Insect seedling herbivory is influenced by multiple factors, but the plant apparency theory is more supported than other hypotheses – A case study in a subtropical forest by Baozhu Yuan, Bo Wang

“…This, in turn, exerts a significant influence on forest community diversity and structure, as well as ecosystem function and stability. Notable variation in herbivory has been detected both among and within plant species. …”
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Comparison and Evaluation of Rain Gauge, CMORPH, TRMM PR and GPM DPR KuPR Precipitation Products over South China by Rui Wang, Huiping Li, Hao Huang, Liangliang Li

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Restoration of Turbid Underwater Images of Cobalt Crusts Using Combined Homomorphic Filtering and a Polarization Imaging System by Enzu Peng, Chengyi Liu, Haiming Zhao

“…Marine cobalt-rich crusts, extensively used in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and electronics, are crucial mineral resources located on the ocean floor. To effectively exploit these valuable resources, underwater imaging is essential for real-time detection and distribution mapping in mining areas. …”
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Research on Acoustic Field Correction Vector-Coherent Total Focusing Imaging Method Based on Coarse-Grained Elastic Anisotropic Material Properties by Tianwei Zhao, Ziyu Liu, Donghui Zhang, Junlong Wang, Guowen Peng

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Modeling and Analysis of Noise Reduction Method in SPAD-Based LiDAR System by Kai Ma, Tao Yin, Na Tian, Zhe Wang, Tian Zhao, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Liyuan Liu

“…Ambient light interference stands as the primary source of noise encountered by the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), which seriously restricts the detection range and accuracy of sensors. …”
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: a better OCT imaging strategy by Zahid Yaqoob, Jigang Wu, Changhuei Yang

“…There are two approaches to SDOCT—one that uses a broadband source and a spectrometer to measure the interference pattern as a function of wavelength and the other that utilizes a narrowband tunable laser that is swept linearly in k ∼ 1/λ space during spectral fringe data acquisition. …”
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The Study of Roadside Visual Perception in Internet of Vehicles Based on Improved YOLOv5 and CombineSORT by LI Xiaohui, YANG Jie, XIA Qin

“…But in practice, it is difficult to achieve both optimal detection accuracy and computational efficiency simultaneously due to limited computing resources. …”
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Chi-circ_0009659 modulates goat intramuscular adipocyte differentiation through miR-3431-5p/STEAP4 axis by Xin Li, Hao Zhang, Yong Wang, Yanyan Li, Youli Wang, Yan Xiong, Wei Liu, Yaqiu Lin

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Barriers and facilitators of fetal heart monitoring with a mobile cardiotocograph (iCTG) device in underserved settings: An exploratory qualitative study from Tanzania. by Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Sanmei Chen, Yhuko Ogata, Minami Suzuki, Yuryon Kobayashi, Miyuki Toda, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku

“…<h4>Background</h4>Fetal monitoring in low-resource settings is often inadequate. A mobile cardiotocograph fetal monitoring device is a digital innovation that could ensure the safety of pregnant women at high risk and their fetuses through early detection and management of fetal distress. …”
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Prokaryotic microbial compositions and physicochemical characteristics of Huangshui, a by-product of Baijiu fermentation by TANG Yanping, GAO Xiubing, NI Jie, ZHANG Fengqin

“…Huangshui is a by-product of solid-state fermentation Baijiu that has abundant microbial resources. In this study, the similarities and differences in physicochemical properties and prokaryotic microbial structures among different sources of Huangshui were comprehensively analyzed by physicochemical detection methods and high-throughput sequencing technology. …”
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Porous Carbon Fabricated by Microbial Pretreatment of Brewer’s Grain for the Improvement of Toluene Adsorption Performance by Jingxin Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Xiaoping Lin, Ziyi Yu, Davide Vione, Haomin Huang, Xiaohong Zhang, Yanhong Zhang, Jiaqi He, Yun Xia, Hansun Fang

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PhotoNeuro: A compact photodetector for synchronization of visual stimulus presentation during behavioural experiments in neuroscience by Xavier Cano-Ferrer, Marcelo J. Moglie, George Konstantinou, Antonin Blot, Gaia Bianchini, Albane Imbert, Petr Znamenskiy, M. Florencia Iacaruso

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Mineral identification in thin sections using a lightweight and attention mechanism by Xin Zhang, Wei Dang, Jun Liu, Zijuan Yin, Guichao Du, Yawen He, Yankai Xue

“…Mineral identification is foundational to geological survey research, mineral resource exploration, and mining engineering. Considering the diversity of mineral types and the challenge of achieving high recognition accuracy for similar features, this study introduces a mineral detection method based on YOLOv8-SBI. …”
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CRISPR-Cas- and Aptamer-based Systems for Diagnosing Pathogens: A Review by Helin Yu, Wenwen Jing, Xunjia Cheng

“…Finally, we discuss Cas14-based tools as functionally stronger platforms for the detection of non-nucleic acid targets.…”
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Research on lightweight weed recognition algorithm based on improved YOLOv8 by Zhang Chao, Liu Bin, Li Kun

“…Different scale features are used to improve the performance of target detection. Finally, the MPDIoU loss function is replaced to enhance the convergence and stability of the model. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Bridging Conventional Therapeutics and Emerging Molecular Innovations by Shao-feng Wang, Jie Gong, Hai-ying Zhang, Hao-jun Dai, Jin-jin Shi, Jing-wen Ling, Ke-qing Dong, Rosnani Hashim

“…All in all, it serves as a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers working toward improving early intervention and long-term outcomes for patients at risk of or living with CKD. …”
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Biomimicry as a decision-making methodology in condition monitoring by Hariom Dhungana

“…However, traditional condition monitoring techniques face several limitations: they rely heavily on high-quality, continuous sensor input, struggle with adaptability to new fault scenarios, require significant computational resources, and often provide limited decision support beyond fault detection. …”
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Sequential Inversion for Helicopter Time-Domain Electromagnetics Based on a Regularized Extended Kalman Filtering by Sirui Zhou, Jun Lin, Chuandong Jiang, Haigen Zhou, Yanzhang Wang

“…The helicopter time-domain electromagnetic method (HTEM) has been widely applied in challenging geological terrains, particularly in large-scale mineral exploration, underground water resource detection, and the selection of sites for underground engineering, due to its advantage of not requiring personnel to enter the detection area. …”
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Seismic fault identification method based on CBAM-TransUNet by Xin WANG, Wei ZHANG, Tongjun CHEN, Ao ZHANG, Dang ZHAO

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RDM-YOLO: A Lightweight Multi-Scale Model for Real-Time Behavior Recognition of Fourth Instar Silkworms in Sericulture by Jinye Gao, Jun Sun, Xiaohong Wu, Chunxia Dai

“…Specifically designed for deployment on resource-constrained devices, the model ensures real-time monitoring capabilities in practical sericulture environments.…”
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