The use of wheatgrass (<i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i>) in breeding by I. V. Pototskaya, V. P. Shamanin, A. N. Aydarov, A. I. Morgounov

“…This paper presents an overview of main tasks faced by breeders, aimed at enhancing the yield and cultivating wheatgrass efficiency as a perennial grain and fodder crop. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…There was less agreement to statements describing the relative convenience and cost effectiveness of US CVC placement compared to the landmark technique. The main perceived barriers to utilization of US guidance included lack of training and limited availability of US equipment and sterile sheaths. …”
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The BBC, Daily Telegraph and Wikinews timelines of the terrorist attacks of 7th July 2006 in London: a comparison with contemporary discussions by Mike Thelwall

“…</b> We assess the extent to which published media timelines reflect contemporary electronic discussions of major media events, using the London Attacks of July 2005 as a case study. The main objective is to judge whether timelines could, in principle, be automatically generated from contemporary debates. …”
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الدور المجتمعى للمکتبة الوطنیة فى تنمیة الوعى السیاسى للمواطنین : دراسة مسحیة by د. هبة ابراهیم مرعى

“…National libraries like a platform forthoughts, cultures, awareness, and knowledge to constitute citizens' knowledge,services, and information awareness in the state regardless of their differentattitudes and categories.The national library is a main partner in society and it has a vital role inproviding knowledge and information that the citizen cannot obtain from anotherplace or another type of library because it aims to increase citizens' awareness ofe-government services as well as national projects of the state. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SEARCH FOR VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF A NEW CULTURE BY AURELIUS AUGUSTINE by V. V. Kuzmenko, V. O. Boniak, I. A. Serdіuk

“…The logical outcome of these studies was the assertion that for Augustine Platonism was the main of the philosophical teachings of antiquity; that Augustine, being in line with Christian philosophy, considered the understanding of the aesthetic perfection of the Divine creation of the world as the sense of human life. …”
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Characterization and Atmospheric Drivers of Nocturnal Ozone Enhancement in Putian City, China by Chunsheng Fang, Xiaowei Zhou, Yuxuan Cai, Ju Wang

“…Most NOE events corresponded to a nocturnal O₃ peak concentration (NOP) of <120 μg/m³. Moreover, they mainly occurred between 1:00–3:00 and 7:00. The physicochemical processes over Putian City in April, October, and November 2020 were simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF, version 4.3.3) model coupled with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ, version 5.4) model. …”
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Presenting a Worthy Governance Model for Tourism in Iran\'s Post-Coronavirus Era by Laaya Jalilian, Mohsen Ahadnejad, hiwa865@gmail.com

“…In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the data were analyzed through a process of open, axial, and selective coding until theoretical saturation was achieved, leading to the categorization of main and sub-categories. The data analysis was informed by the grounded theory methodology. …”
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COVID-19, A New Possible Mimicker of Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome by Alessia Laneri, Stefania Cerri, Giovanni Della Casa, Antonio Moretti, Andreina Manfredi, Marco Sebastiani, Enrico Clini, Carlo Salvarani

“…Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (ILD) and COVID-19 pneumonia show many similarities, but also COVID-19 sequelae, mainly when fibrotic features are present, can be difficult to distinguish from chronic ILD observed in connective tissue diseases. …”
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Estimating the Relative Risks of Spatial Clusters Using a Predictor–Corrector Method by Majid Bani-Yaghoub, Kamel Rekab, Julia Pluta, Said Tabharit

“…Given the known relative risks of spatial clusters over the past <i>k</i> time intervals, the main objective of the present study is to predict the relative risks for the subsequent interval, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Semen quality and diversity of morphological sperm abnormalities in bulls: breed and strain effects by M. A. Kleshchev, V. L. Petukhov, L. V. Osadchuk

“…No inter­strain differences in sperm production, percentage of morphologically normal spermatozoa and rate of main sperm abnormalities were found. Thus, it has been found that the environmental conditions of the southern part of Western Siberia do not seriously affect the sperm production, sperm motility or percentage of morphologically normal spermatozoa in bulls. …”
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Notch Signaling Pathway Promotes Th17 Cell Differentiation and Participates in Thyroid Autoimmune Injury in Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis Mice by Hao Liu, Yiwen Li, Yujiao Zhu, Lei Ma, Haibo Xue

“…HE staining, IHC staining, flow cytometry, RT-qPCR, and ELISA were used to evaluate the degrees of thyroiditis, detect the percentage of Th17 cells and measure the expression of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt), interleukin-17A (IL-17A), and the main components of the Notch signaling pathway. Results. …”
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Homeobox genes encoding WOX transcription factors in the flowering parasitic plant Monotropa hypopitys by A. V. Shchennikova, O. A. Shulga, E. Z. Kochieva, A. V. Beletsky, M. A. Filyushin, N. V. Ravin, K. G. Skryabin

“…The evolution of WOX genes is considered to be one of the main reasons for flower morphology and plant architecture diversity. …”
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Computational complexity when constructing rational plans for program execution in a given field of parallel computers by V. M. Bakanov

“…The aim of this work is to create methods for developing such plans and specialized software for implementing these methods, which are based on the internal properties of algorithms, primarily on the property of internal (hidden) parallelism.Methods. The main method for developing PPE plans was the construction, analysis, and purposeful transformation of the stacked-parallel form (SPF) of information graphs of algorithms (IGA). …”
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Intraoperative support of patients with infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure by H.B. Koltunova

“…The study highlights the main issues that anesthesiologists face during cardiac surgeries with bypass in these patients. …”
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A qualitative exploration of the enablers of and barriers to conformance with antibiotic withdrawal periods on smallholding, peri-urban pig farms in Kiambu County, Kenya. by Claire Scott, Nicholas Bor, Kristen K Reyher, Alex J Tasker, Henry Buller, Irene Bueno, Lian F Thomas

“…Farmers and veterinarians reported that instances of antibiotic use were uncommon, especially in slaughter-weight pigs, and were mainly restricted to the treatment of clinical signs under the supervision of an animal health professional. …”
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Scoping review protocol on non-pharmacological interventions for interpersonal and self-directed violence in adults with severe mental illness by Maria Concepcion Moreno-Calvete, Ivan Ruiz-Ibañez, Jose Juan Uriarte-Uriarte

“…The findings will be classified using conceptual categories that will be specified in detail and a descriptive summary of the main results will be created. Moreover, it will be assessed whether the studies identified have been included in systematic reviews or meta-analyses and the results will be used to generate a conceptual map.Ethics and dissemination No patients or other participants will be involved in this study. …”
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BREEDING FOR ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT IN GRAIN AS A PROMISING TREND IN OBTAINING HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTS by V. I. Polonskiy, I. G. Loskutov, A. V. Sumina

“…It should be mentioned that, although cereal crops are recognized as one of the main components in human diet, the research conducted to determine their antioxidant activity has clearly been insufficient. …”
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A study of Filipina migrant workers’ subjective health in Hong Kong and an assessment of eight scoring methods for the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) by Tim F. Liao, Rebecca Yiqing Gan

“…However, few studies systematically assessed relative performance of alternative scoring methods against the US-based method, our main objective in this paper. Through this investigation, we also intend to shed light on Filipina migrant workers’ subjective health in Hong Kong, our case study.MethodsThis study investigates the feasibility of eight such scoring methods—six latent-variable models, the raw score index, and the US-based method—for analyzing an SF-12 version 2 instrument via a range of bootstrapped samples of varying sizes and an empirical study of the original 2017 Hong Kong Domestic Workers survey data with a set of covariates associated with Filipina migrant domestic workers’ subjective mental and physical health in Hong Kong.FindingsOur analyses favor the latent-variable factor model with the normal distribution and the identity link for analyzing the SF-12 version 2 type of data. …”
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Effect of Moringa oleifera Seed Powder on the Clarity, Colloidal Particles, and Nutritional Contents of Cashew Apple Juice by Cajethan U. Ugwuoke, Felicitas G. Ugwuoke, Benedicta A. Omeje, Godwin E. Eze, Nnennaya S. Monwuba, Florence O. Ifeanyieze, Juliana A. Ukonze

“…Some of the available clarifying agents are costly and are mainly imported. The study was, therefore, aimed at finding out the effect of M. oleifera seed powder on the clarity and phytochemical and nutritional contents of cashew apple juice. …”
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The central regulatory circuit in the gene network controlling the morphogenesis of Drosophila mechanoreceptors: an <i>in silico</i> analysis by T. A. Bukharina, V. P. Golubyatnikov, D. P. Furman

“…The hierarchy of the effects of mutations in the CRC genes on the dynamics of ASC protein accumulation is clarified. AS-C as the main CRC component is the most significant. The mutations that decrease the ASC content by more than 40 % lead to the prohibition of SOPC segregation.…”
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