Effect of complex microbial inoculation on growth, nitrogen and phosphorus uptake of maize and soybean in intercropping system by Huozhi HUANG, Yang LIU, Kang CHEN, Xiurong WANG

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of inoculation with synthetic microbial communities on growth, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) uptake of monocultured or intercropped maize and soybean, and provide a theoretical basis for utilizing efficiently microbial inoculants to enhance crop yield.MethodUsing unsterilized soil in monoculture and intercropping systems of maize and soybean, a pot experiment, including eight treatments of non-inoculated control (CK), single inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi, A), rhizobia (R) or Bacillus (B), dual inoculation with AM fungi and rhizobia (A+R), AM fungi and Bacillus (A+B), or rhizobia and Bacillus (R+B), and triple inoculation with AM fungi, rhizobia and Bacillus (A+R+B), was conducted to determine plant dry weight, N and P contents, root traits, mycorrhizal colonization rate, nodule traits, pH and acid phosphatase activity in the rhizosphere.ResultThe different combinations of dual inoculation exhibited better inoculation effects. …”
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Applied AMT machine learning and multi-objective optimization for enhanced performance and reduced environmental impact of sunflower oil biodiesel in compression ignition engine by Ali A. Al-jabiri, Hyder H. Balla, Mudhaffar S. Al-zuhairy, Hussein Alahmer, Ahmed Al-Manea, Raed Al-Rbaihat, Ali Alahmer

“…The AMT models demonstrate high prediction accuracy, with coefficient of determination (R2) values exceeding 0.98.…”
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Apparent Digestibility Coefficients of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor), and Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora vicina) Insects for Juvenile Afric... by Zsuzsanna J. Sándor, Vojislav Banjac, Strahinja Vidosavljević, Jenő Káldy, Robert Egessa, Éva Lengyel-Kónya, Rita Tömösközi-Farkas, Zsolt Zalán, Nóra Adányi, Balázs Libisch, Janka Biró

“…A digestibility trial was conducted with African catfish hybrid juveniles in order to determine the apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of different nutrients. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting the Spatial Association Network of Food Security Level in China by Chuansong Zhao, Chunxia Li, Jianxu Liu, Haixia Lian, Woraphon Yamaka

“…Employing data from 30 provinces between 2008 and 2022, the entropy method quantifies food security levels, while a modified gravity model underpins the construction of a spatial association network. …”
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Influence of pH on protein extraction from Sus scrofa pancreas by E. K. Polishchuk, M. A. Aryzina, M. E. Spirina, E. A. Kotenkova

“…The aim of this work was to study the influence of pH changes in 0.9% sodium chloride solution used as an extractant on the efficiency of bioactive protein isolation from the porcine pancreas. …”
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Investigation of the scattering cross sections of neutrons on carbon nuclei at the reactor filtered beams by O. O. Gritzay, M. L. Gnidak, V. V. Kolotyi, O. I. Korol, V. F. Razbudey, V. M. Venedyktov, Jeffery Richardson, Kenneth Sale

“…The 3 He counters (CHM-37, 7 atm, diameter = 18 mm, L = 50 cm) are placed in five layers (12 or 11 in each layer). To determine the neutron scattering cross section on carbon the relative method of measurement was used. …”
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Features of innate immunity in children with hypertrophy of the palatine tonsils by V. A. Grankovsky, E. P. Karpova, L. V. Gankovskaya, Ya. S. Avalyan, E. D. Merkusheva, E. V. Zinina

“…The 3rd group included 30 children with grade 3 hypertrophy of the palatine tonsils, who, by clinical indications, underwent bilateral tonsillotomy. Determination and evaluation of innate immunity indices was carried out both before starting the treatment, and one month later, using the real-time PCR method.In children with hypertrophy of palatine tonsils, the initial values of TLR4 gene expression and antimicrobial peptides differed from those of healthy children. …”
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Phenotypic screen of early-developing larvae of the blood fluke, schistosoma mansoni, using RNA interference. by M M Mourão, Nathalie Dinguirard, Glória R Franco, Timothy P Yoshino

“…RNA interference (RNAi) represents the only method currently available for manipulating gene-specific expression in Schistosoma spp., although application of this technology as a functional genomic profiling tool has yet to be explored. …”
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Sustainable production of radionuclidically pure antimony-119 by Aeli P. Olson, Francesca A. Verich, Paul A. Ellison, Eduardo Aluicio-Sarduy, Robert J. Nickles, Jason C. Mixdorf, Todd E. Barnhart, Jonathan W. Engle

“…Apparent molar activity measurements for deuteron produced 117Sb using the chelator TREN-CAM were measured at 42.4 ± 25 MBq 117Sb/µmol (1.14 ± 0.68 mCi/µmol), and we recovered enriched 119Sn target material at a recycling efficiency of 80.2% ± 5.5% (N = 6) with losses of 11.6 mg ± 0.8 mg (N = 6) per production. …”
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Land Use/Land Cover Change Impact on Hydrological Process in the Upper Baro Basin, Ethiopia by Tewodros Getu Engida, Tewodros Assefa Nigussie, Abreham Berta Aneseyee, John Barnabas

“…The performance of the model statistical test shows the coefficient of determination (R2) and Nash–Sutcliffe (NS) efficiency values 0.87 and 0.81 for calibration periods of 1990–2002 and 0.84 and 0.76 for the validation period of 2003 to 2009, respectively. …”
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Threshold and Asymmetric Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Inclusive Growth in Shanghai Cooperation Member Countries by marziyeh hosini, monireh Rafat

“…The study will use income as a determinant of opportunity. As it is the most common and widely used measure of determining individuals’ access to certain other kinds of opportunities. …”
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Panoramic spatial enhanced resolution proteomics (PSERP) reveals tumor architecture and heterogeneity in gliomas by Ziyan Xu, Yunzhi Wang, Tao Xie, Rongkui Luo, Heng-Li Ni, Hang Xiang, Shaoshuai Tang, Subei Tan, Rundong Fang, Peng Ran, Qiao Zhang, Xiaomeng Xu, Sha Tian, Fuchu He, Wenjun Yang, Chen Ding

“…We demonstrated the utility of this method for determining the streamlined large-scale spatial proteomic features of gliomas. …”
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Weaning performance prediction in lactating sows using machine learning, for precision nutrition and intelligent feeding by Jiayi Su, Xiangfeng Kong, Wenliang Wang, Qian Xie, Chengming Wang, Bie Tan, Jing Wang

“…Eleven statistical and machine learning (ML) regression algorithms were employed, incorporating stratified sampling and the recursive feature elimination method for feature selection. The findings demonstrated that the ensemble learning models, specifically random forest and gradient boosting decision tree regression, delivered the best overall performance, with a coefficient of determination (R2) ranging from 0.40 to 0.80 and a mean absolute error (MAE) between 0.11 and 4.36. …”
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Enhancing skull base tumor management: the combination of 3D printing technology and endoscopic surgical techniques by Xiao Li, Peng Gao, Angsi Liu, Fuxing Zuo, Ke Hu, Yang Wang, Haiyan Li, Jianxin Kong, Xueji Li

“…These models served a critical role in preoperatively determining the most effective surgical approaches. …”
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Investigation on the interaction force measurement between bubble and particle in flotation based on resistance strain cantilever beam by Xibing REN, Lijuan SUN, Qinshan LIU, Yulong CHENG, Xiahui GUI, Yaowen XING

“…The interaction force between bubble and particle directly determine the efficiency of bubble-particle mineralization and serve as a crucial window into the microscopic mechanism of flotation. …”
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Agricultural Electrostatic Spraying Electrode Corrosion Degradation Mechanisms: A Multi-Parameter Coupling Model by Yufei Li, Anni Zou, Jun Hu, Changxi Liu, Shengxue Zhao, Qingda Li, Wei Zhang, Yafei Wang

“…Theoretical analysis indicates that the Fermi level and work function of electrode materials fundamentally determine charge transfer efficiency, while corrosion resistance emerges as a key parameter affecting system durability. …”
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Зелені дахи в сучасному благоустрої міст by Liliia Gnatiuk, Ivanna Nesteruk

“…The massive use of such a greening method can provide not only aesthetic needs, but also economic ones. …”
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A dataset of the abundance of Ixodes spp. ticks in forests of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (France) by Isabelle Lebert, Valérie Poux, Magalie René-Martellet, Karine Chalvet-Monfray, Gwenael Vourc'h, Séverine Bord

“…A sampling protocol was designed to collect ticks using the cloth-dragging method. In each site, sampling was conducted along two transects, with ten sub-transects (ST) per transect. …”
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An Underground Goaf Locating Framework Based on D-InSAR with Three Different Prior Geological Information Conditions by Kewei Zhang, Yunjia Wang, Feng Zhao, Zhanguo Ma, Guangqian Zou, Teng Wang, Nianbin Zhang, Wenqi Huo, Xinpeng Diao, Dawei Zhou, Zhongwei Shen

“…In order to enhance the operational efficiency and locating accuracy of underground goaf, deformation model selection must be aligned with site-specific geological conditions under varying cases of prior information. …”
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UV radiation at 222, 254, and 282 nm inhibits sporulation and suppresses infectivity of Eimeria acervulina oocysts by Aaron A. Baumann, Addison K. Myers, Niloofar Khajeh-Kazerooni, Ashley Wise-Mitchell, Benjamin M. Rosenthal, Mark C. Jenkins, Celia O'Brien, Lorraine Fuller, Samuel Tremaine, Mark Morgan, Scott C. Lenaghan

“…In this study, the effect of UV radiation (UVR) on E. acervulina sporulation efficiency was evaluated. Nonstandard wavelengths including 222 and 282 nm have been established as alternatives to standard 254 nm UVR for sterilization. …”
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