Production and biological characteristics and genotoxic status of clam <i>Corbicula japonica</i> (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in the estuary of Avvakumovka River (Olga Bay, northwester... by Evgeny V. Kolpakov, Nikolay V. Kolpakov, Valentina V. Slobodskova

“…Settlements in different parts of estuary differ by abundance of C. japonica , its size-age structure, and growth rates. The maximum observed shell size was 53 mm, the maximum weight of mollusk - 43 g, the maximum age - 13 years. …”
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Rhythm-Based Attention Analysis: A Comprehensive Model for Music Hierarchy by Fangzhen Zhu, Changhao Wu, Qike Huang, Na Zhu, Tuo Leng

“…Deciphering the structural hierarchy of musical compositions is indispensable for a range of music analysis applications, encompassing feature extraction, data compression, interpretation, and visualization. …”
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Study on the fracture characteristics of overlying rock strata under different mining face widths by Zengqiang Yang, Zheng Zheng, M. Hesham El Naggar, Chang Liu

“…The physical experimental results reported in relevant literature have also verified that the overlying rock strata are fractured with trapezoidal structure. Subsequently, the relevant parameters of this trapezoidal spatial structure about overlying rock strata before and after periodic roof weighting are analyzed in detail, and the calculation results show that the height of trapezoidal spatial structure is directly affected by the width of mining face, and the fractured form of rock layers changes from a horizontal “O-X” structure to a vertical “O-X” structure from the bottom up. …”
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Determinants of Field‐Saturated Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Across Sub‐Saharan Africa: Texture and Beyond by Aida Bargués‐Tobella, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Douglas Sheil, Tor‐Gunnar Vågen

“…Our findings highlight that, despite soil texture being important, structure also plays a critical role. These results indicate considerable potential to improve soil hydrological functioning through management and restoration practices that target soil structure. …”
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Combined characterization of pore structurein deep medium-rank coal using mercury intrusion and liquid nitrogen adsorption methods and its pore fractal characteristics by Qi LI, Yong WU, Lei QIAO

“…The pore structure parameters (specific surface area and pore volume) determined by mercury intrusion and liquid nitrogen adsorption methods showed a non-linear concave curve variation with increasing burial depth. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Influence of the Location of Sand Mining on the Local Scour Characteristics of Bridge Piers by WU Wei, CAI Huiyi, WANG Hao, FU Dabao, CHEN Zetong, YAO Jiateng

“…In this paper, two kinds of flow conditions, four kinds of sand pit positions and local scour tests of piers without sand pit structures were carried out, and the characteristics of scour topography and the variation of local turbulent structure of piers under different working conditions were analyzed.MethodsFirstly, the three-dimensional terrain reconstruction is carried out by using Visual SFM open source software, and the Scale Invariant Feature Transformation method is used to identify and extract the terrain feature points, and the feature points are matched. …”
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Optimization of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Configuration for Enhanced Flexural Performance in Strengthened Concrete Beams by Eyad Alsuhaibani

“…This study demonstrates that optimizing CFRP configurations, particularly in terms of length, width, and anchorage, is essential for maximizing structural performance while minimizing material usage, offering practical insights for cost-effective and performance-driven structural retrofitting applications.…”
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Spatial variation in human omnivory during the late Holocene in southern South America: an assessment based on transformed isotopic niches mapping by Gustavo Barrientos, Gustavo Barrientos, Luciana Catella, Natalia Soledad Morales, Natalia Soledad Morales

“…Among the factors that likely structured spatial variation in the degree and type of omnivory are those characterizing the physical environment (e.g., net primary productivity or NPP, effective temperature or ET) and the biotic environment (e.g., differential distribution of marine biota). …”
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Case Report: Compound heterozygous variants in BHLHA9 cause complex syndactyly with oligodactyly, renal artery variation, and facial scar by Weidong Wei, Weidong Wei, Xiaosha Wang, Xiaosha Wang, Tao Zhang, Tao Zhang, Yongxing Zhong, Yongxing Zhong, Jintang Zhang, Jintang Zhang, Hua Yuan, Hua Yuan, Xiaoliang Shi, Xiaoliang Shi, Yao He, Yao He, Haitao Pan, Haitao Pan, Zhen Yang, Yuejuan Wang

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Genetic variation in plant CYP51s confers resistance against voriconazole, a novel inhibitor of brassinosteroid-dependent sterol biosynthesis. by Wilfried Rozhon, Sigrid Husar, Florian Kalaivanan, Mamoona Khan, Markus Idlhammer, Daria Shumilina, Theo Lange, Thomas Hoffmann, Wilfried Schwab, Shozo Fujioka, Brigitte Poppenberger

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Robust Synthetic Data Generation for Sequential Financial Models Using Hybrid Variational Autoencoder–Markov Chain Monte Carlo Architectures by Francesco Bruni Prenestino, Enrico Barbierato, Alice Gatti

“…These findings position the proposed framework as a computationally efficient and structurally simple alternative to Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)-based methods, suitable for real-world applications in data-driven financial modelling.…”
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Effect of Defect Density Variation in CdTe Solar Cell Using Cu as A Hole Transport Layer and Back Contact by F. T. Johora, M. A. Khan, A. Al Asad, Md. Rabiul Islam, A. Rayhan

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A virtual-reality (VR) cognitive pupillometry analysis of auditory and visual phonemic awareness tasks involving ‘th’ sound variations by Mohsen Mahmoudi-Dehaki, Nasim Nasr-Esfahani

“…The second group faced auditory PATs only (i.e., rhyme recognition and sound isolation) structured around voiced and voiceless ‘th’ sounds. …”
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Genetically Similar Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni Strains and Associated Phages Display Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation Across 35 Years by Katherine M. D'Amico-Willman, Prasanna Joglekar, David F. Ritchie, Amber M. Smith, Helena Heiberger, Alejandra I. Huerta

“…The minor yet significant genetic variation among this small population of Xap strains is structured by both geographic location and response to phage infection. …”
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Optimization of Mangiferin extraction from Mangifera Indica leaves Peruvian Criollo variation using ultrasound assisted surface response methodology by Elena Sofia Espinoza Rodríguez, Stephanie Elena Sosa Pulcha, Naysha Y. M․ Elguera, Abdel Alejandro Portocarrero Banda, Hugo Guillermo Jiménez Pacheco

“…However, spectral differences in amine and amide peaks suggested minor structural variations due to the extraction process. …”
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Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Image Registration Method Combining Scale-Invariant Feature Transform with Co-Occurrence Filter and Histogram of Oriented Gradients Features by Yi Yang, Shuo Liu, Haitao Zhang, Dacheng Li, Ling Ma

“…By replacing the traditional Gaussian filter with a co-occurrence filter, Cof-SIFT effectively suppresses texture variations while preserving structural information, thereby enhancing robustness to cross-modal differences. …”
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Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors in Geotechnical Engineering: Laboratory Studies and Field Implementation at the Acropolis of Athens by Elena Kapogianni, Michael Sakellariou

“…Despite the challenges posed by the archaeological site’s constraints, the system gathered data over two years, offering insights into the structural behavior of this historic monument under environmental and loading variations. …”
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Investigation of mixing performance and safety characteristics of polymer-based energetic materials simulant via screw-pressing blending extrusion charges by Gaoming Lin, Huzeng Zong, Suwei Wang, Huang Chen, Siyu Yu, Xiaojie Hao, Kang Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Guohui Zhang

“…Such tools guide the design of the structure and configuration of process parameters. …”
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A comprehensive study on in situ stress field characteristics and changes in rock mechanical properties in deep mines in northeastern Yunnan, China by Hui Wang, Bangtao Sun, Cong Cao, Shibo Yu, He Wang, Ye Yuan, Hua Zhong

“…The line density of structural planes shows high density in shallow areas and low density in deep areas. …”
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Population trends of jaguars in a tropical forest in southern Mexico by Fernando M. Contreras‐Moreno, Lizardo Cruz‐Romo, Daniel Jesús‐Espinosa, Khiavett G. Sánchez‐Pinzón, Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero, Beatriz C. Luna‐Olivera, José J. Flores‐Martínez, Mario C. Lavariega

“…We studied spatiotemporal population trends of jaguars in a tropical rainforest in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) located in southern Mexico. We used sex‐structured open capture–recapture models (OSCR) to estimate jaguar population density related to environmental variables and overlap of individual activity centers to evaluate their spatial interactions. …”
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