A Study of the Structure, Properties, and Sorption Activity of Oil Sorbents Based on the Secondary Cellulose-Containing Raw Materials of Buckwheat Cereal Production by Anton Mostovoy, Natalia Eremeeva, Andrey Shcherbakov, Marina Lopukhova, Sholpan Ussenkulova, Elvira Zhunussova, Amirbek Bekeshev

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The Cost of Self‐Defense: Browsing Effects in the Rare Plant Species Salix arizonica by Shannon J. Lencioni, Rob Massatti, Ken Keefover‐Ring, Liza M. Holeski

“…One leading hypothesis, optimal defense theory (ODT), suggests that natural selection will result in the allocation of resources to defenses that optimize the cost‐to‐benefit ratio between defense and other functional processes. …”
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Competitividad de los sistemas híbridos eólicos-fotovoltaicos para la electrificación rural//Competitiveness of the wind-photovoltaic hybrid systems for the rural electrification... by Ciaddy Rodríguez Borges, Antonio Sarmiento-Sera

“…It was proposed a simple procedure of help for the selection it was carried out an economic analysis that allowed to obtain the main conclusion when checking the biggest competitiveness in these wind-photovoltaic hybrid systems regarding the diesel generation in function to the cost of the energy and the environmental impact for the condition of renewable resources of a great majority of regions of Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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New Thermoelectric Sensor Adapted to Realize an Infrared Radiations Detector by Mohammed Rahmoun, Khalid Hachami, Abdelwahad Touil, Benaissa Bellach, Mohammed Bailich, Ammar Merdani

“…The present paper deals with the design and the realization of a new thermoelectric sensor (Seebeck), sensitive to the infrared radiations emitted by different sources. The function mechanism utilizes radiative absorption phenomena, heat transfer, and thermoelectric effects. …”
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Synthesizing the Academic Administrators’ Competencies: Developing of a Model by Homa Rahmani, Asadollah Khadivi

“…The results of this study offer important insights into the competencies required for university managers and can serve as a valuable resource for universities seeking to improve their selection process for management positions.…”
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A novel rhodamine 6G-based chemosensor for Fe3+ detection in water samples and cellular imaging by Bao-Long Hou, Wenyu Li, Ruirui Feng, Xiumei Yang, Jianli Liu, Cuiling Wang

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Pathway for Renewable Energy Application in Urban Green Space under the Low Carbon Perspective by Kailun WANG, Tonggang NIU, Lian LIU, Zhongjie WANG

“…The research provides a detailed analysis of energy application types and methods, as well as energy consumption models for each of the aforesaid three types of green spaces.ResultsThe research identifies three core challenges in the application of renewable energy in urban green spaces: 1) How to scientifically select the most appropriate renewable energy types and optimize spatial layouts in accordance with natural resource constraints and the functional requirements of green spaces in order to improve energy efficiency; 2) how to effectively integrate the technical functions of energy facilities with landscape and ecological values, so as to achieve a seamless integration of energy infrastructure with landscape, thereby enhancing both environmental adaptability and public acceptance; and 3) how to develop flexible energy utilization and management strategies tailored to the energy consumption characteristics of different green space types, thus ensuring long-term, stable, and sustainable energy supply. …”
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A Two-Step Method for Impact Source Localization in Operational Water Pipelines Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing by Haonan Wei, Yi Liu, Zejia Hao

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Efficient Marker-Assisted Pyramiding of <i>Xa21</i> and <i>Xa23</i> Genes into Elite Rice Restorer Lines Confers Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Bacterial Blight by Yao Li, Yulong Fan, Yihang You, Ping Wang, Yuxuan Ling, Han Yin, Yinhua Chen, Hua Zhou, Mingrui Luo, Bing Cao, Zhihui Xia

“…This study addresses this challenge by implementing functional marker-assisted selection (FMAS) to pyramid two broad-spectrum resistance (R) genes, <i>Xa21</i> and <i>Xa23</i>, into the elite, yet BB-susceptible, restorer line K608R. …”
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Association of Trace Elements with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women—A Case-Control Study by Tinkara Srnovršnik, Bojana Pinter, Milena Horvat, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Ingrid Falnoga, Darja Mazej, Ivan Verdenik, Irma Virant-Klun

“…<b>Results:</b> In women with PCOS, lower Mo levels in whole blood (<i>p</i> = 0.024) and serum (<i>p</i> = 0.011) and higher serum Cu levels (<i>p</i> = 0.026) were detected when compared to healthy controls. Results of this study show that amendments in Cu and Mo levels might be related to altered kidney and liver function and disrupted hormonal balance in PCOS women. …”
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Bearing Small Sample Fault Diagnosis based on Data Generation and Transfer Learning by Dinghui Wu, Qin Fang, Chuyi Wu

“…First， the source dataset is trained on the training network to obtain the source model， and then a small amount of drive-end data is used as the target dataset to fine-tuning to obtain the target model. …”
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Study on the mycorrhizal structure of common plants and rhizosphere AMF diversity of different plant communities in Central Province, Mongolia by Munkhzul Tsetsegmaa, Lumeng Chao, Yuying Bao

“…With the dual destruction cased by man-made activities and natural causes, the biodiversity and ecosystem function of the prairie are reducing rapidly, which are manifest in such phenomenon as grassland desertification, sharp reduction in wetland, soil quality degradation, erosion of soil by wind, rain and watersheds. …”
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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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EEG signatures of cognitive and social development of preschool children-a systematic review. by Supriya Bhavnani, Georgia Lockwood Estrin, Rianne Haartsen, Sarah K G Jensen, Teodora Gliga, Vikram Patel, Mark H Johnson

“…Studies reported on the domains of executive function (n = 22 papers), selective auditory attention (n = 9), learning and memory (n = 5), processing of faces (n = 7) and emotional stimuli (n = 8). …”
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Diverse Ecological Strategies Increase Invasion Resistance in an Experimental Grassland Restoration by Adrienne R. Ernst, Daniel J. Larkin, Andrea T. Kramer, Mary‐Claire Glasenhardt, Andrew L. Hipp

“…However, previous studies have demonstrated that evolutionary history and functional traits shape the invasion process, as ecological theory predicts. …”
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Ultra-high-energy γ-ray emission associated with the tail of a bow-shock pulsar wind nebula

“…The source energy spectrum extended up to 300 TeV, which was well fitted by a log-parabola function with N0 = (1.93 ± 0.23) × 10−16 TeV−1 cm−2 s−1, α = 2.14 ± 0.27, and β = 1.20 ± 0.41 at E0 = 30 TeV. …”
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Plant-Driven Effects of Wildflower Strips on Natural Enemy Biodiversity and Pest Suppression in an Agricultural Landscape in Hangzhou, China by Wenhao Hu, Kang Ni, Yu Zhu, Shuyi Liu, Xuhua Shao, Zhenrong Yu, Luyu Wang, Rui Zhang, Meichun Duan, Wenhui Xu

“…Spider communities showed no β-diversity differentiation but exhibited functional guild shifts (e.g., web-building specialists). …”
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RABP: Delay/disruption tolerant network routing and buffer management algorithm based on weight by Hezhe Wang, Guangsheng Feng, Huiqiang Wang, Hongwu Lv, Renjie Zhou

“…This algorithm estimates the message delay and hop count to the destination node in order to construct a weight function of the delay and hop count. A node with the least weight value will be selected as the relay node, and the algorithm implements buffer management based on the weight of the message carried by the node, for efficiently utilizing the limited network resources. …”
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Systematic identification and characterization of high efficiency Cas9 guide RNAs for therapeutic targeting of ADAR. by Benjamin G Gowen, Kory Melton, Weng In Leong, Prachi Khekare, Shannon McCawley, Jean Chan, Pierre Boivin, Vihasi Jani, Aaron J Cantor, Akshay Tambe, Mary Haak-Frendscho, Mary J Janatpour, Spencer C Wei

“…We determine that knockout of ADAR using these guide RNAs induces pharmacodynamic responses primarily consisting of immunological responses such as a type I interferon response, consistent with the known function of ADAR as a key regulator of dsRNA sensing. …”
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Advanced Monte Carlo for Acquisition Sampling in Bayesian Optimization by Javier Garcia-Barcos, Ruben Martinez-Cantin

“…Optimizing complex systems usually involves costly and time-consuming experiments, where selecting the experiments to perform is fundamental. …”
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