A Systematic Search for Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Using Periodic Mid-infrared Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei by Di Luo, Ning Jiang, Xin Liu

“…Analyzing a parent sample of 48,932 objects selected from about half a million AGNs, we have identified 28 candidate periodic AGNs with periods ranging from 1268 to 2437 days (in the observer frame), by fitting their WISE light curves with sinusoidal functions. However, our mock simulation of the parent sample indicates that stochastic variability can actually produce a similar number of periodic sources, underscoring the difficulty in robustly identifying real periodic signals with WISE light curves, given their current sampling. …”
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Microalgal Metabolomes and Recent Biotechnological Advances for Their Industrial Application by Dinesh Kumar Saini, Geetanjali Manchanda, Ratiram Gomaji Chaudhary, Raghvendra Pratap Singh

“…These organisms are photosynthetic, use CO₂ as their sole carbon source, and grow rapidly under different environmental conditions. …”
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SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters [version 2; peer review: 1 approved,... by Sofie Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Joachim Audet, Eti Ester Levi, Brian Kronvang, Søren Erik Larsen, Erik Jeppesen, Esben Astrup Kristensen, Anders Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Davidson, Jane Rosenstand Laugesen, Peter Mejlhede Andersen

“…Such a process is often resource-intensive and may not be consistent across users and sensors. …”
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Lipoprotein N-terminal modification in Bacillus: a new paradigm for extracellular acetylation and species-dependent Toll-like receptor 2 immunomodulation by Gloria Komazin, Rachel M. Wigmore, Aditi M. Ranade, Amena A. Rizk, John H. Gardiner, Timothy C. Meredith

“…While Ac-LP biosynthetic pathway genes appear to be universally conserved in all Bacillus spp., those associated with pathogenic lineages have often lost function. In B. anthracis strains, LhaT has been inactivated by insertion of poly-tyrosine runs of variable length that favors chemotype conversion to lyso-LP and evasion of TLR2 detection. …”
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Evidence of limited N2 fixation in the Southern Ocean by Shuai Gu, Hugo Berthelot, Yajuan Lin, Weiyi Tang, Julie Robidart, A. Murat Eren, Hugh W. Ducklow, Nicolas Cassar

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The Influence of Thickness and Spectral Properties of Green Color-Emitting Polymer Thin Films on Their Implementation in Wearable PLED Applications by Kyparisis Papadopoulos, Despoina Tselekidou, Alexandros Zachariadis, Argiris Laskarakis, Stergios Logothetidis, Maria Gioti

“…Finally, we applied the functional green light-emitting PLED devices based on the two studied materials for the detection of Rhodamine 6G. …”
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Exploring the Complexities of Seafood: From Benefits to Contaminants by Bettina Taylor, Kelvin Fynn Ofori, Ali Parsaeimehr, Gulsun Akdemir Evrendilek, Tahera Attarwala, Gulnihal Ozbay

“…Seafood plays a vital role in human diets worldwide, serving as an important source of high-quality protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and essential vitamins and minerals that promote health and prevent various chronic conditions. …”
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Multiwavelength Constraints on the Local Black Hole Occupation Fraction by Colin J. Burke, Priyamvada Natarajan, Vivienne F. Baldassare, Marla Geha

“…We also constrain the extremely low-luminosity end ( L _bol ≲ 10 ^40 erg s ^−1 ) of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) luminosity functions at z = 0. Our AGN luminosity functions are broadly consistent with an extrapolation of the shallow slope of the AGN luminosity functions from previous work.…”
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Prediction of new candidate proteins and analysis of sub-modules and protein hubs associated with seed development in rice (Oryza sativa) using an ensemble network-based systems bi... by M. R. P. De Silva, J. W. J. K. Weeraman, S. Piyatissa, P. C. Fernando

“…Abstract Background Rice is a critical global food source, but it faces challenges due to nutritional deficiencies and the pressures of a growing population. …”
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Heterogeneous transfer learning model for improving the classification performance of fNIRS signals in motor imagery among cross-subject stroke patients by Jin Feng, YunDe Li, ZiJun Huang, Yehang Chen, SenLiang Lu, RongLiang Hu, QingHui Hu, YuYao Chen, XiMiao Wang, Yong Fan, Jing He

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The role of vitamin K in the pathology of newborns and infants (literature review) by Y.V. Marushko, A.O. Pysariev, T.V. Kurilina, O.A. Bovkun

“…PIVKA II is used as a functional marker for the detection of vitamin K deficiency. …”
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Historical traces in Southern Grevena during Ottoman occupation by Vasileios D. Spanos

“…Regarding the content of each settlement, the time of its creation (or the first reference to the sources) and dissolution (if it does not exist today) of the settlements, the presentation of population data and data on ownership status, information on the economic and social life (functioning of schools, notable events, monuments of a mainly ecclesiastical nature) and anything else deemed worthy of mention were taken into account. …”
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21 Balmer Jump Street: The Nebular Continuum at High Redshift and Implications for the Bright Galaxy Problem, UV Continuum Slopes, and Early Stellar Populations by Harley Katz, Alex J. Cameron, Aayush Saxena, Laia Barrufet, Nichloas Choustikov, Nikko J. Cleri, Anna de Graff, Richard S. Ellis, Robert A.E. Fosbury, Kasper E. Heintz, Michael Maseda, Jorryt Matthee, Ian McConachie, Pascal A. Oesch

“…First, we provide a theoretical background, showing how different stellar populations (SPS models, initial mass functions (IMFs), and stellar temperatures) and nebular conditions impact observed galaxy spectra. …”
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Radiation diagnostics of the state of ventilation and pulmonary circulation in patients with COPD by O. S. Sementsov, S. V. Stepanenko

“…Also a promising area is the use of functional CT (inspiratory-expiratory CT) - which should improve the assessment of respiratory function, including early detection of patients with COPD, which will promote the in time start of specific treatment, reduce episodes of exacerbations during the disease, assess the dynamics of the pathological process and the effectiveness of treatment, as well as improving the prognosis of work and life expectancy of patients. …”
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Real-Time, Risk-Based Clinical Trial Quality Management in China: Development of a Digital Monitoring Platform by Min Jiang, Shuhua Zhao, Yun Mei, Zhiying Fu, Yannan Yuan, Jie Ai, Yuan Sheng, Ying Gong, Jingjing Chen

“…ConclusionsIn clinical practice, our tool would enable the automated monitoring and detection of risk points throughout all clinical trial stages; accurately identify the most relevant trial procedure and function line; and notify quality management personnel, in real time, to take prompt actions and dynamically prevent the recurrence of quality issues.…”
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SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters [version 1; peer review: 1 approved,... by Sofie Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Joachim Audet, Eti Ester Levi, Brian Kronvang, Søren Erik Larsen, Erik Jeppesen, Esben Astrup Kristensen, Anders Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Davidson, Jane Rosenstand Laugesen, Peter Mejlhede Andersen

“…Such a process is often resource-intensive and may not be consistent across users and sensors. …”
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Global Trends and Empirical Metrics in the Evaluation of Code Smells and Technical Debt: A Bibliometric Study by Ronald Henry Diaz Arrieta, Byron Leoncio Diaz Monroy, Luis Javier Castillo Heredia, Alexandra Gabriela Valenzuela Cobos

“…Among the critical factors that affect these attributes are code smells, indicators of structural deficiencies in the source code, which, although they do not directly affect functionality, significantly increase technical debt and maintenance costs. …”
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The impact of early massive galaxy formation on the cosmic microwave background by Eda Gjergo, Pavel Kroupa

“…A previously overlooked foreground component is the formation of massive early-type galaxies (ETGs), which can no longer be ignored, particularly in light of JWST's detection of massive, evolved systems at extreme redshifts (z>13). …”
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Predictive Capabilities and Limitations of Stream Interaction Region Observations at Different Solar Longitudes by R. C. Allen, G. C. Ho, L. K. Jian, G. M. Mason, S. K. Vines, D. Lario

“…Through comparing 10 years of SIRs/CIRs observed at L1 and at STEREO, we have investigated the probability of sequentially detecting SIRs/CIRs at two locations as a function of the difference in heliospheric longitude and latitudinal separation between the two spacecraft. …”
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Legality of bringing to administrative responsibility for an offense under Art. 130 Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses: retrospective analysis by K. O. Chyshko

“…It was stated that the clarification provided in this regard by the Committee on Law Enforcement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is neither a source of law nor a normative legal act and is not binding, but instead serves a recommendatory function, therefore, the involvement of persons for committing a specific criminal offense under the procedure of proceedings on administrative offenses has no legal grounds.…”
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