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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Research progress on in-situ catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of lignin by ZHAO Yuying, ZHAN Jiahui, HU Rui, LUO Gang, ZHANG Shicheng*

“…It utilizes solvents or lignin′s functional groups as hydrogen sources. During the catalytic process, hydrogen is generated in situ and acts on the substrate, achieving efficient value-added conversion. …”
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Single-Port Superluminescent-Diode Gain-Chip for Tunable Single-Wavelength and Dual-Wavelength Blue-Laser by Mahmoud N. Eliwa, Abdullah A. Alatawi, Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, Omar Alkhazragi, Islam Ashry, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi

“…Reconfigurable photonic technology combining multiple functionalities in a single gain-chip is a crucial light-based platform for enabling hybrid applications. …”
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Founders Can Increase Determinism of Community Assembly by Yi‐Ting Cheng, Wei Deng, Xiao‐Yan Yang, Kun Tan, Wen Xiao

“…This study used sterilized and nonsterilized paocai soup (a traditional Chinese fermented vegetable soup) from the same source to simulate initial environments with and without founders. …”
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Deep learning approach to the estimation of the ratio of reproductive modes in a partially clonal population by T. A. Nikolaeva, A. A. Poroshina, D. Yu. Sherbakov

“…Genetic diversity among biological entities, including populations, species, and communities, serves as a fundamental source of information for understanding their structure and functioning. …”
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Genetic Basis and Simulated Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Soybean Seed Protein Content Across Multiple Environments by Xu Sun, Bo Hu, Wen-Xia Li, Hai-Long Ning

“…Soybeans are a primary source of plant-based protein, with seeds containing approximately 40% protein—a key quality trait. …”
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Interdisciplinary medical education practices: building a case-driven interdisciplinary simulation system based on public datasets by Kangli Qiu, Tianshu Zeng, Wenfang Xia, Miaomiao Peng, Wen Kong

“…This creates a closed-loop practice that spans data sample selection and processing to front-end interaction. …”
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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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Toward Sustainable Agriculture: DPA-UNet for Semantic Segmentation of Landscapes Using Remote Sensing Imagery by J. Kavipriya, G. Vadivu

“…Attention gates are also included into the decoder path to selectively hone feature maps from the encoder to emphasize spatially relevant areas during the upsampling process. …”
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Effects of climate change on goat production and mitigatory measures in semiarid savanna ecosystems by Alban Mugoti, Casper Nyamukanza, Anderson Munengwa, Sizo Moyo, Nation Chikumba

“…Additionally, studies highlight the effectiveness of improved animal husbandry techniques, including strategic water resource management and diversified feed sources, in enhancing goat health and productivity under changing environmental conditions. …”
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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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Implementation of a Neural Network for Adaptive PID Tuning in a High-Temperature Thermal System by Juan Carlos Almachi, Ramiro Vicente, Edwin Bone, Jessica Montenegro, Edgar Cando, Salvatore Reina

“…Implemented on an 18 kW retrofitted Blue-M furnace, the system was characterized by second-order transfer functions for heating and forced convection cooling. …”
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Partial Purification of <i>Bacillus cereus</i> Enzyme Expression for Bio-Pulping of Lignin Degraders Isolated from <i>Coptotermus curvignathus</i> by Sharfina Mutia Syarifah, Ashuvila Mohd Aripin, Nadiah Ishak, Nosa Septiana Anindita, Mohd Firdaus Abdul-Wahab, Angzzas Sari Mohd Kassim

“…Despite extensive research on <i>Bacillus</i> sp. as lignin degraders, the enzyme mechanisms involved, particularly in <i>Bacillus cereus</i> isolated from termite guts, remain unclear. In this study, the selected Bacillus cereus was fermented to extract the lignin-degrading enzymes to identify the enzymes responsible for lignin degradation using the sample substrate empty fruit bunch (EFB) as their sole carbon source. …”
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The TRPA1 cation channel is upregulated by cigarette smoke in mouse and human macrophages modulating lung inflammation by Anita Steib, Katalin Rozmer, Éva Szőke, József Kun, Nelli Farkas, Diána Feller, Judit Pongrácz, Krisztina Pohóczky, Zsuzsanna Helyes

“…The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), a smoking-responsive, non-selective cation channel, is expressed by both capsaicin-sensitive peptidergic sensory nerves and non-neuronal cells of the lung, but there are few and controversial data on its expression and function on macrophages. …”
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The TOR kinase pathway is relevant for nitrogen signaling and antagonism of the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride. by Rossana Segreto, Hoda Bazafkan, Julia Millinger, Martina Schenk, Lea Atanasova, Maria Doppler, Christoph Büschl, Mélanie Boeckstaens, Silvia Soto Diaz, Ulrike Schreiner, Fabiano Sillo, Raffaella Balestrini, Rainer Schuhmacher, Susanne Zeilinger

“…Here we describe how alteration of the activity of TOR1, the single and essential TOR kinase of T. atroviride, by treatment with chemical TOR inhibitors or by genetic manipulation of selected TOR pathway components affected various cellular functions. …”
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Transcriptional profiling of nitrogen fixation and the role of NifA in the diazotrophic endophyte Azoarcus sp. strain BH72. by Abhijit Sarkar, Barbara Reinhold-Hurek

“…Moreover, the NifA regulon in strain BH72 appears to encompass a wider range of cellular functions beyond the regulation of nif genes.…”
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Range Space and Similarity Transformation Using Symbolic Mathematics in Python by Chainarong Wisassakwichai, Prasert Phaochoo

“…The effectiveness of these classes has been validated through numerical results, which, when compared to MATLAB functions (null(), pinv(), sym(), and jordan()), demonstrate that the exact symbolic solutions from both classes significantly improve numerical precision for selected application examples from numerical algorithms, power systems and linear algebra. …”
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