The association between serum albumin–globulin ratio and overactive bladder in American adults: a cross-sectional study by Yuan-Zhuo Du, Jia-Hao Liu, Fu-Chun Zheng, Qiang Zhou, Ju Guo

“…Abstract Objectives The albumin–globulin ratio (AGR) is considered an important indicator reflecting an individual’s immune function and nutritional status, and it is closely associated with various health conditions. …”
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Identification of microbial exopolymer producers in sandy and muddy intertidal sediments by compound-specific isotope analysis by Hubas, Cédric, Gaubert-Boussarie, Julie, D’Hondt, An-Sofie, Jesus, Bruno, Lamy, Dominique, Meleder, Vona, Prins, Antoine, Rosa, Philippe, Stock, Willem, Sabbe, Koen

“…The main difference observed was in how epipelic and epipsammic diatoms affected the chemistry of EPS, which had significant implications for the growth of bacteria specialized in utilizing EPS. These differences were likely linked to variations in the functioning of epipelic and epipsammic communities, specifically in how EPS was used either for motility or for cell attachment. …”
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Innovative treatment of toxic oily petroleum wastewater with magnetic sludge under UVA light by Saeedeh Rastgar, Habibollah Younesi, Hassan Rezeai, Hajar Abyar

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Haplotype-resolved genomes of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton tonsurans by Sijie Feng, Zhenhui Wang, Kainan Lin, Kun Wang, Shuting Zheng, Qianqian Wang, Lianyu Lin, Yunkun Lu

“…More than 7500 protein-coding genes were identified, and over 99% of the genes were well annotated through multiple gene function databases. Approximately 10% of the genomes were covered by repeats, particularly retrotransposons. …”
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Responses of vegetation low-growth to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau by Hao Li, Yunfeng Hu, Batunacun

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Artistic Documentary in the Context of Cultural Dialogue and the Expression of a New Nature of Historical Self-knowledge by S.R. Gevorgyan, V.S. Karapetyan, M.M. Ispiryan, A.V. Galstyan, A.G. Marianna, Ye.Zh. Mnatsakanyan, S.A. Margaryan

“…The study employs comparative and contrast methods to examine human-nature relationships, utilizing linguistic hermeneutics to analyze literary works and their original sources. …”
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Conservation Reserve Program Soils Show Potential as a Soil Health Benchmark—A Southern Minnesota Case Study by Oliver Hoffman, Christopher E. Chorpenning, Tad Trimarco, Nathan Carr, Cassidy Buchanan, James A. Ippolito

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Daily reference evapotranspiration prediction using empirical and data-driven approaches: A case study of Adana plain by Semin Topaloğlu Paksoy, Deniz Levent Koç

“…In addition, it plays a significant role in properly managing and allocating water resources in agriculture. The objective of this research was to examine the effectiveness of five different data-driven techniques, including artificial neural networks "multilayer perceptron" (ANN), gene expression programming (GEP), random forest (RF), support vector machine "radial basis function" (SVM), and multiple linear regression (MLR) to model the daily ET0. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) gene family in wheat: implications for lignin biosynthesis and stress responses by Weimin Zhan, Lianhua Cui, Ningning Song, Xinye Liu, Guanghui Guo, Yanpei Zhang

“…Our findings establish a foundation for further elucidation of TaCCR functions and offer a significant genetic resource for future wheat improvement efforts.…”
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Domesticated rice alters the rhizosphere microbiome, reducing nitrogen fixation and increasing nitrous oxide emissions by Jingjing Chang, Ohana Y. A. Costa, Yu Sun, Jilin Wang, Lei Tian, Shaohua Shi, Enze Wang, Li Ji, Changji Wang, Yingnan Pang, Zongmu Yao, Libo Ye, Jianfeng Zhang, Hongping Chen, Yaohui Cai, Dazhou Chen, Zhiping Song, Jun Rong, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Chunjie Tian, Eiko E. Kuramae

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AI-based medical ethics education: examining the potential of large language models as a tool for virtue cultivation by Shimpei Okamoto, Masanori Kataoka, Makoto Itano, Tsutomu Sawai

“…Results We discuss the imperative for including AI ethics in medical curricula and its utility as an educational tool, identify the lack of educational resources in medical ethics education, and advocate for future LLMs to mitigate this problem as a “second-best” tool. …”
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Enhancing Binary Convolutional Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xuebin Tang, Ke Zhang, Xiaolei Zhou, Lingbin Zeng, Shan Huang

“…Additionally, to address suboptimal training issues, EBCNN employs a dynamic curriculum learning strategy underpinned by a confidence-aware loss function, Superloss, enabling progressive binarization and enhancing its classification effectiveness. …”
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Design and Development of a Public AI Referee Assistance System Based on Harmony OS Platform by Jingjing Zhao, Chang Zhu, Bo Leng, Jiantao Qi

“…For posture recognition, this study also utilizes the relatively mature MediaPipe algorithm, which ensures high accuracy of the entire intelligent referee system’s ruling and meets the needs of current students. …”
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Surface defect detection model of laser cutting polycrystalline cubic boron nitride tool based on asymptotic fusion strategy by Anfu Zhu, Jiaxiao Xie, Heng Guo, Jie Wang, Zilong Guo, Lei Xu, SiXin Zhu, Zhanping Yang, Bin Wang

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Cucurbit Crops Acquired Silencing: Virus-Induced Post-Transcriptional Silencing Is Transmitted Across the Graft Union by Mei Ai, Wen Han, Zheng Wang, Xinyang Xu, Yanjun He, Weisong Shou, Xuepeng Sun, Huasen Wang, Jia Shen

“…The approach established in this study can provide a valuable research tool for future transfer RNA function studies and rootstock breeding.…”
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A multi-omics Mendelian randomization identifies putatively causal genes and DNA methylation sites for asthma by Jia Wang, MD, Jinxin Hu, MS, Dan Qin, MD, Dan Han, MD, Jiapeng Hu, MD

“…Employing Summary Data-based Mendelian Randomization (SMR) and Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization (TSMR), we pinpointed asthma causal genes, causal DNA methylation sites, and methylation sites affecting gene expression, cross validated with at least 2 large-scale GWAS from each source. We utilized colocalization for genetic associations, meta-analysis for data integration, two-step MR for methylation-gene-asthma mediation mechanism. …”
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How does soil carbon sequestration affect greenhouse gas emissions from a sheep farming system? Results of an life cycle assessment case study by Pasquale Arca, Enrico Vagnoni, Pierpaolo Duce, Antonello Franca

“… • Extensification of dairy sheep systems determines lower environmental impact per hectare of utilized agricultural area. • Enteric methane emissions are the main source of GHG emissions of the sheep milk life cycle…”
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A Data-Driven Front Tracking Algorithm for Autonomous Undersea Vehicles by Jieyang LU, Yongpeng WEN, Qian GUO, Xinke ZHU, Junsheng JIAO

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Analysis the Impact of Covid-19 on Green Accounting and Its Implications on Profitability by Reschiwati Reschiwati, Fran Sayekti, Tasia Veronica

“…Methods: This study utilizes panel data regression analysis conducted with EViews 13 software. …”
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Machine learning-based model for CD4+ conventional T cell genes to predict survival and immune responses in colorectal cancer by Zijing Wang, Zhanyuan Sun, Hengyi Lv, Wenjun Wu, Hai Li, Tao Jiang

“…In this investigation, transcriptomic and clinical data were sourced from TCGA and GEO. Initially, we pinpointed CD4TGs using single-cell datasets. …”
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