Elahe Ghorbani, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq

“…This initiative led to a reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality rates and a decrease in the rate of natural childbirth.…”
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Vibration and Sound Transmission Performance of Sandwich Panels with Uniform and Gradient Auxetic Double Arrowhead Honeycomb Cores by Qing Li, Deqing Yang

“…The spectral element method (SEM) was employed to accurately evaluate the natural frequencies and dynamic responses with a limited number of elements at high frequencies. …”
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The Construction of Heterothallic Strains of <i>Komagataella kurtzmanii</i> Using the I-SceI Meganuclease by Daria D. Sokolova, Philipp I. Akentyev, Kristina O. Petrova, Lyudmila V. Lyutova, Aleksei A. Korzhenkov, Irek I. Gubaidullin, Stepan V. Toshchakov, Dmitry G. Kozlov

“…The methylotrophic yeast <i>Komagataella kurtzmanii</i> belongs to the group of homothallic fungi that are able to spontaneously change their mating type by inversion of chromosomal DNA in the MAT locus region. As a result, natural and genetically engineered cultures of these yeasts typically contain a mixture of sexually dimorphic cells that are prone to self-diploidisation and spore formation accompanied by genetic rearrangements. …”
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Deep Learning-Based English-Chinese Translation Research by Yao Huang, Yi Xin

“…However, because NMT only employs single neural networks to convert natural languages, it suffers from two drawbacks in terms of reducing translation time: NMT is more sensitive to sentence length than statistical machine translation and the end-to-end implementation process fails to make explicit use of linguistic knowledge to improve translation performance. …”
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Investigating the Adsorption and Corrosion Protection Efficacy and Mechanism of <i>Marjoram</i> Extract on Mild Steel in HCl Medium by Malika Sabiha, Younes Kerroum, Maha El Hawary, Maria Boudalia, Abdelkbir Bellaouchou, Othmane Hammani, Hatem M. A. Amin

“…In recent years, the anti-corrosive properties of natural extracts as environmentally friendly inhibitors have gained considerable interest. …”
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La evolución de la moral contractual by Alejandro Rosas

“…Se argumenta en favor de dos tesis: 1) las explicaciones evolucionarias de la cooperación sugieren una moral de tipo contractual, pero son aún ambiguas en lo que concierne a las motivaciones favorecidas por la selección natural, y reflejan, sin resolverlo, un desacuerdo tradicional entre el contractualismo moral hobbesiano (de motivación egoísta) y el kantiano (de motivación altruista); 2) esas explicaciones no pueden, en su forma actual, resolver este desacuerdo, perouna reflexión sobre el papel que desempeña la capacidad de leer las motivaciones y el carácter de otros en la evolución de la moral puede suministrar argumentos a favor del contractualismo kantiano.…”
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Enhanced BP Algorithm Combined With Semantic Segmentation and Subaperture for Improving Agricultural Scene Image Quality in GEO SAR by Yifan Wu, Xiyu Qi, Lijia Huang, Bingchen Zhang, Wenyi Zhang, Lili Yan

“…Geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR) plays a crucial role in various fields, such as crop growth monitoring, irrigation management, terrain and soil analysis, and natural disaster warning. However, GEO SAR images often suffer from interference caused by moving targets, which affects the accurate interpretation of agricultural scenes. …”
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Overview of Radar-Based Gait Parameter Estimation Techniques for Fall Risk Assessment by Sevgi Z. Gurbuz, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Zahra Bassiri, Dario Martelli

“…Radar placed in a home or assisted living facility can acquire continuous ambulatory recordings over extended durations of a subject&#x0027;s natural gait and activity. Thus, radar-based QGA has the potential to capture day-to-day variations in gait, is time efficient and removes the burden for the subject to come to a clinic, providing a more realistic picture of older adults&#x2019; mobility. …”
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Lysozyme-based spray for treatment of radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis by Zdenka Gojković, Jelena Rožić, Nataša Gašpar, Aziz Šukalo, Meliha Mehić, Amna Tanović Avdić, Una Glamočlija

“…The availability of new treatment options based on lysozyme, a natural enzybiotic present in the saliva of healthy subjects, could bring added value to the treatment of oral mucositis and the prevention of its complications. …”
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Evaluating Trends in Interior Design Strategies and Their Impact on the Emotional Experience of Older Adults by Lintong Li, Suhua Wang, Noranita Mansor, Athira Azmi, Jialing Xiang

“…Through a comprehensive literature review, 10 key design features were identified, including multi-sensory attributes, morphological characteristics, cultural elements, and natural components, alongside 17 related research directions. …”
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The interplay between RNA m6A modification and radiation biology of cancerous and non-cancerous tissues: a narrative review by Yajia Cheng, Yue Shang, Shuqin Zhang, Saijun Fan

“…The diverse radiation types in medical treatments and the natural environment elicit complex biological effects on both cancerous and non-cancerous tissues. …”
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Introducción inadvertida de especies vegetales exóticas by A.L. Oliván, C.R. Volponi

“…Una forma de modificación del entorno natural es la introducción accidental de plantas exóticas que, al hallarse libres de controles naturales, se convierten en un problema para los cultivos, ganadería y otras actividades humanas. …”
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Antimicrobial Peptides from Porcine Blood Cruor Hydrolysates as a Promising Source of Antifungal Activity by Sara García-Vela, Aurore Cournoyer, Zain Sánchez-Reinoso, Laurent Bazinet

“…AMPs offer a promising alternative to chemical antimicrobials, which can be used as natural preservatives in the food industry. AMPs can exhibit both antibacterial and/or antifungal properties, thus improving food safety and addressing the growing concern of antibiotic and antifungal resistance. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of a live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate based on multiple attenuation mechanisms by Mie Suzuki Okutani, Shinya Okamura, Tang Gis, Hitomi Sasaki, Suni Lee, Akiho Kashiwabara, Simon Goto, Mai Matsumoto, Mayuko Yamawaki, Toshiaki Miyazaki, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Masahito Ikawa, Wataru Kamitani, Shiro Takekawa, Koichi Yamanishi, Hirotaka Ebina

“…In the current study, we constructed a live-attenuated vaccine candidate, BK2102, combining naturally occurring virulence-attenuating mutations in the NSP14, NSP1, spike, and ORF7-8 coding regions. …”
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Biomedical named entity recognition using improved green anaconda-assisted Bi-GRU-based hierarchical ResNet model by Ram Chandra Bhushan, Rakesh Kumar Donthi, Yojitha Chilukuri, Ulligaddala Srinivasarao, Polisetty Swetha

“…Results This research has proposed a novel model to address the challenges in natural language processing. The Improved Green anaconda-assisted Bi-GRU based Hierarchical ResNet BNER model (IGa-BiHR BNERM) is the model. …”
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Development of hypertensive complications in oocyte donation pregnancy: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (DONOR IPD) by Saskia le Cessie, Marie-Louise van der Hoorn, Jan van Lith, Eileen Lashley, Kim van Bentem

“…Compared with IVF and naturally conceived (NC) pregnancies, OD pregnancies have a higher risk for pregnancy complications as pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and pre-eclampsia (PE). …”
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Human, too human? Experience, Learning, Interaction with AI by Eleonora Sparano

“…The multiplication of the spheres of interaction between humans and AI embodied in social robots makes it possible to consolidate a partnership with interesting developments from an epistemological point of view and with possible applications in which two intelligences of different natures, organic and inorganic, can for the first time work together to produce knowledge. …”
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The efficiency of the seismic isolating sliding belt under the impact of the most unfavourable earthquake accelerograms by O. V. Mkrtychev, S. R. Mingazova

“…To determine the most unfavourable earthquake accelerograms, a method was used that accounted for all the most significant natural frequencies of the building under consideration.Results. …”
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