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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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The Most Attractive Is Not Always the Preferred: Lessons From Necrophagous Dung Beetle Assemblages in a Region of the Central Amazon

Ecology and Evolution
Resource attractiveness and preference is determinant to assess how biodiversity is structured in different ecosystems. Necrophagy is the alternative or complementary dietary habit of dung beetles, but a few studies have focused on evaluating how ...
Mirella Lima Costa, Renato Portela Salomão, Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar, César Murilo deAlbuquerque Correa, Luciana Iannuzzi   +4 more
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Noncanonical Nucleotides in the Genome Around the Maternal‐Zygotic Transition

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
In this paper, Kazzazi et al. provide a comprehensive review of the dynamics of nonconventional nucleotides in the genome during early developmental stages, hypothesizing a potential role for these nucleotides in the activation of the zygotic genome. ABSTRACT From the very moment of fertilization and throughout development, the cells of animal embryos ...
Latifa Kazzazy, Dávid Mező, Kinga K. Nagy, Viktória Perey‐Simon, Judit Tóth, Angéla Békési, Beáta Vértessy, Máté Varga   +7 more
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Field evaluation of electrophysiologically-active dung volatiles as chemical lures for trapping of dung beetles

Scientific Reports
Dung beetles are economically important beneficial insects that process dung. To locate this source, they use volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The objectives of the study were to evaluate the attractiveness of ten electrophysiologically-active dung ...
Nisansala N. Perera, Russell A. Barrow, Paul A. Weston, Leslie A. Weston, Geoff M. Gurr   +4 more
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Review on Processing Control Strategy for Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing

MetalMat, EarlyView.
This review systematically summarizes recent progress in processing control strategies for ECAM, with three key regulation dimensions: current monitoring and closed‐loop control, temperature regulation, and electrolyte flow/nozzle design. The roles of these parameters in governing electrochemical kinetics, mass transport, deposition stability, and ...
Xin Li, Yu Xie, Wangping Wu
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Multi-Strategy Improved Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm [PDF]

Jisuanji gongcheng
The existing Dung Beetle Optimization(DBO) algorithm has the disadvantages of poor search accuracy and insufficient global search ability, thereby easily falling into local optima.
KUANG Xin, YANG Bo, MA Hua, TANG Wensheng, XIAO Hongfeng, CHEN Ling
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Scan for Success? Number Needed to Scan and Management Changes in Preoperative Otosclerosis: Quantitative Analysis

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To quantify the cumulative number of images needed to scan (NNS) with preoperative high‐resolution temporal bone computed tomography (HR‐TBCT) to yield a change in management in patients undergoing primary stapes surgery for otosclerosis‐related hearing loss. Study Design Retrospective cohort.
Omer J. Ungar, Adi Brenner, Daniel Zikk, Rani Abu‐Eta, Yahav Oron, Oren Cavel, Ophir Handzel, Nidal Muhanna, Shiri L. Maymon   +8 more
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Pastoral practices to reverse shrub encroachment of sub-alpine grasslands: dung beetles (coleoptera, scarabaeoidea) respond more quickly than vegetation.

PLoS ONE, 2013
In recent decades, pastoral abandonment has produced profound ecological changes in the Alps. In particular, the reduction in grazing has led to extensive shrub encroachment of semi-natural grasslands, which may represent a threat to open habitat ...
Claudia Tocco, Massimiliano Probo, Michele Lonati, Giampiero Lombardi, Matteo Negro, Beatrice Nervo, Antonio Rolando, Claudia Palestrini   +7 more
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Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
As habitats change, the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal increasingly depends on animal responses to altered structure and resources. With habitat loss and degradation accelerating across the tropics, understanding how dispersers' foraging behavior and movement influence seed removal and deposition is critical to promoting forest ...
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
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Heterogeneous preferences for use and non‐use values provided by insects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Public support is essential for reversing insect declines, yet conservation efforts often focus on instrumental values, particularly pollination and pest regulation, while overlooking the many and varied cultural ecosystem services that may underpin broader public support for conservation.
Peter King, Tom Breeze, Theresa Robinson, Martin Dallimer   +3 more
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