A numerical study on the effects of a midlatitude upper-level trough on the track and intensity of Typhoon Bavi (2020) by Hui Wang, Yubin Yu, Yubin Yu, Hongxiong Xu, Dajun Zhao, Jia Liang, Jia Liang

“…This track change led to an earlier landfall of the storm over South Korea and, thus, an earlier weakening than in the control experiment, which is termed as the indirect effect on the storm intensity due to the change in the tropical cyclone track. …”
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Reduction of flavonoid content in honeysuckle via Erysiphe lonicerae-mediated inhibition of three essential genes in flavonoid biosynthesis pathways by Mian Zhang, Jie Zhang, Qiaoqiao Xiao, Yulong Li, Shanshan Jiang

“…Our study, conducted in three different locations, found that honeysuckle naturally infected with E. lonicerae showed notable decreases in total flavonoid content, with reductions of 34.7%, 53.5%, and 53.8% observed in each respective site. Controlled experiments supported these findings, indicating that artificial inoculation with E. lonicerae led to a 20.9% reduction in flavonoid levels over 21 days, worsening to a 54.8% decrease by day 42. …”
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Detection of suspended macroplastics using acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) echo by Anouk Boon, Frans A. Buschman, Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Sophie Broere, Bart Vermeulen

“…In the undisturbed controlled environment, 25 items varying in size, material, and orientation could be detected up to at least 4.6 m from the ADCP. The semi-controlled experiments showed that most of these items can also be detected among other naturally occurring scatterers, such as aquatic life, organic material and air bubbles. …”
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Understanding cross-data dynamics of individual and social/environmental factors through a public health lens: explainable machine learning approaches by Siwoo Jeong, Siwoo Jeong, Sung Bum Yun, Soon Yong Park, Sungchul Mun, Sungchul Mun

“…The SHAP revealed diverse influential individual obesity-related factors in each Gu district, although ‘self-awareness of obesity’, ‘weight control experience’, and ‘high blood pressure experience’ were among the top five influential factors across all Gu districts. …”
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Detection and explanation of spatiotemporal patterns in Late Cenozoic palaeoclimate change relevant to Earth surface processes by S. G. Mutz, T. A. Ehlers

“…A pre-industrial (PI) climate simulation serves as the control experiment, which is compared to a suite of simulations of Late Cenozoic climates, namely a Mid-Holocene (MH, approximately 6.5 ka), Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, approximately 21 ka) and Pliocene (PLIO, approximately 3 Ma) climate. …”
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Superimposed Skilled Performance in a Virtual Mirror Improves Motor Performance and Cognitive Representation of a Full Body Motor Action by Felix Hülsmann, Felix Hülsmann, Cornelia Frank, Irene Senna, Marc O. Ernst, Thomas Schack, Mario Botsch

“…Specifically, for the deepest point of the squat, participants watching the squat from the front adapted their height, while those watching from the side adapted their backward movement. In a control experiment, we ruled out the possibility that the observed improvements were due to the mere fact of performing the squat movements—irrespective of the type of visual feedback. …”
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Exploring the Relationship between the Clustering Degree of Children’s Business Formats and the Attractiveness of Commercial Centers in Wuhan by Modifying the Classic Retail Model... by Zhuoran Shan, Xuehan Shen, Man Yuan

“…In addition, we set up a control experiment group of commercial centers of various levels and explore the influence mechanism of the density of various types of children’s stores on the attraction of commercial centers by improving the classic retail model. …”
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Applying Time-Expended Sampling to Ensemble Assimilation of Remote-Sensing Data for Short-Term Predictions of Thunderstorms by Huanhuan Zhang, Jidong Gao, Qin Xu, Lingkun Ran

“…For each event, TES was implemented against a 36-member control experiment (E36) by reducing the forecast ensemble size to 12 but tripling the analysis ensemble size to 12 × 3 = 36 with τ = 2.5 min, 5 min and 7.5 min in three TES experiments, named E12×3τ2.5, E12×3τ5 and E12×3τ7.5, respectively. …”
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Nitrogen Dynamics and Sweet Potato Production under Indigenous Soil Moisture Conservation Practices in the Leeward Kohala Field System, Hawai’i Island by William C. L. Sirabis, Michael B. Kantar, Theodore Radovich, Noa K. Lincoln

“…Increased temperatures in the controlled experiments were observed to increase inorganic N significantly, but less substantially than soil moisture. …”
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Stress Response of Beagle Dogs to Repeated Short-Distance Road Transport by Johannes Herbel, Jörg Aurich, Camille Gautier, Maria Melchert, Christine Aurich

“…Two persons familiar to the dogs were present during transports and control experiments. We hypothesized that transport elicits a stress response, which decreases with repeated transports. …”
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Chimpanzee wooden tool analysis advances the identification of percussive technology by Lydia V. Luncz, David R. Braun, Joao Marreiros, Marion Bamford, Chen Zeng, Serge Soiret Pacome, Patrick Junghenn, Zachary Buckley, Xinyu Yao, Susana Carvalho

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Wearable Supernumerary Robotic Limb System Using a Hybrid Control Approach Based on Motor Imagery and Object Detection by Zhichuan Tang, Lingtao Zhang, Xin Chen, Jichen Ying, Xinyang Wang, Hang Wang

“…Offline training experiment was designed to obtain subjects’ MI recognition models and evaluate the feasibility of the MI EEG recognition method; online control experiment was designed to verify the effectiveness of our wearable SRL system. …”
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In vitro bioactivity of various pure flavonoids in ruminal fermentation, with special reference to methane formation by Susanne Sinz, Carmen Kunz, Annette Liesegang, Ueli Braun, Svenja Marquardt, Carla R. Soliva, Michael Kreuzer

“…Gallocatechin, tannic acid, and epigallocatechin gallate (50 mg/g DM) lowered fermentation gas formation and in vitro organic matter digestibility relative to the negative control (Experiment 2). Apart from tannic acid, epicatechin, quercetin, isoquercetin, and luteolin-7-glucoside (5 and 50 mg/g DM) reduced the amount of CH4 produced in relation to total gas produced (Experiment 1). …”
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Praziquantel degradation in marine aquarium water by Amber Thomas, Matthew R. Dawson, Helen Ellis, M. Andrew Stamper

“…It has long been assumed that, once administered, PZQ is stable in a marine environment throughout the treatment interval and must be mechanically removed, but no controlled experiments have been conducted to validate that claim. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ST3.5 and Its Inhibitory Effect on Mold by Xiaoyu WANG, Mengna WU, Qiaoru YU, Lixue MA, Di YAO, Liyuan ZHANG

“…Meanwhile, the biological control experiment was carried out with corn kernels as an actual sample. …”
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Association Between Occupational Stress and Sleep Quality: A Systematic Review by Mao Y, Raju G, Zabidi MA

“…For future research in this field, we propose four recommendations: (1) Consider utilizing objective measures to assess occupational stress and sleep quality. (2) Employ controlled experiments to further validate the causal relationship between occupational stress and sleep quality. (3) Investigate occupational groups that have received less attention. (4) Take into account the potential influence of other factors on occupational stress and sleep quality.Keywords: occupational stress, sleep quality, systematic review, occupational safety and health…”
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Enhanced chaotrope tolerance and (S)‐2‐hydroxypropiophenone production by recombinant Pseudomonas putida engineered with Pprl from Deinococcus radiodurans by Reihaneh Kordesedehi, Azar Shahpiri, Mohammad Ali Asadollahi, Davoud Biria, Pablo Iván Nikel

“…Product yield and productivity were 0.74 g 2‐HPP g−1 benzaldehyde and 0.089 g 2‐HPP g cell dry weight−1 h−1, respectively, 35% higher than the control experiments. Taken together, these results demonstrate that introducing PprI from D. radiodurans enhances chaotrope tolerance and 2‐HPP production in P. putida ATCC 12633.…”
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A Comparison of Monochromatic and Mixed LED Light Color on Performance, Bone Mineral Density, Meat and Blood Properties, and Immunity of Broiler Chicks by Md. Rakibul Hassan, Shabiha Sultana, Ho S. Choe, Kyeong S. Ryu

“…Fluorescent white light was the control. Experiment 2 considered similar treatments (6 treatments with 4 replications) except R and R×Y were not tested. …”
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Experimental Studies of Front-of-Package Nutrient Warning Labels on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Ultra-Processed Foods: A Scoping Review by Lindsey Smith Taillie, Marissa G. Hall, Barry M. Popkin, Shu Wen Ng, Nandita Murukutla

“…This scoping review describes a conceptual model for how FoP nutrient warnings affect consumer behavior, examines which of these outcomes are currently being measured, and summarizes evidence from randomized controlled experiments. Twenty-two studies which experimentally tested nutrient warnings against a control label or other labeling systems were included for full-text review. …”
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Durable Modification of Wood by Benzoylation—Proof of Covalent Bonding by Solution State NMR and DOSY NMR Quick-Test by Jan C. Namyslo, Martin H. H. Drafz, Dieter E. Kaufmann

“…An even more rapid test to monitor the covalent bonding was achieved with an up-to-date diffusion-ordered spectroscopy sequence (Oneshot—DOSY) based on ¹H or ¹⁹F as the sensitive nucleus. The control experiment in a series of DOSY spectra gave a by far higher D value of (1.22 ± 0.06)∙10⁻¹⁰ m²∙s⁻¹, which is in accordance with fast diffusion of the “free” and thus rapidly moving small precursor molecule provided as its methyl ester. …”
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