Gene disruption by structural mutations drives selection in US rice breeding over the last century. by Justin N Vaughn, Walid Korani, Joshua C Stein, Jeremy D Edwards, Daniel G Peterson, Sheron A Simpson, Ramey C Youngblood, Jane Grimwood, Kapeel Chougule, Doreen H Ware, Anna M McClung, Brian E Scheffler

“…Within this material, a pattern of temporary hybridization between medium and long-grain varieties was followed by recent divergence. …”
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Vision-Related Quality of Life in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Patients with or without Visual Field Dysfunction by Pingping Ma, Yingru Liu, Yufang Su, Yajun Yang

“…No significant differences were found in gender, VFQ rating for “composite score” and “color vision” between the three groups. …”
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Exploration and validation of the prognostic value of mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics-related genes in cervical cancer by Jiankui Li, Xi Chen, Juan Li

“…Abstract The mechanisms underlying mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics (MD) in cervical cancer (CC), a disease with a high mortality rate, remain poorly understood. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of these processes in CC. …”
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Hypertension as a death risk factor in men and women aged 20-59 years: a 34-year cohort prospective study by I. V. Dolgalev, A. Yu. Ivanova, A. Yu. Shipkhineeva

“…Mean blood pressure at primary screening were higher in non-survivors compared to survivors. This pattern was observed in all sex and age groups. Among persons with initially normal blood pressure, the 34-year survival rate was 70,9%, while with increased blood pressure — 45,1%.Conclusion. …”
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Retinal and choroidal morphological changes in Huntington's disease by S. N. Svetozarskiy, S. V. Kopishinskaya, I. G. Smetankin

“…The topography of retinal thickness reduction indicates a specific pattern of retinal neurodegeneration in HD.…”
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The Effect of an Anesthetic Support of Endoscopic Gastric Resection on Intraoperative Hemodynamics in Patients with Morbid Obesity by M. I. Neymark, R. V. Kiselev

“…In Group 2 (n=21), combined anesthesia based on the low-flow desflurane inhalation was applied along with the prolonged epidural analgesia (PEA) with 0.2% ropivacaine solution and VC%CMV respiratory pattern, with PEEP dose escalation using titration, inverted respiratory cycle, and a gradual increase in the respiratory rate. …”
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The Role of Genetic Variations in the FAAH rs324420 Polymorphism and its Interaction with CRHR1 rs110402 and CNR1 rs2180619 in Anxiety and- Trauma Related Symptoms After Military D... by Nadia Leen, Antoin de Weijer, Marco Boks, Johanna Baas, Eric Vermetten, Elbert Geuze

“…Anxiety was measured with the anxiety subscale of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and trauma with the Self-Rating Inventory for PTSD (SRIP). Results Covariance Pattern Models demonstrated no significant relation of genetic variations in FAAH rs324420 on anxiety and PTSD symptoms from pre-deployment to 6 months after military deployment. …”
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The influence of curing time on mechanical properties and microstructure of taphole clay by Xiao Wang, Houyou Zhou, Wen-bo Zhao, Qingwen Li, Ya Yin

“…The results revealed that with the increase of curing time, all mechanical strengths of the taphole clay materials increased significantly, with a faster growth rate within the first 6 h and stabilization around 24 h. …”
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Radiological assessment of bioengineered bone in a muscle flap for the reconstruction of critical-size mandibular defect. by Randa Al-Fotawei, Ashraf F Ayoub, Neil Heath, Kurt B Naudi, K Elizabeth Tanner, Matthew J Dalby, Jeremy McMahon

“…The micro-CT analysis revealed thinner trabeculae of the regenerated bone with a more condensed trabecular pattern than the surrounding native bone. These findings suggest a rapid deposition rate of the mineralised tissue and an active remodelling process of the newly regenerated bone within the muscle flap. …”
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A novel method for measuring heat injury in leaves provides insights into the sequence of processes of heat injury development by Clara Bertel, Gilbert Neuner

“…Abstract Background Global warming is currently occurring at a rapid rate and is having a particularly severe impact on plants, which, as sessile organisms, have a limited ability to escape high temperatures. …”
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Multi-Omics Analysis of the Anoikis Gene <i>CASP8</i> in Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Recurrence (BCR) by Shan Huang, Hang Yin

“…<b>Methods:</b> The specific expression pattern of the Anoikis gene set in prostate cancer cells was first explored by single-cell and spatial transcriptomics analysis. …”
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Predicting farmers' intention to use PPE for prevent pesticide adverse effects: An examination of the Health Belief Model (HBM) by Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Sharif Sharifzadeh

“…These results imply that extension and training programs which focus on severity of pesticide adverse effect and the perceived benefits and perceived barriers of PPE will have a better effect on increasing the rate of preventive behavior among farmers.…”
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Sickness presenteeism in Norway and Sweden by Vegard Johansen

“…The Norwegian and Swedish samples are weighed and representative with regard to both variables of regional background and demography, but the response rate was low. The distribution of SP is measured by frequency (episodes in the previous year) and by length (total days of SP in the previous year). …”
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Phylogeographic analysis of Pseudogymnoascus destructans partitivirus-pa explains the spread dynamics of white-nose syndrome in North America. by Vaskar Thapa, Gregory G Turner, Marilyn J Roossinck

“…The strict clock phylogeographic analysis under the coalescent model in BEAST showed a patchy spread pattern of white-nose syndrome driven from a few source locations including Connecticut, New York, West Virginia, and Kentucky. …”
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Adherence to Parenteral Methotrexate Compared to Oral Route in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mariwan Ismail Othman, Ziad Shafeeq Al.Rawi

“…The aim of this study was to know the prevalence rate of adherence to Methotrexate in parenteral way of administration and oral route among patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. …”
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Asymptomatic leishmaniasis in kala-azar endemic areas of Malda district, West Bengal, India. by Pabitra Saha, Swagata Ganguly, Moytrey Chatterjee, Soumendu Bikash Das, Pratip K Kundu, Subhasish K Guha, Tamal K Ghosh, Dilip K Bera, Nandita Basu, Ardhendu K Maji

“…The role of these asymptomatic carriers in disease transmission, prognosis at individual level and rate of transformation to symptomatic VL/Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) needs to be evaluated. …”
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Green synthesis of CdS:Sn NPs by Starch as a Covering Agent and Studying its Physical Properties by zainab yaaqoub, Nada K. Abbas

“…The grain size and roughness rate of pure CdS materials and doped with Sn are shown in AFM results 2.16,2.39,10.07,11.33, 12.47,18.56 nm and average diameter is 30.15, 11.71, 66.06, 48.27,82.011, 80.35 nm for pure and doped with tin 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% respectively.   …”
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Bovine ephemeral fever epidemics in Kingdom Saudi Arabia: clinical, epidemiological and molecular investigation by Ahmed A Zaghawa, Fadhel Housawi, Abdulmohsen Al-Naeem, Ahmed Elsify, Yamen Mohammed Hegazy

“…The prevalence and the mortality rate of BEF have decreased from 70% and 4.6% in 2007 to 30% and 0.6% in 2011, respectively in the 4 studied areas. …”
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Adolescence in flux: Unmasking 30 years of change in subnational parity-specific adolescent fertility in Mexico by Ann Garbett, Sara Neal, Angela Luna Hernandez, Nikos Tzavidis

“…BACKGROUND: In 2015 Mexico set a goal to halve its adolescent fertility rate and eliminate childbearing among girls 14 years and younger, but the ambitious goal is severely off track. …”
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Evaluating the relationship between dietary flavonoids intake and constipation incidence in the general US population by Chenyu Jiang, Jingyao Luo, Yaojian Shao

“…Ln-transformed anthocyanidins exhibited a statistically significant nonlinear association with constipation, displaying an inverted U-shaped pattern. When anthocyanidins intake exceeded 0.92 mg, the rate of constipation trended downward with increases in anthocyanidins intake. …”
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