Ameliorating potential of Auricularia auricula-judae polysaccharides in mitigating hypercaloric diet-induced behavioral disorders through gut microbiota regulation by Yujie Fei, Jingwen Zhang, Sijia Yuan, Ye Liu, Xiaoru Wang, Xiaoru Wang, Meng Wang, Meng Wang, Haoan Zhao, Qian Liu, Qian Liu, Qian Liu

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Effects of Biogas Slurry on Microbial Phosphorus Metabolism in Soil of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Plantations by Quanxun Chen, Jianbo Cheng, Guangliang Tian, Tengbin He, Hu Wang, Tao Zhang, Jianming Hong, Liangyu Dai, Tianling Fu

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Enhancing direct carbonation performance of basic oxygen furnace slag through potassium chloride activation by Rong SUN, Weicheng XU, Hongming LONG, Rufei WEI

“…The use of steel slag to capture and sequester CO2 is an effective method for coupling solid waste resource utilization with carbon emission reduction. …”
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Exploring the impact of Plantago lanceolata mucilage edible coating enhanced with Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus CWKu-12 postbiotics on the shelf life of lamb meat slices by Abbas Mirzaei, Abas Abdeshahi, Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani, Fereshteh Falah

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Epidemic preparedness and response capacity against infectious disease outbreaks in 186 countries, 2018–2022 by Paul Eze, Judith Chidumebi Idemili, Friday Onwubiko Nwoko, Nigel James, Lucky Osaheni Lawani

“…From the 2022 submissions, 116 (62%) countries reported functional (Level 4 or 5) prevention capacity, 162 (87%) had functional detection capacity, 118 (63%) had functional response capacity, 121 (65%) had functional enabling resources and coordination capacity, and 133 (72%) had functional operational readiness against public health events. …”
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Optimizing brain tumor detection in MRI scans through InceptionResNetV2 and deep stacked Autoencoders with SwiGLU activation and sparsity regularization by Vishal Awasthi, Mamta Tiwari, Amit Yadav, Gesu Thakur, Mamata Mayee Panda, Hemant Kumar, Shivneet Tripathi

“…Despite its success, limitations include the model's dependency on pre-trained weights and significant computational resources. Future studies should address these limitations by enhancing interpretability, exploring domain-specific transfer learning, and validating on diverse datasets to strengthen the model's utility in real-world settings. …”
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Activity tracking devices in pregnancy: Understanding the participant experience in a longitudinal birth cohort by Ashley Redding, Dionne Coates, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Jennifer K. Straughen, Sara Santarossa

“…Methods: A semi-structured moderator guide was utilized to capture feedback on experiences, adherence to protocols, resources, and best practices for measuring PA during pregnancy. …”
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Characterization and Expression Analysis of PUB Gene Family Involved in Drought Stress Response in Trifoliate Orange (<i>Poncirus trifoliata</i>) by Bobo Song, Sanpeng Jin, Xuchen Gong, Yong Liu, Dechun Liu, Li Yang, Wei Hu, Liuqing Kuang, Jie Song

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Designing EV Charging Energy Hubs to Meet Flexibility Requirements in Smart Grids by Walied Alfraidi, Fahad Alaql, Khalid AlMuhanna, Hassan M. Hussein Farh, Abdullrahman A. Al-Shamma’a

“…By seamlessly integrating electric vehicles (EVs) and battery energy storage systems (BESSs), these hubs address critical challenges such as grid stress, renewable energy utilization, and peak load management. This study introduces a novel mathematical optimization model designed to maximize the operational flexibility of EV charging stations by transforming them into fully functional energy hubs. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of the Hepatopancreas in the Sex-Related Size Differences of <i>Macrobrachium nipponense</i> by Yabing Wang, Guangde Qiao, Yanfeng Yue, Shiming Peng, Hongtuo Fu

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Bioactive Steroids with Structural Diversity from the South China Sea Soft Coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and Sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. by Lin-Mao Ke, Zi-Ru Zhang, Song-Wei Li, Yan-Bo Zeng, Ming-Zhi Su, Yue-Wei Guo

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Fermentation Dynamics, Microbial Succession, and Metabolic Shifts in High-Moisture Giant Juncao Silage by Xin-Yu Liang, Tao Shao, Jun-Feng Li, Zhi-Hao Dong, Jie Zhao

“…The increasing demand for high-quality forage alternatives necessitates the exploration of novel feed resources such as giant juncao (GJ). This study evaluated the feasibility of giant juncao (GJ) as silage by analyzing its fermentation products, bacterial community, and metabolic profiles during ensiling. …”
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Game-Theoretic Cooperative Task Allocation for Multiple-Mobile-Robot Systems by Lixiang Liu, Peng Li

“…Furthermore, we introduce a novel utility function for the tasks to maximize the resource utilization. …”
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Quasi-weekly oscillation of regional PM_2.5 transport over China driven by the synoptic-scale disturbance of the East Asian winter monsoon circulation by Y. Bai, T. Zhao, K. Meng, Y. Zhou, J. Xiong, X. Sun, L. Shen, Y. Yue, Y. Zhu, W. Hu, J. Yao

“…By constructing the data of daily PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> transport flux in CEC in the winters of 2015–2019, we utilize the extended empirical orthogonal function (EEOF) decomposition and other statistical methods to extract the moving spatial distribution of regional PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> transport over CEC, recognizing the QWO in regional PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> transport with the spatial–temporal variations over CEC. …”
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Differential Retention and Loss of a Mycotoxin in Fungal Evolution by Lin Chen, Ziying Yan, Bolei Yang, Bowen Tai, Weizhao Li, Erfeng Li, Gang Wang, Fuguo Xing

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Strengthening Farmer Institutions in Rice Farming: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach by Sri Wahyuni Kamaruddin, Zulkifli Zulkifli, Akbar Akbar

“…Purposive sampling was utilized to choose 21 farmers and 5 stakeholders from a population of 150 farmers, resulting in a sample size of 26 persons. …”
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A Trip Purpose-Based Data-Driven Alighting Station Choice Model Using Transit Smart Card Data by Kai Lu, Alireza Khani, Baoming Han

“…Because of the lack of trip information, validation of utility functions for passenger choices is difficult. …”
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Photonics-Aided THz Integrated Sensing and Communication System Based on a Subcarrier-Chirp Inter-Embedded Waveform by Junhao Zhang, Mingzheng Lei, Min Zhu, Qingzhi Zhou, Bingchang Hua, Yuancheng Cai, Hao Li, Jiao Zhang, Zhengyi Liang, Yang Li, Xingyu Chen, Junjie Ding, Qing Zhong, Sha Zhu, Jianjun Yu

“…Simultaneously, multi-user detection with an 8-mm ranging resolution is also realized. By fully utilizing the idle time-frequency resources of the LFMCW, a density of information-resolution quotient of up to 46.2 &#x00D7; 10-2 bit&#x00B7;s/m2 has been achieved. …”
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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice by affecting rhizosphere microbes and root metabolism by Renyan Duan, Yu Zhang, Qian Dai, Li Yang, Hui Yang, Fumin Meng, Wei Hu, Ping Zhang

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Fluorescent EGTA-derived carbon dots for turn on–off–on detection of Fe3+ and ascorbic acid via hydrothermal synthesis and cellular imaging by Kanwal Iqbal, Anam Iqbal, Wenwu Qin, Muhammad Imran, Zeeshan Ajmal, Imran Khan, Guolong Xing

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