Profiling heavy metals distribution in surface sediments from the perspective of coastal industrial structure and their impacts on bacterial communities by Lei Jin, Lei Ding, Yao Zhang, Tiejun Li, Qin Liu

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A lightweight algorithm for steel surface defect detection using improved YOLOv8 by Shuangbao Ma, Xin Zhao, Li Wan, Yapeng Zhang, Hongliang Gao

“…Firstly, GhostNet is utilized as the backbone network in order to reduce the number of model parameters and computational complexity. …”
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Characteristics and Evaluation of Living Shorelines: A Case Study from Fujian, China by Xingfan Li, Shihui Lin, Libing Qian, Zhe Wang, Chao Cao, Qi Gao, Jiwen Cai

“…To further enhance coastal vitality, region-specific approaches are recommended, emphasizing rational resource utilization, optimization of ecological and economic values, and the establishment of a sustainable evaluation framework. …”
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Synthesis of aluminum oxide nanoparticles using seeds of Carica papaya and evaluation of it for antimicrobial, antioxidant, and photocatalysis activity by Indrani Laskar, Rajib Saha

“…The results of the FTIR study confirmed the existence of various chemicals and functional groups in the 500–4000 cm−1 range. EDX results revealed that it included 68% aluminum and 22% oxygen established the high purity of the AlONPs. …”
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Integrated decision support system for optimizing time and cost trade offs in linear repetitive construction projects by Ahmed Gouda Mohamed, Ali Hassan Ali, Ahmed Adel Abdelhady

“…These findings highlight practical gains in resource utilization and scheduling efficiency. This study presents a structured, comparative analysis of GA and PSO within the LOB-based TCT framework, providing a replicable methodology for optimizing schedules in linear repetitive projects. …”
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Potentially suitable geographical area for Pulsatilla chinensis Regel under current and future climatic scenarios based on the MaxEnt model by Yanan Wu, Lanmeng Yan, Hongjian Shen, Rui Guan, Qianqian Ge, Ling Huang, Emelda Rosseleena Rohani, Jinmei Ou, Rongchun Han, Rongchun Han, Xiaohui Tong, Xiaohui Tong

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Establishing national food priority in Saudi Arabia: developing a priority matrix for food by Ghadir Fallata, Omar Alhumaidan, Haya Alomran, Nahla Bawazeer, Randah Alqurashi

“…Additionally, it will provide a crucial resource for research in agriculture, nutrition, and public health. …”
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SurfaceVision: An Automated Module for Surface Fault Detection in 3D Printed Products by Laukesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar Satyarthi

“…This paper introduces SurfaceVision, an automated system for surface fault detection in 3D printed products, leveraging the ResNet-18 architecture as the backbone. Our framework utilizes a combination of contrastive learning and multi domain loss function to identify and classify defects with high accuracy. …”
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A novel approach for predicting microbe-disease associations by bi-random walk on the heterogeneous network. by Shuai Zou, Jingpu Zhang, Zuping Zhang

“…Since the microbiome has a significant impact on human health and disease, microbe-disease associations can be utilized as a valuable resource for understanding disease pathogenesis and promoting disease diagnosis and prognosis. …”
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Named entity recognition for bacterial Type IV secretion systems. by Sophia Ananiadou, Dan Sullivan, William Black, Gina-Anne Levow, Joseph J Gillespie, Chunhong Mao, Sampo Pyysalo, Balakrishna Kolluru, Junichi Tsujii, Bruno Sobral

“…Classifying research publications based on biological processes, cellular components, molecular functions, and microorganism species should improve the precision and recall of literature searches allowing researchers to keep up with the exponentially growing literature, through resources such as the Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC, patricbrc.org). …”
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Epidemiology and regional variance of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries in Sweden: A 15-year observational study. by Martin Magnéli, Michael Axenhus

“…Understanding the incidence, trends, and anatomical distribution of such injuries is essential for targeted interventions and resource allocation.<h4>Methods</h4>This observational study utilized register-based data from the Swedish National Patient Register covering the period from 2008 to 2022. …”
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Efficient Hydrolysis of Earthworm Protein and the Lipid-Lowering Mechanism of Peptides in the Hydrolysate by Mengmeng Zhang, Xiang Mai, Shanghua Yang, Yuhua Huang, Lina Zhang, Wenbin Ren, Weidong Bai, Xuan Xin, Wenhong Zhao, Lisha Hao

“…This study presents an efficient enzymatic hydrolysis strategy for earthworm protein utilization, laying the foundation for its application in functional foods such as protein supplements, nutraceutical capsules, hypoallergenic infant formulas, and sports nutrition products.…”
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A comprehensive review of unlocking the potential of lignin-derived biomaterials: from lignin structure to biomedical application by Jixiang Zhao, Minyu Zhu, Wei Jin, Jinlan Zhang, Guangyu Fan, Yifan Feng, Zhuo Li, Siming Wang, Jung Seung Lee, Guangxiang Luan, Zhengqi Dong, Ying Li

“…This review outlines lignin sources, modification principles, and adhesion of biomaterials mechanisms, while showcasing innovative lignin-based materials in biomedical contexts. …”
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The heat shock transcription factors regulate response mechanisms to abiotic stresses in plants by Yu-Xiao Wang, Jian-Hong Xu

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The Interface Between Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Strategic Risks and the Budget in a Brazilian Agribusiness Company by Thiago Bruno de Jesus Silva, Carlos Eduardo Facin Lavarda

“…The study suggests that the interface between dynamic capabilities (entrepreneurship and innovation) and strategic risks fosters discussions focused on optimizing budget utility. Moreover, the budget was observed to function as an interactive environment that facilitates the exchange of information and experiences, which in turn supports the development of innovative solutions to strategic risks, such as the creation of a digital platform and the organization of field day events. …”
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Histological morphology and gene expression in the digestive system of Procambarus clarkii by Zonglin Yang, Jingjing Hao, Yufei Liu, Xugan Wu, Xiaowu Chen

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Relationship Between Landscape Character and Public Preferences in Urban Landscapes: A Case Study from the East–West Mountain Region in Wuhan, China by Xingyuan Li, Wenqing Pang, Lizhi Han, Yufan Yan, Xianjie Pan, Diechuan Yang

“…These findings provide critical insights for formulating zoning optimization plans aimed at the refined conservation and utilization of urban landscape resources, as well as offering guidance for improving landscape planning and management in the EWMR.…”
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Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Methods for Steady and Transient Neutron Transport Models by ZHANG Yangyi, ZHANG Tiancheng, ZHOU Xiafeng

“…Numerical results also show that the parallel solver called comeSn_JFNK can achieve an acceleration of over 10 times for KAIST-3A benchmark problems and approximately 30 times for C5G7-TD2 cases compared to the original parallel comeSn code using the traditional source iteration/power iteration methods. These solutions indicate that the JFNK methods offer significant acceleration for solving both steady-state and transient SN neutron transport models compared to traditional source iteration/power iteration methods. …”

Evaluating the effectiveness of the national elderly care program in Oman: A cross-sectional study by Idris Aal Jumaa, Mohammed Al Ghafri, Nahid Bait Jamil, Jokha Al Sa'idi, Sitwat Usman Langrial, Salah Al Awaidy

“…Health institutions were the primary source of referrals (81% for females, 86% for males). …”
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Two splicing variants of amino acid transporter-like 4 (OsATL4) negatively regulate rice tillering and yield by mediating the transport of amino acids by Chuanbo Wang, Weiting Huang, Rui Miao, Bowen Wu, Wenhao Wu, Chongchong He, Chang Zheng, Quanzhi Zhao, Zhongming Fang

“…In this study, we analyzed the natural variation of amino acid transporter-like 4 (OsATL4) in rice germplasm resources, identified its spatiotemporal expression characteristics, determined its substrate transport, and validated its function using transgenic plants. …”
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