Seed production potential of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) under protected and open conditions in Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India by RAMPREET KAUR, RAJINDER SINGH, LAVANYA VIJ, NAVJYOT KAUR

“…Despite the initial high monetary investment, polyhouses proved to be more conducive for bell pepper growth, fruit, and seed production among protected structures, resulting in a higher yield and improved quality of fruits and seeds. …”
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Synthesis and Appraisal of Natural Drug-Polymer-Based Matrices Relevant to the Application of Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Coatings by Bakhtawar Ghafoor, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Zainab Riaz

“…Thus, according to this study, it can be concluded that after more detailed in vitro testing such as hemocompatibility tests and platelet adhesion testing, ginger can be a better candidate as a drug-coating material for drug-eluting stent applications.…”
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Dental caries characteristics in the first permanent molar in school age children. by Yoel González Beriau, Nora Sexto Delgado, Antonia Francisco Local, Ana Gloria Vázquez de León

“…The first permanent molar presents caries more frequently than any other. </span><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;">Objective</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>: </strong>To describe the characteristics of dental caries in the first permanent molars in children between 6 and 13 years-old, and to assess oral hygiene and knowledge about the subject in all the patients treated in the stomatology consultation Barrio adentro “El Guapo”, from November 2005 to March 2006. …”
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ConciliaMed: an interactive mobile and web tool to reconcile chronic medications of patients undergoing elective surgery by Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Eva Rocío Alfaro-Lara, María Dolores Santos-Rubio, Pablo Ciudad-Gutiérrez, Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Ana Belén Guisado-Gil

“…The triggering of dose and duplication alerts for users or the integration of ConciliaMed with electronic prescription systems were some of the more requested adaptations by the test participants.Discussion The ability to generate an editable reconciliation report or transfer information between users are some of the features of ConciliaMed that encourage its use. …”
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Effects of search intent on eye-movement patterns in a change detection task by Sangil Lee, Minho Lee, Hyeonggyu Park, Mun-Seon Chang, Ho-Wan Kwak

“…The goal of the present study was to examine whether intention type affects eye movement patterns in a change detection task In addition, we assessed whether the eye movement index could be used to identify human implicit intent. …”
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The Copper Horseshoe project as an innovative form of meeting the cultural needs of the population of an average city (on the example of Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk region) by Nikolay V. Khomutov

“…The article also cites restrictions in the implementation of the project - first of all, the amount of funding, which is more than twelve million rubles, as well as the search for investors. …”
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Personnel selection in the airline Aviation Security Service by using the threshold aggregation method by P. P. Hachikyan

“…The results of the study are confirmed by the practical personnel selection of candidates for two airlines, as a result of which the group of ASS inspectors in a growing number, selected by using the threshold aggregation method, passed the probation period more successfully than the group selected by using the summation of criteria points. …”
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Advancements of carbon nanomaterials-modified asphalt: Processes, properties, economic feasibility and future perspectives by Sherif Araby, Ayman Abdulhamid, Umut Bakhbergen, Jong Kim, El-Sayed Abd-Elaal

“…Functional properties of CNMs-modified asphalt were also discussed. More importantly, the authors provided a roadmap and mathematical model to assess the economic feasibility and sustainability of incorporating CNMs into the asphalt industry. …”
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Efficient k-mer based curation of raw sequence data: application in Drosophila suzukii by Gautier, Mathieu

“…More generally, while we advocate careful sample identification and verification prior to sequencing, the proposed framework is simple and computationally efficient enough to be included as a routine post-hoc quality check prior to any data analysis and prior to data submission to public repositories. …”
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The problem of infinite plate loaded with normal force following a complex trajectory* by A. V. Galaburdin

“…The method is applicable when considering more complex objects (plates of complex shape, layered plates, viscoelastic plates). …”
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Household Size in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey Data by Md. Akhtarul Islam, Md. Saleh Mahmud, Shatabdi Das, Shaharior Rahman Razu

“…Objectives The primary purpose of the present study was to explore the distribution of household size and its determinants based on the nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) data. …”
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Identification of Pathologic Grading-Related Genes Associated with Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma by Weijian Xiong, Jin Zhong, Ying Li, Xunjia Li, Lili Wu, Ling Zhang

“…This kind of tumor is common among all renal cancers with poor prognosis, of which more than 70% belong to kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. …”
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Metabolic state alters economic decision making under risk in humans. by Mkael Symmonds, Julian J Emmanuel, Megan E Drew, Rachel L Batterham, Raymond J Dolan

“…Specifically, animals often express a preference for risky (more variable) food sources when below a metabolic reference point (hungry), and safe (less variable) food sources when sated. …”
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Long term outcomes following embolisation of bronchial and non-bronchial systemic arteries for the management of haemoptysis – a 20-year experience by Shyamal Patel, Lucy Rose Howroyd, Helen Bucknall, Hussain Memon, Robert Morgan, Joo-Young Chun

“…The rate of stroke in the cohort was 6.4% (9 cases), which is more so than quoted in the literature. Four of these patients presented with apical cavitations secondary to infection (aspergilloma or bacterial pneumonia). …”
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Improving drug delivery strategies for lymphatic filariasis elimination in urban areas in Ghana. by Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Bertha Garshong, Bright Alomatu, Dziedzom K de Souza, Margaret Gyapong, Dominique Kyelem

“…LF is predominantly a rural disease, and achieving the required treatment coverage in these areas is much easier compared to urban areas that are more complex. In Ghana, parts of the Greater Accra Region with Accra as the capital city are also endemic for LF. …”
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Compensator-based small animal IMRT enables conformal preclinical dose painting: application to tumor hypoxia by Jordan M. Slagowski, Erik Pearson, Rajit Tummala, Gage Redler, Daniela Olivera Velarde, Boris Epel, Howard J. Halpern, Bulent Aydogan

“…This study demonstrates that SA-IMRT provides significant improvements in radiation plan quality and yields dose distributions that more closely mimic the clinical setting relative to current CRT approaches.…”
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Sub‐slab anisotropy beneath the Sumatra and circum‐Pacific subduction zones from source‐side shear wave splitting observations by Colton Lynner, Maureen D. Long

“…We find that plate motion parallel fast splitting directions in the sub‐slab mantle are more common than previously thought. We observe a correlation between fast direction and age of the subducting lithosphere; older lithosphere (>95 Ma) is associated with trench parallel splitting while younger lithosphere (<95 Ma) is associated with plate motion parallel fast splitting directions. …”
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User Preferences for Privacy Protection Methods in Mobile Health Apps: A Mixed-Methods Study by Leming Zhou, Bambang Parmanto

“…These identified privacy protection methods may be used in many types of apps that perform sensitive health information management to better protect users’ privacy and encourage more users to adopt these mHealth apps.…”
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Interleukin-6 in serum and in synovial fluid enhances the differentiation between periprosthetic joint infection and aseptic loosening. by Thomas M Randau, Max J Friedrich, Matthias D Wimmer, Ben Reichert, Dominik Kuberra, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Andreas Limmer, Dieter C Wirtz, Sascha Gravius

“…In our large prospective cohort of revision arthroplasty patients, the use of IL-6 in synovial fluid appears to be a more accurate marker than either the white blood cell count or the C-reactive protein level in serum for the detection of periprosthetic joint infection. …”
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A Vehicle–Infrastructure Cooperative Perception Network Based on Multi-Scale Dynamic Feature Fusion by Jianhu Liu, Ping Wang, Xia Wu

“…Consequently, the proposed approach significantly improves the performance of cooperative perception, enabling more accurate and reliable autonomous vehicle operation.…”
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