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A study questions how long biochar really locks away carbon
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University- Journal
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AI in the clinic: Can algorithms diagnose patients better than traditional tests?
SWPS UniversityArtificial intelligence (AI) can recognize common mental disorders just as effectively as – and sometimes better than – traditional diagnostic tools. According to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, a generative AI assistant was also perceived by patients as highly empathetic and supportive. The study was conducted by researchers from Sweden, Norway, Italy, and Poland, and could significantly improve the field of mental health diagnostics.
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- Scientific Reports
Ceramides unveiled as key regulators in sugarcane defense against smut fungus
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesA landmark lipidomic study reveals that ceramides modulate salicylic and jasmonic acid pathways to govern resistance to Sporisorium scitamineum.
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- Biological Diversity
- Funder
- Program of South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Foundation of Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou, Foundation of the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
A survey on threshold digital signature schemes
Higher Education PressThe security of digital signatures has been a focus of research in emerging area. Threshold signature is a technique designed for distributed scenarios, allowing the signing key to be divided into multiple shares. This approach can resist single point failures of device and ensure key security. However, most existing surveys on threshold signature schemes are either not comprehensive or cover only a limited range of signature types.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
Unmasking hidden threats: adaptive encrypted malware detection via FC-MAE
Higher Education PressSub-headline: BIT researchers introduce Malcom to tackle cross-domain encrypted traffic detection using self-supervised learning.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
ProbsCut: enhancing adversarial robustness via global probability constraints
Higher Education PressDeep neural networks (DNNs) are demonstrated to be vulnerable to adversarial examples. Adversarial training is mainstrem method to improve adversarial robustness of DNNs, which augments the training set with adversarial examples and adopts adversarial regularization loss to improve the robustness of DNNs. Existing adversarial training methods are facing the challenge to balance the accuracy and robustness.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
Safeguarding cloud privacy: rethinking multi-authority ABE via collaborative protection
Higher Education PressSub-headline: Beihang University researchers introduce a multi-authority ABE scheme, tackling dynamic access control challenges in cloud data.
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- Frontiers of Computer Science
CCN1 as an emerging key regulator in sensitive skin and skin aging: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential
Journal of Dermatologic Science and Cosmetic TechnologyThis cover review identifies CCN1 as a central molecular hub that integrates sensitive skin and skin aging. Upregulated by ultraviolet exposure, oxidative stress, or intrinsic aging, CCN1 drives barrier dysfunction, chronic inflammation, extracellular matrix degradation, and pigmentation abnormalities. In sensitive skin, acute CCN1 overactivation amplifies inflammation and increases permeability, while in aging skin, its sustained overexpression promotes inflammaging, collagen loss, and fibroblast senescence. Acting through integrin-dependent pathways such as NF‑κB, MAPK, and TGF‑β, CCN1 remodels the dermal‑epidermal microenvironment. Targeting CCN1 or its downstream signaling offers a promising strategy to restore skin homeostasis, shifting the focus from symptomatic relief toward key‑node regulation.
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- Journal of Dermatologic Science and Cosmetic Technology
The changing process of disability identity: A trajectory equifinality model analysis of Japanese with physical disabilities
Osaka Metropolitan UniversityAn Osaka Metropolitan University researcher examined the development of disability identity in Japan’s disability community.
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- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science