Genome-wide identification and expression pattern analysis of NAC family in Taxus yunnanensis and the TyuNAC30 role in paclitaxel production by Jiangtao Fan, Yong Wang, Mengke Dou, Qiuhong Hu, Qing Li, Shengmei Gan, Mingwei Jing, Gang Wang, Xiong Huang

“…Yeast one-hybrid and related assays revealed that TyuNAC30 functions as a negative regulator of TyuDBTNBT, a key enzyme gene in the paclitaxel biosynthetic pathway. …”
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Genomic Signatures of Positive Selection and Local Adaptation in Ethiopian Sheep Populations by B. E. Demissie, G. M. Tarekegn, H. Dadi, Z. Edea, A. A. Woldesemayat, K-S Kim, S. Girma, T. Seyoum, K. Melaku, S. Keskes

“…Fixation index (FST) and cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity (XPEHH) methods were used to detect signatures of positive selection. Functional analysis revealed genes related to plateau adaptation, immune response, and tail fat formation. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) by Weiwei Zheng, Changlin Liu, Shenglei Han, Tengteng Wang, Tao Yang, Zhihong Liu, Dong Xu, Huizong Han, Xiaoqing Xi, Changwei Shao, Kaiqiang Liu

“…Approximately 94.02% of assembled sequences were anchored into 24 pseudochromosomes, and a total of 18 telomeres were detected. Totally 22,835 protein-coding genes and 227.87 Mb repetitive sequences were identified. …”
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Genetic Basis and Exploration of Major Expressed QTL <i>qLA2-3</i> Underlying Leaf Angle in Maize by Yonghui He, Chenxi Wang, Xueyou Hu, Youle Han, Feng Lu, Huanhuan Liu, Xuecai Zhang, Zhitong Yin

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In vitro fermentation of whole matrix, digested products and β-glucan enriched extract of Pleurotus eryngii mushrooms distinctively impact the fecal microbiota of healthy older adu... by Evangelia N. Kerezoudi, Marigoula Vlassopoulou, Evdokia K. Mitsou, Georgia Saxami, Georgios Koutrotsios, Ioanna Taflampa, Konstantinos C. Mountzouris, Ignacio Rangel, Robert J. Brummer, Georgios I. Zervakis, Vasiliki Pletsa, Panagiotis Georgiadis, Adamantini Kyriacou

“…The changes in bacterial communities upon fermentation at family, genera and species level were detected via 16S rRNA Next Generation Sequencing and Quantitative real-time PCR. …”
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Chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of two geographically distinct strains of malaria vector Anopheles albimanus by Dieunel Derilus, Gareth D. Weedall, Michael W. Vandewege, Dhwani Batra, Mili Sheth, Lori A. Rowe, Ananias A. Escalante, Audrey Lenhart, Lucy Mackenzie Impoinvil

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Unraveling Fish Community Diversity and Structure in the Yellow Sea: Evidence from Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Bottom Trawling by Jinyong Zhang, Xiaoyu Cui, Lin Lin, Yuan Liu, Jinqing Ye, Weiyue Zhang, Hongjun Li

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Characteristics of Land Use Change and Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity in Chongqing by XIE Xianjian, GOU Qiantao, WU Han

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Sarcopenia diagnosis using skeleton-based gait sequence and foot-pressure image datasets by Muhammad Tahir Naseem, Na-Hyun Kim, Haneol Seo, JaeMok Lee, Chul-Min Chung, Sunghoon Shin, Chan-Su Lee

“…IntroductionSarcopenia is a common age-related disease, defined as a decrease in muscle strength and function owing to reduced skeletal muscle. One way to diagnose sarcopenia is through gait analysis and foot-pressure imaging.Motivation and research gapWe collected our own multimodal dataset from 100 subjects, consisting of both foot-pressure and skeleton data with real patients, which provides a unique resource for future studies aimed at more comprehensive analyses. …”
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Diverse ancestral representation improves genetic intolerance metrics by Alexander L. Han, Chloe F. Sands, Dorota Matelska, Jessica C. Butts, Vida Ravanmehr, Fengyuan Hu, Esmeralda Villavicencio Gonzalez, Nicholas Katsanis, Carlos D. Bustamante, Quanli Wang, Slavé Petrovski, Dimitrios Vitsios, Ryan S. Dhindsa

“…These findings highlight the need for enhanced population representation in genomic resources to fully realize the potential of precision medicine and drug discovery. …”
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ESSegNeXt: A Novel Building Extraction Framework Based on Generalized SamGeo and SegNeXt Models Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Qi Lu, Wensong Liu, Lianpeng Zhang, Erzhu Li, Junlong Qiu, Lei Wang

“…Additionally, an edge-preserving loss function was introduced to enhance the boundary detection capability of the SegNeXt model using edge features extracted by SamGeo during cyclic validation. …”
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Additive Manufacturing for Automotive Radar Sensors Using Copper Inks and Pastes by Nihesh Mohan, Fabian Steinberger, Sonja Wächter, Hüseyin Erdogan, Gordon Elger

“…Radar sensors are critical for obstacle detection and navigation, especially for automated driving. …”
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DistB-Condo: Distributed Blockchain-Based IoT-SDN Model for Smart Condominium by Anichur Rahman, Md. Jahidul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Md. Mahfuz Reza, Adnan Anwar, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Mostofa Kamal Nasir, Rafidah Md. Noor

“…Condominium network refers to intra-organization networks, where smart buildings or apartments are connected and share resources over the network. Secured communication platform or channel has been highlighted as a key requirement for a reliable condominium which can be ensured by the utilization of the advanced techniques and platforms like Software-Defined Network (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Blockchain (BC). …”
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Composition of the culturable bacterial community associated with the water column and soft tissues from oysters of the mangrove ecosystem at Honda Swamp, Colombian Caribbean by Lersy López Gutiérrez, Martha Torres, Esteban Zarza González, Alejandro Henao Castro, Laura Contreras Vega

“…Microbiological activity is the basis of ecosystems functioning, among these are the mangroves, which offer a wide variety of goods and services to humanity. …”
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Boosting Aeroponic System Development with Plasma and High-Efficiency Tools: AI and IoT—A Review by Waqar Ahmed Qureshi, Jianmin Gao, Osama Elsherbiny, Abdallah Harold Mosha, Mazhar Hussain Tunio, Junaid Ahmed Qureshi

“…Sustainable agriculture faces major issues with resource efficiency, nutrient distribution, and plant health. …”
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Seropositivity of Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. antibodies among abattoir workers and meat vendors in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania: A call for one health approach control strat... by Mariam M Mirambo, Georgies F Mgode, Zakaria O Malima, Matata John, Elifuraha B Mngumi, Ginethon G Mhamphi, Stephen E Mshana

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Brucellosis and leptospirosis are among neglected tropical zoonotic diseases particularly in the resource limited countries. Despite being endemic in these countries, there is paucity of information on its magnitude. …”
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Personality and Personality Disorders in Medication-Overuse Headache: A Controlled Study by SWAP-200 by Federica Galli, Annalisa Tanzilli, Alessandra Simonelli, Cristina Tassorelli, Grazia Sances, Micol Parolin, Patrizia Cristofalo, Ivan Gualco, Vittorio Lingiardi

“…At levels of specific PDs, MOH patients showed higher obsessive and dysphoric traits and better overall psychological functioning than SUD and PD patients. Conclusion. Although MOH, SUD, and PD populations have been evaluated in multiple sites with different levels of expertise, the study supported the presence of a specific constellation of personality in MOH patients including obsessive (perfectionist) and dysphoric characteristics, as well as good enough psychological resources. …”
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Predicting the course of localized periodontitis of traumatic etiology after complex treatment by Aleksandra V. Smirnova, Diana A. Kuzmina, Natalia A. Sokolovich, Ekaterina S. Mikhailova, Svetlana V. Sverdlova, Ivan V. Grigoriev

“…To assess the body’s adaptive resources, the entropy of the leukocyte blood count was calculated, and risk factors for the occurrence of LPT were assessed. …”
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Impacts of Mechanical Injury on Volatile Emission Rate and Composition in 45 Subtropical Woody Broad-Leaved Storage and Non-Storage Emitters by Yali Yuan, Yimiao Mao, Hao Yuan, Ming Guo, Guomo Zhou, Ülo Niinemets, Zhihong Sun

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Dissecting the genetic basis of response to salmonid alphavirus in Atlantic salmon by Domniki Manousi, Dorota Monika Jaskula, Fabian Grammes, Tim Martin Knutsen, Shahmir Naseer, Samuel AM Martin, Thomas Moen, Marie Saitou, Sigbjørn Lien

“…Additionally, another QTL on Ssa07 was detected, linked to infection-specific response. Transcriptomics analysis of the genes overlapping the Ssa03 QTL region revealed significant expression differences among three tandemly duplicated gig1-like genes, whereas allele-specific expression analysis detected several SNPs with putative functional impact on the particular genes. …”
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