Hierarchical Feature Attention Learning Network for Detecting Object and Discriminative Parts in Fine-Grained Visual Classification by A. Yeong Han, Kwang Moo Yi, Kyeong Tae Kim, Jae Young Choi

“…For instance, the size of a bird may vary across images, and the color of its beak might only be significant for species identification when its wing and tail colors are specific. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Adapt Local Land Use Planning to Climate Change by Julia Forster, Stefan Bindreiter, Birthe Uhlhorn, Verena Radinger-Peer, Alexandra Jiricka-Pürrer

“…Additionally, climate change and species extinction demand rapid and effective policies in order to preserve soil resources for future generations. …”
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Feasibility and challenges of submerged culture of steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss for open ocean aquaculture in the United States by Michael Chambers, Michael Coogan, Michael Doherty, Chris Rillahan, Pal Lader, Willaim H. Howell

“…Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) have potential as an offshore species, though they have open air bladders (physostomous), and need access to air to inflate their swim bladders. …”
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Thermochemical analysis of the behaviour of Cu in Ti nano-strand formation from low-temperature reaction of Al-Fe-Cu powder with CaF2-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-MnO-TiO2 flux by Theresa Coetsee, Frederik Johannes De Bruin

“…To address this, an experimental method was applied at a lower temperature of 1350 °C to simulate and study the behaviour of the gas species generated from the oxy-fluoride flux, especially when combined with metal powders. …”
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The Investigation of Reducing PAHs Emission from Coal Pyrolysis by Gaseous Catalytic Cracking by Yulong Wang, Ruifang Zhao, Chun Zhang, Guanlong Li, Jing Zhang, Fan Li

“…The possible cracking process of 16 PAHs is deduced by elaborately analyzing the cracking effect of the two catalysts on 16 different species of PAHs.…”
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Effects of traditional Chinese medicine Zuo-Gui-Wan on gut microbiota in an osteoporotic mouse model by Junjie Li, HaomingYou, Yucheng Hu, Ruxu Li, Tianxin Ouyang, Qiang Ran, Guilong Zhang, Yong Huang

“…Mfuzz clustering analysis and metagenomeSeq analysis identified important microbiota species that were rescued or modulated by ZGW treatment. …”
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Testing and identification of bovine viral diarrhea virus isolates recovered in Russia between 2019 and 2022 by R. I. Bubyakin, S. V. Kononova, I. N. Shumilova, O. P. Byadovskaya, A. O. Krotova, A. V. Kononov

“…The study also identified the species of the recovered isolates. Based on the analysis of the nucleotide sequence of genome 5’-untranslated region (5’-UTR) fragment, these isolates were classified as belonging to three genotypes of the virus. …”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…In this context, standard laboratory rearing of aphid species, like the green peach aphid Myzus persicae, uses plant leaf disks floating on an agar layer. …”
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Effect of plasma assisted combustion on emissions of a premixed nitrous oxide fuel blend by Boj N. Villanueva, Po-Hung Lin, Yueh-Heng Li, Jaime P. Honra

“…Chemiluminescence imaging was used to observe the changes in radical species emissions for a laminar premixed CH4/N2O/Ar flame under plasma actuation and emission results were measured with a flue gas analyzer. …”
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Re-evaluation of mastodon material from Oregon and Washington, USA, Alberta, Canada, and Hidalgo and Jalisco, Mexico by Alton C. Dooley Jr, Chris Widga, Brittney E. Stoneburg, Christopher Jass, Victor M. Bravo-Cuevas, Andrew Boehm, Eric Scott, Andrew T. McDonald, Mark Volmut

“…The presence of at least two contemporaneous Pleistocene mastodon taxa in North America (Mammut americanum and M. pacificus) invites re-examination of specimens at the geographic margins of each species in order to determine range boundaries, overlaps, and fluctuations. …”
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Neurovascularization inhibiting dual responsive hydrogel for alleviating the progression of osteoarthritis by Wenpin Qin, Zhangyu Ma, Guo Bai, Wen Qin, Ling Li, Dongxiao Hao, Yuzhu Wang, Jianfei Yan, Xiaoxiao Han, Wen Niu, Lina Niu, Kai Jiao

“…The dynamic Schiff base bonds and boronic ester bonds allow for injectability, self-healing, and pH/reactive oxygen species dual responsiveness. The OSPPB hydrogel can significantly inhibit angiogenesis and neurogenesis in vitro. …”
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Repellency Potential, Chemical Constituents of Ocimum Plant Essential Oils, and Their Headspace Volatiles against Anopheles gambiae s. s., Malaria Vector by Jonathan Osei-Owusu, William K. Heve, Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Maxwell Jnr Opoku, Joseph Apau, Kodwo Ninsin Dadzie, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Kwaafo Akoto Awuah-Mensah, Margaret Appiah, Akwasi Acheampong, Michael Birkett, Antony Hooper

“…Among the three Ocimum species, both the essential oils and the headspace volatiles from O. tenuiflorum achieved the longest repellency time lengths of 90–120 minutes. …”
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Provision of veterinary services in livestock holdings in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, A. S. Oganesyan, A. Selyanin, A. V. Belchikhina, I. M/ Klinovitskaya, A. K. Karaulov

“…In total, the study covered 6,226,368 holdings for major livestock species, such as cattle and small ruminants, pigs, poultry, horses and fur animals. …”
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Metabolites Profiling of Manilkara mabokeensis Aubrév Bark and Investigation of Biological Activities by Xavier Worowounga, Rami Rahmani, Armel-Frederic Namkona, Sylvie Cazaux, Jean-Laurent Syssa-Magalé, Hubert Matondo, Jalloul Bouajila

“…Manilkara mabokeensis Aubrév is a tree that belongs to the Sapotaceae family, native to the tropical forest in Latin America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The bark of this species is used as traditional medicine to treat diseases. …”
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Necrotizing Liver Granuloma/Abscess and Constrictive Aspergillosis Pericarditis with Central Nervous System Involvement: Different Remarkable Phenotypes in Different Chronic Granul... by Sanem Eren Akarcan, Neslihan Karaca, Guzide Aksu, Halil Bozkaya, Mehmet Fatih Ayik, Yasemin Ozdemir Sahan, Mehmet Arda Kilinc, Zafer Dokumcu, Cenk Eraslan, Emre Divarci, Hudaver Alper, Necil Kutukculer

“…Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immune deficiency causing predisposition to infections with specific microorganisms, Aspergillus species and Staphylococcus aureus being the most common ones. …”
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamps reduce amplification of host chloroplast and mitochondria rRNA gene sequences and increase detected diversity in 16S rRNA gene profiling analysis... by Usman Hussain, Jim Downie, Amy Ellison, Sandra Denman, James McDonald, Marine C. Cambon

“…Here, we applied a universal chloroplast (p)PNA clamp and a newly designed mitochondria (m)PNA clamp to minimise host chloroplast and mitochondria amplification in 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiles of leaf, bark and root tissue of two oak species (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). Results Adding PNA clamps to PCR led to an overall reduction of host chloroplast and mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences of 79%, 46% and 99% in leaf, bark and root tissues, respectively. …”
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The Calcium Sensor CBL-CIPK Is Involved in Plant’s Response to Abiotic Stresses by S. M. Nuruzzaman Manik, Sujuan Shi, Jingjing Mao, Lianhong Dong, Yulong Su, Qian Wang, Haobao Liu

“…The present review will concisely recapitulate the recent and ongoing research progress of positive ions (Mg2+, Na+, and K+), negative ions (NO3-, PO4-), and hormonal signalling, which are evolving from accumulating results of analyses of CBL and CIPK loss- or gain-of-function experiments in different species along with some progress and perspectives of our works. …”
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Impact of climate change on the distribution of Isaria cicadaeMiquel in China: predictions based on the MaxEnt model by Zhipeng He, Habib Ali, Junhao Wu, Zhiqian Liu, Xinju Wei, Zhihang Zhuo

“…This study aims to further elucidate the impact of the environment on the distribution of I. cicadae from a geographical perspective and provide theoretical insights for the future cultivation and conservation strategies of this species.…”
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Changes in the Microbiome During Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Mateusz de Mezer, Nina Chalama, Cheyanna Bratt, Melanie Kiebalo, Natalia Dolata, Jan Rogaliński, Małgorzata Leszczyńska

“…Discerning between ‘healthy’ and ‘diseased’ sinonasal microbiomes and ‘keystone’ species could shed light on CRS etiology and provide the opportunity for CRS treatment tailored to an individual’s microbiome. …”
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Mobilization of plant genetic resources from South and Southeast Asia by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…It should be noted that significantly fewer wild species and crop wild relatives were mobilized from these countries than from India, Indonesia and Ceylon – about 100 spp., or 10,992 accessions.Altogether, collecting teams brought from the South Asian tropical center of crop origin 18,594 germplasm samples, most of which were groat crops (4521). …”
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