Plasticity responses of two sympodial bamboo species to nitrogen levels by LI Wei-cheng, WANG Shu-guang, WU Zhi-zhuang, ZHOU Yan, WANG Shu-dong, ZHONG Zhe-ke

“…These two bamboos achieved their most optimized light utilization by elevating SLA, extending crown, increasing total leave areas and developing height. …”
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A 10-year review of periconceptual folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy taking antiseizure medications by Ciara Turner, Trudi McIntosh, Damon Gaffney, Mark Germaine, Jennifer Hogan, Amy O’Higgins

“…Of these, 250 (0.33%) were taking antiseizure medications when they presented for antenatal care. The most frequently prescribed medications were lamotrigine n = 98 (33.8%) and levetiracetam n = 89 (30.7%). …”
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Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation burden in children below 18 years in six European countries (2016-2023) pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic by Ombeline Jollivet, Arantxa Urchueguía-Fornes, Kocfa Chung-Delgado, Caroline Klint Johannesen, Toni Lehtonen, David Gideonse, Rachel A. Cohen, Rolf Kramer, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Thea K. Fischer, Terho Heikkinen, Michiel Van Boven, Harish Nair, Harry Campbell, Richard Osei-Yeboah

“…Objectives: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a substantial cause of hospital admission in young children and leads to seasonal pressure on pediatric emergency units in most countries. This study aims to assemble national or large-scale data on RSV hospitalisations from six European countries with a standardised approach to provide recent burden data for all children and assess changes since SARS-CoV-2’s emergence. …”
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Integration of agronomic information, vegetation indices (VIs), and meteorological data for phenological monitoring and yield estimation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Jorge A. Fernandez-Jibaja, Nilton Atalaya-Marin, Yeltsin A. Álvarez-Robledo, Victor H. Taboada-Mitma, Juancarlos Cruz-Luis, Daniel Tineo, Malluri Goñas, Darwin Gómez-Fernández

“…Field data revelated greater tillering of the Puntilla and Valor varieties (9–28 tillers), with Esperanza having the most stable chlorophyll values (21.5–38.7, σ = 10.46) during ripening. …”
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Evaluation of Apparent Nutrient Digestibility of Novel and Conventional Feed Ingredients in Sobaity Seabream (<i>Sparidentex hasta</i>) for Sustainable Aquaculture by Seemab Zehra, Aboobucker S. Abul Kasim, Reda Saleh, Paulo De Mello, Ali Alshaikhi, Joseph Laranja, Yousef Alhafedh, Brett D. Glencross, Majed A. Alghamdi, Asaad Widaa Mohamed

“…This study indicates that mealworm meal is the most easily digestible protein source for Sobaity seabream and should be prioritized in their diets. …”
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Emergency Department Comprehensive Social Risk Screening and Resource Referral Program by Kaytlena Stillman, Alex Dahut, Antonina Caudill, Katie Hren, Krystal Green, Marie Lauzon, Susan Jackman, Alexander Lawton, Tananshi Chopra, Joel Geiderman, Sam Torbati

“…Results: A total of 4,277 ED patients were considered for screening, and 1,677 (39.2%) were eligible: 1,473 (87.8%) patients consented to social risk screening, and 1,078 (73.2%) of them had at least one social risk as indicated by the screening questionnaire. The most commonly reported social risks were social isolation (39%) and depression (23%). …”
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Effect of sucrose on cryopreservation of pig spermatogonial stem cells by Chuan-ying PAN, Shuai YU, Peng-fei ZHANG, Bo WANG, Zhen-dong ZHU, Ying-ying LIU, Wen-xian ZENG

“…The aim of this work was to study the effect of sucrose during pSSC cryopreservation and to find the most effective concentration in freezing medium. pSSCs were cryopreserved with freezing media containing different concentrations of sucrose (70, 140, 210, and 280 mmol L−1) and a control group without sucrose. …”
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Unveiling the hidden threat to human health: groundwater contamination in the largest mining enclave of southwestern Ghana by Daniel Senne, Solomon Agyire, Fosu Yaw, Muhammed Abdullah Bello, Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari

“…Simpa, Tarkwa Senior High School, Aboso, Nsuta, and Nsuaem are the areas most affected by groundwater manganese (Mn) contamination. …”
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Multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis of disorders of coagulation system in childrenwith various pathologies by O. B. Gordeeva, M. S. Karaseva, D. E. Lavretsky, M. A. Babaikina, N. D. Vashakmadze, M. A. Soloshenko, G. V. Revunenkov, E. A. Abashidze, M. V. Egorova

“…The genetic factor plays one of the most importantreason in the thrombophilia development, which leads to a deficiency or defect in blood coagulation factors, platelet receptors, or manifests itself in the form of a hereditary predisposition. …”
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Pathfinder studies: a novel tool for process mapping data-driven health research to build global research capacity by Aashna Uppal, Frank Kagoro, Luciana Monteiro-Krebs, Flavia Thedim Costa Bueno, Larissa Pruner Marques, Sofonias Kifle Tessema, John Amuasi, Matthew Retford, Bonny Baker, Mercedes Rumi, Aliya Naheed, Elvis Temfack, Cristiani Vieira Machado, Agklinta Kiosia, Paul Kingpriest, Trudie Lang

“…Our aim was to design a tool to capture best practices in the production of data-driven health research, to advance both quality and quantity of research being conducted where it is needed most. Methods An expert group of senior global health researchers from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) convened to discuss potential solutions to addressing this imbalance in both quality and quantity of global health research. …”
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Evaluation of comfort level of community elderly service resource allocation and analysis of influencing factors in Hangzhou(杭州市社区养老服务资源配置舒适度评价及影响因素分析)... by 童磊(TONG Lei), 王辉(WANG Hui), 曹轶蓉(CAO Yirong), 苏飞(SU Fei)

“…It is found that∶ (1) Physiological comfort is the most important factor influencing the comfort level of community elderly service resource allocation in the core area of Hangzhou main city, followed by psychological and social comfort. (2) The correlation between beyond-level physiological comfort community and beyond-level psychological comfort community is poor. …”
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Acceptability and efficacy of the culturally adapted problem management plus intervention for people with disability in Pakistan: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Basharat Hussain, Basharat Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Ahmed Waqas, Atif Rahman, Ioannis Angelakis, Anum Nisar, Sabir Zaman, Tanveer Akhtar

“…High levels of client satisfaction were reported in the intervention group, with most participants finding the sessions beneficial and expressing willingness to recommend the service to others. …”
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Predictive power of the HEMPA risk assessment method for musculoskeletal disorders in nurses and caregivers: insights and implications by Sayed Vahid Esmaeili, Ali Alboghobeish, Neda Izadi, Fatemeh Azizi, Fatemeh Dorfeshan, Ali Salehi Sahlabadi

“…Result In this study, 90 caregivers and nurses participated with an age range of 24–60 years and BMI of 27.15 ± 4.02 kg/m2. Most of the participants (52.2%) were male, married (83.3%), and had a high school diploma (81.1%). …”
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Behavioral Drivers Influencing Women’s Decision to Use Self-Injectable Contraception Provided by Community Health Surveillance Assistants in Rural Malawi by Martha Kamanga, Dilys Walker, Address Malata, Mandaachepa Nyando, Jessie Salamba, Alaizi Nkhoma, Innocencia Mtalimanja, Tamanda Jumbe, Emas Potolani, Alfred Maluwa, Chifundo Zimba, Josophine Changole, Rabecca Bika, Emily Himes, Lauren Suchman, Janelli Vallin, Beth Phillips, Jenny Liu, Kelsey Holt

“…Injectable contraceptives, including depot medroxyprogesterone acetate subcutaneous (DMPA-SC), introduced in 2018, are the most popular contraceptive method in Malawi, particularly among adolescents, representing 49.8% of the contraceptive method mix. …”
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The predictive values of sarcopenia screening tools in preoperative elderly patients with colorectal cancer: applying the diagnostic criteria of EWGSOP2 and AWGS2019 by Ling Li, Mengchen Xing, Rong Wang, Xiaoyue Ding, Xia Wan, Xin Yu

“…There is a scarcity of studies on the most effective assessment tools for detecting sarcopenia in preoperative elderly patients with CRC. …”
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Genotyping Identification of Maize Based on Three-Dimensional Structural Phenotyping and Gaussian Fuzzy Clustering by Bo Xu, Chunjiang Zhao, Guijun Yang, Yuan Zhang, Changbin Liu, Haikuan Feng, Xiaodong Yang, Hao Yang

“…The maize tassel represents one of the most pivotal organs dictating maize yield and quality. …”
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Els pedagògics sons dels silencis. Enllà del silenci d’Auschwitz Los pedagógicos sonidos de los silencios. Más allá del silencio de Auschwitz The pedagogical sounds of silences. Be... by Marta Burguet Arfelis

“…<br>After the vast silence of Auschwitz, in this descriptive, educational journey through the sounds of silence, we discuss the semantics of silences, accept its polysemy and describe some of its meanings that are most closely related to education. We analyse the genealogy of silences; the key to their origin. …”
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Turawa Reservoir in southern Poland – An example of the threat to dammed reservoir ecosystems by Andrzej Kłos, Mirosław Wiatkowski, Witold Skorulski, Maria Strzelczyk, Ryszard Polechoński, Barbara Wróbel, Jakub Dobrzyński, Czesława Rosik-Dulewska, Aleksandra Steinhoff-Wrześniewska, Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka, Zbigniew Ziembik, Łukasz Gruss, Tomasz Kabat, Sławomir Wierzba, Magdalena Piechaczek-Wereszczyńska, Agnieszka Cygan, Marek Helis, Piotr Wieczorek

“…The problem outlined characterises most European dam reservoirs, especially shallow reservoirs with low thermal stratification.…”
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A Novel Geometry Agnostic Delay and Doppler Tracking Technique for GNSS-Reflectometry: Application to the GNOS-II Payload Onboard the FY-3E by Changyang Wang, Adriano Camps, Xiuqing Hu, Hyuk Park, Kegen Yu, Xiaochun Zhai, Wenqiang Lu, Feixiong Huang, Mi Liao, Peng Zhang, Nanshan Zheng, Kefei Zhang, Zhongmin Ma

“…Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) uses GNSS signals as signals of opportunity as a multistatic radar. Most GNSS-R instruments conduct 1 ms coherent integration, followed by 500 or 1000 incoherent averages, leading to level-1 products [delay Doppler map (DDM)]. …”
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Tumor-derived exosomal lncRNA SNHG4 promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression by targeting XPO5 by Zhi-Wen Wang, Zhi-Wen Wang, Hou-Sheng Yang, Hong-Shan Guo, Yue-Ying Li, Jin-Yun Zhong, Shu Jiang, Jia-Peng Li, Zhong-Yi Yang, Chuan-Yi Zhou, Jun Wang, Xing-Hua Liao, Lei Mao

“…Functional assays including in vivo tumor formation, Colony formation Assay, Scratch migration and transwell assays were performed to study exosomes related phenomena and mechanism.ResultsSerum-derived exosomes from patients with TNBC can induce TNBC progression in vitro and in vivo. lncRNA SNHG4 was most significantly up-regulated in exosomes, and overexpression of lncRNA SNHG4 significantly promoted the proliferation and migration of TNBC cells. …”
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