A Novel Landfill Liner Material for Solidified Lake Sediment Based on Industrial By-Product and Construction Waste: Engineering Behavior and Cr(VI) Breakdown Characteristics by Wencheng Meng, Lin Guo, Jiayue Yuan, Shiyu Chen, Guanghua Cai, Haijun Lu

“…Engineering sludge, industrial waste, and construction waste are marked by high production volumes, substantial accumulation, and significant pollution. The resource utilization of these solid wastes is low, and the co-disposal of multiple solid wastes remains unfeasible. …”
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Understanding Mantle Edge Pigmentation Through Comprehensive Transcriptomic Profiling of the Chilean Oyster (<i>Ostrea chilensis</i>) by Camila Godoy-Diaz, Katalina Llanos-Azócar, Gonzalo J. Ruiz-Tagle, Jorge E. Toro, Pablo A. Oyarzún, Juan A. Valdés

“…A total of 935,620,583 paired-end reads were de novo assembled, 50,908 transcripts produced, and a reference transcriptome created with 37.92% GC content and an N50 of 1929 bp. Functional annotation showed a total of 51,315 GO terms, with 21,322 annotations on Biological Process, 14,578 annotations on Molecular Functions, and 15,415 annotations on Cellular Component. …”
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Leaf water uptake strategy of plants in the arid and semi-arid region of Ningxia by CHEN Lin, YANG Xinguo, SONG Naiping, YANG Mingxiu, XIAO Xupei, WANG Xing

“…Our objective was to investigate whether the plant leaf can uptake the rainfall that can not be absorbed by plant roots, and to understand leaf water uptake strategy, the relationship between leaf water uptake capability and plant ecological functional types in the arid and semi-arid region of Ningxia.The leaf water uptake content (LWUC), percentage increase in leaf water content (RW), chlorophyll content (ChlC), leaf water saturation deficit (WSD), specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) of 50 plants were measured, and patterns of leaf traits were investigated to detect their difference among functional groups and relationships between each trait. …”
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Predicting the Likelihood of Operational Risk Occurrence in the Banking Industry Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Hamed Naderi, Mohammad Ali Rastegar Sorkhe, Bakhtiar Ostadi, Mehrdad Kargari

“…Machine learning models can process complex datasets, identify hidden patterns, and facilitate early risk detection, enabling banks to implement preventive measures before risks materialize. …”
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AN INFLUENCE OF SPONTANEOUS MICROFLORA OF FERMENTED HORSEMEAT PRODUCTS ON THE FORMATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PEPTIDES by I. M. Chernukha, I. N. Nikonov, N. G. Mashentseva, D. L. Klabukova, D. A. Afanasev, L. I. Kovalyov, L. А. Ilina

“…Therefore, in the studied product, good preservation of the main spectra of muscle proteins was observed, and the identified fractions, apparently, can be sources of new functional peptides. Not only quantitative but also qualitative changes were observed in the studied samples. …”
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Effects of moderate-protein and high-protein diets, including mealworm meal or poultry by-product meal, on immunological variables in healthy adult dogs by Sophie-Kristin Heinze, Jürgen Zentek, Kathrin Büttner, Andreas Moritz, Nadine Paßlack

“…An interaction effect between the dietary protein source and protein level could be detected for the phagocytic activity of blood granulocytes as well as for the plasma concentrations of IgA and IgE. …”
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Molecular Insights into Rice Immunity: Unveiling Mechanisms and Innovative Approaches to Combat Major Pathogens by Muhammad Usama Younas, Bisma Rao, Muhammad Qasim, Irshad Ahmad, Guangda Wang, Quanyi Sun, Xiongyi Xuan, Rashid Iqbal, Zhiming Feng, Shimin Zuo, Maximilian Lackner

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Development of a Novel KCNN4-Related ceRNA Network and Prognostic Model for Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma by Hengtao Bu, Qiang Song, Jiexiu Zhang, Yuang Wei, Bianjiang Liu

“…Finally, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot were conducted for KCNN4 expression detection in cell lines and clinical samples. Small interfering RNA was employed to knock down KCNN4, and corresponding functional experiments were conducted on ccRCC cells as well. …”
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Metaproteomics in the One Health framework for unraveling microbial effectors in microbiomes by Robert Heyer, Maximilian Wolf, Dirk Benndorf, Sergio Uzzau, Jana Seifert, Lucia Grenga, Martin Pabst, Heike Schmitt, Bart Mesuere, Tim Van Den Bossche, Sven-Bastiaan Haange, Nico Jehmlich, Mariagrazia Di Luca, Manuel Ferrer, Sergio Serrano-Villar, Jean Armengaud, Helge B. Bode, Patrick Hellwig, Catherine Robbe Masselot, Renaud Léonard, Paul Wilmes

“…Metaproteomics offers a novel methodological framework as it provides insights into microbial dynamics by quantifying microbial biomass composition, metabolic functions, and detecting effectors like viruses, antimicrobial resistance proteins, and non-ribosomal peptides. …”
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Ecological connectivity of genomic markers of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli in Hong Kong by Xiaoqing Xu, Yunqi Lin, Yu Deng, Lei Liu, Dou Wang, Qinling Tang, Chunxiao Wang, Xi Chen, You Che, Ethan R. Wyrsch, Veronica M. Jarocki, Steven P. Djordjevic, Tong Zhang

“…Additionally, 195 plasmids were shared across all three source-attributed sectors. Conjugation assays confirmed that several plasmids were functionally transmissible across ecological boundaries. …”
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Contrasting aerial moose population estimation methods and evaluating sightability in west‐central Alberta, Canada by Wibke Peters, Mark Hebblewhite, Kirby G. Smith, Shevenell M. Webb, Nathan Webb, Mike Russell, Curtis Stambaugh, Robert B. Anderson

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Hypoglycemic, Antioxidant Activities, and Probiotic Characteristics of <i>Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus</i> LBUX2302 Isolated from Stool Samples of Neonates by Pedro A. Reyes-Castillo, Ana Laura Esquivel-Campos, Edgar Torres-Maravilla, Eduardo Zúñiga-León, Felipe Mendoza-Pérez, Rosa González-Vázquez, María Guadalupe Córdova-Espinoza, María Angélica Gutiérrez-Nava, Raquel González-Vázquez, Lino Mayorga-Reyes

“…Finally, the presence of ferulic acid activity was detected. The results highlight <i>L. rhamnosus</i> LBUX2302 as a promising probiotic with hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects, warranting further in vivo evaluation for its possible inclusion in functional food and health formulations.…”
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Effects of Clozapine, Haloperidol, and the NMDA Antagonist Ketamine on Novel Object Recognition in <i>Gnathonemus petersii</i>: A New Possible Model for Schizophrenia Research by Petra Horká, Josefina Mavrogeni, Veronika Langová, Pavel Horký, Jan Hubený, Ivana Chrtková, Karel Valeš, Martin Kuchař, Jiří Horáček

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VULVAR AND VAGINAL GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PHASE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA AFTER ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION by Esra Pirinççi, M. Orhan Ayyıldız, Abdullah Karakuş, Reyhan Gündüz

“…In our patient, this condition was detected approximately 5 years after allogeneic transplantation. …”
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Digital Twin-Based Technical Research on Comprehensive Gear Fault Diagnosis and Structural Performance Evaluation by Qiang Zhang, Zhe Wu, Boshuo An, Ruitian Sun, Yanping Cui

“…However, the current gear operation is still faced with problems such as poor monitoring, a single detection index, and low data utilization, which lead to incomplete evaluation results. …”
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Investigation of growth traits in Turkish Merino lambs using multi-locus GWAS approaches: Karacabey Merino by Yalçın Yaman, Ramazan Aymaz, Murat Keleş, Yiğit Emir Kişi, Ecem Hatipoğlu, Arzu Özdemir, Elif Çetinkaya

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Addressing the need for non-invasive lung assessment with time-resolved diffuse optics by Giulia Maffeis, Nicola Serra, Alessandro Bossi, Alessandro Bossi, Elisabetta Avanzi, Alberto Dalla Mora, Laura Di Sieno, Rinaldo Cubeddu, Antonio Pifferi, Antonio Pifferi, Paola Taroni, Paola Taroni

“…Monitoring lungs functions is key for detecting several morbidities and pathologies. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya by Wilton Mbinda, Agnes Kavoo, Fredah Maina, Margaret Odeph, Cecilia Mweu, Naomi Nzilani, Mathew Ngugi

“…Abstract Background Finger millet blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is a serious constrain of finger millet production which is threatening global food security especially to the resource poor smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid regions. …”
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Aeronautical Mutagenesis and Whole-genome Resequencing Reveal the Genetic Basis of Color Change in Naematelia aurantialba by Yukang Zeng, Zhenhui Shen, Yao Cao, Xiangying Luo, Linlei Yang, Rongping Li, Qingqing Lu, Rongchun Li

“…This study was designed to develop novel color-changing germplasm resources and to explore associated functional genes. …”
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Microplastics as an Emerging Potential Threat: Toxicity, Life Cycle Assessment, and Management by Sameh S. Ali, Mohammed Hussein M. Alsharbaty, Rania Al-Tohamy, Maha A. Khalil, Michael Schagerl, Majid Al-Zahrani, Jianzhong Sun

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