Resilience of <i>Chlorella vulgaris</i> to Simulated Atmospheric Gas Compositions of Mars, Jupiter, and Titan by Ariela Likai, Aikaterini Papazi, Kiriakos Kotzabasis

“…This study investigates the resilience of the unicellular green microalga <i>Chlorella vulgaris</i> to extreme atmospheric conditions simulating those of Mars, Jupiter, and Titan. …”
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Target Threat Assessment in Air Combat Based on Improved Glowworm Swarm Optimization and ELM Neural Network by Yuan Cao, Ying-Xin Kou, An Xu, Zhi-Fei Xi

“…Secondly, a prediction model with multiple parallel extreme learning machines as the core is constructed, and the input weights and thresholds of extreme learning machines are optimized by the improved glowworm swarm optimization algorithm, and the weighted integration is carried out according to the training level of the kernel. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics of Dry/Wet Spells in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region of the Tropic of Cancer by JIN Hanyu, CHENG Qingping, REN Yitong

“…Under the background of global warming,extreme climate events occur frequently.Understanding the change in precipitation from multiple perspectives is of great significance to the utilization of water resources.Specifically,the daily precipitation data at 24 stations along the Tropic of Cancer in the Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region (LRGR) from 1961 to 2019 are used to calculate 14 wet/dry spell indices.Methods including the revised Mann-Kendall test,Pettitt,and wavelet coherence are adopted to reveal the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of the dry/wet spell indices and their correlation with the large-scale circulation index.The results indicate that:① the wet and dry spells in LRGR of the Tropic of Cancer show a significant decreasing and increasing trend,respectively,especially in the area west of Yuanjiang River and south of the Tropic of Cancer.The change in the wet and dry spell indices of most stations is mainly concentrated in 2002.② The frequency of short-duration wet spells and the contribution rate to annual precipitation demonstrate an increasing trend,and those of the medium-long-duration wet spells demonstrate a decreasing trend;the short-duration dry spells are in decline while medium-long-duration dry spells are rising,and the entire region tends to aridification.③ The extreme dry spell index is closely related to ENSO,and it has a negatively correlated co-occurrence cycle of about six years;the extreme wet spell index is closely related to the summer monsoon of the South China Sea,and it has a positively correlated co-occurrence cycle of about eight years.To sum up,the above analysis shows that dry and wet spell indices in LRGR of the Tropic of Cancer demonstrate an overall trend of aridification,which means that the drought risks are increasing.Their spatiotemporal variation characteristics and local differences may be closely related to the joint influence of the large-scale circulation index,monsoon,and channel-blocking in LRGR.…”
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A Safe Method for Early Rehabilitation of Articular Fracture at the Base of Thumb Metacarpal Bone by Yunus Oc, Bekir Eray Kilinc, Ali Varol, Adnan Kara

“…The surgical procedure was performed on the right extremity in 12 patients and left extremity in six patients. …”
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The Effect of Ball Heading and Subclinical Concussion On the Neuromuscular Control Of The Lower Limb: A Systematic Review by Georgios Kakavas, Ioannis Giannakopoulos Sr., Athanasios Tsiokanos, Michael Potoupnis, Panagiotis V. Tsaklis

“…Over the previous five years, a relationship between lower extremity (LE) injury and sports related concussion (SRC) has been established in various sporting populations. …”
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Assess the role of climate change and teleconnection signals at maximum temperature, Case study: Khuzestan province by Gholamabbas Fallah Ghalhari, Fahimeh Shakeri

“…The results showed that most of the extreme climatic indicators in the study period had a significant trend. …”
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Asymptotical investigations of the general distributions of the maxima and minima by Algimantas Aksomaitis

“… The convergence rate estimations in the limit theorem of the general distribution functions of the extreme values are presented. There results extend theoretical prepositions of the published work [3]. …”
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Effect of tDCS Synchronized FES on Lower Limb Motor and Balance Function of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Hemiplegia by LU Xiao, CHEN Hanbo, DING Lijuan, CHEN Xing, ZHENG Wenhua, WEI Ni, HE Linghui, LI Mengyun, LIU Chen, YAN Tiebin

“…The tDCS group was given head tDCS treatment and lower extremity sham FES treatment, the FES group was given head sham tDCS treatment and lower extremity FES treatment, and the synchronous group was given head tDCS treatment and lower extremity FES treatment. …”
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Source and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals in Urban Riverine Sediments Using Multivariate Analytical and Statistical Tools by Xiaojun Zheng, Abdul Rehman, Shan Zhong, Shah Faisal, Muhammad Mahroz Hussain, Syeda Urooj Fatima, Daolin Du

“…The present study concludes that River Ravi sediments exhibit moderate levels of Cd and extreme pollution by Hg, both of which contribute highly to extreme ecological and toxicity risks, influenced by both natural and anthropogenic contributions.…”
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Species of Sulfur in Sour Gas Reservoir: Insights from In Situ Raman Spectroscopy of S–H2S–CH4–H2O System and Its Subsystems from 20 to 250°C by Yifan Yu, Wenxuan Hu, I-Ming Chou, Lei Jiang, Ye Wan, Yiqun Li, Yang Xin, Xiaolin Wang

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Intergranular creep resistance affected by grain boundary carbides to suppress lamellae γʹ precipitation in a specially designed inconel 740H variant by Cheol-Hyeok Yang, Chiwon Kim, Siyeon Kim, Hi-Won Jeong, Hyungsoo Lee, Dae Won Yun, Hyun-Uk Hong

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REALIZATION OF IDEAS N. I. VAVILOV'S IDEAS IN THE BARLEY BREEDING IN SIBERIA by N. A. Surin, N. E. Lyakhova, S. A. Gerasimov, A. G. Lipshin

“…A breeding program has been worked out and launched to release varieties resistant to a complex of extreme environments.…”
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Retrorectal Schwannomas: Atypical Presentation and Controversial Surgical Management by Wided Trimech, Farouk Ennaceur, Hiba Ben Hassine, Hanen Zneti, Faouzi Noomen, Khadija Zouari

“…Retrorectal schwannomas are extremely rare, accounting for 1 to 5% of all schwannomas. …”
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Genomics Approaches for Crop Improvement against Abiotic Stress by Bala Anı Akpınar, Stuart J. Lucas, Hikmet Budak

“…Stress responses vary considerably even in the same plant species; stress-susceptible genotypes are at one extreme, and stress-tolerant ones are at the other. …”
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An international award-winning photograph illustrates how graphics convey climate change communication messages by Deborah HILTON

“…Climate change effects are becoming extreme, persistent and permanent, with negative ramifications on agriculture, more extreme weather catastrophes, detrimental effects on human physical and mental health, destruction of small islands and while economic impacts are difficult to estimate overall the situation is apocalyptic. …”
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Design and Workspace Analysis of Position and Attitude Adjustment Mechanism for a Wind Tunnel Test by Xiaoru Li, Juan Huang, Xinghui Li

“…On this basis, the drive extreme displacement is set. The boundary mapping method is used to analyze the workspace of the mechanism. …”
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An Erupted Dilated Odontoma: A Rare Presentation by Gaurav Sharma, Amritpreet Nagra, Gurkeerat Singh, Archna Nagpal, Atul Soin, Vishal Bhardwaj

“…A dilated odontoma is an extremely rare developmental anomaly represented as a dilatation of the crown and root as a consequence of a deep, enamel-lined invagination and is considered a severe variant of dens invaginatus. …”
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Investigation on Durability Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete with Steel Slag/Bacteria beneath Diverse Exposure Conditions by Madhan Kumar M, Vidhya Lakshmi Sivakumar, Subathra Devi V, N. Nagabhooshanam, Subash Thanappan

“…Concrete specimens containing fiber, steel slag, and bacteria are subjected to a variety of environmental conditions, including extreme, extremely severe, severe, moderate, and mild. …”
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Variations of Air Temperature and Precipitation in Asian and European Parts of Istanbul by Zafer Aslan, Fadime Giden, Hatice Koyuncu, Ayten Kalafat

“…Role of urbanizations on temporal and spatial variations of daily, monthly averages and extremes of variables have been statistically evaluated in this paper.…”
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Evaluation of CORDEX ERA5-forced NARCliM2.0 regional climate models over Australia using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 4.1.2 by G. Di Virgilio, G. Di Virgilio, F. Ji, F. Ji, E. Tam, J. P. Evans, J. P. Evans, J. Kala, J. Andrys, C. Thomas, D. Choudhury, C. Rocha, Y. Li, M. L. Riley

“…At 20 km resolution, improvements in mean and extreme precipitation for ERA5 RCMs versus ERA-Interim RCMs are principally evident over southeastern Australia, whereas strong biases remain over northern Australia. …”
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