Fish diversity assessment and semi-quantitative biomass estimation through metabarcoding of environmental DNA by Yassine Kasmi, Ismael Núñez-Riboni, Tina Blancke, Benita Möckel, Matthias Bernreuther, Christoph Stransky, Reinhold Hanel

“…A sustainable management of marine fisheries resources requires the continuous development and adaptation of monitoring and tracking techniques, both in terms of species diversity and abundance. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…The global market's increasing demand, diverse resource supply options, global competition, and environmental protection needs are driving organizations to adopt sustainable strategies. …”
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Enhancing yield and quality: research and practice of agro-forest waste for Lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom) cultivation by Hongyan Xu, Hongyan Xu, Guocai Han, Yanyan Li, Qing Meng, Qing Meng, Yang Zhang, Yayi Wang, Songling Li

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Investigation into the monitoring and control of mechanical dynamics in inclined mining equipment utilizing digital twin technology by Panshi XIE, Hang YANG, Yongping WU, Baofa HUANG, Weidian LIN, Leilei YI

“…Intelligent mining represents a critical path for the safe and efficient extraction of challenging coal resources, particularly those with steep and extreme inclinations, in China. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of fetal heart monitoring with a mobile cardiotocograph (iCTG) device in underserved settings: An exploratory qualitative study from Tanzania. by Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Sanmei Chen, Yhuko Ogata, Minami Suzuki, Yuryon Kobayashi, Miyuki Toda, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku

“…<h4>Background</h4>Fetal monitoring in low-resource settings is often inadequate. A mobile cardiotocograph fetal monitoring device is a digital innovation that could ensure the safety of pregnant women at high risk and their fetuses through early detection and management of fetal distress. …”
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Tunable Energy-Efficient Approximate Circuits for Self-Powered AI and Autonomous Edge Computing Systems by Shubham Garg, Kanika Monga, Nitin Chaturvedi, S. Gurunarayanan

“…Furthermore, we implemented a simple CNN for pattern detection and integrated our proposed solution to validate its benefits, achieving 15% lower power consumption and 7% lower area overhead without functionality loss.…”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…It provides functions for various tasks such as dereplication, clustering, chimera detection, and taxonomic assignment. …”
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A Benzimidazole-Based Fluorescent Probe for the Selective Recognition of Cobalt (II) Ions by Jing Zhu, Hua-Fen Wang, Jia-Xiang Zhang, Man Wang, Yu-Wei Zhuang, Zhi-Guang Suo, Ye-Wu He, Yan-Chang Zhang, Min Wei, Hai-Yan Zhang

“…However, excessive cobalt intake can cause health issues. Detecting cobalt ions, especially Co²⁺, in food is crucial due to potential contamination from various sources. …”
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Fatty acid composition and antioxidant capacity of defatted, non-defatted and oils extracts of Quercus ilex fruit from Algeria by Hadjira Guenane, Boulanouar Bakchiche, Ramazan Erenler, Ilyas Yildiz, Omar M. Khalaf, Amal M. Saad, Mosad A. Ghareeb

“…Background The nutritional value and health-promoting properties cause the fruits (acorns) of Quercus ilex to have great potential for use in the food industry as functional ingredients and antioxidants source. Objective In this study, the amount of total phenolic compounds, flavonoids in different extracts (defatted, non-defatted) and composition of fatty acids in the fruits oils of Quercus ilex were investigated. …”
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Allelic differences in the key genes of betalain biosynthesis in table beet accessions with contrasting root color from the VIR collection by A. S. Mikhailova, D. V. Sokolova, N. A. Shvachko, V. S. Popov, E. K. Khlestkina

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Pearls on a String: Dark and Bright Galaxies on a Strikingly Straight and Narrow Filament by M. Arabsalmani, S. Roychowdhury, B. Schneider, V. Springel, E. Le Floc’h, F. Bournaud, A. Burkert, J.-C. Cuillandre, P.-A. Duc, E. Emsellem, D. Galárraga-Espinosa, E. Pian, F. Renaud, M. A. Zwaan

“…We study the cold H i gas in a 1.3 Mpc section of the filament through H i 21 cm emission line observations and detect 11 H i sources, many more than expected from the H i mass function in a similar volume. …”
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Design of the Field Protection and Signal Priority at Intersection System for Autonomous-rail Rapid Transit by SHI Yangyang, LIU Guangyong, WU Jinyong

“…It provides auxiliary driving information for the driver through automation equipment, realizes the functions of route protection, virtual section occupied/unoccupied detection, signal control, entering/leaving station detection, platform door linkage control, berth status detection and management in deport and so on, which improves system security and reduces driver working intensity. …”
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Experimental evidence quantifying effects of nocturnal light conditions on predation levels by riverine predators on larval prey by Joseph J. Riedy, Edward A. Baker, Kim T. Scribner

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Identification of an IRF8 gene in common carp (Cyprinus carpio. L) and its regulatory role in immune responses by Yaoyao Zhu, Guiwen Yang

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Multimessenger Signatures of a Deformed Magnetar in Gamma-Ray Bursts by Parisa Hashemi, Soroush Shakeri, Yu Wang, Liang Li, Rahim Moradi

“…We study the evolution of a newly formed magnetized neutron star (NS) as a power source of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the light of both gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation. …”
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Identification of miRnas with possible prognostic roles for HAM/TSP by Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza, Rodrigo Pessôa, Youko Nukui, Juliana Pereira, Rosa Nascimento Marcusso, Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira, Jorge Casseb, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Patricia Bianca Clissa, Sabri Saeed Sanabani

“…The seven most deregulated miRs target genes have been associated with a variety of biological processes and molecular functions. The reactome pathways relevant to our findings provide a rich source of data and offer the opportunity to better understand sRNA regulation and function in HTLV-1 pathophysiology. …”
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The Ultrastructure of Olfactory Sensilla Across the Antenna of <i>Monolepta signata</i> (Oliver) by Jiyu Cao, Wanjie He, Huiqin Li, Jiangyan Zhu, Xiaoge Li, Jiahui Tian, Mengdie Luo, Jing Chen

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Ecological-environmental consequences of urban sprawl in rural settlements around the Hamedan city by Naser Shafiei Sabet, Sogand Khaksar

“…Introduction: Imposition by cities of new roles and functions on peripheral areas has provoked economic, social and spatial disturbances in those areas (Shafiei Sabet & Bozorgniya, 2013). …”
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Rapid flips between warm and cold extremes in a warming world by Sijia Wu, Ming Luo, Gabriel Ngar-Cheung Lau, Wei Zhang, Lin Wang, Zhen Liu, Lijie Lin, Yijing Wang, Erjia Ge, Jianfeng Li, Yuanchao Fan, Yimin Chen, Weilin Liao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaocong Xu, Zhixin Qi, Ziwei Huang, Faith Ka Shun Chan, David Yongqin Chen, Xiaoping Liu, Tao Pei

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LeafDPN: An Improved DPN Model for the Identification of Bacterial Blight in Soybean in Natural Environments by Rui Cong, Ying Xu, Hao Su, Jiaying Zhou, Yuxi Hu, Dawei Xin, Qingshan Chen, Rongsheng Zhu, Shuang Song

“…<i>glycinea</i>, is one of the most devastating diseases in soybean with significant yield losses ranging from 4% to 40%. The timely detection of BBS is the foundation for disease control. …”
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