Comprehensive assessment of the varietal fund of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) in the conditions of Krasnodar region by T. G. Prichko, L. D. Chalaya, N. V. Mozhar

“…The article presents a selection of parental pairs, taking into account their biologically and economically valuable traits: Ispolinskaya (yield of large fruits); Cаunchi 8 (fruit quality); Zolotistaya and Muskatnaya (yield, high winter hardiness and drought resistance); and Kubanskaya (tree growth restraint). …”
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Urea coated with cellulose acetate-lignin composite presents lower loss by ammonia volatilization by Jhonatan Nolasco Nascimento, Letícia Said Marangon, Fabiane Carvalho Ballotin, Renê Chagas da Silva, José Mauro de Almeida, Edison Márcio Mattiello, Reinaldo Bertola Cantarutti, Deusanilde de Jesus Silva

“…During its management, due to chemical, physical, and biological processes, part of N is volatilized in ammonia form, and negatively impacts the environment. …”
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Apathy Is Correlated with Widespread Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Cinzia Femiano, Francesca Trojsi, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Carla Passaniti, Antonio Russo, Alvino Bisecco, Mario Cirillo, Maria Rosaria Monsurrò, Fabrizio Esposito, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Gabriella Santangelo

“…These results point towards an early microstructural degeneration of brain areas biologically involved in cognition and behavior regulation in ALS. …”
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What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptiv... by Matthias Richter, Liane Schenk, Gertraud Stadler, Jana Niemann

“…Introduction For more than 60 years, contraceptive pills have been prescribed to mostly healthy biological women. An emerging body of research concerning the possible physiological and psychological side effects of hormonal contraception has been published over the past two decades. …”
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Factors associated with girl child marriage in Iran: a qualitative socio-ecological approach by Asma Pourtaheri, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Hadi Tehrani, Hadi Tehrani, Jamshid Jamali, Jamshid Jamali, Nooshin Peyman, Nooshin Peyman

“…Individual factors were classified into biological, psychological, and demographic factors. …”
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Psoriasis increases the risk of Sjögren’s syndrome: evidence from a propensity score-matched cohort study and transcriptomic analysis by Zijian Kang, Yu Du, Ran Cui, Qian Wang, Miao Chen, Yu-Hsun Wang, James Cheng‐Chung Wei, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and those treated with biological agents had an even higher risk of developing SS. …”
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Visible light photocatalytic efficiency and corrosion resistance of Zn, Ni, and Cu-doped TiO2 coatings by Mona Khalaghi, Masoud Atapour, Mohamad Mohsen Momeni, Mohammad Reza Karampoor

“…Titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films exhibit encouraging photocatalytic activity for the degradation of dyes, organic compounds, and biological contaminants. These thin films were obtained using the sol–gel method to prevent issues related to the leaching and separation of TiO2 powder. …”
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A Study on Life Skills among Adolescents Attending Government Schools by Pomi Mahanta, Sonia P. Deuri, Priyadarshee Abhishek, H. Sobhana

“…Background: Adolescence is a phase of transition marked by several biological, psychological, and social changes. A vast majority of students attend government schools in India. …”
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Rapid and Efficient Purification of Functional Collectin-12 and Its Opsonic Activity against Fungal Pathogens by Jie Zhang, Anna Li, Chang-qing Yang, Peter Garred, Ying Jie Ma

“…Here, we report a simple, rapid, and efficient solution to obtain biologically active CL-12 with high purity. We established stable transfected Flp-In™-CHO cells expressing the recombinant CL-12 extracellular domain in high amounts. …”
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Water Treatment Using Natural Coagulant and Electrocoagulation Process: A Comparison Study by Tofik Gali Aba Lulesa, Dejene Beyene, Million Ebba, Goshu Kenea

“…The Moringa Oleifera, EC process, and Moringa Oleifera-assisted EC process are effective mechanisms for the removal of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), phosphate, TSS (Total Suspended Solids), and color from surface water. …”
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Seed quality of Aristolochia macrophylla Lam. and A. manshuriensis Kom. in St. Petersburg by K. G. Tkachenko, G. A. Firsov, A. V. Volchanskaya

“…The study and mobilization of natural flora species in botanical gardens allow the curators to save biological resources of useful plant species, and recommend them for urban landscaping. …”
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Impact of tumor position displacement during end-exhalation breath-hold condition on tumor dose in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy using volumetric modulated arc therapy by Tatsuya Kamima, Shunsuke Moriya, Takeji Sakae, Hikaru Miyauchi, Yasushi Ito, Kenji Tokumasu, Yasuo Yoshioka

“…Dose metrics and the mean biologically effective dose at α/β = 10 (BED10) for the gross tumor volume (GTV) were compared between 3D and 4D doses. …”
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Negative Expression of DSG1 and DSG2, as Prognostic Biomarkers, Impacts on the Overall Survival in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Shu Xu, Shengfu Huang, Daiqiang Li, Qiong Zou, Yuan Yuan, Zhulin Yang

“…Negative protein expression of DSG1 and DSG2 is closely related to the pathogenesis, severe clinicopathological characteristics, aggressive biological behaviours, and dismal prognosis in EHCC.…”
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Real-world assessment of effectiveness and safety of filgotinib in 286 patients with ulcerative colitis in 9 UK centres by David Young, Sohail Rahmany, Deborah Taylor, Emma Davis, Michael Colwill, Sonia Kalyanji Mehta, Roisin Campbell, Karl Hazel, Karishma Sethi-Arora, Susan Ritchie, Ashley I Heinson, Helen Moyses, Keith Bodger, Emma Johnston, Lucy Hicks, Anjan Dhar, Jimmy Limdi, Rachel Cooney, John Paul Seenan, Kamal Patel, Alissa Walsh, Fraser Cummings

“…The median age at filgotinib initiation was 38 (IQR 27–51) years, 64% were men and median disease duration was 5.1 (IQR 1.9–10.5) years; 56% had previous exposure to advanced therapies (biologics and small molecule) and 6% previously received tofacitinib. …”
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Gender-related Therapeutical Response to Apremilast: New Insights in a Tailored Management of Psoriasis by Emanuele Trovato, Federico Bardazzi, Vito Di Lernia, Monica Corazza, Claudia Lasagni, Francesca Prignano

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender, psoriasis area severity index (PASI), comorbidities, smoking and alcohol habits, relevant medical history and previous psoriasis systemic and biologic treatments were recorded. Weight and body mass index (BMI) were evaluated at baseline (T0) and at 24 (w24) and 48 weeks (w48). …”
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Structural Characterization of B-DNA d(CGTGAATTCACG)₂ in Complex with the Specific Minor Groove Binding Fluorescent Marker Hoechst 33342 by Hristina Sbirkova-Dimitrova, Rusi Rusew, Hristo Gerginov, Annie Heroux, Boris L. Shivachev

“…The exploration of biological markers increases the safety of their use as diagnostic criteria. …”
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Saturated lysing efficiency of CD8+ cells induced monostable, bistable and oscillatory HIV kinetics by Shilian Xu

“…The system exhibited unexpectedly complex behaviors that were both mathematically and biologically interesting, for example monostability, periodic oscillations, and bistability. …”
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Optimizing the dose-averaged linear energy transfer for the dominant intraprostatic lesions in high-risk localized prostate cancer patients by Bo Zhao, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Shuri Aoki, Shinichiro Mori, Hideyuki Mizuno, Takamitsu Masuda, Hideyuki Takei, Hitoshi Ishikawa

“…This study investigated the feasibility of focal dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd) boost for prostate carbon-ion radiotherapy to deposit higher LETd to DILs while ensuring desired relative biological effectiveness weighted dose coverage to targets and sparing organs at risk (OARs). …”
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The JN.1 variant of COVID-19: immune evasion, transmissibility, and implications for global health by Araj Naveed Siddiqui, Imshaal Musharaf, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe

“…This review provides a comprehensive overview of JN.1’s biological characteristics, epidemiology, transmissibility, immune evasion, and the efficacy of existing antiviral treatments and vaccination strategies. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial activity of Benzimidazole Derivatives and their Cu (ii),Ni (ii) and Co (ii) complexes by Haftom Welderufael, Dagne Addisu Kure, Endalkachew Asefa Moges, Lelisa File, Salah Hamza Sherif

“… Benzimidazole is one of the privileged nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, which is found in many bioactive compounds, benzimidazole and its derivatives have evolved as an important heterocyclic system due to their potency in a wide range of biologically active compounds like anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungals, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and so on. …”
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