Legume-derived phenolic acids influence Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae compatibility and biocontrol potential in a Striga push–pull system by Mekuria Wolde Assena, Jochen Schöne, Frank Rasche

“…Biological control of Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. includes push–pull, intercropping using legumes, and soil-borne fungi such as Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae (FOS). …”
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OSMAN SAİB’İN KALEMİNDEN OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NİN SON DÖNEMİNDE CEZA SORUŞTURMASI by Mehmet Aykanat, İbrahim Ülker

“…Masum kişilerin sonunda beraat edecek bile olsa belirli bir süre suç ithamı altında kalması önemli hak kayıplarına sebebiyet vermektedir. …”
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Breakfast Intake and Factors Associated with Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Lebanese High School Adolescents by Rana Mounayar, Rana Jreij, Jennifer Hachem, Frida Abboud, Maya Tueni

“…A cross-sectional survey was carried out on randomly selected students (268 boys and 332 girls), aged between 15 and 18 years old, from private and public schools in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. Data were obtained from self-administered questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. …”
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Acute Stroke Care and Thrombolytic Therapy Use in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon by Mazen J. El Sayed, Tharwat El Zahran, Hani Tamim

“…Our study examined patient characteristics and outcomes in addition to barriers to rt-PA utilization in a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon. Methods. A retrospective chart review of all adult patients admitted to the emergency department during a one-year period (June 1st, 2009, to June 1st, 2010) with a final discharge diagnosis of ischemic stroke was completed. …”
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Stability, performance and participatory evaluation of potato varieties under rain-fed and irrigation conditions at Southeast, Ethiopia by Gizaw Wegayehu Tilahun, Nimona Fufa, Dasta Tsagaye, Demis Fikre, Awoke Ali, Fekadu Gebretensay, Kedir Jaleto

“…A total of 99.6% of the variance was the cumulative contribution of PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, and PC5 sharing 80.8%, 11.3%, 4.3%, 2.2%, and 1.0%, respectively High-yielding and widely adapted were Gera, Gudanie, Bubu, Belete, Shenkolla, Guassa, and Maracharre varieties, according to the AMMI, BLUP, GGE biplot, and WAAS. …”
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Modulation of Blood Coagulation and Hematological Parameters by Crassocephalum crepidioides Leaf Methanol Extract and Fractions in STZ-Induced Diabetes in the Rat by Opeyemi O. Ayodele, Funmilayo D. Onajobi, Omolaja R. Osoniyi

“…Crassocephalum crepidioides Benth S. Moore (Asteraceae) is an edible plant locally used in the treatment of wounds, stomach ulcer, and skin-related conditions in Africa and some other parts of the world. …”
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Increased rate of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in hospitalized immunocompromised pediatric patients by Sarah Khafaja, Sarah Khafaja, Yara Salameh, Celina F. Boutros, Cherine Awad, Kawthar Faour, Nadim Tfaily, Sarah Merhi, Zeinab El Zein, Zeinab El Zein, Samer Bou Karroum, Dana Oweini, Danielle Fayad, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, Ramia Zakhour, Ghassan S. Dbaibo, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…In addition, we aimed to identify the antimicrobial resistance patterns of these isolates.Materials and methodsThis was a retrospective observational study conducted at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) from 2009 to 2017. The study included immunocompromised patients 18 years of age or younger with infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria isolated from a sterile site, or nonsterile site in the setting of clinical infection.ResultsA total of 381 episodes of infection with GNB in 242 immunocompromised pediatric patients were identified. …”
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Reference intervals for thyroid-stimulating hormone in the adult Lebanese population: Results from the last decade by Elie Naous, Riam Hijazi, Marianne Chalhoub, Nada El Ghorayeb, Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared

“…Methods: TSH values of 80156 outpatient subjects (age range 18–99) were retrospectively collected between January 2011 and April 2021 from a tertiary university medical center in Beirut. TSH was measured using the same chemiluminescent assay (Immulite 2000). …”
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Optimizing bioethanol production from sweet sorghum stem juice under very high gravity fermentation and temperature stress conditions by Phon Thatiyamanee, Pattana Laopaiboon, Lakkana Laopaiboon

“…The experimental values (PE, 119.29 g/L; QP, 2.49 g/L.h and %SC, 91.83 %) under optimal conditions were close to the predicted values, verifying the optimization process. Aeration (2.5 vvm for 4 h) increased viable cell counts and decreased glycerol production (a by-product), but not fermentation efficiency. …”
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Tolerancia ante inundaciones por parte de semillas y plantas de tres especies forestales nativas de América del Sur by Victoria R. Kubota, Derlis N. Britez, Gabriel A. Duete, Manuel M. Enciso G., María Lis García, Sara B. Guillén

“…., Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan y Guibourtia hymenaeifolia (Moric.) …”
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Temporal bone pneumatization: A scoping review on the growth and size of mastoid air cell system with age. by Okikioluwa Stephen Aladeyelu, Kehinde Samuel Olaniyi, Samuel Oluwaseun Olojede, Wonder-Boy Eumane Mbatha, Andile Lindokuhle Sibiya, Carmen Olivia Rennie

“…The interest in the mastoid air cell system arose from the association between temporal bone aeration and otitis media. Its size and growth have been considered when planning chronic and middle ear surgeries. …”
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Feeding of Marbled Goby, Oxyeleotris marmorata (Blkr.), Larvae in the Two Weeks of Their Early Life by Irzal Effendi, K. Sumawidjaja

“…Larvae of 40 individuals/l were kept in the 250 l plastic tanks, filled with 200 l of aerated ground water for 15 days indoor. Larvae fed rotifer showed better survival and growth rate than those fed egg yolk-premix. …”
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Reading from the Guts: of Text and Disgust by Solveig Dunkel

“…Can there be any “pleasure of the text,” to use Roland Barthes’ expression, in the description of something “so, so unpleasant”? …”
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Cenas de leitura em Silviano Santiago by Kelvin Falcão Klein

“…La primera sección del trabajo está dedicada a presentar un panorama de los usos de la lectura y de la figura del lector en Silviano Santiago, tanto en su obra ficcional como en su obra ensayística, subrayando la importancia de los procesos afectivos en la elección y el uso de las referencias literarias y teoréticas (Graciliano Ramos, Barthes, Althusser). La segunda sección trata más específicamente con el ensayo de Santiago “La vida como literatura” (2006), analizando las estrategias del autor en lo que se refiere a su lectura de la obra de Cyro dos Anjos y su peculiar problematización de la vivencia de la subjetividad en la lectura y la escritura, algo que se hace a partir del uso del significante “Silviano”, tanto como nombre propio del autor como como personaje de Cyro dos Anjos. …”
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Effect of degassing on scaling in hypersaline system: Tuzla geothermal field, Turkey by Serhat Tonkul, Laurent André, Alper Baba, Mustafa M. Demir, Simona Regenspurg, Katrin Kieling

“…If a small quantity of precipitated minerals is predicted before the boiling point, degassing significantly changes the fluid chemistry, and the model predicts the deposition of calcite along with smaller elements including galena, barite, and quartz. The simulation results are consistent with the mineral composition of scaling collected in the well.…”
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Barium Sulfate Scale Removal at Low-Temperature by Hany Gamal, Saad Al-Afnan, Salaheldin Elkatatny, Mohamed Bahgat

“…Injecting the developed dissolver for damaged sandstone core sample with barite mud by flooding test showed a return permeability of 115%.…”
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Sosyal Medyada Mutluluk İmgesi Bulunan Fotoğrafların Renk Tercihleri Üzerine Göstergebilimsel Bir Analiz: National Geographic Instagram Hesabı Örneği by Beste Budan

“…Bu inceleme göstergebilimin sınırlarını dilbilimden çıkartarak kültürün diğer taşıyıcıları olan film, fotoğraf, reklamcılık gibi alanlarda da kullanılabilir hale getiren Barthes’in göstergebilimsel yöntemi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of proactive home visits compared with site-based community health worker care on antenatal care outcomes in Mali: a cluster-randomised trial by Osondu Ogbuoji, Caroline Whidden, Emily Treleaven, Youssouf Keita, Kassoum Kayentao, Ari Johnson, Jenny X Liu, Minahil Shahid, Mohamed Berthé, Armand Zimmerman, David Charles Boettiger, Coumba Traoré, Mahamadou Sogoba, Saibou Doumbia, Amadou Beydi Cissé

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L’association Pierrine Gaston-Sacaze et la patrimonialisation de la flore en vallée d’Ossau (Pyrénées Occidentales – France) by Marlène Albert-Llorca, Raphaële Garreta

“…L’association Pierrine Gaston-Sacaze fut créée en 1992 à Béost, village de la vallée d’Ossau (Pyrénées Atlantiques) où naquit le personnage dont elle a pris le nom. …”
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Updates on the molecular spectrum of MEFV variants in lebanese patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever by Rudy Feghali, José-Noel Ibrahim, Nabiha Salem, Romy Moussallem, Ghina Hijazi, Charbel Attieh, Tony Yammine, Alain Chebly, Alain Chebly

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on 3,167 patients referred for MEFV sequencing at the Medical Genetics and Genomics Center(CGGM) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut-Lebanon, from 2006 to 2023. Sanger sequencing was used to detect MEFV variants, focusing initially on hot-spot exons. …”
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