Antarctic fungal inoculation enhances drought tolerance and modulates fruit physiology in blueberry plants by Cristian Balbontín, Sebastián Flores, Marisol Reyes, Victoria Urrutia, Carolina Parra-Palma, Luis Morales-Quintana, Patricio Ramos

“…The inoculated plants (W-E + ) consistently perform better than non-inoculated plants (W-E-) under water stress, particularly in water potential, PSII efficiency, and photosynthetic function. Meanwhile, the fruits obtained from these plants did not show differences in fruit size, while the weight, SSC/TA and firmness were greater in the inoculated fruits compared to the non-inoculated plants under drought stress. …”
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Impact of Mining on River Water Quality in Roșia Montană Area, Romania, and the Use of Zeolites for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation by Mirel Glevitzky, Roxana Bostan, Simona Varvara, Mihai-Teopent Corcheş, Gabriela-Alina Dumitrel, Maria Popa

“…In an attempt to treat the acid mine drainage from Roșia Montană, a natural zeolite was used at different doses. The results obtained show good efficiency of zeolite in removing the metal ions (Fe, Zn, and Mn). …”
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Detection of the ST111 Global High-Risk <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Clone in a Subway Underpass by Balázs Libisch, Chioma Lilian Ozoaduche, Tibor Keresztény, Anniek Bus, Tommy Van Limbergen, Katalin Posta, Ferenc Olasz

“…The NL201 isolate features the <i>bla</i>_PDC-3 allele, which was found to confer significantly higher catalytic efficiency against cefepime and imipenem compared to <i>bla</i>_PDC-1, as well as the potent <i>P. aeruginosa</i> virulence factors <i>exoS, exoT</i>, and <i>algD.…”
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Cue: A Fast and Flexible Photoionization Emulator for Modeling Nebular Emission Powered by Almost Any Ionizing Source by Yijia Li, Joel Leja, Benjamin D. Johnson, Sandro Tacchella, Rebecca Davies, Sirio Belli, Minjung Park, Razieh Emami

“…We present Cue , ^10 a highly flexible tool for interpreting nebular emission across a wide range of abundances and ionizing conditions of galaxies at different redshifts. Unlike typical nebular models used to interpret extragalactic nebular emission, our model does not require a specific ionizing spectrum as a source, instead approximating the ionizing spectrum with a four-part piecewise power law. …”
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Immobilization of graphene oxide into microbead for fluidized-bed adsorption of methylene blue by WeiSheng Low, Alireza Nouri, Siew Fen Chua, Ebrahim Mahmoudi, Abdul Wahab Mohammad, Wei Lun Ang

“…Reusability results showed good regeneration of GO-Alg microbead up to eight consecutive adsorption-desorption cycles without a significant drop in removal efficiency (> 96%). The application of GO-Alg microbead for MB removal on a packed-bed reactor was investigated in different experimental conditions, and 1 mL.min−1 flow rate with 15 cm bed height revealed a better result. …”
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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

“…Cells thus obtained were seeded in multi-well plates and treated with different concentrations of plasminogen and pro-urokinase in the presence or absence of variable amounts of tranexamic acid. …”
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Novel benzylidene derivatives: Synthesis and their antimicrobial and anticancer studies and in silico investigations by Sarkar M.A. Kawsar, Md. Ahad Hossain, Mohammad I. Hosen, Mehul P. Parmar, Subham G. Patel, Hitendra M. Patel, Imtiaj Hasan, Suvro Biswas, Md. Abu Saleh

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed that compounds 4 and 5 bind efficiently with binding affinities of -7.2 kcal/moL and -5.7 kcal/moL against Bacillus subtilis and A. niger, respectively, compared with the standard drug azithromycin. …”
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A Multifeatures Spatial-Temporal-Based Neural Network Model for Truck Flow Prediction by Shengyou Wang, Chunfu Shao, Yajiao Zhai, Song Xue, Yan Zheng

“…The majority of studies on road traffic flow prediction have focused on the flow of passenger cars or the flow of traffic as a whole, which ignore the significant impact of trucks with different sizes and operational characteristics on traffic flow efficiency. …”
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Primary Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma: A Narrative Review by Nikola Todorovic, Petar Djurkovic, Aleksandar Krstic, Nada Tomanovic, Pavle Milanovic, Djurdjina Kablar, Zlata Rajkovic Pavlovic, Momir Stevanovic, Jovana Milanovic, Aleksandra Arnaut, Ivan Ljubisavljevic, Dragica Selakovic, Gvozden Rosic, Milica Vasiljevic

“…Mucosal melanomas (MMs) are under-researched tumors with a poor prognosis that arise from melanocytes found in the mucous membranes at different anatomical locations throughout the body. …”
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Investigation into the Static Mechanical Properties of Ultra-High-Performance Geopolymer Concrete Incorporating Steel Slag, Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag, and Fly Ash by Yan-Hua Cai, Tao Huang, Bo-Yuan Huang, Chuan-Bin Hua, Qiang Huang, Jing-Wen Chen, Heng-Liang Liu, Zi-Jie He, Nai-Bi Rouzi, Zhi-Hong Xie, Gai Chen

“…An axial point augmented simplex centroid design method was employed to systematically explore the influence and underlying mechanisms of different binder ratios on the workability, axial compressive strength, and flexural performance of UHPGC, and to determine the optimal compositional range. …”
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STDP-Driven Automated Retinal Circuit With 7-nm FinFET for Motion and Looming Detection: A Hybrid Model With Image Analysis by Rubina Akter Rabeya, Md Turiqul Islam, Shah Muhammad Imtiyaj Uddin, Alaaddin Al-Shidaifat, Hanjung Song, Heung-Kook Choi, Hee-Cheol Kim

“…The proposed model uses a hybrid strategy combining object detection and depth estimation to identify objects with different spatial distances and confidence levels accurately. …”
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Gene Cloning, Purification, and Characterization of a Cold-Active Alkaline Lipase from <i>Bacillus cereus</i> U2 by Baoxiang He, Ning Li, Yan Qin, Liang Xian, Jin Zhou, Sijia Liu, Jing Zhang, Jingtao Wu, Qingyan Wang, Xinquan Liang

“…LipU demonstrated tolerance to various organic solvents of differing polarity; after 1 h of exposure to 15% (<i>v</i>/<i>v</i>) ethanol, n-butanol, isoamyl alcohol, dimethyl sulfoxide, or glycerol, it retained over 78.6% of its activity. …”
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Finding order in measuring disorders: Measurement Uncertainty of Thyroid Function Tests at a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India by Asis Bhattacharya, Kasturi Mukherjee, Arkajit Dasgupta, Debi Mallick, Mousumi Mukhopadhyay

“…Thyroid disorders constitute a global health menace but can be efficiently managed if diagnosed early via reliable immunoassays. …”
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Spaceborne remote sensing effectively maps species richness across taxonomic groups in a mountain landscape by Cornelius Senf, Lisa Geres, Tobias Richter, Kristin Braziunas, Felix Glasmann, Rupert Seidl, Sebastian Seibold

“…Biodiversity decline due to global change poses a pressing challenge for conservation efforts worldwide. To improve the efficiency of conservation projects, spatially explicit information on species richness is needed, yet this information is challenging to generate from traditional biodiversity assessments. …”
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Dietary comparison of algal, herbal, and fungal ingredients fed to Pacific white shrimp across cultivation sites: Impacts on growth performance, immune response, and Vibrio harveyi... by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muhamad Gustilatov, Kustiariyah Tarman, Sukenda, Irzal Effendi, Khoirul Umam, Nida Ulzanah, Shavika Miranti, Fifin Binta Kumala

“…KT29, showed the highest final weight and specific growth rate, likely due to β-glucans and other bioactive compounds enhancing nutrient absorption and feed efficiency. In ponds, no significant growth differences were observed between the control and supplemented groups. …”
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Viability Study of a Safe Method for Health to Prepare Cement Pastes with Simultaneous Nanometric Functional Additions by M. A. de la Rubia, E. de Lucas-Gil, E. Reyes, F. Rubio-Marcos, M. Torres-Carrasco, J. F. Fernández, A. Moragues

“…The hydration process performed by both mixing methods is compared in order to determine the efficiency of using the method. The hydration analysis of these cement pastes is carried out at different ages (from one to twenty-eight days) by means of differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetry (DTA-TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses. …”
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SSL-MBC: Self-Supervised Learning With Multibranch Consistency for Few-Shot PolSAR Image Classification by Wenmei Li, Hao Xia, Bin Xi, Yu Wang, Jing Lu, Yuhong He

“…It is observed that the different modal representations of the same instance exhibit similarity in the encoding space, with the hidden features of more modals being more prominent. …”
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Design and Characterization of Bispecific and Trispecific Antibodies Targeting SARS-CoV-2 by Jiayang Wang, Qi Qian, Yushan Jiang, Zuxin Liang, Yun Peng, Wei Zhao, Yang Yang, Chenguang Shen

“…The pseudoviruses’ neutralization assay and the virus challenge to BALB/c mice were deployed to assess the efficiency of recombinant antibodies in vitro and in vivo. …”
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A Comparison of Inversion Methods for Surrogate‐Based Groundwater Contamination Source Identification With Varying Degrees of Model Complexity by Zhenbo Chang, Zhilin Guo, Kewei Chen, Zibo Wang, Yang Zhan, Wenxi Lu, Chunmiao Zheng

“…The strength of ES‐MDA lies in its efficiency. It achieves relatively satisfactory results with a reduced computational burden. …”
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Genome-wide association study revealed candidate genes associated with egg-laying time traits in layer chicken by Yifan Guo, Yuqi Chen, Huanjie Guo, Binghui Wang, Yiwei Xiong, Jun Ding, Jingyi Li

“…Genes located in this region may be responsible for the differences in AELT among hens. These results indicate that ELT has the potential to be integrated into the production system of caged layers. …”
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