Responses of C4 grasses to aridity reflect species‐specific strategies in a semiarid savanna by Nicole A. Havrilchak, Jason B. West

“…It was expected that NAD‐me species would maintain higher rates of photosynthesis, higher water use efficiency, and have more responsive stomata than other co‐occurring species based on observed biogeographic patterns and past greenhouse studies. …”
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Interconnectivity among different nonsuicidal self-injurious methods – a network analysis by Melinda Reinhardt, Kenneth G. Rice, Hunggu Cho, Zsolt Horváth

“…In the NSSI methods network analysis, severe scratching, cutting, and pinching had the highest rates of interrelationship with other NSSI behaviors. …”
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Care seeking for neonatal illness in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. by Hadley K Herbert, Anne C C Lee, Aruna Chandran, Igor Rudan, Abdullah H Baqui

“…Infections are a leading cause of death and limitations in care seeking for ill neonates contribute to high mortality rates. As estimates for care-seeking behaviors in LMICs have not been studied, this review describes care seeking for neonatal illnesses in LMICs, with particular attention to type of care sought.…”
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Dynamic Orbital Resource Management (DORM) for 6G Networks: Enhancing Cybersecurity in Non-Terrestrial Systems by Fatemah Alharbi, Abeer Alhuzali, Easa Alalwany, Abdullah Alfahaid

“…It processes over 10,000 network events across various orbital configurations to learn threat patterns and resource usage behaviors. Simulation results show that DORM achieves 96.8% overall accuracy in detecting threats, with specific detection rates of 96.2% for jamming, 94.8% for spoofing, and 93.9% for DoS attacks. …”
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Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza A and B viruses in COVID-19 Negative Individuals in Oyo State, Nigeria by Adefunke Iyabo Akinola1, Oluseyi Adebowale Olayinka2*, Toyosi Yekeen Raheem1, 3

“…Conclusion: Although detection rates were low, our findings underscore the continued need to screen for RSV and Influenza A and B in individuals with respiratory symptoms, even after a negative SARS-CoV-2 test. …”
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Early breast cancer detection in CT scans using convolutional neural bidirectional feature pyramid network by Tahani Jaser Alahmadi, Adeel Ahmed, Amjad Rehman, Abeer Rashad Mirdad, Bayan Al Ghofaily, Shehryar Ali

“…Early detection plays a crucial role in reducing mortality rates. While mammography is a widely used diagnostic tool, computed tomography (CT) scans are increasingly being explored for detecting breast cancer due to their high-resolution imaging and ability to visualize tissue in 3D. …”
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Co-combustion of tyre waste char and biomass blends using thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric analysis by Cleopatra T. Dube, Hope Baloyi

“…Torrefied wood–tyre char blends at a 90:10 ratio showed higher rates of CO2 evolution, but adding torrefied wood at 15–20 wt% and increasing microalgae from 4 to 11 wt% reduced CO2 emissions. …”
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Exploration of different quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping methods to distinguish Apcmin/+ mice from wildtype mice. by Yuting Sun, Tingyu Zhou, Silin Ye, Effie Yin Tung Lau, Yao Zeng, Jessie Qiaoyi Liang

“…In contrast, when the qPCR methods were used, success rates exceeding 99% were achieved with a single test. …”
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Assessing the acute differential toxicity of polystyrene microplastic particles and comparing the impacts of bead-shaped versus fragmented particles on Daphnia magna by Sang-Ah Lee, Maranda Esterhuizen, Youngsam Kim, Minsik Kim, Young Jun Kim

“…A comprehensive suite of biological endpoints, including immobilization rates, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), expression levels of ROS-related genes and wide-ranging transcriptomic profiling, was encompassed in our methodology. …”
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Evaluation of Chronic Dietary Risk of Trifloxystrobin and Bupirimate in Cucumber Based on Supervised Residue Test by Yanli Qi, Weirong Wang, Pengcheng Ren, Shu Qin, Jindong Li, Junli Cao

“…The method demonstrated excellent recovery rates (85–103%) throughout four spiking levels (0.01, 0.1, 0.3, and 1 mg/kg), with relative standard deviations (RSD) ≤ 4.8%. …”
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The prognostic role of key factors in renal cell carcinoma with bone metastases by Furkan Erdoğan, Abdurrahman Murat Yıldırım, Tolgahan Cengiz, Alparslan Yurtbay, Hicabi Sezgin, Nevzat Dabak

“…The 1-, 2-, and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 73.7%, 44.2%, and 13.7%, respectively. …”
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Exploring the interplay between LDHA and ABCC1 in breast cancer using computational approach by Bader Alshehri

“…Abstract Background Drug resistance is the major cause of the high death rates in Breast cancer (BC), which continues to be the most frequent disease among women. …”
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Secretory carcinoma of breast with predominant microcystic morphology： report of two cases and literature review by WEI Jingjing, YIN Haoqiang, WANG Yanwen, ZHANG Xiaoyun

“…The results showed expression rates of S100, pan-TRK, and GATA3 at 97%, 95%, and 100%, respectively. …”
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Seaward expansion of salt marshes on the largest uninhabited island in Changjiang Estuary over the past two decades by Yaying Lou, Zhijun Dai, Xuefei Mei, Huabing Shi, Hui Dong, Jinping Cheng

“…The results reveal that salt marshes on JiuDuan Shoal underwent substantial seaward expansion, averaging 3.66 km2/yr, with vertical accretion rates of 0.15 m/yr. Conversely, bare flats shifted from slight deposition (0.01 m/yr from 2002 to 2014) to erosion (0.07 m/yr from 2014 to 2022). …”
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Reducing locomotive maintenance costs with intelligent software by Valeria A. Butusova, Yuriy A. Davydov, Alexey S. Kushniruk, Denis Yu. Drogolov

“…The core methodology is based on the statistical analysis of reliability indicators, including failure rates and the time between failures for individual components. …”
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Vitamin A and D deficiencies in Tibetan vs. non-Tibetan children: roles of altitude, gender, and season in Sichuan Province by Ping Huang, Yanan Zhao, Dong Wang, Yanru Huang, Zheng Peng, Huiye Chen, Xiangyu Zeng, Xinmei Lin

“…Results Tibetan children showed significantly higher rates of vitamin A (47.7% vs. 21.0%) and D (19.8% vs. 10.7%) deficiency compared to non-Tibetan children. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in People with HIV: an Evidence-Based Review by Read AT, Akodu J, Barber TJ, Brown JP, Burns FM, Hurst JR, Miller RF, Lipman MCI

“…Consequently, people with HIV develop COPD younger, more often, and with faster rates of lung function decline compared to seronegative individuals. …”
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KDFE: Robust KNN-Driven Fusion Estimator for LEO-SoOP Under Multi-Beam Phased-Array Dynamics by Jiaqi Yin, Ruidan Luo, Xiao Chen, Linhui Zhao, Hong Yuan, Guang Yang

“…This decision model overcomes the accuracy-robustness trade-off by matching algorithmic strengths to beam-specific dynamics, ensuring optimal performance during abrupt SNR transitions and high Doppler rates. Both simulations and field tests demonstrate KDFE’s dual superiority: Doppler estimation errors were reduced by 26.3% (vs. …”
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Partial Order Ranking of the Key Drivers of Grassland Conversion in the Urban–Grassland Interface: A Case Study of the Hohhot–Baotou–Ordos Region by Xuemei Li, Chang An, Batunacun, Yu Feng, Kaixin Liu, Yong Mei

“…The results show that (1) transitions between grasslands and other land-use types became more frequent across the two periods. Specifically, the rates of grassland conversion out and conversion increased from 2.1% and 3.5% during the period 2000–2010 to 4.7% and 4.8% during the period 2010–2020, respectively. (2) Urbanization was the primary driver of grassland conversion in 11 and 10 of the 18 counties during the first and second periods, respectively, followed by factors related to weather variables. (3) In the future, the eastern region of the study area needs to prioritize mitigating the impacts of urban development, while the western region should focus on enhancing ecological construction projects. …”
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Optimization of large-diameter deep-hole stope blasting technology based on numerical simulation: a case study of the Dongguashan copper mine by Jiang Guo, Shaowei Sun, Niming Jiang, Jiachuang Wang, Mingjian Huang, Xiaobing Yan, Wenjun Yang, Qinli Zhang

“…Abstract In large-diameter deep-hole blasting operations for mining stopes, optimizing blasting techniques can enhance ore recovery rates while minimizing damage to the surrounding rock mass. …”
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