Remote-sensing-based forest canopy height mapping: some models are useful, but might they provide us with even more insights when combined? by N. Besic, N. Picard, C. Vega, J.-D. Bontemps, L. Hertzog, J.-P. Renaud, J.-P. Renaud, F. Fogel, M. Schwartz, A. Pellissier-Tanon, G. Destouet, F. Mortier, F. Mortier, M. Planells-Rodriguez, P. Ciais

“…Moreover, we observed that the forest stand vertical structure, the dominant tree species, and the type of forest ownership systematically emerge as statistically significant factors influencing the model divergences. …”
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Stability and Control of Surrounding Rock of a Trapezoidal Roadway Retained with Hard Roof Cutting by Shizhong Zhang, Chuangnan Ren, Xinyao Gao, Yongsheng Gao, Lianyi Nie, Shaodong Li, Moulie Jiang

“…According to actual engineering conditions, the top-cutting angle and height of the roof of the 21,100-panel were determined to be 10° and 5.0 m, respectively; (2) the special structure of the trapezoidal roadway led to asymmetric stress distribution in the surrounding rock, especially in the roof and rib. …”
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Latent class cluster analysis of knowledge on acute myocardial infarction in community residents: a cross-sectional study in Tianjin, China by Jing Wang, Xu Zhang, Yan Zhang, Jing Ma, Nan Zhang, Yuan Wang, Jing Gao, Jian-yong Xiao, Yin Liu, Ji-xiang Wang, Xiao-wei Li, Ming-dong Gao, Jing-xian Wang, Shi-bo Xu

“…Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors that predicted high knowledge membership.Participants A structured questionnaire was used to interview 4200 community residents aged over 35 in China. 4122 valid questionnaires were recovered.Results For AMI symptoms and RFs, the knowledge levels were classified into two or three distinct clusters, respectively. 62.7% (Symptom High Knowledge Cluster) and 39.5% (RF High Knowledge Cluster) of the respondents were able to identify most of the symptoms and modifiable RFs. …”
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Rooting for Resilience: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) Boost Citrus Tolerance to Water Scarcity in Rangpur Lime and Carrizo Citrange Rootstocks by Sajjad Hussain, Mehwish Jan, Muhammad Fasih Khalid, Sakeena Tul-Ain Haider, Muhammad Arif Ali, Shakeel Ahmad, Samreen Sabir, Mamoudou Sétamou, Raphael Morillon

“…They also improve the plants’ tolerance to various stresses and enhance soil structure. This study aimed to evaluate the response of two different citrus rootstocks—Rangpur lime and Carrizo citrange—when subjected to three mycorrhizal treatments, namely, AMF+ (inoculated with AMF), AMF- (treated with fungicide to eliminate AMF), and a control (naturally occurring AMF), under conditions of water deficit. …”
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Evidence-based exercise recommendations to improve functional mobility in older adults - A study protocol for living systematic review and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2... by Claudia Volecker-Rehage, Uros Marusic, Bettina Wollesen, Antoine Langeard, Tamar Yellon, Anna Wunderlich, Vera Belkin, Guoping Qian, Eleftheria Giannouli, Zbigniew Ossowski, Rafael A. Bernades, Yael Netz, Rajesh Sighdel

“…They provide a foundation for structuring an optimal exercise training program. If possible, we will also compare interventions from the different categories (eg. cardiovascular, resistance, motor-coordinative, multicomponent or mind-body exercise) as a network analysis and report the influence of moderator variables. …”
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‘I Feel Disempowered Because I Could Not Do Anything’: Clinical Facilitators' Perception of Violence Towards Nursing Students During Clinical Placement by Hila Ariela Dafny, Paul Cooper, Nasreena Waheed, Stephanie Champion, Christine Mccloud, Nicole Snaith, Leeanne Pront

“…Methods and Data Source Data were collected between September and November 2022 using semi‐structured interviews of 1‐h duration with 11 clinical facilitators working in South Australia. …”
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Housing insecurity pathways to physiological and epigenetic manifestations of health among aging adults: a conceptual model by Aarti C. Bhat, Aarti C. Bhat, Aarti C. Bhat, Andrew Fenelon, Andrew Fenelon, Andrew Fenelon, David M. Almeida, David M. Almeida, David M. Almeida

“…The main mediating pathways between housing insecurity and manifestations of stress include health behaviors, psychosocial resources, and structural resources. Moderating factors affecting the associations between housing insecurity and manifestations of stress include government assistance, chronic discrimination/unfair treatment, and individual differences. …”
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Does semaglutide reduce alcohol intake in Danish patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity? Trial protocol of a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinica... by Jens Juul Holst, Tina Vilsbøll, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Helene Benveniste, Nora D Volkow, Anders Fink-Jensen, Gitte M Knudsen, Mette Kruse Klausen, Tugba Kuzey, Julie Niemann Pedersen, Signe Keller Justesen, Line Rasmussen, Ulla B Knorr, Graeme Mason, George Koob

“…A subgroup of the patients will have structural, functional and neurochemical brain imaging performed at baseline and after 26 weeks of treatment. …”
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Ethnobiological survey on medicinal plants used by gaddi and gujjar tribes of riparian region of Beas River of Himachal Pradesh in North Western Himalayas, India by Neha Thakur, Nitesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Anju Sharma, Yogesh K. Ahlawat, Anurag Malik, Meraj Ahmed

“…The ethnobiological data was gathered through field surveys, open interviews, discussions, and semi-structured questionnaires conducted with 193 tribal participants aged 40 to 80 years. …”
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The Role of OCT Angiography in the Assessment of Epiretinal Macular Membrane by Daniela Bacherini, Francesco Dragotto, Tomaso Caporossi, Chiara Lenzetti, Lucia Finocchio, Alfonso Savastano, Maria Cristina Savastano, Francesco Barca, Martina Dragotto, Lorenzo Vannozzi, Francesco Nasini, Francesco Faraldi, Stanislao Rizzo, Gianni Virgili, Fabrizio Giansanti

“…They were evaluated using structural OCT and OCTA before surgery and at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. …”
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Clinical features of cystic neutrophil granulomatous mastitis in 62 cases by Mengjie Wang, Dongxiao Zhang, Na Fu, Min Liu, Hongkai Zhang, Shuo Feng, Yifei Zeng, Wenjie Zhao, Jianchun Cui, Khattak Mazher Mansoor

“…Histopathological analyses demonstrated the formation of lobular structural destruction, acute and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration, granulomas, and cystic vacuole. …”
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Phenolic and Iridoid Glycosides from <i>Leonurus cardiaca</i> L. and Their Effects on the α, δ, and γ Subtypes of the PPAR System—Including the Discovery of the Novel Phenylethanoi... by Kenny Kuchta, Nobuyasu Matsuura, Tung Huu Nguyen, Christian Rusch, Munekazu Iinuma, Yukihiro Shoyama, Hans Wilhelm Rauwald

“…Eight phenylethanoid glycosides not previously detected in <i>L. cardiaca</i>, including the novel cardiaphenyloside A, as well as the iridoids ajugol and harpagide were found via bioassay-guided isolation and structural elucidation of spectroscopic and chemical evidence. …”
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Machine learning analysis of emerging risk factors for early-onset hypertension in the Tlalpan 2020 cohort by Mireya Martínez-García, Guadalupe O. Gutiérrez-Esparza, Guadalupe O. Gutiérrez-Esparza, Manlio F. Márquez, Manlio F. Márquez, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Enrique Hernández-Lemus, Enrique Hernández-Lemus

“…Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Logistic Regression (LG) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) were employed to evaluate the relationship between these factors and hypertension risk.ResultsThe Random Forest (RF) Importance Percent was calculated to assess the structural relevance of each variable in the model, while Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) analysis quantified both the average impact and direction of each feature on individual predictions. …”
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From Natural Hosts to Agricultural Threats: The Evolutionary Journey of Phytopathogenic Fungi by Asanka Madhushan, Dulan Bhanuka Weerasingha, Evgeny Ilyukhin, Paul W. J. Taylor, Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Jian-Kui Liu, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura

“…While sexual recombination is rare and mainly occurs at the center of origin of the pathogen, asexual mechanisms such as mutations, parasexual recombination, horizontal gene or chromosome transfer, and chromosomal structural variations are predominant. Farming practices like mono-cropping resistant cultivars and prolonged use of fungicides with the same mode of action can drive the emergence of new pathotypes. …”
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As-cast microstructure characteristics of K439B nickel-based superalloy thin- walled castings of different thickness by ZHOU Depeng, SUI Dashan, MA Jinyuan, GUI Daxing, DONG Anping, SUN Baode

“…In the face of the demand for mass reduction of aircraft， the structure of its components is developing in the direction of thin-wall. …”
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Genomic insights on cgMLST markers, drug resistance, and urease cluster of Proteus mirabilis strains by Shitao Lian, Yadong Liu, Songnian Hu, Chen Shen, Yinping Ma, Peng Yin, Zilong He

“…The objective was to elucidate the pan-genomic structure of P. mirabilis, revealing the composition and distribution of core and accessory gene families among different strains. …”
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Promotion mechanism of hydroxyl groups in catalyzing CO2 cycloaddition by Yiming Wang, Wensheng Wei, Yuxin Wang, Guangwen Xu, Jinggang Zhao, Lei Shi

“…The promoting effects of the hydroxyl-group content, position and connection structure in different alcohol additives on the CO2 cycloaddition reaction were further investigated and the results demonstrated that when the additive molecule contains an appropriate number of ortho-hydroxyl groups and these hydroxyl groups are connected to groups with strong electron-withdrawing ability and small steric hindrance, the cycloaddition efficiency between PO and CO₂ can be significantly enhanced. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of loaded self-managed exercises and physical activity in people with patellofemoral pain: understanding the feasibility of delivering a multicentred rand... by Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Phillipa Logan, Marcus Bateman, Benjamin E Smith, Fiona Moffatt, Paul Hendrick, James Selfe, Toby O Smith

“…The trial investigated a loaded self-managed exercise intervention, which included education and advice on physical activity versus usual physiotherapy as the control.Design Qualitative study, embedded within a mixed-methods design, using semi-structured interviews.Setting A UK National Health Service physiotherapy clinic in a large teaching hospital.Participants Purposively sampled 20 participants within a feasibility RCT study; 10 patients with a diagnosis of patellofemoral pain, aged between 18 and 40 years, and 10 physiotherapists delivering the interventions.Results In respect to barriers and facilitators, the five overlapping themes that emerged from the data were: (1) locus of control; (2) belief and attitude to pain; (3) treatment expectations and preference; (4) participants’ engagement with the loaded self-managed exercises and (5) physiotherapists’ clinical development. …”
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Beneficial Effect of Multidomain Cognitive Training on the Neuropsychological Performance of Patients with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease by Anastasia Nousia, Vasileios Siokas, Eleni Aretouli, Lambros Messinis, Athina-Maria Aloizou, Maria Martzoukou, Maria Karala, Charalampos Koumpoulis, Grigorios Nasios, Efthimios Dardiotis

“…The objective of the present study is to determine the benefits of a structured, multidomain, mostly computer-based, cognitive training (MCT) οn the cognitive performance of patients with early-stage AD. …”
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Advancements and challenges in agriculture: a comprehensive review of machine learning and IoT applications in vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture by Binoy Sasmal, Gobinda Das, Preeti Mallick, Sneha Dey, Suman Ghorai, Subrata Jana, Chiranjibe Jana

“…The innovative idea, also known as Vertical Farming (VF), integrates agricultural design with building design in a tall structure inside of cities. Implementing VF will solve many challenges by utilizing modern machine learning, IoT, and AI techniques, increasing VF productivity and quality. …”
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