Biochar and sewage sludge phosphorus fertilizer effects on phosphorus bioavailability and spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.) yields under no-till system in semi-arid soils by Ugele Majaule, Oagile Dikinya, Bruno Glaser

“…Purpose This field study evaluated the interactive effects of biochar (BC) and sewage sludge (SS) on P bioavailability and spinach yields for two seasons.Method Treatments were combinations of biochar (0, 2.5 and 5 Mg ha-1) and sewage sludge (0, 6 and 12 Mg ha-1), or mineral fertilizer (200, 28, and 18.9 kg ha-1), amended in a randomized complete block design to Luvisol and Cambisol.Results Significant (p < 0.05) yield increase of 53 and 65%, respectively occurred with increasing sole biochar doses on the Luvisol. …”
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JAK2 V617F as a Marker for Long-Term Disease Progression and Mortality in Polycythemia Vera and its Role in Economic Modeling by Jonas Hjelmgren, Kristoffer Nilsson, Gunnar Birgegård

“…**Background:** In order to facilitate sound economic evaluations of novel treatments, health-economic models of polycythemia vera (PV) must combine effects on surrogate endpoints in trials with disease progression (DP) and mortality in long-term cohort data. …”
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Diagnosis of COVID-19 Using a Deep Learning Model in Various Radiology Domains by Yousef Alhwaiti, Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi, Madallah Alruwaili, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Saad Alanazi, Muhammad Hasan Jamal

“…If proper preventive measures are absent, front-line paramedical workers will be in danger of contamination and can become unintentional carriers to patients admitted in the hospital for other illnesses and treatments. Moreover, every country has limited testing capacity; therefore, a system is required which helps the doctor to directly check and analyze the patients’ blood structure. …”
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Evaluation of Different Rates of Ampligo Insecticide against Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Coastal Savannah Agroecological Zone of... by Michael Y. Osae, Justice O. Frimpong, Joshua O. Sintim, Benjamin K. Offei, Dinah Marri, Selorm E. K. Ofori

“…It was in this view that three Ampligo concentrations or rates (0 ml/ha, 200 ml/ha, and 240 ml/ha) were tested against FAW on maize that were sown at a spacing of 60 cm × 60 cm. Treatments applied to maize were arranged in a randomised complete block design and replicated three times. …”
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Systemic and Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Associated With Behavioral Changes Induced by Inhaled Paraquat Are Ameliorated by Carvacrol by Arghavan Memarzia, Fatemeh Amin, Amin Mokhtari-Zaer, Zohre Arab, Saeideh Saadat, Mahrokh Heydari, Zahra Ghasemi, Farzaneh Naghdi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady

“…Carvacrol and Pio improved PQ-induced changes similar to Dexa, but ameliorative effects produced by combination treatments of Pio+C-L were more prominent than Pio and C-L alone, suggesting a potentiating effect for the combination of the two agents.…”
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Can Soil Compaction Alter Morphophysiological Responses and Soybean Yield under Application of Selective Herbicides? by Bruno César Silva Pereira, Camila Jorge Bernabé Ferreira, Guilherme Braga Pereira Braz, Matheus de Freitas Souza, Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares, Márcio Rosa, Eduardo Lima do Carmo, Gabriel Henrique Vian, Ana Paula Sousa Silva, Fellipe Goulart Machado

“…In a greenhouse, the study was carried out in a completely randomized design in a 2 × 8 factorial, with five replications, while in the field, the design used was randomized blocks, with the treatments arranged in split-plot (2 × 8), with six repetitions. …”
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The effectiveness of alluvial gully remediation in Great Barrier Reef catchments by Andrew P. Brooks, John Spencer, Nicholas J.C. Doriean, Robin Thwaites, James Daley, Tim Pietsch, Jorg Hacker, Justin Stout

“…The experiment demonstrated that the average remediation effectiveness across 10 different treatments was a 96%–99% reduction in fine sediment yield (or an annualised reduction of ∼5500t). …”
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Effect of video-based interventions on emergence delirium in pediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yue Wang, Lifang Wang, Nan Liang, Kan Wang

“…Methods: The authors conducted a systematic search across multiple databases, including Embase, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Library, to identify all randomized controlled trials comparing video-based interventions with control treatments in pediatric emergence delirium. Data were aggregated and analyzed using Review Manager 5.4 to evaluate the effectiveness of video-based interventions. …”
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Performance of vermicomposted wastes for tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.), production: A case study of Embu, Kenya by Miriam Mochache, Rebecca Yegon, Onesmus Ngetich

“…Purpose To investigate the effect of vermicomposted kitchen, market and tea wastes on tomato growth and yield and assess the benefits and costs that arise.Method A field experiment arranged in the randomized complete block design with five experimental treatments: vermicomposted kitchen, market, tea wastes, NPK fertilizer and a control, replicated thrice was conducted. …”
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The Practical Implications of Re-Referencing in ERP Studies: The Case of N400 in the Picture–Word Verification Task by Vojislav Jovanović, Igor Petrušić, Vanja Ković, Andrej M. Savić

“…Such misinterpretation can produce flawed scientific conclusions, like the inaccurate localization of neural processes, and in practical applications, such as using ERPs as biomarkers in medicine, it may result in incorrect diagnoses or ineffective treatments. In line with the development and advancement of good scientific practice (GSP) in ERP research, this study sought to address several questions regarding the most suitable digital reference for investigating the N400 ERP component. …”
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Parents’ views and experiences of raising babies born with cleft lip and palate: a qualitative study by Delaram Alinezhad, Farnoosh Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Kharazifared, Mahdia Gholami, Sarvin Sarmadi, Samaneh Razeghi

“…The challenges in childcare theme included feeding difficulties, financial challenges, and cleft treatments. The information acquisition theme included primary awareness and the importance of knowing how to care for the child. …”
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Genetic Variation of New Purple-Fleshed Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Genotypes in Indonesia by Multivariate Analysis by Debby Ustari, Arif Affan Wicaksono, Vergel Concibido, Tarkus Suganda, Dedi Ruswandi, null Ruminta, Agung Karuniawan

“…The research trials were arranged in a randomized block design, with nine new PFSP genotypes from polycrosses breeding as treatments and three check varieties in four growing environments in West Java, i.e., Cilembu, Jatinangor, Maja, and Karangpawitan during one season. …”
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Akinetopsia: a systematic review on visual motion blindness by Johanna L. Browne, Lydia Krabbendam, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom

“…Aetiologically, most cases were associated with structural neurological conditions such as stroke and neurodegenerative disease, and fewer with intoxications or paroxysmal neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Treatments were mostly successful when they were aimed at the underlying condition, while cases due to organic lesions tended to be therapy-resistant. …”
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C/EBPβ Regulates HIF-1α-Driven Invasion of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells by Seung Hee Seo, Ji Hae Lee, Eun Kyung Choi, Seung Bae Rho, Kyungsil Yoon

“…Metastatic cancer accounts for most cancer-related deaths, and identifying specific molecular targets that contribute to metastatic progression is crucial for the development of effective treatments. Hypoxia, a feature of solid tumors, plays a role in cancer progression by inducing resistance to therapy and accelerating metastasis. …”
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Effects of temperature and live prey concentration on Colossoma macropomum larviculture by Fabio Aremil Costa dos Santos, Gustavo Soares da Costa Julio, André de Sena Souza, Pedro Paulo Cortezzi Pedras, Ronald Kennedy-Luz

“…In the first 7 days, weight (P), total length (TL) and daily specific growth rate (SGR) were higher for T32 treatments (p<0.05). After 15 days, P, TL and SGR were higher for CP1000 (p<0.05). …”
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Epitaxial growth of non-polar a-plane ZnO and aluminium-doped ZnO on r-sapphire using the intermittent spray pyrolysis methodology by Cerine Treesa Russel, Carmen Martinez Tomas, Vicente Muñoz Sanjosé

“…The Al:ZnO sample with a nominal aluminium concentration of 1 % without any post-deposition treatments had a carrier concentration of 5.03 × 1019 cm-3 and mobility of 10 cm2/V·s.…”
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Flexible ureteroscopy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy for management of lower pole renal hard stones ≤ 2 cm: a prospective randomized s... by Khaled Magdy Zeinelabden, Elsayed Abdelhalim, Mohamed Galal, Tarek Abdelbaky, Hossam Nabeeh

“…Results Statistically significant differences with P value < 0.001 were observed among groups in stone-free rates, hospital stay, radiation exposure, operative duration, auxiliary treatments, and overall cost. No statistically significant differences were found in demographic data with P value = 0.245 or complication rates with P value = 0.611 among the groups. …”
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Innovative fertilization strategies for in-situ pollution control and carbon negativity enhancement in agriculture by Ya-Zhen Huang, You-Yi Lee, Chihhao Fan

“…The results show that organic fertilizers are more likely to be washed out by rainfall or irrigation due to their higher soluble component content. The treatments using bamboo biochar, microbial agents, or both significantly reduced the nitrogen concentrations in infiltration and surface runoff. …”
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Mechanism of Radix Bupleuri and Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim drug pairs on liver fibrosis based on network pharmacology, bioinformatics and molecular dynamics simulation. by Lefei Yu, Pan Yu, Yongchang Cao, Weiya Cao

“…MOL000098 (quercetin) was selected via MTT assay and western blot assay verified MOL000098 (quercetin) treatments remarkably decreased the protein levels of TNF and IL-6 in TGFβ stimulated LX2 cells. …”
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Effect of Vitamin C, Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA), and Pentoxifylline on the Sperm Parameters, Cryosurvival Rate, and MDA Concentration after Thawing in Cryopreservation by Luthfiana Hardianingtyas, Silvia W Lestari, Gita Pratama, Kusmardi Kusmardi

“…PTX group significantly improves sperm progressive motility and cryosurvival rate (CSR) in normozoospermic (42.71 ± 4.30% and 78.54 ± 6.62%) among other treatments. The ALA and PTX groups decreased MDA concentration in normozoospermic, while Vit C showed a decrease in non-normozoospermic as well. …”
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