Strengthening Farmer Institutions in Rice Farming: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach by Sri Wahyuni Kamaruddin, Zulkifli Zulkifli, Akbar Akbar

“…Purposive sampling was utilized to choose 21 farmers and 5 stakeholders from a population of 150 farmers, resulting in a sample size of 26 persons. …”
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A Trip Purpose-Based Data-Driven Alighting Station Choice Model Using Transit Smart Card Data by Kai Lu, Alireza Khani, Baoming Han

“…Because of the lack of trip information, validation of utility functions for passenger choices is difficult. …”
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Control of Clostridioides difficile virulence and physiology by the flagellin homeostasis checkpoint FliC-FliW-CsrA in the absence of motility by Duolong Zhu, Katherine J. Wozniak, Firas Midani, Shaohui Wang, Xingmin Sun, Robert A. Britton

“…Furthermore, disruption of the fliC-fliW-csrA network results in significant changes in carbon source utilization and sporulation. This work highlights that key proteins involved in flagellar biosynthesis retain their regulatory roles in C. difficile pathogenesis and physiology independent of their functions in motility.IMPORTANCEClostridioides difficile is a leading cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea in developed countries with many known virulence factors. …”
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Diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi from the roots of Paeonia lactiflora in different growth years by WANG Sirui, ZHANG Manli, SUN Yunpeng, ZHANG Hongyan, ZHANG Ling, YU Yang, LIU Jinsong, WANG Guokai

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Whole-genome sequencing and genomic analysis of four Akkermansia strains newly isolated from human feces by Wenjing Lu, Biqing Zha, Jie Lyu, Chenxi LingHu, Jing Chen, Sisi Deng, Xiangling Zhang, Liang Li, Guoqing Wang

“…These bacteria colonize the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract and utilize mucin as their sole source of carbon and nitrogen. …”
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Widely Targeted Metabolomics Reveal the Distribution of Metabolites in Shatian Pomelo Fruit by Jing Wen, Haocheng Liu, Huining Lai, Yujuan Xu, Jijun Wu, Yuanshan Yu, Wenqian Huang, Manqin Fu, Haiyang Liu

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Impact of seasonal changes on root-associated microbial communities among phreatophytes of three basins in desert ecosystem by Yulin Zhang, Yulin Zhang, Yulin Zhang, Yulin Zhang, Yi Du, Yi Du, Yi Du, Yi Du, Zhaobin Mu, Zhaobin Mu, Zhaobin Mu, Zhaobin Mu, Waqar Islam, Waqar Islam, Waqar Islam, Fanjiang Zeng, Fanjiang Zeng, Fanjiang Zeng, Fanjiang Zeng, Fanjiang Zeng, Norela C. T. Gonzalez, Zhihao Zhang, Zhihao Zhang, Zhihao Zhang

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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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Performance Assessment of a Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester for Hybrid Excitation with Varying Cross Sections by Bartłomiej Ambrożkiewicz, Zbigniew Czyż, Vikram Pakrashi, Jakub Anczarski, Paweł Stączek, Andrzej Koszewnik, Mirosław Wendeker, Grzegorz Litak

“…The system’s performance in hybrid excitation, enhancements in energy harvesting, and challenges with these was observed, helping to determine optimal operating conditions to function effectively in ambient environments. The tests identified the conditions and ranges within which maximized harvesting responses were observed. …”
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Nixtamalization and Extrusion Processes: Effects on Physicochemical, Nutritional, and Nutraceutical Properties in the Processing of Corn Into Tortilla by Ana Luisa Félix-Sámano, Jennifer Vianey Félix-Medina, María Fernanda Quintero-Soto, Ismael Diaz-Peña, Roberto Gutiérrez-Dorado

“…While nixtamalization by extrusion presents a potential alternative, previous studies have highlighted significant starch damage that affects the rheological, functional, and textural attributes of the corn, impacting the quality of instant corn masa flour, fresh nixtamal masa, and tortillas, as well as consumer acceptance of nixtamalized products. …”
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Characterizing cell-type spatial relationships across length scales in spatially resolved omics data by Rafael dos Santos Peixoto, Brendan F. Miller, Maigan A. Brusko, Gohta Aihara, Lyla Atta, Manjari Anant, Mark A. Atkinson, Todd M. Brusko, Clive H. Wasserfall, Jean Fan

“…Application of such technologies offers the opportunity to delineate cell-type spatial relationships, particularly across different length scales, and enhance our understanding of tissue organization and function. To quantify such multi-scale cell-type spatial relationships, we present CRAWDAD, Cell-type Relationship Analysis Workflow Done Across Distances, as an open-source R package. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Controlled-Environment Growth Chamber for Vegetative Propagation of Mother Plants by Jacqueline Guerrero-Sánchez, Carlos Alberto Olvera-Olvera, Luis Octavio Solis-Sánchez, Ma. Del Rosario Martínez-Blanco, Manuel de Jesús López-Martínez, Celina Lizeth Castañeda-Miranda, Genaro Martin Soto-Zarazúa, Germán Díaz-Flórez

“…The design features a removable tray that serves as a support for the mother plant, an observation window covered by a movable dark acrylic that prevents the passage of external light, and a vertical structure that facilitates optimal space utilization and ergonomic access. Functionality was conducted using a <i>Stevia rebaudiana</i> Bertoni mother plant maintained for 30 days under monitored conditions. …”
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A Robust InSAR-DEM Block Adjustment Method Based on Affine and Polynomial Models for Geometric Distortion by Zhonghua Hong, Ziyuan He, Haiyan Pan, Zhihao Tang, Ruyan Zhou, Yun Zhang, Yanling Han, Jiang Tao

“…To mitigate this problem, this study employs affine models and polynomial function models to refine the relative planar precision and elevation accuracy of the DEM. …”
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Diagnosis and management of a giant retroperitoneal hematoma compressing the femoral nerve, following an ultrasound-guided lumbar sympathetic block: a case report by Yan Bai, Xinqiao Zhou, Lingqing Zeng, Xiaokai Zhou, Zhuqing Rao, Cunming Liu, Yinbing Pan, Xiaodi Sun

“…Once imaging supports the diagnosis, immediate digital subtraction angiography (DSA) could be utilized to identify the bleeding source and conduct embolization.…”
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A Scale-Aware and Discriminative Feature Learning Network for Fine-Grained Rigid Object Recognition by Yangte Gao, Chenwei Deng, Liang Chen, Zicong Zhu

“…The code and dataset will be open source in the future.…”
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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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Comparative analysis of microwave indices for freeze/thaw state monitoring and adaptive thresholding implications by Zhicheng Yang, Tianjie Zhao, Qingfeng Wang, Lihua Peng, Youhua Ran, Yu Bai, Jingyao Zheng, Panpan Yao, Zhiqing Peng, Jinbiao Zhu, Xiaokang Kou, Yuei-An Liou, Jiancheng Shi

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The Modified Sparrow Search Algorithm with Brown Motion and Levy Flight Strategy for the Class Integration Test Order Generation Problem by Chongyang Jiao, Qinglei Zhou, Wenning Zhang, Chunyan Zhang

“…Using the overall stubbing complexity as a fitness function to evaluate different class test sequences, experiments are conducted on open-source Java systems, and the experimental results demonstrate that the MSSA generates test orders with lower stubbing cost in a shorter time than other novel intelligent algorithms. …”
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Detection and classification of hypertensive retinopathy based on retinal image analysis using a deep learning approach by Bambang Krismono Triwijoyo, Ahmat Adil, Muhammad Zulfikri

“…Methods: This research utilizes secondary data, specifically a retinal image dataset from the open-source Messidor database. …”
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Mass transpiration impact on effectiveness of heat transport of ternary hybrid nanofluid with velocity slip by S. Bilal, Muhammad Yasir

“…Thermal energy transmission in the emergence of radiative flux and variant heat source through non-linear approximating function is also manifested. …”
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