The BASIDIN effector of the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa promotes positive effects on the seed germination and seedlings development of Lactuca sativa by Keilane Silva Farias, Monaliza Macêdo Ferreira, Ivina Barbosa De Oliveira, Ronaldo José Durigan Dalio, Carlos Priminho Pirovani

“…Since lettuce propagates through seeds, the use of high-quality seeds is extremely important for establishing the crop. Several studies have demonstrated the potential of alternative methods of seed treatment with the aim of increasing productivity. …”
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Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Craft Villages and Industrial Environments of Vietnam by Thi Vi Phung, Thuy Ngoc Nguyen, Lan-Anh Phan Thi, Hung Viet Pham, Hong Anh Duong

“…The environmental risks posed by PFASs in surface water from craft villages were mainly in a range of extremely low to low level, particularly a few points have high ecological risks of PFDoA.…”
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Monitoring Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forests damage caused by Pantana phyllostachysae Chao considering phenological differences between on-year and off-year using UAV h... by Anqi He, Zhanghua Xu, Yifan Li, Bin Li, Xuying Huang, Huafeng Zhang, Xiaoyu Guo, Zenglu Li

“…We analyzed the impact of on-year and off-year phenological characteristics on the accuracy of hazard extraction and developed detection models for P. phyllostachysae hazard levels in on-year and off-year Moso bamboo using Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and one-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (1D-CNN). …”
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A Series of Novel Alleles of <i>Ehd2</i> Modulating Heading and Salt Tolerance in Rice by Peng Xu, Shulei Hao, Xiaoxia Wen, Guifang Ma, Qinqin Yang, Ling Liu, Galal Bakr Anis, Yingxin Zhang, Lianping Sun, Xihong Shen, Qunen Liu, Daibo Chen, Yongbo Hong, Yuyu Chen, Xiaodeng Zhan, Shihua Cheng, Liyong Cao, Weixun Wu

“…In this study, a series of mutants (<i>elh5</i> to <i>elh12</i>) exhibiting extremely late heading under both long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) conditions were identified from an ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutant library. …”
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Prognostic value of multi-PLD ASL radiomics in acute ischemic stroke by Zhenyu Wang, Yuan Shen, Xianxian Zhang, Qingqing Li, Congsong Dong, Shu Wang, Haihua Sun, Mingzhu Chen, Xiaolu Xu, Pinglei Pan, Pinglei Pan, Zhenyu Dai, Fei Chen, Fei Chen

“…Shapley Additive exPlanations was applied to interpret feature contributions.ResultsThe combined model of extreme gradient boosting demonstrated superior predictive performance, achieving an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.876. …”
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Long-term outcome of photodynamic therapy with hexyl aminolevulinate, 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion and methyl aminolevulinate for low-risk Basal Cell Carcinomas by M. Salmivuori, M. Grönroos, T. Tani, J. Räsänen, E. Snellman, N. Neittaanmäki

“…Methods: Ninety-eight histologically verified low-risk BCCs on the trunk or extremities were included and randomized into three arms to receive PDT in two sessions with MAL, BF-200 ALA or HAL. …”
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Modeling soil respiration in summer maize cropland based on hyperspectral imagery and machine learning by Fanchao Zeng, Fanchao Zeng, Jinwei Sun, Huihui Zhang, Lizhen Yang, Xiaoxue Zhao, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Bo, Yuxin Cao, Fuqi Yao, Fenghui Yuan, Fenghui Yuan

“…We compared the performance of traditional multiple linear regression (MLR) with that of an ML model (extreme gradient boosting, XGBoost), in simulating SR rate across these four growth stages.ResultsOur findings demonstrated that the simulation of the XGBoost model, utilizing soil temperature (Ts) and hyperspectral data, outperformed the MLR model. …”
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The Escalating Magnitude of COVID-19 Infections among the Northeastern Ethiopia Region: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Zeleke Geto, Saba Gebremichael, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Genet Molla, Melkam Tesfaye, Wondmagegn Demsiss, Daniel Gebretsadik

“…The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is lethal and extremely contagious, with a rapidly rising global prevalence. …”
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Surgical treatment of patients with renal cell cancer complicated by specific (tumor) and non-specific thrombosis of the inferior Vena cava by N. V. Vorobev, F. S. Ashyrova, M. P. Golovashchenko, L. O. Petrov, A. D. Kaprin

“…This maneuver does not lead to the development of clinically significant chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities (CVI NC), postoperative VCI or PE thrombosis. …”
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Predicting the risk of heart failure after acute myocardial infarction using an interpretable machine learning model by Qingqing Lin, Qingqing Lin, Wenxiang Zhao, Wenxiang Zhao, Hailin Zhang, Hailin Zhang, Wenhao Chen, Sheng Lian, Qinyun Ruan, Qinyun Ruan, Zhaoyang Qu, Zhaoyang Qu, Yimin Lin, Yimin Lin, Dajun Chai, Dajun Chai, Dajun Chai, Dajun Chai, Xiaoyan Lin, Xiaoyan Lin, Xiaoyan Lin, Xiaoyan Lin

“…For developing a predictive model for HF risk in AMI patients, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Regression was used to feature selection, and four ML algorithms including Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boost (XGBoost), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Logistic Regression (LR) were employed to develop the model on the training set. …”
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Identification of CENPM as a key gene driving adrenocortical carcinoma metastasis via physical interaction with immune checkpoint ligand FGL1 by Cunru Zou, Yu Zhang, Chengyue Liu, Yaxin Li, Congjie Lin, Hao Chen, Jiangping Hou, Guojun Gao, Zheng Liu, Qiupeng Yan, Wenxia Su

“…Abstract Background Distant metastasis occurs in the majority of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), leading to an extremely poor prognosis. However, the key genes driving ACC metastasis remain unclear. …”
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Rehabilitation diagnosis of patients with mine-explosive wounds of the lower leg based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health by O.E. Dorofieieva, K.S. Yarymbash, O.A. Glinyana, Yu.V. Syomych, I.T. Skrypchenko

“…In the course of the clinical and instrumental methods of examination of patients with mine-explosive wounds at the level of the lower leg, the assessment of categories according to the ICF revealed disorders at the level of structure: functions: s 75010 bones of lower leg, s 75012 muscles of lower leg, s 75013 ligaments and fasciae of lower leg, s 8104 skin of lower extremity; b 28015 pain in the lower limb, b 4550 general physical endurance, b 7101 mobility of several joints, b 7351 muscle tone of one limb, b 770 function of the stereotype of walking, b 7800 sensation of muscular stiffness, b 810 protective function of skin; activities: d 4104 standing position, d 4106 moving the center of gravity of the body, d 4501 walking long distances, d 465 moving using technical means, d 5100 washing body parts, d 5102 wiping and drying, d 5402 putting on footwear, d 5403 taking off footwear, d 5702 self-health support, d 850 well-paid work, d 920 recreation and leisure, e 1151 assistive products and technologies for personal everyday use, e 310 close relatives, e 355 professional health care workers. …”
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Role of Intraplate Strike-Slip Earthquakes in Accommodating Convergence Across the Eastern Himalayan Plate Boundary System by Dibyajyoti Chaudhuri, Rupak Banerjee, Ajay Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Supriyo Mitra

“…North-East India, at the eastern extremity of the Himalaya, is one of the most rapidly deforming intraplate regions. …”
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Evolutionary dynamics of mitochondrial genomes and intracellular transfers among diploid and allopolyploid cotton species by Jiali Kong, Jie Wang, Liyun Nie, Luke R. Tembrock, Changsong Zou, Shenglong Kan, Xiongfeng Ma, Jonathan F. Wendel, Zhiqiang Wu

“…Abstract Background Plant mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) exhibit extensive structural variation yet extremely low nucleotide mutation rates, phenomena that remain only partially understood. …”
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Brood thermoregulation effectiveness is positively linked to the amount of brood but not to the number of bees in honeybee colonies by Godeau, Ugoline, Pioz, Maryline, Martin, Olivier, Rüger, Charlotte, Crauser, Didier, Le Conte, Yves, Henry, Mickael, Alaux, Cédric

“…These results demonstrate an extremely high effectiveness of honeybee colonies to thermoregulate the brood regardless of colony size. …”
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A comparative analysis of five land surface temperature downscaling methods in plateau mountainous areas by Ju Wang, Ju Wang, Ju Wang, Bo-Hui Tang, Bo-Hui Tang, Bo-Hui Tang, Bo-Hui Tang, Xinming Zhu, Xinming Zhu, Xinming Zhu, Dong Fan, Dong Fan, Dong Fan, Menghua Li, Menghua Li, Menghua Li, Junyi Chen, Junyi Chen, Junyi Chen

“…Three machine learning models, including Back Propagation (BP) Neural Network, random forest (RF), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and two classic single-factor linear regression models (DisTrad and TsHARP) were compared. …”
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Comparison of Tropospheric Horizontal Gradients Modeling Methods in LEO Constellation Augmented GNSS Precise Point Positioning by Xinyu Zhang, Wenwu Ding, Xiaochuan Qu, Hongjin Xu, Xuanzhao Tan, Yunbin Yuan

“…The estimation of high-temporal-resolution gradient parameters instead of traditional daily gradient parameters can significantly improve the accuracy of ZTD in the extreme weather events. Therefore, this research underscores the spatial and temporal resolution of horizontal gradient models, which meets the growing demand for GNSS&#x002F;LeGNSS data processing during the severe weather events.…”
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Feasibility pilot of a novel coaching intervention to optimize cannabis use for chronic pain management among Veterans by Kevin F. Boehnke, Gabrielle Bowyer, Jenna McAfee, Tristin Smith, Catherine Klida, Vivian Kurtz, Evangelos Litinas, Poonam Purohit, Anne Arewasikporn, Dana Horowitz, Laura Thomas, Jennifer Eckersley, Mia Railing, David A. Williams, Daniel J. Clauw, Kelley M. Kidwell, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Rachel S. Bergmans

“…Among those who completed end of intervention surveys (16/21), 87.5% were very or completely satisfied with the intervention and 81.3% rated coaching as very or extremely helpful. All participants reported improvement on the PGIC, with 63% reporting much or very much improvement. …”
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Influenza A H1N1 Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Characteristics and Risk Factors—A Case-Control Study by Romina Abelleira, Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Adriana Lama, Gema Barbeito, María E. Toubes, Cristina Domínguez-Antelo, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Pedro J. Marcos, María L. Pérez del Molino, Luis Valdés

“…A few and easy to obtain clinical parameters might be extremely useful to distinguish H1N1 CAP from CAPs of other origin.…”
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Privacy-preserving approach for IoT networks using statistical learning with optimization algorithm on high-dimensional big data environment by Fatma S. Alrayes, Mohammed Maray, Asma Alshuhail, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Abdulbasit A. Darem, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi

“…Moreover, the recognition of intrusion detection takes place by using an ensemble of temporal convolutional network (TCN), multi-layer auto-encoder (MAE), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) models. Lastly, the hyperparameter tuning of the three models is accomplished by utilizing an improved marine predator algorithm (IMPA) method. …”
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