Effects of stand structure, individual dominant species and environment on herb diversity in a temperate forest region by Jie Li, Zheng Yin, Fushan Cheng, Klaus von Gadow, Minhui Hao, Chunyu Fan, Xiuhai Zhao, Chunyu Zhang

“…Using linear mixed-effects models and structural equation modelling, we examined the direct effects of stand structure (stand density and variation of tree heights), dominant herb species and environmental factors on herb diversity, and the indirect effects via HDI. …”
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Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Evolution in Pure Copper with Dual Heterostructures Produced by Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment by Lele Sun, Xingfu Li, Cong Li, Yulan Gong, Zhengrong Fu, Jingran Yang, Shuwei Quan, Shen Qin, Xinkun Zhu

“…In the present study, a combination of two different types of heterogeneous structures, a surface bimodal structure and gradient structure, was designed using the traditional surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) method in pure copper, and the mechanical properties and microstructural evolution of dual-heterostructure Cu were studied in depth. …”
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Beyond variance: simple random distributions are not a good proxy for intraspecific variability in systems with environmental structure by Girard-Tercieux, Camille, Vieilledent, Ghislain, Clark, Adam, Clark, James S., Courbaud, Benoit, Fortunel, Claire, Kunstler, Georges, Pélissier, Raphaël, Rüger, Nadja, Maréchaux, Isabelle

“…Communities simulated with unstructured IV never reached the community diversity and composition of those where all the variation was explained and structured (perfect knowledge model). …”
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Annual and Seasonal Changes in the Structure of Litter-Dwelling Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Atlantic Semideciduous Forests by Flávio Siqueira de Castro, Alexandre Bahia Gontijo, Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro

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Assessment and Improvement of Avatar-Based Learning System: From Linguistic Structure Alignment to Sentiment-Driven Expressions by Aru Ukenova, Gulmira Bekmanova, Nazar Zaki, Meiram Kikimbayev, Mamyr Altaibek

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Genetic diversity, population structure and quality-trait associations in Blumea balsamifera revealed by EST-SSR markers. by Mei Huang, Xin Li, Zhenxia Chen, Dan Wang, Kai Wang, Xuan Hu, Xiaolu Chen, Lingliang Guan, Hongrui Zhang, Yuxin Pang, Fulai Yu

“…At the same time, genetic structure analysis and linkage disequilibrium analysis were performed. …”
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Coupling Effects of Environmental Factors on the Phytoplankton Community Structure in Ebinur Lake, a Saltwater Lake in China by Huibo Wang, Le Wang, Xue Du, Xiaoli Huang, Chen Zhao, Zhongsi Gao, Tangbin Huo

“…There was considerable spatiotemporal variation in the structure of the phytoplankton community, with the biomass of phytoplankton displaying notable seasonal variation. …”
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Fractal Characteristics of the Auroral Oval Structure According to the All-Sky Camera Data in Apatity for 2013–2020 by Kozelov Boris

“…The variability of the structures is characterized by the slope of the anisotropy variation spectrum over time. …”
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Controlled anisotropic wetting behaviour of multi-scale slippery surface structure of non fluoro polymer composite by B. Sabarish, B. N. Sahoo, B. Kandasubramanian

“…The additives undergo spontaneous surface agglomeration with formation of islands of forest of flake structure during the spinning process. This results in polymer films with enhanced roughness and highly hydrophobic surfaces. …”
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The Dynamic Complexity of a Holling Type-IV Predator-Prey System with Stage Structure and Double Delays by Yakui Xue, Xiafeng Duan

“…The most important outcome of this paper is that the variation of predator stage structure can affect the existence of the interior equilibrium point and drive the predator into extinction by changing the maturation (through-stage) time delay. …”
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Using Structured Observation and Content Analysis to Explore the Presence of Older People in Public Fora in Developing Countries by Geraldine Nosowska, Kevin McKee, Lena Dahlberg

“…This exploratory study used structured observation and content analysis to examine the presence of older people in public fora and considered the methods’ potential for understanding older people’s social integration and inclusion. …”
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The change in the yield structure elements of oilseed flax depending on hydrothermal conditions, the use of fertilizers, the seeding rates by Yu. V. Mamyrko, A. S. Bushnev

“…In the variants of oilseed flax cultivation technology differing in the amount of fertilizer and the seeding rate, there were identified the biometric indicators and such yield structure elements as “plant height”, “length of a technical part of a stem”, “number of bolls per plant”, “number of plants”, “number of bolls”, “plant and seed weight per area unit”, “1000 seed weight”. …”
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Fractal Geometry Tools in Studying the Formal Characteristics in the Urban Structure of the Traditional Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad by Aya A. Al-Dabbagh, Khalid J. Aldeen Ismail

“…Numerous studies have highlighted the unity and cohesion in the urban structures of traditional Arab urban environments, including Baghdad alleys, despite the diversity of the urban landscape. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of Forsythia ovata, a Korean endemic, based on genotyping-by-sequencing. by Yoo-Bin Lee, Soonku So, Yoo-Jung Park, Halam Kang, Ha-Rim Lee, Jae-Hyeong Kim, Ho-Kwon Gwak, Kyung-Ah Kim, Kyeong-Sik Cheon

“…In this study, we utilized genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) to examine the genetic diversity and population structure of F. ovata. Our analysis including 5,017 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 72 individuals, representing nine distinct populations. …”
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Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Carotid Artery Blood Flow with Machine Learning Algorithm and OpenFOAM by Banu Körbahti, Murad Kucur

“…Wall shear stresses and time averaged wall shear stresses were obtained for both the rigid and fluid structure interaction models, and variation of displacement throughout the pulsatile cycle was found for the FSI model. …”
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Structure and species composition of diatom community during the wet season in three floodplain lakes of Brazilian Pantanal. by Margaret S Nardelli, Denise C Bicudo, Silvio C Sampaio, Cláudia M D S Cordovil

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Hydrological Connectivity and Local Environment Alternately Drive Spatial Structure of Floodplain Aquatic Community Across Seasons by Hiromi Uno, Shunsuke Utsumi, Kentaro Morita, Osamu Kishida, Md. Khorshed Alam, Junjiro Negishi

“…We observed a clear seasonal shift of community structure in floodplain waterbodies. From the spring snowmelt season to the summer low flow season, the aquatic community structure was largely driven by the hydrological connectivity to the river, represented as the timing of the lotic–lentic transition during the seasonal flood recession. …”
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Variable-Diameter Deployable Structure Composite Preforms Made by Braiding and Needle-Punching Integrated Forming Technology by Zhengxi Zhou, Zitong Guo, Zhongde Shan, Zheng Sun, Jun Zhang, Fengchen Geng, Yaoyao Wang, Tianzheng Yang, Zhiqi Zhuang

“…The stiff-flexible coupled preform, serving as the reinforcing structure, directly determines the deployable properties, and its forming technology is currently a research challenge. …”
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Cowpea genetic diversity, population structure and genome-wide association studies in Malawi: insights for breeding programs by Michael M. Chipeta, John Kafwambira, Esnart Yohane

“…The research aimed to understand the genetic diversity and population structure of cowpea and to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify marker-trait associations (MTAs) for yield and related traits. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Community Structure of Macrozoobenthos from Five Mangrove Forests in North Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia by Anggita Amelati Harahap, Rizka Amelia, Ipanna Enggar Susetya, Arida Susilowati, Desrita Desrita, Tadashi Kajita, Mohammad Basyuni

“…The PCoA showed that approximately all individual macrozoobenthos from each community structure were localized in the same quadrant. Genetic variation was varied by 3% between populations and 97.5% within individuals according to the analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), with the dendrogram classifying the populations into two major clusters. …”
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