Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Changes and Driving Forces of Ecological Environment Quality in Tuojiang River Basin Based on RSEI Improved Modeling by ZHAO Xiaoyan, TAN Shucheng, ZHANG Su, LI Yongping, WU Han, WANG Chao

“…[Methods] Based on the Google Earth Engine platform, Landsat remote sensing images from 2000 to 2020 were selected to construct an ecological environment quality evaluation model with NDVI, WET, LST, NDBSI, and AI indices, and the coefficient of variation, one-way linear regression, and spatial autocorrelation analysis methods were used to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution pattern of ecological environment quality in the watershed, and to detect the driving force using the optimal parameter Geographic Detector Model(OPGD). …”
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Influence of Refractive Condition on Retinal Vasculature Complexity in Younger Subjects by Mohd Zulfaezal Che Azemin, Norsyazwani Mohamad Daud, Fadilah Ab Hamid, Ilyanoon Zahari, Abdul Halim Sapuan

“…A positive correlation (rho = 0.260, P < 0.05) between the Df and the spherical equivalent refraction was detected in this study. Using a linear model, it was estimated that 6.7% of the variation in Df could be explained by spherical equivalent refraction. …”
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Anisotropy of permeability, P-wave velocity and electrical resistivity of Upper Cretaceous carbonate samples from Tushka Area, Western Desert, Egypt by Mohamed A. Kassab, Andreas Weller

“…The values of the anisotropy ratio of seismic velocity (P-wave velocity) are close to one for all facies, this means that no anisotropy can be detected in the seismic velocity. …”
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Longitudinal surveillance of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban coastal Kenya: population dynamics, blood feeding frequency and dengue virus infection rates by Josephine Osalla, Louis-Clement Gouagna, Gilbert Rotich, Maureen Nzilani, Penina Safari, Kennedy Senagi, Francis Mutuku, Baldwyn Torto, David P. Tchouassi

“…Two dengue-2 virus RNA was detected in two blood-fed specimens that had fed on humans. …”
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Evaluating the spatial pattern of water quality of the Nile River, Egypt, through multivariate analysis of chemical and biological indicators by Mahmoud H. Hegab, Seliem M. El Sayed, Nasr M. Ahmed, Eman I. Abdel-Aal, Doaa A. Kassem, Khadiga M. Gaber, Amany M. Haroon, Soad S. Abdel Gawad, Mohamed E. Goher, Abd-Ellatif M. Hussian

“…The lowest abundance and diversity of phytoplankton and zooplankton were detected at the southern sites, which increased gradually to attain the highest density and diversity in the northern sites. …”
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Phasic and periodic change of drought under greenhouse effect by Yang Li, Zhicheng Zheng, Yaochen Qin, Haifeng Tian, Zhixiang Xie, Peijun Rong

“…It also ignores the nonstationary nature of the hydrometeorological water process; therefore, it is prone to bias in drought detection and may overestimate the intensity and duration of droughts. …”
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Colonization effect of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. on tomato plant and Bemisia tabaci by Entesar Nahed Haron, Dalia Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Eman El-Said, Nehal A. Zaid, Sahar F. Deraz, Ehab A. Serour

“…The findings indicated notable significant variations in the population densities of B. tabaci in comparison to the other groups in two seasons. …”
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Utilizing Remote Sensing Data for Species Distribution Modeling of Birds in Croatia by Andreja Radović, Sven Kapelj, Louie Thomas Taylor

“…We integrated expert-based population estimates with species distribution models (SDMs) by applying expert-derived density values to areas of suitable habitat predicted by SDMs. …”
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Expression of Th1/Th2 cytokines in partial target organs of type 2 diabetes mellitus rhesus monkey by Chen Shanshan, Luo Qihui, Zeng Wen, Cheng Anchun, Liu Wentao, Shi Liangqin, Chen Zhengli

“…The pathological changes were studied by hematoxylin-eosin staining, and the expressions of IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10 were observed by immunohistochemistry. Mean density was measured by IPP 6.0 (Image-pro plus 6.0) to evaluate their variation.Neutrophil cell infiltration which means chronic inflammation was observed in hepatic sinusoid of T2DM rhesus monkeys, and hepatic sinusoid of T2DM was wider than healthy rhesus monkeys. …”
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Centennial spatiotemporal evolution of AGC in subtropical forests and key driving factors − based on process modeling and geography detector by Lei Huang, Zihao Huang, Xuejian Li, Fangjie Mao, Meixuan Song, Yinyin Zhao, Fengfeng Ye, Lujin Lv, Jiacong Yu, Huaqiang Du

“…The results of the study showed that: (1) the correlation coefficients (R) between the simulated and observed AGC values of the BIOME-BGC model are all above 0.7, indicating that the model can effectively simulate the forest AGC dynamic; (2) In the SSP1-2.6 scenario, AGC increased first and then tended to decrease after reaching the peak in 2080; in the SSP2-4.5 scenario, AGC increased year by year; and in the SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios, AGC decreased first and then increased year by year; (3) based on the analysis using coefficient of variation (CV), the Theil-Sen Median (TSM) and the Mann-Kendall (MK) tests, the spatial heterogeneity of forest AGC in Zhejiang Province under the four different scenarios was significantly enhanced, and the density of forest AGC was significantly increased; (4) The OPGD factor detection analysis indicated that the primary independent factors influencing the spatiotemporal dynamics of AGC were nitrogen content under the SSP1-2.6 scenario, and atmospheric CO2 concentration under the SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios. …”
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Influence of multiple network structures on bayesian estimation of peer effects and statistical power for generalized linear network autocorrelation models by Guanqing Chen, A. James O’Malley

“…Finally, we perform a statistical power analysis based on these findings for use in designing future studies whose goal is to estimate or to detect peer-effects.…”
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Milk Composition Traits of Hamdani Crossbreed Sheep Raised Under Extensive Management by Ali Osman TURGUT, Erman GÜLENDAĞ, Davut KOCA, Sefa ÜNER

“…Milk composition analyses were performed using milk autoanalyzer. Mean values for milk fat (%), solid non-fat (SNF) (%), protein (%), lactose (%), salt (%) and pH, conductivity (mS/cm), freezing point (⸰C) and density (kg/m3) in Hcs were determined as 7.49±0.15, 8.69±0.08, 4.13±0.04, 3.89±0.04, 0.62±0.01, 6.93±0.04, 4.05±0.07, -0.5±0.01, and 1.027.84±0.38 respectively. …”
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Hydrogeochemical signatures, quality and driving forces of phreatic groundwater in a typical headwater region of the Yellow River watershed by Kui Liu, Huijun Yan, Wanping Wang, Shengbin Wang, Zhigang Wang, Yong Xiao, Bo Guo, Jie Wang, Shilong Zhang, Guoqiang Zhang, Shaokang Yang, Yu Liu

“…Groundwater exhibits significant variation in hydrochemical quality, with EWQI values ranging from 26 to 185. …”
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Identification of genetic regulatory loci for anthocyanins in wine grape skins by WANG Shanglin, ZHANG Huimin, SUN Qi, PAN Qiuhong, DONG Zhigang, DUAN Changqing, HE Fei

“…Finally, we analyzed the changes of anthocyanin concentrations caused by the variation of SNP loci, and explored the effects of the different genotypes of SNP loci on the anthocyanin concentration. …”
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