Genome-Wide Identification and Cold Stress Response Mechanism of Barley Di19 Gene Family by Wenbo Chai, Chao Yuan, Shufen Li, Hanyuan Xu, Qing Zhu, Hongtao Li, Wei Ji, Jun Wang

“…These findings reveal the evolutionary conservation and cold-responsive expression characteristics of the <i>HvDi19</i> gene family, laying a foundation for future functional studies. The results also provide important molecular resources for the genetic improvement of cold tolerance in barley, contributing to the development of stress-resilient crop varieties under climate change.…”
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Risk Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant in Rural Areas Using Spatial Distribution by Herawati Herawati, Maria Kanan, Anwar Mallongi, Ramli Bidullah, Sandy N. Sakati, Dwi Wahyu Balebu

“…Background: Water is a very important material for the life of creatures in nature and its function for life cannot be replaced by other compounds. …”
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Structural knowledge-driven meta-learning for task offloading in vehicular networks with integrated communications, sensing and computing by Ruijin Sun, Yao Wen, Nan Cheng, Wei Wang, Rong Chai, Yilong Hui

“…By optimizing the computation mode and network resources, in this paper, we investigate an I-CSC-based task offloading problem to reduce the cost caused by resource consumption while guaranteeing the latency of each task. …”
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Lassa fever survivors: long-term health effects and chronic sequelae – a scoping review by Sulymon A. Saka, Qudus O. Lawal, Osahon Otaigbe, Faustina F. Blackie, Osazuwa Ighodaro, Perpetua I. Odafen, Sylvanus Okogbenin

“…Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and Google Scholar (up to September 2024) for English-language studies reporting physical, psychological, and functional outcomes ≥ 4 weeks post-recovery. Studies were selected using PCC framework (Population: Lassa survivors; Concept: Long-term sequelae; Context: Endemic regions globally). …”
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Sustainable water treatment using thermally stable natural clay: dual adsorption–thermolysis approach for organic pollutants and nitrate removal by Iyad Dawood, Ahed H. Zyoud, Shaher Zyoud, Ameed Amireh, Samer H. Zyoud, Tae Woo Kim

“…The results position thermally regenerated natural clay as a promising candidate for large-scale applications in water purification, particularly in resource-limited settings.…”
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Neurophysiological underpinnings of balance control and cognitive-motor interaction in early Parkinson’s disease by Manca Peskar, Paolo Manganotti, Uros Marusic, Klaus Gramann

“…Abstract People with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) often compensate for impaired automatic balance control by engaging additional attentional resources for motor tasks. With disease progression, their cognitive system too becomes increasingly affected, further impairing postural stability. …”
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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

“…In total, 24 potential variables that represented abiotic resource availability, characters of individual seedlings, conspecific and heterospecific species, and the whole seedling community were selected to test several commonly discussed alternative herbivory hypotheses. …”
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Civil Servants and Political Leaders’ Performance in Service Delivery in Kisoro District Local Government, Uganda. by Zigira Sam, Niyonzima

“…It targeted civil servants and political leaders of Kisoro District and used a sample of 80 respondents who were selected using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. …”
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Utilization Patterns and Optimization Suggestions for Wildlife Passages in Xinjiang Nature Reserves by Mengdi Fu, Jun Wang, Shuang Li, Le Qin, Junsheng Li, Shichao Jin

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Activity tracking devices in pregnancy: Understanding the participant experience in a longitudinal birth cohort by Ashley Redding, Dionne Coates, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Jennifer K. Straughen, Sara Santarossa

“…Methods: A semi-structured moderator guide was utilized to capture feedback on experiences, adherence to protocols, resources, and best practices for measuring PA during pregnancy. …”
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Standardization of the individual Zulliger test on non-clinical Italian population by Riccardo Caporale, Cettina Allone, Antonio Maccarone, Palmira Faraci, Giuseppe Craparo

“…Background: The Zulliger test (Z-test) is a projective technique, mainly used in the selection and evaluation of human resources, through a collective administration. …”
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Psycholinguistic Paradigm of the Medical Staff – Patients Communicative Interaction in the Conditions of COVID-19 in Ukraine and Scotland by Наталія Михальчук, Валерій Зливков, Світлана Лукомська, Олександр Набочук, Ніна Христич

“…It is the experiment that allows us to make a specific idea of the concept, the result of which is the selection of a set of lexical units representing some object. …”
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An Evidence-Based Medical Review on Preoperative Exercise Prehabilitation in Lung Cancer Patients by Zhang R, Wu M, Cheng Y, Xu Y, Xia L

“…Evaluated the quality of the selected literature, and then synthesis the evidence from the literature and made the recommendation level formulation.Results: There were 16 pieces of literature in total, including two guidelines, three evidence summaries, one expert consensus, and ten systematic reviews. …”
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Differences in Soil Reinforcement and Root Fatigue Properties of Typical Shrubs in Semi-arid Mining Areas by Xin Zhang, Bo Wang, Tiejun Liu, Jianying Guo, Hugang Wang, Zhenqi Yang

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Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains by Grégory Abrams, Patrick Auguste, Stéphane Pirson, Isabelle De Groote, Éva Halbrucker, Kévin Di Modica, Camille Pironneau, Tristan Dedrie, Carlo Meloro, Valentin Fischer, Hervé Bocherens, Yves Vanbrabant, Fabrice Bray

“…This study examines the selective use of cave lion bones by Neanderthals to determine whether this behaviour was driven by practical, functional, or symbolic factors, through a detailed zooarchaeological analysis. …”
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An innovative data-driven quantitative prediction method aiming at base groundwater intrusion risk under extra-thick coal seam mining and its practical application by Hao Zhan, Shouqiang Liu, Bo Wu, Qinghan Meng, Yanling Cao, Fan Yang, Qiwei Feng, Wenlong Liu, Wenfeng Zhu, Yangyang Zhao

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Integration of artificial intelligence and advanced optimization techniques for continuous gas lift under restricted gas supply: A case study by Leila Zeinolabedini, Forough Ameli, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…In addition, the net present value (NPV) serves as the objective function. To optimize the selected input variables, including tubing inside diameter, gas injection rate, and separator pressure, various optimization algorithms such as particle swarm optimization (PSO), ant colony optimization (ACO), genetic algorithm (GA), and a Novel optimization algorithm in a gas-lift study called grey wolf optimization (GWO), were utilized considering the constraint of the limited available gas. …”
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Sheep dietary preferences in targeted grazing: demographic, management, and weather effects in northern mixed-grass prairie by Aaron J. Kersh, Hannah M. Fraley, J. Derek Scasta, Justin D. Derner, Paulo de Mello Taveres Lima, Whit C. Stewart

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Genome-Wide Association Study and Haplotype Analysis Jointly Identify New Candidate Genes for Alkaline Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Rice by Ratan Kumar Ganapati, Kai Chen, Xiuqin Zhao, Tianqing Zheng, Fan Zhang, Laiyuan Zhai, Jianlong Xu

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Electrochemical Magnetic Immunoassay for the Determination of the Fish Allergen β-Parvalbumin by José Pedro Rocha, Maria Freitas, Dulce Geraldo, Fátima Bento, Cristina Delerue-Matos, Henri P. A. Nouws

“…A linear concentration range from 10 to 1000 ng/mL, a limit of detection of 1.8 ng/mL, and a limit of quantification of 7.1 ng/mL were achieved. …”
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