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Biochar-immobilized Burkholderia pyrrocinia bacterial agent alleviates cadmium stress in pepper throughout the growth cycle: physiological and transcriptomic insights into growth promotion and decreased cadmium accumulation

This study demonstrates that a biochar-immobilized *Burkholderia pyrrocinia* agent effectively alleviates cadmium stress and enhances growth in pepper plants throughout their lifecycle by improving physiological resilience and upregulating key molecular pathways involved in cadmium sequestration, hormone biosynthesis, and oxidative stress defense.

Tingting Yang, Lingxiang Zeng, Yudie Zhao, Lizhen Han2026-07-24
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Complex trade-offs across co-designed narratives of Australian land-system futures

This study translates four co-designed Australian land-use narratives into a national optimization model to explicitly reveal the complex trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon, food production, and economic returns, demonstrating that while a "Landscape Stewardship" scenario maximizes ecological benefits, a "Regional Ag Capitals" scenario prioritizes food output at the cost of climate goals.

Xinhao Pan, Jinzhu Wang Wang, Michalis Hadjikakou, Carla Archibald, Katherine Wynn, Rose Roche, Marni Williams, Jo Sanso (…)2026-07-24
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Forensic Comparison of Jewellery, Soil, and Sand Samples Using Elemental Profiling by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

This study demonstrates that Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is an effective tool for the forensic elemental profiling and comparative analysis of jewellery alloys and geological samples, enabling the differentiation of material sources and the identification of compositional heterogeneity.

R. K. Axmedova, Sh. N. Shukrulloyev2026-07-24
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When R&D Taxonomies Travel: Target-Population Validity in the Selection of Young Technology-Oriented SMEs

This study demonstrates that technology-transfer taxonomies constructed on broad industry populations often lack selection validity for young SMEs, showing that recalibrating R&D criteria specifically to the target SME population significantly improves screening accuracy for identifying high-growth firms compared to using standard OECD sector classifications.

hana kim2026-07-24
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Supply Chain Integration as a Driver of Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Ethiopian Manufacturing Industry

This study investigates the impact of supply chain integration on sustainable competitive advantage among large-scale food and beverage manufacturers in Addis Ababa and Sheger, Ethiopia, and concludes that despite robust model fit, the direct relationship between the two variables is statistically negligible, leading to the rejection of the proposed hypothesis.

Kumala Tolessa, Zerihun Ayenew, Misganu Getahun2026-07-24
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Self-contained intraoperative surface acquisition on a mixed-reality headset: a comparison of sensor-based and learning-based reconstruction

This study demonstrates that a commercial mixed-reality headset can acquire intraoperative organ surfaces using only onboard sensors, finding that while its time-of-flight depth sensor generally offers superior accuracy on opaque tissues, learning-based RGB reconstruction provides a more robust alternative for translucent surfaces where active depth sensing fails.

Bowen Xiang, Michael I. Miga2026-07-24