Toward Sustainable Agriculture: DPA-UNet for Semantic Segmentation of Landscapes Using Remote Sensing Imagery by J. Kavipriya, G. Vadivu

“…Particularly in agricultural contexts where exact delineation of land cover types is vital for resource management and planning, semantic segmentation is a key technique for high-resolution image interpretation. …”
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Nawiązania do Biblii w modlitwie powszechnej. Rekonesans badawczy by Iwona Pałucka-Czerniak

“…It is also possible to observe general lexical and conceptual references to the Bible, which are most strongly present in the introduction and conclusion of the prayer. The analysis of selected phrasemes from the Bible shows continuity and change in the lexical resource. …”
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Incorporating Non-Coding Annotations into Rare Variant Analysis. by Tom G Richardson, Colin Campbell, Nicholas J Timpson, Tom R Gaunt

“…<h4>Methods & results</h4>We conducted a candidate gene analysis using the UK10K sequence and lipids data, filtering according to functional annotations using the resource CADD (Combined Annotation-Dependent Depletion) and contrasting results with 'nonsynonymous' and 'loss of function' consequence analyses. …”
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Discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitors for reasons other than disease progression and the impact on relapse and survival of advanced melanoma patients. A systematic review... by Konstantinos Lallas, Eftychia Chatziioannou, Derya Durak, Georg Frey, Lina Maria Serna-Higuita, Marie-Lena Rasch, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Eleni Timotheadou, Zoe Apalla, Ulrike Leiter, Lukas Flatz, Lukas Flatz, Aimilios Lallas, Teresa Amaral, Teresa Amaral

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Effect of diurnal solar radiation regime and tree density on sap flow of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in fragmented stand by Singh Vivek Vikram, Zabihi Khodabakhsh, Trubin Aleksei, Cudlín Pavel, Korolyova Nataliya, Jakuš Rastislav, Blaženec Miroslav

“…Furthermore, stand density, which partly regulates the allocation of resources within individual trees, is a vital aspect of understanding forest functioning. …”
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Trade-offs and synergies for urban Production-Living-Ecological spatial Patterns-Comparison study between Fuzhou, China, and Saskatoon, Canada by Xi Wang, Xiaomei Li, Jinming Sha, Hao Zhang, Eshetu Shifaw, Xulin Guo, Shuhui Lai, Jinliang Wang

“…First, the paper identified the PLE spaces by integrating multi-source data, then analyzed the PLE spatial agglomeration characteristics by using the average nearest neighbor and kernel density analysis, finally detected the trade-offs and synergies between functional spaces by Spearman correlation and bivariate spatial autocorrelation. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae under xylose pressure: the growth adaptation, antimicrobial susceptibility, global proteomics analysis and role of XylA and XylB proteins by Ruolan Yi, Jiaoyang Zheng, Zhichao Xu, Jiayan Wu, Fangfang Liu, Jinxin Zheng, Duoyun Li, Shiqing Han, Zhijian Yu

“…Additionally, while the growth adaptation of K2044−8Xyl−60G under xylose pressure was confirmed, no amino acid mutations were detected in the functional proteins of this xylose-induced isolate, suggesting that persistent xylose pressure does not cause nonsense mutations in the bacterial genome. …”
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Technical Efficiency of Sweet Potato Production: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis by Godfrey C. Onuwa, Solomon T. Folorunsho, Ganiyu Binuyo, Mercy Emefiene, Onyekwere P. Ifenkwe

“…Multi-stage sampling techniques were adopted in selecting 94 respondents for this study. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Main outcome measures Cardiovascular disease hospitalisations and mortality. Data sources Aircraft noise levels modelled using a standard noise model for: (1) daily equivalent continuous sound levels at different times of day; (2) daily number of events above defined noise thresholds (2018 only). …”
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Impacts of coffee parchment on growth, immunity, and gut microbiota of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in biofloc system by Hien Van Doan, Toungporn Uttarotai, Supreya Wannavijit, Punika Ninyamasiri, Khambou Tayamath, Tran Thi Diem Quynh, Orranee Srinual, Thanongsak Chaiyaso, Pimporn Khamtavee, Wanaporn Tapingkae

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Further enhancement of cold tolerance in rice seedlings by Piriformospora indica collaborating with plant growth-promoting bacteria: Evidence from the antioxidant defense, osmoregu... by Feng Shi, Siyu Zhu, Honghe Li, Bo Zhang, Jie Liu, Fuqiang Song

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DISCRETE DEFORMATION WAVE DYNAMICS IN SHEAR ZONES: PHYSICAL MODELLING RESULTS by S. A. Bornyakov, I. A. Panteleev, A. A. Tarasova

“…Directions and magnitudes of displacements of the cells were determined from displaced maximums of cross-correlation functions (…”
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Growth Propagation of Liquid Spawn on Non-Woven Hemp Mats to Inform Digital Biofabrication of Mycelium-Based Composites by Andreas Biront, Mart Sillen, Patrick Van Dijck, Jan Wurm

“…By integrating mycelium growth kinetics into digital biofabricated materials, researchers can develop more sustainable, efficient, and specialized solutions using fewer resources, enhancing the adaptability and functionality of MBCs. …”
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Quality Analysis and Comprehensive Evaluation of 26 Varieties of Actinidia arguta Fruits by Yuning AN, Yuncai ZHAO, Junwei HUO, Dejiang LIU, Yihong BAO

“…We aimed to establish a scientific evaluation method to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the different quality characteristics and to facilitate the comprehensive use of A. arguta resources. In this study, 26 different varieties of A. arguta were used for a comprehensive evaluation of the appearance, nutritional, and functional indices (active substance content, antioxidant capacity, and lipid-lowering ability) of the fruits. …”
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Optimizing the user-experience (UX) and −interface (UI) of a mHealth application to aid recovery from burn injury (BurnCORE) through a user-centered design approach by Barclay T. Stewart, Kyler Menge, T.Varugis Kurien, Caitlin Orton, Rebecca Estrada, Gretchen Carrougher, Callie Thompson, Gary Hsieh, Tam N. Pham

“…Participants in Phase I suggested that we focus on key gaps in knowledge of the timeline and domains of burn recovery, strategies to promote self-agency and motivation, eliminating barriers to using burn-specific resources, and select issues that aimed to improve UX. …”
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Investigation of Critical Genes and Quantitative Trait Loci Related to Economic Traits in Broiler Chicken Genome Using Protein-Protein Interaction Network by Sadegh Taheri, Saeed Zerehdaran, Ali Javadmanesh

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Bisecting GlcNAc expression by bone marrow stromal cells modulates TGF-β1-driven macrophage polarization in myeloid leukemias by Jingjing Feng, Junjie Gou, Yi Wang, Wei Wei, Yihan Ma, Xueting Ren, Chongfu Zhao, Xiaoliang Cheng, Lei Lei, Zengqi Tan, Feng Guan, Xiang Li

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‘You can sleep hungry just to buy the medicine’: Applying a patient-centred model of cumulative complexity to explore how patients manage the lifelong workload of hypertension care... by Ruth Willis, Daniel Mbuthia, Mary Gichagua, Jacinta Nzinga, Carl May, Peter Mugo, Adrianna Murphy

“…Four inter-related domains of patient capacity influenced patients' ability to do this work: individual financial resources; physical functioning; social support and religious faith. …”
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Empirical Model of Pre-University by A. I. Bolvachev, K. I. Kushnarev

“…Generalization of the results of creating a pre-university model (on the example of the economic lyceum of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics) for the general case of organizing specialized schools.Materials and methods. By the method of selective observation according to the criterion of involvement in the educational process, 226 respondents were selected to conduct a standardized survey. …”
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Comparison of Methods for Isolation and Characterization of Total and Astrocyte‐Enriched Extracellular Vesicles From Human Serum and Plasma by Leandra K. Figueroa‐Hall, Kaiping Burrows, Ahlam M. Alarbi, Bethany N. Hannafon, Cole Hladik, Chibing Tan, Rajagopal Ramesh, Jennifer L. Stewart, Victoria B. Risbrough, Martin P. Paulus, T. Kent Teague

“…This study provides a comprehensive resource for researchers in selecting EV isolation methods tailored to small biobanked clinical samples, with the goal of advancing biomarker discovery in Neuroscience.…”
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