Experimental Study on Thermal Conductivity of Organic-Rich Soils under Thawed and Frozen States by Ruixia He, Ning Jia, Huijun Jin, Hongbo Wang, Xinyu Li

“…Results show that soil thermal conductivity declines slowly with the lowering temperatures from 10 to 0°C; however, it increases and finally stabilizes when temperature further lowers from 0 to -10°C. …”
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Identification and validation of key autophagy-related genes in lupus nephritis by bioinformatics and machine learning. by Su Zhang, Weitao Hu, Yelin Tang, Xiaoqing Chen

“…Additionally, the association between key genes and kidney diseases was predicted. Finally, key genes expression in kidney was verified by clinical samples and animal experiments.…”
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Resistance to viruses of potato: current status and prospects by S. S. Makarova, V. V. Makarov, M. E. Taliansky, N. O. Kalinina

“…However, these approaches have essential limitations because the acquired resistance is highly specific (against individual viruses only), is not durable, can be overcome by viruses and, finally due to regulatory bans on genetically modified organisms. …”
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Variative Components of the University Course of Mathematical Analysis: The Experience of Introduction into the Practice of Teaching by S. I. Кalinin, L. V. Pankratova

“…Secondly, the variable content of education offers the possibility to systematically rethink and rapidly revise educational material, taking into account new scientific facts and discoveries. Finally, it can develop cognitive autonomy of junior students, encouraging them to carry out regular and informal research activities. …”
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Understanding the Influence of Image Enhancement on Underwater Object Detection: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study by Ashraf Saleem, Ali Awad, Sidike Paheding, Evan Lucas, Timothy C. Havens, Peter C. Esselman

“…Next, we conduct a detailed analysis by evaluating all generated groups for quality and detection performance attributes. Finally, we perform an overlap analysis between the generated enhanced sets to identify cases where the enhanced images of different enhancement algorithms unanimously outperform, equally perform, or underperform the original images. …”
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Deciphering TCOF1 mutations in Chinese Treacher Collins syndrome patients: insights into pathogenesis and transcriptional disruption by Zhuoyuan Jiang, Ke Mao, Bingqing Wang, Hao Zhu, Jiqiang Liu, Ruirui Lang, Baichuan Xiao, Hailin Shan, Qi Chen, Ying Li, Shouqin Zhao, Qingguo Zhang, Huisheng Liu, Yong-Biao Zhang

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Collaborative communication-based ocean observation research with heterogeneous unmanned surface vessels by Zhen Kang, Zhen Kang, Miao Gao, Miao Gao, Zihao Liao, Anmin Zhang, Anmin Zhang

“…This study investigates the problem of cooperative communication in USV cluster formation, starting with the communication delay of USV clusters under a directed switching topology. Finally, a coherent formation controller is designed under a switching communication topology to address the dynamic transformation of communication topologies within heterogeneous USV clusters. …”
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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…The negative aspect of great apes for local people, such as crop-raiding, is also pointed out.Finally, the authors demonstrate how their interdisciplinary collaborative project integrates biodiversity conservation and local development, and then discuss the importance of ecotourism projects based on local initiatives. …”
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Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Regulates LPS Induced Inflammation in Rat Macrophages through Autophagy Activation by Zhong-Hui Wang, Wei-Ying Ren, Lei Zhu, Li-Juan Hu

“…To further evaluate the role of PAI-1, the PAI-1 gene was downregulated and overexpressed using the siRNA transfection technology and the pCDH-PAI-1, respectively. Finally, the GFP Positive Expression Rate Method was used to determine the rate of GFP-LC3 positive NR8383 cells. …”
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Designing a Model of Effective Factors on Creative Cultural Industries in Iran by Abbas Ghaedamini Harouni, Mehrdad Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Sadegh Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Narjes Mohsenifar

“…Both validity questionnaires were confirmed, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient measured its reliability above 0.70.Findings: The Delphi identification test was used to identify the influential factors and was screened in two stages. Finally, the experts identified the criteria gathered in the research background in 6 criteria and 16 sub-criteria affecting the creative cultural industries in 7 main criteria, and 17 sub-criteria were agreed upon. …”
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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

“…Recognizing the non-parametric nature of length of stay and cost, we calculated median values and interquartile ranges for these variables for each group of patients. Finally, the risk of inpatient death was estimated using logistic regression. …”
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: A Particular Association by Giacomo Tini, Riccardo Scagliola, Fiammetta Monacelli, Giovanni La Malfa, Italo Porto, Claudio Brunelli, Gian Marco Rosa

“…Further studies are needed in order to understand the effect of CVD and its risk factors on AD in order to better comprehend the effects of subclinical and clinical CVD on the brain. Finally, we need to clarify the impact of the underlying hypothesized mechanisms of this association and to investigate gender issues.…”
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Application of a New Type of Protective Sputum Suction Device in Clinic against Cross-Infection between Medical Staff and Patients by Kang Lu, Weizhou Wu, Gaomei Jin, Haixia Yang, Xiaowei Cai, Lin Li, Zanchao Chen, Lin Ren, Baoshuan Guo, Qing-feng Xue

“…In addition, the satisfaction of the two suction methods was compared through the questionnaire of suction staff. Finally, with the assistance of this device, an attempt was made to complete the bronchoscopy without weaning of ventilator. …”
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Application of gamal Gliricidia sepium leaves compost as depuration agent of leads (Pb) in the body organ of red tilapia Oreochromis sp. by , Robin, Kukuh Nirmala, Enang Harris, Ridwan Affandi, Dedi Jusadi

“…However, decrease of Pb level in fish liver and kidney to finally reach the safe limit required seven days. …”
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Physical-aware model accuracy estimation for protein complex using deep learning method by Haodong Wang, Meng Sun, Lei Xie, Dong Liu, Guijun Zhang

“…Then, the relationship between local residues and the overall complex topology as well as the inter-residue evolutionary information are characterized by geometry-based features, protein language model embedding representation, and knowledge-based statistical potential features. Finally, these features are fed into a fused network architecture employing equivalent graph neural network and ResNet network to estimate residue-wise model accuracy. …”
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The Value of Immune-Related Genes Signature in Osteosarcoma Based on Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis by Xin Wang, Li Gan, Ju Ye, Mengjie Tang, Wei Liu

“…Cox regression analysis and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) analysis were used to explore IRGs associated with OS prognosis and construct and validate a hazard score model. Finally, we verified the expression and function of EVI2B in OS. …”
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Optimal Decision and Coordination of Organic Food Supply Chain from the Perspective of Blockchain by Junhui Ding, Shizhen Bai

“…The main contribution of this study is that in the organic food supply chain under the application of blockchain technology model, by introducing revenue-sharing and cost-sharing contracts, the profit between each member of the organic food supply chain is further improved than the traditional model, and also, all of them are optimized, which further improves the stability of the supply chain and brings the supply chain to a coordinated state. Finally, in this context, the obtained results show the effectiveness and realistic operational efficiency of the proposed approach for companies compared to traditional single revenue-sharing covenants. …”
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A dynamic co-expression approach reveals Gins2 as a potential upstream modulator of HNSCC metastasis by Nasibeh Khayer, Samira Shabani, Maryam Jalessi, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Frouzandeh Mahjoubi

“…Subsequently, the biologically relevant triples from statistically significant ones were defined through gene set enrichment analysis and reconstruction of the gene regulatory network. Finally, the validity of biologically relevant triplets was assessed at the protein level. …”
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Research on the 3D Fine Modeling Method of In-Service Road by Hui Qi, Bori Cong, Rufei Liu, Xiaoli Li, Zongyao Yan, Qingying Li, Ming Li

“…Next, the three-dimensional characteristic parameters needed for modeling are extracted from the vehicle point cloud data. Finally, the continuous quadrilateral algorithm is used to reconstruct the road model, the topological structure relationship algorithm is used to reconstruct the intersection model, and the instantiation lofting technology is used to reconstruct the rod-shaped target model, all based on the three-dimensional modeling platform. …”
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Using Attention for Improving Defect Detection in Existing RC Bridges by Sergio Ruggieri, Angelo Cardellicchio, Andrea Nettis, Vito Reno, Giuseppina Uva

“…Visual explanations achieved via the Eigen-CAM algorithm were also exploited to evaluate the reliability of the predictions. The model was finally embedded in an end-to-end tool offering a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow an effective interaction between the domain expert and the machine. …”
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