Genomic and mutational analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis EB037 pathogenicity on sunflower by Jude E. Maul, John Lydon, Dilip Lakshman, Colin Willard, Hyesuk Kong, Daniel P. Roberts

“…Whole genome sequencing of Pstag strain EB037 and transposon-mutant derivatives, no longer capable of causing apical chlorosis, was conducted to improve understanding of the molecular basis of disease caused by this pathogen. …”
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Restoring riparian habitats for benefits to biodiversity and human livelihoods: a systematic map protocol for riparian restoration approaches in the tropics by Sheena Davis, Matthew Grainger, Marion Pfeifer, Zarah Pattison, Philip Stephens, Roy Sanderson

“…In addition to this, a grey literature search will be conducted using Google Scholar and by searching for references using specialist websites. …”
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Psychological distress and coping strategies among Indonesian psychologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-wave cross-lagged study by Fitri Ariyanti Abidin, Ahmad Gimmy Prathama, Efi Fitriana, Evy Sulfiani Komala, Joeri K. Tijdink

“…This study investigates the interaction between coping strategies and psychological distress among a group of Indonesian psychologists.Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted over two-time points in 2021, with data collected from April 29 to June 23 and again from September 1 to October 23. …”
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Perceived stress and coping strategies used by undergraduate dental students: An observational study. by Saira Atif, Nilofar Mustafa, Sarah Ghafoor

“…This observational study was conducted in year 2023 to report perceived stress and coping strategies among 720 undergraduate dental students of Lahore using modified Dental Environment Stress (DES) and brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) questionnaires. …”
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Clinical and Cost Burden of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Descriptive Analysis Using a US Administrative Claims Database by Sue Perera, Liyuan Ma, Raj Punwaney, Sulabha Ramachandran

“…**Methods:** This was a retrospective cohort study (HO-15-16077) conducted in the US Truven MarketScan Commercial database. …”
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MLHI-Net: multi-level hybrid lightweight water body segmentation network for urban shoreline detection by Jianhua Ye, Pan Li, Yunda Zhang, Ze Guo, Shoujin Zeng, Youji Zhan

“…To validate the proposed methodology, a dataset, CityWater, was constructed, with multiple fields and climatic conditions, and a substantial number of experiments were conducted on this and other public datasets. Experimental results show that MLHI-Net outperforms other advanced segmentation networks in Mean Intersection over Union (MIoU) and Pixel Accuracy (PA) on the CityWater and USVInland datasets, with MIoU of 97.86% and PA of 98.92% on the CityWater dataset, and MIoU of 98.12% and PA of 99.10% on the USVInland dataset. …”
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Two-warehouse deterministic inventory model of expiry date known deteriorating items with just-in-time purchases for slotted backlogs by R. Thilagavathi, J. Viswanath, Miroslav Mahdal, Jayavelu Udaya Prakash, Sachin Salunkhe, Sachin Salunkhe

“…The model is illustrated with an appropriate numerical example, and extensive sensitivity analysis is conducted on the system’s performance.…”
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Genetic Characteristics of the Rat Fibroblast Cell Line Rat-1 by Thomas Liehr, Stefanie Kankel, Eva Miriam Buhl, Sarah K. Schröder-Lange, Ralf Weiskirchen

“…While some cytogenetic information on their basic chromosomal features is available, detailed genomic analyses, such as karyotype analysis, short tandem repeat (STR) profiling, and whole-genome sequencing, have not been thoroughly conducted. As a result, the genetic stability and potential variations in Rat-1 cells over extended culture periods are poorly understood. …”
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Measurement of pressure dependent variations in local pulse wave velocity within a cardiac cycle from forward travelling pulse waves by Rahul Manoj, Kiran V. Raj, P. M. Nabeel, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Jayaraj Joseph

“…An in-vivo study of 60 participants (24 female), was conducted to compare inter- and intra-cycle variations in PWV obtained from measured and forward pulse waves. …”
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Impact of central corneal astigmatism on postoperative visual outcomes in patients undergoing trifocal intraocular lens implantation by Lan Wang, Jiaqi Meng, Jiao Qi, Dongling Guo, Yi Lu, Xiangjia Zhu

“…Postoperative evaluations were conducted at 3 months after surgery, including visual acuity, defocus curves, contrast sensitivity (CS), and objective and subjective visual quality. …”
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Genetic analysis of scab disease resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) varieties using GWAS and functional genomics approaches by Shadrack Odikara Oriama, Benard W. Kulohoma, Evans Nyaboga, Y. O. Masheti, Reuben Otsyula

“…Annotation of genes proteins with significant association values was conducted using a machine learning algorithm of support vector machine on prPred using python3 on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 computing platform with an accuracy of 0.935. …”
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Turning Noise Into Data: Characterization of the Van Allen Radiation Belt Using SDO Spikes Data by Spiridon Kasapis, Barbara J. Thompson, Juan V. Rodriguez, Raphael Attie, Gonzalo Cucho‐Padin, Daniel daSilva, Meng Jin, William D. Pesnell

“…This project correlates spike detection frequency with radiation environment parameters in order to generate an augmented data product from SDO. We conduct a correlation study between SDO/AIA data and radiation belt activity within the SDO's orbit. …”
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Exploring knowledge, attitudes, practices, and determinants regarding emergency contraception use among female university students in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cros... by Patricia Lukusa Mishika, Olivier Mukuku, Amos Kamundu, Kaymarlin Govender, Stanislas Okitotsho Wembonyama, André Kabamba Mutombo

“…Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 677 female students from two universities in Goma who were selected via a cluster sampling method. …”
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) inactivation in sporadic clear cell renal cancer: associations with germline VHL polymorphisms and etiologic risk factors. by Lee E Moore, Michael L Nickerson, Paul Brennan, Jorge R Toro, Erich Jaeger, Jessica Rinsky, Summer S Han, David Zaridze, Vsevolod Matveev, Vladimir Janout, Hellena Kollarova, Vladimir Bencko, Marie Navratilova, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Dana Mates, Laura S Schmidt, Petra Lenz, Sara Karami, W Marston Linehan, Maria Merino, Stephen Chanock, Paolo Boffetta, Wong-Ho Chow, Frederic M Waldman, Nathaniel Rothman

“…Case-only multivariate analyses were conducted to identify associations between alteration subtypes and risk factors. …”
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Emergency Medicine as a Medical Speciality in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects by Wahab Yinusa

“…A review of the past literature searched in Google, Google Scholar, PubMed and African Journal online was conducted. A total of 40 relevant publications in addition to the authors knowledge and exposure in EM supported the information presented in this manuscript. …”
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The Role of Sulfur Emission from the Petroleum Industry on Ultrafine Particle Number Concentration in Singapore by Suyi Hou, Weihan Li, Liudongqing Yang, Guorong Chen, Yilin Zhang, Mikinori Kuwata

“…To identify the sources of ultrafine particles, a year-long observation of the number size distribution was conducted in Singapore in 2018 and 2019. The concentrations of CO, CO2, CH4, and SO2 were also monitored. …”
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Effectiveness of case management interventions for frequent users of healthcare services: a scoping review by Catherine Hudon, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Isabelle Dufour, Mireille Lambert, Cynthia Krieg

“…This study aimed to examine the evidence of the effectiveness of CM interventions for frequent users of healthcare services.Design Scoping review.Data sources An electronic literature search was conducted using the MEDLINE, Scopus and CINAHL databases covering January 2004 to December 2015. …”
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‘Will my fingerprint be enough?’: secondary school students struggle to purchase a healthy, tasty and sustainable meal on the UK free school meal allowance by Sundus Mahdi, Annie Connolly, Bob Doherty, Maria Bryant

“…Design: A mixed methods study incorporating co-production, citizen science and participatory approaches was conducted. Citizen scientists were given a daily budget equivalent to the FSM allowance and asked to purchase a ‘tasty, healthy and sustainable’ school lunch for a week. …”
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A retrospective study to understand the differences in maternal mortality among women admitted in critical and stable conditions in Malawi by David Lissauer, James Chirombo, Nara Tagiyeva-Milne, Jennifer Riches, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Laura Munthali, Malangizo Mbewe

“…We investigated the differences in case characteristics, survival and causes of death between pregnant and recently pregnant women who died, following their admission in stable or critical conditions to healthcare facilities in Malawi.Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of maternal deaths of women from all district and central hospitals of Malawi between August 2020 and August 2022. …”
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Correlation between acute mountain sickness and body constitution of Tibetan medicine and other factors: A case–control study by Hui Luo, Qian Wang, Dan Re

“…Methods: A case–control study was conducted to recruit participants who experienced or did not experience AMS after entering a plateau. …”
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