Additive manufacturing of catenary arch structure design: Microstructure, mechanical properties and numerical simulation by Ye Yuan, Hongsheng Chen, Jing Wang, Wenxian Wang, Xiaochun Chen

“…The WC/High Entropy Alloy composites (WC/HEA) catenary arch structure, distinguished by its variable spans and heights, was fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) technology. …”
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Factors Affecting the Presence and the Diversity of Bryophytes in the Petrifying Sources Habitat (7220) in Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium by J.-M. Couvreur, G. San Martin, A. Sotiaux

“…The best variables explaining the community composition are slope, NO3, NH4, and PO4. …”
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Heterogeneous Landscapes on Steep Slopes at Low Altitudes as Hotspots of Bird Diversity in a Hilly Region of Nepal in the Central Himalayas. by Tej B Basnet, Maan B Rokaya, Bishnu P Bhattarai, Zuzana Münzbergová

“…Data on environmental variables were also collected in order to identify the main determinants of bird diversity and species composition of the bird communities. …”
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Ultrasonic vocalizations in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) reveal modest sex differences and nonlinear signals of sexual motivation. by Marcela Fernández-Vargas, Robert E Johnston

“…We found modest sexual differences between repertoires. Males were more likely than females to produce tonal and less chaotic calls, as well as call types with frequency jumps. …”
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From caregiving burden to income transformation: intergenerational employment effects of long-term care insurance by Zhiying Li, Longhua Zheng, Hong Xu

“…To enhance its effectiveness, policy adjustments should account for family structure and age composition. These insights provide empirical support for optimizing LTCI to foster a more inclusive social security system.…”
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THE IMPACT OF GENDER DIVERSITY ON EARNINGS QUALITY OF LISTED FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF TWO-STAGE LEAST SQUARES by Joseph Olorunfemi Akande

“…To address potential endogeneity, a two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression was used, with instrumental variables estimating the endogenous variables. Additionally, Generalized Least Squares (GLS) and Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) methods were applied to handle heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation issues. …”
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Phage biocontrol success of bacterial wilt depends on synergistic interactions with resident rhizosphere microbiota by Sara Franco Ortega, Bryden Fields, Daniel Narino Rojas, Lauri Mikonranta, Matthew Holmes, Andrea L. Harper, Ville‐Petri Friman

“…We found that using phages in combination did not improve the phage biocontrol efficiency relative to single phage treatments, while certain phages and their combinations were more effective than the others. High intra‐treatment variability in phage efficiency was observed across all phage treatments, which was associated with clear shifts in microbiome composition, a reduction in R. solanacearum and an increase in phage densities. …”
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Centromere-size reduction and chromatin state dynamics following intergenomic hybridization in cotton. by Jinlei Han, Guanjing Hu, Yan Dai, Xin Zhang, Jingjing Tian, Jialiang Zhou, Xinqi Xu, Qi Chen, Xiaobing Kou, Lei Xu, Xinyu Wu, Ziying Sun, Jiahui Geng, Lin Li, Chenyu Qiu, Teame Gereziher Mehari, Baohua Wang, Hui Zhang, Xinlian Shen, Zhenzhen Xu, Jonathan F Wendel, Kai Wang

“…The centromeric histone modification perturbation extended into pericentromeric regions, with variable CENH3-binding domains consistently exhibiting a more pronounced increase in histone modification levels compared to stable centromere regions, highlighting the role of histone modification elevation in centromere dynamics. …”
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Integrated hydrogeochemical and spatial assessment of groundwater quality using multivariate statistics and GIS: a case study from northeastern Iran by Maryam Tajbakhshian

“…This study investigates the hydrogeochemical variability and environmental risks associated with groundwater in the Neyshabur Plain, northeastern Iran, as a semi-arid basin under climatic pressures. …”
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ESTIMATION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES AND METHANE EMISSIONS IN SORGHUM SILAGE by Melchor Rosas-Davila, Ernesto Morales-Almaraz, Felipe Lopez-Gonzalez, Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordan

“…Inclusion of sorghum silage decreased enteric methane and carbon dioxide emissions (P<0.05), even though the concentration of phytochemical compounds among cultivars was not variable (P>0.05). Implications. Understanding the impact of changing forage chemical composition on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in dairy systems is an important issue for mitigating climate change. …”
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Features of bacterial DNA taxonomy in blood of patients with various metabolic phenotypes of obesity by I. M. Kolesnikova, M. S. Karbyshev, A. M. Gaponov, D. R. Khusnutdinova, T. V. Grigoryeva, D. R. Kamaldinova, O. V. Borisenko, V. V. Makarov, S. M. Yudin, S. A. Roumiantsev, A. V. Shestopalov

“…Nocardioidaceae, Flavobacteriaceae, Hyphomicrobiaceae, and Gaiellaceae DNA were more frequently present in the blood microbiome of patients with MHO, whereas MUHO patients more often had S24-7, Nocardiaceae, and Helicobacteraceae DNA in their blood. …”
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Comparison of torch with electric arc casting in the lost wax technique for the cast dental stud protocol. by Víctor Hugo Gonzalo Quispe Mamani, César Alberto Luna Castillo, Dina Miryan Alanoca Sejje, Luis Alexander Orrego-Ferreyros

“…The Mann-Whitney U test confirmed significant differences in cost distributions (p < 0.001), indicating that EAC has higher and more variable costs. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that EAC produces dental models with significantly higher compressive strength and a more refined microstructure compared to TC, enhancing restoration durability. …”
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Micellar Casein Concentrate in Hard Cheese Production by Elena I. Melnikova, Ekaterina V. Bogdanova, Ekaterina B. Stanislavskaia, Elena S. Rudnichenko, Mariya S. Chekmareva

“…The yield of the finished product increased by 17% due to a more active protein involvement in the rennet curd. …”
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Native and exotic Juglans nigra seedlings recruit distinct mycobiomes that differentiate with emergent disease variation by Geoffrey M. Williams, Matthew D. Ginzel

“…Mycobiome differences between seedlings with large and small cankers were higher in Martell Forest plots with greater variability in necrotic area, whereas in Walla Walla, plots with more variable necrotic area showed smaller mycobiome differences between seedlings with large and small cankers. …”
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Controls on concentrations and clumped isotopologues of vehicle exhaust methane. by Jiayang Sun, Mojhgan A Haghnegahdar, Julianne M Fernandez, Cédric Magen, James Farquhar

“…A small portion of the samples exhibited distinct isotopic characteristics, with their δ13C and δD values either becoming significantly more positive or aligning closer to the composition of ambient air, while their Δ12CH2D2 values showed a marked increase, reaching between +25‰ to +33‰. …”
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A Step-by-Step Harmonization Process for Nutritional Epidemiology Purposes: A Methodological Work of the Collaborative PROMED-COG Pooled Cohorts Study by Federica Prinelli, Silvia Conti, Claire T. McEvoy, Caterina Trevisan, Stefania Maggi, Giuseppe Sergi, Marianna Noale

“…Background and objectives: Pooling datasets for nutritional epidemiological purposes are becoming more common because of their several advantages. …”
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Influence of latitude, host body size and host body weight on helminth species richness and abundance in two Neotropical marsupials by Bruna Silva Cirino, Sócrates Fraga da Costa Neto, Thiago dos Santos Cardoso, Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior, Rosana Gentile

“…We evaluated the effect of latitude on helminth species composition using redundancy analysis followed by ANOVA. …”
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Assessing the impact of sewage and wastewater on antimicrobial resistance in nearshore Antarctic biofilms and sediments by Melody S Clark, Benjamin H Gregson, Carla Greco, Harisree Paramel Nair, Marlon Clark, Claire Evans, Kevin A. Hughes, Kudzai Hwengwere, Marcus Leung, Lloyd S Peck, Caray A. Walker, William Chow

“…Thus, no site sampled was more or less diverse than the other, either in the biofilm or sediment samples. …”
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La2O3 promotional effect to Co3O4/γ-Al2O3 catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene with CO2 as soft oxidant by Venkata Rao Madduluri, Peddinti Nagaiah, Challa Prathap, Paleti Gidyonu, Burri David Raju, Kamaraju Seetha Rama Rao

“…La2O3-γ-Al2O3 support with variable composition of La2O3 (2–6 wt%) were prepared by co-precipitation method. …”
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Exploring the causal relationship between obesity, immune cell characteristics and cervical cancer risk using Mendelian randomization by HongYin Cui, Jingjing Zhang, Xiaolin Lang, Changchang Huang, SongQing Yang

“…Methods This study employed Mendelian randomization (MR) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as genetic instrumental variables to analyze causal relationships between obesity, immune cell composition, HLA expression, and cervical cancer risk. …”
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