Vegetation Structure and Regeneration Status of Woody Species in Gerba Dima Moist Afromontane Forest of Southwestern Ethiopia: Implications for Conservation by Abyot Dibaba, Teshome Soromessa, Bikila Warkineh

“…This study assessed vegetation structure and regeneration status of woody species in Gerba Dima forest, southwestern Ethiopia. …”
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Monsoonal climate and asymmetric heating facilitate the slope-aspect to influence landscape-scale tree structure in the Western Ghats, India by Devi Maheshwori, Shreyas Managave, Girish Jathar, Sham Davande

“…Here we demonstrate the existence and prevalence of two modes related to monsoonal climate and asymmetric solar heating that influence the vegetation structure at the landscape-scale in the WG: (i) the north-facing slopes have a higher tree cover (TC) and canopy height (CH) than the south-facing slopes and (ii) higher TC and CH on the west-facing slopes than the east-facing slopes. …”
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Deformation anisotropy and lamellar α re-orientation of TC17 alloy under the different slip modes of HCP structure by Cong Li, Jiao Luo

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Effect of Current Density on Structure and Hardness of the MAO Film on 7N01 Aluminum Alloy Surface for Water Pump by WEI Si-yuan, LIU Zhi-ying

“…In order to improve performance of the MAO film on 7N01 aluminum alloy for water pump, the oxide film was prepared in an electrolyte containing graphene by controlling different micro-arc oxidation current density, and its structure and properties were analyzed as well. Results showed that thicker oxide film could be prepared under higher current density, and the film thickness and current density had an obvious linear variation trend. …”
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Finely Designing Dicarboxylic Acid-Based Protic Ionic Liquids System for Tailoring Lignin Structure via Demethylation Strategy by Cheng Li, Xinyu Xiao, Qizhen Luo, Wanting Zhao, Wenzhe Xiao, Ling-Ping Xiao, Yao Tong, Shangru Zhai, Jian Sun

“…With [EOA][GA] treatment, the polyphenol content in lignin was favorably increased beyond 1.58 times. The structural tailoring and variation were fully characterized by 2D HSQC and ¹H NMR. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Structure of a Critically Endangered Ornamental Species, <i>Rhododendron farinosum</i>, with Extremely Small Populations by Fengjuan Li, Linyuan Fan, Jingli Zhang, Wen Liu, Wei Li, Yongpeng Ma, Hong Ma

“…The PCA, Structure, and UPGMA consistently depicted that the three populations of <i>R. farinosum</i> are clearly distinguished into three clusters. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Structure of Coix lacryma-jobi L. from Its World Secondary Diversity Center, Southwest China by Yu-Hua Fu, Chenglong Yang, Qiuyi Meng, Fanzhi Liu, Gang Shen, Mingqiang Zhou, Maohong Ao

“…AMOVA analysis showed the molecular variation within populations was much higher than that among populations of geographical regions and subpopulations derived from STRUCTURE. …”
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Comparison of muscle structure and transcriptome analysis of eyed-side muscle and blind-side muscle in Cynoglossus semilaevis (Osteichthyes, Cynoglossidae) by Zhenming Lü, Yuzhen Wang, Jing Yu, Yijing Yang, An Xu, Li Gong, Jing Liu, Fenghui Li, Liqin Liu

“…In this study, we generated the first comparative investigation on the structure of muscle cells, and transcriptome analysis between the eyed-side muscle (ESM) and blind-side muscle (BSM) in C. semilaevis. …”
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Woody species diversity, structure and community distribution along environmental gradients of Seqela Dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia. by Liyew Birhanu, Getaneh Moges, Nigussie Amsalu, Heiko Balzter

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the composition of woody species, structure, regeneration status and plant communities in Seqela forest, as well as the relationship between plant community types and environmental variables. …”
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Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation. by Sandra Hoffmann, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Willy Aspinall, Roger Cooke, Tim Corrigan, Arie Havelaar, Frederick Angulo, Herman Gibb, Martyn Kirk, Robin Lake, Niko Speybroeck, Paul Torgerson, Tine Hald

“…This study reports the findings of a structured expert elicitation providing globally comparable food source attribution estimates for 11 major FBDs in each of 14 world subregions.…”
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Hierarchical genetic structure in an evolving species complex: Insights from genome wide ddRAD data in Sebastes mentella. by Atal Saha, Matthew Kent, Lorenz Hauser, Daniel P Drinan, Einar E Nielsen, Jon-Ivar Westgaard, Sigbjørn Lien, Torild Johansen

“…The diverse biology and ecology of marine organisms may lead to complex patterns of intraspecific diversity for both neutral and adaptive genetic variation. Sebastes mentella displays a particular life-history as livebearers, for which existence of multiple ecotypes has been suspected to complicate the genetic population structure of the species. …”
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Challenges in practice and training structure of residents in obstetric anaesthesia: a perspective from teaching hospitals in Sindh province of Pakistan by Fauzia Anis Khan, Saeeda Haider, Nighat Abbas, Saleh Khaskheli, Ahmed Uddin Soomro, Safia Zafar Siddiqui

“… Objective: To document information on the available obstetric anaesthesia services and structure of resident training in a Pakistani setting. …”
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Beyond the closed-forest paradigm: Cross-scale vegetation structure in temperate Europe before the late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions by Elena A. Pearce, Florence Mazier, Charles W. Davison, Oliver Baines, Szymon Czyżewski, Ralph Fyfe, Krzysztof Bińka, Steve Boreham, Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Cunhai Gao, Wojciech Granoszewski, Anna Hrynowiecka, Małgorzata Malkiewicz, Tim Mighall, Bożena Noryśkiewicz, Irena Agnieszka Pidek, Jaqueline Strahl, Hanna Winter, Jens-Christian Svenning

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A comprehensive analysis of the response of the fungal community structure to long-term continuous cropping in three typical upland crops by Hang LIU, Feng-juan PAN, Xiao-zeng HAN, Feng-bin SONG, Zhi-ming ZHANG, Jun YAN, Yan-li XU

“…The long-term continuous soybean cropping also exhibited increased soil fungal diversity. The variation in the fungal community structure among the three crops was greater than that between long-term continuous cropping and rotation cropping. …”
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Stand structure and plant diversity characteristics of typical artificial forests after natural recovery in the hilly region of central Hainan by Jianxing Wei, Jianxing Wei, Haihui Chen, Haihui Chen, Xuebiao Yu, Zhaobin Guo, Zhaobin Guo, Xuefeng Zhang, Leyu Tian, Leyu Tian, Shouqian Nong, Shouqian Nong

“…However, growth constraints on woody plants and limited biodiversity recovery persist. Structural optimization is crucial for enhancing niche differentiation and accelerating succession toward climax forest communities.…”
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Software-assisted structured reporting and semi-automated TNM classification for NSCLC staging in a multicenter proof of concept study by Maurice M. Heimer, Yevgeniy Dikhtyar, Boj F. Hoppe, Felix L. Herr, Anna Theresa Stüber, Tanja Burkard, Emma Zöller, Matthias P. Fabritius, Lena Unterrainer, Lisa Adams, Annette Thurner, David Kaufmann, Timo Trzaska, Markus Kopp, Okka Hamer, Katharina Maurer, Inka Ristow, Matthias S. May, Amanda Tufman, Judith Spiro, Matthias Brendel, Michael Ingrisch, Jens Ricke, Clemens C. Cyran

“…Abstract Objectives In this multi-center study, we proposed a structured reporting (SR) framework for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and developed a software-assisted tool to automatically translate image-based findings and annotations into TNM classifications. …”
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Study on the Typological Chronology of Cantonese Palatial-Type (Diantang Shi) Timber Structures in Guangdong Province, China: An Interdisciplinary Approach of Building Archaeology by Yunan Ren

“…Periodization further facilitates the identification of two dramatic structural variations in the second phase, revealing Hakka–Cantonese cultural transmission and political intervention as two different socio-cultural mechanisms underpinning architectural transformations. …”
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Protein-DNA interaction in tight-binding paradigm by Hamze Mousavi, Ronak Emami

“…Abstract The interaction between protein and DNA across three distinct conformations of protein chains is examined in the framework of band structures and density of states analysis, utilizing a tight-binding Hamiltonian model in conjunction with Green’s function technique. …”
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Stand structure influences understory plant diversity through soil factors: three afforestation types of Masson’s pine in the upper Yangtze River, China by Yongqi Xiang, Qian Lyu, Huiqin Yang, Biran Yin, Zhiren Tang, Guirong Hou, Gang Chen, Kuangji Zhao, Yuqin Chen, Chuan Fan, Chuan Fan, Xianwei Li, Xianwei Li

“…However, the effects of stand spatial structure formed by different types of mixed afforestation on understory plants communities are still not clear.MethodsTo answer these questions, we examined the stand spatial structure’s impact on soil (nitrogen, phosphrous, potassium, etc.) and understory plant communities (diversity indexes, ecological niche width and resource overlap of shrub and herb) in three types of Pinus massoniana afforestation: a monoculture (MPF), a mixed forest with Cunninghamia lanceolata (MCLMF), and a mixed forest with Liquidambar formosana (MLMF).ResultsMCLMF substantially increased diversity and ecological niche width for understory shrubs and herbs, steered understory plants toward resource utilization generalism. …”
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The Commander population of sea otter <i>Enhydra lutris</i>: history of exploitation and recovery, evaluation of modern state by Sergej V. Zagrebelniy

“…Density of the sea otter distribution in the coastal waters is estimated from the data on findings of dead animals. Age-sex structure of the population varies between the sites and has seasonal variation. …”
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