Soil-feeding termites build islands of soil physical and chemical fertility in pastures in Colombian Amazon. by Ervin Humprey Duran-Bautista, Adriana M Silva-Olaya, María P Llanos-Cabrera, Katherin Yalanda-Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Suárez

“…To test this hypothesis, we collected soil samples from the outer mound wall and unmodified topsoil 5 m away to determine porosity, bulk density, aggregate stability, aggregate-size distribution, cations, organic carbon, available phosphorus, and exchangeable acidity, these physicochemical characteristics were selected due to their potential impact on soil fertility and ecosystem function. …”
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Identifying novel inhibitors against drug-resistant mutant CYP-51 Candida albicans: A computational study to combat fungal infections. by Saadia Jabeen, Muhammad Umer Khan, Hasan Ejaz, Shakeel Waqar, Aisha Farhana, Muharib Alruwaili, Yasir Alruwaili, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, Sahar Mudassar, Qurban Ali

“…ADMET analysis was performed to check drug-likeness properties. Density function theory (DFT) calculations, molecular dynamic (MD) simulation, and free binding energy (MMPBSA) were also calculated. …”
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Long term sequelae from childhood pneumonia; systematic review and meta-analysis. by Karen Edmond, Susana Scott, Viola Korczak, Catherine Ward, Colin Sanderson, Evropi Theodoratou, Andrew Clark, Ulla Griffiths, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell

“…'Minor' sequelae (chronic bronchitis, asthma, other abnormal pulmonary function, other respiratory disease), and multiple impairments were also included. …”
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Detection of power theft in sensitive stations based on generalized robust distance metric and multi-classification support vector machine by Wei Zhang, Qiong Cao, Shuai Yang, Hao Guo

“…Through training and optimization, the support vector machine outputs the detection results of electricity stealing behavior according to the decision function, and realizes the accurate detection of electricity stealing behavior. …”
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The Approach to Carbon Emission Quotas of Road Transportation: A Carbon Emission Intensity Perspective by Xiao Li, Li Gao, Jintao Liu

“…Firstly, the Delphi method is employed to select input and output indicators. Secondly, carbon emission intensity is determined by the cumulative distribution function (CDF). …”
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Leptin, CRP, and adiponectin correlate with body fat percentage in adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ariane Ribeiro de Freitas Rocha, Nubia de Souza de Morais, Francilene Maria Azevedo, Dayane de Castro Morais, Patrícia Feliciano Pereira, Maria do Carmo Gouveia Peluzio, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Silvia Eloiza Priore

“…Meta-analysis of the correlation of inflammatory markers with body fat percentage was conducted using the metabin function of the meta package of the RStudio software (4.0.4).ResultsResulted in 7,592 records, of which 31 articles met the inclusion criteria and were selected for this study. …”
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Population pharmacokinetic modeling of zavegepant, a calcitonin gene‐related peptide receptor antagonist, in healthy adults and patients with migraine by Craig M. Comisar, Jose Francis, Jim H. Hughes, Rajinder Bhardwaj, Richard Bertz, Jing Liu

“…Body weight‐based empirical allometric scaling was applied using standard exponents (0.75 for clearance and 1 for volume of distribution). Age (range 18–71 years), race, ethnicity, sex, renal function, and co‐administration of oral contraceptives or sumatriptan did not significantly change zavegepant pharmacokinetics. …”
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Quantitative Relationships Between Basalt Geochemistry, Shear Wave Velocity, and Asthenospheric Temperature Beneath Western North America by M. Klöcking, N. J. White, J. Maclennan, D. McKenzie, J. G. Fitton

“…Forward and inverse modeling of carefully selected major, trace, and rare earth elements were used to determine melt fraction as a function of depth. …”
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Research on the optimization method of inventory management of important spare parts of intercity railway. by Dongyan Wang, Ying Sun, Liang Yu, Kun Shen, Junbo Li, Xia Wu

“…To enhance the reliability of intercity railway operations and reduce spare parts management costs, this paper employs the Zebra Optimization Algorithm-Least Squares Support Vector Machine (ZOA-LSSVM) to analyze the reliability of the important Weibull distribution spare parts of the intercity railway and fit the parameters of the reliability function for spare parts. …”
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A Parameter-Optimized DBN Using GOA and Its Application in Fault Diagnosis of Gearbox by Jingbo Gai, Junxian Shen, He Wang, Yifan Hu

“…After that the learning rate and the number of batch learning in DBN which have great influence on the training error would be properly selected. At the same time, the optimal structure distribution of DBN is given through comparison. …”
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Color Reproduction of Chinese Painting Under Multi-Angle Light Source Based on BRDF by Xinting Li, Jie Feng, Jie Liu

“…In this paper, we use three Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) modeling methods based on spectral imaging techniques, namely, the five-parameter model, the Cook–Torrance model and the segmented linear interpolation model. …”
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Systemic model of segregation and transformation of urban solid waste by Alex Rengifo Rojas, Nelino Florida Rofner, Luis Morales y Chocano, José Raúl Rodríguez Lichtenheldt, Julio Pedro Atoche Cornejo

“…These values were adjusted to a probability distribution function and expressed in state, flow and auxiliary equations, to explain and predict their behavior. …”
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Consistent Approach to Predictive Modeling and Countermeasure Determination by Crash Type for Low-Volume Roads by Francesca Russo, Salvatore Antonio Biancardo, Gianluca Dell’Acqua

“…The object of this research is to develop one and only injury crash rate prediction model differentiable for three main crash types (head-on/side collisions, rear-end collisions, single-vehicle run-off-road crashes) observed on the selected Italian two-lane rural roads in low-volume conditions. …”
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Intravenous injection of BMSCs modulate tsRNA expression and ameliorate lung remodeling in COPD mice by Ting Jin, Xianyang Liu, Guoan Li, Shenghua Sun, Lihua Xie

“…Conclusions Our study provides insights into selecting MSC and MSC-EV administration routes for different COPD stages. …”
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Thermal analysis and multi-objective optimization of equal-area microfluidic cooling systems by Yucheng Wang, Antong Bi, Yue Yao, Weiting Chen, Kaiyu Chen, Shenxin Yu, Jiangang Yu, Chao Wang, Wei Li, Shaoxi Wang

“…Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted to evaluate temperature distribution, pressure drop, Nusselt number, and thermal resistance as functions of flow velocity, and the performance evaluation criterion (PEC) was applied to comprehensively assess the overall performance of each design. …”
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Strategies for Construction and Optimization of the Ecological Security Pattern for Human Settlements in the Wuding River Basin by Xiaomeng WANG, Anrong DANG, Biao TONG, Xinyi LIU

“…The Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) model is adopted to refine ecological source selection by incorporating landscape connectivity and spatial distribution characteristics. …”
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Construction of the porcine genome mobile element variations and investigation of its role in population diversity and gene expression by Jianchao Hu, Lu Gui, Zhongzi Wu, Lusheng Huang

“…We found that MEVs are unevenly distributed across the genome and are strongly influenced by negative selection effects. …”
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Identification of Ascorbate Oxidase Genes and Their Response to Cold Stress in <i>Citrus sinensis</i> by Xiaoyong Xu, Xingchen Miao, Naiyi Deng, Mengge Liang, Lun Wang, Lijuan Jiang, Shaohua Zeng

“…Phylogenetic analysis categorized the <i>CsAAO</i> family into three main clades (Clade A–C), suggesting distinct biological functions. Collinearity and Ka/Ks analysis revealed three duplicate gene pairs within the <i>CsAAO</i> gene family, with all duplicated CsAAOs primarily evolving under purifying selection. …”
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Insights into the effects of biomass feedstock and pyrolysis conditions on the energy storage capacity and durability of standard biochar-based phase-change composites by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Yujin Kang, Sumin Kim

“…Abstract Material selection and production conditions are imperative for determining the functional performances of composite materials. …”
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A molecularly engineered large-area nanoporous atomically thin graphene membrane for ion separation by Ziwen Dai, Pengrui Jin, Shushan Yuan, Jiakuan Yang, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Huanting Wang

“…By selecting suitable anchoring molecules, the custom-tailored pore size distribution and chemical functionality of nanoporous graphene membranes can be achieved. …”
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