Nitrate-Nitrogen Leaching and Modeling in Intensive Agriculture Farmland in China by Ligang Xu, Hailin Niu, Jin Xu, Xiaolong Wang

“…Protecting water resources from nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) contamination is an important public health concern and a major national environmental issue in China. …”
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Research on underwater disease target detection method of inland waterway based on deep learning by Tao Yu, Yu Xie, Jinsong Luo, Wei Zhu, Jie Liu

“…Then, EIoU is used as the frame loss function to speed up the network convergence rate and solve the problem of difficult and easy sample imbalance. …”
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A Neural Device Inspired by Neuronal Oscillatory Activity with Intrinsic Perception and Decision‐Making by Congtian Gu, Guoliang Ma, Mengze Zhang, Hu Shen, Liaoyuan Pu, Yanhe Song, Shilong Yan, Dakai Wang, Kaixian Ba, Bin Yu, Zhiwu Han, Luquan Ren

“…The device utilizes alternating signals generated by coupling the human body with the power‐frequency electromagnetic field as both a signal source and energy source, mimicking neuronal oscillatory activity. …”
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Characterization of hydrogeological units and hydrodynamics of a section of the aquifer system in the city of Cartago, Costa Rica by Ramírez-Granados Pablo Ignacio

“…The study focuses on the hydrogeological characterization of the aquifer system in the central sector of Cartago, Costa Rica. This area was selected due to its significant urbanization and agricultural activities, both of which heavily depend on groundwater resources. …”
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Nuclear structure study of even-even 24-42Si isotopes using Skyrme - Hartree - Fock and Hartree - Fock - Bogolyubov methods by Ali A. Abdul Hasan, Ehsan M. Raheem, Saad S. Dawood, Aqeel M. Jary, Rasha Z. Ahmed

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Allocating the Sample Size in Phase II and III Trials to Optimize Success Probability by Daniele De Martini

“…Being $r$ the rate of resources allocated to phase II, $OSP(r)$ is a concave function and there exists an optimal allocation $r_{opt}$ giving $\max\{OSP\}$. …”
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Multi-Locus GWAS Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis of Anticancer Peptide Lunasin in Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i> L. Merr.) by Rikki Locklear, Jennifer Kusumah, Layla Rashad, Felecia Lugaro, Sonia Viera, Nathan Kipyego, Faith Kipkosgei, Daisy Jerop, Shirley Jacquet, My Abdelmajid Kassem, Jiazheng Yuan, Elvira de Mejia, Rouf Mian

“…The mapping panel of 144 accessions was gathered from the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection, encompassing diverse geographical origins and genetic backgrounds, and was genotyped using SoySNP50K iSelect Beadchips. The lunasin content in soybean seeds was measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method, with lipid-adjusted soybean flour prepared from seeds obtained from the Germplasm Resource Information Network (GRIN) of USDA-ARS in 2003 and from North Carolina in 2021, respectively. …”
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A Data-Driven Front Tracking Algorithm for Autonomous Undersea Vehicles by Jieyang LU, Yongpeng WEN, Qian GUO, Xinke ZHU, Junsheng JIAO

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Empirical Analysis of Productivity among Broiler Farmers by Godfrey Onuwa

“…Profitability and productivity and analysis are important considerations in measuring efficiency or performance of a farm business; hence, improved output and income are not only a function of increase in the scale of production, but also how efficiently the resources are being utilized. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in adolescent intellectual disability care and rehabilitation by Rakgadi G. Malapela

“…Care and rehabilitation services are needed to improve this population’s normal functioning but have been scarce or non-existent in most communities. …”
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Comprehensive Phenotypic Characterization and Genomic Analysis Unveil the Probiotic Potential of <i>Bacillus velezensis</i> K12 by Yingying Tang, Tian Li, Yihong Huang, Liangliang Wu, Xiaobo Liu, Ruichao Yue, Jianmin Yuan

“…The complete genome sequencing of <i>B. velezensis</i> K12 revealed a genomic length of 3,973,105 base pairs containing 4123 coding genes, among which 3973 genes were functionally annotated. The genomic analysis identified genes associated with acid and bile tolerance, adhesion, antioxidants, and secondary metabolite production, whereas no functional genes related to enterotoxins or transferable antibiotic resistance were detected, thereby confirming the probiotic properties of <i>B. velezensis</i> K12. …”
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Subclinical Aortic Root Pathology in Close Relatives of Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Ivaniv Y., Lozynska N., Ivaniv I.

“…According to various sources, among the relatives of the first degree (FDR) of affinity the prevalence of BAV is 9.0-21.0%. …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Brassinazole-resistant gene family and associated responses to osmotic stress in Avena sativa by Shirui Xu, Shirui Xu, Shirui Xu, Zihao Wei, Zihao Wei, Mingchuan Ma, Mingchuan Ma, Mingchuan Ma, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Zhang Liu, Zhang Liu, Zhang Liu, Longlong Liu, Longlong Liu, Longlong Liu, Longlong Liu

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Effects of Different Cryoprotectants on Cryopreservation of Sperm from Noble Scallop <i>Mimachlamys nobilis</i> by Minghao Li, Zhengyi Fu, Gang Yu, Zhenhua Ma

“…Morphological observations indicated that freezing caused varying degrees of structural damage to sperm, with flagellar integrity being crucial for motility. Overall, selecting an appropriate cryoprotectant and concentration is essential for the efficient cryopreservation of <i>M. nobilis</i> sperm, providing a valuable reference for conserving germplasm resources of marine species.…”
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Clinical Surveillance vs. Anticoagulation For low-risk patiEnts with isolated SubSegmental Pulmonary Embolism: protocol for a multicentre randomised placebo-controlled non-inferior... by Marc Carrier, Christine Baumgartner, Drahomir Aujesky, Menno V Huisman, Frederikus A Klok, Jeanne Moor, Marc Righini, Jürg-Hans Beer, Martina Peluso, Damiana Rakovic

“…The ancillary outcomes are health-related quality of life, functional status and medical resource utilisation.Ethics and dissemination The local ethics committees in Switzerland have approved this protocol. …”
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Soil microbial networks’ complexity as a primary driver of multifunctionality in photovoltaic power plants in the northwest region of China by Liuqing Zhao, Sumeng Xu, Sumeng Xu, Jinmei Zhao, Shujuan Chen, Xiaolong Liu, Xiuyuan Zheng, Xiuhui Wang, Zhao Zhu, Fei Gao, Bingzhe Fu, Shuxia Li

“…IntroductionExploiting photovoltaic power generation as a novel source of clean energy has become increasingly common in recent times. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of multiple tissues and identification of tissue-specific genes in Lueyang black-bone chicken by Pan Li, Yufei Yang, Bo Ning, Yingmin Tian, Ling Wang, Wenxian Zeng, Hongzhao Lu, Tao Zhang

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JASBO: Jaya Average Subtraction Based Optimization with Deep Learning Model for Multi-Classification of Infectious Disease from Unstructured Data by Vian Sabeeh, Ahmed Bahaaulddin A. Alwahhab, Ali Abdulmunim Ibrahim Al-kharaz

“…Medical documents are considered an essential source for modern, invented, and robust analysis methods for accurate infection diagnoses. …”
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Biodegradation of S-Triazine Herbicides Under Saline Conditions by <i>Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens</i> PC, a New Halotolerant Bacterial Isolate: Insights into Both the Degradative... by Chunqing Fu, Yifan Jiang, Bingwen Xu, Xinmei Fu, Liang Tan, Mei Jin

“…Furthermore, the biodegradation pathways of prometryne (the target compound) by this strain were proposed based on the detection of possible degradation intermediates and genome sequencing analysis. …”
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Effects of a structured SBIRT training program for hospital nursing leaders on utilization of SBIRT within their medical-surgical units: cohort study by Robin Newhouse, Jon Agley, Giorgos Bakoyannis, Melora Ferren, C. Daniel Mullins, Alyson Keen, Erik Parker

“…At three points (baseline, 10-months, and 16-months), 61 patient records per hospital unit (n = 854) were randomly selected for extraction. Inclusion criteria for random selection were age (18+) and being admitted and discharged from the selected unit. …”
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