Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…Biodiversity is declining dramatically due to human-driven land use change and biological invasion, but our knowledge of how such drivers influence plant and heterotroph diversity on island ecosystems remains limited. …”
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OCT Intensity of the Region between Outer Retina Band 2 and Band 3 as a Biomarker for Retinal Degeneration and Therapy by Zeng, Yong, Gao, Shasha, Li, Yichao, Marangoni, Dario, De Silva, Tharindu, Wong, Wai T., Chew, Emily Y., Sun, Xun, Li, Tiansen, Sieving, Paul A., Qian, Haohua

“…This study investigated the outer retina band (ORB) pattern and reflective intensity for the region between bands 2 and 3 (Dip) in three mouse models of inherited retinal degeneration (Rs1KO, TTLL5KO, RPE65KO) and in human AMD patients from the A2A database. …”
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Terahertz dual-band metamaterial biosensor for cervical-cancer diagnostics by Hamza, Musa H., Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Hamad, Muhamad A., Khan, Salahuddin, Koziel, Slawomir, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This study highlights the potential of employing terahertz metamaterial structures as dual-band biosensors for the early detection of cancerous biological tissue. …”
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Bulk inversion asymmetry effect on band structure and optical transition of a new class all-inorganic cubic perovskite nanoplatelet by Fan, Wei Jun

“…The band structures at near the R point of all-inorganic cubic CsSnBr3 perovskite nanoplatelets (NPLs) are investigated by using an 8-band k·p method. …”
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Imaging and processing of tree trunk by Hong, Yuan Ming

“…Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) is traditionally used as a tool to detect objects beneath the geographical surface. It is a non-invasive method that uses electromagnetic waves (EM waves) in the microwave band as the propagation method. …”
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3D surface analysis of coral microatolls by Gautam, Rohan

“…Studying microatolls is typically done by slabbing, an invasive process where a radial slice is obtained in order to study its annual growth bands. …”
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Biospectroscopy with chemometrics analysis of blood for species identification and age estimation by Sandran, Durga Devi

“…Utilising ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, two major blood protein bands (Amides I and II) can be successfully detected in fresh and aged blood spectra for up to one year. …”
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