The implication of leaf anatomical structure for the selective breeding of lilacs by L. M. Pshennikova

“…A promising trend in the selective breeding of lilacs in Russia is the creation of new breeding material based on the gene pool of the broadleaf lilac (S. oblata) and its hybrids in order to introduce valuable adaptive traits into cultivars. …”
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Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Two Alternative Stabilization Techniques on Expansive Soil Slopes by Rui Zhang, Mingxu Long, Jianlong Zheng

“…Based on a case study, two techniques as well as their construction processes were introduced. …”
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Influence of location on quality parameters of pepper seeds by Živković Ivana, Poštić Dobrivoj, Pavlović Nenad, Tabaković Marijenka, Đorđević Mladen, Cvikić Dejan, Perić Vesna

“…Seed testing of two pepper genotypes from two locations (Kula and Smederevska Palanka) was performed using standard methods for assessing seed quality and health, based on germination parameters, moisture and seed health for the seed produced in the season 2022. …”
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A New Approach to Estimate Concentration Levels with Filtered Neural Nets for Online Learning by Woodo Lee, Junhyoung Oh, Jaekwoun Shim

“…Data were collected and preprocessed using pose points, and an accuracy of 90.62 % was calculated by predicting the concentration level using the framework. …”
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Recycling and Reusing Polyethylene Waste as Antistatic and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Materials by Mostafizur Rahaman, Ibrahim Abdullah Al Ghufais, Govindasami Periyasami, Ali Aldalbahi

“…The aim of this work is to manage the waste product based on polyethylene (PE) films by recycling and reusing it as antistatic material for electronic packaging and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material for protecting electronic equipment from interference of EM radiation. …”
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Discovery of orally bioavailable SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitor as a potential treatment for COVID-19 by Yongzhi Lu, Qi Yang, Ting Ran, Guihua Zhang, Wenqi Li, Peiqi Zhou, Jielin Tang, Minxian Dai, Jinpeng Zhong, Hua Chen, Pan He, Anqi Zhou, Bao Xue, Jiayi Chen, Jiyun Zhang, Sidi Yang, Kunzhong Wu, Xinyu Wu, Miru Tang, Wei K. Zhang, Deyin Guo, Xinwen Chen, Hongming Chen, Jinsai Shang

“…However, the mutations causing drug resistance have been observed in RdRp and 3CLpro from SARS-CoV-2, which makes it necessary to develop antivirals with novel mechanisms. …”
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Crop wild relatives conservation in the Chechen Republic by L. V. Bagmet, M. A. Taisumov

“…In order to select priority species for conservation, the items of the methodology for PGR conservation adapted for Russia were used. The map of species locations was built using MapInfo 8.5.Results and conclusions. …”
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Atmospheric Corrosion, Antibacterial Properties, and Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Two Different Routes by I. DeAlba-Montero, Claudio A. Ruiz-Torres, Diana P. Portales-Pérez, Fidel Martínez-Gutierrez, Félix Echeverría, Martha E. Compeán-Jasso, Yolanda G. Cataño-Cañizales, Facundo Ruiz

“…In this work, AgNPs were synthesized using two different methods: one of them was based on a plant extract (Brickellia cavanillesii), and the other one is the well-known method using sodium borohydride (NaBH4). …”
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A study on the technical and financial feasibility of producing lactic acid from sugarcane and beet molasses by Nahla M. Salatein, Ahmed F. Omara, Aziz R. Mansour, Irene S. Fahim

“…Lactic acid (LA) can be produced through fermentation by various microorganisms using various biological feedstocks. The present study conducted an estimation of the necessary resources, including equipment, raw materials, energy, and labour, as well as the associated costs, to produce LA through a yeast-based fermentation route. …”
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Ensemble Deep Learning Technique for Detecting MRI Brain Tumor by Rasool Fakhir Jader, Shahab Wahhab Kareem, Hoshang Qasim Awla

“…As a result, this paper concentrated on the tasks of segmentation, feature extraction, classifier building, and classification into four categories using various machine learning algorithms. The authors used VGG-16, ResNet-50, and AlexNet models based on the transfer learning algorithm for three models to classify images as an ensemble model. …”
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Integrated Machine Learning Approaches for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Along the Pakistan–China Karakoram Highway by Mohib Ullah, Haijun Qiu, Wenchao Huangfu, Dongdong Yang, Yingdong Wei, Bingzhe Tang

“…Hybrid modeling enhances accuracy, with CNN–RF boosting RF’s AUC from 0.85 to 0.89 and CNN–CatBoost increasing CatBoost’s AUC from 0.87 to 0.90. …”
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Interfacial charge transfer on hierarchical synergistic shell wall of MXene/MoS2 on CdS nanospheres: heterostructure integrity for visible light responsive photocatalytic H2 evolut... by Kugalur Shanmugam Ranjith, Ali Mohammadi, Ganji Seeta Rama Raju, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han

“…The dual surface wrapping of MXe/MoS2 over CdS nanospheres confirmed the structural durability that remained intact throughout the photocatalytic reaction, promoting approximately 93.1% of its catalytic property even after five repeatable cycles. This study examined how the MXene heterostructure template improves the catalytic efficiency and opens a new way to design MXene-based durable heterostructure catalysts for solar-energy conversion. …”
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Development of cognitive behavior counseling guidebook with bibliocounseling techniques to improve junior high school student academic motivation by Ni Luh Idayanti, Nyoman Dantes, I Ketut Gading, I Ketut Dharsana, Kadek Suranata

“…The design of this shape uses a comparison, grouping is done randomly and no pre-test is held. …”
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Higher oxidative balance score is associated with a decreased risk of infertility: an analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Mingjun Ma, Huanying Xu, Huanying Xu, Kexin Wang, Yanfen Chen, Ting Pan, Qiaoling Zhu, Qiaoling Zhu

“…However, limited studies have explored the relationship between OBS and infertility.MethodsWe performed a cross-sectional study including 2,664 women aged 20–45 years, based on data from the 2013–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Buckwheat breeding and production in Russia during the past 100 years by A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko

“…Determinant cultivars based on the d (det) mutation are characterized by reduced plant height, reduced number of flowers on shoots, and more intensive and fast blossoming of inflorescences (and, consequently, more intensive and fast maturation). …”
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The Potential Impact of HNRNPA2B1 on Human Cancers Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment by Tao Huang, Gang Zhu, Fan Chen

“…Therefore, we conducted a pan-cancer analysis of HNRNPA2B1 using TCGA data. Based on datasets from TCGA, TARGET, Genotype-Tissue Expression, and Human Protein Atlas, we employed a range of bioinformatics approaches to explore the potential oncogenic role of HNRNPA2B1. …”
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Sustainable ceiling panels: exploring the potentials of groundnut shell and sugarcane bagasse-modified plaster of Paris by Ubong Williams Robert, Sunday Edet Etuk, Okechukwu Ebuka Agbasi, David Adeniran Oyegoke, Sylvester Andrew Ekong

“…The undertaking described in this research can avail the building industry with eco-friendly POP-based ceilings that are capable of mitigating the effects of climate change. …”
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Study on the preparation of calcium modified coal gangue and its adsorption performance of phosphate by Yanrong Dong, Hongyu Zhai, Ziqing Gao, Guohao Gong, Fengjuan Li

“…Abstract The adsorption of phosphate in the collected water is crucial to alleviate the crisis of phosphorus resources, which is in line with the concept of green and sustainable development of resources. In this study, based on the calcium modification technology of pyrolysis combined with chemical modification, a new type of calcium modified coal gangue (CaMCG) was prepared by using coal gangue as raw material and calcium chloride as modifier for the removal of phosphate.The optimum preparation conditions of CaMCG were obtained by response surface test: mcalcium chloride:mcoal gangue=1, calcination temperature 735℃, calcination time 135 min. …”
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Protein identification using Cryo-EM and artificial intelligence guides improved sample purification by Kenneth D. Carr, Dane Evan D. Zambrano, Connor Weidle, Alex Goodson, Helen E. Eisenach, Harley Pyles, Alexis Courbet, Neil P. King, Andrew J. Borst

“…This issue is particularly problematic for self-assembling protein nanomaterials, where unexpected geometries may reflect novel assembly states, cross-contamination, or native proteins originating from the expression host. Here, we used an automated structure-to-sequence pipeline to first identify an unknown co-purifying protein found in several purified designed protein samples. …”
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Late-time Optical and X-Ray Emission Evolution of the Oxygen-rich SN 1996cr by Daniel Patnaude, Kathryn E. Weil, Robert A. Fesen, Dan Milisavljevic, Ralph P. Kraft

“…Redshifted emission components are considerably fainter compared to the blueshifted components, presumably due to internal extinction from dust in the SN ejecta. Broad ±2400 km s ^−1 H α is also seen, which we infer is shocked progenitor pre-SN, mass-loss, H-rich material. …”
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