Relationship between ecological spatial network and vegetation carbon use efficiency in the Yellow River Basin, China by Chenglong Xu, Xiang Chen, Qiang Yu, Buyanbaatar Avirmed, Jikai Zhao, Wei Liu, Weijie Sun

“…Vegetation, as a crucial carbon sink, is facing extensive degradation under the mounting pressures of urbanization and excessive resource exploitation, exacerbating the imbalance between carbon sources and sinks. …”
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Simulation of Vertical Movements of Seawater in Stratified Reservoirs by N. V. Kudinov, A. A. Filina, A. V. Nikitina, D. V. Bondarenko, I. F. Razveeva

“…A software module for numerical simulation of hydrophysical processes of water movement with different salinity and density was developed. This is open-source software that provides not only the redefinition of empirical dependences (as algebraic functions), but also the connection of external simulating modules to display dependences algorithmically.Discussion and Conclusion. …”
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Prediction of new candidate proteins and analysis of sub-modules and protein hubs associated with seed development in rice (Oryza sativa) using an ensemble network-based systems bi... by M. R. P. De Silva, J. W. J. K. Weeraman, S. Piyatissa, P. C. Fernando

“…Using a list of known seed development proteins from the Gene Ontology (GO) knowledgebase and literature, novel candidate proteins for seed development were predicted using an ensemble of network-based algorithms, including Majority Voting, Hishigaki Algorithm, Functional Flow, and Random Walk with Restart, which were selected based on their popularity and usability. …”
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Establishing a national biosafety and biosecurity agency for the United States by David R. Gillum, David R. Gillum, David R. Gillum, Rebecca Moritz, Rebecca Moritz, Gregory D. Koblentz

“…The NBBA would consolidate various regulatory functions, streamline processes, and enhance oversight. …”
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Sex assessment from the proximal femur in a Spanish population based on three-dimensional computed tomography metric analysis by Đorojević Mirjana, Roldán Concepción, Botella Miguel, Alemán Inmaculada

“…The univariate and multivariate discriminant functions (DFs) were formulated for assessing sex. …”
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Collaborative Federated Learning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Space–Air–Ground Integrated Network by Huibo Li, Peng Gong, Siqi Li, Weidong Wang, Yu Liu, Xiang Gao, Dapeng Oliver Wu, Duk Kyung Kim, Guangwei Zhang, Jihao Zhang

“…An optimization problem is proposed to minimize the total energy consumption and the loss function of local FL models. In order to solve the mixed integer nonlinear problem (MINLP), a data offloading selection strategy based on proximity discovery and an iterative method-based resource allocation algorithm (IRA) are proposed. …”
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High throughput screening and evaluation of salt-tolerant mutants from an EMS collection of Cucurbita pepo by Sonsoles Alonso, Keshav Gautam, Jessica Iglesias-Moya, María Segura, María del Mar Rebolloso, María del Carmen Salas-Sanjuán, Cecilia Martínez, Manuel Jamilena

“…This enhanced salt tolerance was found to be associated with increased production of proline, soluble sugars, and anthocyanins, which are known to exert osmoprotective and ROS scavenging functions. The mutant lines TS-1378 and TS-2075 were selected to be tested as rootstocks and showed a positive effect on the vegetative growth of scions under standard and saline conditions. …”
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AlphaFold‐Guided Bespoke Gene Editing Enhances Field‐Grown Soybean Oil Contents by Jie Wang, Li Zhang, Shoudong Wang, Xin Wang, Suning Li, Pingping Gong, Mengyan Bai, Arnav Paul, Nathan Tvedt, Hengrui Ren, Maoxiang Yang, Zhihui Zhang, Shaodong Zhou, Jiayi Sun, Xianjin Wu, Huaqin Kuang, Zhenghua Du, Yonghui Dong, Xiaolei Shi, Meina Li, Diwakar Shukla, Long Yan, Yuefeng Guan

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Mutations in the signal peptide of effector gene Pi04314 contribute to the adaptive evolution of the Phytophthora infestans by Hai-Bing Ouyang, Yan-Ping Wang, Meng-Han He, E-Jiao Wu, Bin-Hong Hu, Jiasui Zhan, Lina Yang

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Genome-wide association study revealed candidate genes associated with leaf size in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by Ming Xu, Yanchao Xu, Hao Liu, Qingsong Liu, Qingchuan Yang, Ruicai Long, Lin Chen, Fei He

“…Conclusion Our findings provide new molecular markers for marker-assisted selection in alfalfa breeding programs. Moreover, this study provides a solid foundation for subsequent functional verification and genetic improvement in alfalfa.…”
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Transcriptomic Profiling of Fruit Development in Black Raspberry Rubus coreanus by Qing Chen, Xunju Liu, Yueyang Hu, Bo Sun, Yaodong Hu, Xiaorong Wang, Haoru Tang, Yan Wang

“…They have the potential for use in breeding through functional genetic approaches in the near future.…”
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Examination and critique of bilingual dictionaries in linguistics by Ebrahim Badakhshan

“…Macrostructural issues included the absence of user guides in all but one dictionary, the lack of clearly defined target audiences and dictionary functions, and the omission of explicit criteria for headword selection. …”
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Context-Adaptable Deployment of FastSLAM 2.0 on Graphic Processing Unit with Unknown Data Association by Jessica Giovagnola, Manuel Pegalajar Cuéllar, Diego Pedro Morales Santos

“…In autonomous navigation systems, these algorithms need to operate in real-time on devices with limited resources, emphasizing the importance of reducing complexity and ensuring efficient performance. …”
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Heuristic Optimization-Assisted Dilated Convolution Neural Network With Gated Recurrent Unit for Channel Estimation in NOMA-OFDM System by Vijayakumar Kondepogu, Budhaditya Bhattacharyya

“…NOMA enables numerous users to share identical blocks of resources with varying power distribution factors. …”
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THE MODEL OF DECISION SUPPORT IN CENTRALIZED HEATING MANAGEMENT ON THE CONSUMER SIDE by Yuliia Parfenenko

“…The tasks of the research include the selection of methods, the development of a model for making decisions while managing heat supply modes and its implementation in the decision support system (DSS). …”
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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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A Pain in the Butt: The Association Between Endo-Parasite Diversity and Horn Growth in Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep by Tanisha C. Henry, Samridhi Rijal, Joana Alves, Peter Neuhaus, Susan Kutz, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl

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Evaluation of Baby Leaf Products Using Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques by Antonietta Eliana Barrasso, Claudio Perone, Roberto Romaniello

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Study on the driving factors of spring agricultural drought in Northeast China from the perspective of atmosphere and snow cover by Wei Pei, Yi Su, Qiang Fu, Yongtai Ren, Tianxiao Li

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Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists by Camille E. Wendlandt, Saumik Basu, Angeliqua P. Montoya, Paige Roberts, Justin D. Stewart, Allison B. Coffin, David W. Crowder, E. Toby Kiers, Stephanie S. Porter

“…However, these outcomes may be difficult to achieve simultaneously, since plant defenses activated in response to antagonists can compromise mutualism function, and plant resources allocated to defense may trade off with resources allocated to managing mutualists. …”
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