A curated soil fungal dataset to advance fungal ecology and conservation research in Australia and Antarctica by Luke Florence, Sean Tomlinson, Marc Freestone, John W. Morgan, Jennifer L. Wood, Camille Truong

“…Abstract DNA metabarcoding has played a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of the diversity and function of soil-inhabiting fungi. The Australian Microbiome Initiative has produced an extensive soil fungal metabarcoding dataset of more than 2000 plots across a breadth of ecosystems in Australia and Antarctica. …”
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Unraveling the gut: the pivotal role of intestinal mechanisms in Kawasaki disease pathogenesis by Enfu Tao, Dandan Lang

“…This review delves into how disruptions in gut barrier function trigger systemic inflammatory responses, exacerbate vascular inflammation, and contribute to coronary artery aneurysms. …”
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Effect of Rising Time on AC Stress-Induced Performance Degradation in a-ITGZO Thin-Film Transistors by Mingu Kang, Kyoungah Cho, Sangsig Kim

“…The simulation results further validate the stretched exponential model by illustrating the potential distribution across the dielectric and channel layers as a function of <i>t</i>_r-f and the density of states in the a-ITGZO TFT.…”
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Fostering sustainable social development through social entrepreneurship: implementing social innovation initiatives for transformation by MONIR Maruf Mohammad Sirajum, GEBEREMESKEL Aula Nerea

“…Through the launch of social innovation projects with the potential to bring about revolutionary change, this study explores the critical function of social entrepreneurship in promoting long-term societal progress. …”
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Computational Estimation of Football Player Wages by Yaldo L., Shamir L.

“…The wage of a football player is a function of numerous aspects such as the player’s skills, performance in the previous seasons, age, trajectory of improvement, personality, and more. …”
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The single agreement concept in international Framework Contracts for Cross-Border Derivatives and other financial Transactions by Aleksei P. Klementyev

“…These agreements provide a reliable foundation for structuring obligations across a broad range of financial instruments, including forwards, options, swaps, repurchase agreements (repos), and securities lending transactions. …”
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Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Traffic Signal Control with Spatio-Temporal Attention Mechanism by Wenzhe Jia, Mingyu Ji

“…The problem is formulated as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) with a novel reward function that balances vehicle waiting time, throughput, and fairness. …”
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Site-wise dynamic defects in a non-conserving exclusion process by Nikhil Bhatia, Arvind Kumar Gupta

“…The impact of the obstruction factor on the phase diagram is explored across various combinations of binding constants and detachment rates. …”
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Enzymatic twists evolved stereo-divergent alkaloids in the Solanaceae family by Adam Jozwiak, Michaela Almaria, Jianghua Cai, Sayantan Panda, Hadas Price, Ron Vunsh, Margarita Pliner, Sagit Meir, Ilana Rogachev, Asaph Aharoni

“…Phylogenetic analysis of GLYCOALKALOID METABOLISM 8 (GAME8) cytochrome P450 hydroxylases across the Solanaceae family revealed two distinct clades producing either 25S or 25R isomers. …”
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Innovative adaptive edge detection for noisy images using wavelet and Gaussian method by Huanxu Li, Keke Xu

“…The median thresholding function is chosen for its stability and convenience, while hard thresholding is avoided due to its tendency to introduce artifacts. …”
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Nile Red Staining for Oil Determination in Microalgal Cells: A New Insight through Statistical Modelling by Ronald Halim, Paul A. Webley

“…A quadratic surface model that successfully described the Nile red fluorescence intensity as a composite function of its variables was generated (r2=0.86). …”
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The Aging Lung: Exploring Multimorbidity Patterns and Their Clinical Implications: A Narrative Review by Ali Albarrati, Nichola S. Gale

“…Aging is a multifaceted biological process characterized by a progressive decline in cellular function and physiological resilience, increasing the risk of multiple chronic conditions. …”
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"What does this mean for our future?" uncertainty management in mothers' narratives about the diagnosis and birth of their child with Down syndrome. by Xavier Scruggs, Shannon Dier, Caleb A Schlaupitz, Katherine A Karayianis, Angela F Lukowski, Jennifer G Bohanek

“…In the present study, we document sources of uncertainty and the tools used to manage uncertainty in 44 mothers' narratives about the birth and diagnosis of their child with Down syndrome (DS); we also explore variability in the sources of uncertainty and uncertainty management tools as a function of whether mothers received a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of DS for their child. …”
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Melanopsin-mediated image statistics from natural and human-made environments by Pablo A. Barrionuevo, Francisco Diaz-Barrancas

“…In natural scenes, luminance contrasts were higher than melanopsin and ipRGC contrasts across most of the range. Melanopsin contrast was largely independent of excitation and was significantly reduced for larger receptive fields. …”
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Culture conditions for somatic embryogenesis in banana: brief review of the current practices, advantages, and constraints by Maria Angela Cruz, Carolyn Alcasid, Cyrose Suzie Silvosa-Millado, Mark Angelo Balendres

“…Banana (Musa spp.) is a high-value cash crop that serves as a staple food across Asia. However, numerous pests and diseases challenge the global production of bananas. …”
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De novo basecalling of RNA modifications at single molecule and nucleotide resolution by Sonia Cruciani, Anna Delgado-Tejedor, Leszek P. Pryszcz, Rebeca Medina, Laia Llovera, Eva Maria Novoa

“…Abstract RNA modifications influence RNA function and fate, but detecting them in individual molecules remains challenging for most modifications. …”
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Computational Investigation of Electronic Properties and Transmission Coefficient in AA-Stacked Bilayer Graphene Using the Nearest-Neighbour Tight-Binding Model by Yuki Wong, Nurul Ezaila Alias, Tian Swee Tan, Cheng Siong Lim, Michael Loong Peng Tan

“…Key properties, including the E-K dispersion relation, density of states (DOS) and transmission coefficients across various lattice dimensions, are explored using a MATLAB-based simulator integrating the NNTB approximation and nonequilibrium Green’s function equations. …”
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Named entity recognition for bacterial Type IV secretion systems. by Sophia Ananiadou, Dan Sullivan, William Black, Gina-Anne Levow, Joseph J Gillespie, Chunhong Mao, Sampo Pyysalo, Balakrishna Kolluru, Junichi Tsujii, Bruno Sobral

“…Research on specialized biological systems is often hampered by a lack of consistent terminology, especially across species. In bacterial Type IV secretion systems genes within one set of orthologs may have over a dozen different names. …”
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Dynamic Amplification of Subtropical Extreme Precipitation in a Warming Climate by Jesse Norris, Gang Chen, Chao Li

“…Contrastingly, the residual is quasi‐uniform across recurrence intervals but spatially heterogeneous, weakening extremes over dry zones. …”
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The effects of using BIM in detecting building design conflicts on architectural design products by Awder Omer Ali 1, a, *, Prof. Dr. Amjad Muhammed Ali Qaradaghi 2, a

“…The cases used in this research are limited only to low-rise residential complex buildings with an area ranging from 450-1000 m2 spread across Sulaymani city, designed between 2015-2022. …”
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