Noncoding RNA profiling in omentum adipose tissue from obese patients and the identification of novel metabolic biomarkers by Yongjiao Zhang, Yongjiao Zhang, Ao Chen, Ao Chen, Sumei Lu, Dong Liu, Xiaolei Xuan, Xiaofei Lei, Mingwei Zhong, Fei Gao

“…Further verifications of top changed gene expressions proved the most genes’ consistence with RNA-sequencing including 11 lncRNAs and 4 circRNAs. …”
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FloodNet: Low‐Cost Ultrasonic Sensors for Real‐Time Measurement of Hyperlocal, Street‐Level Floods in New York City by Charlie Mydlarz, Praneeth Sai Venkat Challagonda, Bea Steers, Jeremy Rucker, Tega Brain, Brett Branco, Hannah E. Burnett, Amanpreet Kaur, Rebecca Fischman, Kathryn Graziano, Kendra Krueger, Elizabeth Hénaff, Véronëque Ignace, Erika Jozwiak, Jatin Palchuri, Polly Pierone, Paul Rothman, Ricardo Toledo‐Crow, Andrea I. Silverman

“…Despite the disruptive impacts of flooding and predictions of increased flooding due to climate change, municipalities have little quantitative data available on the occurrence, frequency, or extent of urban floods. …”
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A zinc finger protein shapes the temperature adaptability of a cosmopolitan pest by Xin Miao, Fang Cao, Xiao-Fei Yu, Tian-Pu Li, Hai-Yin Su, Jiao Guo, Gui-Lei Hu, Bing-Wei Chen, Min-Sheng You, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Gao-Ke Lei, Shijun You

“…Global climate change is characterized by increased extreme temperatures affecting insects at all trophic levels. …”
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Study on physical and mechanical properties and freeze-thaw damage models of granite under freeze-thaw cycles by Song Xue, Yongqiong Hu, Yongqiong Hu, Chaojun Jia, Chaojun Jia, Liang Wang, Liang Wang

“…An increase in the number of freeze-thaw cycles leads to a decrease in the rate of increase of ring counts and energy in the early stage of loading and a reduction in their cumulative values. The failure mode changes from “X”-shaped shear failure to conical shear failure, with the shear triangle gradually increasing and shifting upward, and the number of main cracks decreasing.DiscussionThe experimental results are consistent with the theoretical model, indicating that the model can accurately describe the mechanical behavior and damage evolution of rocks under freeze-thaw cycling.…”
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Development of Multimodal Stimulator for Studying Human Tactile Perception and Cognitive Functions: Preliminary Results by Soon-Cheol Chung, Jinsu An, Kyu-Beom Kim, Mi-Hyun Choi, Hyung-Sik Kim

“…The change in the peak-to-peak value was the largest for warmth and the smallest for pressure. …”
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What drives the distinct evolution of the Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash? Insights from a novel CD-RF-FA method by Shuang Liu, Aihua Long, Geping Luo, Hao Wang, Denghua Yan, Xiaoya Deng

“…To achieve this, we propose a novel approach that combines classical seasonal decomposition with Random Forest and Factor Analysis (CD-RF-FA) to quantitatively assess the influences of climate change and human activities on lake inflow. …”
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Seasonal Frozen Soil Electrical Resistivity Estimation Based on Capillary Fractal Model by Lige Bai, Jing Li, Tieyu Liu, Zhenjiao Jiang, Deqiang Mao

“…The conversion of soil water content (SWC) and resistivity based on petrophysical relationships enables the characterization of spatial distribution and changes in freezing and thawing states. Monitoring ground resistivity is essential for understanding frozen soil structure and evaluating climate change and ecosystems. …”
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A Theoretical Model for the Hydraulic Permeability of Clayey Sediments Considering the Impact of Pore Fluid Chemistry by Lixue Cao, Hang Zhao, Baokai Yang, Jian Zhang, Hongzhi Song, Xiaomin Fu, Lele Liu

“…In this study, a theoretical model for the hydraulic permeability of clayey sediments is proposed, and impacts of the pore fluid chemistry are quantitatively considered by introducing electrokinetic flow theory. …”
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Revealing the Enhancement Mechanism of Alkali-Activated Rice Husk Ash on High Mud Content CSG Materials from the Fractal Perspective by Hu Huang, Ruihang Li, Xiancai Zhang, Kelei Cao, Lixia Guo, Qingming Qiu, Changbo Song

“…The microscopic enhancement mechanism of mechanical properties of CSG materials with alkali-activated RHA were studied through the experiments. Based on the changes in microstructure, pore sizes, and mineral composition, the microstructural features of CSG materials are quantitatively characterized using pore characteristic parameters and fractal dimensions, revealing the mechanism by which alkali-activated RHA improves the mechanical properties of CSG materials. …”
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Kinetics of Quality Degradation and Water Removal During Air Drying of Osmodehydrated Oyster Mushrooms Impregnated with <i>Rosa damascena</i> Distillation By-Products by Natalia A. Stavropoulou, Andriana E. Lazou, Maria C. Giannakourou

“…Mushrooms’ air drying kinetics were determined, and the impact of prior osmotic dehydration was quantitatively evaluated. Additionally, the sustainable utilization of <i>Rosa damascena</i> distillation wastewater, rich in phenolics, was explored. …”
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Carbon Storage Simulation and Land Use Optimization for High-Water-Table Resource-Based Cities Based on the Coupled GMOP-PLUS-InVEST Model by Zhen Wang, Anya Zhong, Erhu Wei, Chunming Hu

“…Exploring land use evolution and its impact on carbon storage is crucial for mitigating climate change in resource-based cities and promoting green, low-carbon development. …”
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Satellite Remote Sensing Time-Series Observation of Russia&#x2013;Ukraine War: Ongoing Conflict Increased Crop Risk by Yin Zhang, Qingwu Hu, Shaohua Wang, Pengcheng Zhao, Mingyao Ai

“…We evaluated crop growth status based on changes in vegetation indices derived from satellite remote sensing images. …”
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Irregular Eccentric Wellbore Cementing: An Equivalent Circulation Density Calculation and Influencing Factors Analysis by Fujie Yang, Jinfei Sun, Hanlin Luo, Yue Shi, Jingyan Zhang, Zaoyuan Li

“…Then, a data set is constructed and analyzed using the random forest method to quantitatively evaluate influencing factors such as displacement, rheology, density, and eccentricity on the bottomhole and wellbore ECD. …”
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Editorial by Joanna Krasodomska, Nadia Albu, Anna Szychta

“…Hanna Mysaka and Ivan Derun conducted a bibliometric analysis of the theoretical frameworks underlying sustainability reporting (SR) and non-financial reporting (NFR) within the context of EU regulatory changes. Their analysis shows that SR has become the dominant framework in shaping EU corporate reporting regulations, both quantitatively and qualitatively. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Differentiation of Landscape Ecological Risk in Qinling-Daba Mountains by Chen Quantong, Yin Haoran, Li Yanhong, Dong Qingdong, Zhang Pingping, Zhu Lianqi

“…[Methods] The spatial analysis method and the topographic distribution index method were used with land surface cover data for the Qinling-Daba Mountains from 2000 to 2020 to quantitatively analyze the temporal and spatial characteristics of the Qinling-Daba Mountains landscape ecological risk, and its dynamic changes on geographical terrain gradients. …”
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Seepage characteristics of accumulation landslides under different types of heavy rainfall stability analysis by Hao SHI, Yuanyao LI, Yilin XU, Yang ZHENG, Kehan CHEN, Yinliang MA

“…Current simulations and analyses often focus primarily on rainfall intensity as the change parameter, which limits their effectiveness. …”
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Numerical Investigation on Stability of Lanxi’s Ancient City Wall during a Major Flood Propagation Process by Zipeng Qin, Yan Tian, Qian Li, Weizhong He, Xiaohui He, Qingliang Zhu, Jingquan Gao

“…The flood level variation range dramatically affects the safety factors when it changes near and above the wall foot. The minimum of the safety factors decreases with the increasing flood level falling rate when it drops near the wall foot at different rates. …”
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Multiscale guided attention network for optic disc segmentation of retinal images by A Z M Ehtesham Chowdhury, Andrew Mehnert, Graham Mann, William H. Morgan, Ferdous Sohel

“…The proposed method can be used in automated systems to quantitatively assess optic nerve head abnormalities (e.g., glaucoma, optic disc neuropathy) and vascular changes in the OD region.…”
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Effect of Scalp Hair Follicles on NIRS Quantification by Monte Carlo Simulation and Visible Chinese Human Dataset by Xiang Fang, Boan Pan, Weichao Liu, Zhiyuan Wang, Ting Li

“…Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has increasingly been used to noninvasively determine hemodynamic concentration change noninvasively by detecting light intensity changes. …”
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Effect of Droplet Contamination on Camera Lens Surfaces: Degradation of Image Quality and Object Detection Performance by Hyunwoo Kim, Yoseph Yang, Youngkwang Kim, Dong-Won Jang, Dongil Choi, Kang Park, Sangkug Chung, Daegeun Kim

“…To assess the effect on object detection, performance changes were evaluated across different detection algorithms. …”
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