Soil Properties, Crop Yield, and Economic Return in Response to Lime Application on Acidic Nitisols of Southern Highlands of Ethiopia by Getahun Haile, Habtamu Berihun, Helina Abera, Getachew Agegnehu, Mulugeta Lemenih

“…Combined over the two years, 5.45 t·ha−1 lime application yielded the highest barley total biomass of 19,199 kg·ha−1 and a grain yield of 4,328 kg·ha−1, which are 46% and 30% higher than those of the control, respectively. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Our approach introduces a multi-scale texture representation based on local binary patterns (LBP) as the model input, replacing the grained-scanning mechanism (GSM) used in the traditional deep forest model. …”
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Principal approaches and achievements in studying race composition of wheat stem rust by A. S. Rsaliyev, Sh. S. Rsaliyev

“…Wheat stem rust races dominant in major grain-growing countries of the globe and their typical peculiarities are described. …”
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Demonstrating the Qualitative Differences between Semantic Aphasia and Semantic Dementia: A Novel Exploration of Nonverbal Semantic Processing by Krist A. Noonan, Peter Garrard, Elizabeth Jefferies, Sheeba Eshan, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph

“…In contrast, SD patients performed poorly because their degraded knowledge did not allow the fine-grained distinctions required to complete the task.…”
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Localization of the quantitative trait loci related to lodging resistance in spring bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by I. N. Leonova, E. V. Ageeva

“…The yield and grain quality of spring and winter wheat significantly depends on varieties’ resistance to lodging, the genetic basis of this trait being quantitative and controlled by a large number of loci. …”
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Molecular markers in the genetic analysis of crossability of bread wheat with rye by I. V. Porotnikov, O. Yu. Antonova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“….), the varieties of which are widely used for the grain production, is difficultly crossable with related species of Triticeae Dum. …”
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Investigate on surface/subsurface damage mechanisms and manufacturability of ultra-smooth surface in ultra-precision ductile grinding of sapphire optics by Sheng Wang, Qinghe Zhang, Qingliang Zhao, Ming Zhou

“…Secondly, the evolution characteristics of surface roughness, surface morphology and surface damage with the reduction of grain size of grinding wheel were studied. Thirdly, the subsurface damage mechanisms and microscopic characteristics in ultra-precision grinding of sapphire were researched, and the evolution processes and removal mechanisms of surface/subsurface damage were revealed. …”
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Laser surface melting and heat treatment of Tomilloy nickel-based superalloy as gas turbine transition part after service by Bahareh Mohammadi, Homam Naffakh-Moosavy, Hamed Fatemi

“…In the microstructure of the heat-treated samples, it was observed that the dendrites are disappeared and the sub-grain boundaries are no longer exist. The precipitates were distributed throughout the fusion zone and the structure became homogeneous. …”
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Characterization and Identification of Coal and Carbonaceous Shale Using Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy by En Yang, Shirong Ge, Shibo Wang

“…The effect of carbon concentration on reflectance curve was simulated by the mixed powder of ultralow ash bituminite and clay in 0.5 mm grain size under various mixing ratios. It was found that absorption valleys near 1400 nm, 1900 nm, and 2200 nm of the mixed powder become not obvious when the bituminite content is more than 30%. …”
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Correlation between Acoustic Feature and Sensory Crispness of Different Puffed Food Based on Energy Release Analysis by Chengkai ZHU, Xinnan HU, Zhili JI, Wangyang SHEN, Xiwu JIA

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Evolution of plastic deformation during multi-pass ECAP of an AA6060 aluminum alloy – An experimental flow line analysis by Nadja Berndt, Nadja A. Reiser, Martin F.-X. Wagner

“…As plastic flow is largely influenced by a material's processing history, especially in terms of grain size, texture and pre-deformation, the evolution of local material flow during multiple passes of ECAP is of significant interest. …”
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The results of the ecological study of different ecotypes of spring barley varieties in the dry conditions of the Volgograd Province by G. V. Kozubovskaya, V. I. Balakshina

“…With sufficient moisture supply (56.3 mm) at the booting stage and moderate air temperature (the sum of active temperatures of 711°C) during the maturing stage, the grain yield was maximal and reached 7.08.0 tons/ha for individual varieties. …”
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Effects of Concentration of Pore Solution on Stability of Ion-Absorbed Rare Earth Ore Aggregate by Jie Wang, Guanshi Wang, Bengen Hong

“…Furthermore, an empirical formula for estimating the critical (NH4)2SO4 solution concentration for aggregation and dispersion of ore body aggregates with different grain composition was proposed. Some major conclusions were drawn. …”
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Source material for naked barley breeding in the Northwest of the Russian Federation by K. A. Lukina, I. G. Loskutov, V. I. Khoreva, O. N. Kovaleva

“…Field and laboratory studies resulted in making agrobiological descriptions of the accessions and identifying sources of individual agronomic traits (earliness, high yield, and good grain quality) and their combinations under the conditions of the Russian Northwest. …”
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Effects of continuous cropping on bacterial community diversity and soil metabolites in soybean roots by Liwei An, Xinnan Lu, Pengyu Zhang, Jiayao Sun, Baiming Cong, Rula Sa, Dexin He

“…The process that included rotating corn soybeans significantly enhanced their grain yield, dry weight, soil nitrogen concentration, urease activity, as well as the accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in various plant organs, compared to the traditional practice of continuous soybean cultivation. …”
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Investigating the Association between Healthy Eating Index and Early Childhood Caries in Iranian Preschool Children: A Case-Control Study by Maryam Mehrabkhani, Taraneh Movahhed, Mohsen Nematy, Melika Hoseinzadeh, Homeira Mohammadi

“…Results:  The HEI for CF group was significantly higher than ECC group (P<0.001, CI 95%: 57.58-67.93 vs. 51.72-65.49), respectively). The mean scores of grain, milk, fruits, vegetables, and meat groups were significantly higher in CF group (P<0.001).  …”
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A Verifiable and Secure Industrial IoT Data Deduplication Scheme With Real-Time Data Integrity Checking in Fog-Assisted Cloud Environments by Jakkarin Lapmoon, Somchart Fugkeaw

“…In this paper, we proposed VERDUP, a verifiable and secure deduplication scheme with the support of real-time data integrity checking and fine-grained access control specifically designed for IIoT environments. …”
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Effect of Porous Coating on Heat Transfer in Minichannels with Intensive Localised Heating by Pukhovoy M.V., Zaitsev D.V.

“…A technology was created for forming various porous coatings on a heater based on Nickel powder with a characteristic grain size of about 60-100 μm. As a result, three different thin (150 μm scale) porous coatings were obtained: Nickel (100% Ni) and two bimetallic coatings containing copper or zinc powders (80% Ni + 20% Cu, 50% Ni + 50% Zn). …”
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The study and determination of causes of fracture of the shaft of the roll working the wire cassette unit by I. A. Kovaleva, P. A. Bobkov, I. A. Ovchinnikova

“…The fracture surface has a fine-grained fracture (formed under conditions of small plastic deformation) and is characterized by the presence of shiny flat areas on the fracture surfaceThe study of the microstructure after etching in a reagent «Nital» and reagent Oberhoffer. …”
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Genome sequencing and comparison of five Tilletia species to identify candidate genes for the detection of regulated species infecting wheat by Hai D. T. Nguyen, Tahera Sultana, Prasad Kesanakurti, Sarah Hambleton

“…Historically, diagnostic methods have relied on cryptic morphology to differentiate these species in subsamples from grain shipments. Of the DNA-based methods published so far, most have focused on sequence variation among tested strains at a single gene locus. …”
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