NaCl-induced soil stress regulates the diversity of soil bacteria and their ability to metabolize low molecular weight organic acids by Adhari Al-Kalbani, Daniel Menezes-Blackburn, Jinan Waladwadi, Said Al-Ismaily, Buthaina Al-Siyabi

“…This study demonstrated that soil salinity is a strong regulator of soil microbial diversity and function, as reflected by a marked decrease in the responsiveness of soil microbes to various root exudate carbon sources.…”
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Survey on Backdoor Attacks on Deep Learning: Current Trends, Categorization, Applications, Research Challenges, and Future Prospects by Muhammad Abdullah Hanif, Nandish Chattopadhyay, Bassem Ouni, Muhammad Shafique

“…Such attacks are usually referred to as Trojan or backdoor attacks and are very stealthy and hard to detect. In this paper, we highlight the complete attack surface that can be exploited to inject hidden malicious functionality (backdoors) in machine learning models. …”
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Utilization of Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) wastes for bioethanol production using Pichia kudriavzevii strains by Folake T. Afolabi, Ibukun E. Ola

“…Moreover, the Pichia kudriavzevii strains could be recommended for bioethanol production at 30 % inoculum size, on using sucrose as a carbon source and yeast extract as a nitrogen source. On using the Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTI) spectroscopy, the detected functional group of the produced bioethanol was O-H group. …”
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ACO-NM hybrid optimization calculation method for transit time of oxygen activation logging in CO2 injection profile by WANG Zhengyan, CHEN Meng, YANG Guofeng, LIU Guoquan, PEI Yang, CHEN Qiang

“…Compared with the measured oxygen activation spectrum peak, the Gaussian function exhibited a high degree of morphological similarity. …”
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U-Net-based VGG19 model for improved facial expression recognition by Xiaohu ZHAO, Jingyi ZHANG, Mingzhi JIAO, Lixun XIE, Lanfei WANG, Weiqing SUN, Di ZHANG

“…The innovation of the SEAttention module lies in replacing the original activation function with the Mish activation function, which can dynamically adjust the weights of different channels to enhance performance. …”
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Exploring genetic diversity and genomic inbreeding across local beef cattle breeds by G. Gomez Proto, E. Mancin, A. Quaglia, F. Sbarra, R. Mantovani, C. Sartori

“…Beef cattle breeds from Central and Southern Italy, such as Marchigiana, Chianina, Romagnola, Maremmana, and Podolica, represent a unique genetic resource shaped by centuries of natural and artificial selection. …”
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Cognitive bias modification for social anxiety: protocol for a living systematic review of human studies and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with rese... by Paulina Schenk, Virginia Chiocchia, Hossein Dehdarirad, Janna Hastings, Claire Stansfield, Toshi Furukawa, Simon E. Blackwell, Ava Homiar, Thomy Tonia, Per Carlbring, Kelvin Opiepie, Claire Friedrich, Simonne Wright, Susan Michie, Georgia Salanti, Richardson Mojica, James Thomas, Jaycee Kennett, Andrea Cipriani, Jennifer Potts

“…Cases of elevated distress and impaired functioning can lead to a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety disorder. …”
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Diagnostics and restorative treatment of accommodation astenopia from the position of applied methods, effectiveness and staging: systematic review by I. G. Ovechkin, D. A. Shavshina, E. I. Belikova

“…A systematic review was performed using the RSCI and PubMed databases, with the following search keywords: “accommodation”, “asthenopia”, “computer vision syndrome”, “quality of life”, “visual performance”. The sources were selected according to the criteria of prospective or retrospective studies. …”
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Direct-fed microbials optimize ruminal fermentation, microbial ecosystem and milk quality to enhance the lactation performance of Sanhe dairy cows by Aoyu Jiang, Zixin Liu, Ziyan Yang, Shizhe Zhang, Jian Wu, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan

“…Dairy cows are the most important source of milk production, with billions of microorganisms present in the rumen. …”
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration changes neuronal beta-frequency dynamics during the mismatch negativity response by Alistair Perry, Laura E. Hughes, Natalie E. Adams, Michelle Naessens, Niels A. Kloosterman, Matthew A. Rouse, Alexander G. Murley, Duncan Street, P. Simon Jones, James B. Rowe

“…Across bvFTD and PSP groups, the beta response to deviant stimuli (relative to standard stimuli) correlated with clinical severity, but not with atrophy of the prefrontal source region. These findings confirm the proposed importance of higher-order cortical regions, and their beta-power generators, in sensory change detection and context-updating during oddball paradigms. …”
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Stage-specific metabolic allocation: nutrient investment strategies during Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead development by Tingting Zhou, Ningbo Huangfu, Li Wang, Junyu Luo, Jinjie Cui, Xiangzhen Zhu, Sumei Wan, Xueke Gao

“…Nutrients, particularly lipids and energy-related metabolites, play a critical role in shaping stage-specific growth and survival strategies in parasitic wasps.MethodsTo analyze the allocation patterns of metabolite resources during development of parasitoid wasps, the multi-omics analysis was employed to systematically investigate nutrient dynamics across three growth periods in Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead, a major parasitoid of cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover).ResultsHere, a total of 753 metabolites were detected by untargeted metabolomics, with numerous nutritionally critical compounds including amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrates showed stage-specific variations. …”
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YOLOv8-Based Estimation of Estrus in Sows Through Reproductive Organ Swelling Analysis Using a Single Camera by Iyad Almadani, Mohammed Abuhussein, Aaron L. Robinson

“…By using this comprehensive approach, we significantly enhanced the accuracy of estrus detection in sows while effectively mitigating human errors and resource wastage. …”
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Genomic signal selection analysis reveals genes related to the lambing trait of Hotan sheep by XinKun Wang, Wei Li, QiaoYan Huang, HuiPing Sun, LeXiao Zhu, RuoHuai Gu, Feng Xing

“…We identified 290 selected regions and 332 genes across the Hotan sheep genome by using two widely adopted selective scanning detection methods (FST statistics and Piratio). Functional annotation and enrichment analysis of these genes identified 13 genes associated with the lambing rate, which were enriched in pathways such as the transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway (BMPR2, ID2, SMAD7, THBS1, and RBX1), renal cell carcinoma (PAK1, ELOC), inositol phosphate metabolism (PLCZ), non-homologous terminal junction (RAD50), ABC transporters (ABCC4), and the NET pathway (H2B, H4, and H2A). …”
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Iodine deficiency as an environmental risk factor for thyroid gland diseases in animals by І. P. Ligomina, I. M. Sokulskyi, V. M. Sokolyuk, B. V. Gutyj, L. M. Soloviova

“…The situation is complicated in the biogeochemical zones of Ukraine, where insufficient or excessive content of mobile forms of microelements in soils and water sources determines the biological reaction of local flora and fauna. …”
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Spectral Properties of Suprathermal Protons Associated with Interplanetary Shocks from WIND/STICS Data by Johann Rubens Mejia-Ott, Brent M. Randol

“…“Suprathermal” designates energies above the bulk, “thermal” solar wind, including inner-source pickup ions, cometary ions, solar energetic particles, and suprathermal tail particles. …”
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Much More Than the Malady: The Promise of a Web-Based Digital Platform Incorporating Self-Report for Research and Clinical Care in Mild Cognitive Impairment by Andrew McGarry, MD, Oliver Roesler, PhD, Jackson Liscombe, PhD, Michael Neumann, PhD, Hardik Kothare, PhD, Abhishek Hosamath, MBM, Lakshmi Arbatti, MS, Anusha Badathala, MD, Stephen Ruhmel, BS, MPH, Bryan J. Hansen, PhD, Madeline Quall, BA, Sandrine Istas, MBio, Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD, David Suendermann-Oeft, PhD, Vikram Ramanarayanan, PhD, Ira Shoulson, MD

“…A complementary approach using digital biomarkers to surpass exam-based limitations for detecting physical change coupled with a direct report from participants on what their sources of suffering are could be a useful advance in reporting beneficial effects of interventions, particularly if changes track together. …”
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Implementation of Aerosol Mie Scattering in POSEIDON with Application to the Hot Jupiter HD 189733 b’s Transmission, Emission, and Reflected Light Spectrum by Elijah Mullens, Nikole K. Lewis, Ryan J. MacDonald

“…We provide an open-source database of these Mie-scattering cross sections and optical properties. …”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…These improve the cost-effectiveness of HCL to £163,000 per QALY if it is valued using the EAG preferred source, to £121,000 if it is valued using the same source as NG17 and to £109,000 if it is valued using other credible sources. …”
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Identification of key genes related to growth of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) based on comprehensive transcriptome analysis by Dayan Hu, Jieliang Jian, Jinpeng Zhang, Xiaojun Xu, Shu Wang, Cuiping Gong, Yuanqin Zhang, Pengcan Zhu, Zhimin Gu, Wenzhi Guan

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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Main outcome measures Cardiovascular disease hospitalisations and mortality. Data sources Aircraft noise levels modelled using a standard noise model for: (1) daily equivalent continuous sound levels at different times of day; (2) daily number of events above defined noise thresholds (2018 only). …”
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