Detection of Four Intermediate-mass Stars with Cool Companions in Low Mass Ratio Eclipsing Binaries by Linfeng Chang, Shengbang Qian, Lei Zang, Fuxing Li

“…\limits^{{\rm{d}}}$ 8) does not, which poses a challenge to the Kraft break. By plotting these components in the H-R diagram, it hints that all systems are main-sequence (MS) primaries with pre-MS companions. …”
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Microneedles-based local photothermal therapy promotes browning of white adipose tissue and combats obesity by Le Li, Hanxing Chen, Kexin Zhang, Xinying Hu, Mengfan Xu, Taotao Wen, Jialuo Ding, Mengyuan Zhao, Yeying Li, Yu Su, Zhenkun Lin

“…Obesity has emerged as a global epidemic, posing a significant threat to human health and imposing a huge burden on healthcare systems worldwide. …”
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Research on the Data-Driven Identification of Control Parameters for Voltage Ride-Through in Energy Storage Systems by Liming Bo, Jiangtao Wang, Xu Zhang, Yimeng Su, Xueting Cheng, Zhixuan Zhang, Shenbing Ma, Jiyu Wang, Xiaoyu Fang

“…By relying on measured data for parameter inversion, the method circumvents the limitations posed by commercial confidentiality, providing a novel technical pathway to enhance the fault ride-through (FRT) performance of energy storage systems (ESSs). …”
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Optimizing the lead time of operational flexibility trading from distributed industrial energy systems in future energy and flexibility markets by Daniel Bull, Adrian Bürger, Markus Bohlayer, Marco Braun, Anke Weidlich

“…To address the challenges posed by increasing shares of variable renewable power generation in the electric grid, flexibility procurement platforms are being actively developed. …”
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Unravelling climate misinformation: fact-checking of climate disinformation in spanish-speaking podcasts by Mercè Cisneros, Jon X Olano Pozo, Anna Boqué-Ciurana, Caterina Cimolai, Daniel Dermit, Andrea Arnal, Marc Masip, Javier Sigro, Enric Aguilar

“…Climate misinformation poses a major obstacle, with radio podcasts—an influential medium—contributing to its spread. …”
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Injuries in German national short-track speed skating athletes by Jan Ziegler, Heidrun Beck, Roland L. Bell, Dominik Matzner, Xinggui Tian, Stefan Zwingenberger

“…Objectives: Short-Track Speed Skating (STSS) is a high-intensity ice sport characterized by fast-paced races and proximity among athletes, which inherently poses a risk for falls and injuries. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of orthopedic-traumatological injuries in German national STSS athletes with comparisons to previous studies. …”
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Role of extracellular vesicles in immune modulation, angiogenesis, progression and therapeutic resistance of glioblastoma by Muhammad Izhar, Ahed H. Kattaa, Amirhossein Akhavan-Sigari, Elaheh Shaghaghian, Yusuke S. Hori, Fred C. Lam, Deyaaldeen AbuReesh, Sara C. Emrich, Louisa Ustrzynski, Armine Tayag, Steven D. Chang, David J. Park

“…Targeting EV-mediated communication presents a promising therapeutic strategy for addressing the challenges posed by this deadly brain tumor.…”
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals based on source analysis and Monte Carlo in the Lijiang River Basin, China by Wanjun Zhang, Cunlin Xin, Wenyue Du, Shi Yu

“…Monte Carlo risk assessments indicate that Al poses non-carcinogenic risks to both adults and children, whereas Cd presents non-carcinogenic risks specifically to children and significant carcinogenic risks to all populations. …”
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Perfusion process with tangential flow filtration for oncolytic VSV-GP production by Orsolya Hamusics, Anja Wittmann, Katrin Hasler, Sabrina Müller, Daniel Birk, Ingo H. Gorr, Alexander Brix, Jorge Soza-Ried

“…To ensure clinical efficacy, doses with high titers are required, which poses a challenge for the manufacturing process. …”
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Dysregulated Adaptive Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Immunocompromised Individuals by Núria Mayola Danés, Demi Brownlie, Rebecca Folkman, Anna Nordlander, Kim Blom, Renata Varnaite, Julia Niessl, Oskar Karlsson Lindsjö, Sandra Söderholm, Mira Akber, Puran Chen, Marcus Buggert, Andreas Bråve, Jonas Klingström, Piotr Nowak, Nicole Marquardt, Klara Sondén, Ola Blennow, Sara Gredmark-Russ

“…The SARS-CoV-2 virus poses a significant risk to immunocompromised patients, who display weakened immunity and reduced seroconversion following infection and vaccination. …”
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Molecular Genotyping by 20K Gene Arrays (Genobait) to Unravel the Genetic Structure and Genetic Diversity of the <i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> Population in the... by Mudi Sun, Wenbin Chen, Qianrong Yong, Xinyu Kong, Xue Qiu, Jie Zhao

“…<i>tritici</i> (<i>Pst</i>), poses a significant threat to wheat production in China. …”
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Aptamer-Conjugated Magnetic Nanoparticles Integrated with SERS for Multiplex Salmonella Detection by Fan Sun, Kun Pang, Keke Yang, Li Zheng, Mengmeng Wang, Yufeng Wang, Qiang Chen, Zihong Ye, Pei Liang, Xiaoping Yu

“…<i>Salmonella</i> is a rapidly spreading and widespread zoonotic infectious disease that poses a serious threat to the safety of both poultry and human lives. …”
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Global equine parasite control guidelines: Consensus or confusion? by Martin K. Nielsen, Alison Pyatt, Jodie Perrett, Eva Tydén, Deborah van Doorn, Tina H. Pihl, Jennifer S. Schmidt, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Anne Beasley, Ghazanfar Abbas, Abdul Jabbar

“…Equine parasite control has historically been characterized by confusing and conflicting information, posing significant challenges for veterinarians and horse owners to make evidence-based decisions. …”
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Two‐Step Tandem Catalysis for High‐Efficiency Ammonia Synthesis Via Nitrate Reduction on Anion‐Intercalated CoNi LDH and Cu/Cu2O by Changzheng Lin, Weijia Li, Hao Chen, Jiangtao Feng, Mengyuan Zhu, Jinwen Shi, Mingtao Li, Bo Hou, Zhenyu Wang, Xin Chen, Jia Liu, Wei Yan

“…However, the NitRR pathway, which involves sequential reactions, poses challenges in synchronizing the rate of nitrate‐to‐nitrite conversion with the subsequent reduction of nitrite to ammonia, particularly as the initial reduction step is rate‐limiting. …”
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Serogroup Prevalence, Virulence Profile and Antibiotic Resistance of Avian Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Broiler Chicken by Showkat A. Shah, Masood S. Mir, Shayaib A. Kamil, Majid Shafi, Mudasir A. Rather, Azmat A. Khan, Zahoor A. Wani, Sheikh Adil, Fatmah M. Alqahtani, Majid Alhomrani, Manzoor Wani

“…The most detected gene was <i>iss</i>, present in 79.6% of isolates, followed by <i>tsh</i>, <i>iuc</i>C, <i>sitA</i>, and <i>pap</i>C. …”
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Azoxystrobin and Picoxystrobin Lead to Decreased Fitness of Honey Bee Drones (<i>Apis mellifera ligustica</i>) by Wenlong Tong, Lizhu Wang, Bingfang Tao, Huanjing Yao, Huiping Liu, Shaokang Huang, Jianghong Li, Xiaolan Xu, Xinle Duan

“…These findings indicate that azoxystrobin and picoxystrobin have adverse effects on the health and reproductive capacity of honey bee drones. The present study highlights the need to reassess the risks posed by these fungicides to pollinators, particularly given the critical role of drones in maintaining the genetic diversity and resilience of honey bee colonies. …”
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Microalgae-based treatment of produced water: A comparison between synthetic and a representative real produced water by Hussain Ali Al Subaie, Nur Farahah Khairuddin, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Muslim Aqeel Alhaddad, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Basheer Chanbasha, Ahsan Mushir Shamsi, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Wasif Farooq

“…These results indicate that the presence of hydrocarbons from crude oil poses a major challenge to algae-based decontamination. …”
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Advancing coal fire detection model for large-scale areas based on RS indices and machine learning by Jinglong Liu, Feng Zhao, Yunjia Wang, Yanan Wang, Sen Du, Libo Dang, Jordi J. Mallorqui

“…Coal fires present significant global environmental and energy challenges, posing substantial barriers to achieving carbon-neutral goals. …”
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Synergistic doping of B/Mn in tubular g-C3N4 for enhanced photodegradation of tetracycline using peroxymonosulfate by Thuy Giang Nguyen, Manh Dung Nguyen, Thi Lan Do, Van Thanh Dang, Van Hung Hoang, The Hung Nguyen

“…The urgent need to address contaminated antibiotics poses a threat to human health and natural systems and has led to the advancement of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). …”
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A bio-inspired framework for apple leaf disease detection: Integrating lesion localization, ant colony optimization, and machine learning by Xiaolong Li, Feifan Huang, Haotian Sun, Jiayu He, Seyed Mohamad Javidan, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Zhao Zhang

“…Due to the visual similarity of symptoms, accurately distinguishing among these diseases poses a major challenge. Conventional diagnostic approaches, such as expert visual assessments and laboratory analyses, are often time-consuming, costly, and limited to post-symptomatic stages. …”
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