Mankind’s Relationship with the Environment in Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation by Hossein Mohseni

“…The present study believes that the various aspects of this shattering gives us a glimpse of the kind of relationship we could have with the environment in the Anthropocene, the human epoch. By utilizing the theoretical concepts in key secondary sources – such as Pieter Vermeulen’s Literature and the Anthropocene (2020) and Benjamin Robertson’s None of This Is Normal: The Fiction of Jeff VanderMeer (2018) – the study identifies that various demarcational means fail to fulfill their binary making function due to the vastness and unmappable nature of environments such as Area X. …”
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Green guardians: Bacterial endophytes in protecting vegetable crops against pathogens by Sagarika Medari, Krishnan Kalpana, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, Aravindaram Kandan, Subbiah Ramasamy, Karuppiah Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan, Sankarasubramanian Harish, Andithevar Beaulah, Rangaswamy Anandham, Narayanan Manikandaboopathi, Marimuthu Ayyandurai

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Improving the Extraction of Active Ingredients from Medicinal Plants by XynA Modification by Lin Zhang, Wei Xie, Xiaojun Teng, Kui Wang, Wei Xie, Caiyan Wang

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Characterization and Evolutionary Analyses Reveal Differential Selection Pressures on <i>PGIc</i> and <i>PGIp</i> During Domestication in Castor Bean by Jiayu Guo, Lanxin Jiang, Anmin Yu, Bing Han, Aizhong Liu

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Optimizing infant neuroimaging methods to understand the neurodevelopmental impacts of early nutrition and feeding by Claudia A. Carreno, Megan E. Evans, Blakely K. Lockhart, Oziomachukwu Chinaka, Benjamin Katz, Martha Ann Bell, Brittany R. Howell

“…Within this article, we discuss how neuroimaging modalities can be optimized for researching the impacts of infant feeding and nutrition on brain function. We review past research utilizing EEG and fNIRS and describe our efforts to further develop neuroimaging approaches that allow for measurement of brain activity during active feeding with greater spatial resolution (e.g., fMRI and OPM-MEG). …”
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Patterns of Change in Metabolic Capabilities of Sediment Microbial Communities in River and Lake Ecosystems by Adam Oest, Ali Alsaffar, Mitchell Fenner, Dominic Azzopardi, Sonia M. Tiquia-Arashiro

“…Here, we investigated the shifts in metabolic profiles of sediment microbial communities, along Saint Clair River and Lake Saint Clair using Biolog EcoPlates, which test for the oxidation of 31 carbon sources. The number of utilized substrates was generally higher in the river sediments (upstream) than in the lake sediments (downstream), suggesting a shift in metabolic activities among microbial assemblages. …”
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A Transition Metal‐Free Approach for the Conversion of Real‐Life Cellulose‐Based Biomass into Formate by Tong Zhang, Peng Ren, Yuman Qin, Thanh Huyen Vuong, Ana V. Cunha, Remco W. A. Havenith, Jabor Rabeah, Shoubhik Das

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CADA: A Flexible and Elastic DDoS Mitigation Architecture by Junrui Wu, Zhige He, Wenyong Wang, Haoran Luo, Shuisong Hu, Yu Miao, Yubo Li, Jun Deng

“…Therefore, we propose a genetic algorithm-based quantitative deployment algorithm that generates deployment strategies for each service chain through a fitness function that quantifies response time and resource utilization. …”
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Advances in plant essential oils and drug delivery systems for skincare by Wang Yihan, Dou Jinjin, Dou Jinjin, Wang Yingqi, Mu Guanai, Zhang Xiwu

“…At the same time, the integration of essential oil into skin care products can make use of the dual functions of smell and the epidermal system to nourish and repair the skin and maximize the pharmacological effects of essential oil.ConclusionThis review delves into the application of essential oils and delivery systems, advocating for a broader integration of natural plant resources with modern technology. …”
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Internet usage time and trust in doctors: evidence from China by Qiuming Gao, Xuechun Wang, Zhen Lin, Zangyi Liao

“…However, for social media engagement, its overall effect on trust in doctors is negative, potentially due to social media’s dual function as a communication platform and an information source. …”
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Consensus Guided Multi-View Unsupervised Feature Selection with Hybrid Regularization by Yifan Shi, Haixin Zeng, Xinrong Gong, Lei Cai, Wenjie Xiang, Qi Lin, Huijie Zheng, Jianqing Zhu

“…Multi-source heterogeneous data has been widely adopted in developing artificial intelligence systems in recent years. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of methane fluxes across alpine permafrost region on the Tibetan Plateau by Luyao Huang, Shuqi Qin, Dan Kou, Philippe Ciais, Xiaofeng Xu, Josep Peñuelas, Yi Xi, Guibiao Yang, Yutong Song, Shiting Yao, Jinfeng Chang, Yuanhe Yang

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Based on AHP–VW–PSR for groundwater vulnerability assessment and pollution prevention in industrial–agricultural regions: a case study of the Zhongyuan oilfield by Yawei Zhang, Junpei Chen, Defang Zhang, Xincen Dong, Huimeng Su, Zhipeng Li, Wenfang Chen

“…Based on groundwater vulnerability, groundwater resource supply function, and ecological protection zone, the area is divided into development and utilization zone, normal zone, and protection zone. …”
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The Impact of Various Filling Patterns and Building Orientations on the Mechanical Characteristics and Building Time of PLA Using FDM by M. Hamoud, Sachin Salunkhe, Lenka Cepova, H. M. A. Hussien

“…The study could help with the growth of producing mechanically functional parts, such as prosthetics, using LM. In addition, the part can be built with high strength, hardness, and minimum building time, which is useful information for the best utilization of the 3DP machine. …”
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Screening and identification of marine alginate lyase-producing bacteria and optimization of enzyme production conditions by HU Mengdi, LI Yaozu, ZHANG Xiaoyong, MO Meiqing, GAO Xiangyang

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In Vitro Ruminal Metagenomic Profiles and Ruminal Fermentation Variables of Aromatic Plant Pulps by Kanber Kara, Sena Yilmaz Öztaş, Erol Baytok

“…Conclusion Due to their fermentability and favourable microbial responses, aromatic plant pulps, particularly yarrow, show promise as functional ruminant feed ingredients. These byproducts may enhance ruminal fibre utilization while modulating microbial ecology and reducing methane‐associated archaea.…”
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AESware: Developing AES-enabled low-power multicore processors leveraging open RISC-V cores with a shared lightweight AES accelerator by Eunjin Choi, Jina Park, Kyuseung Han, Woojoo Lee

“…As open-source RISC-V cores continue to be released, the development of low-power multicore processors utilizing these cores is invigorating the edge/IoT device market. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 under chemical stress reveals mechanisms of adaptation to fungistatic compounds of lignocellulosic side streams by Miika-Erik Korpioja, Emmi Sveholm, Adiphol Dilokpimol, Tanja Paasela, Andriy Kovalchuk

“…Abstract Background Industrial lignocellulosic side streams are considered an attractive carbon source for the cultivation of biotechnologically important fungi, although the presence of toxic pretreatment by-products is a major challenge yet to be overcome. …”
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Viewing Global Changes in the Heliosheath with IMAP’s Energetic Neutral Atom Imagers by E. J. Zirnstein, J. Heerikhuisen, D. J. McComas, J. Bower, G. Clark, M. A. Dayeh, H. O. Funsten, M. Gkioulidou, D. G. Mitchell, D. B. Reisenfeld, N. A. Schwadron

“…We aim to answer the following: (i) What are the time delays as a function of energy and direction; (ii) at what energies can we observe changes the soonest; and (iii) what might the ENA source distributions affecting the time delays look like? …”
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Optimizing energy efficiency in residential buildings: A comprehensive evaluation of solar concrete water heaters integrated with photovoltaics and thermoelectric cooling by Balamurali Duraivel, Natarajan Muthuswamy

“…This roof design offers a sustainable solution to residential energy demands, reducing dependence on conventional sources.…”
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