On-Farm Management of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn. in Amuria District, Eastern Uganda by Paul Okiror, Jacob Godfrey Agea, Clement Akais Okia, John Bosco Lamoris Okullo

“…Although insecure land tenure, insecurity, pests, disease, and shortage of planting materials were reported as major hindrances, farmsize, family size, and gender significantly (P≤0.05) influenced people’s willingness to conserve V. paradoxa. …”
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Chronotypes in Patients with Epilepsy: Does the Type of Epilepsy Make a Difference? by Hallie Kendis, Kelly Baron, Stephan U. Schuele, Bhavita Patel, Hrayr Attarian

“…Circadian misalignment has a major impact on health. Late chronotype is a risk factor for circadian misalignment which in turn can affect the control of seizures in epilepsy patients. …”
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Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease by Vasiliki Panou, Peter-Diedrich Mathias Jensen, Jan Freddy Pedersen, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Ulla Møller Weinreich

“…Hemoglobin Aalborg is a moderately unstable hemoglobin variant with no affiliation to serious hematological abnormality or major clinical symptoms under normal circumstances. …”
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GloRice, a global rice database (v1.0): I. Gridded paddy rice annual distribution from 1961 to 2021 by Hanzhi Xie, Jingxian Li, Tingting Li, Xinqing Lu, Qiwen Hu, Zhangcai Qin

“…Validation demonstrated strong agreement at global and regional levels, with consistent accuracy in subnational comparisons for major rice-producing regions, including China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. …”
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Uninephrectomy and sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor administration delay the onset of hyperglycemia by Yuri Sakai Ishizaki, Masao Kikuchi, Koichi Kaikita, Shouichi Fujimoto

“…In animal models of diabetes, renal glucose reabsorption appears likely to be a major contributor to the development of hyperglycemia.…”
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Intraductal Papillary Neoplasms of the Bile Duct by Masayuki Ohtsuka, Hiroaki Shimizu, Atsushi Kato, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Katsunori Furukawa, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Yuji Sakai, Osamu Yokosuka, Masaru Miyazaki

“…The most common radiologic findings for IPNB are bile duct dilatation and intraductal masses. The major treatment of IPNB is surgical resection. Ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance image, and cholangiography are usually performed to assess tumor location and extension. …”
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Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient with Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Metastases to Bone and Liver by Gennie Wang, Brian Milne, Rachel Rooney, Tarit Saha

“…We present a successful case of ECT to treat chronic major depressive disorder in a 62-year-old woman at high risk of bone fracture due to gastric adenocarcinoma with metastases to bone and liver. …”
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Positive Youth Development Programs Targeting Students with Greater Psychosocial Needs: Subjective Outcome Evaluation by Daniel T. L. Shek, Tak Yan Lee, Rachel C.F. Sun, Daniel W.M. Lung

“…Based on the consolidated reports submitted by the agencies to the funding body, the research team aggregated the consolidated data to form a “reconstructed” overall profile of the perceptions of the program participants. Four major types of program were identified, including programs based on the adventure-based counseling approach (N = 8), programs concentrated on volunteer training and services (N = 7), programs incorporating both adventure-based counseling and volunteer training elements (N = 30), and other programs with different foci (N = 7). …”
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Machine learning-driven benchmarking of China's wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption by Minjian Li, Chongqiao Tang, Junhan Gu, Nianchu Li, Ahemaide Zhou, Kunlin Wu, Zhibo Zhang, Hui Huang, Hongqiang Ren

“…Results indicate that the overall influent concentration characterized by spectral clustering is the major influencing factor of regional WWTP annual average electricity consumption per unit of volume (UEC). …”
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Dressed Up to the Nines: The Interplay of Phytohormones Signaling and Redox Metabolism During Plant Response to Drought by Douglas Jardim-Messeder, Ygor de Souza-Vieira, Gilberto Sachetto-Martins

“…This is especially relevant in the context of climate change, where drought emerges as a major factor globally impacting crops and limiting overall yield potential. …”
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New Sustainable Biosorbent Based on Recycled Deoiled Carob Seeds: Optimization of Heavy Metals Remediation by M. Farnane, A. Machrouhi, A. Elhalil, M. Abdennouri, S. Qourzal, H. Tounsadi, N. Barka

“…The biosorption efficiency was evaluated for cadmium and cobalt ions removal from aqueous solution under various parameters such as treating agent, solution pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time, initial metal ions concentration, and temperature. The effect of some major inorganic ions including Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Al3+ on the biosorption was also established. …”
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Advances in the biosynthesis of naturally occurring benzylisoquinoline alkaloids by Wanli Zhao, Jihua Liu, Yu Chen

“…Designing chemical synthesis routes and processes is challenging. Thus, a major obstacle in developing and utilizing these natural products in the pharmaceutical industry lies in their low abundance in nature. …”
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Role of TNF-Alpha, IFN-Gamma, and IL-10 in the Development of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Yone Vila Nova Cavalcanti, Maria Carolina Accioly Brelaz, Juliana Kelle de Andrade Lemoine Neves, José Candido Ferraz, Valéria Rêgo Alves Pereira

“…IFN-gamma is the main cytokine involved in the immune response against mycobacteria, and its major function is the activation of macrophages, allowing them to exert its microbicidal role functions. …”
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Acute management of massive pulmonary embolism in pregnancy by Shahin Qadri, Shahin Qadri, Ashwini Bilagi, Ashwini Bilagi, Abha Sinha, Derek Connolly, Derek Connolly, Derek Connolly, Richard Murrin, Shagaf Bakour, Shagaf Bakour, Shagaf Bakour

“…But other therapeutic options such as (catheter [or surgical] thrombectomy, ECMO) should be considered in the postpartum period, given the high risk of major bleeding with thrombolysis.•Thrombolysis remains the most-used and reasonably successful modality of treatment in pregnancy but should be avoided in the postpartum period as it can cause life-threatening haemorrhage. …”
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Women Hospitalized for Acute on Chronic Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Receive Less Furosemide Compared to Men by Tyler P. Rasmussen, Noah N. Williford, Christopher DeZorzi, Aziz Hammoud, Brenden J. Boyle, Yunshu Zhou, Patrick Ten Eyck, Milena A. Gebska

“…The cumulative incidence of systolic heart failure is similar in men and women. However, major prognostic differences exist between genders. …”
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Evaluation of Humoral Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigens for Correlation with Clinical Status and Effective Vaccine Development by Mamiko Niki, Maho Suzukawa, Shunsuke Akashi, Hideaki Nagai, Ken Ohta, Manabu Inoue, Makoto Niki, Yukihiro Kaneko, Kozo Morimoto, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Seigo Kitada, Sohkichi Matsumoto, Koichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hoshino

“…Although tuberculosis remains a major global health problem, Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only available vaccine. …”
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Novel colored biomass-waste from food industry sector derived hierarchical porous carbon nanofiber for robust symmetric supercapacitor by Wan Mery Nursyaputri, Zeeva Khalilah Fairuzy, Zahra Khumairah, Novi Yanti, Nursyafni Nursyafni, Apriwandi Apriwandi, Rika Taslim, Erman Taer

“…A major challenge in the use of supercapacitor energy storage applications is optimizing 3D-hierarchical porous and 2D nanofiber structures to improve the electrochemical performance of colored biomass-derived activated carbon (AC). …”
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Development of the membrane ceiling method for in vitro spermatogenesis by Maki Kamoshita, Hiroki Shirai, Hiroko Nakamura, Tetsuya Kishimoto, Yuki Hatanaka, Daisuke Mashiko, Katsuhiro Esashika, Jingjing Yang, Satoshi Yamasaki, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroshi Kimura, Masahito Ikawa

“…Abstract Spermatogenesis is one of the most complex processes of cell differentiation and its failure is a major cause of male infertility. Therefore, a proper model that recapitulates spermatogenesis in vitro has been long sought out for basic and clinical research. …”
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Comparison of Different Analyzing Techniques in Identifying Rainfall Trends for Colombo, Sri Lanka by Anushka Perera, Thilini Ranasinghe, Miyuru Gunathilake, Upaka Rathnayake

“…Nevertheless, it was found herein that Colombo is under a downward rainfall trend in the month of July where the area receives its major rainfall events. In addition, the area has several upward rainfall trends over the minor seasons and in the annual scale. …”
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Measurement and Analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 from Chimneys of Coal-fired Power Plants Using a Light Scattering Method by Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Kee-Jung Hong, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Hak-Joon Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Bangwoo Han, Jungho Hwang

“…Abstract Aerial pollutants emitted from the stacks of coal-fired power plants are considered a major source of fine particulate matter released into the atmosphere. …”
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