Evaluation of the effect of ecological restoration in mineral resource cities and analysis of driving factors by Anya Zhong, Yulong Gen, Zhen Wang, Chunming Hu

“…Five indicators—greenness, humidity, dryness, heat, and black particulates—were selected and integrated using the distance function method. The city of Dexing was selected as the study area, with research conducted at both the municipal and township levels. …”
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Reorganization of brain connectivity in post-COVID condition: a 18F-FDG PET study by Antoine Verger, Matthieu Doyen, Sebastien Heyer, François Goehringer, Alexandra Bruyere, Elsa Kaphan, Meriem Chine, Amélie Menard, Tatiana Horowitz, Eric Guedj

“…Abstract Background A hypometabolic brain pattern has been reported in patients with post-COVID condition (PCC). …”
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Pathohistological properties and histomorphometric characteristics of cancellous bone tissue in iliobiopsies of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta by V. V. Grigorovsky, A. M. Zyma

“…In OI-patients trabecular bone tissue had the complex pattern formed by basophylic cemental lines which outlined interstitial microstructures of lamellar and woven kind. …”
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A Physics-Based Longitudinal Driver Model for Automated Vehicles by Mizanur Rahman, Md Rafiul Islam, Mashrur Chowdhury, Taufiquar Khan

“…Our analyses suggest that the PAVL-DM (i) is able to maintain safety between a subject AV and an immediate front vehicle using a newly defined safe gap function depending on the speed and reaction time of an AV; (ii) shows local stability and string stability; and (iii) provides riding comfort for a range of autonomous driving aggressiveness depending on passengers’ corresponding preferences on driving pattern. …”
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Study on the Response of Cotton Leaf Color to Plant Water Content Changes and Optimal Irrigation Thresholds by Binbin Mao, Lulu Wang, Junhui Cheng, Bing Chen, Jiandong Wang, Kai Zhang, Xiaowei Liu

“…Given that leaf position and color values (R, G, and B) of different functional leaves may influence the relationship between leaf color and plant water content, and this relationship varies across different temporal periods, a two-year experiment was conducted. …”
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First report of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis in Saudi Arabia by Omar Ahmad, Mohamed H. Omer, Mohammed Janjua, Islam Alayary, Ahmed Fathala, Hani Alsergani, Bandar Alamro, Thibaud Damy, Bahaa Fadel, Dania Mohty

“…Red flags that prompted the workup included at least two of the following factors: the presence of unilateral or bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, a family history of transthyretin amyloid (ATTR) amyloidosis and specific electrocardiographic features (relative/absolute low QRS voltage, pseudoinfarct pattern and atrioventricular/interventricular conduction abnormalities). …”
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ChemLotUS: A Benchmark Data Set of Lotic Chemistry Across US River Networks by N. Fernandez, M. J. Cohen, J. W. Jawitz

“…We demonstrate the functionality of ChemLotUS by identifying spatiotemporal patterns in water quality at the CONUS‐scale, including diurnal variations of dissolved oxygen, pH in headwaters compared to their corresponding river mouths, and total suspended solids as a function of stream order. …”
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Identification of Mobile Phone Usage's Shifting Among Students by Deni Sutisna, Arif Widodo, Ashar Pajarungi Anar, Dyah Indraswati, Nursaptini Nursaptini

“…Survey results show that 92% of students use WhatsApp to communicate and 82% of students use mobile phones to access social media. This shows the pattern of mobile phone use has shifted among students although basically, it does not change the main function.…”
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GPx3 marks adipocyte lineage commitment in bone marrow stromal cells by Zhongxiang Wang, Yangyang Hu, Mao Li, Xiaojun Chen, Chengyu Zhou, Zhiyang Xu, Kai Chen, Lichuang Wu

“…In vitro functional experiments demonstrated that GPx3 knockdown significantly promoted adipogenic differentiation of BMSCs. …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterisation of Toll-like receptors in Chinese spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa) by Zehong Li, Zihan Gao, Dexin Mo, Zifeng Zhu, Jingqi Zhang, Mujin Liu, Han Xiao, Meng Zhou, Teng Gao, Rishen Liang

“…IntroductionToll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern recognition receptors essential for immune defense against pathogens, activating the host’s immune response by recognizing conserved pathogen structures. …”
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Efficacy and safety of diacerein in patients with knee osteoarthritis by L. I. Alekseeva, N. G. Kashevarova, E. A. Taskina, E. P. Sharapova, S. G. Anikin, T. A. Korotkova, E. A. Strebkova

“…Pain did not increase after the drug was discontinued (the follow-up period was 3 months). The same pattern was observed in the assessment of the WOMAC index (pain during early therapy, 243.8±73.9; pain at the end of therapy, 137.5±78.9; stiffness, 97.8±41.1 and 57.7±38.6; functional failure, 875.8±250.4 and 525±305.7 respectively; p<0.0001). …”
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Re-composing Physical Form with Energy-Based Resilience Approach to Improve Thermal Comfort (Case Study: Sadra New Town) by Sahar Akbari, Mahsa Sholeh, Sahand Lotfi

“…In the first step, energy resilience criteria based on global energy resilience rating systems and theoretical research conducted, including smart location, resources and energy, transportation and use, neighborhood form and development pattern, and placemaking, were identified as five layers. …”
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Phenotypic characterization of Nguni goats in four agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province, South Africa. by Madumetja Cyril Mathapo, Joseph Thinawanga Mugwabana, Thobela Louis Tyasi

“…The study was conducted to phenotypically characterize Nguni goats from four agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province, South Africa. …”
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Finite bandwidth, long wavelength convection with boundary imperfectons: near-resonant wavelength excitation by D. N. Riahi

“…It is found that, under certain conditions on the form of the boundary imperfections, the preferred horizontal structure of the solutions is of the same spatial form as that of the total or some subset of the imperfection shape function. It is composed of a multi-modal pattern with spatial variations over the fast variables and with non-modal amplitudes, which vary over the slow variables. …”
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Unveiling the effects of electric field treatments on crop cultivation: a game-changing sustainable energy strategy for plant pathogen eradication and boosting yield growth in agri... by S.S. Jayakrishna, S. Sankar Ganesh

“…The results are validated through a computer vision-based model that improved YOLO-v8 by redesigning the c2f function and employing deep learning techniques with a self-developed Banana Pathogenic Nematode (BPN) dataset. …”
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Brain-hemispheric differences in the premotor area for motor planning: An approach based on corticomuscular connectivity during motor decision-making by Leonardo A. Cano, Ana L. Albarracín, Fernando D. Farfán, Eduardo Fernández

“…These results emphasize the distinct functional roles of the left and right hemispheres in motor planning and underscore the importance of CMC in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying motor control. …”
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Exoskeleton therapy in cerebral palsy: improved gait endurance without kinematic change by Paweł Chmara, Sabina Brazevic, Marek Jóźwiak, Brian Po-Jung Chen, Faustyna Manikowska

“…These - findings suggest that while exoskeleton assisted training enhances functional endurance, its impact on gait pattern may be limited. …”
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The Kinematic Signature of the Warp and Waves in the Milky Way Disk by Weixiang Sun, Han Shen, Biwei Jiang, Xiaowei Liu

“…Using over 170,000 red clump (RC) stars selected from LAMOST and APOGEE, we conduct a detailed analysis of the stellar V _Z as a function of L _Z (or R _g ) across different ϕ bins for various disk populations. …”
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Unpacking Performance Variability in Deep Reinforcement Learning: The Role of Observation Space Divergence by Sooyoung Jang, Ahyun Lee

“…Conversely, environments with high-performance variability (e.g., Boxing, Qbert) demonstrated significant divergence in both explored states and network functionalities. This pattern persisted even when agents started with identical network weights. …”
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Difference in summer heatwave-induced damage between desert native and urban greening plants in an arid desert region. by Bo-Rui Li, Nan Sun, Ming-Shan Xu, Qi-Xing Sun, Hui-Ming Wang, Jie Zhou, Xu Luo, Guang-Hui Lv, Xiao-Dong Yang

“…Water potentials of leaf and branch in pre-dawn and midday, P50, leaf dry matter content, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance of desert native species were significantly lower than those of urban greening plants (P < 0.05), while twig specific hydraulic conductivity, Huber value, wood density, intrinsic water use efficiency and the specific leaf area showed opposite patterns (P < 0.05). …”
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