No more laborious stem counting: AI-powered computer vision enables identification and quantification of solid and hollow alfalfa stems at the pixel level by Brandon J. Weihs, Zhou Tang, Somshubhra Roy, Zezhong Tian, Deborah Jo Heuschele, Zhiwu Zhang, Cranos Williams, Zhou Zhang, Garett Heineck, Swayamjit Saha, Zhanyou Xu

“…These stem-level metrics provide novel, objective, and quantitative phenotypic measurements, supporting ongoing chemical digestibility analyses and enabling real-time, image-based digestibility assessments through a field-deployable mobile application.…”
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Application of Iterative Updating Geological Modeling Method in Geological Guidance of Shale Oil Horizontal Wells by LI Zhihong, LEI Qihong, WU Yingzhang, HE Youan, CHENG Hao, WANG Bo, ZHOU Jingping, ZHAO Yi

“…In order to further improve the oil layer encounter rate of shale oil horizontal wells, the method combines geological, logging, well-logging and 3D seismic data to select the optimal well-seismic integration modeling method, establishes a fine structural model, rock facies model and attribute model, and quantitatively represents the spatial distribution characteristics of shale oil drilling platform geological sweet spots in three-dimensional space. …”
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Study on the mechanism of gas-water two-phase flow in carbonate reservoirs at pore scale by Ruihan Zhang, Guang Lu, Xian Peng, Longxin Li, Yuhan Hu, Yulong Zhao, Liehui Zhang

“…Carbonate gas reservoirs generally contain water, leading to uneven water invasion, explosive water flooding and other prominent phenomena, which is an important factor restricting the efficient development of gas reservoirs. The study of gas-water two-phase flow behavior in carbonate gas reservoirs is of great significance for understanding the formation mechanism of residual water and trapped gas and improving the recovery of gas reservoirs. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Nutrient in Principal Paddy and Cereal Production Landscapes of Fengtai County within the Huai River Basin, Eastern China by Zhiyang Jiang, Zheng Yin, Xinbin Li, Daokun Chen, Meiqin Huang, Yuzhi Zhou, Tingsen Wu, Mingze Zhao, Wenshuo Wang, Yupeng Zhang

“…How to accurately and quantitatively evaluate the soil quality of regional cultivated land and realize its efficient use has become an urgent problem. …”
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Intercellular communication between hepatic stellate cells and myofibroblasts mediated by osteopontin and FGF18 promotes liver fibrosis by Takao Seki, Sachiko Komazawa-Sakon, Takashi Nishina, Tetuo Mikami, Hideo Yagita, Katsuhide Okunishi, Minoru Tanaka, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Hiroyasu Nakano

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An Innovative Analytical Approach for Multi-Mycotoxin Detection in Craft Beer Using Freeze-Dried Samples, IAC Column and HPLC/ESI-MS/MS by Pietro Andronaco, Rosa Di Sanzo, Francesco Ioppolo, Francesco Ligato, Simone Alberto, Maria Angela Galluccio, Sonia Carabetta, Mariateresa Russo

“…The method leverages the efficiency of multi-mycotoxin immunoaffinity columns, providing streamlined sample preparation with high specificity and sensitivity. …”
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Antivirus and antibacterial filters for face masks based on silver quantum dots by Jokanović Vukoman, Zdravković Nemanja, Petrović Božana, Živković Marija, Biočanin Vladimir, Aleksić Ema, Milutinović Jovana, Petrović Tamaš

“…In vitro assays showed extremely high efficiency of these filters in destroying S. aureus and SARS-CoV-2 virus. …”
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Stakeholders' perspective on smart farming robotic solutions by George Papadopoulos, Maria-Zoi Papantonatou, Havva Uyar, Konstantinos Nychas, Vasilis Psiroukis, Aikaterini Kasimati, Ard Nieuwenhuizen, Frits K. Van Evert, Spyros Fountas

“…Agricultural stakeholders highlighted key benefits such as labour reduction, cost efficiency, and improved productivity, alongside challenges like high initial costs, technical skill gaps, and scepticism, particularly among older generations. …”
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Trading Community Analysis of Countries’ Roll-On/Roll-Off Shipping Networks Using Fine-Grained Vessel Trajectory Data by Shichen Huang, Tengda Sun, Jing Shi, Piqiang Gong, Xue Yang, Jun Zheng, Huanshuai Zhuang, Qi Ouyang

“…Roll-on/roll-off vessels (RO/RO vessels) are playing an increasingly critical role in international automobile transport, facilitating the efficient movement of vehicles and heavy machinery across continents. …”
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy Assessment of Ethanolic, Aqueous, and Dual Solvent Extracts of Mushroom <i>Ganoderma lucidum</i>: Genomic and Morphological Analysis by Ewunkem Akamu, Lydia Merrills, Zahirah Williams, Brittany Justice, Uchenna Iloghalu, Vera Williams, Dinesh Singh

“…Mushrooms seem to be a promising, and possibly more efficient, alternative method to that of conventional antimicrobials. …”
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Prescribed burning effectively maintains threatened species in semi‐natural grasslands on lava flows by Airi A. Asada, Atsushi Ohwaki, Yuki A. Yaida, Fuma Kawakami, Masaki Masuda, Atushi Ushimaru

“…Burning helps prevent forest encroachment, efficiently maintaining species‐rich grasslands on lava flows. …”
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Impacts of LULC changes on runoff from rivers through a coupled SWAT and BiLSTM model: A case study in Zhanghe River Basin, China by Jiawen Liu, Xianqi Zhang, Xiaoyan Wu, Yang Yang, Yupeng Zheng

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Development of an RT-qPCR Assay for the Detection of an Emerging Duck Egg-Reducing Syndrome by Zhifei Zhang, Xin Su, Dun Shuo, Dawei Yan, Xue Pan, Bangfeng Xu, Minghao Yan, Shuxuan Ren, Qinfang Liu, Chunxiu Yuan, Qiaoyang Teng, Zejun Li

“…In this study, we developed a quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) assay for detecting DERSV. …”
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A Machine Vision Approach for Grain Quality Control During Separation by Serhii Stepanenko, Alvian Kuzmych, Serhii Kharchenko, Boris Andrey, Viktor Dnes, Daryna Volyk, Roman Kalinichenko

“…Therefore, to increase the efficiency of post-harvest processing, it is necessary to ensure fast and accurate control of grain material flows. …”
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Implantation of an Artificial Intelligence Denoising Algorithm Using SubtlePET™ with Various Radiotracers: 18F-FDG, 68Ga PSMA-11 and 18F-FDOPA, Impact on the Technologist Radiation... by Jules Zhang-Yin, Octavian Dragusin, Paul Jonard, Christian Picard, Justine Grangeret, Christopher Bonnier, Philippe P. Leveque, Joel Aerts, Olivier Schaeffer

“…These findings support the robust integration of SubtlePET™ into routine clinical PET practice, offering improved efficiency, safety, and image quality without compromising lesion detectability.…”
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Rentabilidad de la gestión del mantenimiento en los centrales azucareros cubanos. // Profitability of maintenance management in Cuban sugar cane factories. by C. Batista Rodríguez, B. Chacón Ramírez, O. Guerrero Pérez

“…</p><p><br />Palabras claves: Rentabilidad, gestión de mantenimiento, centrales azucareros, indicador de rentabilid</p><p>__________________________________________________________________</p><p>Abstract<br />In order to evaluate in a proper manner the efficiency of maintenance management in sugar cane factories and its directive<br />personnel, it is necessary to have quantitative indicators that reflect the results and integral evolution of the technicalorganizational<br />and economic work of the activity. …”
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CSTFNet: A CNN and Dual Swin-Transformer Fusion Network for Remote Sensing Hyperspectral Data Fusion and Classification of Coastal Areas by Dekai Li, Harold Neira-Molina, Mengxing Huang, Syam M.S., Yu Zhang, Zhang Junfeng, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Muhammad Asif, Nadia Sarhan, Emad Mahrous Awwad

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Interfacial characteristics and strengthening mechanisms of novel copper-interlayered Ti-6Al-4V wire-reinforced aluminum matrix composites by Zixuan Dou, Lisheng Zhong, Chao Deng, Congcong Ren, Kaiyuan Hu, Kai Wang

“…The multiscale interfacial design, achieved through controlled electrodeposition and non-isothermal sintering, addresses the longstanding trade-off between reinforcement efficiency and interfacial embrittlement in titanium-aluminum systems. …”
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L-arginine modified mesoporous bioactive glass with ROS scavenging and NO release for periodontitis treatment by Haiyan Yao, Emine Sumeyra Turali Emre, Yuan Fan, Jiaolong Wang, Feng Liu, Junchao Wei

“…The in vivo results demonstrated that MBG@L-Arg can efficiently inhibit inflammation-induced tissue destruction and promote osteogenesis regeneration. …”
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Diversified Cropping Modulates Microbial Communities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Enhancing Soil Nutrients by Zhongyan Wang, Huaqiang Xuan, Bei Liu, Hongfeng Zhang, Tongyan Zheng, Yunxia Liu, Luping Dai, Yi Xie, Xianchao Shang, Li Zhang, Long Yang, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Ling Yuan, Xin Hou

“…Therefore, we conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of observed data between 2014 and 2024 to identify current research hotspots and future research trends in intercropping and crop rotation. …”
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