Biofertilization increases soil organic carbon concentrations: results of a meta-analysis by Berta Singla Just, Evan Alexander Netherton Marks, Laura Roquer-Beni, Laia Llenas, Sergio Ponsà, Rosa Vilaplana

“…Based on 59 studies and 267 observations, was found that biofertilizers significantly increased SOC concentration by an average of 0.44 g C kg−1 soil. All biofertilizer types were estimated to contribute positively to SOC (0.18–0.70 g C kg−1soil), but only cyanobacteria, mixtures of organisms, mycorrhizal fungi, and nitrogen fixers were statistically significant. …”
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The impact of pre-hospital emergency medical services on the outcomes of patients with burn: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmed Alanazy, Abdullah Alruwaili

“…A systematic literature review was carried out from inception to 1st July 2023 using twelve databases. All original articles that included patients with burn injuries who received the necessary pre-hospital care by EMS staff were included. …”
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Intraocular Pressure and Anterior Segment Morphometry Changes after Uneventful Phacoemulsification in Type 2 Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by João N. Beato, David Reis, João Esteves-Leandro, Manuel Falcão, Vítor Rosas, Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Falcão Reis

“…There was a significant postoperative IOP reduction 6 months after surgery (p<0.001) by an average of 2.9 ± 2.9 mmHg (15.5%) and 2.4 ± 2.8 mmHg (13.0%) in the DM group and non-DM groups (p=0.410), respectively. All AS parameters (anterior chamber depth, volume, and angle) increased significantly postoperatively (p<0.001). …”
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Growth response, economic indices, blood profile, and organ weight of pigs fed rejected cashew kernel meal from weaner to growing phase by Ojediran Taiwo K., Aniyikaye Sarah A., Akinola Rukayat O., Emiola Isiak A.

“…Pigs offered 5% rejected cashew kernel meal had the highest feed intake with a decreasing trend across those given rejected cashew kernel meal. All economic indices were significant across the groups (P<0.05). …”
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Separation of iron-nickel alloy nugget from limonitic laterite ore using self-reduction by Ju P., Ryom K., Hong K.

“…In this investigation, the reduction experiments were all conducted at 1300°C. To evaluate the formation and the separation of iron-nickel alloy nugget in the reduction process, we observed the patterns of reduced products under different C/O ratio, CaO addition ratio and holding time conditions. …”
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Expression of osteogenic proteins in kidneys of cats with nephrocalcinosis by Nuttha Hengtrakul, Eva Furrow, Michael Borofsky, Ferenc Toth, Jody P. Lulich

“…Results Nephrocalcinosis co‐localized with osteopontin immunoreactivity in all 18 cats (100%) and with osteocalcin in 12 cats (67%). …”
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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…Upon reassessment after 3 months, all patients remained bed or wheel chair bound (H&Y 5) and presented significant worsening of their UPDRS part III score of at least 10 points (mean 51.5 ± 3.3; paired t-test two-tailed p<0.0001 compared to baseline). …”
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Examining Effects of the COVID-19 National Lockdown on Ambient Air Quality Across Urban India by Chimurkar Navinya, Girish Patidar, Harish C. Phuleria

“…The Northern region shows the highest decline for all the pollutants with most days below NAAQS during lockdown—86%, 68%, and 100% compared to 18%, 0%, and 38% in 2019 for PM2.5, PM10, and NO2, respectively. …”
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Why is the New York Times Writing so Much about Alzheimer's Disease Therapies? by Tamas Bartfai

“…We have a successful and lucrative history of preventive medicine on a large scale, all we need now is the foresight and will to switch strategy and no longer look for a magic bullet to fix ad, but to discover drugs that will delay and prevent the onset of ad, drugs that may be safely taken by symptom-free patients who are vulnerable and susceptible to ad. …”
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Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Vinej Somaraj, Rekha P. Shenoy, Ganesh Shenoy Panchmal, Vijaya Kumar, Praveen S. Jodalli, Laxminarayan Sonde

“…Participants were randomly divided and allocated into Group I (0.2% fluoride group), Group II (herbal group), and Group III (placebo group). All received 10 ml of respective mouth rinses every fortnight for a period of one year. …”
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Local Vibratory Stimulation for Temporomandibular Disorder Myofascial Pain Treatment: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Preliminary Study by Emanuela Serritella, Giordano Scialanca, Paola Di Giacomo, Carlo Di Paolo

“…AG patients reported decreased average values for all types of pain considered between T0 and T1, with a statistically significant difference for TMJ pain (P<0.05), MM pain, and HA (P<0.001). …”
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Sleep in Genetically Confirmed Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration: A Video-Polysomnographic Study by Maria Livia Fantini, Giovanni Cossu, Andrea Molari, Monia Cabinio, Ozlem Uyanik, Roberto Cilia, Maurizio Melis, Angelo Antonini, Luigi Ferini-Strambi

“…Sleep architecture was altered in all patients with reduced total time of sleep in two and lack of SWS in one. …”
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Developing a Content Model of a Mobile-Based Application to Manage Patients with Low-Back and Neck Pain by Yasaman Farjami Rad, Leila Shahmoradi, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Scott Hasson, Maryam Ebrahimi, Meysam Rahmani Katigari

“…After collecting the questionnaire, data elements in all parts were analyzed based on the content validity ratio (CVR) and descriptive statistics indicators. …”
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Efficacy of Sodium Fluoride and Fluoridated Calcium Phosphate in Mitigating Dental Erosion on Human Enamel: An In vitro Analysis by Mohammed Raihan Assadi, Darshana Devadiga, Aditya Ingle, Nainy Jain, Dheeraj Devadiga

“…Materials and Methods: Ten extracted human third molars were sectioned to obtain 40 enamel sections and randomly assigned into four groups (n = 10) and treated as follows: G1 (Sound Enamel), G2 (Erosive Challenge), G3 (CPP-ACPF + Erosive Challenge), and G4 (NaF + Erosive Challenge). All samples were subjected to Vicker’s SMH analysis, while changes in surface morphology and elemental composition were validated in few representative samples using FTIR and SEM, respectively. …”
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Functional Biscuits with Soy Protein by Ekaterina S. Statsenko, Mikhail A. Shtarberg, Eugene A. Borodin

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On Political Islam in Palestine by E. A. Stepkin

“…President Mahmoud Abbas with his counterparts from FATAH and PLO represent old type of Arab nationalist politicians, almost all of who were stripped from power after the beginning of “Arab spring” in 2011. …”
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COMPARATIVE STEM ANATOMY OF EIGHT SELECTED WILD PLANT SPECIES FROM PAPILIONACEAE FAMILY IN WESTERN DESERT DISTRICT (DWD) by M. O. Mousa, I. M. Ayyed, S. S. Shahatha, N. M. Abood, F. H. Mukhlif, S. A. Alkubaisy, A. M. A. AL-Kasiy

“…Bratal. and M.rigidula (L.) All., the genus Ononis L. represented by the two species O. reclinta L. and O. sicula Guss., and the genus Trigonella L. represented by the species T. anguina Del., which were Identified in Anbar University Herbarium. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Pregnancy Outcome during Third Wave by Madhusudan Dey, Shyamji Tiwari, Sunil Chawla, Pranjali Dhume, Abhijit Kumar, Priyanshi Chowdhary, Reshu Rawal

“…STUDY DESIGN: This study was conducted in Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India during the third wave of SARS-CoV-2 i.e. from Jan 2022 to Mar 2022. All COVID-19-positive patients who were admitted for delivery were followed up till discharge from the hospital. …”
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Predicting Screening Efficiency of Probability Screens Using KPCA-GRNN with WP-EE Feature Reconstruction by Qingtang Chen, Yijian Huang

“…Following the extraction of two core principal components, model parameters when KPCA’s σ2 = 0.85, the optimal parameter of GRNN model Spread = 0.051, and the optimal number of training samples N = 19, the average prediction error is 1.434%, the minimum prediction error reaching 0.708%, the minimum root mean square error reaching 0.836% and Pearson correlation coefficient marking the closest to 1, these result all representing the optimum achievable values. …”
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Different influences of Mo and Mo2C additions on microstructure and properties of TiC-based cermets by Xiao-Dong Kang, Guo-Hua Zhang, Kuo-Chih Chou

“…TiC-10(Mo + Mo2C)–10WC–20Ni (wt%) cermets were produced using self-synthesized TiC and Mo–Mo2C composite powders as well as WC and Ni powders. All sintered samples exhibited a uniformly distributed core-rim structure. …”
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