BirdNET provides superior diversity estimates compared to observer-based surveys in long-term monitoring by Dominika Winiarska, Grzegorz Neubauer, Michał Budka, Paweł Szymański, Julia Barczyk, Marta Cholewa, Tomasz S. Osiejuk

“…Beta diversity also differed according to the site and method used (p < 0.05). …”
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Evaluation of the disease burden of nosocomial infection among inpatients in a cancer hospital based on propensity score matching by Jiayang Tang, Jiang Yuan, Hui Wang, Qin Huang, Weiwei Yang, Qingqing Tian, Anran Liu, Hailin Zhang, Chunlin Wu

“…The resulting disease burden is reflected in the direct escalation of health economic costs and the indirect effects of reduced hospital operational efficiency and heightened strain on the healthcare system. …”
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Comparison of outcomes between pulsatile gonadotropin releasing hormone and combined gonadotropin therapy of spermatogenesis in patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadi... by Yi Zheng, Heng-Zhou Bai, Gui-Cheng Zhao, Kun Tian, Jun-Tao Yue, Ding-Ming Li, Xiao-Hui Jiang

“…Results There was no difference in the efficiency of successfully inducing spermatogenesis between pulsatile GnRH therapy and hCG/HMG therapy (82.1% vs. 75.8%, P: 0.356), nor was there a difference in sperm concentration category (SCC) (P: 0.284). …”
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Alpha EEG Spectral Characteristics in the Parieto-Occipital lobe of Elderly Patients with Chronic Insomnia and Mild Cognitive Impairment by GUO Zhenxing, BAI Linxin, ZHANG Lin, GAO Jiahui, RAO Ting, LIU Zhizhen

“…Additionally, we analyzed the changes in alpha spectral power in relation to cognitive functions.Results（1）PSQI scores：Compared to the HC group, the daytime functional impairment scores in the CI-MCI group were significantly higher, with a statistically significant difference （P &lt;0. 05）. The total PSQI scores, sleep quality, sleep onset latency, total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and sleep disturbance scores were significantly higher in the CI group and the CI-MCI group, while the use of hypnotics score was significantly reduced, with statistically significant differences （P &lt;0. 05）. （2）MoCA scores：Compared to the HC and CI groups, the CI-MCI group exhibited significantly lower total MoCA scores, as well as reductions in visuospatial execution, naming, attention, verbal fluency, delayed recall, and orientation, with statistically significant differences （P &lt;0. 05）. （3）EEG spectral characteristics：Compared to the HC group, the CI-MCI group showed significantly increased alpha spectral power at sites P1, P6, POZ, PO4, and PO6 in the Parieto-Occipital lobe, with statistically significant differences （P &lt;0. 05）. …”
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Phylogenetic analyses of the proteins involved in encapsulation signaling pathways in ants by Kincső ORBÁN-BAKK, Enikő CSATA, Bálint MARKÓ, Ferencz KÓSA

“…It may also affect the individual immune system either due to the efficiency of social immune defenses or because of the high transmission frequency of pathogens. …”
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Loci associated with spontaneous abortion in primiparous Holstein cattle by Emaly M. Suarez, Victoria C. Kelson, Jennifer N. Kiser, Jennifer N. Kiser, Kimberly M. Davenport, Brenda M. Murdoch, Allison L. Herrick, Holly L. Neibergs

“…Identifying loci associated with SA in AI-bred and ET recipient cows provides an opportunity to enhance selection for reproductive efficiency in Holstein cattle.…”
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High-throughput phenotyping of canopy dynamics of wheat senescence using UAV multispectral imaging by Xiaoxin Song, Qiqi Deng, Moritz Camenzind, Simon Vlad Luca, Weilong Qin, Yuncai Hu, Mirjana Minceva, Kang Yu

“…This study opens new possibilities for further field phenotyping research testing the effect of plant varietal differences in senescence dynamics on their nitrogen uptake and use efficiency.…”
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Visual Attention Focusing on Fine-Grained Foreground and Eliminating Background Bias for Pest Image Identification by Xinyuan Xu, Heng Li, Qi Gao, Meixuan Zhou, Tianyue Meng, Liping Yin, Xinyu Chai

“…Insect identification abstracted to a fine-grained vision classification task provides unique challenges including the small difference between classes and the large difference within a class. …”
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Centralization or Equalization? Policy Trend Guidance for Improving Grain Production Security in China by Rongqian Lu, Xinhuan Zhang, Degang Yang, Yang Chen, Mingjie Cui

“…The application of sensitivity models and the difference-in-differences model to study the spatial response of China’s grain production to these policies enabled an assessment of the future policy trends of China, with the aim of enhancing grain production security. …”
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Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing invasive and non-invasive infections using whole-genome sequencing by Mironov К.O., Gaponova I.I., Korchagin V.I., Mikhailova Yu.V., Shelenkov A.A., Chagaryan A.N., Ivanchik N.V., Platonov A.E., Kozlov R.S., Akimkin V.G.

“…Statistically significant differences between the groups of invasive and non-invasive strains were observed for 13-, 15- and 23-valent vaccine components. …”
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Experimental study on the collapse behavior of cavitation bubbles under low ambient pressure conditions by Tong Qu, Jing Luo, Weilin Xu, Jie Li, Guihua Fu, Yueqing Ma, Zhuoqi Zhao

“…Cavitation bubble dynamics at low ambient pressure differ from those at normal pressure, which can affect the efficiency of cavitation applications in industrial, medical fields, etc. …”
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study on the pressure uniformity of symmetric working chambers in a scroll compressor for electric vehicle thermal systems by Haoyu Hu, Shentong He, Xiang Yin, Yulong Song, Xu Yang, Feng Cao, Min Sun

“…The results indicate that when the axial clearance was located at the top of the orbiting scroll, the maximum pressure difference in the symmetrical working chambers decreased from 1.21 MPa to 0.83 MPa. …”
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Ultraphonophoresis with a hyaluronic acid-containing gel for knee osteoarthritis with periarthritis by O. N. Anoshenkova, A. N. Kalyagin, Yu. V. Maksimova, N. G. Sindykheeva, A. V. Sinkov, G. M. Sinkova

“…There were no statistically significant pre- and postoperative differences in Group 2 patients.Conclusion. HA-containing gel ultraphonophoresis in knee OA with periarthritis was shown to contribute to a significant reduction in knee joint pain and to the resolution of periarthritis.…”
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Preliminary study on the cooling effect of geothermal exchange at the superficial layer on greenhouse in South Jiangsu in summer by WANG Jiawei, WANG Zhao, YANG Junwei, ZHAO Hailiang, ZOU Zhirong

“…The ambient temperature and humidity, and the soil temperature at 60 cm, 40 cm and 15 cm were tested, and the processing humiture at inlet and outlet of heat exchange pipe of greenhouse was calculated at a 10-minute frequency. Then enthalpy difference, heat accumulation capacity, average heat flux, average density of heat flow, and energy efficiency and consumption were analyzed.The result indicated that from May 5 to July 17, the average temperature reduction in the treatment greenhouse with heat exchange pipe was 3.4℃ in sunny days, 1.5℃ in cloudy days and 0.8℃ in rainy days, compared with the control without heat exchange pipe. …”
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The Redshift Evolution of the MBH–M* Scaling Relation: New Insights from Cosmological Simulations and Semianalytic Models by Shashank Dattathri, Priyamvada Natarajan, Antonio J. Porras-Valverde, Colin J. Burke, Nianyi Chen, Tiziana Di Matteo, Yueying Ni

“…We study the coevolution of black holes (BHs) and their host galaxies in the A STRID and TNG300 cosmological simulations and the D ARK S AGE semianalytic model (SAM), focusing on the evolution of the BH mass–stellar mass ( M _BH – M _* ) relation. Due to differences in the adopted subgrid modeling of BH seeding, dynamics, and feedback, the models differ in their predicted redshift evolution of the M _BH – M _* relation. …”
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Effect of Low-Proportion Replacement of Dietary Fishmeal with <i>Neanthes japonica</i> Meal on Growth Performance, Body Composition, Muscle Texture, Serum Biochemistry, Digestive E... by Qingyan Gao, Yuhan Fan, Renxiao Zhang, Jinghui Fang, Qiang Ma, Yuliang Wei, Mengqing Liang, Feng Liu, Houguo Xu

“…The results indicated that no significant difference was observed in growth, feed efficiency, and somatic index among all the treatment groups. …”
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Comparative evaluation of DNA and RNA probes for capture-based mitochondrial DNA next-generation sequencing by Tianlei Sun, Shengjing Li, Yang Liu, Kaixiang Zhou, Jiamin Wang, Zhangwen Lei, Xu Guo, Jinliang Xing, Wenjie Guo

“…However, the performance difference between DNA and RNA probe-based capture strategies for mtDNA NGS remains to be determined, leading to the irrational interchangeable use in numerous studies. …”
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Machine Learning for 1-Year Mortality Prediction in Lung Transplant Recipients: ISHLT Registry by Hye Ju Yeo, Hye Ju Yeo, Dasom Noh, Eunjeong Son, Eunjeong Son, Sunyoung Kwon, Sunyoung Kwon, Sunyoung Kwon, Woo Hyun Cho, Woo Hyun Cho

“…The in-house dataset used for external validation showed significant compositional differences compared to the ISHLT dataset. Despite these differences, the GBM model performed well (AUC: 0.852, accuracy: 0.764). …”
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Effect analysis of endolymphatic sac surgery on Meniere’s disease based on propensity score matching by Yu SI, Shipei ZHUO, Yan HUANG, Wuhui HE, Jingman DENG, Jintao LOU, Zhigang ZHANG

“…ObjectiveTo analyse the clinical efficiency of endolymphatic sac surgery (ESS) in the management of Meniere’s disease (MD). …”
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Impact of High-Intensity Sports Practice on Stomatognathic System Function: An Observational Study by Evandro Marianetti Fioco, Marcelo Palinkas, Natália de Moraes Barbosa, Edson Donizetti Verri, Luciano Maia Alves Ferreira, Danilo Henrique Lattaro, Gabriella Simi Gariba Silva, Selma Siéssere, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo

“…Electromyographic activity increased during protrusion and lateral movements, particularly in the masseter and temporal muscles, demonstrating a greater functional efficiency group of athletes. They also exhibited greater masseter muscle thickness and thinner temporal muscle thickness, with a significant difference in the right masseter muscle at rest. …”
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