The European Hare (Lepus europaeus) as a Biomonitor of Selected Heavy Metal Pollution in the Marmara Region, Türkiye by Can Senem Ümran, Demirbaş Yasin, Erduran Nuran, Beuković Dejan

“…Significant variations were recorded among the concentrations of heavy metals studied in the selected tissues. The highest average concentrations in the skin were recorded for Cr (8.69 mg/kg), Mn (3.27 mg/kg), Zn (48.37 mg/kg), As (0.07 mg/kg), Se (0.29 mg/kg), Cd (0.39 mg/kg), and Pb (1.12 mg/kg), while the concentrations of Cu (4.59 mg/kg) and Hg (0.03 mg/kg) were highest in muscle tissues. …”
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Fine-Grained Feature Extraction in Key Sentence Selection for Explainable Sentiment Classification Using BERT and CNN by Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Anupama Udayangani Gunathilaka, Jinglan Zhang, Yuefeng Li

“…Existing studies on document-level sentiment analysis with sentence-wise learning often overlook important local feature extraction at both the sentence and document levels for multi-class sentiment classification, limiting the selection of key sentences with greater transparency. …”
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A combined feature selection approach for malicious email detection based on a comprehensive email dataset by Han Zhang, Yong Shi, Ming Liu, Libo Chen, Songyang Wu, Zhi Xue

“…We summarize two major challenges in the current field of malicious email detection using machine learning algorithms. (1) Current works on malicious email detection use different datasets and lack a unified and comprehensive open source dataset standard for evaluating detection performance. In addition, outdated data makes it difficult to detect new types of malicious email attacks. (2) There are limitations in feature selection and extraction. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Selectivity over Ethane in Promising Bis Tri (Fluoromethylsulfonyl) Imide-Based Ionic Liquids by Eric Quaye, Amr Henni, Ezeddin Shirif

“…Results demonstrate the inferior performance of [IL-1], [IL-2], and [IL-3] compared to Selexol/Genosorb 1753. The selectivity of Ethane (C₂H₆) over CO₂ was determined, with the overall selectivity ranking as follows: [IL-1] > [IL-3] > [IL-2]. …”
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Short communication: Substantial heritability of larval size in the black soldier fly reveals potential for selective breeding by R.M. Zaalberg, L.B. Andersen, L.S. Hansen, G. Gebreyesus, M. Henryon, K. Jensen, H.M. Nielsen

“….; Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is selective breeding. We validated that larval size is moderately heritable and should, therefore, respond to selection. …”
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Evaluation of a new method of selective dry cow treatment using microbiological culture and antibiogram results by Hossein Navaei, Mehdi Vodjgani, Babak Khoramian, Vahid Akbarinejad, Faramarz Gharagozloo, Massoud Talebkhan Garoussi, Amir Momeni

“…Materials and methods A total of 291 Holstein dairy cows were selected from three herds. These cows had a somatic cell count (SCC) > 200,000 (cells/mL) just before drying off, had positive composite milk culture results, and were gradually dried over five days. …”
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Enhancing credit card fraud detection: the impact of oversampling rates and ensemble methods with diverse feature selection by Mohamed Akouhar, Abdallah Abarda, Mohamed El Fatini, Mohamed Ouhssini

“…To address the data imbalance, the researchers systematically investigated the impact of varying oversampling rates using SMOTE. Additionally, they developed an ensemble model that integrates seven feature selection methods with the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) algorithm. …”
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Emergency contraception knowledge, utilization and its determinants among selected young females in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Feven Berhanu Erko, Bezawit Negash Demissie, Abdella Birhan Yabeyu, Kaleab Taye Haile, Arebu Issa Bilal

“…Participants were selected using convenience sampling. A single proportion formula was used to calculate the sample size. …”
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Current issues in diagnosis and selection of effective antibacterial therapy for acute bronchitis and community-acquired pneumonia in children by Elena I. Krasnova, Veronika V. Provorova, Tatiana A. Kolpakova, Aleksandr V. Vasyunin, Vera G. Kuznetsova

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Provenance and tree-to-tree differences in germination performance of Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile: Insights for domestication and selection by Moustapha Arèmou Kolawole, Amandine Dohoué Martinienne Akakpo, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Florent Noulèkoun, Kangbéni Dimobe, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Romain Glèlè Kakaï

“…Our study showed that selection based on FGP and GI can be used to identify elite genotypes for domestication and improvement programs for B. aegyptiaca.…”
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Paddy soil fertility shifts microbial metabolic quotient by regulating the selective enrichment of specific bacterial groups by Yali Kong, Jie Wang, Chunquan Zhu, Wenhao Tian, Lianfeng Zhu, Xiaochuang Cao, Yupei Chen, Xiaoxia Liu, Haimin Kong, Yijun Yu, Gengmiao Zhang, Junhua Zhang

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The proteinuria selectivity index value predicts the remission of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study by Ryunosuke Mitsuno, Takashin Nakayama, Wataru Ito, Tomomi Maruki, Ran Nakamichi, Keika Adachi, Norifumi Yoshimoto, Akihito Hishikawa, Aika Hagiwara, Shintaro Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Monkawa, Jun Yoshino, Akinori Hashiguchi, Tatsuhiko Azegami, Kaori Hayashi

“…IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common type of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide and leads to end-stage kidney disease. The proteinuria selectivity index (PSI) has been used to assess the prognosis in nephrotic syndrome, but its predictive value in patients with IgAN remains unclear. …”
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Optical design of beam for proton therapy energy selection system based on CYCIAE-230 superconducting cyclotron by ZHAO Bohan, GUO Qiankun, ZHANG Tianjue, WANG Chuan, YIN Zhiguo, SONG Qiqi, HE Aolai, LIU Zhan, WANG Xi, HU Mingzhi, LIU Jingyuan, WANG Yang, ZHU Xiaofeng, XIONG Rui, JIANG Tianyi

“…BackgroundThe energy selection system (ESS) is a key part of the cyclotron-based proton therapy facility. …”
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New class of thio/semicarbazide-based benzyloxy derivatives as selective class of monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors by Namitha Chandran, Jiseong Lee, Prabitha Prabhakaran, Sunil Kumar, Sachithra Thazhathuveedu Sudevan, Della Grace Thomas Parambi, Tariq G. Alsahli, Manu Pant, Hoon Kim, Bijo Mathew

“…BT1, BT3, and BT5 showed the greatest inhibitory activity with an identical IC50 value of 0.11 µM against MAO-B, followed by BT6 and BT7 (IC50 = 0.12 µM) and BT2 (IC50 = 1.68 µM). The selectivity index of BT5 was the highest (363.64) for MAO-B, whereas that of BT1 was 88.73. …”
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CCTA-Guided Selective Invasive Coronary Catheterization: A Strategy to Reduce Contrast Volume and Improve Efficiency by Jorge Dahdal, Ruurt Jukema, Aernout G. Somsen, Eline Kooijman, Ellaha Wahedi, Jorrit S. Lemkes, Pieter G. Raijmakers, Ton Heestermans, Niels van Royen, Paul Knaapen, Ibrahim Danad

“…Additionally, this unilateral ICA approach has the potential to reduce both contrast agent usage and procedure time compared to the conventional bilateral visualization strategy.…”
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Whole genome resequencing reveals genetic diversity, population structure, and selection signatures in local duck breeds by Pengwei Ren, Yongdong Peng, Liu Yang, Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Yadi Jing, Chao Qi, Zhansheng Liu, Shuer Zhang, Nenzhu Zheng, Meixia Zhang, Xiang Liu, Zhiming Zhu, Mingxia Zhu

“…Using top 60 feature selected SNPs, the random forest classification model successfully identified different breeds of ducks under the study with 96.2% accuracy. …”
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Development of ptxD/Phi as a new dominant selection system for genetic manipulation in Cryptococcus neoformans by Muthita Khongthongdam, Tanaporn Phetruen, Sittinan Chanarat

“…However, current genetic tools, including the variation of versatile selectable markers, are limited. This study develops and validates the phosphite dehydrogenase gene (ptxD)/phosphite (Phi) selection system as a non-antibiotic selectable marker for genetic manipulation in C. neoformans. …”
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Hybrid Big Bang-Big crunch with cuckoo search for feature selection in credit card fraud detection by Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid, Nilesh Bhosle, Gadug Sudhamsu, Ali Khatibi, Sahil Sharma, Rubal Jeet, R. Sivaranjani, A. Bhowmik, A. Johnson Santhosh

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A band selection method for consumer-grade camera modification for UAV-based rapeseed growth monitoring by Chufeng Wang, Jian Zhang, Hao Wu, Bin Liu, Botao Wang, Yunhao You, Zuojun Tan, Jing Xie, Liangzhi You, Junqiang Zhang, Ping Wen

“…However, few studies have examined filter selection methods to modify consumer-grade cameras for UAV-based agricultural crop monitoring. …”
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Selective blockade of acid-sensing ion channel 1a can provide substantial hippocampal neuroprotection by Jiaai Li, Yu Cheng, Yu Cheng, Di Ma, Guangjian Li, Weixuan Zhao, Ting Jiang, Hongmei Meng

“…This study aimed to investigate whether ASIC1a is trafficked to the plasma membrane and regulated by the Rho/ROCK and PI3K signaling pathways in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). In addition, further research is required to determine whether selective ASIC1a blockade is a viable therapeutic strategy for TLE.MethodsThe localization and expression levels of ASIC1 and mRNA levels of ASIC1a were detected when the Rho/ROCK and PI3K signaling pathways were activated and inhibited in glutamate (Glu)-induced cell. …”
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