In Vitro Biological Activity of Beauveria bassiana, Beauveria peruviensis, and Metarhizium sp. against Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Beimer Chuquibala-Checan, Magdiel Torres-de la Cruz, Santos Leiva, Elgar Hernandez-Diaz, Karol Rubio, Malluri Goñas, Marielita Arce-Inga, Manuel Oliva-Cruz

“…However, coffee production is affected by the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei). Currently, H. hampei is the most important pest in whole coffee-growing regions in Peru. …”
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Recent developments in stimuli-responsive polymer for emerging applications: A review by Abdelrahman K.A. Khalil, Yeit Haan Teow, Mohd Sobri Takriff, Abdul Latif Ahmad, Muataz Ali Atieh

“…Stimuli-responsive polymers (SRPs) are among the most significant classes of smart materials (SM), undergoing dynamic changes in response to environmental stimuli such as temperature, pH, and electromagnetic fields. …”
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Scientific Activity and Contribution of Voldemārs Dāle (1922–2008), Honorary Doctor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, to the Development of Power Engineering by Austra Avotiņa

“…The most important field of V. Dāle’s research was the use of mathematical methods and computer technology in the dynamic optimization of power engineering development. …”
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The Impact of Mixed Application of Modified Straw Biochar and Organic Fertilizer on Soil Water Retention and Fertility Maintenance in the Loess Hilly Dry Area by ZHANG Peizhen, LUO Juan, YAO Zonglu, CHANG Fangling, HUO Lili, ZHAO Lixin

“…[Methods] The corn straw biochar produced by pyrolysis at 500 ℃ for 2 h under a nitrogen atmosphere was modified by immersion in 1 mol/L H3PO4, NaOH, and NH4Cl reagents, respectively, to obtain different modified corn straw biochars. …”
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Effectiveness of three biomimetic remineralization procedures in artificial caries-affected dentin – an in-vitro pilot study by Rosário Costa, Sofia Arantes-Oliveira, Lisete Fernandes, Fábio G. Figueiras, João Cardoso Ferreira, Paulo Ribeiro de Melo

“…Among the BRPs evaluated, CPP-ACP emerged as the most promising agent for promoting remineralization and restoring dentin structure. …”
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FAULT CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS OF 2BFQ-6 PRECISION SEEDER FOR RAPESEED by LIAO YiTao, LIAO QingXi, ZHANG QingSong

“…A brand new seeder was conducted to work in rice stubble field lasting longer than 30 hectare in Jianli County,Hubei Province,in 2013. …”
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CAREA: Cotraining Attribute and Relation Embeddings for Cross-Lingual Entity Alignment in Knowledge Graphs by Baiyang Chen, Xiaoliang Chen, Peng Lu, Yajun Du

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Body Perception and Action Following Deafness by M. S. Houde, S. P. Landry, S. Pagé, M. Maheu, F. Champoux

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Green synthesis and characterization of CuO/ZnO nanocomposite using Musa acuminata leaf extract for cytotoxic studies on colorectal cancer cells (HCC2998) by Wong Yee Jin, Subramaniam Hemaroopini, Shing Wong Ling, Dhanapal Anto Cordelia Tanislaus Antony, Chan Yu Bin, Aminuzzaman Mohammod, Tey Lai-Hock, Janakiraman Ashok Kumar, Kayarohanam Saminathan, Djearamane Sinouvassane

“…The cytotoxic effect of CuO/ZnO NC toward the colorectal cancer cells (HCC2998) was evaluated by the MTT assay and found to be dose-dependent. The results showed a significant cell mortality at 100 µg·mL−1 CuO/ZnO NC with 45.79% cell death at 24 h. …”
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Optimizing Nitrogen Fertilization Regimes for Sustainable Maize (Zea mays L.) Production on the Volcanic Soils of Buea Cameroon by Christopher Ngosong, Victorine Bongkisheri, Clovis B. Tanyi, Lawrence T. Nanganoa, Aaron S. Tening

“…A field experiment was conducted with five N application rates (control–0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 kg N ha−1) to determine optimum rate for best maize yield with limited effect on soil acidification. …”
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Club Cell Protein 16 Attenuates CD16brightCD62dim Immunosuppressive Neutrophils in Damaged Tissue upon Posttraumatic Sepsis-Induced Lung Injury by Nils Becker, Philipp Störmann, Andrea Janicova, Kernt Köhler, Klemens Horst, Ildiko Rita Dunay, Claudia Neunaber, Ingo Marzi, Jan Tilmann Vollrath, Borna Relja

“…Treatment was set at the time point after TxT. Analyses followed 6 h post-CLP. PMNL were characterized via expression of CD11b, CD16, CD45, CD62L, and Ly6G by flow cytometry in bone marrow (BM), blood, spleen, lung, liver, and bronchoalveolar and peritoneal lavage fluid (BALF and PL). …”
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Modeling Radiation Belt Electrons With Information Theory Informed Neural Networks by Simon Wing, Drew L. Turner, Aleksandr Y. Ukhorskiy, Jay R. Johnson, Thomas Sotirelis, Romina Nikoukar, Giuseppe Romeo

“…The model inputs solar wind parameters (velocity, density, interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) |B|, Bz, and By), magnetospheric state parameters (SYM‐H and AL), and L*. …”
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Chemical composition of the discharge fluid from IDDP-2, Reykjanes, Iceland by I. Galeczka, I. Galeczka, F. Óskarsson, K. G. Mesfin, J. E. Jónsson

“…Well testing, temperature and pressure logging of RN-15/IDDP-2 together with sampling of the discharge fluid was carried out in 2022 to investigate the well production properties and its feeding aquifers. …”
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Aqueous spice extracts as alternative antimycotics to control highly drug resistant extensive biofilm forming clinical isolates of Candida albicans. by Bindu Sadanandan, Vaniyamparambath Vijayalakshmi, Priya Ashrit, Uddagiri Venkanna Babu, Lakavalli Mohan Sharath Kumar, Vasulingam Sampath, Kalidas Shetty, Amruta Purushottam Joglekar, Rashmi Awaknavar

“…C. albicans M-207 and C. albicans S-470 were identified as high biofilm formers by point inoculation on Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA) medium as they formed a lawn within 16 h and exhibited resistance to fluconazole and caspofungin at 25 mcg and 8 mcg respectively. …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…The sulfone-modified chitosan/5 derivative exhibited the highest adsorption efficiency. The most effective quantitative adsorption onto the sulfone-modified chitosan/5 surface was detected at pH = 2. …”
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Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka by S. A. S. Pilagolla, L. D. Amarasinghe

“…A total of 1194 mosquito larvae were collected that belonged into three genera, namely, Culex (62.73%), Armigeres (25.62%), and Mansonia (11.64%), from blocked drains, polluted drains, blocked canals, large polluted water bodies, stagnant water bodies, marsh lands, rice field mudflats, and concrete pits. Large polluted water bodies (Shannon-Wiener diversity index/H’ = 1.5591) were the most diversed habitat type. …”
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FusionScan: accurate prediction of fusion genes from RNA-Seq data by Pora Kim, Ye Eun Jang, Sanghyuk Lee

“…Simulation test also demonstrated that FusionScan recovered most of true positives without producing an overwhelming number of false-positives regardless of sequencing depth and read length. …”
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Life History of an Endangered Marine Insect Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki (Hemiptera: Veliidae) by Terumi Ikawa, Aika Nakazawa

“…Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki is one of the endangered marine water striders found along the Japanese coast. It is of primary importance to investigate its life history in the field so as to develop conservation measures as well as to understand how this species has adapted to marine environments. …”
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Mathematical modeling of the parasitism and hyperparasitism increase on Halyomorpha halys eggs in a five-year survey in Northern Italy by Ezio Venturino, Francesco Cantaloni, Luciana Tavella, Silvia Moraglio, Francesco Tortorici

“…The invasive stink bug Halyomorpha halys has become an important pest of many crops, causing severe economic losses to farmers. …”
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Katar of Hindustan: the dagger of tiger hunters (composition, structure and properties) by Kamil S. Haydakov, Dr. Dmitry A. Sukhanov

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