Soil variability effect on the indices of potentially toxic elements pollution under the coffee (Coffea arabica)-enset (Ensete ventricosum) agroforestry systems of Southern Ethiopi... by Abdelaali Ait Saghir, Ali Boularbah, Fisseha Asmelash, Fassil Kebede

“…Results showed significant soil variability effects on PTEs distributions. Average concentrations (mg/kg) of PTEs were: Ti (4570.7), Mn (2358.3), Ba (229.8), Zn (102.8), Sr (43.0), Cu (24.4), Pb(13.6) and As(5.8). …”
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Semi-supervised segmentation of cardiac chambers from LGE-CMR using feature consistency awareness by Hairui Wang, Helin Huang, Jing Wu, Nan Li, Kaihao Gu, Xiaomei Wu

“…Results In terms of the Dice, Jaccard, Average Surface Distance (ASD), and 95% Hausdorff Distance (95HD) metrics, for the atrial segmentation dataset, the proposed method achieved scores of 88.34%, 79.30%, 7.92, and 2.02 when trained with 10% labeled data, and 90.70%, 83.09%, 6.41, and 1.72 when trained with 20% labeled data. …”
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Microstructure and phase evolution in increasing the amount of mo and Ti of non-equiatomic CoFeNi-based medium entropy alloys for organic wastewater treatment by Emőke Sikora, Ferenc Kristály, Dora Tergalecz, Anna Sycheva, Tibor Ferenczi, Maria Sveda, Dora Janovszky

“…Increasing the combined amount of Mo and Ti alloying up to 20 at% (x = 8), the amount of the FCC structure was dominant, while above 20 at% (x = 10), the amount of the two BCC lattice structures was predominant. The average particle sizes were smaller than 3 μm. The specific surface area of all composition powders was less than 0.25 m2/g, which is extremely rare for a catalyst. …”
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Hybrid 3D and 2D Numerical Models of Geothermal Heat Exchanger for Ground Source Heat Pump System by Zhou Hongyun, Li Yong, T.M.Eikevik, Wang Ruzhu

“…Meanwhile, the model is limited by numerous assumptions such as the consistency between the ground surface and air temperatures and physical uniformity of the materials. …”
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Ni-PI-Ni based nanoarchitectonics near-perfect metamaterial absorber with incident angle stability for visible and near-infrared applications by Abu Hanif, Touhidul Alam, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Mohammad Lutful Hakim, Iskandar Yahya, Saleh Albadran, Md. Shabiul Islam, Mohamed S. Soliman

“…The multiple resonators on top layers achieve an average absorption of 98.16% over a range from 380 to 2300 nm with a compact unit cell size of 100 × 100 × 42 nm3. …”
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Relationship Between Marine Fish Production and Climatic and Oceanographic Factors: Evidence From the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh by Shanur Jahedul Hasan, Mohammad Mahfujul Haque, Md. Aktaruzzaman, Md. Mizbahul Noor Anower Kabir, Md. Saifullah Bin Aziz

“…The analysis revealed that certain climatic and oceanographic variables, including monthly average precipitation (LnPrecep), relative humidity (LnRhdt), sea surface temperature (LnSST), chlorophyll‐A concentration (LnChl), salinity (LnSalinity) and dissolved oxygen (LnDo), have a combined explanatory power of 30.7, 46.10, 30.7, 40.4 and 24.0%, respectively, for the observed variability in monthly landing of five groups of marine fishes (hilsa, chanda, mackerel, rita and mixed) at Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC)'s fish landing centre of Cox's Bazar. …”
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Evaluation of Ecosystem Service Capacity Using the Integrated Ecosystem Services Index at Optimal Scale in Central Yunnan, China by Lanfang Liu, Jinliang Wang, Jie Li, Suling He, Yongcui Lan, Fang Liu

“…The results indicated that (1) the IESI was effectively applied in the CYP and could quantitatively and comprehensively integrate the assessment results of the four key ESs. (2) During the study period, the ESs in the CYP showed increasing trends for WY, HQ, and SC, while CS showed a decreasing trend. (3) The IESI during the study period exhibited a trend of initially decreasing and then increasing. The average IESI values for CYP were 0.7338 in 2000, 0.6981 in 2005, 0.6947 in 2010, 0.6650 in 2015, and 0.6992 in 2020. (4) A 4500 m × 4500 m grid was identified as the optimal spatial scale for detecting the spatial divergence of comprehensive ecosystem service (CES) in CYP, and relief degree of land surface (RDLS), slope, and the NDVI were the top three drivers based on q‐values. …”
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Sustainable Pest Management with Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loaded with β-Cypermethrin by Min Li, Linmiao Xue, Teng Gao, Zhuo Zhang, Dan Zhao, Xing Li, Zhanhai Kang

“…The HMSNs had a pore size of 3.09 nm, a specific surface area of 1318 m²·g⁻¹, a pore volume of 1.52 cm³·g⁻¹, and an average particle size of 183 nm. …”
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Effects of Soil Compaction Stress Combined with Drought on Soil Pore Structure, Root System Development, and Maize Growth in Early Stage by Xiangming Zhu, Wei Peng, Qingyang Xie, Enhua Ran

“…Soil compaction substantially affected the root length, root volume, root surface area, and root average diameter in the whole profile (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Muscle Activity and Kinematics During Three Hamstring Strengthening Exercises Compared to Sprinting: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Adelso Jorge, Eric Lichtenstein, Oliver Faude, Ralf Roth

“…Biceps femoris consistently showed greater activity than the semitendinosus across all exercises in peak (mean difference: 0.16, [95%CI: 0.07-0.26]) and average (mean difference: 0.06, [95%CI: 0.01-0.11]) activity. …”
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Characterizations of Electrospun PVDF-Based Mixed Matrix Membranes with Nanomaterial Additives by Haya Taleb, Venkatesh Gopal, Sofian Kanan, Raed Hashaikeh, Nidal Hilal, Naif Darwish

“…Based on findings of this study, PVDF/GO membrane exhibited superior results, with an electrical conductivity of 5.611 mS/cm, an average pore size of 2.086 µm, and a surface charge of −38.33 mV.…”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of NPP and Its Influencing Factors in Kunming City Based on the OPGD Model by ZHANG Zhongzhi, ZHAO Junsan, CHEN Guoping, WANG Lin, LIN Yilin, ZHANG Dandan

“…［Results］ 1) The annual mean distribution of vegetation NPP in Kunming City was spatially and temporally heterogeneous, with a distribution pattern higher in the west and lower in the east, and increased significantly at an average annual growth rate of 7.08 g/(m2·a) (C-based). 2) The fragmentation degree of the vegetation landscape increased; the fragmentation degree was mismatched with vegetation NPP in terms of space, and it had a significant negative effect on the spatial and temporal distribution of vegetation NPP. 3) Changes in vegetation NPP were the result of the combined effects of climatic, anthropogenic and topographic factors; the kernel Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (kNDVI), land surface temperature, and vegetation landscape fragmentation had stronger explanatory power than factors such as temperature, precipitation, and slope; and the interactions between the factors better explained the spatial and temporal changes in vegetation NPP. …”
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The agrocenotic resistance of different winter wheat varieties to weed infestation under the conditions of the Steppe zone of Ukraine by V. Matyukha, O. Tsyliuryk, S. Semenov

“…The best biometric and structural indicators were recorded in the early-maturing winter wheat varieties Tsarychanka and Koshova. In particular, the average plant height reached 96.3 cm, the leaf surface area — 13.83 cm², and the weight of 1000 grains — 42.3 g. …”
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The potential of eggshell hydroxyapatite, collagen, and EGCG (HAp-Col-EGCG) scaffold as a pulp regeneration material by Elline Elline, Kun Ismiyatin, Theresia Indah Budhy, Anuj Bhardwaj

“…There was no significant difference in the median value of the pH at 0, 20, and 60 min in all groups, but there was a significant difference at 40 min. The average gelation times in all groups were not significant. …”
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INTENSITY TRANSFORMATION FOR THE MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS OF THE SOLID LUBRICATING BY LACTIN OF LARGE GRAIN LABA AT 1% EFFECT OF METHACRYLIC ACID by G.A. Yeroshenko, Yu. V. Timoshenko

“… An increase in the average life expectancy of a person, the occurrence of pathology of solid teeth tissues, periodontal tissues, leads to progressive loss of teeth. …”
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Unraveling the local stress corrosion cracking behavior of Alloy 690 plug in a high-temperature concentrated alkaline solution by Baoliang Cheng, Jin Tao, Jingshan Deng, Botao Xu, Xinhe Xu, Songhan Nie, Tongming Cui, Junjie Chen, Zhanpeng Lu

“…Sealing was used to expose only the inner surface of the plug, preventing direct contact between the tube sheet and the concentrated alkaline solution. …”
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Electrochemical synthesis and anticancer inhibitory effect of copper(II)-diclofenac/decanoic acid complexes on MCF 7 breast cancer cells by Abdul Rahim Hanisah, Nordin Norazzizi, Yahaya Badrul Hisham, Lye Yi Wen, Lahuri Azizul Hakim

“…The synthesised Cu(II)–DF/DA complex underwent characterisation using ATR-FTIR, NMR, XRD and UV–Vis, confirming the success of the electrochemical synthesis. Surface morphology and particle size analyses using FESEM and TEM revealed that the synthesised Cu(II)–DF/DA complex possesses a thread-like structure with an average particle size of 4.77±1.77 nm. …”
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The Effect of Glibenclamide on the Functional Activity of К_ATP Channels of Cerebral Arteries in Rats with Streptozotocin Diabetes Mellitus by I. B. Sokolova, G. I. Lobov

“…Glibenclamide did not block endothelium-dependent dilation.CONCLUSION: In rats with streptozotocin diabetes, KATP channels take part in the formation of the basal tone of the pial arteries, but the contribution of these channels is reduced on average by 1.5 times compared to healthy rats.The use of glibenclamide in STZ-T2DM does not affect endothelium-dependent dilatation of cerebral arteries.…”
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Influence of hybrid nanofluids on entropy dynamics and transient thermal behavior in a finned enclosure with cylindrical obstruction by Chunyang Li, Hassan Roshani, Mohammad Jalili, Mohamed H. Mohamed, Payam Jalili, Bahram Jalili, Irshad Ahmad, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal

“…The entropy generation is also investigated using the derived profiles, and the heat transfer rate is computed using the average and local Nusselt numbers. The hybrid nanofluid flow's governing equations were resolved by applying the Galerkin finite element method. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of terrestrial vegetation carbon sinks and its response to climate change in northwest China by Xin Zhang, Chenxi Liu, Youyan Jiang

“…Based on the NEPs, the spatio-temporal characteristics of vegetation carbon sinks were quantitatively investigated, revealing the spatio-temporal differences in NEP among different underlying surface types. Furthermore, the response relationship between vegetation NEP and climate change was deeply explored by using partial correlation analysis.Results(1) From 2000 to 2023, the Northwest China has served as a carbon sink, with an average carbon sequestration of 217.26 g C·m−2·a−1 and a stable upward trend. …”
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