Spatial expansion of artisanal and small-scale gold mining nearby the Nile River, Sudan and its potential environmental impacts: Insights from Planetscope data and machine learning by Abdelmajeed A. Elrasheed, Yousif Y. Obaid, Szilárd Szabó

“…We aimed to use PlanetScope data to detect and map ASGM and highlight its environmental impacts around the Nile River, North Sudan, using the random forest (RF) classifier in three steps. …”
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Classification of Melanoma and Nevus in Digital Images for Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Muhammad Qasim Khan, Ayyaz Hussain, Saeed Ur Rehman, Umair Khan, Muazzam Maqsood, Kashif Mehmood, Muazzam A. Khan

“…In this paper, we propose an intelligent system to detect and distinguish melanoma from nevus by using the state-of-the-art image processing techniques. …”
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Tracking the genome-wide occupancy of Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON1 in endosperm development by Jingpu Song, Xin Xie, Ioannis Mavraganis, Bianyun Yu, Wenyun Shen, Hui Yang, Daoquan Xiang, Yangdou Wei, Yuhai Cui, Jitao Zou

“…LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), expressed in both endosperm and embryo, serves as a key regulator of seed development, orchestrating processes such as embryogenesis and seed maturation. …”
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Mycoviruses from Aspergillus fungi involved in fermentation of dried bonito by Seiji Buma, Syun-ichi Urayama, Rei Suo, Shiro Itoi, Shigeru Okada, Akihiro Ninomiya

“…Fermented dried bonito (“katsuobushi”) is one of the most important processed marine products in Japan. Fungi involved in katsuobushi fermentation are called katsuobushi molds, and Aspergillus spp. have been reported to be dominant on the surface of katsuobushi during fermentation. …”
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Effectiveness of face masks in blocking the transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A preliminary evaluation of masks used by SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals. by Vinicius M Mello, Cristiane M Eller, Andreza L Salvio, Felipe F Nascimento, Camila M Figueiredo, Emanuelle S R F Silva, Paulo S F Sousa, Pamela F Costa, Anne A P Paiva, Maria A M M Mares-Guias, Elba R S Lemos, Marco A P Horta

“…Forty-five paired samples of nasopharyngeal swabs and masks were obtained and processed; the majority of masks were woven. Viral RNAs were amplified using quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and detected only on the inner parts of masks. …”
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Characteristics of the Mare-Uterine-Culture-Based Bacterial Composition Using Practical Clinical Evaluation Methods by Inês B. Carvalho, Sandra Branco, Marta Laranjo, Maria Cristina Queiroga, Elisa Bettencourt

“…The most efficient antimicrobials were gentamicin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and enrofloxacin and resistance was detected mainly for doxycycline, penicillin, and ceftiofur. …”
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Association of antibody and T cell receptor repertoires in Trypanosoma cruzi infected rhesus macaques and host response to infection by Rachel M. Clear, Weihong Tu, Kelly Goff, Preston A. Marx, Claudia Herrera, Eric Dumonteil

“…A better understanding of these processes could help develop new immunotherapies against T. cruzi infection.…”
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Fusarium Head Blight in Barley from Subtropical Southern Brazil: Associated <i>Fusarium</i> Species and Grain Contamination Levels of Deoxynivalenol and Nivalenol by Emanueli Bizarro Furtado, Eduardo Guatimosim, Danielle Ribeiro de Barros, Carlos Augusto Mallmann, Jeronimo Vieira de Araujo Filho, Sabrina de Oliveira Martins, Dauri José Tessmann, Cesar Valmor Rombaldi, Luara Medianeira de Lima Schlösser, Adriana Favaretto, Leandro José Dallagnol

“…DON (0 to 10,200 µg/kg) and NIV (0 to 1630 µg/kg) were detected in 74% and 70% of the samples, respectively, with higher concentrations found in experimental fields. …”
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Knitted 3D Scaffolds of Polybutylene Succinate Support Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth and Osteogenesis by Miina Ojansivu, Laura Johansson, Sari Vanhatupa, Ilmari Tamminen, Markus Hannula, Jari Hyttinen, Minna Kellomäki, Susanna Miettinen

“…Polybutylene succinate (PBS) is a biodegradable polyester with better processability and different mechanical properties compared to polylactides (PLAs), the most commonly used synthetic polymers in tissue engineering (TE). …”
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Using molecular methods to diagnose, classify, and treat neonatal sepsis: a scoping review by Catherine Y. Lee, Sidney E. Zven, Shreyas A. Sathya, Danielle Abukhalaf, Sneha Sahoo, Pratyusha Samal, Stephanie M. Prescott

“…Future research using multi-omic analyses may further elucidate the development and progression of inflammatory processes that occur as sepsis progresses.…”
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Papillary and Callous Scales in the Integument of Agamid Lizards (Agamidae, Sauria) as a Phenomenon of Extraordinary Development of the Corneous Layers by Tatjana N. Dujsebayeva, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Awadh M. Al-Johany, Daniel A. Melnikov

“…The enlarged scales covered with an extremely thick <i>β</i>-corneous layer were detected in the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the tail base and on the palmar and plantar limb surfaces of all species. …”
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Reduced Levels of Neurosteroids in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients by Chiara Lucchi, Cecilia Simonini, Cecilia Rustichelli, Rossella Avallone, Elisabetta Zucchi, Ilaria Martinelli, Giuseppe Biagini, Jessica Mandrioli

“…Neurosteroid concentrations have been correlated with neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration biomarkers detected through an automated immunoassay, along with disease features and progression. …”
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π‐PhenoDrug: A Comprehensive Deep Learning‐Based Pipeline for Phenotypic Drug Screening in High‐Content Analysis by Xiao Li, Qinxue Ouyang, Mingfei Han, Xiaoqing Liu, Fuchu He, Yunping Zhu, Ling Leng, Jie Ma

“…Combining high‐content screening (HCS) with artificial intelligence efficiently detects drug‐induced cellular phenotypes from a large pool of compounds. …”
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LOW FREQUENCY PASSIVE SEISMIC ANALYSIS FOR CHARACTERIZING HYDROCARBON PRESENCE IN THE KENDAL SUBBASIN by Maman Rohaman, Alfathony Krisnabudhi, Hasan Tri Atmojo, Ikhwannur Adha

“…In analysing that potential trap system, the waveform data is processed following the time windowing and bandpass filtering to enhance signal clarity and isolate relevant seismic responses. …”
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Rapid cochlear gene therapy in adult deaf mice: Vglut3 rescue via AAV8 achieves day-1 hearing restoration by Ting Zhang, Rongqun Zhai, Mengli Liu, Hongen Xu, Liang Wang, Wenxue Tang, Bei Chen, Xingle Zhao

“…VGLUT3 expression in Vglut3KO mice revealed rapid transduction, detectable in inner hair cells (IHCs) by day 1, peaking at day 14. …”
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DIRECT IMPLANTATION IN THE REHABILITATION OF OF PATIENTS WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASE by K.P. Lokes, O.V. Dobrovolska, O.V. Dobrovolskyi, O.P. Bukhanchenko, V.M. Dvornyk, P.M. Skrypnikov

“…Resorptive and destructive processes in the periapical tissues were studied using cone-beam computed tomography. …”
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Investigating the ability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum on the reduction of aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A, and zearalenone in dough and toast Bread by Alireza Haji Amiri, Leila Nateghi, Nazanin Zand

“…After baking, neither AFB1 nor OTA were detected in any of the toast bread samples, with a 100% reduction observed in all treatments. …”
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20-Hydroxyecdysone Regulates the Expression of 30 Genes Specifically Expressed in Larval Digestive Tube of the Silkworm, <i>Bombyx mori</i> by Jiahao Li, Mulin Xia, Songyao Huang, Guangxie Zhang, Yuncheng Tang, Pingzhen Xu, Meirong Zhang

“…Nutrients needed to fuel the processes of growth, development, and reproduction, and to form the proteins in the cocoon, are derived from the larval stage. …”
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Application of gamma-ray spectroscopy and IR-spectroscopy methods for the purposes of ore geology in the Timan-Pechora Oil and Gas Province (the case of Ukhta Region) by I. R. Makarova, N. N. Laptev, S. A. Gorobets, F. F. Valiev, A. M. Yafyasov, V. O. Sergeev, A. I. Zippa, N. A. Sukhanov, D. K. Makarov, A. S. Grishkanich

“…For them, values were established that characterize the processes of uranium accumulation and uranium removal. …”
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Health risk assessment and comparative study on heavy metal levels in indigenous cereal-legume blends (CLBs) on Ghanaian markets by Yaw Doudu Takyi, Jonathan Awewomom, Samuel Selorm Attu, Osei Akoto, Marina Aferiba Tandoh

“…The safety of processed grains and pulses is of health concern so far as heavy metal pollution is concerned. …”
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