Mitigation of Optical Interference Noise by Optical Carrier Cancelation in Self-Coherent Reflective PON Uplink Transmission by Soo-Min Kang, Kyoung-Hak Mun, Sang-Min Jung, Sang-Kook Han

“…Under the conditions of higher fiber input power and longer transmission distance, a remarkable improvement in transmission performance in terms of the eye-pattern and bit-error-rate was achieved.…”
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Ultrasound Stimulations Induce Prolonged Depolarization and Fast Action Potentials in Leech Neurons by Francesca Dedola, Francesco Paolo Ulloa Severino, Nicolo Meneghetti, Theo Lemaire, Andrea Cafarelli, Leonardo Ricotti, Arianna Menciassi, Annarita Cutrone, Alberto Mazzoni, Silvestro Micera

“…Moreover, we found that APs induced by US differ in smaller amplitude and faster repolarization from those induced by electrical stimulation in the same cell but display the same repolarization rate. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> These results shed light on the mechanism by which spikes are induced by US and pave the way for designing more efficient US stimulation patterns.…”
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Path to full immunisation coverage, role of each vaccine and their importance in the immunisation programme: a cross-sectional analytical study of India by Gunjan Taneja, Pawan Kumar, Disha Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Verma, Pritu Dhalaria, Sanjay Kapur, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Tripathi

“…The prevalence of absolute zero-dose children, antigen-wise zero dose, co-coverage rates and cascade levels for vaccine combinations are assessed. …”
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Candidate circRNAs related to skeletal muscle development in Dazu black goats by Chengli Liu, Pu Yang, Xiao Wang, Baiju Xiang, Guangxin E, Yongfu Huang

“…Furthermore, the expression pattern of 10 DEcircRNAs with RT-qPCR was verified, which showed 80% concordance rate with that of RNA_seq datasets. …”
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Dual-omics analysis reveals B vitamin regulation and metabolism in Areca Catechu inflorescence by Wenxiu Jiang, Xiaoxia Liu, Weiying Li, Jing Yang, Panjing Li, Minggeng Xie, Guangzhen Zhou

“…Notably, we characterized a key rate-limiting enzyme in the thiamine biosynthesis pathway, the thiazole synthase (AcTHI1), that plays a crucial role in regulating thiamine biosynthesis. …”
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Substrate Temperature Effect on Structural Properties Of Bi2Te3 Thin Films by B.S. Jariwala, D.V. Shah, Vipul Kheraj

“…All deposition conditions like thickness, deposition rate and pressure were maintained throughout the experiment. …”
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Lattice Boltzmann simulation for phase separation with chemical reaction controlled by ultrasound field. by Heping Wang, Ying Lu

“…In this work, the phase separation behavior and pattern formation in binary fluids with chemical reactions controlled by ultrasonic radiation were systematically investigated. …”
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The Effect of Using Simulation Activities on Developing Algerian EFL Students’ Speaking and Listening Proficiency by Karima CHERGUI

“…Crystallising Comprehension, retaining long-term outcomes, and raising the rate of interest have put extra up-to-date demands on EFL teachers. …”
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Intersection passing strategies for human-driven and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic using DEA. by Jiajun Shen, Zhipeng Zhou, Guanyu Fu, Yu Wang

“…Considering average speed, number of cars, penetration of automated vehicles, queuing pattern, left-turn rate, and number of buses as factors influencing intersection rights-of-way. …”
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A Tunnel Surface Diseases Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv4 by LI Jia, QIU Xinhua, JI Yuwen

“…In the established surface image data set of high speed railway tunnel, the mAP reaches 65.1%, and the defect detection rate is 90.1%, which verifies the high efficiency of the algorithm.…”
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THE MONETARY POLICY IN COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE GLOBALIZATION CONTEXT: REGIMES AND TOOLS by M. YU. Golovnin

“…The evolution of monetary policy regimes in the CEE countries corresponds to the “bipolar pattern”. It is shown that countries with the extreme form of the exchange rate fixation demonstrate the best results in quiescent periods and are more affected by crises whereas countries with the inflation targeting regime are characterized by smoothed dynamics of macroeconomic indices. …”
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Monitoring long-term cardiac activity with contactless radio frequency signals by Bin-Bin Zhang, Dongheng Zhang, Yadong Li, Zhi Lu, Jinbo Chen, Haoyu Wang, Fang Zhou, Yu Pu, Yang Hu, Li-Kun Ma, Qibin Sun, Yan Chen

“…Here we present a radio frequency (RF)-based (60 to 64 GHz) sensing system that monitors long-term heart rate variability (HRV) with clinical-grade accuracy. …”
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Precise irrigation of dryland cotton under canal irrigation system constraints based on the CERES-CROPGRO-Cotton model by Lei Wang, Liang He, Weihong Sun, Chen Gao, Zhenxiang Han, Meiwei Lin

“…Meteorological data from 1980 to 2024, 13 sets of soil data, and field experiments conducted in 2023 and 2024 were used to calibrate the DSSAT model (with a calibration rate of 0.856). Additionally, water channel quota time constraints were established to determine the optimal irrigation timing. …”
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Functional Identification and Transcriptional Activity Analysis of <i>Dryopteris fragrans HMGR</i> Gene by Meng Sun, Qian Ma, Xueqi Wang, Jialiang Guo, Jiaxuan Wang, Dongrui Zhang, Kirill Tkachenko, Wenzhong Wang, Ying Chang

“…Schott synthesizes volatile sesquiterpenes through the mevalonate pathway (MVA), in which 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) serves as the key rate-limiting enzyme. Although HMGR plays a crucial role in terpenoid biosynthesis, its functional characteristics in <i>D. fragrans</i> and its involvement in stress responses remain unclear. …”
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Loss of <i>Myostatin</i> Shapes the Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Landscapes Across Multiple Muscle Types in Cattle by Chao Hai, Xuefei Liu, Chunling Bai, Guanghua Su, Lei Yang, Guangpeng Li

“…The results showed that the <i>MSTN</i> gene-edited (MT) cattle skeletal muscle exhibited significantly larger myofiber cross-sectional areas (<i>p</i> = 0.049), accompanied by reduced shear force (<i>p</i> = 0.044), cooking loss rate (<i>p</i> = 0.0029), and pH (<i>p</i> = 0.014). …”
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A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based... by Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani

“…Energy balance was calculated by subtracting energy intake from Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which was calculated using Bio‐Electrical Impedance Analysis and Mifflin and St‐Jeor formula. …”
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Multivariate Evaluation of Flash Drought Across the United States by Jason A. Otkin, Yafang Zhong, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, Andrew Hoell, Mark Svoboda, Hailan Wang

“…The FDII method uses the rate of intensification (FD‐INT) and subsequent drought severity (DRO‐SEV) to determine when a flash drought occurred and the strength of the event. …”
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Psychological, social factors, and smoking behavior mediated the effects of cannabis use on personality disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yao Ni, Juanmei Li, Zitian Tang, Youqian Zhang, Yanyan Feng

“…BackgroundRapid changes in attitudes, legality, and patterns of cannabis use (CU) underscore the importance of understanding its impact on mental health. …”
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Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs Gemfibrozil and Doxylamine for enhanced sensitization of glioblastoma cells through modulation of autophagy by Smita Dey, Prerika Mathur, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Syamantak Majumder, Aniruddha Roy, Shibasish Chowdhury

“…Abstract GBM is one of the most aggressive malignancies, having the greatest fatality rate and average life years lost. The current standard medicine, temozolomide (TMZ), is ineffective, requiring the development of new treatments. …”
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Cyclical short‐term fasting and refeeding effects on immunological alteration of the disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus by Dien Arista Anggorowati, Liqing Zang, Yutaka Tamaru, Takahiko Aoki, Fumiyoshi Okazaki

“…We measured survival and growth rate as well as analysed immunological parameters, such as total haemocyte count, phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst activity, lysozyme activity and protein content across the groups. …”
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