Harnessing plant-mediated RNAi for effective management of Phthorimaea absoluta by targeting AChE1 and SEC23 genes by Muneeb Hassan Hashmi, Haneef Tariq, Faisal Saeed, Ufuk Demirel, Ayhan Gökçe, Hans Merzendorfer, Emre Aksoy, Allah Bakhsh

“…Using transgenic techniques, we developed RNAi constructs (p35S::dsAChE1, p35S::dsSEC23) targeting crucial genes, AChE1 and SEC23, in P. absoluta. …”
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Metabolic Master Switch: Pyruvate Carboxylase Fuels Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence in Foodborne <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by Zifeng Mai, Jiahui Li, Zeqiang Zhan, Xiaorong Tian, Wanwan Hou, Mu He, Chunlei Shi

“…In this study, a <i>pycA</i> mutant was constructed and analyzed using phenotypic assays and proteomics to investigate its role in virulence and antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Research on the Remanence Measurement Method of Transformers Based on the Degaussing Hysteresis Loop by Dingyuan Li, Jing Zhou, Zhanlong Zhang, Yu Yang, Zijian Dong, Wenhao He, Xichen Pei, Jiatai Gao, Siyang Chen, Zhicheng Pan

“…This method constructs an RLC oscillation circuit that utilizes capacitor energy storage and iron core magnetic field energy conversion, combined with the dynamic characteristics of hysteresis loops, to achieve accurate measurement of residual magnetism and synchronous demagnetization. …”
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Investigation of flow field characteristics around a novel high-efficiency tandem dual-rotor wind turbine under different rotor spacings by Xinkai Li, Xinkai Li, Xiaojiang Guo, Xiaojiang Guo, Caicai Liao, Caicai Liao, Zhaoliang Ye, Zhaoliang Ye, Xin Shen

“…However, the influence mechanism of rotor spacing on complex flow fields and turbine performance remains unclear.MethodsAiming at this problem, a high-precision computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was adopted to construct a physical model of dual-rotors with real blade geometry. …”
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Binary Solvent Engineering Modulates the Microstructure of Stretchable Organic Field-Effect Transistors for Highly Sensitive NO₂ Sensing by Xiao Jiang, Jiaqi Zeng, Linxuan Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Rongjiao Zhu

“…Herein, a straightforward hybrid solvent strategy is proposed for regulating the intrinsic microstructure of the organic semiconductor layer, with the aim of constructing an ultrasensitive PDVT-10/SEBS fully stretchable OFET NO₂ sensor. …”
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A deep neural network framework for estimating coastal salinity from SMAP brightness temperature data by Yidi Wei, Qing Xu, Qing Xu, Xiaobin Yin, Xiaobin Yin, Yan Li, Yan Li, Kaiguo Fan

“…The specific models constructed for nearshore and offshore areas, as well as for the four seasons, further improves salinity retrieval accuracy, especially in nearshore regions, highlighting the effectiveness of regional and seasonal optimization strategies in complex coastal environments. …”
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Resveratrol activates PGC-1α pathway via PRAKK1 to regulate mitochondrial biogenesis and alleviate inflammatory responses in bovine mammary epithelial cells by ChunLi Hu, YanHao An, XueHu Ma, Xue Feng, Yun Ma, Yanfen Ma

“…Blood samples were collected from six healthy cows and six mastitis affected cows, respectively, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used to treat BMECs to construct inflammation models, gene interference is achieved by transfection. …”
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Assessing grassland degradation based on abrupt changes in living status of vegetation in a subalpine meadow by Yong Zhang, Yun Zhang, Hasbagan Ganjurjav, Haitao Yue, Kun Tian, Hang Wang, Qiong Zhang, Zijiao Zhao

“…The living status of vegetation (LSV), which was constructed by cover, height, aboveground biomass, species richness, and the Pielou index of the plant community, served as the indicator in the GAAB method for diagnosing the thresholds of grassland degradation. …”
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MSMT-RTDETR: A Multi-Scale Model for Detecting Maize Tassels in UAV Images with Complex Field Backgrounds by Zhenbin Zhu, Zhankai Gao, Jiajun Zhuang, Dongchen Huang, Guogang Huang, Hansheng Wang, Jiawei Pei, Jingjing Zheng, Changyu Liu

“…To improve detection performance for multi-scale targets in complex field backgrounds, a Dynamic Cross-Scale Feature Fusion Module (Dy-CCFM) is constructed by upgrading the CCFM through dynamic sampling strategies and multi-branch architecture. …”
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Popeye: A Unified Visual-Language Model for Multisource Ship Detection From Remote Sensing Imagery by Wei Zhang, Miaoxin Cai, Tong Zhang, Guoqiang Lei, Yin Zhuang, Xuerui Mao

“…Finally, extensive experiments are conducted on the newly constructed ship instruction dataset named MMShip, and the results indicate that the proposed Popeye outperforms current specialist, open-vocabulary, and other visual-language models in zero-shot multisource various ship detection tasks.…”
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Biomass and Yield in Solanum lycopersicum Expressing a Synthetic Photorespiration Pathway by Laura Dougherty, Bret Cooper, James Bunce, Bryan Vinyard, John Stommel

“…The tomato cultivar Moneymaker was transformed with a synthetic photorespiration pathway construct containing a Cucurbita maxima malate synthase (MS) gene and a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii glycolate dehydrogenase (CrGDH) gene targeted to the chloroplast, with a plastid glycolate-glycerate translocator 1 (PLGG1) hairpin interference construct targeting the native photorespiratory pathway. …”
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3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydratase 2 Is Essential for Embryonic Development and Hepatic Metabolic Function Under a Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diet by Lengyun Wei, Fengli Wang, Luoxue Hua, Qun Wang, Benfei Hu, Ziye Yang, Letao Li, Chenfeng Liu, Kezhen Wang

“…We found that the germline deletion of <i>Hacd2</i> impairs long-chain fatty acid synthesis, which caused embryonic abnormalities after 7.5 days and led to embryonic lethality, as confirmed via photograph and hematoxylin-eosin staining. We next constructed <i>Hacd2LKO</i> mice and found that <i>Hacd2LKO</i> mice were largely normal when fed a chow diet, except for reduced inguinal white adipose tissue formation and glucose metabolism. …”
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TBD-Y: Automatic tea bud detection with synergistic object-spatial attention and global-local attention guided feature fusion by Zhongyuan Liu, Li Zhuo, Chunwang Dong, Jiafeng Li, Yang Li

“…The SOSA and GAGFF are integrated into the YOLOv11 framework, constructing three variants of the TBD model with different parameter scales, named TBD-Y-L, TBD-Y-M, and TBD-Y-S. …”
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Integrating fractional-order derivatives of soil and leaf hyperspectral reflectance for improved estimation of mangrove soil organic carbon by Yibo Luo, Chunlin Li, Jinhong Huang, Chengcheng Dong, Junjie Wang

“…A total of 363 modeling strategies were constructed using Random Forest, XGBoost, and CatBoost (Categorical Boosting) algorithms across 11 vegetation cover levels (0–100 %) and 11 fractional orders (0–2 at 0.2 intervals). …”
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shRNA-interfered of Nrf2 reveals a critical role for Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway during effects of zearalenone induced oxidative stress in IPEC-J2 cells by Qun Cheng, Shu Zhen Jiang, Li Bo Huang, Wei Ren Yang

“…Methods We constructed an IPEC-J2 model that interferes with Nrf2 expression, set blank (control), negative control group (Sh-control), positive control group (Sh-Nrf2), and added 10, 20, and 40 μmol/L ZEA experimental group (Sh-Nrf2+ZEA10, Sh-Nrf2+ZEA20, and Sh-Nrf2+ZEA40). …”
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Integrated smart mass spectrometry platform enables volatilomics based breath biopsy by Shangzhewen Li, Zhiheng Yu, Zhengnan Cen, Xiang Li

“…Utilizing exhaled VOCs data from 509 subjects, we constructed a multi-class random forest model for risk assessment of colorectal, gastric, and brain cancers, achieving AUROC values of 0.98–0.99, with sensitivity and specificity exceeding 0.95. …”
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Research on Video Behavior Detection and Analysis Model for Sow Estrus Cycle Based on Deep Learning by Kaidong Lei, Bugao Li, Shan Zhong, Hua Yang, Hao Wang, Xiangfang Tang, Benhai Xiong

“…Specifically, monitoring sow behavior enables an effective assessment of health conditions and welfare levels, ensuring efficient and healthy sow production. This study constructs a 3D-CNN model based on video data from the sow estrus cycle, achieving analysis of SOB, SOC, SOS, and SOW behaviors. …”
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Detection method for dangerous behaviors of underground coal mine personnel by ZHANG Xuhui, YU Henghan, DU Yuyang, YANG Wenjuan, ZHAO Yihui, WAN Jicheng, WANG Yanqun, ZHAO Dian, TANG Duwei

“…To address these issues, a PMR-YOLO model was constructed based on the YOLOv8-pose architecture. The standard convolution was replaced with a hybrid DCNv4-PConv module, which combines the DCNv4 network and the deformable capability of the PConv module. …”
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Exploring the interactions and driving factors among typical ecological risks based on ecosystem services: A case study in the Sichuan-Yunnan ecological barrier area by Weijie Li, Jinwen Kang, Yong Wang

“…Human interference and climate change have led to the loss of ecosystem services in typical ecologically fragile areas, thus triggering a variety of ecological risks (ER). …”
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SINS/OD integrated navigation system for shearer based on robust closed-loop path calibration by YAN Ming, FU Xiang, WANG Ranfeng, YANG Xinyu, LIU Bin

“…First, velocity and position measurement error equations were established based on the shearer's motion constraint model, and a Kalman filter (KF) model was constructed to achieve optimal position estimation. …”
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