Enhancing oil palm seedling growth through the utilization of guano in early nursery stage by Valensi Kautsar, Afrizal, Wiwin Dyah Ully Parwati

“…Vermicompost and guano were tested as organic fertilizers in oil palm fields to replace chemical fertilizers. This study aims to evaluate the effect of guano and vermicompost as organic fertilizers on the growth of oil palm seedlings during the pre-nursery stage. …”
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Vegetation–soil–microbiota dynamics across a 50-year reconstructed grassland chronosequence on the Loess Plateau of China by Yuanyuan Ma, Yan Shen, Ling Jin, Yu Tian, Hongbin Ma, Jian Lan, Bingzhe Fu

“…A space-for-time substitution method was used to evaluate grassland vegetation coverage and alfalfa production performance in nine stands of different ages (1–50 years old). …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL PERSISTENCE OF DENTAL PLAQUE ON THE PATHOGENESIS AND COURSE OF GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS by Andrii Ye. Demkovych, Yuliia I. Poliukhovych, Petrо A. Hasiuk, Аnna Z. Мykolenko, Anna B. Vorobets, Eduard V. Beliaiev

“…The periodontal ligaments are replaced by granulation tissue, significantly increasing the surface area of the outer covering infiltrated with plaque microbiota. …”
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Optimizing concrete sustainability with bagasse ash and stone dust and its impact on mechanical properties and durability by Muhammad Adeel Khan, Boshan Zhang, Mahmood Ahmad, Mariusz Niekurzak, Muhammad Salman Khan, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri, Weizhen Chen

“…Cement production, a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, highlights the need for eco-friendly building materials to combat global warming and promote sustainability. This study evaluates the simultaneous use of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) and Stone Dust (SD) as partial replacements by volume for cement and sand, respectively, at varying ratios in eco-strength concrete mixes designed for 28 MPa (ES-28) and 34 MPa (ES-34), emphasizing their economic and environmental benefits. …”
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Treatment of CoQ(10) deficient fibroblasts with ubiquinone, CoQ analogs, and vitamin C: time- and compound-dependent effects. by Luis C López, Catarina M Quinzii, Estela Area, Ali Naini, Shamima Rahman, Markus Schuelke, Leonardo Salviati, Salvatore Dimauro, Michio Hirano

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>To test these concepts, we have evaluated the effects of CoQ(10), coenzyme Q(2) (CoQ(2)), idebenone, and vitamin C on bioenergetics and oxidative stress in human skin fibroblasts with primary CoQ(10) deficiency. …”
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Power System Transient Stability Assessment Based on Intelligent Enhanced Transient Energy Function Method by Tianxiao Mo, Jun Liu, Jiacheng Liu, Guangyao Wang, Yuting Li, Kaiwei Lin

“…The development of power systems puts forward higher requirements for transient stability evaluations of power systems. The accuracy and timeliness of transient stability assessment are of great significance to the safe and stable operation of power systems. …”
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SpaGAN: A spatially-aware generative adversarial network for building generalization in image maps by Zhiyong Zhou, Cheng Fu, Robert Weibel

“…The proposed network was comprehensively evaluated with a synthetic and a real-world dataset. …”
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Construction and validation of a nomogram prediction model for antiviral efficacy based on clinical characteristics and intestinal microflora distribution in patients with chronic... by Hongjie Wu, Mingqiang Yue, Tianbao Wang, Xiaoxia Wei, Yanping Wang, Changyun Si

“…It should complement, not replace, clinical judgment and virological monitoring, aiding early risk identification and targeted interventions.…”
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Tax reform, tax shifting and enterprise innovation by Rang-Kun Qi, Zhuang Xiong, Yuriy Bilan

“…This conclusion can help the government correctly judge and comprehensively evaluate the effect of the VAT reform, providing management insights into how the government can better improve tax arrangements and promote enterprise innovation to achieve balanced develop­ment and how enterprises can better obtain policy dividends to promote technological innovation. …”
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Revisiting Fat Content in Bone Lesions: Paradigms in Bone Lesion Detection by Ali Shah, Neel R. Raja, Hasaam Uldin, Sonal Saran, Rajesh Botchu

“…Specifically, CSI is highlighted as a non-invasive method for evaluating intralesional fat content, to distinguish benign marrow entities from malignant marrow-replacing conditions based on quantifiable signal drop-off. …”
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Augmented Intelligence Framework for Human–Artificial Intelligence Teaming in Cybersecurity by Masike Malatji

“…Augmented intelligence is about the role of AI enhancing rather than replacing human intelligence through a more harmonious working relationship. …”
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Distinguishing classes of neuroactive drugs based on computational physicochemical properties and experimental phenotypic profiling in planarians. by Danielle Ireland, Christina Rabeler, Sagar Rao, Rudy J Richardson, Eva-Maria S Collins

“…Here, we used cheminformatics and MTS in the freshwater planarian Dugesia japonica-an invertebrate system used for neurotoxicant testing-to evaluate the extent to which complementary insight could be gained from the two data streams. …”
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Automated Root Cause Analysis of Network Failures in IP/MPLS Network Using Machine Learning and Case-Based Reasoning by Tikumporn Wankvar, Apichon Witayangkurn

“…The Log Analysis Layer enhances message uniformity by standardizing event logs through template generation, which replaces variable elements with wildcards. The Operation and Maintenance Layer includes components such as an event analysis service, node chain lookup, and node test service. …”
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HYPOLIPIDEMIC THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IN 2004-2010 ACCORDING TO THE PROGNOZ IBS REGISTER by S. N. Tolpygina, Yu. N. Polyanskaya, S. Yu. Martsevich

“…Aim. To evaluate the frequency of prescription, efficacy and patients adherence to statin therapy in a cohort of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), confirmed by coronary angiography data, during the period from 2004 to 2010 based on the data from the PROGNOZ IBS register.Material and methods. …”
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The Efficacy of Low-Kilovoltage X-Rays Intraoperative Radiation as Boost for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yuanjian Fan, Ruiwan Chen, Ying Lu, Ying Lin, Yunjian Zhang, Nan Shao, Shenming Wang, Dahong Nie, Zhen Shan

“…Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is a novel promising technology that may replace external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) as boost for patients receiving breast-conserving surgery. …”
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Activity data from wearables as an indicator of functional capacity in patients with cardiovascular disease. by Neil Rens, Neil Gandhi, Jonathan Mak, Jeddeo Paul, Drew Bent, Stephanie Liu, Dasha Savage, Helle Nielsen-Bowles, Doran Triggs, Ghausia Ata, Julia Talgo, Santiago Gutierrez, Oliver Aalami

“…In this study, we assessed the ability of a home-based 6-minute walk test (6MWT) as well as passively collected activity data to supplement or even replace the in-clinic 6MWTs in patients with cardiovascular disease.…”
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Quantum entropy-driven modifications to holographic dark energy in f(G, T) gravity by Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano

“…This approach extends the conventional HDE model by replacing the standard Bekenstein–Hawking entropy with Barrow entropy, which encapsulates quantum gravitational corrections to the geometry of black hole horizons. …”
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Video-based pupillometry using Fourier Mellin image correlation by Brett A. Meyers, Pavlos P. Vlachos

“…Abstract We introduce a novel method for evaluating the pupil light reflex (PLR) response using digital video recordings. …”
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Mixed reality strategies for piano education by Vivienne Amm, Krishnan Chandran, Lars Engeln, Matthew McGinity

“…User studies were conducted to evaluate both remote and solo aspects of the application. …”
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GhostConv+CA-YOLOv8n: a lightweight network for rice pest detection based on the aggregation of low-level features in real-world complex backgrounds by Fei Li, Yang Lu, Qiang Ma, Shuxin Yin, Rui Zhao

“…To overcome these limitations, this paper introduces GhostConv+CA-YOLOv8n, a lightweight object detection framework was proposed, which incorporates several innovative features: GhostConv replaces standard convolutional operations with computationally efficient ghost modules in the YOLOv8n’s backbone structure, reducing parameters by 40,458 while maintaining feature richness; a Context Aggregation (CA) module is applied after the large and medium-sized feature maps were output by the YOLOv8n’s neck structure. …”
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