Leveraging genomics and temporal high‐throughput phenotyping to enhance association mapping and yield prediction in sesame by Idan Sabag, Ye Bi, Maitreya Mohan Sahoo, Ittai Herrmann, Gota Morota, Zvi Peleg

“…Association mapping revealed three genomic regions in linkage groups 6, 8, and 11, conferring trait variation over time and growth rate. Furthermore, we leveraged correlations between the temporal trait and seed‐yield and applied multi‐trait genomic prediction. …”
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Growth and development characteristics of fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth of Prunus sibirica L. in relation to physiological fruit drop by Yongqiang Sun, Pengkai Wang, Ce Zhang, Biao Li, Ying Kang, Jindi Yang, Tingting Ren, Jianhua Chen, Shengjun Dong

“…The results showed that the fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth of the “Shanxing No. 1” variety exhibited an S-shaped growth pattern with three physiological stages. The flower and fruit drop of “Shanxing No. 1” lasted for about 70 days with an 89.73% total drop rate and three abscission peaks, which could be divided into the flower abscission stage mainly caused by pistil abortion, rapid fruitlet abscission stage, mainly caused by carbohydrate competition between the fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth; and slow fruit abscission stage mostly related to seed abortion. …”
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Human Activities Dominantly Driven the Greening of China During 2001 to 2020 by Xueli Chang, Zhangzhi Tian, Yepei Chen, Ting Bai, Zhina Song, Kaimin Sun

“…The results show that from 2001 to 2020, vegetation in China showed a fluctuating but predominantly increasing trend, with a significant annual kNDVI growth rate of 0.002. The significant greening pattern was observed in over 48% of vegetated areas, exhibiting a clear spatial gradient with lower increases in the northwest and higher amplitudes in the southeast. …”
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Persistent dyspnea in post-coronavirus disease 2019 patients: value of cardiopulmonary exercise test by Aliaë A.R. Mohammed Hussein, Ahmad M. Shaddad, Alaa S.A. Mohammad, Maiada K. Hashem

“…Oxygen consumption per minute (VO2), VO2/kg, VO2%, heart rate, oxygen pulse%, ventilatory equivalent for oxygen, and oxygen saturation were significantly higher in the nondyspneic group. …”
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Spatial optimization of hierarchical healthcare facilities driven by multi-source data: a case study of Shenyang, China by Yifei Wang, Duanqiang Zhai, Duanqiang Zhai, Wuqi Xie, Shan Huang

“…The planning intervention recommends the addition of six tertiary and six secondary/primary hospitals, along with the spatial reconfiguration of 260 community health service stations, increasing the overall population coverage rate to 98.98%. This research offers empirical evidence and a transferable planning framework for improving healthcare spatial equity through a “core decongestion–periphery reinforcement” approach. …”
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Parenting styles and adolescent coping methods: a comparative study of non-suicidal self-injury and distinct groups by Beini Wang, Lixian Chen, Changzhou Hu, Zhenyu Hu, Wenwu Zhang, Fang Cheng, Lingjiang Liu

“…Abstract Background The global incidence rate of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is increasing year by year, especially in the adolescent population, where it is highly correlated with parental rearing patterns and adolescent coping styles. …”
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Extravillous trophoblast invasion and decidualization in cesarean scar pregnancies by Lufen Gao, Hui Chen, Jing Liu, Minghua Wang, Fangfang Lin, Guang Yang, Gendie E. Lash, Ping Li

“…Abstract Introduction The increasing cesarean section rate has led to an increase in the number of subsequent pregnancies resulting in a cesarean scar pregnancy. …”
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Enrichment, domestication, degradation, adaptive mechanism, and nicosulfuron bioremediation of bacteria consortium YM2 by Yufeng Xiao, Meiqi Dong, Xian Wu, Shuang Liang, Ranhong Li, Hongyu Pan, Hao Zhang

“…During the degradation process, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, cell membrane permeability, cell surface hydrophobicity, and apoptosis rate exhibited initial increases followed by decreases. …”
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The landscape of pediatric genetic white matter disorders at a tertiary referral hospital in Upper Egypt and the report of 31 novel variants by Mahmoud M. Noureldeen, Maha S. Zaki, Karima Rafat, Mohamed S. Abdel-Hamid, Aida M. S. Salem

“…Thirty-one novel variants were identified, comprising 10 for LDs and 21 for GLEs. The mortality rate was 39.3% and 22.1% among patients with LDs and GLEs, respectively. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Patellofemoral Contact Pressure with Varying Fixation of Transverse Patella Fractures by Farid Amirouche, PhD, Majd Mzeihem, MD, Jasper Hoag, BA, Rohan Wangikar, BS, Jason Koh, MD, FAOA

“…Models were analyzed and evaluated at 0°, 45°, and 90° flexion under quadriceps force to assess peak pressure, contact pattern, and pressure irregularity. Results:. The plate and wire fixation models exhibited distinct stress distribution patterns at 45° and 90° flexion angles. …”
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Global Aerosol Climatology from ICESat-2 Lidar Observations by Shi Kuang, Matthew McGill, Joseph Gomes, Patrick Selmer, Grant Finneman, Jackson Begolka

“…Despite ICESat-2’s design primarily as an altimetry mission with a single-wavelength, low-power, high-repetition-rate laser, ICESat-2 effectively captures global aerosol distribution patterns and can provide valuable insights to bridge the observational gap between the Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) missions to support future spaceborne lidar mission design. …”
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Abemaciclib in combination with endocrine therapy for the treatment of HR-positive/HER2-negative locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer in the UK: an observational study by Judy King, Walid Fakhouri, Rosalind Jarvis, Waleed Badreldin, Gavin Harper, Carlo Palmieri, Mark Nathan

“…Abemaciclib was associated with a 12-month TTP rate of 81.1% (first line), 68.2% (second line) and 58.2% (third line). …”
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Current situation, trends, and challenges navigating temporary anchorage devices usage among orthodontists in China: a comprehensive multi-center survey by Zining Chen, Hao Wang, Qianwen Li, Ningrui Zhao, Jieni Zhang, Xuedong Wang

“…Respondents reported a relatively high usage rate (87.54%) and satisfaction with TADs (93.85%). …”
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The contribution of integrated and non-integrated pig farms to epidemiological dynamics of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Italy by M. Ustulin, D. Vio, C. Targhetta, C. Zanon, L. Ferino, G. Faustini, G. Franzo

“…Two main PRRSV clades were identified circulating in both systems, with non-integrated farms hosting a broader viral population. The migration rate of PRRSV from non-integrated to integrated systems was found to be 2–10 times higher than the reverse, depending on the clade. …”
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FPGA-accelerated SpeckleNN with SNL for real-time X-ray single-particle imaging by Abhilasha Dave, Cong Wang, James Russell, Ryan Herbst, Jana Thayer

“…The FPGA performed inference on a single image with a latency of 45.015 microseconds at a 200 MHz clock rate. In comparison, running the same inference on an NVIDIA A100 GPU resulted in an average power consumption of ~73W and an image processing latency of around 400 microseconds. …”
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A Multi-Mode Switching Energy Management Strategy Based on Travel Habits for Range-Extended Electric Vehicle by Zhenhai Gao, Guoqing Zhang, Hanwu Liu, Cheng Chang, Jingwen Dong, Rongrong He, Yu Cai

“…Finally, the simulation and experimental results thoroughly indicate that the proposed M-MSEMS with future mileage prediction function can achieve more comprehensive vehicle performance, including improving fuel economy and reducing energy loss, which is that equivalent fuel consumption is reduced by 3.09%, the fuel-to-electric conversion loss rate is reduced by 5.33%, and battery capacity degradation is reduced by 19.01%. …”
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Statistical Analysis of the Economic Development of the Brics Countries by M. G. Balyhin, M. M. Shajlieva, A. P. Tsypin

“…The main results are: on the basis of a critical analysis of the theoretical literature and empirical studies, a methodology for conducting the study was developed, which includes the use of statistical tools; during the period 1990-2018, the position of the BRICS countries in geo-economic space strengthened, as evidenced by the growth of the total share of the Union's members in world GDP; China and India have made a significant leap in economic capacity-building as a result of policies to attract foreign investment and technology; GDP growth in the 2000s continued in China and India, while in Russia, Brazil and South Africa a slowdown was observed, which, according to the forecast, would lead to a further decline in the growth rate of these countries; the main factor that has a positive impact on the growth of the five economies is services, which is fully consistent with the global trend.Conclusion. …”
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Analysis of deformation rule of deep foundation pit excavation of railway station in soft soil with silt by Weijian Liu, Zhonghe Wang, Zhizeng Zhang, Zhengyu Zhang, Yongfu Jia, Zhun Li

“…Specifically, the modified Cambridge model generally exhibits a lower error rate in simulating the horizontal displacement of the retaining structure compared to the traditional Mohr-Coulomb model. …”
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Intracranial atherosclerosis: structure, clinical aspects and risk factors by Marine M. Tanashyan, Andrey S. Mazur, Anton A. Raskurazhev, Anna N. Berliand, Marina V. Dreval, Polina I. Kuznetsova, Оlga V. Lagoda

“…Pathomorphological assessment revealed a high rate of atherosclerotic lesions in the carotid artery system at both extra- and intracranial levels. …”
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A systematic review of nuclear energy and public acceptance—A detailed analysis of evolution, emerging trends, and future research potentials by Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Bashar Tarawneh, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Pankaj Kumar, Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Hussein Togun, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Vladimir Ivanovich Velkin

“…In the period under review (2000–2023), 263 documents were published, and a total of 659 researchers produced the literature with an annual growth rate of 7.9%. The factorial analysis revealed key themes; grouped into three clusters: technical operational aspects of nuclear energy (Cluster 1), safety and risk management (Cluster 2), and public policy and social issues (Cluster 3). …”
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