Efficacy of Biorational Compounds against Mustard Aphid (Lipaphis erysimi Kalt.) and English Grain Aphid (Sitobion avenae Fab.) under Laboratory Conditions in Nepal by Dipak Khanal, Salu Maharjan, Jamuna Lamichhane, Pritika Neupane, Srijana Sharma, Pushpa Pandey

“…With the leaf dip method, Neemraj Super killed more mustard aphids than other treatments at all observed time points. …”
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Long Covid symptoms and diagnosis in primary care: A cohort study using structured and unstructured data in The Health Improvement Network primary care database. by Anoop D Shah, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Jadene Lewis, Samir Dhalla, Elizabeth Ford, Shamil Haroon, Valerie Kuan, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar

“…<h4>Background</h4>Long Covid is a widely recognised consequence of COVID-19 infection, but little is known about the burden of symptoms that patients present with in primary care, as these are typically recorded only in free text clinical notes.…”
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Zone-Wise Uncertainty Propagation and Dimensional Stability Assessment in CNC-Turned Components Using Manual and Automated Metrology Systems by Mohammad S. Alsoufi, Saleh A. Bawazeer, Mohammed W. Alhazmi, Hani Alhazmi, Hasan H. Hijji

“…Root-sum-square (RSS) modeling confirmed that manual measurements are more prone to operator-induced error amplification. …”
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Investigation of Titanium Alloy Cutting Dynamics in Thin-Layer Machining by Anna Zawada-Tomkiewicz, Emilia Zeuschner, Dariusz Tomkiewicz

“…The analyses confirmed that Ti Grade 2 enters chaotic dynamics much more rapidly than Ti Grade 5 and displays local cutting instabilities independent of the uncut chip thickness.…”
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Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Two Mobile Phone Applications for Measuring Vertical Jumps in Amateur Handball Players by Amândio Dias, Alexandre Coutan, Bruno Silva, Catarina Eufrásio, Maria Teixeira, Mariana Alberto

“…The goal is to provide a direct comparison between apps, as well as confirm the apps’ validity and reliability for handball players. Methods: The present research is a transversal observational study. …”
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Immune Response of Thalassemia Major Patients in Indonesia with and without Splenectomy by Teny T Sari1, Djajadiman Gatot, Arwin A.P. Akib, Saptawati Bardosono, Sri R.S. Hadinegoro, Alida R Harahap, Ponpon S Idjradinata

“…Spesific immune response of splenectomised group presented significantly higher absolute lymphocyte, lymphocyte T, CD4+ and CD8+ counts compared to non-splenectomised thalassemia major (p<0.05). …”
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Binding patterns of glycine receptor autoantibodies are related to clinical syndromes by Inken Piro, Anna-Lena Wiessler, Eleni Kakavela, Betül Baykan, Erdem Tüzün, Carmen Villmann, Claudia Sommer

“…Abstract Patients diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disease Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) or the more severe form Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus (PERM) as well as patients with encephalitis or epilepsy may harbor autoantibodies against synaptic molecules, for example the glycine receptor (GlyR). …”
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Les territoires de la Gestion intégrée des zones côtières et marines by Mahfoud Ghézali

“…We develop here two mains ideas. First of all, we present the slow transformation of coastal zone governance to the ICZM, and secondly the difficult junction between local public policies and sea/ ocean management in the Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union. …”
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Wireless Channel Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence With Imperfect Datasets by Gowhar Javanmardi, Ramiro Samano Robles

“…This paper presents the study of machine learning (ML) algorithms for the prediction of vehicular channels under impairments that arise in realistic implementations. …”
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Oceanographic Factors on Coastal Aggregation of Reef Manta (Mobula alfredi) in The Manta Sandy, Raja Ampat, Indonesia by Awaludin Ahsin, Retno Hartati, Widianingsih Widianingsih, Erlangga D. Sitorus, Hidayati Azizah, Hadi Endrawati

“…The results showed that during the west monsoon M. alfredi appeared more often (174 sighting) than in the east monsoon (5 sighting). …”
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Distribution of potato mosaic viruses on plants of the <i>Petota</i> Dumort. section of <i>Solanum</i> L. in the VIR collection by E. V. Rogozina, A. A. Gurina

“…The connection between the botanical and taxonomic origin of potato accessions and their infection with viruses has been confirmed. Among wild species, more than half of accessions, while among cultivated species, only 5% are affected by XBK. …”
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Accompanying study of the development process towards a smart city strategy-with a particular focus on social change by Christian SCHACHTNER, Nadine BAUMANN

“…The systematics of the requirements of the state as a funding provider and the approach of local actors will be examined in more detail in this study. The Objectives  of the work are a supervised process of a model facility, on the basis of which observations for a process model are to be derived. …”
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Integrated optimization and coordination of cascaded reservoir operations: Balancing flood control, sediment transport and ecosystem service by Xinmiao Cao, Teng Lin, Jiahui Li, Ting Zhou

“…Moreover, the methodologies presented herein can be extended to other water resource systems for multi‐objective optimization and decision‐making.…”
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Detection of Asymptomatic Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Carriers and Fetal Hemoglobin Regulating Genetic Variants in African Descendants from Oaxaca, Mexico by María De Los Ángeles Romero-Tlalolini, Sergio Roberto Aguilar-Ruiz, Rafael Baltiérrez-Hoyos, Jaime Vargas-Arzola, Luis Alberto Hernández-Osorio, Verónica Rocío Vásquez-Garzón, Héctor Ulises Bernardino-Hernández, Honorio Torres-Aguilar

“…The results obtained during a directed screening in 140 self-identified African descendants revealed 42 HbS-carriers (30%), of which 39 showed normal total hemoglobin concentrations (92.8%), only 3 presented anemia (7.2%), and 9 showed quantifiable HbF concentration (21.4%). …”
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Effectiveness of palivizumab immunoprophylaxis in infants with respiratory syncytial virus disease in Colombia by Juan Gabriel Piñeros, Jose De la Hoz-Valle, Clara Galvis, Astrid Celis, Oscar Ovalle, Carmen Cecilia Sandoval, Jaime Orrego, Saby Vides, Iader Rojas, Hernando Bustamante, Carlos Gallón, Jaime Alberto Mesa

“…BPD was observed in 54.9% of infants. 49% were born at < 32 weeks gestation and presented BPD. 6.9% had hemodynamically significant acyanotic and non-acyanotic CHD 53.3% received three or more doses of palivizumab. …”
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To eat or to care? Factors shaping parental or infanticidal behaviours in male poison frogs during territory takeover by Leïla Perroulaz, Lauriane Bégué, Eva Ringler

“…Our findings suggest that the decision-making processes involved in tadpole transport and clutch cannibalism appear to be more complex than previously thought.…”
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Explainable artificial intelligence for targeted protein degradation predictions by Francis J. Prael III, Jutta Blank, William C. Forrester, Lingling Shen, Raquel Rodríguez-Pérez

“…However, the black-box character of most ML models has limited their application to help establishing SAR hypotheses. Explainable ML or, more generally, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) aims at “opening the black box” by estimating how model inputs – e.g., chemical structures – contribute to model predictions. …”
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Households’ satisfaction with the healthcare services rendered by a ward-based outreach team in Tshwane district, Pretoria, South Africa by A. T. Masango Makgobela, J. V. Ndimande, G. Ogunbanjo, T. Bongongo, S. N. Nyalunga

“…The study participants included more females (74.0%), and 45.2% were single. The majority (89.8%) were unemployed. …”
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The Underlying Cognitive Processes of Thin Slices Judgments on Teaching Quality by Konstantin Vinokic, Lukas Begrich, Mareike Kunter, Susanne Kuger

“…The accuracy of thin slices ratings is often explained by dual process theories of social cognition, whereby System 1 refers to an intuitive and fast way of processing, while System 2 denotes a more reflective and analytical way of processing. …”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder (WAD): Part 2 – Interventions for Acute WAD by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…Multiple databases (including Web of Science, EMBASE and PubMed) were searched to identify all studies published from January 1980 through March 2009 that evaluated the effectiveness of any clearly defined treatment for acute (less than two weeks), subacute (two to 12 weeks) or chronic (more than 12 weeks) WAD. The present article, the second in a five-part series, evaluates the evidence for interventions initiated during the acute phase of WAD. …”
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