Assessing climate literacy in secondary schools: development and validation of an interdisciplinary competence test by Monika Martin, Magdalena Stadler, Josef Künsting, Martin Schwichow, Roman Asshoff, Ute Bender, Franziska Birke, Astrid Carrapatoso, Anne-Marie Grundmeier, Christian Höger, Stephan Schuler, Jennifer Stemmann, Werner Rieß

“…Empirical results support the theoretically derived four-dimensional structure of climate literacy, covering the four competence facets of (1) Dealing with content knowledge, (2) Knowledge generation and evaluation, (3) Information and communication, and (4) Normative evaluation. …”
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Sprayable hydrogel sponge for neurovascular microenvironment reconstruction and inflammation modulation in diabetic wound healing by Xiaozhen Zhou, Pengchao Ma, Yihao Liu, Zhaojian Wang, Shida Chen, Zekun Cheng, Songlu Tseng, Hui Wu, Mengdi Zhang, Fengzhou Du, Nanze Yu, Xiao Long, Jiuzuo Huang, Xiumei Wang

“…The sprayable format conforms to irregular wound geometries, while the pneumatic spraying technique generates high-pressure microbubbles that create a porous structure, thereby enhancing exudate absorption and sustained peptide release as a sponge dressing. …”
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STUDY OF THE FOREIGN TRADE SECURITY OF REGIONS IN THE FACE OF EXTERNAL THREATS by Христина Притула, Олексій Заіка, Ева Лазневська, Галина Лещук, Леся Дмитришин, Олександр Кушнір

“…This situation highlights the importance of assessing the foreign trade security of regions to strengthen the country's economic resilience in conditions of a sharp decline in export potential, disruption of established logistics supply chains, the underdevelopment of border infrastructure for freight transportation, the prevalence of raw materials in the export structure, the lack of human resources, the aggravation of the general security situation, etc. …”
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Fungal inhibitory activity of sesquiterpenoids isolated from Laggera pterodonta by Yuxuan Liu, Jinliang Li, Guoxing Wu, Xiaoyun Wu, Yuhan Zhao, Xiao Ding, Xiaoping Qin

“…Herein, six eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes (1–6) were isolated from L. pterodonta and structurally characterized through spectroscopic analysis. …”
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Sex disparity in non-communicable disease burden in Iran from 1990 to 2021 based on the global burden of disease study by Hosein Jafary, Moez Shabanian, Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan, Mohammad-Mahdi Rashidi, Seyede Maryam Mousavi, Ali Golestani, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Nazila Rezaei, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari

“…Decomposition analysis assessed the impact of population growth, age structure, and incidence rates on incidence and death rates. …”
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Comparative study of dynamic recrystallization behavior, microstructural characteristics, and mechanical properties of high-speed-extruded AZ31 and BA56 magnesium alloys by Gun Woong An, Sang-Cheol Jin, Taekyung Lee, Sumi Jo, Sung Hyuk Park

“…Unlike the AZ31 alloy, which retains partially unrecrystallized grains, the high-speed-extruded BA56 alloy demonstrates a coarser but entirely recrystallized and more homogeneous microstructure. The fine-grained structure and abundant Mg3Bi2 particles in the BA56 extrusion billet significantly enhance its DRX behavior, thus enabling rapid and complete recrystallization during extrusion. …”
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Discovery and Genome Characterization of Three New Rhabdoviruses Infecting <i>Passiflora</i> spp. in Brazil by Andreza Henrique Vidal, Ana Clara Rodrigues Abreu, Jorge Flávio Sousa Dantas-Filho, Monique Jacob Xavier Vianna, Cristiano Lacorte, Emanuel Felipe Medeiros Abreu, Gustavo Pereira Felix, Dione Mendes Teixeira Alves-Freitas, Bruna Pinheiro-Lima, Isadora Nogueira, Fabio Gelape Faleiro, Raul Castro Carriello Rosa, Onildo Nunes Jesus, Marcio Martinello Sanches, Yam Sousa Santos, Rosana Blawid, José Leonardo Santos Jiménez, Maite Freitas Silva Vaslin, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, Magnolia de Araujo Campos, Rafaela Salgado Fontenele, Arvind Varsani, Fernando Lucas Melo, Simone Graça Ribeiro

“…PFCV has a high incidence across multiple locations and was identified in plants from Northeastern, Central, and Southeastern Brazil. PaNV1 with genome structure 3′-N-P-P3-M-G-L-5′ and PaNV2 with genome organization 3′-N-X-P-Y-M-G-L-5′ are new members of the <i>Alphanucleorhabdovirus</i> genus and have a more restricted occurrence. …”
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Pork-YOLO: Automated collection of pork quality traits by Jiacheng Wei, Xi Tang, Jinxiu Liu, Ting Luo, Yan Wu, Junhui Duan, Shijun Xiao, Zhiyan Zhang

“…Next, the StarNet backbone was integrated, employing star-shaped operations for high-dimensional feature representation while maintaining computational efficiency, along with a hierarchical convolutional structure to boost performance. Lastly, the C2f-SCA module combines contextual anchor attention with star-shaped operations to improve long-range dependency capture. …”
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Milk-derived antimicrobial peptide GMp7: Disrupting protein networks for multi-target antibacterial inhibition and enhanced dairy preservation by Jinze He, Hong Li, Yujuan Xu, Yufang Li, Tingting Yang, Xiaoyan Yu, Xue Yang, Aixiang Huang, Yuanshan Yu, Yanan Shi

“…The results showed that GMp7 has a secondary structure consisting of 17.45% α-helix, 20.10% β-corner, and 37.13% β-fold, which is conducive to membrane disruption and bacterial cell death. …”
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Exploring WNT pathway dysregulation in serrated colorectal cancer for improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies by Fengzhi Zhu, Fengzhi Zhu, Helen Hoi Ning Yan, Helen Hoi Ning Yan, Yin Tong, Yin Tong, Yueliang Zhao

“…The SCC subtype demonstrated significant WNT pathway heterogeneity and a more stable genomic structure. These findings support the development of a WNT-derived subtyping model that accurately identifies SCC patients across different CRC cohorts. …”
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Mechanical behaviours of concrete segmented tunnel considering the effects of grouting voids — A 3D numerical simulation by Xiaohua Bao, Xianlong Wu, Xuehui Zhang, Jun Shen, Xiangsheng Chen, Pengliang Dang, Hongzhi Cui

“…A 3D finite-element model of a segmented shield tunnel with grouting voids was developed based on the load-structure method. The analysis focused on the effects of void characteristics, such as their angle, position, and length, on the tunnel's mechanical behavior. …”
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Cochlear Implantation in a Patient with a Novel POU3F4 Mutation and Incomplete Partition Type-III Malformation by Xiuhua Chao, Yun Xiao, Fengguo Zhang, Jianfen Luo, Ruijie Wang, Wenwen Liu, Haibo Wang, Lei Xu

“…The phylogenetic analysis and structure modeling of Pou3f4 protein further confirmed that the novel mutation was pathogenic. …”
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Metagenomics-based analysis of microbial community dynamics and flavor compound correlations during rice-flavor Baijiu brewing by Qun Li, Long Zhang, Long Zhang, Rui Li, Jie Tang, Bin Lin, Chunyu Qin, Wei Jiang, Longxu An, Fan Zhang, Xingxing Shi, Shengzhi Yang, Qiang Yang, Shenxi Chen

“…Concurrently, metagenomic sequencing was employed to elucidate the microbial community structure and its temporal dynamics throughout the fermentation process. …”
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Identification of the first plant caffeoyl-quinate esterases in Cichorium intybus by Antoine Mallavergne, David Mathiron, Roland Molinié, Jean-Louis Hilbert, David Gagneul

“…The hydrolysis of caffeoyl-shikimate, a compound structurally close to 5-CQA, to caffeic acid, and its subsequent conversion to caffeoyl-CoA, has been shown to be an important step in the biosynthesis of G and S monolignols. …”
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Truncated form of human CD19 antigen as a suicide gene to control T-cell alloreactivity: ΔCD19 by Simona Manni, Laura Iaffaldano, Marika Guercio, Pietro Merli, Francesca Del Bufalo, Marco Becilli, Mattia Algeri, Daria Pagliara, Rita De Vito, Gerhard Zugmaier, Biagio De Angelis, Concetta Quintarelli, Franco Locatelli

“…We demonstrated that the exposure of ΔCD19-T-cells to an anti-hCD19-hCD3 T-cell bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) molecule (structurally identical to blinatumomab, an agent largely used in the treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) resulted into a prompt elimination of hCD19+/CD3+ cells both in vitro and in an in vivo animal model of mice developing a xenograft reaction mimicking GvHD after infusion of in vitro-activated/expanded human T cells. …”
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Fracture resistance of CAD/CAM milled versus direct hand-made interim laminate veneers by Salahaldeen Abuhammoud, Banan Emtier, Chin-Chuan Fu, Silvia Rojas-Rueda, Carlos A. Jurado, Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar

“…Materials and methods: Fifty maxillary right central incisor veneers (25 specimens per group) were fabricated and divided according to the fabrication method: (1) s-CAM milled (Structure CAD, VOCO Dental); and (2) hand-made (Protemp Plus, 3M). …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of HSP90 family gene in cotton and their potential role in salt stress tolerance by Zhao Yan Hao, Zhao Yan Hao, Qian Feng, Xu Yan Man, Dong Qi Qi, Yu Shi Qing, Zhai Wei Yang, Mohssen Elbagory, Esam Sayed Kasem, Muhammad Yasir, Jiang Yu Rong

“…A comprehensive genomic analysis of G. hirsutum, G. raimondii, and G. arboreum, identified 56 HSP90 genes which were classified into three distinct phylogenetic groups. Gene structure and motifs analysis revealed a conserved nature of HSP90s within each group. …”
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Efficacy of trabeculectomy combined with collagen implant and mitomycin C compared to with mitomycin C alone in glaucoma: a retrospective cohort study by Medhat A Bakr, Ussama Alnaqib, Saleh S. Algamdi, Hatim Najmi, Askar K. Alshaibani, Moataza M. Abdel Wahab, Mohammed Barnawi, Abdulaziz I. AlSomali, Khalid B. Alburayk

“…CONCLUSION: The combined use of the Ologen implant and MMC may provide better outcomes in terms of preserving the optic nerve structure, reducing complications, and maintaining stable bleb morphology postoperatively.…”
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A 55 V, Six-Channel Chopper and Auto-Zeroing Amplifier with 6.2 nV/<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msqrt><mi mathvariant="bold">Hz</mi></msqrt></mrow></sem... by Guolong Li, Guoqing Weng, Zhifeng Chen, Chenying Zhang, Shifan Wu, Chengying Chen

“…Additionally, the ping-pong auto-zero structure was optimized by employing a six-channel parallel first-stage amplifier, which further reduced the charge injection and ripple introduced by the chopper switches. …”
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Calcium carbonate promotes the formation and stability of soil macroaggregates in mining areas of China by Junyu Xie, Jianyong Gao, Hanbing Cao, Jiahui Li, Xiang Wang, Jie Zhang, Huisheng Meng, Jianping Hong, Tingliang Li, Minggang Xu

“…It was concluded that long-term reclamation is beneficial for improving soil structure. The MNPK treatment was the most effective measure for increasing maize grain yield and concentration of organic cementing agents and CaCO3.…”
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