Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring by J. Iwan Jones, Amanda Arnold, Dominik Buchner, John F. Murphy, Jasmine N. Childress, Pedro Beja, Florian Altermatt, Kristian Meissner, Ian Adams, Meri Anderson, Yaisel J. Borrell, Andrew G. Briscoe, Kat Bruce, Cátia Chaves, Chris Conyers, Kristy Deiner, Vasco Elbrecht, Álvaro Fueyo, Tim Goodall, Javier Granero‐Castro, Cristina Hartmann‐Fatu, Eleanor Jones, Elvira Mächler, Filipa M. S. Martins, Sam McGreig, Lyndall Pereira‐da‐Conceicoa, James L. Pretty, Daniel S. Read, Ben Price, Florian Leese, Rosetta C. Blackman

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Impacts of Captive Domestication and Geographical Divergence on the Gut Microbiome of Endangered Forest Musk Deer by Huilin Liu, Lu Xiao, Zhiqiang Liu, You Deng, Jinpeng Zhu, Chengzhong Yang, Qing Liu, Di Tian, Xiaojuan Cui, Jianjun Peng

“…Wild populations exhibited a Pseudomonadota-dominated gut microbiota (significantly more abundant than in captive counterparts), enriched with lignin-degrading genera <i>Novosphingobium</i> and <i>Acinetobacter</i>. …”
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The relationship between pomegranate root collar rot and the diversity of fungal communities in its rhizosphere by Ziqiang Wu, Jianxin Chen, Jie Chen, Jie Chen, Yalin Yang, Aiting Zhou, Jianrong Wu, Jianrong Wu

“…The rhizosphere microbiome plays a crucial role in plant growth, development, and disease resistance.MethodsThis study utilized Illumina MiSeq sequencing to analyze the fungal communities in the roots and rhizosphere soils of healthy and diseased pomegranates, focusing on the impact of root collar rot disease on the diversity and structural composition of these communities.ResultsThe results indicated that in the unique fungal communities of healthy plant roots, the relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal functional (AMF) groups was 53.77%, including genera such as Glomus and Septoglomus. …”
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The SARS-CoV-2 main protease causes mitochondrial dysfunction in a yeast model by Wojciech Grabiński, Anna Kicińska, Karolina Funtowicz, Tomasz Skrzypczak, Andonis Karachitos

“…Abstract Saccharomyces cerevisiae has proven to be an invaluable model organism for studying mitochondrial function owing to its genetic tractability and the high conservation of mitochondrial processes among eukaryotes, including humans. …”
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A new adaptive grey prediction model and its application by Jianming Jiang, Ming Zhang, Zhongyong Huang

“…The design of the new accumulation generation operation emphasizes new information and stability, enabling the model to produce more robust prediction results. …”
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Predicting right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implant: A novel approach by Carissa E. Livingston, Dale Kim, Lacey Serletti, Andrea Jin, Sriram Rao, Michael V. Genuardi, Eliot G. Peyster

“…‘No RVF’ patients were defined as patients who never demonstrated more than moderate RV dysfunction on a post‐LVAD transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) (ordinal RV function <3), never required an RV assist device (RVAD), were not discharged on sildenafil and were not on a pulmonary vasodilator or inotropic medication at 3 months after LVAD implant. …”
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Super-Resolution Reconstruction Method of Face Image Based on Attention Mechanism by Chenglin Yu, Hailong Pei

“…In order to be able to generate face images with rich texture details, the algorithm proposed in this paper captures implicit weight information in channel and space domains through dual attention modules, so as to allocate computing resources more effectively and speed up the network convergence. …”
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Regulatory culture and architectural project by Mario Losasso

“…The evolution of normative culture has shifted from a system of objective regulations, aimed at defining characteristics and functions of specific building objects to rationalise what exists, to more flexible regulations that are predominantly suggestions for performance. …”
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Research progress on energy metabolism regulation in stored platelets by GAO Chengyan, LOU Can, LEI Hang, CAI Xiaohong

“…In the resting state, platelets primarily rely on glycolysis and aerobic oxidation to generate energy. Upon activation, platelets preferentially utilize glycolysis, as it can more rapidly provide the required ATP. …”
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Modeling of lifetime scenarios with non-monotonic failure rates. by Amani Abdullah Alahmadi, Olayan Albalawi, Rana H Khashab, Arne Johannssen, Suleman Nasiru, Sanaa Mohammed Almarzouki, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…We analyze the statistical features of the MKWD, such as the quantile function, median, moments, mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis, coefficient of variation, index of dispersion, moment generating function, incomplete moments, conditional moments, Bonferroni, Lorenz, and Zenga curves, and order statistics. …”
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The Decision Making Process of an Electricity Retailer Under Medium and Long Term Restriction in Spot Market by Yun XU

“…The paper establishes the cost and income model of electricity procurement and selling by a retailer, and generates a series of scenarios with different spot price based on lognormal distribution, and quantifies the risk in all scenarios with CVaR mode, and finally establishes the profit-risk objective function. …”
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Resource mobilisation and allocation priorities on knowledge production in universities in Uganda: an empirical study by Eva Irene, Tumusiime

“…Results indicate that the selected universities’ resource mobilisation and allocation do not give knowledge production the priority it deserves. The priorities focus more on meeting the demands of the teaching, administrative and instructional infrastructure development functions. …”
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Resource mobilisation and allocation priorities on knowledge production in universities in Uganda: an empirical study by Eva Irene, Tumusiime

“…Results indicate that the selected universities’ resource mobilisation and allocation do not give knowledge production the priority it deserves. The priorities focus more on meeting the demands of the teaching, administrative and instructional infrastructure development functions. …”
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Microbial community differentiation in vent chimneys of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field reflects habitat heterogeneity by Osama M. Alian, William J. Brazelton, Karmina A. Aquino, Katrina I. Twing, H. Lizethe Pendleton, Gretchen Früh-Green, Susan Q. Lang, Matthew O. Schrenk, Matthew O. Schrenk

“…The findings of this study underscore the need to more closely examine microbe-mineral interactions in natural environments, critically informing not just population-level distributions, but also the functional underpinnings of these extremophile microbial communities.…”
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Weightage Identified Network of Keywords Technique: A Structured Approach in Identifying Keywords for Systematic Reviews by Sasidharan Sivakumar, Gowardhan Sivakumar

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to develop the weightage identified network of keywords (WINK) technique for selecting and utilizing keywords to perform systematic reviews more efficiently. This technique aims to improve the thoroughness and precision of evidence synthesis by employing a more rigorous approach to keyword selection. …”
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The Possibility of Object-Oriented Film Philosophy by Bolšakovas Edgaras

“…It allows for a deeper understanding of how films function as objects and the ways they generate meaning in relation to viewers.…”
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Investigating the Role of Inward Alfvén Waves and Structures in the Slow Solar Wind by Michael Terres, Gang Li

“…Simulations and theories have suggested that dynamic alignment, or the tendency for velocity and magnetic fluctuations to become more correlated as a function of scale, may dictate the turbulent cascade. …”
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The Knowledge of Caregivers About Care for People Living With Dementia and Its Associations in Nursing Homes and Home Care—A Quantitative Study by Sabien Johanna Everdina Bosman, Marlijn Abbink, Marleen Hermien Lovink, Anke Persoon

“…More specifically, it explores the association between the knowledge and characteristics of caregivers in nursing homes and home care. …”
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Secondary Frequency Control of Islanded Microgrid Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Li WANG, Yuxiang JIANG, Xiangjun ZENG, Bin ZHAO, Junhao LI

“…The results show that, compared to traditional PID control and Q-Learning-based controllers, the proposed method achieves more stable secondary frequency control and adapts to coordinate the power allocation of distributed generation units according to their capacities, ensuring the stable operation of the system.…”
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A Perspective on Robotic Assistance for Knee Arthroplasty by Nathan A. Netravali, Feimo Shen, Youngbae Park, William L. Bargar

“…Therefore, a lot of effort has gone into improving surgical technique including the use of computer-aided surgery. The latest generation of orthopedic surgical tools involves the use of robotics to enhance the surgeons’ abilities to install implants more precisely and consistently. …”
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