Ventricular function assessment using an ultrafast spoiled gradient echo sequence with an intravascular blood pool contrast agent in pediatric patients. by Tayaba Miah, Rithvik Gunda, Gerald Greil, Mohammad Hussain, Qing Zou

“…<h4>Background</h4>Balanced steady-state free processing (bSSFP) MR sequence has long been considered the gold standard method for ventricular function assessment (VFA), and normal values are based on this acquisition. …”
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Leaf functional metabolic traits reveal the adaptation strategies of larch trees along the R/B ratio gradient at the stand level by Xiaoqian Song, Zhonghua Zhang, Haiyan Huang, Xin Guan, Lu Jin, Yu Shi, Wenjie Wang, Zhonghua Tang

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Root pH variation of herbaceous plants among plant functional groups in response to climate and soil gradients on the Tibetan alpine grasslands by Lirong Zhao, Bo Pang, Jiangtao Hong, Xingxing Ma, Ziyin Du, Xiaodan Wang

“…In contrast to the leaf pH, the root pH of herbaceous plants is strongly affected by the soil pH along environmental gradients. Our findings provide new insights into root functional traits and survival strategies of herbaceous plants in alpine ecosystems.…”
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Buckling and Nonlinear Vibration of Functionally Graded Porous Micro-beam Resting on Elastic Foundation by Van Hieu Dang, Thi Hoa Nguyen

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Gradient method for designing cascaded DOEs and its application in the problem of classifying handwritten digits by D.V. Soshnikov, L.L. Doskolovich, E.V. Byzov

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On efficiency of methods and algorithms for solving optimization problems considering objective function specifics by E. N. Ostroukh, Yu. O. Chernyshev, L. N. Evich, P. A. Panasenko

“…A computer experiment was conducted on a number of test functions; its analysis was performed, showing the efficiency of various combinations on various functions.Research Results. …”
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Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder using class imbalance adjusted functional connectivity by Jong Young Namgung, Jongmin Mun, Yeongjun Park, Jaeoh Kim, Bo-yong Park

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Plant species diversity and abundance of functional groups influence net nitrogen mineralization along productivity gradients in montane Calluna‐dominated heathlands by José Manuel Fernández‐Guisuraga, Leonor Calvo, Elena Marcos

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A simple size-dependent isogeometric approach for bending analysis of functionally graded microplates using the modified strain gradient elasticity theory by Chien H. Thai, H. Nguyen-Xuan

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Evaluation of Water Conservation Function of Litters of Pinus Tabuliformis Forest in Ziwuling Forest Region of Loess Plateau by Sun Yubo, Ou Xiaobin, Chen Kelin, Ma Wenchang, Lin Fei, Wang Zhiwei, Gong Lei

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ACGNet: An Alternating Conjugate Gradient Optimization-Based Neural Network for SAR Image Despeckling by Xin Mao, Ying Liu, Chenghao Qiu, Cong Lin

Subjects: “…Conjugate gradient (CG) optimization…”
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Climate and topographic drivers of species and functional diversity in subtropical shrublands of Guangdong, China by Xuan Luo, Mengmeng Yang, Muhammad Sadiq Khan, Wanxuan Huang, Shizhong Liu, Feiyong Liao, Yuelin Li

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A low illumination target detection method based on a dynamic gradient gain allocation strategy by Zhiqiang Li, Jian Xiang, Jiawen Duan

“…Finally, to solve the fuzzy boundary problem caused by the target boundary being similar to the surrounding background due to insufficient illumination under low illumination conditions, a new loss function is designed in this paper, which pays more attention to the center of the target and weakly considers the aspect ratio of the target prediction frame, and at the same time, the new loss function employs a dynamic gradient gain assignment strategy to reduce the effect of the low-quality anchor frames and to improve the target localization Accuracy. …”
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Use of cover data to model species abundance distributions through continuous probability functions by Halime Moradi, Paulo Inácio Prado, Jens Oldeland, Paulo A. V. Borges, Simone Fattorini

“…We applied several SAD models using continuous probability functions to investigate how plant SADs changed along a wide (2,500 m) elevational gradient in the Alborz Mountains (Iran). …”
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Evaluating Mathematical Concordance Between Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities by Gonzalo Sotomayor, Henrietta Hampel, Raúl F. Vázquez, Christine Van der heyden, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Peter L. M. Goethals

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Grassland diversity across an aridity gradient in northern Sumatra is strongly associated with shifts in disturbance regimes by Adek Adi Putra, Nurainas, Waraporn Phoncharoen, Ade Prasetyo Agung, Yiran Zhao, Kyle W. Tomlinson

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Precipitation regime drives key alterations in subtropical stream fish community assembly and functional trait distribution across a major rainfall gradient by Christopher M. Groff, Sean K. Kinard, J. Derek Hogan, Matt R. Whiles, Amber J. Ulseth, Bradley A. Strickland, Fernando Carvallo, Victoria Jenkins, Alexander T. Solis, Desiree A. Groff, Christopher Frazier, Connor L. Brown, Christopher J. Patrick

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Geographic gradients in a functional trait: variation of body size and size diversity in ground beetle Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) by Raisa A. Sukhodolskaya, Sergey L. Luzyanin, Teodora M. Teofilova, Vladimir Landgraf, Nadezhda L. Ukhova, Tamara A. Avtaeva, Kirill Yu. Maksimovich, Andrey D. Belosludcev, Roman P. Gorbunov

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Warning in the woods: Species-specific and functional responses of the understorey along a deer browsing intensity gradient in a mixed temperate forest in France by Xavier Lecomte, Christophe Baltzinger, Anders Mårell

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Untangling Community Assembly Through Functional Traits and Phylogenetic Alpha Diversity in Subtropical Karst Forests by Shichu Liang, Miao Dong, Yong Jiang, Daniel F. Petticord, Junwei Li, Jianghui Long, Quan Su

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