Spatio-temporal dynamics and drivers of cropland ecosystem services value during the past two decades in Yangtze river economic belt, China by Hanjun Xia, Pengbo Zhang, Qi Zhang, Baofa Peng, Chenxin Zhou, Qian Zhu, Songchao Chen, Bifeng Hu

“…Clarifying the spatio-temporal variation of the cropland ecosystem service value (Crop-ESV) and understanding its main drivers are critical for maintaining and regulating cropland ecosystem functions.MethodsThus, this study systematically assessed the Crop-ESV in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) in China and mapped it at 1 km spatial resolution from 2001 to 2020. …”
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Postprandial glucose variability and clusters of sex hormones, liver enzymes, and cardiometabolic factors in a South African cohort of African ancestry by Lisa K Micklesfield, Tinashe Chikowore, Julia H Goedecke, Michèle Ramsay, Bontle Masango, Karl-Heinz Storbeck

“…Introduction This study aimed to, first, determine the clusters of sex hormones, liver enzymes, and cardiometabolic factors associated with postprandial glucose (PPG) and, second to evaluate the variation these clusters account for jointly and independently with polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in South Africans of African ancestry men and women.Research design and methods PPG was calculated as the integrated area under the curve for glucose during the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) using the trapezoidal rule in 794 participants from the Middle-aged Soweto Cohort. …”
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Predicting early complications in patients with spinal gunshot wounds: A multicenter study by Guillermo A. Ricciardi, Juan P. Cabrera, Oscar Martínez, Javier Matta, Hugo Vilchis, Jeasson Javier Perez Ríos, Charles A. Carazzo, Michael Dittmar, Ratko Yurac

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Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase (PNP) as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer by Yanfei Chen, Peiyi Xian, Jianming Lu, Le Zhang, Chao Cai, Weide Zhong

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Modeling and finite element simulation of temperature field in rail abrasive belt grinding by Haipeng WANG, Jianyong LI, Chaoyue ZHAO, Yueming LIU

“…The thermal flow rate in the grinding area is analyzed and integrated, and the discrete point heat source set generated by multi-abrasive grinding is transformed into a continuous surface heat source. …”
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Single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveals tumor cell heterogeneity and underlying molecular program in colorectal cancer by Teng Wang, Zhaoming Chen, Wang Wang, Wang Wang, Heng Wang, Shenglong Li

“…BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly heterogeneous tumor, with significant variation in malignant cells, posing challenges for treatment and prognosis. …”
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Agenda-setting Policy Analysis on Iranian Physical Activity Promotion Policies: An application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework by Behrouz Fathi, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq, Sara Pourazavi, Haidar Nadrian, Ahmad Kousha

“…Purposeful sampling with a maximum variation was used to identify the key informants. …”
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Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Amphibians in the Huangshan Mountain Region: The Roles of Climate and Human Activities by Fei Hong, Dapeng Pang, Xiaojia Lin, Weixin Huang, Jie Fang, Wenbo Li

“…In this study, we applied field survey methods, the MaxEnt model, and integrated climate and human activity data to predict potential changes in the diversity and distribution of amphibian species in Huangshan Mountain, China. …”
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Nutrigenomics and personalized diets - Tailoring nutrition for optimal health by Divya Chaudhary, Diksha Guleria, Himanshi Aggarwal, Vaibhav Mishra, Abhishek Chauhan, Laurent Dufossé, Naveen Chandra Joshi

“…In addition, systems biology tools like proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics work alongside statistical methods to analyse genetic variation and gut microflora differences that influence metabolic health through food bioactives. …”
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Identification of multicohort-based predictive signature for NMIBC recurrence reveals SDCBP as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer by Chen Zhang, Hubin Yin, Tinghao Li, Junrui Chen, Weiyang He, Ke Ren, Bo Li, Xudong Liu

“…Traditional clinical characteristics alone are inadequate for accurately assessing the risk of NMIBC recurrence, necessitating the development of novel predictive tools.Methods We analyzed microarray data of NMIBC samples obtained from the ArrayExpress and GEO databases. …”
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Seasonal Characteristics of Long-Range Transport and Potential Associated Sources of Particulate Matter (Pm₁₀) Pollution at the Station Elk, Poland, on 2021-2022 Data by S. Abdo, Y. Koroleva

“…The findings demonstrate that the seasonal distributions of PM10 source areas obtained using these two methods generally share similar characteristics, suggesting the credibility and accuracy of the analytical results.…”
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Response of aboveground organs of Woody plants in the Qaidam Basin in China to aridity via functional economic spectra by Siyu Liu, Yiwen Kong, Yue Fan, Yanhong Liu

“…The trade-off between the LES and SES demonstrated the existence of an aboveground economic spectrum, providing a scientific basis for understanding the survival mode and adaptive variation pattern of desert plants.…”
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Geoenvironmental effects on distribution characteristics of bed-perpendicular joints in sandstone-mudstone interbedded strata: a case study from the Ordos basin by Changqing Liu, Han Bao, Hengxing Lan, Yong Zhai, Changgen Yan, Xiaoguang Li

“…Methods In the sandstone-mudstone interbedded strata of the Ordos Basin, more than 3500 BPJs were surveyed from 30 exposures. …”
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Exploring the Medicinal Potential of <i>Taraxacum Kok-Saghyz</i> (<i>TKS</i>) Using Widely Targeted Metabolomics by Michele Tan, Jeffrey Shih-Chieh Chu, Daniel Robin Swiger

“…Samples were hand-harvested and preserved on dry ice to maintain biochemical integrity. Metabolite identification and classification were performed using the MWDB and KEGG databases. …”
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Watkins wheat landraces decode nitrogen-driven biomass trade-offs: GWAS exposes root-shoot dialectics and elite landraces for resilient agriculture by Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Zareen Sarfraz, Junliang Hou, Yanping Wei, Bo Song, Shifeng Cheng

“…This study aimed to dissect the molecular and physiological foundations of nitrogen-driven resilience in wheat, leveraging the genetically diverse Watkins wheat landraces as a source of adaptive alleles.MethodsA total of 308 Watkins wheat landraces were phenotyped under low nitrogen (LN) and normal nitrogen (NN) conditions to assess root-shoot allocation strategies. …”
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A Transductive Zero-Shot Learning Framework for Ransomware Detection Using Malware Knowledge Graphs by Ping Wang, Hao-Cyuan Li, Hsiao-Chung Lin, Wen-Hui Lin, Nian-Zu Xie

“…This study proposes a Transductive Zero-Shot Learning (TZSL) model based on the Vector Quantized Variational Autoencoder (VQ-VAE) architecture, integrated with a malware knowledge graph constructed from sandbox behavioral analysis of ransomware families. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Swirl Vane Separator under Rolling Motion Condition by LI Yamin1, , YING Bingbin2, LIU Li1, , GU Hanyang1

“…Before reaching the critical condition, the variation in separation efficiency corresponds with the rolling motion of the separator. …”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals adrb1 as a sympathetic nerve-regulated immune checkpoint driving T cell exhaustion and impacting immunotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcin... by Qun Li, Shuning Xu, Yulin Ren, Cheng Zhang, Ke Li, Ying Liu

“…We identified ADRB1+ T cells through data analysis and experimental validation. Copy number variation (CNV) analysis detected malignant cells within scRNA-seq data, while intercellular interaction analysis examined communication between cell populations. …”
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Dataset Construction Using Item Response Theory for Educational Machine Learning Competitions by Takeaki Sakabe, Yuko Sakurai, Emiko Tsutsumi, Satoshi Oyama

“…Machine learning has been integrated into numerous applications and has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies in our daily lives. …”
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RAB5B: explore its carcinogenic potential and understand its role, prognostic value and biological significance in pan-cancer by Jing Zhu, Chun Yu, Xin Xu, Chu Zou, Jiaqi Li, Rui Wang, Xinchao Li, Aijun Sun, Shiyan Wang, Chao Jiang

“…In most malignancies, RAB5B expression correlated positively with Copy Number Variation (CNV) and methylation. It also correlated significantly with immunotherapy biomarkers and responses. …”
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