Effects of Transgenic cry1Ca Rice on the Development of Xenopus laevis. by Xiuping Chen, Jiamei Wang, Haojun Zhu, Yunhe Li, Jiatong Ding, Yufa Peng

“…In fields of genetically modified, insect-resistant rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins, frogs are exposed to Bt Cry proteins by consuming both target and non-target insects, and through their highly permeable skin. In the present study, we assessed the potential risk posed by transgenic cry1Ca rice (T1C-19) on the development of a frog species by adding purified Cry1Ca protein or T1C-19 rice straw into the rearing water of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, and by feeding X. laevis froglets diets containing rice grains of T1C-19 or its non-transformed counterpart MH63. …”
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The current state of the problem of tick-borne encephalitis in Russia and the world by N. M. Kolyasnikova, A. A. Ishmukhametov, V. G. Akimkin

“…It is obvious that in the second decade of the XXI century, this natural focal neuroinfection, as before, poses a great threat to public health not only in Russia, but also in endemic countries of the world. …”
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Design of e-commerce product price prediction model based on generative adversarial network with adaptive weight adjustment by Abuduaini Abudureheman, Yan Zhao, Aishanjiang Nilupaer

“…However, the diversity of commodities poses challenges such as data imbalance, model overfitting, and underfitting. …”
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Soil Mercury Pollution in Nature-Based Solutions Across Various Land Uses: A Review of Trends, Treatment Outcomes, and Future Directions by Miguel Enrico Robles, Yugyeong Oh, Md Tashdedul Haque, Minsu Jeon, Lee-Hyung Kim

“…Mercury (Hg) contamination in soils poses significant environmental risks. In response, various nature-based solutions (NbSs) have been developed and studied in the past to treat mercury along with other heavy metals from both point and nonpoint sources. …”
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Comparing the effectiveness of emotion regulation training and metacognitive therapy on social-emotional adjustment and dysfunctional thoughts in men with substance abuse treated w... by Elham Alizadeh, Fathollah Mohammadian, Shahram Mami

“…Introduction:  Drug addiction is a significant obstacle to society's growth and humanity's flourishing, posing significant health and efficiency risks for the current generation. …”
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Combating electricity fraud: Employing hybrid learning and computer vision for sustainable energy management by Jui-Sheng Chou, Nader Anwar Charaf, Dani Nugraha Limantono, Hoang-Minh Nguyen

“…However, widespread electricity fraud poses a threat to the stability and integrity of the electricity market. …”
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Multimodal Sensing-Enabled Large Language Models for Automated Emotional Regulation: A Review of Current Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges by Liangyue Yu, Yao Ge, Shuja Ansari, Muhammad Imran, Wasim Ahmad

“…However, many people ignore their own emotional regulation or are deterred by the high cost of psychological counseling, which poses significant challenges to making effective support widely available. …”
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Aplicación y límites de la inmunidad diplomática, a la luz de las normas del “ius cogens” by Maicol Andrés Rodríguez Bolañoz, Sebastian Portilla Parra

“…En este contexto, el presente artículo de reflexión procura brindar luces respecto a esta controversia, que perjudica la comprensión, estudio y aplicación de esta figura. …”
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Characterization of Staphylococcus species isolated from raw milk and milk products (lben and jben) in North Morocco by Abdrezzak Bendahou, Mariam Lebbadi, Latifa Ennanei, Fatima Z. Essadqui, Mohammed Abid

“…In addition, Staphylococcus lentus presented considerable resistance to the oxacillin, erythromycin and lincomycin. …”
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Toward unsupervised building extraction from very high-resolution remote sensing images using SAM and CLIP by Chenxiao Zhang, Peng Yue

“…The substantial variability in imaging conditions and building appearances poses a significant challenge to precise building extraction. …”
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A comprehensive review of machine learning applications in forecasting solar PV and wind turbine power output by Ian B. Benitez, Jai Govind Singh

“…This study examined the role of machine learning (ML) in forecasting solar PV power output (SPVPO) and wind turbine power output (WTPO) and identified the challenges posed by the intermittent nature of these renewable energy sources. …”
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Cutaneous Vasculitis: A Pragmatic Study on the Dermatological Conundrum by Priyanka Varma, Amina Asfiya, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Manjunath Mala Shenoy

“…Background: Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (CSVV) represents the most common form of vasculitis seen in dermatology practice. It presents with a wide spectrum of clinical and histological patterns that poses a diagnostic challenge. …”
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Environmental and health impacts of selected artificial sweeteners: Effectiveness of treatment methods and innovative approaches for mitigation by Marie Joe Sawma, Ramez M. Zayyat, George M. Ayoub, Nasser Mahmassani

“…These substances have entered ecosystems due to improper discharge of waste and industrial waters as well as their inadequate removal in conventional treatment processes. The present study aims at carrying out an updated review on the sources and impacts of a selected number of artificial sweeteners (Aspartame, Saccharine, and Sucralose) and to comprehensively evaluate the effectiveness of various treatment methods in their elimination from the water environment. …”
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Climate Changes and Associated Multiscale Impacts on Watershed Discharge over the Upper Reach of Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, China by Jinping Liu, Wanchang Zhang

“…., precipitation, temperature, and WD, were found to be varied nonlinearly with clear multiscale oscillations characterizing great differences in the oscillation periods, corresponding significance levels, and variance contribution rates, among which precipitation posed a weak impact on WD variations, while temperature played a significant role in WD fluctuations. …”
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Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. by Revital Bronstein, Liron Levkovitz, Nir Yosef, Michaela Yanku, Eytan Ruppin, Roded Sharan, Heiner Westphal, Brian Oliver, Daniel Segal

“…It is increasingly clear that transcription factors play versatile roles in turning genes "on" or "off" depending on cellular context via the various transcription complexes they form. This poses a major challenge in unraveling combinatorial transcription complex codes. …”
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Macroeconomic models for predicting indirect impacts of disasters: A review by Tinger Zhu, Charalampos Avraam, Jack W. Baker

“…Furthermore, we examine how the damage mechanisms posed by different types of disasters translate into model inputs and impact modeling processes. …”
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An Explainable Hybrid CNN–Transformer Architecture for Visual Malware Classification by Mohammed Alshomrani, Aiiad Albeshri, Abdulaziz A. Alsulami, Badraddin Alturki

“…Malware continues to develop, posing significant challenges for traditional signature-based detection systems. …”
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Enhancing Modern Distribution System Resilience: A Comprehensive Two-Stage Approach for Mitigating Climate Change Impact by Kasra Mehrabanifar, Hossein Shayeghi, Abdollah Younesi, Pierluigi Siano

“…Ensuring the resilient operation of distribution systems under these conditions poses a major challenge. This paper presents a comprehensive two-stage techno-economic strategy to enhance the resilience of modern distribution systems. …”
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Concepción de los derechos de autor relativos a la música: análisis desde su fundamentación by María Fernanda Jaimes Melgarejo, Carlos Fernando Morantes Franco, Johan Sebastian Lozano Parra, Sergio Andrés Caballero Palomino

“…Introducción: El presente artículo de investigación aborda la temática de los derechos de autor en la industria musical por medio de la conceptualización de diversas nociones que componen los espectros de los derechos de propiedad intelectual. …”
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Trials evaluating drug discontinuation: a scoping review sub-analysis focusing on outcomes and research questions by Nele Kornder, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Ina Staudt, Nina Grede, Annette Becker, Annika Viniol

“…The selection of outcomes poses a particular challenge. This scoping review addresses the methodological challenges of outcome selection in RCTs investigating drug discontinuation. …”
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