Mechanisms of improved nitrogen utilization and root architecture in cotton under reduced fertilization: a comparative study of individual and group planting systems by Sijia Wang, Sijia Wang, Jinghua Zhao, Jinghua Zhao, Chunxia Wang, Tingrui Yang, Tingrui Yang

“…Total nitrogen content across cotton organs followed the order: leaves > stems > roots, showing positive correlation with nitrogen application rate. The irrigation quota (48.0%–51.3%) was found to contribute more to plant nitrogen content than nitrogen application (22.7%–48.7%). …”
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Biopharmaceutical Trials of a Dosage Form, which Contain Methionine and Turmeric Extract (<i>Curcuma longa</i> L.) by O. A. Gizinger, A. A. Khisamova

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Physics-based simulation of seismicity based on fault kinematic models: a case study of the Northern Shanxi Rift, North China by Shangwu Song, Yuhang Li, Ming Hao, Peng Han, Ke Jia, Qingliang Wang

“…In contrast, the North Hengshan fault exhibits the lowest CoV value, indicating relatively stable seismicity and a quasi-periodic pattern. Correlation analysis between fault slip rates and recurrence interval variability reveals that faults with lower slip rates tend to exhibit stronger clustering behavior, while faults with higher slip rates tend to exhibit a more pronounced quasi-periodic pattern. …”
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Rock blasting evaluation - image recognition method based on deep learning by Haibao YI, Aixiang Wu, Xiliang Zhang

“…Abstract The image analysis of rock blasting fragmentation and half-hole rates serves as a pivotal basis for evaluating the quality of geotechnical blasting and pre-splitting blasting. …”
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Breast Diagnostic Tumor Using Compact Butterfly-Shaped Antenna Signals for Medical Sensor Applications by Hiwa Taha Sediq, Mohammad Fathi, Keyhan Hosseini, Bahman Mohammadi

“…To distinguish malignant and healthy tissues using the dielectric contrast principle, microwave imaging systems are combined with the directional radiation pattern and high-frequency range of the Vivaldi antenna. …”
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Mitigating retail rice price volatility for sustainable supply chains: an optimization and regression-based approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Arif Shafwan Rasyid, Lucia Diawati

“…The explanatory variable is forecasted using methods best suited to its historical pattern. Results The model was tested using data from 2020 to 2023. …”
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A spatiotemporal analysis of opioid prescriptions in Indiana from 2015 to 2019 by Paula A. Jaimes-Buitron, Nicole Adams, Nan Kong, Carolina Vivas-Valencia

“…These findings enhance the understanding of opioid prescription dynamics and identify patterns in opioid prescribing rates in terms of the proportion of patients receiving opioid prescriptions among urban vs. rural communities in Indiana.…”
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Mortality trends related to cardiogenic shock in heart failure patients aged 25 and older across the United States: A study utilizing the CDC WONDER database from 1999 to 2023 by Abdullah Naveed Muhammad, Sivaram Neppala, Himaja Dutt Chigurupati, Muhammad Omer Rehan, Hamza Naveed, Rabia Iqbal, Bazil Azeem, Ahila Ali, Mushood Ahmed, Prakash Upreti, Mobeen Zaka Haider, Yasar Sattar, Jamal S. Rana, Gregg C. Fonarow

“…Background: Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains crucial in mortality rates for heart failure (HF) patients. However, contemporary data on long-term mortality trends related to CS are limited. …”
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The Effect of Injectable Medication Procedure on the Level of Pain among Early Childhood patients by Farida A. K. Tahir, Pary M. Azize, Aram N. Abdul Razzaq

“…This descriptive cross -sectional study was designed to assess the physiological and behavioral characteristic of pain using CRIES pain rating scale for both medical and surgical conditions, which contains (cry, spo2, heart rate, facial expression and sleep pattern). …”
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Decomposing decision mechanisms in female substance use disorder: drift diffusion modeling of context-dependent biases in gain and loss processing by Hao Zhang, Gavin Kader, Huoyin Zhang, Haijian Zhao, Wanke Pan, Peng Lei

“…Additionally, they showed lower drift rates in gain scenarios, indicating reduced sensitivity to non-substance rewards, but higher drift rates in loss scenarios, suggesting heightened sensitivity to negative outcomes. …”
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Sociodemographic and sex differences in the global burden of hypertensive heart disease, 1990–2021: a population-based analysis by Fangfei Nie, Xiaorong Wang, Airong Yang, Jiaolong He, Jie Bai, Ping Yan, Xiaozhou Wang

“…Rates in females remained consistently higher than in males, with projections suggesting persistent disparities through 2036. …”
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Morphological, technological and biopharmaceutical studies of alginate-chitosan microcapsules with vinpocetine by Yu. A. Polkovnikova, N. A. Severinova, K. N. Koryanova, U. A. Tulskaya, M. V. Grechkina

“…Studying the effect of the concentration of a sodium alginate solution on the release rate of Vinpocetine from the microcapsule samples has shown that at the concentration of 1%, the release rate is 41.17%, and at the concentration of 2.5% it is 4.5%. …”
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A repeating earthquake catalog for Northern Chile by Jonas Folesky, Jörn Kummerow, Laurens Jan Hofman

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Stress corrosion cracking behavior of pipeline steel due to liquid ammonia with water and oxygen impurities by Jiaqing LI, Huilong LIANG, Zhiyu FENG, Pengbo YIN, Lin TENG, Zhuwu ZHANG, Yu LUO, Lilong JIANG

“…MethodsCorrosion experiments and tensile experiments at slow strain rates were conducted using liquid ammonia with different impurities, to identify the SCC behaviors of pipeline steel. …”
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Research on the Impact of Gate Engineering on Seawater Exchange Capacity by Mingchang Li, Xinran Jiang, Aizhen Liu

“…This study takes the Ligao Block in Tianjin as a case study and proposes a real-time sluice gate regulation scheme. By incorporating hydrodynamic conditions, engineering layout, and present characteristics of the benthic substrate environment, the number, width, location, and operation modes of sluice gates are optimized to maximize water exchange efficiency while maintaining natural flow patterns. …”
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Intergenerational support dynamics and the sandwich generation: analyzing the effect of family migration on health among the Chinese migrant workers by Houyi Zhang, Fengxian Qiu, Jing Liu

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Optimizing the Design of Soil-Mixing Blade Structure Parameters Based on the Discrete Element Method by Huiling Ding, Qiaofeng Wang, Mengyang Wang, Chao Zhang, Han Lin, Xin Jin, Haizhou Hong, Fengkui Dang

“…The key structural parameters included the bending line angle (<i>α</i>), bending angle (<i>β</i>), side angle (<i>δ</i>), tangential edge height (<i>h</i>), and bending radius (<i>r</i>); the straw burial rate (<i>Y</i>₁) and straw percentage in the seeding layer (<i>Y</i>₂) were selected as evaluation indicators. …”
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Characterization of Spatially Heterogeneous Environmental Variables Through Multi‐Modal Generalized Sub‐Gaussian Distributions by Chiara Recalcati, Alberto Guadagnini, Monica Riva

“…Within each region, the quantity of interest shows a distinct heterogeneous pattern that can be described through a generally non‐Gaussian distribution. …”
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Water and Salt Dynamics in Cultivated, Abandoned, and Lake Systems Under Irrigation Reduction in the Hetao Irrigation District by Lina Hao, Guoshuai Wang, Vijay P. Singh, Tingxi Liu

“…The results indicated that before and after the reduction in irrigation and decline in groundwater levels, the migration rates of groundwater from croplands to wastelands and from wastelands to lakes remained relatively stable, averaging 78% and 40%. …”
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New Technology and Development Trend of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors by ZHANG Jinping, ZHAO Qian, GAO Wei, LI Zehong, REN Min, ZHANG Bo

“…IGBT with fine-pattern trench gate, thin drift region, field stop as well as enhanced carrier doping concentration in emitter side is the mainstream device structure at present. …”
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