70 Years of observational weather data show increasing fire danger for boreal Europe and reveal bias of ERA5 reanalysed data by Johan Sjöström, Frida Vermina Plathner, Anders Granström

“…Increasing trends were mostly driven by higher noon-temperature and not by altered precipitation patterns. Further, observed fire danger differed substantially from that based on ERA5 reanalysis data. …”
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Behavioural rhythms of two amphipod species Marinogammarus marinus and Gammarus pulex under increasing levels of light at night. by Charlotte N Underwood, Alex T Ford, Samuel C Robson, Herman Wijnen

“…This may be relevant to individual and population level fitness of vulnerable species in more heavily urbanised areas.…”
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Computer‐aided biochemical programming of synthetic microreactors as diagnostic devices by Alexis Courbet, Patrick Amar, François Fages, Eric Renard, Franck Molina

“…While engineered organisms pose important technological and ethical challenges, de novo assembly of non‐living biomolecular devices could offer promising avenues toward various real‐world applications. …”
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Gobbling activity of eastern wild turkeys relative to male movements and female nesting phenology in South Carolina by Michael J. Chamberlain, Patrick H. Wightman, Bradley S. Cohen, Bret A. Collier

“…Managers attempt to implement seasons that allow for hunter satisfaction while limiting effects to reproduction and ensuring sustainable populations. …”
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Comparative Morphology of Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) From Three Estuaries Adjoining the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria by Ochuko Joshua Eriegha, Jerimoth Kesena Ekelemu, Oster Francis Nwachi

“…The regression coefficient b revealed that all three populations of E. fimbriata had a negative allometric growth pattern. Fish samples from the Lagos lagoon had the highest condition factor (1.01±0.02) while those from the Escravos estuary had the least (0.79±0.02). …”
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Harnessing solar drying for starter cultures: A novel approach to backslopping fermentation by Marcel Houngbédji, Donan Bangbadé, D. Sylvain Dabadé, Schadrac D. Agossevi, B. Pélagie Agbobatinkpo, S. Wilfrid Padonou, Joseph Dossou, Paulin Azokpota, D. Joseph Hounhouigan

“…The final water activity of the dried culture was 0.17 ± 0.03, ensuring satisfactory survival of lactic acid bacteria (97.42 ± 0.15 % of viability) and yeast (81.05 ± 7.06 % of viability). The drying kinetic patterns showed consistent fit with Midili-Kucuk model with high reliable predictivity (R2 = 0.998) and least bias (Root Mean Square Error = 0.016), demonstrating the suitability of solar drying for small-scale production of starter culture. …”
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Unusual Radiographic Presentation of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Patient with AIDS by Brian L. Block, Tejas Mehta, Gabriel M. Ortiz, Sean P. Ferris, Thienkhai H. Vu, Laurence Huang, Adithya Cattamanchi

“…In the era of combination antiretroviral therapy, routine prophylaxis for PCP, and increased use of computed tomography, it may be that PCP will increasingly present with nonclassical chest radiographic patterns. Clinicians should be aware of this presentation when selecting diagnostic and management strategies.…”
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Explaining drivers of housing prices with nonlinear hedonic regressions by Heng Wan, Pranab K. Roy Chowdhury, Jim Yoon, Parin Bhaduri, Vivek Srikrishnan, David Judi, Brent Daniel

“…In this study, we employ interpretable ML to analyze the patterns driving the housing market in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to protective eyewear acceptance among Indian farmers: A qualitative study by Gopinath Madheswaran, K Eshwari, Judith Shefali Jathanna, Syed Ibrahim, Krithica Srinivasan, Lakshmi Shinde, Ramesh S Ve, Rashima Asokan, S Saravanan, SB Saranya

“…Six themes were identified: occupational hazards while farming, practice patterns for managing occupational hazards, uses of protective eyewear while farming, benefits and challenges of protective eyewear, perceptions about protective eyewear and suggestions for improvement. …”
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Polygenic Genetic Analysis of Principal Genes for Yield Traits in Land Cotton by Xiaoman Ma, Weifeng Guo, Liangrong He, Xinchuan Cao

“…The optimal genetic model for single boll weight and seed index was PG-ADI, while MX2-ADI-AD best fit the traits of boll number per plant and lint percentage. …”
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Epidemiology of Pickleball-Related Foot and Ankle Injuries (2015 – 2023) by Kiera Kingston MD, Emily Belle Parker BS, Alexander Higgins DO, Jeremy T. Smith MD

“…The surge in pickleball’s popularity is largely attributed to a growing population of older adults in search of a relatively low-impact yet engaging physical activity. While pickleball is great for promoting both physical fitness and social interaction, it is not without risk of injury. …”
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Internal structure of the action and acceptance questionnaire II (AAQ-II): evidence for a three-factor and bifactor model in two samples of university students by Daniel Núñez, César Villacura-Herrera, Javier Cubillos, Martín Donoso, Álvaro I. Langer

“…Background Experiential avoidance (EA), defined as an inflexible behavioral pattern by which a person tries to avoid contact with private unpleasant situations, is considered a transdiagnostic variable associated with various psychopathological disorders. …”
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Relative Age Effect in Junior Padel Players: Insights from National Team Selection at the 2024 Junior European Championships by Rafael Conde-Ripoll, Iván Martín-Miguel, Diego Muñoz, Carlo Ferrara, Bernardino J. Sánchez-Alcaraz, Adrián Escudero-Tena

“…Such patterns may influence competitive performance and talent identification. …”
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Signatures of Perseveration and Heuristic-Based Directed Exploration in Two-Step Sequential Decision Task Behaviour by Angela Mariele Brands, David Mathar, Jan Peters

“…In two independent data sets spanning two different variants of the task, an extended hybrid RL model with a higher-order perseveration and heuristic-based exploration mechanism provided the best fit. While a simpler model with complex perseveration only, was equally well equipped to describe the data, we found a robust positive effect of directed exploration on choice probabilities in stage one of the task. …”
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What is mixed use? Presenting an interaction method for measuring land use mix by Kevin Manaugh, Tyler Kreider

“…The models presented show the usefulness of the approach by significantly improving the model fit in comparison to a commonly-used land use mix index, while controlling for socio-demographic and built form factors in three large Canadian cities (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal). …”
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Exploring the sustainability of virtual care interventions: A scoping review. by Tujuanna Austin, Farah Tahsin, Darren Larsen, Ross Baker, Carolyn Steele Gray

“…The charted data were summarized to gain a descriptive understanding of the data collected and to establish patterns. A conceptualization of virtual care intervention sustainability focused on the concepts of fidelity and adaptability. …”
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From Global to Local: Testing the UNEP Environmental Vulnerability Index in a Coastal Korea Context by SaMin Han

“…Sub-index analyses indicate that ecological and anthropogenic damage factors show the strongest correlation with past disasters among the hazard, resistance, and damage categories. While the model’s explanatory power was modest (R² = 0.017), the regression nonetheless provides meaningful insight into how global indices can reflect local vulnerability patterns. …”
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A 3-Dimensional Multiband Antenna for Vehicular 5G Sub-6 GHz/GNSS/V2X Applications by Ahmad S. Ibrahim, Ahmad M. Yacoub, Daniel N. Aloi

“…The presented antenna is a three-dimensional monopole antenna with two branches to cover the required bands with compact size to fit inside a roof top shark-fin. The long antenna branch covers the lower cellular frequency band from 617 to 960 MHz, while the short branch covers the higher frequency band from 1559 to 6000 MHz. …”
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Optimization of heat and mass transfer in chemically radiative nanofluids using Cattaneo-Christov fluxes and advanced machine learning techniques by Shazia Habib, Saleem Nasir, Zeeshan Khan, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Waseem Khan, Saeed Islam

“…The overall AE fall within 10-03-10-07.The MSE values lie within the interval of 1001-10-05.The FIT spread over the range of 100-10-12 while the MAD values lie in the interval 10-01-10-07.The Mean values observed between 10-03 and 10-04 while the Standard deviation values fall within the range 10-02-10-04, demonstrating that the proposed methodology is precise and consistent. …”
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Effects of various packaging materials and temperature conditions on the storage stability of Zea mays L. (baby corn) powder by Ubaida Akbar, Md Sabir Ahmed Mondol, Jyoti Singh, Prasad Rasane, Vikas Nanda, Gholamreza Abdi, Sawinder Kaur

“…The sorption isotherms displayed a Type II pattern with distinct bending points, revealing temperature-dependent moisture retention. …”
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