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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 9089: Morphometric Characterization of Northeastern Donkeys from the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region: A First Step Toward Conservation

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (543+ words) The Northeastern Donkey represents an important animal genetic resource adapted to the semi-arid conditions of Brazil, being recognized for its hardiness and ability to survive under challenging environmental conditions. However, the progressive reduction in the use of these animals in…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 9076: Explainable Cattle Identification via ArcFace Embeddings and Vision–Language Explanations

23+ hour, 33+ min ago   (567+ words) Individual cattle identification underpins traceability, genetic management and disease surveillance in precision livestock farming. Ear tags and RFID remain the dominant practice but are subject to loss, tampering and welfare concerns, which motivates contactless biometric alternatives. Most deep learning systems…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8470: Weakly Supervised Segmentation of Macroalgae Through Gradient Analysis in Convolutional Neural Networks and Segment Anything Model

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (433+ words) Segmenting marine macroalgae from optical imagery typically requires pixel-level annotations that are costly and hard to scale. This work proposes a weakly supervised pipeline that derives segmentation masks from image-level classification labels alone, eliminating manual spatial annotations. The method has…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8285: Hidden Allies: Endophytic Fungi in Fruit Orchards as Biological Control Agents of Agricultural Pests—A Systematic Review

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (518+ words) Fruit production represents a major agricultural sector worldwide; however, it is severely affected by pests that reduce fruit yield, quality, and marketability. The intensive use of chemical insecticides has generated environmental contamination, resistance in pest populations, and risks to human…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8202: Biomass Allocation of Invasive Cenchrus pauciflorus Based on R Package Smatr

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (485+ words) Elucidating patterns of plant biomass allocation is an important subject in ecological research. Broadly speaking, two schools of thought are applied to understand it: allometric partitioning theory (APT) and optimal partitioning theory (OPT). Which theory prevails for the highly aggressive…...