Pod Production Dynamics and Pod Size Distribution of Theobroma cacao L. Clone CCN 51 in Full Sunlight by Ramón E. Jaimez, Luigy Barragan, Miguel Fernández-Niño, Oswaldo J. Larreal B, Byron Flores

“…During this period, 65% of the pods had lengths between 5 and 15 cm, which corresponds to the period of the highest pod growth rate. The average length values of the harvested pods were generally below 23 cm and rarely exceeded 7 pods/tree. …”
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Methimazole-Induced Pleural Effusion in the Setting of Graves’ Disease by Le Yu Khine, Dong Won Kim, Omolola Olajide, Chelsey White, Yousef Shweihat, Henry Driscoll

“…A 67-year-old female with recently diagnosed Graves’ disease on methimazole 20mg daily was admitted with dyspnea and new onset atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. Chest X-ray revealed a unilateral right pleural effusion, which was consistent with a transudate on thoracocentesis. …”
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Development of a fast-acting nanosuspension nasal drop using a novel co-processed polymer for migraine relief by Nikhil Shrisunder, Prashant Kumar Dhakad, Ritu Gilhotra

“…Results and Discussion: The optimized formulation (Batch F9) exhibited a particle size of 78.8 nm and a high drug release rate (93.87% in 8 hours). Stability studies confirmed no significant changes in drug content, pH, or osmolality over a three-month period. …”
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Detection of Plants Leaf Diseases using Swarm Optimization Algorithms by Saud Abdul Razzaq, Baydaa Khaleel

“…Classification is widely and largely used in data analysis, and pattern recognition. The data analysis aims to discover similarities between them and group them based on similarity into multiple classes. …”
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Prevention and Control of Hydrogen Sulphide Accidents in Mining Extremely Thick Coal Seam: A Case Study in Wudong Coal Mine by Xuchao Huang, Enmao Wang, Gang Wang, Jiuyuan Fan

“…In this study, we theoretically modelled hydrogen sulphide generation in extremely thick underground coal mines with the +575 level #45 coal seam of Wudong Coal Mine as an example and obtained the on-site hydrogen sulphide emission pattern and spatial distribution features by combining field measurements and computational fluid dynamics simulation. …”
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Effect of carotid artery stenosis on collateral flow status in patients with acute ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy by Jing-Liang Su, De-You Xue, Xiang-Yang Wei, Xin-Yu Yang

“…Kaplan-Meier curve analysis showed that the 90-day survival rate in the severe stenosis and occlusion group was lower than other groups (χ2 = 26.716, P < 0.001). …”
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Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Sarra Eddai, Nabih Feki, Ahmed Ghorbel, Abdelkhalak El Hami, Mohamed Haddar

“…Machine learning enhances machine diagnostics through advanced data analysis, pattern recognition, and fault prediction. This study investigates the application of machine learning algorithms for bearing fault detection. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Recreational and Elite Equestrian Athletes in Training and Competition: An Exploratory Analysis by Russ Best, Jeni Pearce

“…Equestrian sports present a unique challenge to the rider's gastrointestinal (GI) tract and health as they meet nutritional requirements for performance, execute riding discipline-specific skills, and coordinate their hip and abdominal movements with their equine movement pattern. Additional gastrointestinal challenges may result from the known gut-brain axis, as previous research reports a high rate of anxiety in equestrian athletes. …”
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Fragmented QRS complex as a predictor of in-hospital life-threatening arrhythmias in myocardial infarction patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Tanawat Attachaipanich, Suthinee Attachaipanich, Kotchakorn Kaewboot

“…The inclusion criteria were studies that included MI patients and compared the rate of in-hospital arrhythmia between fQRS and non-fQRS participants. …”
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Biosynthesis, Characterization, Adsorption and Antimicrobial studies of Vanadium Oxide Nanoparticles Using Punica Granatum Extract by Angham Tariq Ali, Lekaa K. Abdul Karem

“…The results proved removal simultaneously from water using V2O5NPs based on surface shape on the affinity of three metal ions. The adsorption rate of Ni(II) is the highest one in the time scale and conditions of our experiment at all surfaces, while Co(II) and Cu(II) ions are close in magnitude. …”
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HIV infects astrocytes in vivo and egresses from the brain to the periphery. by Victoria Lutgen, Srinivas D Narasipura, Hannah J Barbian, Maureen Richards, Jennillee Wallace, Roshanak Razmpour, Tetyana Buzhdygan, Servio H Ramirez, Lisa Prevedel, Eliseo A Eugenin, Lena Al-Harthi

“…Egressed HIV evolved with a pattern and rate typical of acute peripheral infection. …”
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Formulation, characterization and co-delivery of curcumin-rosemary loaded niosomes to enhance antimicrobial activity against staphylococcus aureus strains by Elmira Mehdipour, Alireza Iranbakhsh, Amir Mirzaie

“…In vitro drug release studies showed a slow-release pattern of rosemary@curcumin from niosomes. The MIC and MBC values of niosomes loaded rosemary@curcumin were between 32.5 and 62.5 µg/ml and showed higher antimicrobial activity. …”
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An Enhanced Human Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm for Global Optimization and Multi-Threshold Image Segmentation by Liang Xiang, Xiajie Zhao, Jianfeng Wang, Bin Wang

“…The experimental results indicated that the CLNBHEOA achieved a winning rate of over 95% in terms of fitness function value, peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity (SSIM) and feature similarity (FSIM), suggesting that it can be considered a promising approach for multi-threshold image segmentation.…”
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Analysis of characteristics and therapeutic outcomes in children with Dubberley type IIA capitellar fractures by Chi Kang, Yuan Xiao, Yuhan Huang, Qinghua Liu, ZhiQiang Deng, Xin Liu

“…The MEPS excellent/good rate was 100%. Conclusions The displacement pattern of Dubberley Type IIA capitellar fractures in children predominantly involves proximal rotation of the lateral aspect of the fracture fragment in the coronal plane, centered on the medial aspect of the fracture fragment. …”
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Does Glass Size and Shape Influence Judgements of the Volume of Wine? by Rachel Pechey, Angela S Attwood, Dominique-Laurent Couturier, Marcus R Munafò, Nicholas E Scott-Samuel, Andy Woods, Theresa M Marteau

“…<h4>Background</h4>Judgements of volume may influence the rate of consumption of alcohol and, in turn, the amount consumed. …”
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Rabbitpox by Lyudmila F. Stovba, Aleksandr A. Petrov, Dеnis P. Belozerov, Oleg V. Chukhralia, Sergey A. Melnikov, Sergey V. Borisevich

“…That is why it is crucial to have a proper laboratory pattern that may imitate a natural smallpox disease and other human orthopoxviruses. …”
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Variations in the Use of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in Primary Care in England: A Population-Based Cohort of 531,735 FITs from 495,121 Patients Between 2019 and 2023 by Morton AJ, Crooks CJ, West J, Nicholson BD, Humes DJ

“…This is the first study on national patterns of FIT testing, showing a rapid but unequal increase across England.There is large variation in the proportion of FIT results exceeding the referral criteria of 10 μgHb/g faeces between English regions that is associated with the rate of testing in each region. 3) What do these results mean?…”
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Understanding the etiology of diarrheal illness in Cambodia in a case-control study from 2020 to 2023 by Paksathorn Kietsiri, Siriporn Sornsakrin, Samon Nou, Wilawan Oransathid, Dutsadee Peerapongpaisarn, Wirote Oransathid, Panida Nobthai, Patcharawalai Wassanarungroj, Siriphan Gonwong, Pimmada Sakpaisal, Nuanpan Khemnu, Somethy Sok, Sokh Vannara, Chiek Sivhour, Sidonn Krang, Ly Sovann, Em Sovannarith, Woradee Lurchachaiwong, Sidhartha Chaudhury, Nattaya Ruamsap, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn

“…Bacterial isolates were tested for antibiotic resistance patterns. From enrolled diarrhea cases, 533 stool samples (58%) were positive for enteric pathogens, compared to 389 samples (49%) in controls, underscoring the high carriage rate of enteric pathogens in this population as well as the difficulties in establishing the etiology of diarrhea cases. …”
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Dynamics of HBsAb persistence and associated BCR IgG-H CDR3 repertoire features in ultra-high versus extremely low responders to HBV vaccination by Ting-Wen Yang, Ting-Wen Yang, Li-Na Sun, Ting Zhang, Yu-Rong Pan, Jun Li, Yang-Yang Li, Zhi-Yong Han, Wan-Bang Sun, Xin-Sheng Yao, Xiao-Yan He

“…Additionally, the average mutation rate of the IgG-H CDR3 repertoire in Group H was slightly higher than that in Group L after the third vaccination. …”
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<i>ZmNLR</i><i>-7</i>-Mediated Synergistic Regulation of ROS, Hormonal Signaling, and Defense Gene Networks Drives Maize Immunity to Southern Corn Leaf Blight by Bo Su, Xiaolan Yang, Rui Zhang, Shijie Dong, Ying Liu, Hubiao Jiang, Guichun Wu, Ting Ding

“…Upon inoculating the <i>ZmNLR-7</i> EMS mutants with <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>, the disease index was increased to 33.89 and 43.33, respectively, and the lesion expansion rate was higher than that in the wild type, indicating enhanced susceptibility to southern corn leaf blight. …”
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