Experimental Wing Damage Affects Foraging Effort and Foraging Distance in Honeybees Apis mellifera by Andrew D. Higginson, Christopher J. Barnard, Adam Tofilski, Luis Medina, Francis Ratnieks

“…These results have implications for the colony dynamics and foraging efficiency in honeybees.…”
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Multi-task feature integration and interactive active learning for scene image resizing by Ludan Shi, Xianhua Yan, Sen Wang

“…Subsequent to this, we introduce a multi-task feature selector for the dynamic integration of multi-channel features across disparate scene patches. …”
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Low-Thrust Trajectory Design Using Finite Fourier Series Approximation of Pseudoequinoctial Elements by Wanmeng Zhou, Haiyang Li, Hua Wang, Ran Ding

“…The guidance law and on-line control variables are obtained by applying inverse dynamics and the framework of inverse simulation technology, respectively. …”
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Geospatial measurement of urban sprawl and land transformation using multi-temporal datasets: A case study of Sonipat-Kundli urban agglomeration by Preeti Verma, Ravinder Jangra, S.P. Kaushik

“…Land transformation indicates that large tracts of agricultural land are directly converted to built-up patches which are used majorly for residential and industrial purposes. …”
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Population trends of the sugarcane leaf hopper Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Homoptera: Lophopidae) and its parasitoids in relation to weather factors in the Tarai region of Uttarak... by Saba Tanveer, R. P. Maurya

“…The study focused on investigating the population dynamics of Pyrilla (sugarcane leaf hopper) and its parasitoids under the natural field conditions. …”
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Performance of piezoelectric beam type energy harvester under flow-induced vibration by Amya Ranjan Ray, Santanu Koley

“…The numerical three-dimensional model consists of piezoelectric PZT-5A patches affixed to beams and positioned inside a uniform circular pipe. …”
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Study of beryllium hardening obtained by powder metallurgy by А.В. Ревуцкий, Б.В. Сырнев, О.В. Семилуцкая

“…The final results of statistical processing carried out on industrial batches showing the dependence of the impurities content influence on the properties of hot-pressed beryllium are presented. …”
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Changes in Seagrass Landscape Configuration in a Caribbean Reef Lagoon Indicate an Ecosystem Shift After Repeated Disturbances by S. Valery Ávila-Mosqueda, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Joaquín Rodrigo Garza-Pérez

“…Through time, the spatial configuration of the seagrass meadows presented a new self-organized configuration linked to spatial fragmentation, an increase in the number of patches but a decrease in size, and changes in vegetation communities, indicating a shift in ecosystem state. …”
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Local resource competition and the skewness of the sex ratio: a demographic model by Lorenzo Mari, Marino Gatto, Renato Casagrandi

“…Temporal asynchronizedfluctuations between two distinct patches coupled with dispersal of young malesis the minimum requirement for obtaining skewed sex ratios of demographic naturein local adult populations. …”
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Noncovarying storage effect: Balancing and positive directional selection on mutant alleles that amplify random fitness and demographic fluctuations. by Yuseob Kim

“…To further understand these eco-evolutionary dynamics and test their generality in natural populations, this study built more realistic models that assume randomly, not cyclically, fluctuating selection and common demographic features, including heterogeneous ecological patches or an age-structured population. …”
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Formation of raft-like assemblies within clusters of influenza hemagglutinin observed by MD simulations. by Daniel L Parton, Alex Tek, Marc Baaden, Mark S P Sansom

“…Lipid rafts are thought to be small, fluctuating patches of membrane enriched in saturated phospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol and certain types of protein. …”
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Variable domain mutational analysis to probe the molecular mechanisms of high viscosity of an IgG1 antibody by Jing Dai, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Patrick Wu, Angela Oh, Paul J. Carter

“…An extensive mutational analysis was undertaken of the complementarity-determining region residues residing in hydrophobic surface patches predicted by spatial aggregation propensity, in conjunction with residue-level solvent accessibility, averaged over conformational ensembles from molecular dynamics simulations. …”
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Changes in Urban Green Spaces in the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration: From the Perspectives of the Area, Spatial Configuration, and Quality by Tianci Yao, Shengfa Li, Lixin Su, Hongou Zhang

“…In the old urban districts, the fragmentation was mainly due to the loss of large patches; in contrast, it was caused by the division of large patches in the expanded urban areas of most cities. …”
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RecompGPT: Generative Pre-Trained Transformers-Assisted Interactive Human Gaze Pattern Learning and Distribution Modeling for Scene Recomposition by Wang Shang, Nassiriah Binti Shaari, Nur Sauri Bin Yahaya, Liu Hao

“…LOAL is an active-learning algorithm that selects multiple representative patches from each scene image. It simultaneously preserves the local distribution of image patches and chooses representative (or visually salient) regions in a way that mimics human gaze allocation. …”
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Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) invasion, forest-steppe fragment size and isolation jointly constrain arthropod communities and their functional traits by Róbert Gallé, Ágota Réka Szabó, Edina Török, Tamás Lakatos, Dávid Korányi, Attila Torma, Nikolett Gallé-Szpisjak, Péter Batáry

“…The dispersal ability of predators was lower as connectivity increased in non-invaded patches but higher in patches invaded by milkweed. …”
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Old-growth beech forests in Germany as cool islands in a warming landscape by Yojana Adhikari, Nadine Bachstein, Charlotte Gohr, Jeanette S. Blumröder, Caroline Meier, Pierre L. Ibisch

“…Our study highlights the value of old-growth forests and recommends increasing effective protection around mature forests, establishing corridors between isolated patches, and creating mosaics in managed landscapes that include unmanaged areas capable of developing into old-growth ecosystems.…”
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Soil organic carbon, physical fractions of the macro-organic matter, and soil stability relationship in lacustrine soils under banana crop. by Tatiana Rondon, Rosa Mary Hernandez, Manuel Guzman

“…Soil sampling was carried out in two batches differentiated by their textural class and crop production. …”
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Kefir alternatives, an innovative source of probiotics: Microbiological, technological, and therapeutical properties by Zuzana Matejčeková, Ľubomír Valík

“…Further work is still needed to bring an exact understanding of industry implementation, discussing the stable batches, shelf life and safety, resulting in a product characterized with steady quality at the industrial level.…”
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Screening Antioxidant Components in Yiwei Decoction Using Spectrum-Effect Relationship and Network Pharmacology by Lei Zhang, Wei Zhu

“…Firstly, the fingerprints of 10 batches of YWD were established by UPLC-PDA technique, and the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical (DPPH) scavenging rate and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) were used as the indicators for antioxidant activity in vitro. …”
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Spatial distribution patterns of soil mite communities and their relationships with edaphic factors in a 30-year tillage cornfield in northeast China. by Jie Liu, Meixiang Gao, Jinwen Liu, Yuxi Guo, Dong Liu, Xinyu Zhu, Donghui Wu

“…Spatial distribution is an important topic in community ecology and a key to understanding the structure and dynamics of populations and communities. However, the available information related to the spatial patterns of soil mite communities in long-term tillage agroecosystems remains insufficient. …”
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