Assessing dynamic brain activity during verbal associative learning using MEG/fMRI co-processing by Sangeeta Nair, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Yingying Wang, Diana Pizarro, Jeffrey F. Killen, Jane B. Allendorfer

“…Background: The abilities of individual neuroimaging methods to resolve spatial and temporal contributions of brain regions during cognitive processes are limited. Co-processing of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) may overcome some of the limitations by utilizing Multiple Sparse Priors (MSP) in a Bayesian framework that takes advantage of the temporal resolution of MEG and spatial resolution of fMRI. …”
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Genomic and transcriptomic insights into vertebrate host-specific Lactobacillus johnsonii adaptation in the gastrointestinal tract by Keerthikka Ravi, Nicole R. Falkowski, Gary B. Huffnagle

“…There was significant heterogeneity among strains, in both genome sequence and content, with phylogenetic clustering of strains into distinct clades associated with rodent or avian sources. There were not sufficient genomes to identify whether porcine isolates formed their own genetic clade. …”
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Recovery of nearly 3,000 archaeal genomes from 152 terrestrial geothermal spring metagenomes by Yan-Ling Qi, Hao-Tian Zhang, Meng Li, Wen-Jun Li, Zheng-Shuang Hua

“…These draft genomes provide new data for studying species diversity and function within terrestrial geothermal spring archaeal communities, thus contributing to the conservation and utilization of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microbial resources.…”
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Q-Learning Enabled Green Communication in Internet of Things by Mukesh Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Ankita Jaiswal, Pankaj Kumar Kashyap

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Research on Pedestrians’ Visual Perception Characteristics Based on USGGS: A Case Study of the Six Inner-City Districts of Tianjin by Hanwen YANG, Shang’en TSOU, Yike HU

“…The core objective of the research is to propose strategies to optimize the greening structure of urban streets by analyzing the correlation between USGGS and visual perception of pedestrians, so as to enhance the quality of the visual environment of street pedestrians, improve the urban human settlement environment and promote the organic integration of the urban ecological and humanistic environments, thus providing a new way of thinking for urban planning and construction, and promoting the high-quality and sustainable development of urban street space.MethodsThe research selects the six inner-city districts of Tianjin City as the research area, utilizes Baidu street view image (SVI) as data source, and collect SVIs and their coordinates in the six districts in 2019 by calling Baidu API, with a total of 17,326 points selected and 13,281 valid samples obtained after screening. …”
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Acoustic Emission Response Characteristics of Anthracitic Coal under Uniaxial Compression by Haiyan Wang, Gongda Wang, Guojun Zhang, Feng Du, Ji Ma

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Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural triggered bya high Lewis acidic Ni-based transition metal carbide catalyst by Rulu Huang, Jianchun Jiang, Jie Liang, Shanyong Wang, Yuwei Chen, Xianhai Zeng, Kui Wang

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Non-convex optimization with using positive-negative moment estimation and its application for skin cancer recognition with a neural network by P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, R.I. Abdulkadirov

“…These approaches allow the loss function to more accurately converge in the neighborhood of the global minimum in a smaller number of iterations. …”
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The Influence of Climate Change and Socioeconomic Transformations on Land Use and NDVI in Ordos, China by Yin Cao, Zhigang Ye, Yuhai Bao

“…Land use change is related to a series of core issues of global environmental change, such as environmental quality improvement, sustainable utilization of resources, energy reuse and climate change. …”
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Secretory Proteins Are Involved in the Parasitism of Melon by <i>Phelipanche aegyptiaca</i> During the Attachment Stage by Lifeng Xiao, Qiuyue Zhao, Xiaolei Cao, Zhaoqun Yao, Sifeng Zhao

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DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM IN UKRAINE: A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION by Анжела Ігнатюк, Мартіна Раштіцова, Наталія Приказюк, Антоніна Шолойко, Наталія Ткаленко, Наталія Версаль

“…The goal of this research is to evaluate the social protection system of Ukraine and to make recommendations to fill the gaps in its functioning. The evaluation of Ukraine's social protection system utilized the Core Diagnostic Instrument (CODI tool) from the Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments to the extent possible, given the constraints posed by limited information availability. …”
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A Review on Fucoidan Extraction, Degradation, and Bioactivity by Yanni LI, Yijin CAI, Ziteng WANG, Yadong HU, Mingxuan PAN, Wenge YANG, Xinghu ZHOU, Yonghong HU

“…The ocean is a treasure trove of natural polymers with diverse chemical structures and biological activities, among which polysaccharides represent one of the most abundant marine resources. Fucoidan, derived from brown algae, possesses significant biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-tumor, immune-boosting, liver and kidney function-improving, and blood sugar-regulating effects. …”
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Dynamic power control scheme for C-V2X communication with channel inversion by Jieping ZHAI, Xiaolan LIU, Hailin XIAO

“…In cellular vehicle-to-everything（C-V2X）system, V2V（vehicle-to-vehicle）-based communication utilizes the spectrum resource of cellular users（CUE）to reduce the load of base stations, and thus realize partial near-field V2V communication.Although the V2V-based communication can improve the transmission rate of system, it causes co-frequency interference.To solve the problem, a dynamic power control scheme with channel inversion was proposed.In this scheme, channel inversion power control on V2V users（VUE）was performed to compensate the truncation interruption caused by limited transmission power in the non-truncated area, where the co-frequency interference between cellular users and V2V users was solved through dynamic power control.Furthermore, the optimal dual solution of objective function was obtained by Lagrange multiplier method and the optimal power allocation was carried out for cellular users and V2V users by bisection method, which met the rate requirements of all cellular users.Finally, the total transmission rate of V2V users was maximized.Numerical simulation results were shown that when the total outage probability of V2V users was 0.866, the proposed scheme was promoted by 48%.…”
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Seasonal Multifactor Modelling of Weighted-Mean Temperature for Ground-Based GNSS Meteorology in Hunan, China by Li Li, Suqin Wu, Xiaoming Wang, Ying Tian, Changyong He, Kefei Zhang

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Mapping winter fallow arable lands in Southern China by using a multi-temporal overlapped area minimization threshold method by Xiangyi Wang, Yingbin He, Yan Zha, Huicong Chen, Yongye Wang, Xiuying Wu, Jiong Ning, Anran Feng, Shengnan Han, Shanjun Luo

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Harnessing plant-associated microorganisms to alleviate the detrimental effects of environmental abiotic stresses on medicinal plants by Yuming Sun, Haiyan Yuan, Alisdair R. Fernie

“…While these findings provide functional insights into the beneficial effects of microorganisms on medicinal plants under stressful conditions, further research is necessary to be able to routinely apply microbial resources as a means to enhance plant adaptability and quality.…”
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The Role of Heat in the Lifestyle of the People of Iran during the Safavid Era by Javad Alipoor silab

“…Although studying the role of environmental elements from a historical perspective is challenging due to the nature of the historical sources available, a detailed examination of these sources, along with the use of medical resources, reveals different aspects of how heat influenced life and social behaviors in Safavid Iran. …”
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CHINESE YUAN EXCHANGE RATE AGAINST THE INDONESIAN RUPIAH PREDICTION USING SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION by Steven Soewignjo, Ni Wayan Widya Septia Sari, Andini Putri Mediani, M. Aqil Zaidan Kamil, Dita Amelia, Nur Chamidah

“…This study aims to forecast the exchange rate between the Chinese Yuan (CNY) and the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) using Support Vector Regression (SVR), a machine-learning technique that can handle nonlinear and complex data. The authors utilize the monthly selling exchange rate of CNY against IDR from January 2012 to October 2023 sourced from the “investing” platform. …”
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GeoGraphRAG: A graph-based retrieval-augmented generation approach for empowering large language models in automated geospatial modeling by Jianyuan Liang, Shuyang Hou, Haoyue Jiao, Yaxian Qing, Anqi Zhao, Zhangxiao Shen, Longgang Xiang, Huayi Wu

“…Geospatial modeling aims to integrate multiple geospatial data sources and geoprocessing functions based on user application demands to address complex geospatial challenges. …”
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Progress of Catalytic Valorization of Bio-Glycerol with Urea into Glycerol Carbonate as a Monomer for Polymeric Materials by Heng Zhang, Hu Li, Anping Wang, Chunbao (Charles) Xu, Song Yang

“…However, industrial production of large amounts of chemicals and polymers heavily depends on petroleum resources which are dwindling and unsustainable. Of particular interest is to utilize sustainable and green resources for the manufacture of polymeric materials. …”
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