Biogas slurry topdressing enhances the comprehensive benefits of maize: New perspectives on grain filling process, yield, and endogenous microbiome by Xiaoyang Liang, Haitao Wang, Chuanjuan Wang, Junjie Qin, Xuefeng Qiu, Yongxing Wen, Jiandong Wang, Xurong Mei

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Optimizing irrigation in arid irrigated farmlands based on soil water movement processes: Knowledge from water isotope data by Siyu Lu, Guofeng Zhu, Dongdong Qiu, Rui Li, Yinying Jiao, Gaojia Meng, Xinrui Lin, Qinqin Wang, Wenhao Zhang, Longhu Chen

“…Understanding soil water movement processes in cultivated land is crucial for developing sound irrigation strategies. …”
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A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of ultra-processed food consumption with DNA methylation in European children by Joana Llauradó-Pont, Nikos Stratakis, Giovanni Fiorito, Evangelos Handakas, Alexander Neumann, Henrique Barros, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Kiara Chang, Leda Chatzi, Janine F. Felix, Regina Grazuleviciene, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Marianna Karachaliou, Marion Lecorguillé, Carla Lopes, Christopher Millett, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Eleni Papadopoulou, Remy Slama, Eszter P. Vamos, Paolo Vineis, Martine Vrijheid, John Wright, Trudy Voortman, Mariona Bustamante, Oliver Robinson, Camille Lassale

“…Abstract Background/objective There is limited knowledge on how diet affects the epigenome of children. Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption is emerging as an important factor impacting health, but mechanisms need to be uncovered. …”
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Efficiency and Energy Consumption of Partial Carbonation Process for CO₂ Capture from Natural Gas Combustion by Rubens Coutinho Toledo, Caio Leandro de Moraes, Vinoth Thangarasu, João Andrade de Carvalho, Ivonete Avila

“…In this context, a Brazilian dolomite was characterized and evaluated, to be used as sorbent in a CaL process employed in natural gas power plants. For such a purpose, a novel methodology has been proposed to evaluate the mass ratio of CO₂ captured, to assess the energy consumed in the process. …”
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Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks by Ying Jiang, Yuan Feng, Danni Lu, Lin Yang, Qun Zhang, Haiyan Yang, Ning Li

“…From a practical point of view, due to the ease of obtaining the heart rate variability signal, the proposed algorithm is more promising than the algorithms that use brain signal processing to predict epilepsy.…”
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Sustainable aviation fuels from biomass and biowaste via bio- and chemo-catalytic conversion: Catalysis, process challenges, and opportunities by Junyan Zhang, Matthew S. Webber, Yunqiao Pu, Zhenglong Li, Xianzhi Meng, Michael L. Stone, Bingqing Wei, Xueqi Wang, Sainan Yuan, Bruno Klein, Bhogeswararao Seemala, Charles E. Wyman, Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy, Mike Thorson, Matthew H. Langholtz, Joshua S. Heyne, Aibolat Koishybay, Shiba Adhikari, Sufeng Cao, Andrew D. Sutton, Gerald A. Tuskan, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Tao Ling, Brian H. Davison

“…., high product selectivity via biological conversion, and the capability to build C-C chains more efficiently via chemical catalysis. Herein, conversion routes, catalysis, and processes for such pathways are discussed, while key challenges and meaningful R&D opportunities are identified to guide future research activities in the space. …”
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Predicting Endpoint Temperature of Molten Steel in VD Furnace Refining Process Using Metallurgical Mechanism and Bayesian Optimization XGBoost by Ji XU, Zicheng XIN, Mo LAN, Wenhui LIN, Bo ZHANG, Qing LIU

“…Unlike other furnaces, the VD furnace lacks a heating function, leading to a significant drop in the temperature of molten steel during the refining process. If the refining endpoint temperature of molten steel is excessively high, it results in energy waste and can even disrupt the continuous casting process. …”
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Interventions that challenge established and accepted clinical practice: lessons learnt from a process evaluation of the STOP-APE trial by Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Sheila Greenfield, Pooja Gaddu, Clare Prince, Mark Toshner, Graham Robinson, Jonathan Rodrigues, Susan Jowett, Simon Noble, Michael Newnham, Alice Turner, Daniel Lasserson

“…Design and methods This study draws from a process evaluation conducted as part of a clinical trial. …”
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Antioxidant Effects of Curcumin on the Motility and Structural and Biochemical Parameters of Epididymal Sperm in Shal Rams after the Freezing-Thawing Process by Ramin Farhadi, Abbas Farshad, Jalal Rostamzadeh, Abouzar Najafi

“…The use of this technique requires sperm freezing, a process during which superior genes are widely expanded and more progeny can be obtained from a male animal with high genetic characteristics. …”
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Measurement report: Surface exchange fluxes of HONO during the growth process of paddy fields in the Huaihe River Basin, China by F. Meng, F. Meng, B. Han, B. Han, M. Qin, W. Fang, W. Fang, K. Tang, D. Shao, D. Shao, Z. Liao, Z. Liao, J. Duan, Y. Feng, Y. Feng, Y. Huang, Y. Huang, T. Ni, T. Ni, P. Xie, P. Xie, P. Xie, P. Xie

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Scientists, but deny science? Climate change sceptics networks on YouTube led by scientists by Qiaoyi Liu, Yuheun Kim, Jeff Hemsley

“…Scientists who deny human-caused climate change cast greater influence on the climate change denying social networks. Their opinions using more scientific terms cause the networks to be more centralized and form more consistent patterns. …”
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EquiRate: balanced rating injection approach for popularity bias mitigation in recommender systems by Mert Gulsoy, Emre Yalcin, Alper Bilge

“…In this study, we propose the EquiRate method as a pre-processing approach, addressing this problem by injecting synthetic ratings into less popular items to make the dataset regarding rating distribution more balanced. …”
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Design and Research of Intelligent Chatbot for Campus Information Consultation Assistant by Yao Song, Chunli Lv, Kun Zhu, Xiaobin Qiu

“…They can improve the experience of students. Through chatbots, more and more environments are funny and vivid. They can be used as the interface of human‐computer interaction in this assistant; learning becomes more interesting. …”
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Surprising Similarities in Cognitive Footprint of Scientism and Irrational Beliefs by Petar Lukić, Iris Žeželj

“…This apparent paradox illustrates that science could be used as a heuristic, and it highlights the need to cultivate a more realistic view of the science process through formal education and media. …”
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Minangkabau Language Stemming: A New Approach with Modified Enhanced Confix Stripping by Fadhli Almu'iini Ahda, Aji Prasetya Wibawa, Didik Dwi Prasetya, Danang Arbian Sulistyo, Andrew Nafalski

“…Possible improvements could include adding more datasets, improving the rules for handling affixes, and using machine learning to make the system more flexible and accurate. …”
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MmNet: Identifying Mikania micrantha Kunth in the wild via a deep Convolutional Neural Network by Xi QIAO, Yan-zhou LI, Guang-yuan SU, Hong-kun TIAN, Shuo ZHANG, Zhong-yu SUN, Long YANG, Fang-hao WAN, Wan-qiang QIAN

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A Comparison of Responsive and General Guidance to Promote Learning in an Online Science Dialog by Libby Gerard, Marcia C. Linn, Marlen Holtmann

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A truth inference scheme for crowdsourcing using NLP and swin transformers by Ayswarya R. Kurup, Mithun Kumar Kar, Somila Hashunao, Madhusudhan Mishra

“…This approach helps to generate more accurate embedding representations, specifically fine-tuned for nuances of crowdsourced tasks. …”
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Performance evaluation of perceptible impulsive noise detection methods based on auditory models by Arda Özdoğru, František Rund, Karel Fliegel

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Bidirectional Semantic Communication Between Humans and Machines Based on Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Purpose Artificial Consciousness by Yingtian Mei, Yucong Duan

“…We first analyze, evaluate, and compare the DIKWP transformation calculations and processing capabilities, and then compare it with seven mainstream large models. …”
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