Quantitative analysis of the flight calls and trills of Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus) by William M. Kirsch, Caleb T. Centanni, Song Han Ngo, Matthew A. Young, Thomas P. Hahn, W. Douglas Robinson

“…Except for some type 3, 4 and 6 flight calls that were very similar according to the spectrographic properties included in our analyses, most Evening Grosbeak flight calls are diagnosable to type with a high degree of confidence. …”
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Unequal relational travel patterns of long-distance rail trips between different levels of settlement hierarchies – Case study from Hungary by Vilmos Oszter, István Kövesdi, László Sipos

“…Origin and Destination (OD) trip settlements were classified into specific settlement hierarchy groups and by the novel Sum of Ranking Differences (SRD) algorithm and ANOVA, the multiple surveyed socio-economic trip characteristics were grouped.The results confirm that a higher level of settlement network hierarchies generates overall more though not necessarily more frequent long-distance trips, which are not equal to all sub-categories. The analysed three most frequent travel purposes (work, education, other) show significant variation between the different OD pairs. …”
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Effects of Adding Different Corn Residue Components on Soil and Aggregate Organic Carbon by Ninghui Xie, Liangjie Sun, Tong Lu, Xi Zhang, Ning Duan, Wei Wang, Xiaolong Liang, Yuchuan Fan, Huiyu Liu

“…In low-fertility soil, leaf residues led to the highest SOC content (12.08 g kg⁻¹), whereas root residues were most effective under high-fertility conditions (18.93 g kg⁻¹). …”
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Quality of Experience Under Huge Load for WebRTC Applications: A Case Study of Three Media Servers by Ivan Chicano-Capelo, Francisco Gortazar, Micael Gallego

“…This makes stress testing mandatory in order to understand the limits of these videoconference solutions and how these limits impact the quality of experience (QoE) of the users. However, most testing tools are not designed to calculate QoE, which is essential for real-time videoconference applications, because QoE calculation is complex and a computationally intensive process. …”
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Declining Contribution of Plant Physiological Effects to Global Drought Characteristics With Rising CO2 Using State‐of‐the‐Art Earth System Models by Ziwei Li, Fubao Sun, Hong Wang, Tingting Wang

“…Notably, we found that the contribution of plant physiological effects (βPHY) to drought characteristics, including intensity, frequency, and duration, exhibits a significant and spatially extensive declining trend with rising CO2 across most land areas. This declining trend is robustly depicted in both the multi‐model mean and individual models. …”
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Association of maternal multi-metal exposure and dyslipidemia: a study of air pollution on pregnancy outcomes by Yoon-Young Go, Young Min Hur, Young-Ah You, Sunwha Park, Gain Lee, Rin Chae, Soo-Min Kim, Young Ju Kim

“…The BKMR model showed that the overall mixture of 16 metals was positively correlated with high TC and TG levels during the third trimester of pregnancy, and the individual effects of Mo and Pb were the most significant. However, we were only able to identify a trend between maternal exposure to metal mixtures and PTB. …”
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The role of inflammation and muscle dedifferentiation in the prognosis of retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma by Dorian Yarih Garcia-Ortega, Gabriela Concepción Alamilla-García, Ana Paulina Melendez-Fernandez, Sylvia Veronica Villavicencio-Valencia, Claudia Haydee Sarai Caro-Sanchez, Kuauhyama Luna-Ortiz

“…Introduction: Retroperitoneal liposarcomas (RPLS) is the most prevalent soft tissue sarcomas in this location; dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS) poses significant challenges for treatment due to its aggressive nature and poor prognosis. …”
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Breast Feeding Practice: Positioning and Attachment during Breast Feeding among Lactating Mothers Visiting Health Facility in Areka Town, Southern Ethiopia by Nega Degefa, Befikadu Tariku, Takalign Bancha, Gizachew Amana, Abdo Hajo, Yisehak Kusse, Eshetu Zerihun, Zeleke Aschalew

“…The positioning of the baby’s body is important for maintaining good attachment and successful breastfeeding. Most difficulties of breastfeeding can be avoided altogether if good attachment and positioning can be achieved at the first and early feeds. …”
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Comparative Mitogenomic Analysis of Three <i>Chionea</i> Species (<i>Tipulomorpha</i>: <i>Limoniidae</i>): Insights into Phylogenetic Relationships and Selection Pressure by Yufeng Feng, Wei Cen, Kenneth B. Storey, Lingjuan Liu, Danna Yu, Jiayong Zhang

“…Notably, the secondary structure of trnS1 lacks the DHU arm in all three samples, and UUA (Leu) emerges as the most frequently utilized codon. Furthermore, the <i>COX2</i> and <i>ND5</i> genes utilize incomplete stop codons “T”. …”
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Mitigating Financial Burden of Tuberculosis through Active Case Finding Targeting Household and Neighbourhood Contacts in Cambodia. by Fukushi Morishita, Rajendra-Prasad Yadav, Mao Tan Eang, Saly Saint, Nobuyuki Nishikiori

“…Social protection schemes that can replace lost income are critically needed to compensate for the most devastating costs in TB. An occurrence of selling household property can be a useful proxy for catastrophic cost in Cambodia.…”
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General anesthesia for cesarean delivery: Israeli national survey by Daniel Shatalin, Yair Binyamin, Jacob Weinstein, Jana Pirogov, Carolyn F. Weiniger, Sharon Orbach-Zinger, Alexander Ioscovich

“…Abstract Background Cesarean delivery is one of the most common surgeries performed worldwide. Given the unavoidable use of general anesthesia in some situations, and the potential for complications, we performed a multicenter national survey in order to investigate aspects related to the use of general anesthesia for cesarean delivery. …”
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The Role of Gene–Gene Interaction Between <i>ADRA2A</i> and <i>SLC6A2</i> Polymorphisms in Attention System and Treatment Outcomes for Children with ADHD by Jewook Kang, Bum-Sung Choi, Bongseog Kim

“…Background and Objectives: Most genetic studies have focused on catecholamine system genes to identify etiology in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and there is growing evidence that the interaction of several genes may synergistically or antagonistically affect disease outcomes. …”
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Prostate cancer inducing secondary linitis plastica of the rectum: a rare case report and literature review by Dongpo Zhang, Jun Li, Tao Sun, Ling Zhang, Lian Wang, Quan Gan, Xiaoxiao Xing, Yong Zhang, Yue Wang, Daixiang Liao, Junyi Li

“…BackgroundProstate cancer, the most prevalent male malignancy in Western countries, seldom presents as secondary rectal linitis plastica (RLP).Case presentationWe present an 82-year-old man with a 6-month history of altered bowel habits, narrowed stools, and mucous discharge, with absent lower urinary tract symptoms. …”
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Outcome measures of instrumented gait analysis in hereditary spastic paraplegia: a systematic review by Veronika Koch, Alzhraa Ibrahim, Juergen Winkler, Bjoern Eskofier, Martin Regensburger, Heiko Gassner

“…However, there is no consensus on the most relevant HSP-specific digital outcome measures for future clinical studies. …”
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An overview of natural coumarins (2016–2018): chemical structures and pharmacological activities by Ze-Dong Nan, Tao Liu, Jing Liu, Hui Zhang, Xiao-Yu Zhao, Yan Ge, Chong-Long Li

“…Coumarin derivatives, characterized by the core α-benzopyranone skeleton, constitute one of their most extensive classes of aromatic metabolites. These naturally occurring compounds are widely distributed in various plants and microbial fermentation products. …”
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OncoImmune machine-learning model predicts immune response and prognosis in leiomyosarcoma by Jingrong Deng, Changfa Shu, Dong Wang, Richard Nimbona, Xingping Zhao, Dabao Xu

“… Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is one of the most aggressive tumors originating from smooth muscle cells, characterized by a high recurrence rate and frequent distant metastasis. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infections among School Children at Goro Primary School, South West Shewa, Ethiopia by Tigist Tiruneh, Geleta Geshere, Tsige Ketema

“…The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections observed at the study area was 15.8% (n=61/387). Among these, the most abundant STH parasite was hookworms (n=39/61, 63.93%) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (n=22/61, 36.06%). …”
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Exploration of In-situ Leaching Technology and Effectiveness of Hadatu Sandstone-type Uranium Mine Based on Analogy Method by ZHOU Yiru1, 2, YANG Yihan2, ZHANG Chuanfei2, YAO Guanghuai2, QIAO Peng2, REN Xiaoping2, XIA Liangshu1

“…The ore indoor ground leaching process test shows that Hadatu and Bayanwula uranium mines have the same uranium leaching law, the ore samples are suitable for acid leaching, and have a good leaching rate, in which the leaching agent acidity is 10 g/L, the residue meter leaching rate is the largest, and the leaching process is the most economical. The leaching cycle of Hadatu uranium mine is shortened by increasing leaching agent acidity, the liquid-solid product mass ratio decreases, the peak uranium mass concentration and average uranium mass concentration increase, but the acid consumption of tonnes of ore and tonnes of uranium increases significantly, the raw material consumption increases, and the cost of mining increases. …”

A country-wide survey into the composition and transformation of short-chain organic acids in anaerobic sludge digesters at wastewater treatment plants in Denmark by Zijun Li, Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm, Chenjing Jiang, Bihe Zhu, Lei Liu, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Liping Hao

“…Acetate, formate and lactate were the most abundant SCOAs detected in nearly all digesters. …”
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The Genetic Background and Culture Medium Only Marginally Affect the In Vitro Evolution of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Toward Colistin Resistance by Matteo Cervoni, Antonio Maria Ferriero, Alessandra Lo Sciuto, Francesca Guidi, Naida Babić Jordamović, Silvano Piazza, Olivier Jousson, Alfonso Esposito, Francesco Imperi

“…Resistance-associated mutations were identified by comparative genomics, and the role of selected mutated genes was validated by allele replacement, deletion, or conditional mutagenesis. <b>Results</b>: Most colistin-resistant mutants carried mutations in genes belonging to four functional groups: two-component systems controlling LPS aminoarabinosylation (PmrAB, PhoPQ), LPS biosynthesis, the production of the polyamine norspermidine, and fatty acid metabolism. …”
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