Constructing Ubudehe? Farmers’ perceptions of drought impacts and resilience capacities in Bugesera, Rwanda by Lazare Nzeyimana, Åsa Danielsson, Veronica Brodén-Gyberg, Lotta Andersson

“…The specific focus is on linking experiences from the past and present with ideas for a drought-resilient future. …”
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MCP5, a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein regulated by both the Hk1-Rrp1 and Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathways, is required for the immune evasion of Borrelia burgdorferi. by Sajith Raghunandanan, Kai Zhang, Yan Zhang, Raj Priya, Ching Wooen Sze, Yongliang Lou, Michael J Lynch, Brian R Crane, Mark H Kaplan, Chunhao Li, X Frank Yang

“…Notably, mcp5 expression is regulated by the Hk1-Rrp1 and Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathways, two key regulatory pathways that are critical for the spirochete's colonization of the tick vector and mammalian host, respectively. Infection experiments with an mcp5 mutant revealed that spirochetes lacking MCP5 were unable to establish infections in either C3H/HeN mice or Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, which are deficient in adaptive immunity, underscoring MCP5's critical role in mammalian infection. …”
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Constructing meaningful code changes via graph transformer by Shikai Guo, Mengxuan Li, Xin Ge, Hui Li, Rong Chen, Tingting Li

“…Subsequently, the code transformation learning component uses the multi‐head attention mechanism and positional encoding mechanism to address the long‐range dependencies limitation. Extensive experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of GTCT by both quantitative and qualitative analyses. …”
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Da-Chuan-Xiong Decoction Ameliorates Sodium Sensitivity and Plasma Norepinephrine via Attenuation of Brain Oxidative Stress in the DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats by Qi Zhang, Hao Li, Shan Zhao, Fangfang Li, Yingying Tan

“…Male Sprague–Dawley rats were used in the experiment, and the hypertensive models were created by administering deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) in conjunction with a high salt intake in uninephrectomized rats. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 8th World Summit on Pediatrics; Madrid (Spain); October 3-6, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…FROM ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES TO INFLAMMATION: EXPLORING ITS ASSOCIA­TION IN MEXICAN CHILDREN • A.J. del Rio, I. …”
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COVID-19 in the context of pregnancy, infancy and parenting (CoCoPIP) study: protocol for a longitudinal study of parental mental health, social interactions, physical growth and c... by Topun Austin, Jane Barlow, Ezra Aydin, Staci M Weiss, Kevin A Glasgow, Mark H Johnson, Sarah Lloyd-Fox

“…This study (CoCoPIP) will investigate: (1) how parent’s experiences of the social, medical and financial changes during the pandemic have impacted prenatal and postnatal parental mental health and parent–infant social interaction; and (2) the extent to which these COVID-19-related changes in parental prenatal and postnatal mental health and social interaction are associated with fetal and infant development.Methods and analysis The CoCoPIP study is a national online survey initiated in July 2020. …”
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Investigation of Scutellaria Barbata’s immunological mechanism against thyroid cancer using network pharmacology and experimental validation by Gen Ouyang, Yuangui Zhu, Zhehao Ouyang

“…Molecular docking demonstrated the binding interactions between core components and targets. Finally, in vitro experiments were conducted to validate the results of the network pharmacology analysis. 14 active components and 29 potential targets of SBH in treating TC were identified from the TCMSP database. …”
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Linguistic means of creating an image of a person with intellectual disabilities in D. Keyes’s novel «Flowers for Algernon» by Olga Kanevska, Iryna Klymenko

“…The novel under study shows the evolution of the character’s personality: as a result of a scientific experiment (surgical operation), a patient with low level of intellectual development turns practically into a genius. …”
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Heat stress on the feed consumption, biochemical indicators, production and milk quality of holstein and jersey cows by Adriana Hauser, Marciél França, Rainer Hauser, Laiz Perazzoli, Bruna Paula Bergamaschi Mendes, Izabelly Perdoncini Telles, Tatiane Camacho Mendes, Luiz Cláudio Miletti, André Thaler Neto

“…Holstein (n=8) and Jersey (n=8) cows were allocated into two treatment groups: VA, with cooling, and SVA, with no cooling. The experiment included 14 days of adaptation (all the cows were cooled) and 5 days of evaluation (only the VA cows were cooled). …”
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Comparison of methods for calculation of hydraulic characteristics of flow in non-pressure pipelines by A. L. Zuykov, N. T. Dzhumagulova, Abdulameer Layth Saeed Abdulameer

“…The results of the experiment, SewerCAD programme and traditional method of velocity calculation at different flow rates for non-pressure polyethylene pipes with a diameter of 100 mm with a pipeline filling from 0.1 to 0.8 are presented.Conclusions. …”
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Microbial Composition Change and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Response to Organic Fertilization Reduction in Greenhouse Soil by Qin Qin, Jun Wang, Lijuan Sun, Shiyan Yang, Yafei Sun, Yong Xue

“…This study evaluated the impacts of sustained and reduced organic manure application on soil physicochemical properties, heavy metal contents, and microbial community through a 9-year greenhouse field experiment. Treatments included a control without any fertilizer (CK), conventional manure (M), and three reduced manure treatments (−25%M, −37.5%MNPK, and −50%MNPK). …”
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Transient dynamic analysis of cutter-head loads: effects of different cutter spacings during excavation by Minglei Kang, Haining Liu, Wenjia Ma, Luqi Wang, Jianjun Zhou, Miao Li

“…This study investigates the load and vibration characteristics of the cutterhead during the rock-breaking process, employing large-scale physical model experiments conducted at varying cutter spacings. Real-time acceleration data from the cutterhead can be obtained through the monitoring system integrated into the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) experimental platform. …”
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Influenza B virus infection alters the regenerative potential of murine alveolar type 2 pneumocytes by Satoko Nakano, Cait E. Hamele, Aleksandra Tata, Purushothama Rao Tata, Nicholas S. Heaton

“…Furthermore, ex vivo experiments revealed a significant reduction in proliferation rates in survivor AT2 pneumocytes compared to matched, non-directly infected bystander cells. …”
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Wish-Granting Interventions Promote Positive Emotions in Both the Short and Long Term in Children with Critical Illnesses and Their Families by Hannah Roberts, Jenny Cook, Apple Lee, Wei Kok Loh, Nigel Teo, Joanne Su Yin Yoong, Marguerite Gorter-Stam

“…Background: Wish-granting interventions are recognized as positive experiences for children with critical illness and their families. …”
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Quetiapine-related weight loss: Report of a rare adverse effect by Nicodemus Okwudili K Obayi, David HN Nweke, Edidiong Idio, Darlington Okey, Cletus Ozibo

“…Our patient had different experiences with three atypical antipsychotics: she gained excessive weight with olanzapine, lost significant weight with quetiapine, and maintained a normal weight with aripiprazole. …”
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Selected determinants of anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents aged 11–15 in relation to the pandemic COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine by Izabela Grzankowska, Malgorzata Wójtowicz-Szefler, Monika Deja

“…The study included 945 adolescents aged 11–15 years (M = 13.10; SD = 1.11), representing a sample of youth from 14 regions of Poland.ResultsThe results and analyses are presented from three perspectives: (A) the occurrence of anxiety and depression symptoms in relation to the gender and age of the respondents, (B) the significance of situational experiences, such as the COVID-19 pandemic (Q1), remote learning (Q2), and the outbreak of the war in Ukraine (Q3) for the occurrence of anxiety and depression symptoms in Polish youth, and (C) other determinants of anxiety and depression symptoms in Polish youth, such as intrapsychic variables including self-esteem, satisfaction with relationships with others, and views on the world and life.DiscussionIt can be concluded that in the case of young people, maintaining mental health under the influence of social stressors such as the pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine depends mainly on intrapsychic variables, including the beliefs and attitudes of young people towards themselves, toward other people, the world and life.…”
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Novel palm peat lignocellulosic adsorbent derived from agricultural residues for efficient methylene blue dye removal from textile wastewater by Mohamed Mohamed Gaber, Hassan Shokry, Ahmed H. Hassanin, Said Awad, Mahmoud Samy, Marwa Elkady

“…Although higher temperatures enhanced MB removal efficiencies, room temperature (30 °C) was chosen for subsequent experiments to assess adsorption performance under ambient conditions and minimize energy consumption. …”
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Dissolution and Solubility Product of Cd-Fluorapatite [Cd5(PO4)3F] at pH of 2–9 and 25–45°C by Ju Lin, Zongqiang Zhu, Yinian Zhu, Huili Liu, Lihao Zhang, Zhangnan Jiang

“…The characterization results confirmed that the cadmium fluorapatite nanorods used in the experiments showed no obvious variation after dissolution. …”
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Simulator and on-road testing of truck platooning: a systematic review by Telmo Costa Botelho, Sérgio Pedro Duarte, Marta Campos Ferreira, Sara Ferreira, António Lobo

“…Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA) guidelines, we searched the Web of Science and Scopus databases, leading to the inclusion of thirty pertinent articles encompassing simulation-based, on-road, and mixed-environment experiments. In addition to the type of testing environment, these articles were assorted into three groups corresponding to their main thematic scope, human-centered, technology-centered, and energy efficiency studies, each providing unique insights into core themes for the development of truck platooning. …”
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An optimized data analytics pipeline for improving healthcare diagnosis using ensemble learning by Lomat Haider Chowdhury, Shaira Tabassum, Swakkhar Shatabda, Ashir Ahmed

“…To reaffirm the rectification of our model, we experimented with it on another COVID-19 routine blood test dataset. …”
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