Experimental Study on the Influence of Low Temperature on the Gas Permeability of Granite by Wei Chen, Peng Wang, Yue Liang

“…A further analysis of pore structure evolution and permeability changes revealed distinct degradation mechanisms depending on grain size. …”
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Mechanistic Insights into the Mutational Landscape of the Main Protease/3CLPro and Its Impact on Long-Term COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Management by Aganze Gloire-Aimé Mushebenge, Samuel Chima Ugbaja, Nonjabulo Ntombikhona Magwaza, Nonkululeko Avril Mbatha, Tambwe Willy Muzumbukilwa, Mukanda Gedeon Kadima, Fave Yohanna Tata, Mthokosizi Bongani Nxumalo, Riziki Ghislain Manimani, Ntabaza Ndage, Bakari Salvius Amuri, Kahumba Byanga, Manimbulu Nlooto, Rene B. Khan, Hezekiel M. Kumalo

“…Despite the efficacy of vaccines and drugs in mitigating SARS-CoV-2 spread, its ongoing viral evolution, selective pressures, and continued transmission pose challenges, potentially leading to resistant mutations. …”
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Heat stress induces phage tolerance in Enterobacteriaceae by Fan Zhang, Hao-Ze Chen, Bo Zheng, Liang Huang, Ye Xiang, Jing-Ren Zhang, Jia-Feng Liu

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Research on dynamic erosion mechanism of submarine landslide: Review and prospects by Yueping YIN, Wenpei WANG, Aiguo XING, Bolin HUANG, Bin LI, Leiyan HAN, Shaoqiang JIN, Yong YANG, Chenyang ZHANG

“…The geological hazards of submarine landslides can cause serious damage to infrastructure such as offshore wind power, submarine optical cables, and marine platforms, posing a serious challenge to the major strategic task of building a maritime power and ensuring the geological safety of marine engineering. …”
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Conditions for Accretion Favoring an Unmelted Callisto and a Differentiated Ganymede by Yannis Bennacer, Olivier Mousis, Marc Monnereau, Vincent Hue, Antoine Schneeberger

“…Analysis of Callisto’s moments of inertia, derived from Galileo’s gravity data, suggests that its structure is not fully differentiated. This possibly undifferentiated state contrasts sharply with the globally molten state inferred in its counterpart, Ganymede, and poses unique challenges to theories of the formation and evolution of the Galilean moons. …”
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Mechanisms of Surrounding Rock Failure and Control Measures When Main Roof Fractures Directly Above Gob-Side Entry in Thick Coal Seam by Dongdong Chen, Jingchen Chang, Jun Zou, Chunyang Tian, Shengrong Xie, Jie Ni, Fangfang Guo, Zhixuan Zhang, Wenkang Zhao, Xiangyu Yang, Shikun Xing

“…Furthermore, the fracture line of the main roof above the roadway poses a significant threat to the structural stability of the gob-side roadway, leading to the localized failure of the roof structure, which consequently affects the safe and efficient production of the mine. …”
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A review of saline-alkali soil improvements in China: Efforts and their impacts on soil properties by Sihong Lei, Xiaoxu Jia, Chunlei Zhao, Mingan Shao

“…It is a great challenge to manage and sustain agricultural production in saline-alkali soils due to their high salt content, poor structure, and low fertility, posing global threats to soil health, land sustainability, and food security. …”
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A broadly neutralizing antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variants BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 by Zhe Chen, Leilei Feng, Lei Wang, Li Zhang, Binyang Zheng, Hua Fu, Fengdi Li, Ligai Liu, Qi Lv, Ran Deng, YanLi Xu, Yongfeng Hu, Jianhua Zheng, Chuan Qin, Linlin Bao, Xiangxi Wang, Qi Jin

“…(SARS-CoV-2) and its variant strains, including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and now Omicron, pose a significant challenge. With the constant evolution of the virus, Omicron and its subtypes BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, and BA.5 have developed the capacity to evade neutralization induced by previous vaccination or infection. …”
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Plant long noncoding RNAs: why do we not know more? by Paulina Kościelniak, Łukasz Walas, Agata Konecka, Włodzimierz Buraczyk, Ewelina A. Klupczyńska

“…Abstract Analysis of plant and animal genomes is essential for understanding their biological function, adaptation, and evolution. Human genomic databases are the most advanced due to extensive research on the genetic basis of disease and personalized medicine. …”
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Tectono-stratigraphy of the Eocene Zhu-1 Sub-basin in the Pearl River Mouth basin, China: controls on hydrocarbon source rock variability and implications by Pei Liu, Pei Liu, Guangrong Peng, Guangrong Peng, Ming Luo, Ming Luo, Yuchen Wang, Yuchen Wang, Wanlin Xiong, Wanlin Xiong, Penglin Song, Penglin Song, Guanyun Wu, Guanyun Wu

“…In rift basins, the vertical development and distribution of hydrocarbon source rocks show a makeable variability tightly linking to the tectono-stratigraphic interaction and evolution. This is also highly focused for petroleum industry, which is posing challenges for systematic hydrocarbon accumulation patterns. …”
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Optimizing Multi-Tier Scheduling and Secure Routing in Edge-Assisted Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Network Environment Using Moving Target Defense and AI Techniques by As’ad Mahmoud As’ad Alnaser, Said S. Saloum, Ahmed A. M. Sharadqh, Hazem (Moh’d Said) Hatamleh

“…However, the complete picture (i.e., relatability and security in SDWSN) poses severe challenges. The state-of-the-art issues is addressed in this research by proposing interference-aware Multi-Tier Scheduling for the SDWSN environment (MTS-SDWSN). …”
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Impacts of diamond particle sizes on performance of Ni-Cu superhydrophobic coatings on drilling tool surfaces by Qi WEN, Tao LI, Longchen DUAN, Bingsuo PAN

“…ObjectiveApplying superhydrophobic coatings on drilling tool surfaces can effectively alleviate the challenges posed by drill bit balling and core barrel blockage. …”
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Geological-engineering integrated reconnaissance survey technology for skylights as a hidden disaster-causing factor by Mintao DONG

“…Since they are hidden and difficult to detect, their distribution in the mining area remains unclear, posing pronounced safety hazards. This necessitates developing effective technical means to overcome challenges in the spatial exploration of skylights and ensure mine safety. …”
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Neutralization and spike stability of JN.1-derived LB.1, KP.2.3, KP.3, and KP.3.1.1 subvariants by Pei Li, Julia N. Faraone, Cheng Chih Hsu, Michelle Chamblee, Yajie Liu, Yi-Min Zheng, Yan Xu, Claire Carlin, Jeffrey C. Horowitz, Rama K. Mallampalli, Linda J. Saif, Eugene M. Oltz, Daniel Jones, Jianrong Li, Richard J. Gumina, Joseph S. Bednash, Kai Xu, Shan-Lu Liu

“…These findings emphasize the critical role of NTD mutations in shaping viral evolution and immune evasion, underscoring the urgent need for updated coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines that account for these adaptive changes.…”
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Panique dans le ciel intertextuel by Matthieu Letourneux

“…The series history is thus a process of re-structuralizing a genre’s codes, that of the colonial adventure novel, according to geopolitical restrictions and a new architectural system whose evolution it illustrates. …”
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An Extended Approach to E-Inclusion and its Implications for Romania by Viorel Niţă

“…Despite the diversity of approaches developed, its intrinsic multi-dimension nature and the challenges posed by the continuous evolution of global digital technologies and networks make e-inclusion a problematic scientific and political concept. …”
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Advances in the application of colorectal cancer organoids in precision medicine by Yanan Zhang, Yanan Zhang, Ruoyu Meng, Dan Sha, Huiquan Gao, Shengxi Wang, Jun Zhou, Xiaoshan Wang, Fuxia Li, Xinyu Li, Wei Song

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks among the most prevalent gastrointestinal tumors globally and poses a significant threat to human health. In recent years, tumor organoids have emerged as ideal models for clinical disease research owing to their ability to closely mimic the original tumor tissue and maintain a stable phenotypic structure. …”
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Methodological characterization of X-ray absorption Spectroscopy in small molecule conversion processes utilizing energy catalytic nanomaterials by Rui Ren, Sitan Li, Yulan Gu, Guifen Li, Dongdong Xue, Nuo Liu, Yali Zhang, Li An, Jiangwei Zhang

“…Utilizing XAS technology to identify the active components of catalysts, track the dynamic structural evolution of catalysts, and observe stable reaction intermediates in transition metal single-atom catalysts, transition metal oxides, and metal polycrystals. …”
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Genomic insights on cgMLST markers, drug resistance, and urease cluster of Proteus mirabilis strains by Shitao Lian, Yadong Liu, Songnian Hu, Chen Shen, Yinping Ma, Peng Yin, Zilong He

“…The objective was to elucidate the pan-genomic structure of P. mirabilis, revealing the composition and distribution of core and accessory gene families among different strains. …”
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GABBROID AND GRANITOID MAGMAS DURING FORMATION OF THE PREOBRAZHENSKY INTRUSION, EAST KAZAKHSTAN by S. V. Khromykh, G. N. Burmakina, A. A. Tsygankov, P. D. Kotler, A. G. Vladimirov

“…The paper reports on studies of the Preobrazhensky gabbro‐granitoid intrusion, East Kazakhstan, com‐ posed of the rocks that belong to four phases of intrusion, from quartz monzonites and gabbroids to granite‐ leucogranites. …”
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