Modeling and Mapping of Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock Using Sentinel-2 Imagery in Chure Region, Nepal by Ananta Poudel, Him Lal Shrestha, Niraj Mahat, Garima Sharma, Sahara Aryal, Rupesh Kalakheti, Basanta Lamsal

“…The validity of the model was performed using observed and predicted AGB values, resulting in an r value of 0.9128, an R2 value of 0.8332, and an RMSE value of 10.7657 t·h−1. Finally, the developed regression equation was used to map AGB in the study area. …”
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Chicken C4BPM facilitates replication of H5N1 and H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses by inhibiting the production of type I interferons by Huizi Li, Shishi Wang, Ruihong Guo, Xijiao Chen, Yuanyuan Huang, Weixin Jia, Zhangyong Ning

“…Replication of H5N1 and H9N2 AIVs were promoted in C4BPM-overexpressing DF-1 cells with inhibited expression of type I IFNs (IFN-α, IFN-β), protein kinase R (PKR), cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H), interferon regulatory factor (IRF) 3, and mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS) compared to that of the DF-1 cells. …”
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An Unusual Case of Peripheral Nerve Vasculitis by S. Wang, Arsany A., D. Feinstein, P. Traisak, H. Eid, M. Karpoff

“…Elevated ESR is at 70 mm/hour, CRP at 25.66 mg/dL, elevated c-ANCA titers at 1 : 320 and PR3 at 5.0 AI, and elevated creatine kinase (CK) at 500–600 U/L. A muscle biopsy of the left vastus showed neurogenic atrophy without myositis. …”
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Caracterización clínico epidemiológica de las gestantes sospechosas y positivas a la infección por covid-19. by Sara Amneris Urgellés Carreras, Anadys Segura Fernández, Maritza Álvarez Fiallo, Enrique Reyes Guerrero, Odalys Acosta León, Guillermo Rodríguez Iglesias, Alba Marina Atienza Barzaga

“… Resumen Introducción: Desde finales del año 2019 y con mayor énfasis el primer mes del año 2020, el gremio médico se encuentra en función del estudio y tratamiento  de la covid-19, enfermedad producida por un nuevo coronavirus, denominado 2019 nCoV. …”
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TAK-242 improves sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in rats by inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway by Yan-mei Xia, Yu-qian Guan, Ji-fang Liang, Wei-dong Wu

“…Oxidative stress-related factors, mitochondrial dysfunction-related indicators in each group were measured; the levels of inflammatory factors in serum and kidney tissue of rats were examined. Finally, the expression of proteins related to the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway was observed by western blot.Results Compared with the CLP + vehicle and CLP + TAK-242 groups, the CLP + TAK-242 group reduced blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), cystatin-C (Cys-C), reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and inflammatory factors levels (p < 0.01), as well as increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of CLP rats (p < 0.01). …”
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Epigenetics of suicidal behavior by R. N. Mustafin, A. V. Kazantseva, R. F. Enikeeva, Yu. D. Davydova, S. B. Malykh, V. V. Viktorov, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…The analysis of a brain obtained from suicide victims, representing a unique tool for the analysis of modified genomic processes, revealed a wide range of reprogramming patterns of DNA methylation in promoters of the genes of polyamine (OAZ1, OAZ2, AMD1, ARG2, SKA2), serotonergic (SLC6A4) and GABAergic (GABRA1) systems, HPA-axis (GR, NR3C1), tyrosine kinase (TrkB) receptors, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). …”
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Los espacios públicos en sectores populares de Cartagena: lugares de encuentro y desencuentro by Rosario Blanco-Bello, Kenia Victoria-Cogollo

“…El texto está dividido así: La primera sección se refiere a las consideraciones iníciales de la investigación; la segunda, describe las situaciones en las que el espacio público se constituye en lugar para el encuentro y el desencuentro social; la tercera manifiesta las expectativas que se tejen en torno a éste y en la cuarta se plantean consideraciones finales referidas a los diferentes usos que adquieren los espacios públicos; así como la importancia de la dicotomía del uso para otorgar vitalidad a los espacios referidos, y a conflictos generados a partir de diversas formas de territorializar el espacio.…”
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Research on Small-Target Detection of Flax Pests and Diseases in Natural Environment by Integrating Similarity-Aware Activation Module and Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network Mod... by Manxi Zhong, Yue Li, Yuhong Gao

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the improved model achieves a significant detection performance on the flax pest and disease dataset, with notable improvements in the detection accuracy and mean average precision compared to the original YOLOv8n model. Finally, this paper proposes a YOLOv8n model with a four-headed detection design, which significantly enhances the detection capability for small targets such as pests and diseases with a size of 4 × 4 pixels or larger by introducing new detection heads and optimizing feature extraction. …”
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Ultrasonic-assisted adsorption of methylene blue using shrimp shells as a low-cost adsorbent: Evaluation on the adsorption isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics by Erni Misran, Wahyu Pratama, Kanzi Insan Kasyidi Napitupulu, Muhammad Dani Supardan, Dewi Agustina Iryani, Viqry Pramananda

“…The adsorption kinetics study revealed that the experimental data for all three adsorbents conformed well to the Pseudo-Second Order model, with R2 values ranging from 0.99998 to 1.0000. Finally, the thermodynamic assessment demonstrated that ultrasonic-assisted MB adsorption with the three adsorbents was spontaneous, with ΔG° values of -1,542, -10,669, and -10,680 kJ/mol, ΔS° values of 62.845, 150.900, and 162.260 kJ/mol.K, and ΔH° values of 17,347, 35,088, and 38,339 kJ/mol for A1, A2, and A3, respectively.…”
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Effectiveness of home-based exercise for functional rehabilitation in older adults after hip fracture surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials... by Lijun Zhao, Xiaona Zhao, Bin Dong, Xiaobin Li

“…A total of 28 articles reporting 21 unique RCTs (n = 2470) were finally included. Compared with control interventions, home-based exercise significantly improved Berg balance scale (BBS, SMD = 0.28, 95%CI: 0.03 to 0.53, P = 0.030), timed-up-and-go test (TUG, SMD = -0.28, 95%CI: -0.50 to -0.07, P = 0.009), Short Fort-36 physical component score (SF-36 PCS, SMD = 0.49, 95%CI: 0.28 to 0.70, P<0.001), and knee extensor strength (SMD = 0.23, 95%CI: 0.09 to 0.37, P = 0.001). …”
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Unlocking the Healing Potential: A Comprehensive Review of Ecology and Biology of Medical‐Grade Honey in Wound Management and Tissue Regeneration by Parmis Barazesh, Helia Hajihassani, Fatemeh Motalebi, Seyedeh Mobina Hosseini Neiresi, Romina Hajihassani, Ahmad Reza Mehrabian

“…The review focuses on how honey's botanical origins affect its medical properties and wound‐healing capabilities. Finally, clinical studies on honey's effectiveness in wound healing were reviewed compared to traditional treatments. …”
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Variation Characteristics of the Main Hydrochemical Indexes in Typical Subterranean Rivers in the South China Karst Region Based on Curve Fitting by Shuyi Liu, Chuan Liang, Lina Wang, Lingwei Zeng, Chunyi Wang

“…Based on the fitting curves, the overall water quality conditions in the karst region were analyzed and compared. Finally, the development of subterranean rivers in the South China Karst region was determined. …”
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Resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus hamper photosynthesis and protein synthesis pathways in a virus accumulation-dependent manner in Sw5-carrying tomatoes by Maria Isabella Prigigallo, Ugo Picciotti, Giovanni Bubici

“…In conclusion, the tomato transcriptome was considerably rearranged upon TSWV infection, with deregulation of photosynthesis, protein biosynthesis, and induction of defense pathways. Finally, this research demonstrated that the magnitude of transcriptional changes was proportional to the virus accumulation level in the leaves.…”
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Preface by Susanne Ditlevsen, Petr Lansky

“…We would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributionsand the referees for their priceless effort of reviewing themanuscripts. Finally, we would like to thank Yang Kuangfor supporting us and making this publication possible.…”
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Research on SiC Speed Controller for High-Voltage Distributed Electric Propulsion System by Labin Wang, Yunhan He, Yun Xu, Li Fan, Junhua Xiang

“…Second, to solve the challenge of wide battery voltage fluctuation range and inconsistent controller output, an adaptive pulse width modulation (PWM) regulation mode for battery voltage is proposed, ensuring stable controller output. Finally, to counteract the impact of the comparator threshold on zero-crossing sampling, an electrical angle delay method based on delay compensation is designed to improve the efficiency of the brushless DC motor during operation. …”
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Prediction of Ultimate Load of Rectangular CFST Columns Using Interpretable Machine Learning Method by Tien-Thinh Le, Hieu Chi Phan

“…Besides reliable prediction of ultimate load, ANFIS can also provide maps of ultimate load. Finally, the ANFIS model developed in this study was compared with other works in the literature, showing that the ANFIS model could improve the accuracy of ultimate load prediction, in comparison to previously published results.…”
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ILN-YOLOv8: A Lightweight Image Recognition Model for Crimped Wire Connectors by Xiaojian Zhou, Jicheng Kan, Nur Fatin Liyana Mohd Rosely, Xu Duan, Jiajing Cai, Zihan Zhou

“…The Minimum Point Distance based IoU(MPDIoU) loss function is used to calculate localization loss, improving detection accuracy while preventing gradient explosion. Finally, lightweighting of the ILN-YOLOv8 model is achieved using the slim-neck network, the backbone with Depthwise Separable Convolution (DWConv), and Lightweight Convolution (LightConv) modules. …”
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Automatic Recognition Method of Letter Images in English Self-Learning Based on Partial Differential Equation Method by Yu Zhao, Shuping Du, Ran Li, Hong Yue

“…The existing partial differential equation recognition models based on average curvature motion are all edge-based and need to use the external force defined by the image gradient to attract the zero level set (evolution curve) to move to the target edge and finally stay on the target edge. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain ideal results when extracting fuzzy or discrete boundaries (perceptual boundaries), and it is very sensitive to the selection of initial contour and noise. …”
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Investigating the functional and structural effect of non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 gene: An in-silico study. by Md Mostafa Kamal, Kazi Fahmida Haque Shantanu, Shamiha Tabassum Teeya, Md Motiar Rahman, A K M Munzurul Hasan, Douglas P Chivers, Tanveer A Wani, Atekah Hazzaa Alshammari, Mahesh Rachamalla, Francisco Carlos da Silva Junior, Md Munnaf Hossen

“…GeneMANIA and STRING networks highlighted correlations with CD86 and CD80 genes. Finally, MD simulation revealed consistent fluctuation in RMSD and RMSF, consequently Rg, hydrogen bonds, and PCA in the mutant proteins compared with wild-type, which might alter the functional and structural stability of CTLA4 protein. …”
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Assessment of Health Risks in Wheat Crop Irrigated by Manka Canal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan by Muhammad Anwar ul Hassan, Sabiha Javied, Umair Riaz, Muneera A. Saleh, Khalid H. Alamer, Naila Siddique, Ambreen Aslam, Nabeela Noor, Qamar uz Zaman

“…The gradual accumulation of these contaminants in biological systems finally gives rise to severe health-related issues. …”
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