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Climate change is a confounding factor that affects food security in several ways. Although the analyses of earlier studies in this area were largely non-technical, new analytical techniques have been develope...
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Open AccessNormal vibration distribution search-based differential evolution algorithm for multimodal biomedical image registration
In linear registration, a floating image is spatially aligned with a reference image after performing a series of linear metric transformations. Additionally, linear registration is mainly considered a preproc...
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Examining the impacts of climate change and political instability on rice production: empirical evidence from Nigeria
The Nigerian government is committed to sustaining rice production to meet national demand. Nevertheless, political tension and climate-induced stressors remain crucial constraints in achieving policy targets....
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Retinal Age Estimation with Temporal Fundus Images Enhanced Progressive Label Distribution Learning
Retinal age has recently emerged as a reliable ageing biomarker for assessing risks of ageing-related diseases. Several studies propose to train deep learning models to estimate retinal age from fundus images....
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Empirical analysis of rice and maize production under climate change in China
The past few decades of extreme drought and flooding caused by changing climate conditions have significantly affected agricultural production globally. This study focuses on two vital crops in China—maize and...
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The relationship between energy, environment, and economic growth has been received a lot of attention recently among scientific studies, but environmental sustainability remains a global issue. Renewable ener...
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Effect of Tourmaline Addition on the Catalytic Performance and SO2 Resistance of NixMn3−xO4 Catalyst for NH3-SCR Reaction at Low Temperature
NixMn3−xO4 and NixMn3−xO4/T (T represents tourmaline) catalysts with a double-layer hollow structure were prepared by a rigid template method for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 (NH3
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Assessing the depth of language processing in patients with disorders of consciousness
Assessing residual consciousness and cognitive abilities in unresponsive patients is a major clinical concern and a challenge for cognitive neuroscience. Although neuroimaging studies have demonstrated a poten...
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Quasi-solid state synthesis of EU-1 zeolite and its catalytic properties for the isomerization of C8 aromatics
In this study, EU-1 zeolite was successfully synthesized via a quasi-solid state approach and assembled to catalyst for the C8 aromatics isomerization process. The catalytic properties were tuned through careful ...
