Assessment of genotoxicity biomarkers in neotropical fish species from streams of the Ivinhema River basin located in sugarcane cultivation areas by Vandressa Raquel Lucas Poloni Meira, Lucilene Finoto Viana, Bruno do Amaral Crispim, Yzel Rondon Súarez, Alexeia Barufatti, Fábio Kummrow, Júlio César Jut Solórzano, Alessandra Paim Berti

“…In this context, the objective of this study was to analyze the composition and structure of the landscape around the sampling sites located in three streams (Vitória, Rosário, and Piravevê) belonging to the Ivinhema River basin to evaluate the impacts of sugarcane cultivation expansion on water quality and genotoxicity biomarkers in situ and ex situ using native fish species. …”
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Comparison of Rhizosphere Microbial Diversity in Soybean and Red Kidney Bean Under Continuous Monoculture and Intercropping Systems by Huibin Qin, Aohui Li, Shuyu Zhong, Yingying Zhang, Chuhui Li, Zhixin Mu, Haiping Zhang, Jing Wu

“…The obtained sequencing data provide a robust basis for estimating soil microbial diversity. …”
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Use of virtual reality to remotely train healthcare professionals in paediatric emergency tracheostomy skills: protocol for a multi-centre, non-inferiority educational intervention... by Jonathan R. Abbas, Noorulanne Younis, Emily Johnstone, Azita Rajai, Rachel Isba, Antony Payton, Brendan A. McGrath, Neil Tolley, Iain A. Bruce

“…The primary outcome measure is skill performance in simulation in a pre- and post-intervention structure within subjects. Participant performance will also be assessed using non-inferiority metrics against historical traditional educational control data. …”
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Refining the link between obesity and heart failure: insights from GLP-1 receptor agonist trials and studies adopting direct adiposity measures by Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Francesco Paneni, Domenico Tricò, Alessandra Violet Bacca, Nicolò De Biase, Hermann Dalpiaz, Alessandro Mengozzi, Agostino Virdis, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Stefano Taddei, Reinhold Kreutz, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Stefano Masi

“…In this context, recent research underscores the role of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in HF pathophysiology, as it directly influences cardiac function and structure through inflammatory, metabolic, and mechanical effects. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Malay language Perception Towards Smoking Questionnaire (BM-PTSQ) among secondary school adolescents: Further validation using Confirmatory Factor A... by Kuang Hock Lim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Hui Li Lim, Kee Chee Cheong, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Ali Aman Marine, Yong Kang Cheah, Jia Hui Lim, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali

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A study on the evolution of landscape pattern and driving factors from 1990 to 2020 in the source region of the Yellow River in China by Si Jianhua, Zhang Xiaoyan, Lu Sujin, Zhou Shipeng, Gong Yanhong, Jin Cheng, Qi Yue, Qi Lijuan, Qin Biyu, Huang Hui

“…Based on the remote sensing image data of the source region in the past 30 years, the evolution law of landscape pattern was analyzed by land transfer matrix and landscape pattern index, and the driving factors were explored by principal component analysis. …”
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Response of Vegetation Photosynthesis to the 2022 Drought in Yangtze River Basin by Diurnal Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2/3 Satellite Observations by Zhuoying Deng, Jinghua Chen, Shaoqiang Wang, Tingyu Li, Kun Huang, Peng Gu, Haoyu Peng, Zhihui Chen

“…According to our analysis, the initial signs of drought-induced stress are reflected in a decrease in vegetation fluorescence efficiency, followed by anomalies in SIF and, finally, abnormalities in canopy structure. Drought has led to an approximately 3% increase in midday depression compared to previous years while also causing an advancement in the seasonal peak. …”
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Petrofacies types and evolution characteristics of tight sandstone gas reservoirs of Jurassic Shaximiao Formation, Tianfu gas area, central Sichuan Basin by Xu GUAN, Xiaoting PANG, Qi RAN, Changcheng YANG, Xiaojuan WANG, Deyu ZHU, Ke PAN, Fei LI, Boyi XIAO, Binfeng CAO

“…Based on the differences in petrographic composition and texture, diagenetic patterns and processes, and pore structure characteristics, four types of petrofacies were classified: ductile-lean sandstone, ductile-rich sandstone, tightly calcite-cemented sandstone, and tightly laumontite-cemented sandstone. …”
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Multivariate and Spatial Study and Monitoring Strategies of Groundwater Quality for Human Consumption in Corsica by Hajar Lazar, Meryem Ayach, Abderrahim Bousouis, Frederic Huneau, Christophe Mori, Emilie Garel, Ilias Kacimi, Vincent Valles, Laurent Barbiero

“…In addition, the spatial structure of the parameters was studied. The analysis notably distinguishes a seasonal determinism for bacterial contamination (rain, runoff, bacterial transport, and contamination of catchments) and a more strictly spatial determinism (geographic, lithological, and land use factors). …”
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Exploring GAA-Nanosheet, Forksheet and GAA–Forksheet Architectures: A TCAD-DTCO Study at 90 nm and 120-nm Cell Height by Gautam Gaddemane, Pieter Schuddinck, Krishna Bhuwalka, Gerhard Rzepa, Gioele Mirabelli, Anshul Gupta, Jurgen Bommels, Philippe Matagne, Dmitry Yakimets, Hao Wu, Lei Hou, Geert Hellings, Changze Liu

“…The research employs simulations of five-stage INVD1 ring oscillators (RO) at various metal pitches (Mx) to extract frequency and power data. Notably, a novel Gate-All-Around Forksheet (GAA-Fsh) structure is introduced, offering enhanced gate control while retaining the advantages of Fsh. …”
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Impact of Y chromosome loss on the risk of Parkinson's disease and progressionResearch in context by Junhao Wang, Xinyi Chen, Wenxuan Du, Cha Lin, Yu Liao, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Jodi Maple-Grødem, Meghan C. Campbell, Alexis Elbaz, Suzanne Lesage, Alexis Brice, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Pille Taba, Sulev Kõks, Guido Alves, Ole-Bjørn Tysnes, Joel S. Perlmutter, Baijayanta Maiti, Jacobus J. van Hilten, Roger A. Barker, Caroline H. Williams-Gray, Clemens R. Scherzer, Ganqiang Liu, Ganqiang Liu, Rebecca R. Valentino, Zhixiang Liao, Joseph J. Locascio, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Xianjun Dong, Jodi Maple-Grødem, Meghan C. Campbell, Alexis Elbaz, Suzanne Lesage, Alexis Brice, Graziella Mangone, John H. Growdon, Albert Y. Hung, Michael A. Schwarzchild, Michael T. Hayes, Anne-Marie Wills, Todd M. Herrington, Bernard Ravian, Ira Shoulson, Pille Taba, Sulev Kõks, Thomas G. Beach, Florence Cormier-Dequaire, Guido Alves, Ole-Bjørn Tysnes, Joel S. Perlmutter, Peter Heutink, Jacobus J. van Hilten, Meike Kasten, Brit Mollenhauer, Claudia Trenkwalder, Christine Klein, Roger A. Barker, Caroline H. Williams-Gray, Johan Marinus, Clemens R. Scherzer

“…In the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) cohort, we further compared brain structure using T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and carried out brain network functional connectivity analysis based on resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) datasets. …”
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Academic response to improving value and reducing waste: A comprehensive framework for INcreasing QUality In patient-oriented academic clinical REsearch (INQUIRE). by Belinda von Niederhäusern, Gordon H Guyatt, Matthias Briel, Christiane Pauli-Magnus

“…The Delphi process ultimately achieved consensus on structure and content. The framework addresses 5 study stages (concept, planning and feasibility, conduct, analysis and interpretation, and reporting and knowledge translation) and includes the following dimensions: (i) protection of patient safety and rights, (ii) relevance/patient centeredness and involvement, (iii) minimization of bias (internal validity), (iv) precision, (v) transparency/access to data, and (vi) generalizability (external validity) of study results. …”
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Identifying Asthma-Related Symptoms From Electronic Health Records Using a Hybrid Natural Language Processing Approach Within a Large Integrated Health Care System: Retrospective S... by Fagen Xie, Robert S Zeiger, Mary Marycania Saparudin, Sahar Al-Salman, Eric Puttock, William Crawford, Michael Schatz, Stanley Xu, William M Vollmer, Wansu Chen

“…Most of these symptoms are documented in clinical notes in a free-text format, and effective methods for capturing asthma-related symptoms from unstructured data are lacking. ObjectiveThe study aims to develop a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm for identifying symptoms associated with asthma from clinical notes within a large integrated health care system. …”
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The Feasibility and User Experience of a Program of Progressive Cued Activity to Promote Functional Upper Limb Activity in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting with Follow-Up at Ho... by Kimberly Bassindale, Sarah Golus, Jake Horder, Maureen Winkoski, Meghann Sytsma, Whitney A. Morelli, Maura Casadio, John McGuire, Robert A. Scheidt

“…User experience was positive, with participants reporting high usability, satisfaction, and motivation. Follow-up data collected in unstructured home settings (<i>n</i> = 23) demonstrated continued high compliance (96%) and favorable user experience. …”
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Element Nucleosynthetic Origins from Abundance Spatial Distributions beyond the Milky Way by Zefeng Li, Mark R. Krumholz, Anna F. McLeod, A. Mark Swinbank, Emily Wisnioski, J. Trevor Mendel, Francesco Belfiore, Giovanni Cresci, Giacomo Venturi, Jia-Lai Kang

“…These findings both open a new avenue to test nucleosynthetic models and make predictions for the structure of stellar chemical abundance distributions.…”
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A 14-bp motif in the KIT active promoter region is critical for melanin accumulation in yaks, mice, and humans by Xinfeng Liu, Tongcheng Wang, Zeyu Zheng, Congcong Dong, Wenyu Liu, Zhimin Niu, Yingbo Yang, Xiaoyun Wu, Qiang Qiu, Yongzhi Yang, Kexin Li, Johannes A. Lenstra, Ping Yan, Minghui Kang, Bowen Li, Lingzhao Fang, Jianquan Liu

“…Results Using whole-genome sequencing data from 387 yaks, we analyzed the population genetic structure of all-white yaks and discovered that they clustered into two distinct genetic groups. …”
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Predicting present and future habitats using LiDAR to integrate research and monitoring with landscape analyses by David A. MacLean, Thomas Baglole, Maurane Bourgouin, Billie Chiasson, Jiban C. Deb, Maitane Erdozain, Remus J. James, Lauren Negrazis, Louka Tousignant, Phil Wiebe, Greg Adams, Joseph R. Bennett, Erik J.S. Emilson, Nicole J. Fenton, Graham J. Forbes, Michelle A. Gray, Karen A. Kidd, Andrew McCartney, Gaetan Moreau, Kevin B. Porter, Osvaldo Valeria, Lisa A. Venier

“…LiDAR-based enhanced forest inventory provided forest structure variables that improved bird habitat models and spatial predictions of bird habitat, metrics explaining bryophyte composition and richness, and variability in beetle abundance and richness. …”
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Results of modern radiation-hygienic surveys of settlements of Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation bordering the Republic of Belarus. Part 2: Population’s food preferences (di... by I. K. Romanovich, A. B. Bazyukin, A. A. Bratilova, G. Ya. Bruk, K. V. Varfolomeeva, E. A. Drozdova, T. V. Zhesko, M. V. Kaduka, T. A. Kormanovskaya, O. S. Kravtsova, A. V. Kudryashov, A. A. Ladik, V. A. Lalayan

“…The second part of the study presents structure of population’s food preferences (diet). …”
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Development of a zoonotic influenza distribution assessment and ranking system (ZIDAR): Technical application in Nepal to support cross-sectoral risk-based surveillance by Adam Charette-Castonguay, Dipendra Gautam, Binay Shrestha, Hemant Chandra Ojha, Barun Kumar Sharma, Mukul Upadhayaya, Sujan Rana, Roshika Shrestha, Lok Bandu Chaudhary, Bhawana Kandel, Rudra Prasad Marasini, Sharmila Chapagain, Tulsi Ram Gompo, Surendra Karki, Apsara Poudel, Saugat Shrestha, Avinash Sunny Kayastha, Arun Kumar Govindakarnavar, Reuben Samuel, Allison Gocotano, Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Nilesh Buddha, Edwin Ceniza Salvador, Manish Kakkar, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães

“…This is then followed by a technical phase involving model building, model structure validation, data gathering and assessment of model performance. …”
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Optimization of soil hydraulic parameters within a constrained sampling space by Meijun Li, Wei Shao, Wenjun Yu, Ye Su, Qinghai Song, Yiping Zhang, Hongkai Gao, Yonggen Zhang, Jianzhi Dong

“…The direct optimization of soil hydraulic parameters (SHP) in unconstrained parameter space introduces significant uncertainties in ecohydrological modeling, particularly when addressing the complex model structure of Richards’ equation combined with Penman-Monteith equation. …”
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