Design and Development of an EMG Upper Limb Controlled Prosthesis: A Preliminary Approach by Ricardo Rodrigues, Daniel Miranda, Vitor Carvalho, Demétrio Matos

“…Preliminary results demonstrate reliable detection of muscle contractions (threshold = 7 ADC units, ~34 mV) and motor actuation with a response time of ~150 ms, offering a cost-effective alternative to commercial systems. …”
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Biomimicry as a decision-making methodology in condition monitoring by Hariom Dhungana

“…However, traditional condition monitoring techniques face several limitations: they rely heavily on high-quality, continuous sensor input, struggle with adaptability to new fault scenarios, require significant computational resources, and often provide limited decision support beyond fault detection. …”
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Accuracy of Vegetation Height and Terrain Elevation Derived from Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite in Forested Areas by Zhao Chen, Sijie He, Anmin Fu

“…Forest ecosystems serve as pivotal components of the global carbon cycle, with canopy height representing a critical biophysical parameter for quantifying ecosystem functionality, thereby holding substantial implications for forest resource management and carbon sequestration assessments. …”
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Logistical constraints lead to an intermediate optimum in outbreak response vaccination. by Yun Tao, Katriona Shea, Matthew Ferrari

“…The latter may also result in significantly larger outbreaks, thus suggesting a benefit of allocating resources to timely outbreak detection and response.…”
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RDM-YOLO: A Lightweight Multi-Scale Model for Real-Time Behavior Recognition of Fourth Instar Silkworms in Sericulture by Jinye Gao, Jun Sun, Xiaohong Wu, Chunxia Dai

“…Specifically designed for deployment on resource-constrained devices, the model ensures real-time monitoring capabilities in practical sericulture environments.…”
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Modeling the effects of land use change on agricultural carrying capacity and food security by R. Harini, R. Rijanta, E.H. Pangaribowo, R.F. Putri, I. Sukri

“…Food problems are related to the availability of food sources. The availability of agricultural land as the primary source of food production is decreasing due to the increase in population. …”
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Characterization of Spectrin Family Genes and Their Evolutionary Roles in Domestication and Breeding of the Silkworm <i>Bombyx mori</i> by Kunpeng Lu, Chengyu Zhan, Jianghong Shen, Chao Zhi, Jun Deng, Kerui Lai, Minjin Han, Hai Hu, Xiaoling Tong, Fangyin Dai

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Tracing the Earliest Stages of Star and Cluster Formation in 19 Nearby Galaxies with PHANGS-JWST and HST: Compact 3.3 μm Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emitters and Their Relation... by M. Jimena Rodríguez, Janice C. Lee, Remy Indebetouw, B. C. Whitmore, Daniel Maschmann, Thomas G. Williams, Rupali Chandar, A. T. Barnes, Oleg Y. Gnedin, Karin M. Sandstrom, Erik Rosolowsky, Adam K. Leroy, David A. Thilker, Hwihyun Kim, Jiayi Sun, Ralf S. Klessen, Brent Groves, Aida Wofford, Médéric Boquien, Daniel A. Dale, Leonardo Úbeda, Kirsten L. Larson, Kathryn Grasha, Kelsey E. Johnson, Rebecca C. Levy, Frank Bigiel, Hamid Hassani, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary

“…We establish a selection criteria based on a median color threshold of F300M − F335M = 0.67 at F335M = 20 and identify 1816 sources. These sources are predominantly located in dust lanes, spiral arms, rings, and galaxy centers, with ∼87% showing concentration indices (CIs) similar to optically detected star clusters. …”
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Cryopreservation and culture strategies for testicular tissue and cells in small and large animals by Valeria Vurchio, Martina Colombo, Rolando Pasquariello, Gaia Cecilia Luvoni

“…Spermatogenic cells from cryopreserved testicular tissue can be cultured in vitro and resume their functions after thawing, contributing to the preservation of fertility and genetic resources in both small and large animals. …”
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Accumulation and effect of contaminants in soil biota following waste stream application in agriculture: A European perspective by Iris L. Schaap, Marjolein Derks, Peter W.G. Groot Koerkamp, Nico W. van den Brink

“…The global food system is under significant pressure from challenges like resource depletion, climate change, and population growth, which drive a heightened demand for food production in conflict with unsustainable methods. …”
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Soil lipid analysis by chromatography: A critical review of the current state in sample preparation by Gladys Arteaga-Clemente, María Araceli García-González, Mónica González-González

“…Despite its minor component in soils, the lipid fraction is of particular importance. Its functional diversity offers an inherent diagnostic value regarding soil organic matter, microbial biodiversity and the pedological processes to which the soil is subjected. …”
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Utilizing a Transient Electromagnetic Inversion Method with Lateral Constraints in the Goaf of Xiaolong Coal Mine, Xinjiang by Yingying Zhang, Bin Xie, Xinyu Wu

“…The abandoned goaf resulting from coal resource integration in China poses a significant threat to coal mine safety. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals common and distinct mechanisms for sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) responses to defoliation compared to mechanical wounding. by Shuangyan Chen, Yueyue Cai, Lexin Zhang, Xueqing Yan, Liqin Cheng, Dongmei Qi, Qingyuan Zhou, Xiaoxia Li, Gongshe Liu

“…In total, 1,836 and 3,238 genes were detected with significant differential expression levels after wounding and defoliation, respectively, during one day. …”
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Spatial transcriptomics combined with single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals glial cell heterogeneity in the human spinal cord by Yali Chen, Yiyong Wei, Jin Liu, Tao Zhu, Cheng Zhou, Donghang Zhang

“…Glial cells play crucial roles in regulating physiological and pathological functions, including sensation, the response to infection and acute injury, and chronic neurodegenerative disorders. …”
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Lipoprotein N-terminal modification in Bacillus: a new paradigm for extracellular acetylation and species-dependent Toll-like receptor 2 immunomodulation by Gloria Komazin, Rachel M. Wigmore, Aditi M. Ranade, Amena A. Rizk, John H. Gardiner, Timothy C. Meredith

“…While Ac-LP biosynthetic pathway genes appear to be universally conserved in all Bacillus spp., those associated with pathogenic lineages have often lost function. In B. anthracis strains, LhaT has been inactivated by insertion of poly-tyrosine runs of variable length that favors chemotype conversion to lyso-LP and evasion of TLR2 detection. …”
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The Design of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) Plan for Rice Fortification Kernel (RFK) Factory – A Case Study by T. Khatun, M. Asaduzzaman

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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…The key findings in this segment were: Organizational The practice of reuse currently functions as an appendix of the demolition industry, bringing benefits as well as disadvantages. …”
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Radiation diagnostics of the state of ventilation and pulmonary circulation in patients with COPD by O. S. Sementsov, S. V. Stepanenko

“…Also a promising area is the use of functional CT (inspiratory-expiratory CT) - which should improve the assessment of respiratory function, including early detection of patients with COPD, which will promote the in time start of specific treatment, reduce episodes of exacerbations during the disease, assess the dynamics of the pathological process and the effectiveness of treatment, as well as improving the prognosis of work and life expectancy of patients. …”
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Impact of health literacy in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disease--systematic review. by Yoon K Loke, Ina Hinz, Xia Wang, Gill Rowlands, David Scott, Charlotte Salter

“…The sample sizes may not have been sufficiently large to enable detection of significant associations.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The current evidence does not show a consistent association between low health literacy and poorer functional outcomes in patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. …”
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CMOS-integrated organic neuromorphic imagers for high-resolution dual-modal imaging by Salihuojia Talanti, Kerui Fu, Xiaolong Zheng, Youzhi Shi, Yimei Tan, Chenxi Liu, Yanfei Liu, Ge Mu, Qun Hao, Kangkang Weng, Xin Tang

“…The fabricated imager allows in-sensor memorization (>18 min) and real-world spatiotemporal imaging with reduced computation resource, demonstrating its potential for industrial monitoring and motion detection.…”
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