Large Convolution Kernel Network With Edge Self-Attention for Oriented SAR Ship Detection by Yan Feng, Yupeng Zhang, Xiangqing Zhang, Yuning Wang, Shaohui Mei

“…In recent years, deep learning has been successfully applied in this field, but SAR ship detection still faces some challenges, such as speckle noise, strong scattering interference from complex backgrounds, and insufficient use of SAR image characteristics. …”
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Au@Ag-labeled SERS lateral flow assay for highly sensitive detection of allergens in milk by Jing Li, Jia Xu, Yi Pan, Yongzhi Zhu, Yuanfeng Wang, Shouhui Chen, Xinlin Wei

“…Herein, a surface-enhanced Raman scattering based lateral flow assay (SERS-LFA) method for rapid and highly sensitive detection of milk allergens in food was established for effectively preventing allergic symptoms. …”
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Thermally tunable add-drop filter based on valley photonic crystals for optical communications by Sun Lu, Li Xingfeng, Hu Pan, Wang Hongwei, Zhang Yong, Tang Guojing, He Xintao, Dong Jianwen, Su Yikai

“…By leveraging the topological protection of the edge state and the distinct property of negligible scattering at sharp bends, a small footprint of 17.4 × 28.2 μm2 and a low insertion loss of 2.7 dB can be achieved for the proposed device. …”
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Inhalation of patchouli essential oil alleviates airway inflammation in cigarette smoke-induced COPD mice by Yan Zhang, Rui Cao, Duo Wang, Qiulin Yue, Le Su, Kunlun Li, Baojun Li, Lin Zhao, Song Zhang

“…Additionally, PEO treatment significantly countered cigarette smoke-induced COPD via the NF-κB signaling pathway in mice; Our result has shown that inhalation of PEO can substantially alleviate the increase in inflammatory factors, mitigate lung function impairment, and reduce airway remodeling in cigarette smoke-induced COPD mice.…”
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Genotyping Genebank Collections: Strategic Approaches and Considerations for Optimal Collection Management by Noelle L. Anglin, Peter Wenzl, Vania Azevedo, Charlotte Lusty, David Ellis, Dongying Gao

“…The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) and the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) both have a network of plant germplasm collections scattered across varying geographical locations preserving genetic resources for the future. …”
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Layered metal carbo–selenide Nb2CSe2 with van der Waals interlayer coupling by Junchao Wang, Renfei Cheng, Tao Hu, Xinyue Tang, Yan Liang, Min Tian, Ting Xiong, Qiuhong Lu, Qi Zhu, Zhiqing Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Yanchun Zhou

“…Moreover, vibrational properties are reported, which may offer an optical identification standard for new ternary vdW solids in spectroscopic studies, including Raman scattering and infrared absorption.…”
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Ultrastructural Characteristics of Rat Hepatic Oval Cells and Their Intercellular Contacts in the Model of Biliary Fibrosis: New Insights into Experimental Liver Fibrogenesis by Joanna Maria Lotowska, Maria Elzbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn, Urszula Daniluk, Piotr Sobaniec, Krzysztof Sendrowski, Jaroslaw Daniluk, Joanna Reszec, Wojciech Debek

“…HPCs formed proliferating bile ductules and were scattered in periportal connective tissue. We distinguished 4 main types of HPCs: 0, I, II (bile duct-like cells; most common), and III (hepatocyte-like cells). …”
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Report on emerging foliar soft rot disease on ginseng Panax vietnamensis and the identification of Neocosmospora ipomoeae and Fusarium miscanthi as the causal pathogens by Hau T. Duong, Duong T. Pham, Van T. Pham, Anh H. Le, Toi D. Nguyen, Nam X. Nguyen, Chung T. Khuat, Hang T. Dinh

“…In the spring-summer season of 2022, a disease outbreak occurred in Kon Tum province, the native habitat of Panax vietnamensis var. vietnamensis (Ngoc Linh ginseng), affecting (scattered) a farming area of more than 50,000 ginseng plants. …”
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A georeferenced dataset of heavy metals occurrence in the soils of the Yangtze River Basin, China by Yifan Sun, Dongsheng Liu, Long Xie, Zheng Gao, Qi Zhang, Luqi Wang, Sen Li

“…The results indicate that the distribution of heavy metal concentrations is relatively scattered, with higher concentrations in cities and regions with developed industry and agriculture. …”
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Factors Affecting the Dividend Policy of Companies: A Meta-analysis Approach by Yalda Hassani, Bagher Asgarnezhad Nouri, Ghasem zarei, Allahyar Beigi Firoozi

“…Various studies have been conducted that have introduced various factors affecting the dividend policy, such as capital structure, agency cost, accounting reporting, and the effective tax rate, but the results have been contradictory and scattered. For this purpose, conducting comprehensive research with a meta-analysis approach regarding determining the importance of each of the effective factors on the dividend policy in order to achieve a general summary and resolve the contradictions and dispersion of the results seems necessary. …”
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Two Cysteines in Raf Kinase Inhibitor Protein Make Differential Contributions to Structural Dynamics In Vitro by Hyun Sang Cho, Mohammad Faysal Al Mazid, Eun-Young Lee, Md Abu Rayhan, Hyoun Sook Kim, Byung Il Lee, Hye Jin You

“…Mutation of alanine or serine instead of cysteine in RKIP proteins did not affect the biochemical characteristics, while dynamic light scattering and liquid chromatography (LC) quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) suggested distinct peaks in solution, which were identified via LC–MS/MS analyses, and further clarified the role of cysteine in RKIP dimerization. rhRKIP dimer formation was abrogated by a 32-aa peptide mimicking the region between two RKIP proteins for dimerization. …”
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Parasitic contamination of lettuce: comparison between establishments located in areas with high and low economic values by Gustavo Trentini Barancelli, Larissa Kochenborger, Fernanda Gracieli Machado Brum, Fabiana Tonial, Cassiano Mateus Forcelini

“…Methods: We assessed the presence of parasites in the curly lettuces sold in the city of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and compared the frequency of contamination between markets and fruit stores, and between areas with high and low economic values. 130 samples of lettuce from 65 commercial establishments scattered throughout the city were washed with distilled water and analyzed under optical microscopy after 24 hours of spontaneous sedimentation method. …”
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ЖОРСТКІСТЬ ПАРЕНХІМИ ПЕЧІНКИ ЩУРІВ ПРИ МОДЕЛЮВАННІ СТЕАТОЗУ АЛІМЕНТАРНОГО ГЕНЕЗУ ТА ЙОГО КОРЕКЦІЇ... by В.І. Діденко, Ю.А. Гайдар, І.А. Кленіна, О.О. Галінський, І.С. Коненко, А.І. Руденко, О.І. Грабовська

“…In the course of morphological studies, it was found that in experimental rats development of steatosis with small-drop fat dystrophy, scattered throughout the particle plane and sinusoidal enlargement was observed, which was accompanied by increased stiffness of the liver parenchyma of rats. …”
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Investigating the ROS Formation and Particle Behavior of Food-Grade Titanium Dioxide (E171) in the TIM-1 Dynamic Gastrointestinal Digestion Model by Nicolaj S. Bischoff, Anna K. Undas, Greet van Bemmel, Jacco J. Briedé, Simone G. van Breda, Jessica Verhoeven, Sanne Verbruggen, Koen Venema, Dick T. H. M. Sijm, Theo M. de Kok

“…E171 was characterized using multiple techniques, including electron spin resonance spectroscopy, single-particle inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, and dynamic light scattering. In an aqueous dispersion (E171-aq), E171 displayed a median particle size of 79 nm, with 73–75% of particles in the nano-size range (<100 nm), and significantly increased ROS production at concentrations of 0.22 and 20 mg/mL. …”
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Manipulating polarization attenuation in NbS2–NiS2 nanoflowers through homogeneous heterophase interface engineering toward microwave absorption with shifted frequency bands by Yiru Fu, Yuping Wang, Junye Cheng, Yao Li, Jing Wang, Yongheng Jin, Deqing Zhang, Guangping Zheng, Maosheng Cao

“…The strong electron transfer at the interface promotes electron transport throughout the material, which results in less scattering, promotes conduct ion loss and dielectric polarization relaxation, improves dielectric loss, and results in a good impedance matching of the material. …”
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Investigation of Structural, Electrical, and Vibrational Properties of Bi1.98A0.02Fe4O9 (A = Ba, Ce) Multiferroic Ceramics by Ashwini Kumar, Poorva Sharma, Nikhil Bhardwaj, Jingyou Tang, Guolong Tan

“…The crystal structure of the prepared samples has been characterized by means of X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering spectroscopy. All the obtained XRD peaks can be indexed to the orthorhombic Pbam structure and reveal the formation of Bi2Fe4O9. …”
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Variable domain mutational analysis to probe the molecular mechanisms of high viscosity of an IgG1 antibody by Jing Dai, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Patrick Wu, Angela Oh, Paul J. Carter

“…An extensive mutational analysis was undertaken of the complementarity-determining region residues residing in hydrophobic surface patches predicted by spatial aggregation propensity, in conjunction with residue-level solvent accessibility, averaged over conformational ensembles from molecular dynamics simulations. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was used as a medium throughput screen for self-interaction of ~ 200 anti-GCGR IgG1 variants. …”
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Influence of Asian-Pacific Oscillation on Precipitation in Central Eastern China during Autumn (1960–2016) by Zouxing Lin, Jiajin Zhu, Wei Hua, Guangzhou Fan

“…Further analysis revealed anomalous southerly winds at 850 hPa over CEC when the APO was strong, which corresponded to anomalous strengthened (weakened) sea level pressure and increased 500-hPa geopotential height over Asia (the Pacific), together with strong meridional shear of the East Asian jet. …”
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Parasitic contamination of lettuce: comparison between establishments located in areas with high and low economic values by Gustavo Trentini Barancelli, Larissa Kochenborger, Fernanda Gracieli Machado Brum, Fabiana Tonial, Cassiano Mateus Forcelini

“…Methods: We assessed the presence of parasites in the curly lettuces sold in the city of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and compared the frequency of contamination between markets and fruit stores, and between areas with high and low economic values. 130 samples of lettuce from 65 commercial establishments scattered throughout the city were washed with distilled water and analyzed under optical microscopy after 24 hours of spontaneous sedimentation method. …”
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Incorporation of κ-carrageenan improves the practical features of agar/konjac glucomannan/κ-carrageenan ternary system by Dongling Qiao, Hao Li, Fatang Jiang, Siming Zhao, Sheng Chen, Binjia Zhang

“…., scanning electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, infrared spectroscopy (IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), were used to disclose how κ-carrageenan addition tailors the features of agar/KGM/κ-carrageenan ternary system. …”
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