Detection of Crack Sealant in the Pretreatment Process of Hot In-Place Recycling of Asphalt Pavement via Deep Learning Method by Kai Zhao, Tianzhen Liu, Xu Xia, Yongli Zhao

“…They often appear as wide black patches that overlap with cracks and potholes, and complex background noise further complicates detection. …”
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Meteorological and potential climatic influence on high cyanobacterial biomass within Patos Lagoon (southern Brazil): A case study of the summer of 2019–2020 by Beatriz Feltrin Caneve, Márcio Silva de Souza, Eliana Veleda Klering, Felipe de Lucia Lobo, Elisa Helena Leão Fernandes, João Sarkis Yunes

“…Moreover, weak winds (<<6 m s−1) seemed to accumulate cyanobacterial patches on the water surface, including after vertical mixing caused by strong winds (>6 m s−1). …”
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Synthesis, Stability, and Tribological Performance of TiO₂ Nanomaterials for Advanced Applications by Kai Zeng, Liang Cheng, Wenjing Hu, Jiusheng Li

“…The tribological performance of lubricants has been demonstrated to be enhanced by TiO₂ nanomaterials, with the observed enhancement attributed to the synergistic effect of multiple mechanisms, including rolling, patching, polishing, and the formation of a protective film. …”
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Preclinical Pharmacology of the Low-Impact Ampakine CX717 by Daniel P. Radin, Sheng Zhong, Rok Cerne, Jodi L. Smith, Jeffrey M. Witkin, Arnold Lippa

“…CX717 modestly offsets desensitization in hippocampal patches and augments synaptic transmission in vivo. …”
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A Case Report of Acinar Cell Cystadenoma with Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Is It Always Benign? by Thai Hau Koo, Venkata Sunkesula, Salah Abdel Jalil, Richard Wong, Ala Abdel-Jalil, Elham Abdel Jalil

“…Pathologic examination revealed a complex cystic lesion with well-differentiated acinar cells and patches of ductal epithelium compatible with ACC. …”
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Crossing structures reconnect federally endangered flying squirrel populations divided for 20 years by road barrier by Christine A. Kelly, Corinne A. Diggins, Andrew J. Lawrence

“…Additionally, we tracked movements of 4 radiocollared northern flying squirrels between habitat patches and checked nest boxes for evidence of squirrels crossing the road. …”
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Complications of Hair Transplant Procedures—Causes and Management by Anil Kumar Garg, Seema Garg

“…The most common complications were sterile folliculitis, noted in 203 patients, vasovagal shock in seven patients of, hypertensive crisis in one patient, hiccups in six patients, facial edema after hair transplant in 18 patients, graft dislodgement in 8 patients, infection in two diabetic patients, minor necrotic patches in recipient area in three patients, keloid development in one patient, numbness in 18 cases, and hypersensitivity in recipient and/or donor area. …”
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Northern Bobwhite habitat selection during the nonbreeding season in a riparian corridor in Colorado by Joseph M Wolske, Adam C Behney, Larkin A Powell

“…Otherwise, our results were consistent with research from other regions, and confirm the importance of maintaining areas with high visual obstruction interspersed with bare patches.…”
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Effects of plant invasions on wildlife in desert grasslands by Robert J. Steidl, Andrea R. Litt, William J. Matter

“…Although eradication is unlikely once a non‐native plant has naturalized, retaining patches of native vegetation within a matrix of non‐native plants may provide a strategy to reduce effects of plant invasions on wildlife in grasslands. © 2013 The Wildlife Society.…”
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Therapeutic and prophylactic effect on periodontal on the background of refusal of smoking by M. V. Osipova, L. Yu. Orekhova, E. A. Belova

“…The saturation of the therapeutic and prophylactic effect on periodontal on the background of quitting (using anti-tobacco patches) when conducting events with xanthan gel with chlorhexidine or photo-activated disinfection occurs much earlier than the two-week interval. …”
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Pupil Detection Algorithm Based on ViM by Yu Zhang, Changyuan Wang, Pengbo Wang, Pengxiang Xue

“…This algorithm introduces weighted feature fusion, aiming to enable the model to adaptively learn the contribution of different feature patches to the pupil detection results; combines ViM with the MSA (multi-head self-attention) mechanism), aiming to integrate global features and improve the accuracy and robustness of pupil detection; and uses FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) to convert the time-domain vector outer product in MSA into a frequency–domain dot product, in order to reduce the computational complexity of the model and improve the detection efficiency of the model. …”
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SN360: Semantic and Surface Normal Cascaded Multi-Task 360 Monocular Depth Estimation by Payal Mohadikar, Ye Duan

“…Recent state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods utilize multiple projected distortionless tangent patches to mitigate spherical distortion, but they lose the learning of holistic contextual information, leading to global discrepancies and merging artifacts in the final merged-back 360 depths. …”
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation is linked to decreased energetic condition in long-distance migrants. by Kristina L Paxton, Emily B Cohen, Eben H Paxton, Zoltán Németh, Frank R Moore

“…During El Niño years migrants were also more likely to stopover immediately along the northern Gulf coast of the southeastern U.S. after crossing the Gulf of Mexico in small suboptimal forest patches where food resources are lower and migrant density often greater than larger more contiguous forests further inland. …”
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The impact of salt-tolerant plants on soil nutrients and microbial communities in soda saline-alkali lands of the Songnen plain by Junjie Song, Xueting Guan, Haojun Cui, Lin Liu, Yan Li, Yuhua Li, Shurong Ma

“…While phytoremediation is an effective approach, the mechanisms by which salt-tolerant plants mediate saline-alkali soil amelioration in the Songnen Plain remain unclear.MethodsWe selected seven common salt-tolerant plants from the Songnen Plain to compare soil nutrients and microbial communities between vegetated areas and bare alkali patches. Soil salinity, pH, nutrient content (TN, TP, TK), enzyme activities (Catalase, Cellulase, Saccharase, Urease), and microbial structure were analyzed.ResultsPlant presence significantly reduced soil salinity and pH while increasing nutrient levels and enzyme activities, with SL (Salix linearistipularis) showing the most comprehensive improvement. …”
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Maternal treatment with short-chain fatty acids modulates the intestinal microbiota and immunity and ameliorates type 1 diabetes in the offspring. by James C Needell, Diana Ir, Charles E Robertson, Miranda E Kroehl, Daniel N Frank, Danny Zipris

“…Finally, short-chain fatty acids altered the B and T cell compartments in Peyer's patches. These data demonstrate that short-chain fatty acids can reshape the intestinal microbiota and prevent virus-induced islet autoimmunity and may therefore represent a useful therapeutic strategy for disease prevention.…”
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Tracing vegetation changes through the testimony of early settlers: A spatio-temporal analysis of plant-based place names as ecological evidence by Marcin Kotowski, Arkadiusz Nowak

“…In addition, a significant correlation was found between the location of conifer phytotoponyms and the distance from current conifer stands, with these toponyms often located further from existing conifer patches. Temporal analysis revealed a shift in toponym creation, with deciduous names dominating earlier periods and a marked increase in coniferous names during industrial afforestation, particularly after 1949. …”
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Factors Affecting Maintenance Probability and Resurfacing Thickness Based on the Pavement Management System by Hongmei Li, Jiwang Jiang, Fujian Ni

“…Results showed that road sections with higher IRI, rutting depth (RD), deterioration rate of surface friction coefficient (DRSFC), pavement patching ratio (PPR), and transverse cracking severity index (TCSI) before treatment had significantly higher maintenance probability, which could be quantified by the developed logistic model. …”
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Mechanisms underlying different onset patterns of focal seizures. by Yujiang Wang, Andrew J Trevelyan, Antonio Valentin, Gonzalo Alarcon, Peter N Taylor, Marcus Kaiser

“…The LAF onset is initiated by independent patches of localised activity, which slowly invade the surrounding tissue and coalesce over time. …”
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HERPETOFAUNAL REMAINS (ANURA, CROCODYLIA, TESTUDINES, SQUAMATA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE CREVILLENTE AREA (SE SPAIN): PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHICAL AND PALAEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS by Rafael Marquina Blasco, DAVID MORALES-FLORES, ÁNGEL D. BARTOLOMÉ-BOMBÍN, PLINIO MONTOYA

“…At both localities, the surrounding landscape must have been dominated by open habitats with patches of forest/shrubland formations close to water bodies. …”
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The Influence of Green Infrastructure on the Acoustic Environment: A Conceptual and Methodological Basis for Quiet Area Assessment in Urban Regions by Bryce T. Lawrence, Damian Heying, Dietwald Gruehn

“…Urban regions represent complex acoustic environments with few respites from noise other than small or remote patches of green infrastructure (GI). Recent noise action planning in the German Ruhr region indicates that urban expansion is fueling encroachment upon GI and subsequently the loss of quiet areas. …”
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