Understanding the intricate dynamics of fish microbiota through 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing is pivotal for ecological insights and effective disease management. However, this approach faces challenges including the co-amplification of host mitochond...
Lactococcus garvieae is the etiological agent of lactococcosis, a clinically and economically significant infectious disease affecting farmed rainbow trout. L. garvieae had been considered the only cause of lactococcosis for a long time; however, L. ...
The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused a transformation of virtually all aspects of the world order today. Due to the introduction of the world quarantine, a considerable share of professional communications has been transformed into a format of dis...
Bacterial S1 protein is a functionally important ribosomal protein. It is a part of the 30S ribosomal subunit and is also able to interact with mRNA and tmRNA. An important feature of the S1 protein family is a strong tendency towards aggregation. To...
Determining differences in regional carbon emissions and the factors that affect these differences is important in the realization of differentiated emissions mitigation policies. This paper adopts the Theil index and the partial least square-variabl...
This study examines the reaction of the Standard and Poor’s Regional Bank Index (SPRB) to the U.S. equity market fear index (i.e., the Chicago Board of Trade Volatility Index [VIX]). The VIX is designed to perform as a leading indicator of the volati...
Sustainable tourism is one of the key sectors in the South Baltic Sea Region (SBSR), which belongs to the role model for sustainability—the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). In this context, resilience, recovery and sustainability become key common thre...
Hydraulic pumped storage is a special power generation and electricity shortage technology, which is usually operated with thermal power and nuclear power units, and plays a key role in ultra-high voltage and smart grid. Pressure fluctuations are the...
Environmental issues at the U.S.–Mexico border have been approached in a fragmented way and considered of minor political interest; even though they have been addressed in treaties and agreements, regional environmental pollution persists. One...
During the development of scientific and technological innovation, the importance of Government Purchasing Public Services (GPPS) in the field of science and technology (S&T) has become increasingly prominent. To investigate the relationship betw...
Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) has become a central instrument of European Union Cohesion Policy, yet its implementation has revealed recurring limitations, including formalistic Entrepreneurial Discovery Processes, weak multilevel coordination,...
This review explores the intersection of gender, geography, and sustainability by examining the role of women in the blue economy across Europe’s Outermost Regions (ORs). Despite growing recognition of the blue economy’s role in sustainab...
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Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) is a concept that reflects ecological product value by using geospatial technology. It can demonstrate the spatial distribution of ecological products and provide new perspectives and refined support for spatial planning...
Assessments of farmer satisfaction can be a crucial tool for effectively implementing an appropriate ecological compensation policy. This study evaluates the effectiveness of an ecological compensation policy for crop rotation in China’s black...
Understanding the impacts of climate change on species’ geographic distributions is fundamental for biodiversity conservation and resource management. As a key plant group for ecological restoration and windbreak and sand fixation in arid and s...
Background/Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shows marked transcriptomic heterogeneity across brain regions, limiting reproducibility. We aimed to identify robust cross-region gene signatures using meta-analysis. Methods: Differential expres...
Numerical simulations were performed to investigate pressure fluctuations in the S-shaped region of a pump-turbine model. Analyses focused on pressure fluctuations in the draft tube and in the gap between the guide vanes and runner. Calculations were...
The meteorology data assimilation applications often encounter variational problems with unknown weights, where the corresponding Euler equation is an elliptic partial differential equation. This research focused on retrieving the weights in remote s...
Gross primary productivity (GPP) is central to terrestrial carbon cycling and forest carbon sink assessment. Using Google Earth Engine, MODIS GPP, ERA5-Land meteorological data, and forest extent masks, this study examined GPP dynamics and climatic c...
High moisture content (MC) harms wheat storage quality and readily leads to mold growth. Accurate localization of abnormal/high-moisture regions enables early warning, ensuring proper storage and reducing economic losses. The present study introduces...
This paper aims to study the mechanism of avoiding the S-shaped region (S-shaped region, SFR) during the startup of pumped storage units (pumped storage units, PSUs). Firstly, the state space model of the PSU in frequency mode is built using the tran...
This study uses the universal thermal climate index (UTCI) and whole-body and local cooling assessment to determine the thermal benchmarks and cold risk for children in China’s severe cold regions. The relevant measurements and survey were conducted...
In the present study, we used a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (3×Tg-AD mice) to longitudinally analyse the expression level of PDIA3, a protein disulfide isomerase and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, in selected brain limb...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and although many studies have been done on this disease, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood and further studies are warranted. Therefore, this stud...
Altered mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) methylation has been detected in several human pathologies, although little attention has been given to neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, altered methylation levels of the mitochondrial displacement loop (D-loop)...
Urban vitality is a critical metric for measuring the quality of sustainable development and overall competitiveness, serving as the core kinetic energy for urban survival and growth. As a key link for land–sea resource coordination and interna...
Although various neuropsychiatric symptoms are frequently accompanied with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and pose a substantial burden to both patients and caregivers, their neurobiological underpinnings remain unclear. This study investigated assoc...
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is an area with insufficient per capita water resources. This study evaluates the current status and development trend of sustainable use of water resources in the region, and identifies specific factors influencing sustainable...
Thalhammerite, Pd9Ag2Bi2S4, is a new sulphide discovered in galena-pyrite-chalcopyrite and millerite-bornite-chalcopyrite vein-disseminated ores from the Komsomolsky mine of the Talnakh and Oktyabrsk deposits, Noril’sk region, Russia. It forms...
The present research is aimed at investigating the potential of two commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains (EC1118 and AWRI796) to generate wine-specific volatile molecule fingerprinting in relation to the initial must applied. To eliminate the...
To explore the effects of acoustic perception on outdoor thermal comfort, acoustic perception in five typical open spaces in a campus in China’s cold region with common soundscapes was evaluated by using meteorological measures, sound level dev...
Brain activity is time varying and dynamic, even in the resting state. However, little attention has been paid to the dynamic alterations in regional brain activity in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We aimed to test for differences in dynamic region...
Background: Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare malignant cutaneous tumour that is commonly located in anogenital regions. The diagnosis of the disease is always delayed, and treatment is usually troublesome. This study aims to summar...
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important food crop for the U.S. and the world. The Virginia-Carolina (VC) region (Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina) is an important peanut-growing region of the U.S and is affected by numerous biotic an...
A comfortable thermal environment in outdoor spaces is beneficial to people’s physical and mental health in cold conditions during winter. Greenery can improve outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) via microclimates in winter. Multiple methods have bee...
To achieve a sustainable development path that harmonizes ecological and economic considerations, China has advocated the “two mountains” concept: “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. This idea posits that...
This study aims to explore the relationship between the provision of ecosystem services (ESs) and other territorial characteristics. Taking Italian Metropolitan Regions (MRs) as case studies, the gradient of specialization providing a set of ESs in d...
Rapid urbanization has intensified eco-economic trade-offs, necessitating integrated optimization frameworks that balance development with environmental conservation in land use planning. Traditional methods often fail to optimize both objectives sim...
High-resolution offshore digital elevation models (DEMs) are essential for coastal geomorphology, marine resource management, and disaster prevention. While deep learning-based super-resolution (SR) techniques have become a mainstream solution for en...
This paper focusses on the analysis of female political participation in the decision-making processes at the local level. We analyse women’s descriptive representation in Czechia on a very detailed spatial structure and an extended yearly time...
Deep neural networks have been successfully applied to generate predictive patterns from medical and diagnostic data. This paper presents an approach for assessing persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mild cognitive impairment (MCI), compared...
Microbiome diversity varies significantly across countries and social groups due to geographic, ethnic, lifestyle, and dietary factors, with populations in traditional and rural settings tending to harbor more diverse microbial communities than those...
The streambed median grain size (D50) has been an integral part of many sediment transport and stream power equations seeking to characterize stream channel stability conditions. However, its previous usage is constrained by regional applicability, l...
Suburbanization of Bekasi Regency as a part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA) is mainly induced by urban expansion and industrialization, in which the suburbanization process threatens food security and ultimately disrupts urban sustainability....
Regional initial water rights is a crucial part of initial water rights and clarification of it is an essential method to improve the efficiency of water use. It also promotes sustainable use of valuable water resources. Consequently, under new circu...
In this study, typical open spaces were selected in the urban area of Lanzhou, China, with varying distances from the Yellow River and different plant configuration spaces. Then, the thermal perception of respondents was investigated through meteorol...
It is evident that relations between political conditions and community development have become sophisticated in recent years. More people now live in urbanized areas, and this ongoing urbanization has various ramifications. Many countries are facing...
Over the past decade, many projects have been initiated worldwide to decipher the composition and function of the soil microbiome, including the African Soil Microbiome (AfSM) project that aims at providing new insights into the presence and distribu...
Background: Antibiotic (AB) resistance is caused partly by overuse, varies by region, and is influenced by prescriber perspectives. This study sought to determine physicians’ knowledge and attitudes toward AB prescribing, particularly in the Ha...
Introduction: Huntington’s disease (HD) is often on the margin of standard medical practice due to its low prevalence, the lack of causal treatment, and the typically long premanifest window prior to the onset of the symptoms, which contrasts w...
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