Multi-environment trials data analysis: linear mixed model-based approaches using spatial and factor analytic models by Tarekegn Argaw, Berhanu Amsalu Fenta, Habtemariam Zegeye, Girum Azmach, Assefa Funga

“…The analysis of multi-environment trials (MET) data in plant breeding and agricultural research is inherently challenging, with conventional ANOVA-based methods exhibiting limitations as the complexity of MET experiments grows. This study presents linear mixed model-based approaches for MET data analysis. …”
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Cognitive functions and their effect on disability in learning process and knowledge application in patients with arterial hypertension by S. Ya. Yanovska

“…Patients with stage III AH after a stroke had significant problems with their eyesight and hearing, concentration of attention and process of thinking, solving simple and complex problems. Moreover, a number of the following factors have contributed to the above-mentioned condition: emotional instability, nonconformity, desire to present themselves in a "favorable light", anxiety, depressive and paranoid tendencies, sensitive, egocentric, anosognotic response to the disease, exacerbation of accentuation of an excitable nature and low work efficiency, acute accentuation of personality traits, impairment of short- and long-term speech, auditory, imaginative, visual and informative memory, control of expression of understanding and emotions, interpersonal and internal personal emotional intelligence and logical thinking. …”
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Fuzzy Clustering Based on Activity Sequence and Cycle Time in Process Mining by Onur Dogan, Hunaıda Avvad

“…Clustering plays a vital role in process mining as it organizes complex event logs into meaningful groups, helping to identify common patterns, outliers, and inefficiencies. …”
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Swift Observations of Mrk 421 in Selected Epochs. IV. Physical Implications of X-Ray Flaring Activity and Features of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in 2018 April–2023 December... by B. Kapanadze, A. Gurchumelia, M. Aller

“…The UV and γ -ray variabilities demonstrated weak correlations with the X-ray flaring activity, which is not consistent with simple synchrotron self-Compton models and requires more complex particle acceleration and emission scenarios.…”
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Perspectives on the Use of Transthoracic Echocardiography Results for the Prediction of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy by N. N. Ilov, D. R. Stompel, S. A. Boytsov, O. V. Palnikova, A. A. Nechepurenko

“…The primary endpoint was the first-ever stable paroxysm of VT (lasting for ≥30 seconds), detected in the «monitor» zone of VT, or paroxysm of VT, which required ICD therapy.  …”
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Acoustic spectra processing for the determination of cavitation threshold in a high-frequency sonoreactor in water and PEG mixtures from 1 to 54 mPa.s by V. Avramovic, L. Hallez, C. Inserra, J-Y Hihn

“…The study of sonochemical activity and efficiency in a high frequency reactor (575 kHz) provides an opportunity to take an interest in the step-by-step implementation of a hydrophone measurement, from selection of the device to recording procedures, and especially signal processing with selection and extraction of the two most relevant probes: 3F0/2 magnitudes useful for detecting stable cavitation and cumulative integration of broadband noise and its interpretation (slope discontinuity) to get an indication of transient cavitation appearance. …”
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The impact of the structural state of the tubulin cytoskeleton on chlorophyll fluorescence indicators and auxin content in Solanum tuberosum by I.Yu. Makeeva, T.I. Puzina

“…In this case, a 20 % decrease in the reduction of plastoquinone in the reaction center of PS II (Fm) and a 40 % decrease in the potential quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) were detected. A decrease in IAA content (almost 3 times) was shown during pharmacological destruction of microtubules by oryzalin. …”

The Pathogenicity of Anti-β2GP1-IgG Autoantibodies Depends on Fc Glycosylation by Christoph Fickentscher, Iryna Magorivska, Christina Janko, Mona Biermann, Rostyslav Bilyy, Cecilia Nalli, Angela Tincani, Veronica Medeghini, Antonella Meini, Falk Nimmerjahn, Georg Schett, Luis E. Muñoz, Laura Andreoli, Martin Herrmann

“…This indicates a more efficient clearance of anti-β2GP1 immune complexes in the healthy children. …”
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Development of a portable laser-flash photolysis Faraday rotation spectrometer for measuring atmospheric total OH reactivity by B. Fang, N. Wei, W. Zhao, N. Yang, H. Zhou, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, J. Li, W. Zhang, Y. Lu, Y. Lu, Z. Zhu, Z. Zhu, Y. Liu, Y. Liu

“…To achieve efficient overlapping between the pump and probe laser and realize a long effective absorption path length, thus enabling high-sensitivity measurement, a specific Herriott-type pump–probe optical multi-pass cell was designed. …”
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Optimizing SVC placement for enhanced voltage stability using a novel index and hybrid ABC-PSO algorithm by Hafizur Rahman, Roman Mia, Mustafizur Rahman, Md. Faiyaj Ahmed Limon, Md. Shahid Iqbal, Md. Fahad Jubayer, Md. Rabiul Karim, Md. Janibul Alam Soeb

“…These findings demonstrate the robustness and practicality of the methodology and provide system operators with a robust means to ensure grid stability, operational efficiency, and enhanced resilience in the face of increasing load and system complexity.…”
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Tranexamic acid impairs plasmin generation on human mesenchymal stem cells and derived membrane microvesicles, halting pericellular proteolysis by Ramy Abou Rjeily, Christina Mrad, Fatiha Z. El-Ghazouani, Florence Toti, Audrey Cras, Audrey Cras, Eduardo Angles-Cano

“…Our findings provide the first demonstration that TXA efficiently inhibits MSC-driven plasmin generation by competitively blocking plasminogen binding to the uPA•uPAR complex at the cell plasma membrane.DiscussionWe propose that plasmin formation on MSCs may be involved in pathological processes such as endometrial hemorrhage (metrorrhagia and Post-Partum Hemorrhage), autoimmune and ischaemic diseases, as well as cancer. …”
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Surfactant-mediated transport behavior of zinc oxide nanoparticles in porous media by Yujue Wang, Zhou Cheng, Ming Wu, Yanru Hao

“…Nanomaterials and surfactants are widely detected in soil-groundwater environments, while the surfactant-mediated transport behavior of nanoparticles has not been sufficiently investigated. …”
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Wind Turbine Static Errors Related to Yaw, Pitch or Anemometer Apparatus: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Related Performance Assessment by Davide Astolfi, Silvia Iuliano, Antony Vasile, Marco Pasetti, Salvatore Dello Iacono, Alfredo Vaccaro

“…The optimization of the efficiency of wind turbine systems is a fundamental task, from the perspective of a growing share of electricity produced from wind. …”
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Combating a Global Threat to a Clonal Crop: Banana Black Sigatoka Pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Synonym Mycosphaerella fijiensis) Genomes Reveal Clues for Disease Control. by Rafael E Arango Isaza, Caucasella Diaz-Trujillo, Braham Dhillon, Andrea Aerts, Jean Carlier, Charles F Crane, Tristan V de Jong, Ineke de Vries, Robert Dietrich, Andrew D Farmer, Claudia Fortes Fereira, Suzana Garcia, Mauricio Guzman, Richard C Hamelin, Erika A Lindquist, Rahim Mehrabi, Olman Quiros, Jeremy Schmutz, Harris Shapiro, Elizabeth Reynolds, Gabriel Scalliet, Manoel Souza, Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Theo A J Van der Lee, Pierre J G M De Wit, Marie-Françoise Zapater, Lute-Harm Zwiers, Igor V Grigoriev, Stephen B Goodwin, Gert H J Kema

“…Melting-curve assays suggest that the genomes of two closely related members of the Sigatoka disease complex, P. eumusae and P. musae, also are expanded. …”
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Achievements and prospects of applying high-throughput sequencing techniques to potato genetics and breeding by I. V. Bykova, N. A. Shmakov, D. A. Afonnikov, A. V. Kochetov, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Special attention is given to peculiarities of the models and the approaches used in potato genetic studies, taking into account the complex organization of its genome and a high level of heterozygosity. …”
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Proteomic mechanism of sugar and organic acid metabolism during Korla fragrant pear (Pyrus sinkiangensis Yü) fruit development by Yi Wang, Yonghui Deng, Wei Jiang, Shijie An, Ling Ma, Zhendong Wang, Qiangqing Zheng, Pan Yan, Qiling Chen

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AI-assisted anatomical structure recognition and segmentation via mamba-transformer architecture in abdominal ultrasound images by Shih-Fang Chang, Shih-Fang Chang, Po-Yi Wu, Ming-Chang Tsai, Ming-Chang Tsai, Vincent S. Tseng, Chi-Chih Wang, Chi-Chih Wang

“…Combining Mamba and transformer architectures, this hybrid design was well-suited for the timely analysis of complex anatomical structures segmentation in abdominal ultrasonography, where accuracy and efficiency are critical in clinical practice.ConclusionThe proposed mamba-transformer hybrid recognition framework simultaneously detects and segments multiple abdominal organs and lesions in ultrasound images, achieving superior segmentation accuracy, visualization effect, and inference efficiency, thereby facilitating improved medical image interpretation and near real-time diagnostic sonography that meets clinical needs.…”
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Exploring Gene Expression and Alternative Splicing in Duck Embryonic Myoblasts via Full-Length Transcriptome Sequencing by Jintao Wu, Shuibing Liu, Dongcheng Jiang, Ya’nan Zhou, Hongxia Jiang, Xiaoyun Xiao, Boqian Zha, Yukai Fang, Jie Huang, Xiaolong Hu, Huirong Mao, Sanfeng Liu, Biao Chen

“…This extensive transcriptomic investigation not only sheds light on the intricate molecular mechanisms driving skeletal muscle development in ducks but also provides significant insights for future breeding strategies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of duck production. The results emphasize the efficacy of ONT sequencing in uncovering complex regulatory networks within avian species, ultimately contributing to progress in animal husbandry.…”
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Leveraging artificial intelligence for photo identification to aid CITES enforcement in combating illegal trade of the endangered humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) by C. Y. Hau, W. K. Ngan, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson

“…To address this, a photo identification system utilizing the unique complex facial patterns of humphead wrasse was established enabling enforcement officers to detect possible laundering by monitoring individual fish at retail outlets.Methods and resultsDeep learning models were developed for facial pattern extraction and comparison to enhance efficiency and accuracy. …”
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Jet Interaction with Galaxy Cluster Mergers by P. Domínguez-Fernández, J. ZuHone, R. Weinberger, E. Bellomi, L. Hernquist, P. Nulsen, G. Brunetti

“…Recent radio observations reveal the complex morphologies of cluster diffuse emission, potentially linked to interactions between AGN bursts and the cluster environment. …”
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