Analyzing water uptake of apple trees using isotopic techniques in the Shandong Peninsula, China by Tianze Pang, Ying Zhao, María Poca, Jianjun Wang, Hongchen Li, Jinzhao Liu

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Our results show that apple trees have a marked preference for soil water centered at the 60 cm depth, with more deep water use at plots without weathered layers. …”
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Stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control in urban Haiti: a qualitative study to inform a community-based hypertension management intervention by Reichling St Sauveur, Rodney Sufra, Marie Christine Jean Pierre, Joseph Inddy, Mirline Jean, Nour Mourra, Radhika Sundararajan, Margaret L. McNairy, Jean W. Pape, Vanessa Rouzier, Jessy Devieux, Lily D. Yan

“…At the inner setting clinic level, barriers included limited physician–patient time during visits, residual stigma around cardiovascular services located on same campus as HIV care, and patient preference for physician guidance. Facilitators included patients treated with respect at clinic, and strong provider-patient rapport. …”
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Magnetic Nanoparticle Based Nonviral MicroRNA Delivery into Freshly Isolated CD105+ hMSCs by Anna Schade, Paula Müller, Evgenya Delyagina, Natalia Voronina, Anna Skorska, Cornelia Lux, Gustav Steinhoff, Robert David

“…MNP based transfection is preferable for genetic modifications in vivo due to improved selectivity, safety of delivery, and reduced side effects. …”
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Flexibility in PAM recognition expands DNA targeting in xCas9 by Kazi A Hossain, Lukasz Nierzwicki, Modesto Orozco, Jacek Czub, Giulia Palermo

“…This increased flexibility confers a pronounced entropic preference, which also improves recognition of the canonical TGG PAM. …”
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Can parents prevent tooth loss related to dental avulsion? An assessment of knowledge related to permanent teeth by Gowri Sivaramakrishnan, Deena Abawi, Fatima Mohammad Shoaib, Fatema Bucheery, Ahmed Ali Salman, Majeed Jasim Kadhem, Fatema AlSulaiti, Muneera Alsobaiei, Leena AlSalihi

“…A significant number of participants who thought that they had a good level of knowledge about avulsion chose water, tissue, or paper wrap to transport the tooth, and preferred tap water, alcohol, or antiseptic to clean the avulsed tooth. …”
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Can cattle blood be transformed into an organic source of nitrogen? by Md. Islam, S. M. Zaman, Md. Rasel, Jagadish Joardar

“…Conclusion:  The outcome of the study suggests that blood meal can be used as an organic source of nitrogen and the application of blood meal has manifold benefits if applied at a judicious rate preferably less than or equal to 5 t/ha.…”
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Analysis of Falling Block Characteristics in Salt Caverns Energy Storage Space by Shengwei Dong, Taian Fang, Jifang Wan, Shan Wang, Yanqi Zhao, Xiaowen Chen, Xiaofeng Yang, Yangqing Sun

“…Utilizing specific underground space for the storage of oil and gas and other energy sources is the direction of future development, and the space formed by deep-salt-mine water dissolution extraction has gradually become the preferred choice. However, in actual operation, multi-layer salt cavities are prone to collapse of interlayer and bending of pipes, seriously affecting the progress, quality, and safety of the entire energy storage space construction. …”
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Gut microbiota derived DCA enhances FOLFOX efficacy via Ugt1a6b mediated enterohepatic circulation in colon cancer by Qian Fang, Xiaoying Hou, Limei Fan, Yufei Deng, Xiaoxuan Li, Hongyun Zhang, Haiping Wang, Zhengqi Fu, Binlian Sun, Xiji Shu, Hongzhi Du, Yuchen Liu

“…FOLFOX (5-Fluorouracil, Calcium Folinate combined with Oxaliplatin) is a preferred chemotherapy regimen for colon cancer, but its limited efficacy remains a major challenge, significantly impairs patient outcomes. …”
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Effects of Cu(II) on the Adsorption Behaviors of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) onto Kaolin by Juanjuan Liu, Xiaolong Wu, Yandi Hu, Chong Dai, Qin Peng, Dongli Liang

“…Comparing the adsorption behaviors and mechanisms, we found that kaolin prefers to adsorb hydrolyzed products of Cr(III) instead of Cr3+ ion, while adsorption sites of kaolin surface were occupied primarily by Cu(II) through surface complexation, leading to Cu(II) inhibited Cr(VI) adsorption. …”
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Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and plant density improve grain yield, nodulation capacity, and profitability of peas (Pisum sativum L.) on ferralsols in eastern D.R. Congo by Géant Basimine Chuma, Blaise Mulalisi, Jean Mubalama Mondo, Adrien Byamungu Ndeko, Francine Safina Bora, Espoir Mukengere Bagula, Gustave Nachigera Mushagalusa, René Civava

“…For improved and profitable pea production on degraded South-Kivu ferralsols, applying 150 kg ha−1 of DAP combined with low plant density are to be recommended and preferably in the long rainy season.…”
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Combination ATR-FTIR with Multiple Classification Algorithms for Authentication of the Four Medicinal Plants from <i>Curcuma</i> L. in Rhizomes and Tuberous Roots by Qiuyi Wen, Wenlong Wei, Yun Li, Dan Chen, Jianqing Zhang, Zhenwei Li, De-an Guo

“…The results showed that support vector machine (SVM) modeling was superior to other models and the accuracy of validation and prediction was preferable, with a modeling time of 127.76 s. The established method could be employed to rapidly and effectively distinguish the different origins and parts of <i>Curcuma</i> species and thus provides a technique for rapid quality evaluation of affinis species.…”
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Hypergravity as a Possible Way of Bone Tissue Engineering in Osteoblastic Differentiation from Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Systematic Review by Wisnu Sudrajad, Andre Erica Indrawan, Devangga Kusuma, Bagus Wibowo Soetojo, Heri Suroto

“…All acquired data were processed and analyzed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines (2020). …”
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Monthly or Weekly Supplementation with Cholecalciferol 20,000 IU in People Living with HIV: Results from a Nested Cohort Study by Sebastian Noe, Christine I. Moeckel, Christiane Schwerdtfeger, Celia Oldenbuettel, Hans Jaeger, Eva Wolf, Christoph D. Spinner

“…Nondaily supplementation might be preferred in many PLWH, but recommendation on dosing has not been established. …”
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A comparative psychological evaluation of a robotic avatar in Dubai and Japan by Hiroko Kamide, Yukiko Horikawa, Moe Sato, Moe Sato, Atsushi Toyoda, Atsushi Toyoda, Kurima Sakai, Takashi Minato, Takashi Minato, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Hiroshi Ishiguro

“…The findings suggest that screen-presented avatars may be more readily accepted in Dubai, while humans were generally preferred over avatars in terms of positive evaluations when physical robots were used as avatars. …”
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Advancing the Fight Against Cervical Cancer: The Promise of Therapeutic HPV Vaccines by Qian Zheng, Misi He, Zejia Mao, Yue Huang, Xiuying Li, Ling Long, Mingfang Guo, Dongling Zou

“…Currently, there are no approved therapeutic HPV vaccines worldwide; however, active progress is being made in clinical research and development using multiple platforms such as peptides, proteins, DNA, RNA, bacterial vectors, viral vectors, and cell-based, each offering relative advantages and limitations for delivering HPV antigens and generating targeted immune responses. We outline preferred vaccine parameters, including indications, target populations, safety considerations, efficacy considerations, and immunization strategies. …”
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A case report of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma transformed from small papillary carcinoma successfully detected by ultrasonography in its early stage with review of literature by Hiroshi Arimitsu, Yui Nishijima, Naoyuki Higaki, Hitoshi Noguchi, Shinya Uchino, Tsukasa Murakami

“…She was diagnosed with papillary microcarcinoma with a maximum diameter of 9 mm based on ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. She preferred observation without surgery. Her papillary carcinoma grew gradually and reached a maximum diameter of 19 mm after 23 months. …”
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Effectiveness of acupuncture for equine laminitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Faisal Fikri, Agus Purnomo, Salipudin Tasil Maslamama, Muhammad Thohawi Elziyad Purnama

“…Articles were selected following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis flow diagram, and the extracted data were analyzed using OpenMEE software to determine Hedges’ d effect size and Log Odds Ratio. …”
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Does Anterior Palatoplasty Performed in Addition to Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty During Multilevel Surgery Affect the Results of Surgery in OSAS Patients? by Ayşe İriz, Mehmet Düzlü, Süleyman Cebeci, Recep Karamet, Oğuz Köktürk

“…Objective: Multilevel surgery (MLS) has become one of the most preferred surgical methods for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). …”
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Anterior Knee Pain and Knee Functional Scores Following Common Approaches to Tibial Shaft Fractures by Sarthak Parikh, DO, Laurel Marsh, BS, Mateao Anderson, BS, Jeremy Scott, DO, Amar Patel, DO, Christopher Hendrix, MD, Keivan Abtahi, DO

“…Methods:. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we conducted a systematic review on outcomes for different surgical approaches—suprapatellar (SP), infrapatellar (IP), medial parapatellar (MPP), and lateral parapatellar (LPP). …”
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A systematic review of Streptococcus Mutans and Veillonellae species interactions in dental caries progression: Positive or Negative impact? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2... by Faizul Hasan, Prawati Nuraini, Ariadna Adisattya Djais, Ervina Restiwulan Winoto, Tantiana Tantiana, Rini Devijanti Ridwan, Juni Handajani, Rajesh Ramasamy, Silvia Anitasari, Hendrik Setia Budi

“…Methods This systematic review was accorded to the guideline of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. …”
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