Upper Elevational Limit of Vegetation in the Himalayas Identified from Landsat Images by Bo Wei, Yili Zhang, Linshan Liu, Binghua Zhang, Dianqing Gong, Changjun Gu, Lanhui Li, Basanta Paudel

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Leveraging artificial intelligence for photo identification to aid CITES enforcement in combating illegal trade of the endangered humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) by C. Y. Hau, W. K. Ngan, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson

“…A Licence to Possess system for CITES is implemented in the city to regulate the quota of live wild-sourced CITES specimens, including humphead wrasse, held at each registered trading premise and ensure traceability through documentation. …”
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Case Study of an Integrated Design and Technical Concept for a Scalable Hyperloop System by Domenik Radeck, Florian Janke, Federico Gatta, João Nicolau, Gabriele Semino, Tim Hofmann, Nils König, Oliver Kleikemper, Felix He-Mao Hsu, Sebastian Rink, Felix Achenbach, Agnes Jocher

“…An iterative design process with domain-specific experts, regular reviews, and a dataset with a single source of truth were employed to ensure continuous and collective progress. …”
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Modeling seismic hazard and landslide occurrence probabilities in northwestern Yunnan, China: exploring complex fault systems with multi-segment rupturing in a block rotational tec... by J. Cheng, C. Xu, X. Xu, S. Zhang, P. Zhu

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Biological crusts increase soil microbial biomass and alter bacterial and fungal community compositions under pine restored over ten years in a Pisha sandstone soil by Qi Le, Qi Le, Meng Ru, Meng Ru, Ren Weibo, Ren Weibo, Zhang Min, Zhang Min, Mi Wentao, Mi Wentao, Yuan Ting, Yuan Ting, Liu Yaling, Yuan Feng

“…These abundant soil nutrients provide a carbon source for microorganisms, promoting the growth and metabolic activity of soil microorganisms, thereby significantly enhancing soil microbial diversity and biomass. …”
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Characterization of Landsat-8 and Landsat-9 Reflectivity and NDVI Continuity Based on Google Earth Engine by Qing Zhang, Difeng Wang, Dongyang Fu, Fang Gong, Xianqiang He, Yiqi Wang

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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the male darkbarbel catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli) using PacBio HiFi and Hi-C data by Haiyang Liu, Jin Zhang, Tongxin Cui, Xincheng Zhang, Kaibin Li, Fang Wang, Qing Luo, Shuzhan Fei, Baixiang Chen, Chunkun Zhu, Kunci Chen, Xinping Zhu, Bingjie Li, Jian Zhao, Lingzhao Fang, Mi Ou

“…Abstract The darkbarbel catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli), a species of significant economic value in China’s aquaculture sector, is widely utilized in hybrid yellow catfish production due to its exceptional growth rate. …”
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Numerical thermodynamic-economic study and machine learning-based optimization of an innovative biogas-driven integrated power plant combined with sustainable liquid CO2 and liquid... by Ruijia Yuan, Fan Shi, Azher M. Abed, Mohamed Shaban, Sarminah Samad, Ahmad Almadhor, Barno Abdullaeva, Mouloud Aoudia, Salem Alkhalaf, Samah G. Babiker

“…The optimal outcomes reveal the mentioned objective functions' values at 47.22 %, 58.73 M$, and 33.53 $/GJ, respectively. …”
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Genome-wide enhancer-gene regulatory maps of liver reveal novel regulatory mechanisms underlying NAFLD pathogenesis by Ruofan Li, Kaiyan Su, Tianzhun Wu, Li Xu, Wenyu Song, Dandan Sun, Tao Zeng, Jinzhang Chen, Haibei Xin, Yuanfeng Li, Mengya Zang, Minggen Hu

“…However, numerous GWAS signals associated with NAFLD locate in non-coding regions, posing a challenge for interpreting their functional annotation. Results In this study, we utilized the Activity-by-Contact (ABC) model to construct the enhancer-gene maps of liver by integrating epigenomic data from 15 liver tissues and cell lines. …”
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PhenoVision: A framework for automating and delivering research‐ready plant phenology data from field images by Russell Dinnage, Erin Grady, Nevyn Neal, Jonn Deck, Ellen Denny, Ramona Walls, Carrie Seltzer, Robert Guralnick, Daijiang Li

“…We close by discussing next steps, including automating phenology annotations, adding new phenology targets, for example leaf phenology, and further integration with other resources to form a global central database integrating all in situ plant phenology resources.…”
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Exploring human-nature relationships in academic literature on the nitrogen cycle by Bede West, Maximilian Bauer, Charis Chalkiadakis, Nicolas Dendoncker, Tanya M. González-Martínez, André Mascarenhas, Francesca Leucci, Benjamin B. Phillips, Konstantina Tania Ploumi, Carolina Rodriguez, Marie Vandewalle, Carla-Leanne Washbourne

“…This can obscure the idea that humanity is both a direct beneficiary of the nitrogen cycle (through food and resources) and an increasingly significant influence on its function. …”
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Genome-wide analysis of the bHLH gene family in Spatholobus suberectus identifies SsbHLH112 as a regulator of flavonoid biosynthesis by Shuangshuang Qin, Ying Liang, Yueying Xie, Guili Wei, Quan Lin, Weiqi Qin, Fan Wei

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SFB flagellin mediates cell adhesion, endocytosis and immune regulation in germ-free mice by Huahai Chen, Huahai Chen, Huahai Chen, Huahai Chen, Huahai Chen, Liu Wu, Liu Wu, Xiongyu Cao, Xiongyu Cao, Zongyan Li, Zongyan Li, Renjun Zhu, Renjun Zhu, Xiaojing Wang, Jun Li, Jun Li, Jun Li, Zuzhang Wei, Zuzhang Wei, Dengfeng Yang, Dengfeng Yang, Dengfeng Yang, Yeshi Yin, Yeshi Yin

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Improving Parameter Estimation of Fuel Cell Using Honey Badger Optimization Algorithm by Rolla Almodfer, Mohammed Mudhsh, Samah Alshathri, Laith Abualigah, Laith Abualigah, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Khurram Shahzad, Mohamed Issa

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The biomarker potential of circPOLD1 and its binding protein YBX1 in cervical carcinogenesis by Lu Zhao, Xin Chen, Yanan Zhang, Yixuan Cen, Tingjia Zhu, Lingfang Wang, Lili Xia, Yang Li, Xiaodong Cheng, Xing Xie, Weiguo Lu, Junfen Xu

“…In particular, the clinical utility of circRNAs for optimizing cervical cancer screening and early diagnosis has yet to be established. …”
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Evaluating the Booster Grant’s Impact on YouthMappers’ Climate Activism and Climate Education in Sri Lanka by Ibra Lebbe Mohamed Zahir, Suthakaran Sundaralingam, Meerasa Lewai Fowzul Ameer, Sriram Sindhuja, Atham Lebbe Iyoob

“…YouthMappers chapters, utilizing OpenStreetMap (OSM), play a pivotal role in tackling climate challenges through education and activism. …”
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Reducing dependence of modeled resuspended volcanic ash on meteorological grid resolution by Alice M. Crawford, Christopher P. Loughner, Daniel Q. Tong, Ariel F. Stein

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Deformable Feature Fusion and Accurate Anchors Prediction for Lightweight SAR Ship Detector Based on Dynamic Hierarchical Model Pruning by Yue Guo, Shiqi Chen, Ronghui Zhan, Wei Wang, Jun Zhang

“…In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been extensively utilized for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship detection tasks. …”
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Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit by Mandy C. Chen, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Michael Rauch, Andrey Vayner, Weizhe Liu, David S. N. Rupke, Jenny E. Greene, Nadia L. Zakamska, Dominika Wylezalek, Guilin Liu, Sylvain Veilleux, Nicole P. H. Nesvadba, Caroline Bertemes

“…In this Letter, we investigate the turbulence and energy injection in the extended nebulae surrounding two luminous obscured quasars, WISEA J100211.29+013706.7 ( z = 1.5933) and SDSS J165202.64+172852.3 ( z = 2.9489). Utilizing high-resolution data from the NIRSpec integral field unit onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, we analyze the velocity fields of line-emitting gas in and around these quasars and construct the second-order velocity structure functions (VSFs) to quantify turbulent motions across different spatial scales. …”
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Short-term solar irradiance forecasting model based on hyper-parameter tuned LSTM via chaotic particle swarm optimization algorithm by V Ashok Gajapati Raju, Janmenjoy Nayak, Pandit Byomakesha Dash, Manohar Mishra

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