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Optimal ternary locally repairable codes
Locally repairable codes (LRCs) are linear codes with locality properties for code symbols, which have important applications in distributed storage systems. In this paper, we completely classify all the possi...
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Delving into Identify-Emphasize Paradigm for Combating Unknown Bias
Dataset biases are notoriously detrimental to model robustness and generalization. The identify-emphasize paradigm appears to be effective in dealing with unknown biases. However, we discover that it is still ...
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Open AccessBiochar soil addition alters ant functional traits as exemplified with three species
The response of soil microorganisms and plants in soil ecosystems to biochar is well recognised. However, biochars’ impact on large soil animal, such as ants, is inadequately understood, with only limited stud...
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Detailed Characterization of Microscopic Pore Structure in Low-Rank Coal: A Case Study of Zhalainuoer Coalfield
In China, significant progress has been made in the exploration and development of coalbed methane (CBM) in medium- to high-rank coals. However, the exploration and development potential of CBM in low-rank coa...
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Open AccessChemokines and Their Receptors: Predictors of Therapeutic Potential in Tumor Microenvironment on Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal carcinoma (ESCA) is an aggressive solid tumor. The 5-year survival rate for patients with ESCA is estimated to be less than 20%, mainly due to tumor invasion and metastasis. Therefore, it is urgent ...
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Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in industrial soils from northwestern of China: occurrence, distribution, exposure risk, and implications on risk-based controls
Some Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PACs) such as nitrated-PAHs (NPAHs), oxygenated-PAHs (OPAHs) and methyl-PAHs (MPAHs) have attracted significant concern due to derivatives have greater potential to be more ...
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Open AccessGlobal supply chains amplify economic costs of future extreme heat risk
Evidence shows a continuing increase in the frequency and severity of global heatwaves1,2, raising concerns about the future impacts of climate change and the associated socioeconomic costs3,4. Here we develop a ...
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Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups
Food consumption contributes to the degradation of air quality in regions where food is produced, creating a contrast between the health burden caused by a specific population through its food consumption and ...
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Hugs Bring Double Benefits: Unsupervised Cross-Modal Hashing with Multi-granularity Aligned Transformers
Unsupervised cross-modal hashing (UCMH) has been commonly explored to support large-scale cross-modal retrieval of unlabeled data. Despite promising progress, most existing approaches are developed on convolut...
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Open AccessEnvironmental implications of residual pyrogenic carbonaceous materials from incomplete biomass combustion: a review
Incomplete biomass burning produces considerable amounts of pyrogenic carbonaceous materials (PCMs), which are widely distributed in environmental matrices. Those PCMs undergo different environmental processe...
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Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction
Crop production is a large source of atmospheric ammonia (NH3), which poses risks to air quality, human health and ecosystems1–5. However, estimating global NH3 emissions from croplands is subject to uncertaintie...
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Open AccessElectron scale coherent structure as micro accelerator in the Earth’s magnetosheath
Turbulent energy dissipation is a fundamental process in plasma physics that has not been settled. It is generally believed that the turbulent energy is dissipated at electron scales leading to electron energi...
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Open AccessProjecting future carbon emissions from cement production in develo** countries
Achieving low-carbon development of the cement industry in the develo** countries is fundamental to global emissions abatement, considering the local construction industry’s rapid growth. However, there is c...
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In planta genetic transformation to produce CRISPRed high-oleic peanut
Compared to its normal-oleic counterpart, high-oleic peanut has better kee** quality and much more health benefits. Breeding high-oleic peanut through conventional means is a tedious process that typically t...
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Oxytocin Receptor in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Does Not Engage in Autism-Related Behaviors
The classical motor center cerebellum is one of the most consistent structures of abnormality in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and neuropeptide oxytocin is increasingly explored as a potential pharmacothera...
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Global iron and steel plant CO2 emissions and carbon-neutrality pathways
The highly energy-intensive iron and steel industry contributed about 25% (ref. 1) of global industrial CO2 emissions in 2019 and is therefore critical for climate-change mitigation. Despite discussions of decarb...
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Open AccessAcquired miR-142 deficit in leukemic stem cells suffices to drive chronic myeloid leukemia into blast crisis
The mechanisms underlying the transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from chronic phase (CP) to blast crisis (BC) are not fully elucidated. Here, we show lower levels of miR-142 in CD34+CD38− blasts fro...
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Deformation mechanism and hydrocarbon significance of Eocene organic-rich fine-grained soft sediments in the Leijia Region, Liaohe Depression
The deformation structure of soft sediments has always been a research hotspot, which is of great significance for analyzing the tectonic and sedimentary evolution background of a basin, as well as the physica...
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Elemental Geochemical Distribution of the Jurassic Yan'an Formation in the Ningdong Coalfield and its Controlling Effect on Coal Reservoir Properties
Geochemical elements are important for judging the coal-forming environments and control on pore structure distribution of coal. Geochemical element and reservoir physical property experiments were carried out...
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Production of MSTN knockout porcine cells using adenine base-editing-mediated exon skip**
Gene-knockout pigs have important applications in agriculture and medicine. Compared with CRISPR/Cas9 and cytosine base editing (CBE) technologies, adenine base editing (ABE) shows better safety and accuracy i...
