The subseafloor crustal biosphere: Ocean’s hidden biogeochemical reactor by Alberto Robador

“…These complexities introduce significant challenges in unraveling the factors that regulate microbial distribution and function within these dynamic ecosystems. Using synthesized data from previous studies, this work describes how the ocean crustal biosphere functions as a continuous-flow biogechemical reactor. …”
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Detecting non-neutral modules in species co-occurrence data: principles and application to plant communities by Fabien Laroche, Bodil Ehlers

“…We tested our framework on virtual data and successfully retrieved pre-defined functional groups without generating false positive detections. …”
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Morphology and material composition of raptorial foreleg cuticles in praying mantises Gongylus gongylodes and Sphodromantis lineola by Timo Zeimet, Stanislav N. Gorb, Wencke Krings

“…., softer or harder invertebrates). Since the functionality of a structure is also influenced by its material composition, it could be tailored to match the prey as well. …”
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Soybean productivity can be enhanced by understanding rhizosphere microbiota: evidence from metagenomics analysis from diverse agroecosystems by Honglei Ren, Huilong Hong, Bire Zha, Sobhi F. Lamlom, Hongmei Qiu, Yongqiang Cao, Rujian Sun, Haorang Wang, Junkui Ma, Hengbin Zhang, Liping Sun, Qing Yang, Changjun Zhou, Xiulin Liu, Xueyang Wang, Chunlei Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Kezhen Zhao, Rongqiang Yuan, Ahmed M. Abdelghany, Bixian Zhang, Yuhong Zheng, Jiajun Wang, Wencheng Lu

“…Conclusion This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the diversity and functional potential of rhizosphere microbiota in enhancing soybean productivity. …”
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Verifiable secure aggregation scheme for privacy protection in federated learning networks by Wujun Yao, Tanping Zhou, Yiliang Han, Xiaolin Wang

“…Initially, we construct a functional reuse private key ring generation algorithm, enabling clients to encrypt and protect their private gradients using the private key ring. …”
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Trait‐independent habitat associations explain low co‐occurrence in native and exotic birds on a tropical volcanic island by Jean‐Yves Barnagaud, Olivier Flores, Gérard Balent, Jacques Tassin, Luc Barbaro

“…We used a combination of multivariate statistics and generalized additive models to describe variations in the taxonomic and functional composition and diversity of 372 local bird assemblages, encompassing 20 species, along gradients of habitat composition and configuration. …”
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Development and clinical application of an automated machine learning-based delirium risk prediction model for emergency polytrauma patients by Zhenyi Liu, Yihao Huang, Long Li, Yisha Xu, Peng Wu, Zhigang Zhang, Tingyong Han, Liangjie Zhang, Ming Zhang

“…Model performance was benchmarked against conventional algorithms (logistic regression [LR], support vector machine [SVM], extreme gradient boosting [XGBoost], LightGBM) using five-fold cross-validation. …”
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Harnessing <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>–Moss Synergy: Carbon–Structure Optimization for Erosion-Resistant Barrier Formation in Cold Mollisols by Tianxiao Li, Shunli Zheng, Zhaoxing Xiao, Qiang Fu, Fanxiang Meng, Mo Li, Dong Liu, Qingyuan Liu

“…Soil degradation exerts profound impacts on soil ecological functions, global food security, and human development, making the development of effective technologies to mitigate degradation a critical research focus. …”
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Early Attrition Prediction for Web-Based Interpretation Bias Modification to Reduce Anxious Thinking: A Machine Learning Study by Sonia Baee, Jeremy W Eberle, Anna N Baglione, Tyler Spears, Elijah Lewis, Hongning Wang, Daniel H Funk, Bethany Teachman, Laura E Barnes

“…To identify participants at a high risk of dropout, we created 4 unique feature sets: self-reported baseline user characteristics (eg, demographics), self-reported user context and reactions to the program (eg, state affect), self-reported user clinical functioning (eg, mental health symptoms), and passively detected user behavior on the website (eg, time spent on a web page of CBM-I training exercises, time of day during which the exercises were completed, latency of completing the assessments, and type of device used). …”
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Unveiling the molecular architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain of Acanthamoeba castellanii by Christian Q. Scheckhuber, Sutherland K. Maciver, Alvaro de Obeso Fernandez del Valle

“…This review provides a comprehensive overview of the mitochondrial respiratory chain in A. castellanii, focusing on the key alternative components involved in oxidative phosphorylation and their roles in energy metabolism, stress response, and adaptation to various conditions. The functional characterization of the alternative oxidase (AOX), uncoupling protein (UCP), and alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases, highlight their roles in reducing oxidative stress, modulating proton gradients, and adapting to changes in temperature and nutrient availability. …”
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Exceptional superelasticity via heterogeneity-driven texture optimization in equiaxed CuAlMn alloys by Xinghao Li, Ye Cui, Guangda Zhao, Lixin Sun, Yang Zhang, Zhongwu Zhang

“…This microstructural heterogeneity-guided strategy offers a general framework for overcoming texture-related limitations in polycrystalline functional materials.…”
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Identification of diagnostic biomarkers for fibromyalgia using gene expression analysis and machine learning by Fuyu Zhao, Fuyu Zhao, Fuyu Zhao, Jianan Zhao, Jianan Zhao, Jianan Zhao, Yang Li, Chenyang Song, Chenyang Song, Chenyang Song, Yaxin Cheng, Yaxin Cheng, Yaxin Cheng, Yunshen Li, Yunshen Li, Yunshen Li, Shiya Wu, Bingheng He, Juan Jiao, Cen Chang, Cen Chang

“…Comprehensive enrichment analyses, including Gene Ontology (GO), the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Reactome pathways, were performed to elucidate the biological functions and disease associations of the candidate genes. …”
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Fluid and solute transport by cells and a model of systemic circulation. by Yufei Wu, Morgan A Benson, Sean X Sun

“…Active fluid circulation and solute transport are essential functions of living organisms, enabling the efficient delivery of oxygen and nutrients to various physiological compartments. …”
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Accelerating materials discovery: combinatorial synthesis, high-throughput characterization, and computational advances by Khurram Shahzad, Andrei Ionut Mardare, Achim Walter Hassel

“…High-throughput characterization techniques play a pivotal role in assessing the compositional, structural, and functional attributes of materials within these libraries, yielding multidimensional datasets. …”
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Geometrical frustration in nonlinear mechanics of screw dislocation by Shunsuke Kobayashi, Ryuichi Tarumi

“…The modelling begins with a continuous distribution of dislocation density, which is transformed into torsion [Formula: see text] through the Hodge duality. The plasticity functional is constructed by applying the Helmholtz decomposition to bundle isomorphism, which is equivalent to the Cartan first structure equation for the intermediate configuration [Formula: see text]. …”
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Computationally Effective Modeling of Cold Rolling: Application to Al Alloys by János György Bátorfi, Jurij J. Sidor

“…In this study, the well-established flowline modeling approach (FLM) is extended with the aim of better describing the flow of a rolled material in both surface and subsurface regions. A new flowline function is defined, while the velocity along the particular streamline and strain rate gradients are determined analytically, based on the roll gap geometry. …”
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Implementation of Neural Style Transformation Technique for Artistic Image Processing Using VGG19 by Xin Cheng, Feng Wang, Ali Akbar Siddique, Zain Anwar Ali

“…The procedure begins by preprocessing both the content image and style image for reference, which includes resizing them to a maximum dimension while keeping their initial aspect ratio and transforming them into an array. The utility function reprocesses the image by clipping and normalizing pixel values. …”
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Free Vibration Analysis for Cracked FGM Beams by Means of a Continuous Beam Model by E Chuan Yang, Xiang Zhao, Ying Hui Li

“…Based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and a continuous stiffness beam model, the free vibration of rectangular-section beams made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) containing open edge cracks is studied. …”
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Effects of Crosswinds on the Aerothermal Behaviour of A Double-Skin Façade by Ziari Saber, Belakroum Rassim, Khelifa Saif Elislam, Mansouri Hocine

“…In double-skin facades, airflow is mainly induced by buoyancy forces due to temperature gradients and air compressibility. In practice, this passive system is also affected by ambient crosswind. …”
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Development of the early fetal human thalamus: from a protomap to emergent thalamic nuclei by Maznah Alhesain, Ayman Alzu’bi, Ayman Alzu’bi, Ayman Alzu’bi, Niveditha Sankar, Niveditha Sankar, Charles Smith, Charles Smith, Janet Kerwin, Ross Laws, Susan Lindsay, Gavin J. Clowry

“…Higher order thalamic nuclei, relaying information between cortical regions and important in higher cognitive function, are greatly expanded.MethodsThis study mapped the emergence of thalamic nuclei in human fetal development (8–16 post conceptional weeks; PCW) by revealing gene expression patterns using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry for previously established thalamic development markers.ResultsIn the proliferative thalamic ventricular zone, OLIG3 and NR2F1 immunoreactivity marked the extent of the thalamus, whereas PAX6 and NR2F2 were expressed in gradients, suggesting an early protomap. …”
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