Carbon Flux Estimation for Potato Production: A Literature-Based Study by Shu Zhang, Xiuquan Wang, Muhammad Awais

“…Optimizing farming practices, including fertilization, irrigation, tillage methods, and cultivar selection, are essential to enhance carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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The effects of glucose, nitrate, and pH on cultivation of Chlorella sp. Microalgae by H. Nouri, J. Mohammadi Roushandeh, A. Hallajisani, A. Golzary, S. Daliry

“…</em> biomass production and growth conditions by studying the influence of glucose concentration as a carbon source, nitrate concentration as a nitrogen source and pH, as three of the most important factors.…”
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Prenatal weight stigma can affect relationship quality and maternal health outcomes by Taniya S. Nagpal, Angela C. Incollingo Rodriguez

“…Social support is a necessary psychosocial factor for optimal health and wellbeing throughout pregnancy, and weight stigma sourced from these integral relationships may negatively affect health outcomes. …”
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A multistage double-blind placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of transdermal vitamin D phosphate supplementation (TransVitD) by Thomas Hibbard, Paolo Andriollo, Chui Hua Lim, Qing Guo, Karl P. Lawrence, Bolaji Coker, Rayka Malek, Abdel Douiri, Mohamed A. Alhnan, Stuart.A. Jones

“…As UV-catalysed production in the skin, which uses vitamin D-binding protein to facilitate systemic absorption, is the primary source of vitamin D, it is questionable if oral supplementation of this vitamin is the optimal means to replace it. …”
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Hyper-resolution in X-ray emission spectroscopy: integrating extended-range high energy resolution fluorescence detection and multiple-crystal spectrometry with advanced binary dat... by Ramesh Rijal, Jack Stephens, Daniel Sier, Nicholas T. T. Tran, Truong V. B. Nguyen, Jonathan W. Dean, Pierce Bowman, Minh Dao, Paul Di Pasquale, Tony Kirk, Chanh Q. Tran, Shusaku Hayama, Matteo Aramini, Nitya Ramanan, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Christopher T. Chantler

“…XR-HERFD enhances spectral precision by utilizing high-resolution crystal analysers and optimized detector configurations. The systematic application of these methods using multiple Bragg crystal analysers at Diamond Light Source has led to substantial improvements in data quality. …”
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Study on Arsenic Removal from Smelter Flue Gas Using Modified Camellia Oil Shell Biochar by Yujia ZHANG, Licong GUAN, Zixian ZHOU, Lanxiang XU, Zhilou LIU

“…Therefore, a modified biomass charcoal adsorbent was synthesized by a hydrothermal method from Camellia oleifera shells. The analysis and characterization results of the adsorbent confirmed that the prepared biomass charcoal had a porous and spherical structure with a large specific surface area (532.441 m2/g) and a well-developed microporous structure (0.647 cm3/g). …”
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Cross-evaluation of wearable data for use in Parkinson’s disease research: a free-living observational study on Empatica E4, Fitbit Sense, and Oura by Haakon Reithe, Brice Marty, Juan C. Torrado, Elise Førsund, Bettina S. Husebo, Ane Erdal, Simon U. Kverneng, Erika Sheard, Charalampos Tzoulis, Monica Patrascu

“…Method The study included participants with PD (N = 15) and neurologically healthy controls (N = 16). …”
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HSF-IBI: A Universal Framework for Extracting Inter-Beat Interval from Heterogeneous Unobtrusive Sensors by Zhongrui Bai, Pang Wu, Fanglin Geng, Hao Zhang, Xianxiang Chen, Lidong Du, Peng Wang, Xiaoran Li, Zhen Fang, Yirong Wu

“…The optimal IBIs are determined by evaluating the signal quality index (SQI) for each heartbeat. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in the Field of Antimicrobial Peptide Prediction by QIAN Yuchen, NIE Ting, HUA Yanming, XU Shiying, GUO Sheng, ZHANG Xin, LUO Xiaohu, LIU Yanan

“…However, traditional screening methods are time-consuming and resource-consuming, and often yield antimicrobial peptides with poor stability and high cytotoxicity, limiting their wide application. …”
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A New Way to Identify Mastitis in Cows Using Artificial Intelligence by Rodes Angelo Batista da Silva, Héliton Pandorfi, Filipe Rolim Cordeiro, Rodrigo Gabriel Ferreira Soares, Victor Wanderley Costa de Medeiros, Gledson Luiz Pontes de Almeida, José Antonio Delfino Barbosa Filho, Gabriel Thales Barboza Marinho, Marcos Vinícius da Silva

“…Mastitis is a disease that is considered an obstacle in dairy farming. Some methods of diagnosing mastitis have been used effectively over the years, but with an associated relative cost that reduces the producer’s profit. …”
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Tuning Up In Vitro Growth and Development of <i>Cannabis sativa</i>: Recent Advances in Micropropagational Approach by S. M. Ahsan, Md. Injamum-Ul-Hoque, Ashim Kumar Das, Shifa Shaffique, Mehedi Hasan, Sang-Mo Kang, In-Jung Lee, Hyong Woo Choi

“…As a dioecious and anemophilous plant, it produces staminate and pistillate inflorescences on separate plants and relies on wind for pollination, rendering traditional propagation methods challenging owing to high genetic recombination in progeny. …”
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Technical note: Applicability of physics-based and machine-learning-based algorithms of a geostationary satellite in retrieving the diurnal cycle of cloud base height by M. Wang, M. Min, J. Li, H. Lin, Y. Liang, B. Chen, Z. Yao, N. Xu, M. Zhang

“…Results show that the two ML-based algorithms exhibit markedly superior performance (the optimal method is with a correlation coefficient of <span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">&gt;</span> 0.91 and an absolute bias of approximately 0.8 km) compared to the two physics-based algorithms. …”
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Effects of Irregular Bathymetry on the Performance and Wake Characteristics of Tidal Stream Turbines: A Case Study of a Tidal Power Site by Ngome Mwero, Song Fu, Takafumi Inamitsu, Stephanie Ordonez-Sanchez, Benson Mwangi, Patxi Garcia-Novo, Cameron Johnstone, Daisaku Sakaguchi

“…To exploit this resource efficiently, reliable and computationally efficient methods are required to analyze energy yields from tidal arrays in real sites worldwide. …”
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First Report on the Artificial Cultivation Techniques of <i>Buchwaldoboletus xylophilus</i> (Boletales, Boletaceae, <i>Buchwaldoboletus</i>) in Southwest China by Tianwei Yang, Hongjun Mu, Liming Dai, Jing Liu, Xinjing Xu, Feng Gao, Yiwei Fang, Sipeng Jian, Mingxia He, Chunxia Zhang

“…The results show that the optimal carbon source, nitrogen source, and inorganic salt for the mycelium growth of <i>B. xylophilus</i> were maltose, ammonium tartrate, and magnesium sulfate, respectively. …”
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CyberUnits Bricks: An Implementation Study of a Class Library for Simulating Nonlinear Biological Feedback Loops by Johannes W. Dietrich, Nina Siegmar, Jonas R. Hojjati, Oliver Gardt, Bernhard O. Boehm

“…Feedback loops and other types of information processing structures play a pivotal role in maintaining the internal milieu of living organisms. Although methods of biomedical cybernetics and systems biology help to translate between the structure and function of processing structures, computer simulations are necessary for studying nonlinear systems and the full range of dynamic responses of feedback control systems. …”
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The Application of Hemospray in Gastrointestinal Bleeding during Emergency Endoscopy by Alexander F. Hagel, Heinz Albrecht, Andreas Nägel, Francesco Vitali, Marcel Vetter, Christine Dauth, Markus F. Neurath, Martin Raithel

“…Lately, several hemostatic powders have been released to facilitate EE. Methods. We evaluated all EE in which Hemospray was used as primary or salvage therapy, with regard to short- and long-term hemostasis and complications. …”
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Differential efficacy of olfactory neurospheres from deviated nasal septum and chronic rhinosinusitis patients in regenerating olfactory epithelium by Rong-San Jiang, Chiang-Wen Lee, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Jing-Jie Wang, Jia-Bin Liao, Kuo-Ti Peng, Yao-Chang chiang, Pei-Ling Chi

“…Understanding the inherent qualities of these stem cells is crucial for optimizing their therapeutic efficacy. Methods Olfactory epithelial samples were collected from patients with deviated nasal septum (DNS) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). …”
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Comparative Characterization of Carica papaya Fibers Extracted by Retting and Alkaline Treatment for Biocomposites by Roland Yves Olembe, Armel Edwige Mewoli, Abel Emmanuel Njom, Victor Jos Evina Eyamo, Marie Josette Ndengue, Florent Biyeme, Georges Armand Beguel Ndjock, Mélek Ayadi, César Segovia, Emmanuel Christian Essama, Paulette Roseline Kenfack Momo, Betene Ebanda Fabien, Jean Raymond Lucien Meva’a, Atangana Ateba

“…These findings demonstrate that Carica papaya (CP) pseudostem, an agricultural residue, can be a promising reinforcement source for biodegradable composites. Further investigation is needed to optimize fiber–matrix interactions and long-term durability under environmental stress.…”
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Dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy using independent grazing-incidence focusing and convexly bent Bragg-crystal dispersing optics by Juanjuan Huang, Adam P. Tornheim, Xianbo Shi, Mark Wolfman, Yanna Chen, Steve M. Heald, Shelly D. Kelly, George E. Sterbinsky

“…Additionally, instrument design, data analysis methods, and initial DXAS results on lithium–manganese–nickel oxide laminates are presented.…”
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Formulating a Horseradish Extract in Phospholipid Vesicles to Target the Skin by Maria De Luca, Luca Casula, Carlo Ignazio Giovanni Tuberoso, Ramon Pons, Maria del Carmen Morán, María Teresa García, Giuseppe Martelli, Antonio Vassallo, Carla Caddeo

“…Incorporation into phospholipid vesicles is often proposed to tackle this problem. <b>Methods</b>: In this study, a hydroalcoholic extract was produced from horseradish roots. …”
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