Planting Strategy Optimization Can Increase Maize Yield by Delaying Leaf Senescence and Improving Photosynthetic Capacity by Li Zhao, Xinrong Duan, Xinping Zhang, Xin Zhang, Linzhuan Song, Pei Chen, Min Liang, Chang Zhang, Chuangyun Wang

“…The results show that with the increase in planting density, the net photosynthetic rate of maize leaves gradually decreased, and the transpiration rate gradually increased. …”
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Korean Translation of the GRADE Series Published in the BMJ, ‘Use of GRADE Grid to Reach Decisions on Clinical Practice Guidelines When Consensus Is Elusive’ (A Secondary Publicati... by Hyun Jin Jung, Eu Chang Hwang, Do Kyung Kim, Ho Won Kang, Ja Yoon Ku, Hong Wook Kim, Jae Hung Jung

“…This article is the last of a series providing guidance for the use of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for rating the quality of evidence and grading the strength of recommendations in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines. …”
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Joint Transmit-receive Beam Design of FDA-MIMO Dual-function Radar-communication Systems for Radio-frequency Stealth by Haozheng WU, Chenguang SHI, Jianjiang ZHOU

“…Simultaneously, this method can provide high clutter and interference suppression performance as well as a low communication bit error rate.…”
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Effect of External Sensory Integration on Motor Functional Disorder In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (Adhd) - A Pilot Study by Chhavi Kumar Sharma, Shahiduz Zafar

“…Specifically, the experimental group demonstrated a greater decrease in Conner’s Teacher Rating Scale scores (p=0.002) and a significant improvement in GMFM scores (p=0.001). …”
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Mutation Spectrum of the ABCA4 Gene in a Greek Cohort with Stargardt Disease: Identification of Novel Mutations and Evidence of Three Prevalent Mutated Alleles by Kamakari Smaragda, Kokkinou Vassiliki, Koutsodontis George, Stamatiou Polixeni, Giatzakis Christoforos, Anastasakis Anastasios, Aslanides Ioannis Minas, Koukoula Stavrenia, Panagiotoglou Theoni, Datseris Ioannis, Tsilimbaris K. Miltiadis

“…Results. An overall detection rate of at least one mutant allele was achieved in 52 of the 59 patients (88.1%). …”
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Wideband absorption with polarization and angular insensitive metamaterial for optical applications based on Tungsten-SiO2 composites by Md Raihan, Saif Hannan, Md Ismail Haque, Mohamed Ouda, Abdulmajeed M. Alenezi, Mohamed S. Soliman, Mohammad Tariqul Islam

“…A 96.93 % average absorption rate was found for visible 380 nm–700 nm, along with a maximum peak absorption point at 604.53 nm, which is 99.996 %. …”
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The diagnostic utility of lung ultrasound in the assessment of interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis by Shaoyu Zheng, Zexuan Zhou, Guangzhou Du, Qingzi Chen, Shaoqi Chen, Jianqun Lin, Shijian Hu, Weijin Zhang, Kedi Zheng, Jinghua Zhuang, Meigan Huang, Barbara Ruaro, Cosimo Bruni, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Daniel E. Furst, Yukai Wang

“…Sonographic ILD was detected in 76 patients who underwent LUS examination. The concordance rate between two modalities was 83.33% (Kappa value = 0.64, 95% CI 0.50–0.78). …”
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Comorbidity health pathways in heart failure patients: A sequences-of-regressions analysis using cross-sectional data from 10,575 patients in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. by Claire A Lawson, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Ulf Dahlstrom, Mamas Mamas, Tiny Jaarsma, Umesh T Kadam, Anna Stromberg

“…The following hypotheses were tested: (i) comorbidities are associated with more severe symptoms and functional limitations and subsequently worse patient-rated health in HF, and (ii) these patterns of association differ among selected comorbidities.…”
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Analysis of HBV infection characteristics and OBI prevalence in pregnant women: a focus on HBcAb + alone or in combination with HBeAb + subgroups in Northwest China by Yun Xie, Ru Kang, Xiaoyue Cheng, Dan Li, Qi Wang, Jiao Li, Xuan Guo, Wenhui Gao, Xin He, Liutong Jiang, Gaili Meng

“…Despite a decline in HBsAg positivity, HBV remains moderately prevalent, the persistently high HBV susceptibility rate (31.07%) underscores an urgent need for targeted vaccination efforts among women of childbearing age in Northwest China.…”
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Strata pressure behavior law and regional-level intelligent early warning for high-intensity mining in extended working faces of medium-thick coal seams in Yuheng mining area by Feng CUI, Cheng ZONG, Xingping LAI, Tao XIE, Yunhu BAI, Yi ZHANG, Chong JIA, Hao WANG, Zhong LUO, Hao LIU

“…High-intensity mining and extended working faces have significantly modified strata pressure manifestation patterns and triggered spatiotemporal evolution of mining-induced pressure. …”
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Prevalence, microbiology, and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections in pediatric patients with malignancies at a referral teaching hospi... by Seyed Reza Abdipour Mehrian, Fatemeh Noushadi, Yaser Pourasghar, Armina Farkarian, Elahe Meftah, Fatemeh Homayounifar, Ali Amanati

“…However, it is important to acknowledge that this study was conducted at a single center and the high rate of culture-negative results suggests that non-bacterial etiologies or prior antibiotic use may play a significant role. …”
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Amivantamab versus standard therapies among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations after platinum-based... by Lan Shen, Guangyuan Hu, Yan Wang, Jing Zhao, Xin Li, Jianmin Zhuo, Grace Kah Mun Low, Shun Lu

“…Effectiveness comparison, including real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS), real-world time to next therapy (rwTTNT) and real-world objective response rate (rwORR) was conducted between CHRYSALIS patients and the EC. …”
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The effect of photodynamic therapy on the wound process dynamics in patients with purulent hand diseases by J. L. Chepurnaya, G. G. Melkonyan, N. T. Gul’muradova, A. A. Sorokin

“…Photodynamic therapy was performed on the second postsurgical day by a laser apparatus “Atkus-2” (wave length 661 nm) with a gel form of the chlorinseries photosensitizer photoditazin in the form of an application at the rate of 1 g ml per 3–5 cm2 of the wound surface. …”
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Probabilistic seasonal dengue forecasting in Vietnam: A modelling study using superensembles. by Felipe J Colón-González, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Barbara Hofmann, Alison Hopkin, Quillon Harpham, Tom Crocker, Rosanna Amato, Iacopo Ferrario, Francesca Moschini, Samuel James, Sajni Malde, Eleanor Ainscoe, Vu Sinh Nam, Dang Quang Tan, Nguyen Duc Khoa, Mark Harrison, Gina Tsarouchi, Darren Lumbroso, Oliver J Brady, Rachel Lowe

“…As a climate-sensitive disease, environmental conditions and past patterns of dengue can be used to make predictions about future outbreak risk. …”
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Deep learning and genomic best linear unbiased prediction integration: An approach to identify potential nonlinear genetic relationships between traits by F. Shokor, P. Croiseau, H. Gangloff, R. Saintilan, T. Tribout, T. Mary-Huard, B.C.D. Cuyabano

“…When applied to a real dataset from the French Holstein dairy cattle population, DLGBLUP detected nonlinear genetic relationships between pairs of traits, such as conception rate and protein content, and SCC and fat yield, although, no significant increase in prediction accuracy was observed. …”
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Longitudinal Digital Phenotyping of Multiple Sclerosis Severity Using Passively Sensed Behaviors and Ecological Momentary Assessments: Real-World Evaluation by Zongqi Xia, Prerna Chikersal, Shruthi Venkatesh, Elizabeth Walker, Anind K Dey, Mayank Goel

“…Smartphone sensors recorded call activity, location, and screen use, while fitness trackers captured heart rate, sleep patterns, and step count. We extracted patient-level behavioral features and categorized them into 2 feature sets: one from the prediction period (called action) and one from the preceding period (called context). …”
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Population immunity to SARS-CoV-2 virus in residents of the Irkutsk Region in the dynamics of the epidemic by S. V. Balakhonov, V. I. Dubrovina, M. V. Chesnokova, D. D. Bryukhova, N. O. Kiseleva, A. B. Pyatidesyatnikova, K. M. Korytov, V. V. Voitkova, A. N. Perezhogin, T. A. Gavrilova, A. A. Seledtsov

“…In this regard, the study of the manifestations of the epidemic process of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 and the patterns of its development are an urgent area of research. …”
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Groundwater rebound and seepage characteristics and water quality evolution in a sealed mining area in North China type coalfield by Huiyong YIN, Dehui SUN, Fangying DONG, Fanhua WANG, Lifeng ZHANG, Tao WU, Chao LIU, Yifan ZENG

“…After the goaf sealing, water-rock interactions persisted during the reinjection of the accumulated water, but the cation exchange rate slowed down. The mineral phases showed similar but weakened variation trends compared to the water inrush stage. …”
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Dynamics of changes in population immunity to the SARS-CоV-2 virus in residents the Irkutsk region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by S. V. Balakhonov, V. I. Dubrovina, A. B. Pyatidesyatnikova, D. D. Briukhova, N. O. Kiseleva, K. M. Korytov, V. V. Voitkova, A. N. Perezhogin, M. V. Chesnokova, T. A. Gavrilova, A. A. Seledtcov

“…A comprehensive study of the patterns of development and manifestations of the epidemic process of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 is an urgent line of research. …”
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A first large study of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 489 patients with suspected rare genetic disorders at a tertiary centre in Malaysia by Lip Hen Moey, Go Hun Seo, Boon Eu Cheah, Wee Teik Keng, Hane Lee, Gaik Siew Ch’ng

“…Introduction: Rare genetic disorders occur at a rate of 40–82 per 1000 live births worldwide. Identifying the molecular cause of rare genetic disorders is beneficial because it allows early diagnosis, facilitates treatment planning and provision of accurate genetic counselling. …”
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