Difference in summer heatwave-induced damage between desert native and urban greening plants in an arid desert region. by Bo-Rui Li, Nan Sun, Ming-Shan Xu, Qi-Xing Sun, Hui-Ming Wang, Jie Zhou, Xu Luo, Guang-Hui Lv, Xiao-Dong Yang

“…Water potentials of leaf and branch in pre-dawn and midday, P50, leaf dry matter content, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance of desert native species were significantly lower than those of urban greening plants (P < 0.05), while twig specific hydraulic conductivity, Huber value, wood density, intrinsic water use efficiency and the specific leaf area showed opposite patterns (P < 0.05). …”
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Advancing solar energy applications with graphene: the potential of minimally oxidized graphene by Qiang Chen, Jewook Kim, Myungwoo Choi, Seokwoo Jeon

“…These materials retain the integrity of a π-conjugated network and offer tunable functionalities and solution processability. …”
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Synthesis of <i>Acetobacter xylinum</i> Bacterial Cellulose Aerogels and Their Effect on the Selected Properties by Sebnem Sozcu, Jaroslava Frajova, Jakub Wiener, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Blanka Tomkova, Jiri Militky

“…The results indicated that the synthesized BC aerogels exhibit a highly porous network, lightweight structure, and excellent thermal conductivity, making them suitable for advanced material applications. …”
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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF COMPROMISING LEDGER SYSTEM BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY by Edis Mekić, Safet Purković, Ahmedin Lekpek

“…In order to provide security and veracity of ledger system blockchain systems uses cryptographic hash function. By hashing the block sent by the member of P2P network and checking if it still fits the pattern for the next block, the network can easily prove that the calculating machine did in fact find coded solution of function. …”
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Ultralow UV absorber content in 3D printed nanocomposites: maximizing printability and microwave absorption efficiency by David Tilve-Martínez, Wilfrid Neri, Jeanne Lessire, Benjamin Dulucq, Nicolas Vukadinovic, Benoit Berton, Jinkai Yuan, Philippe Poulin

“…After reduction, rGO at the SWCNT interface minimize electrical contact resistance between nanotubes, promoting thereby high conductivity of the nanotube network. The high aspect ratio and conductivity of SWCNTs, combined with the transparency and amphiphilic nature of GO, result in nanocomposites with enhanced electrical conductivity and minimal UV absorption. …”
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An intelligent prediction method of gas concentration in coal mines based onimproved TCN-TimeGAN by Qingsong HU, Shuo ZHENG, Shiyin LI, Yanjing SUN

“…Subsequently, the input sequences are also input into the supervised network to reduce supervision loss. Finally, joint training is conducted, and the total loss is the sum of the generated network loss and the discriminative network loss. …”
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Mechanically robust eutectogels enabled by precisely engineered crystalline domains by Yujia Jiang, Ning Tang, Xiaoting Wang, Dongxu Pei, Hao Zhang, Min-Hui Li, Jun Hu

“…Abstract Eutectogels have emerged as promising candidates for technological applications due to their environmental stability, repeatable deformability, and high ionic conductivity. Nevertheless, the existing eutectogels often show fragile network structures, in which the simultaneous achievement of high modulus, strength, and toughness remains a real challenge. …”
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Cognitive cascades: How to model (and potentially counter) the spread of fake news. by Nicholas Rabb, Lenore Cowen, Jan P de Ruiter, Matthias Scheutz

“…We conduct an analysis of the cognitive cascade model with our simple cognitive function across various graph topologies and institutional messaging patterns. …”
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Improved model MASW YOLO for small target detection in UAV images based on YOLOv8 by Xianghe Meng, Fei Yuan, Dexiang Zhang

“…Experiments conducted on the VisDrone2019 dataset demonstrate that the average detection accuracy of the MASW-YOLO algorithm is 38.3%, which is augmented by 7.9% through the utilisation of the original YOLOv8n network. …”
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Metalloalkoxysiloxanes-cured polydimethylsiloxane compositions filled with silica component for special applications: Dielectric and mechanical properties by Alexander N. Tarasenkov, Maria S. Parshina, Nadezhda A. Tebeneva, Kirill M. Borisov, Galina P. Goncharuk, Vitaliy G. Shevchenko, Sergey A. Ponomarenko, Aziz M. Muzafarov

“…Silica component introduction in combination with the metal-siloxane network formation in the material can significantly increase its dielectric permittivity and conductivity in the frequency range <102 Hz compared to commercial silicon compounds and pure PDMS. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Ex Vivo Delivery of Rituximab to Lung Allografts in Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Epstein-Barr Virus–associated Posttransplant Lymphoproliferativ... by Victor H. Ferreira, PhD, Rafaela V. P. Ribeiro, MD, PhD, Faranak Mavandadnejad, PhD, Matthew Ierullo, MSc, Beata Majchrzak-Kita, MSc, Aizhou Wang, PhD, Lianne Singer, MD, Shaf Keshavjee, MD, Marcelo Cypel, MD, PhD, Deepali Kumar, MD, Atul Humar, MD

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Ship Target Detection in SAR Images Based on Multiple Attention Mechanism and Cross-Scale Feature Fusion by Yuwu Wang, Tieming Wu, Limin Guo, Yuhan Mo

“…Second, an R-BiFPN feature fusion module is introduced in the neck of the baseline network. This module deeply integrates target features with rich boundary information extracted from the shallow network and highly semantic information captured by the deep network. …”
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LI-YOLOv8: Lightweight small target detection algorithm for remote sensing images that combines GSConv and PConv. by Pingping Yan, Xiangming Qi, Liang Jiang

“…Using YOLOv8n as the baseline algorithm, the activation function SiLU in the CBS at the backbone network's SPPF is replaced with ReLU, which reduces interdependencies among parameters. …”
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Exogenous acetylsalicylic acid mitigates cold stress in common bean seedlings by enhancing antioxidant defense and photosynthetic efficiency by Barkat Ali, Sujon Kumar, Xiyu Sui, Jianpo Niu, Junqi Yang, Mengni Zheng, Yi Tang, Huanxiu Li

“…At 2 mM, ASA upregulated antioxidant genes (APX1, POD1, SODC) and photosynthesis genes (RbcS1, PsbS, POR), reducing cold-induced oxidative stress and preserving chloroplast function, thereby enhancing cold tolerance and crop resilience under climate stress.…”
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Assessing Risk Factors and Posttransplant Outcomes of Nonadherence Among Kidney Transplant Recipients by Kateryna Maksyutynska, HBSc, Benedict Batoy, HBSc, Xinyu Wei, HBSc, Oswa Shafei, HBSc, Yanhong Li, MSc, Olusegun Famure, dipHSM, MPH, MEd, CHE, S. Joseph Kim, MD, PhD, MHS, MBA, FRCPC

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Water availability during revegetation in arid regions from water-holding materials to water-harvesting materials: A review by Yinhao Liao, Lihong Zhou, Xiangjun Pei

“…Biochar promotes agglomeration of soil particles and improves soil water retention by reducing soil porosity and hydraulic conductivity. Superabsorbent polymers can increase field capacity and available water by binding water molecules in a network structure through hydrophilic functional groups. …”
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SBRT for bridging and downstaging HCC before transplant by Zhihao Li, Michael Yan, Marco P.A.W. Claasen, Luckshi Rajendran, Christian T.J. Magyar, Saheli Saha, Cameron Lee, Nazia Selzner, Elmar Jaeckel, Anand Ghanekar, Mark Cattral, Blayne A. Sayed, Markus Selzner, Ian McGilvray, Chaya Shwaartz, Trevor Reichman, Grainne M. O’Kane, Arndt Vogel, Robert C. Grant, Tae Kyoung Kim, Catherine Soo-Yee Naidoo, Ali Hosni, Rebecca Wong, Aruz Mesci, Jelena Lukovic, Aisling Barry, John Kim, Laura A. Dawson, Gonzalo Sapisochin

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Physics-informed neural operators for generalizable and label-free inference of temperature-dependent thermoelectric properties by Hyeonbin Moon, Songho Lee, Wabi Demeke, Byungki Ryu, Seunghwa Ryu

“…Abstract Accurate characterization of temperature-dependent thermoelectric properties (TEPs), such as thermal conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient, is essential for modeling and design of thermoelectric devices. …”
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MXene/MOF-Derived Composites with Multidimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis Methods, Performance, and Applications in the Field of Energy Storage by Shufan Feng, Shilong Wen, Rutao Wang, Xiaokun Yang, Xiangsen Yuan, Yuxuan Liu, Jingyun Ma, Zhaoqiang Li

“…The integration of MXene, characterized by its abundant surface functional groups (-O, -OH, -F) and exceptional electrical conductivity, with MOF-derived materials presents a viable strategy to address these challenges. …”
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Single-Cell RNA sequencing reveals mitochondrial dysfunction in microtia chondrocytes by Xinyu Li, Datao Li, Ruhong Zhang

“…Bioinformatic analyses including cell type identification, trajectory analysis, and gene co-expression network analysis were conducted. Mitochondrial function was assessed through ROS levels, membrane potential, and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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