Damage Evolution and Failure Precursor of Rock-like Material Under Uniaxial Compression Based on Strain Rate Field Statistics by Jin Jin, Ping Cao, Jun Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Chenxi Miao, Jie Li, Xiaohong Bai

“…The results indicate that (1) all types of statistical data are positively correlated with the increment of microcracks; (2) corresponding to the fluctuation patterns of statistical data, the damage evolution of BPMs in the pre-peak stage can be divided into three parts; (3) the pre-existing flaw would accelerate the damage evolution; (4) the location and evolution rate of damage could be determined by comprehensively analyzing the average deviation curve, the coefficient of variation, and the contour maps of the strain rate field. …”
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Retinitis Pigmentosa with EYS Mutations Is the Most Prevalent Inherited Retinal Dystrophy in Japanese Populations by Yuuki Arai, Akiko Maeda, Yasuhiko Hirami, Chie Ishigami, Shinji Kosugi, Michiko Mandai, Yasuo Kurimoto, Masayo Takahashi

“…Limited availability of intrafamily information and decreasing family size hampered identifying inherited patterns. Differential disease profiles with lower prevalence of Stargardt disease from European and North American populations were obtained. …”
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Molecular-genetic mechanisms underlying fruit and seed coloration in plants by V. F. Adzhieva, O. G. Babak, O. Y. Shoeva, A. V. Kilchevsky, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Diverse patterns of plant fruit and seed coloration are determined by the presence of two main types of pigment, carotenoids (red, orange and yellow color) and anthocyanins (purple, blue, red). …”
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Shaping the human gut microbiota: The role of canine companionship, lifestyle choices, and Blastocystis sp. by Zuzana Pavlíčková, Barbora Pafčo, Vladislav Ilík, Lee O'Brien Andersen, Milan Jirků, Kristýna Brožová, David Modrý, Oldřiška Kadlecová, Christen Rune Stensvold, Kateřina Jirků

“…The presence of Blastocystis sp. in humans correlated with specific microbial patterns, indicating an important role for this micro-eukaryote in the gut ecosystem.These findings highlight the intricate relationship between specific factors and the gut microbiota composition and emphasize the need for more extensive research in this area.…”
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The landscape of nucleotide diversity in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mutation rate variation by Barroso, Gustavo V, Dutheil, Julien Y

“…In doing so, our model captures the effects of genetic drift, linked selection and local mutation rates on patterns of genomic variation. We then formalize a causal model of how these micro-evolutionary mechanisms interact, and cast it as a linear regression to estimate their individual contributions to levels of diversity along the genome. …”
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Molecular Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Northern Portugal by Rúben Fernandes, Paula Amador, Carla Oliveira, Cristina Prudêncio

“…This study reports a high diversity of genetic patterns. Ten clusters were found for E. coli isolates and five clusters for K. pneumoniae strains by means of ERIC analysis. …”
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Experimental Study of Reinforcing Broken Gangues by Colloid Cement Slurry by Xin Lyu, Ke Yang, Qiang Fu, Zhen Wei, Shuai Liu

“…These were then subjected to mechanical testing to measure the strength and axial strain performance, and the failure modes and failure patterns were discussed. The results indicated that the colloid component has a significant strengthening effect on the early strength of the samples. …”
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Short-Term Changes in Fertility Attributes and Soil Organic Matter Caused by the Addition of EM Bokashis in Two Tropical Soils by Carlos Eduardo Pacheco Lima, Mariana Rodrigues Fontenelle, Luciana Rodrigues Borba Silva, Daiane Costa Soares, Antônio Williams Moita, Daniel Basílio Zandonadi, Ronessa Bartolomeu Souza, Carlos Alberto Lopes

“…Finally, the Principal Component Analysis was conducted in order to identify possible patterns related to soils when fertilized with EM Bokashi. …”
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Changes and their effects on working and daily life time use allocation between work-from-home and office work days during the telework period: insights from the survey in Japan by Eri Aoki, Eri Aoki, Ai Hiramatsu, Keisuke Hanaki

“…Principal component and cluster analyses were used to identify groups with distinct work and lifestyle patterns.ResultsSix telework-related groups emerged, reflecting diverse experiences in productivity and daily life. …”
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Agent-Based Modeling of Harvest Decisions by Small Scale Forest Landowners in Maine, USA by Jessica E. Leahy, Erika Gorczyca Reeves, Kathleen P. Bell, Crista L. Straub, Jeremy S. Wilson

“…Agent-based modeling involves modeling individualistic behavior and interpreting patterns that emerge. The interaction between agents and their environments makes this a valuable tool to assess repeated decisions of individual landowners responding to changing environmental conditions. …”
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A Review on Automatic Mammographic Density and Parenchymal Segmentation by Wenda He, Arne Juette, Erika R. E. Denton, Arnau Oliver, Robert Martí, Reyer Zwiggelaar

“…Image-based risk factors, such as mammographic densities and parenchymal patterns, have been established as biomarkers but have not been fully incorporated in the risk prediction models used for risk stratification in screening and/or measuring responsiveness to preventive approaches. …”
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Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of β-Lactamases among Enterobacterial Uropathogens in Southeastern Nigeria by M. C. Ugwu, M. Shariff, C.M. Nnajide, K Beri, U. M. Okezie, I. R. Iroha, C. O. Esimone

“…Their antibiotic susceptibility patterns were evaluated using disk diffusion, screened, and confirmed phenotypically for the presence of β-lactamases: ESBL, AmpC, carbapenemase, and MBLs. …”
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Preparation and In Vitro/In Vivo Evaluation of Vinpocetine Elementary Osmotic Pump System by Meiying Ning, Yue Zhou, Guojun Chen, Xingguo Mei

“…In addition, a clear difference between the pharmacokinetic patterns of VIN immediate release and VIN elementary osmotic pump formulations was revealed. …”
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Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course by Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä

“…How do income and marital status affect the health trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants? How do these patterns vary by sex? We use longitudinal survey data to estimate healthy ageing trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants over the life-course, in the German context. …”
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Micro-amplitude vibration-assisted scratching: a new method for one step and controllable fabrication of the microscale V-groove and nanoscale ripples by Haoxiang Wu, Hu Huang, Zhiyu Zhang, Jiwang Yan

“…By this method, complex patterns constructed by various micro/nano hierarchical structures were fabricated on both flat and curved surfaces, achieving diverse surface structural colors.…”
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Investigation of genes expression of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway and AMPs in the presence of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes ricinus by Magdalena Szczotko, Sandra Antunes, Ana Domingos, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk

“…AMPs genes such as def1, ric, lzs were overexpressed with different expression patterns. The results obtained suggest that AMPs may be involved in infection management in ticks.…”
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A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Framework for Wind Speed Prediction by Rhafes Mohamed Yassine, Moussaoui Omar, Raboaca Maria Simona, Mihaltan Traian Candin

“…However, using wind power is challenging due to the variability and unpredictability of wind patterns. Consequently, the ability to predict wind power in advance is crucial. …”
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Influence of Typhoons on Chemical Makeup of Rainwater in Zhanjiang, China by Zhen Zeng, Xin Zhou, Zhiyang Li, Fajin Chen, Huijie Luo, Guirong He, Ziyun Deng, Chunqing Chen, Qibin Lao

“…Source determination demonstrated that the marine influences in the dry and wet seasons were similar, further indicating the limited impact of the monsoon climate on the ionic species’ seasonal patterns. The heavy rain and strong wind (> 47.4 m s−1) brought by a super typhoon led to an increase in ionic species carried from continental sources into ambient air, and such species were then captured by precipitation. …”
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Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with Ips subelongatus, including eight new species from northeastern China by Zheng Wang, Ya Liu, Huimin Wang, Xianjing Meng, Xuewei Liu, Cony Decock, Xingyao Zhang, Quan Lu

“…These comparisons showed distinct, specific assemblage patterns.…”
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Spatially mapping the tumour immune microenvironments of non-small cell lung cancer by Lysanne Desharnais, Mark Sorin, Morteza Rezanejad, Bridget Liu, Elham Karimi, Aline Atallah, Anikka M. Swaby, Miranda W. Yu, Samuel Doré, Saskia Hartner, Benoit Fiset, Yuhong Wei, Baharak Kadang, Roni Rayes, Philippe Joubert, Sophie Camilleri-Broët, Pierre-Olivier Fiset, Daniela F. Quail, Jonathan D. Spicer, Logan A. Walsh

“…This spatial analysis revealed distinct patterns of immune cell aggregation, particularly among macrophage populations, that correlated with patient prognosis differentially in adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, suggesting potential new strategies for therapeutic intervention. …”
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