Morphological change in an isolated population of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Britain by Kim E. Chandler, Eloy Gálvez-López, Stuart Black, Andrew C. Kitchener, Kat Hamill, Bethan Roberts, Sean Doherty, Philip G. Cox

“…Nitrogen isotope ratios (δ15N) were lower in the 1990s and 2010s Formby squirrels (suggesting a diet with an increased proportion of peanuts), and higher in other populations. Significant differences in cranio-mandibular shape were found between all populations, with 1990s Formby red squirrels exhibiting a morphology associated with reduced masticatory efficiency. …”
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Chemical profiling of male date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) leaflets in El M’Ghair region, Algeria: Insights into total phenols, flavonoids, proteins, and total sugars by Bilal BENAMOR, Kaouthar GHENBAZI, Meriem BERRAMDANE, Noura GHERAISSA, Linda RETIMA, Nezar CHERRADA, Ahmed Elkhalifa CHEMSA, Djilani GHEMAM AMARA, Adel CHALA

“…The chemical analysis centers on proteins, total sugars, total phenols, and flavonoids, revealing significant differences in these compounds among the three cultivars. …”
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GANFlow: A Hybrid Model for SAR Image Target Open-Set Recognition Based on GAN and the Flow-Based Module by Jikai Qin, Jiusheng Han, Zheng Liu, Lei Ran, Rong Xie, Tat-Soon Yeo

“…Furthermore, by establishing an appropriate threshold, unknown categories can be efficiently rejected. Finally, the outputs of the classifier and the flow-based module are combined to complete the OSR of the SAR image target. …”
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Does Age Impact Safety and Efficacy During Pulse‐Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation? by Antonio Dello Russo, Claudio Tondo, Stefano Bianchi, Vincenzo Schillaci, Saverio Iacopino, Michela Casella, Antonio Rossillo, Ruggero Maggio, Sakis Themistoclakis, Matteo Bertini, Maurizio Russo, Mario Volpicelli, Graziana Viola, Roberto Rordorf, Marco Schiavone, Yari Valeri, Jacopo Colella, Pietro Rossi, Fabrizio Tundo, Gianluca Zingarini, Antonio De Simone, Lorenzo Bianchini, Alessandro Di Vilio, Paolo Compagnucci, Maurizio Malacrida, Giulio Zucchelli, Francesco Solimene

“…Background There is no evidence evaluating efficiency, effectiveness, and safety outcomes in older patients in the context of pulsed‐field ablation technology for the ablation of atrial fibrillation. …”
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Identifying AC Control Patterns From a Massive Longitudinal Log Dataset Using Deep Clustering by Seunghwan Bae, Donghee Kim, Seokhwan Seong, Jaeyeon Jang, Young-Kyoon Suh, Honghyun Kim, Dongwoo Han, Inuk Jung

“…The feature patterns of the actively controlled group significantly differed from those of the inactively controlled group. …”
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Efficacy and safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in acute heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ali Ibrahim Rahil, Tirth Bhavsar, Romman Fatima, Aparajitha Rajkumar, Joy Kumar, Hanif Al Majidan, Namrata Gajjala, Wodwentzky Lefranc, Fnu Deeksha, Harshitha Lingegowda, Muhammad Ehsan, Wajeeh Ur Rehman, Hasan Ahmad, Raheel Ahmed

“…There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding readmission for HF, cardiovascular mortality, AKI, hypoglycemia, hypotension, and diuretic efficiency. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…Trends of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Care Outcomes Among Adults in the United States From 2005 to 2016. …”
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Unraveling the microbial diversity of bovine liver abscesses: isolation, identification, and genomic characterization of the Bacteroides found in hepatic lesions by R. J. Gruninger, M. L. McCormack, N. C. Chomistek, R. Zaheer, T. A. McAllister

“…Not only are LAs a concern for animal health, but they also impact growth efficiency, animal welfare, and cost the North American beef industry upwards of $120 million per annum. …”
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Cultivation Practices Affect Biomass Yield and Quality of “Felina 32”, an Industrial Hemp Variety by Kyriakos D. Giannoulis, Dimitrios Bartzialis, Ippolitos Gintsioudis, Nicholaos G. Danalatos

“…In terms of fertilization factor, it appeared that in samplings where statistically significant changes were observed, all degrees of fertilization differed from one another, with the N3 treatment exhibiting the highest production (11.4 t ha⁻¹). …”
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Corn‐fermented protein as a replacement for fish meal in diets for Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, parr: Growth, feed utilization, antioxidant activity, non‐specific immune response,... by Jeongwhui Hong, Jose G. Ortiz, Brian C. Small

“…At the end of the 12‐week feeding trial, the final weight, weight gain, and survival of fish did not significantly differ between treatment groups. However, in fish fed CFP100, both the feed conversion ratio (FCR) and the protein efficiency ratio (PER) exhibited significant differences in comparison with those of fish fed other treatments, with FCR being significantly higher and PER being significantly lower. …”
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Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude about Basic Life Support and Emergency Medical Services among Dental Students in Manipal University College Malaysia: A Cross-sectional Study by Ramanathan Ravi, Tanu Nangia, Law Phui Wai, Beh Tjun Qi, Eunice Soo Liang Yi, Lee Xin Jie, Htoo Htoo Kyaw Soe

“…There was a significant difference in the attitude of students toward BLS among year 3, 4, and 5 dental students (<i>p</i>-value < 0.05). …”
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Flow simulation algorithm for gas gathering pipelines of natural gas fields by Yuling LYU, Zhenhe JIANG, Xiaowei LI, Jiakai SHI, Huaping CAO

“…ResultsThe mean relative error (MRE) of the pressure difference calculated by this algorithm was 0.101, compared to 0.267 for OLGA software. …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of occupational stress and sleep disorders among 3 key occupational groups in Guizhou Province by Wenlei HE, Junhong YANG, Yaoyao HE, Shaofang YANG, Songlin JIAO

“…The positive rates of occupational stress and sleep disorders among the three key occupational groups in Guizhou Province were 22.6% and 40.6%, respectively. No differences were found among those by individual characteristics (P>0.05). …”
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Vis/NIR Spectroscopy and Vis/NIR Hyperspectral Imaging for Non-Destructive Monitoring of Apricot Fruit Internal Quality with Machine Learning by Tiziana Amoriello, Roberto Ciorba, Gaia Ruggiero, Francesca Masciola, Daniela Scutaru, Roberto Ciccoritti

“…Spectral data emphasized genetic similarities and differences among the cultivars, capturing changes in the pigment content and macro components of the apricot samples. …”
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Investigating the use of the HIS-based BOPPPS teaching model in medical imaging experimental course instruction by Ziqing Yang, Siyu Zhen, Ben Pan, Hanyu Wei, Qiang Li, Junyan Yue, Ying Hu, Changhua Liang

“…On multiple-choice questions, however, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores between the standard teaching model group and the BOPPPS teaching model group. …”
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Storm Surge Risk Assessment Based on LULC Identification Utilizing Deep Learning Method and Multi-Source Data Fusion: A Case Study of Huizhou City by Lichen Yu, Hao Qin, Wei Wei, Jiaxiang Ma, Yeyi Weng, Haoyu Jiang, Lin Mu

“…Subsequently, the Swin Transformer model receives two sets of inputs: one includes social sensing data, Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI) and Normalized Difference Chlorophyll Index (NDCI), and the other is Red, Green, Blue bands. …”
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Role of Aging in Ulcerative Colitis Pathogenesis: A Focus on ETS1 as a Promising Biomarker by Ni M, Peng W, Wang X, Li J

“…After identifying UC-related ARGs, consistent clustering was performed to screen aging-related molecular subtypes, followed by the exploration of differences in the immune microenvironment and pathways between distinct subtypes. …”
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Advanced ecosystem restoration: Blending phytoremediation with satellite-based imagery with remote sensing in the Himalayas of PIN Valley National Park, India by A. Galodha, D. Sharma, J. Verma

“…Conventional site assessments are costly and time-consuming, often resulting in ecological disturbances&mdash; challenges that RS methodologies surmount efficiently. Using spectral indices such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Red Edge (NDRE), and Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI). …”
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Sentence Embedding Generation Framework Based on Kullback–Leibler Divergence Optimization and RoBERTa Knowledge Distillation by Jin Han, Liang Yang

“…These results indicate that our proposed method has high relevance and low error in semantic textual similarity tasks, thereby better capturing subtle semantic differences between texts.…”
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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 values of TLR4 gene expression differed in groups of children with varying degrees of palatine tonsillar hypertrophy. …”
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