Three Types of Broadly Reacting Antibodies against Influenza B Viruses Induced by Vaccination with Seasonal Influenza Viruses by Daisuke Hirano, Nobuko Ohshima, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Ayami Yamasaki, Gene Kurosawa, Yoshinobu Okuno, Shunji Yoshida, Yoshikazu Kurosawa

“…The vaccine used in this study comprised B/Massachusetts/2/2012 (Yamagata lineage), A/Texas/50/2012 (H3N2), and A/California/7/2009 (H1N1). One month after the subject received two vaccinations, blood (200 ml) was obtained and peripheral mononuclear cells were prepared, and a large Ab library was constructed using phage display technology. …”
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A new luminescent material based on bismuth(III): Synthesis, structural characterization, DFT calculations, Hirshfeld surface, thermal behavior, vibrational and optical properties by Chaima Jridi, Nour Elleuch, Jerome Lhoste, Mohamed Boujelbene

“…The formula unit comprises four protonated organic cations (C8H12N)4+, one [Bi2Cl10]4− dimer. The organic layers are inserted between the inorganic ones and connected with N-H…Cl and C-H…Cl hydrogen bonds to build a three dimensional network. …”
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Performance of sulfur/steel slag composite matrix in removing nitrate from surface water with low-carbon content by PENG Xianchun, ZHENG Lili, LU Haoran, WANG Zhefeng, ZHU Zheng, LIANG Wenyan

“…The accumulation of nitrogen pollutants can easily lead to eutrophication of water bodies, and NO3--N is one of the main nitrogen pollutants. A composite matrix of steel slag and elemental sulfur was used for sulfur autotrophic denitrification. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Hydroxypropyl Guar-Hyaluronic Acid Dual-Polymer Lubricating Eye Drops in Indian Subjects with Dry Eye: A Phase IV Study by Deborah Awisi-Gyau, Neha Kapur, Rajesh Parekh, Umesh Yeddula, Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor

“…Results Of 175 subjects, 36 (20.6%) had ≥ 1 TEAE, and 27 (15.4%) of this reported ≥ 1 mild drug-related TEAE (eye irritation [n = 9], eye pruritus [n = 8], blurred vision [n = 6], increased lacrimation [n = 4], ocular hyperemia [n = 3], and ocular discomfort [n = 1]). One subject discontinued due to TEAEs, and none led to drug interruptions. …”
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Impact of meropenem exposure on fluoroquinolone and carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in inpatients in a Japanese university hospital: Insights into oprD mu... by Tadanori Yamochi, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Rintaro On, Sho Inoue, Hiromi Ikeda, Toshiko Yamochi, Masafumi Takimoto, Issei Tokimatsu

“…Five of the eight non-MBL strains had T83I, two had D87N, and one had both T83I and D87N mutations in gyrA. …”
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Comparative evaluation of management practices among large-scale broiler farms of Punjab, Pakistan by Muhammad Tahir Amin, Muhammad Usman, Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq, Asad Ali, Muzamal Tariq, Mian Mubashar Saleem, Syed Ghulam Mohayud Din Hashmi, Kinza Saleem, Sohail Ahmad

“…A questionnaire was filled by on farm veterinarians (n = 100; one veterinarian from each farm) regarding the general information, infrastructure, biosecurity practices, visitor history, and production analysis of the surveyed poultry farms. …”
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Use of Cesarean Birth among Robson Groups 2 and 4 at Mizan-Tepi University Hospital, Ethiopia by Margo S. Harrison, Tewodros Liyew, Ephrem Kirub, Biruk Teshome, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, Margaret Muldrow, Teklemariam Yarinbab

“…In Robson Group 2, of all prelabor cesareans (n = 5), one birth was elective cesarean by maternal request; the intrapartum cesarean births (n = 16) mostly had a maternal or fetal indication (93.8%), with one birth (6.2%) indicated by “failed induction or augmentation,” which was a combined indication. …”
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Patient satisfaction with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag localization compared with wire localization for nonpalpable breast lesions: the RFID trial by Raphaël Pete, Céleste Pinard, Fanny Sirodot, Ioana Molnar, Margot Dressaire, Angeline Ginzac, Catherine Abrial, Xavier Durando, Marielle Tekath

“…Results Eighty patients were sequentially enrolled in two groups: the wire group (n = 40) and the RFID group (n = 40). One patient from the RFID group was excluded from the analysis because of a substantial migration during deployment. …”
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A Review on the Nomenclature and Taxonomy of the Old World Thread-Legged Bug Genus <i>Pleias</i> (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) by Zhuo Chen, Hu Li, Wanzhi Cai

“…</b>, <i>P. avida</i> (Bergroth, 1903) <b>comb. n.</b>, <i>P. brunnea</i> (McAtee & Malloch, 1926) <b>comb. n.…”
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Almost Periodic Solutions of a Discrete Mutualism Model with Variable Delays by Yongzhi Liao, Tianwei Zhang

“…We discuss a discrete mutualism model with variable delays of the formsN1(n+1)=N1(n)exp{r1(n)[(K1(n)+α1(n)N2(n-μ2(n)))/1+N2(n-μ2(n)))-N1(n-ν1(n))]}, N2(n+1)=N2(n)exp{r2(n)[(K2(n)+α2(n)N1(n-μ1(n)))/(1+N1(n-μ1(n)))-N2(n-ν2(n))]}. …”
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Square variation of Brownian paths in Banach spaces by Mou-Hsiung Chang

“…It is known that if {W(t),   0≤t≤1} is a standard Brownian motion in ℝ then limn→∞∑i=12n|W(i/2n)−W((i−1)/2n)|2=1 almost surely. We generalize this celebrated theorem of Levy to Brownian motion in real separable Banach spaces.…”
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EVALUATION OF SPLIT APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM AND NITROGEN ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WINTER MAIZE HYBRID AT RAMPUR, CHITWAN by Kamal Ghimire, Nisha Bhandari, Bamdev Regmi, Manshi Jaiswal

“…The subplots involved five nitrogen application methods: 0 kg N ha-1, and 180 kg N ha-1 applied in different splits. …”
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Estimation of yield and nitrogen use efficiencies in hybrid maize varieties through site specific nitrogen management based on leaf color chart (LCC) by Suhail Fayaz, Raihana Habib Kanth, Tauseef A. Bhat, Eajaz Ahmad Dar, Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Moneesa Bashir, Aijaz Nazir, Bilkees Jamsheed, Mohd. Salim Mir, Zahoor A. Dar, Shailja Sharma, Aabid Hussain Lone, Dawood Yousuf, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Mohamed A. Mattar, Ali Salem

“…Split Plot Design (SPD) employing three maize varieties (Shalimar Maize Hybrid-2 (SMH-2), Kanchan-517 and Vivek-45) in main plots and precision management of nitrogen (T1: Control, T2: Recommended Nitrogen (120 kg N ha–1), T3: 25% N as basal LCC @20 (≤ 3) kg N ha−1, T4: 25% N as basal LCC @30 (≤ 3) kg N ha−1, T5: 25% N as basal LCC @20 (≤ 4) kg N ha−1, T6: 25% N as basal LCC @30 (≤ 4) kg N ha−1, T7: 25% N as basal LCC @20 (≤ 5) kg N ha−1 and T8: 25% N as basal LCC @30 (≤ 5) kg N ha−1) in sub-plots was systemized. …”
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Implicit iteration process of nonexpansive non-self-mappings by Somyot Plubtieng, Rattanaporn Punpaeng

“…In this paper, we study the convergence of the sequences {xn}, {yn}, {zn} satisfying xn=(1−αn)u+αnT[(1−βn)xn+βnTxn], yn=(1−αn)u+αnPT[(1−βn)yn+βnPTyn], and zn=P[(1−αn)u+αnTP[(1−βn)zn+βnTzn]], where {αn}⊆(0,1), 0≤βn≤β<1 and αn→1 as n→∞. …”
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On some properties of Banach operators by A. B. Thaheem, AbdulRahim Khan

“…Among other results we show that if α is a linear Banach operator on a normed space X, then N(α−1)=N((α−1)2), N(α−1)∩R(α−1)=(0) and if X is finite dimensional then X=N(α−1)⊕R(α−1), where N(α−1) and R(α−1) denote the null space and the range space of (α−1), respectively and 1 is the identity mapping on X. …”
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Effects of Different Rates of Poultry Manure and Split Applications of Urea Fertilizer on Soil Chemical Properties, Growth, and Yield of Maize by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Oluwaseyi Iyabo Ogunboye, Babatunde Sunday Ewulo, Adeniyi Olayanju

“…The treatment involved three levels of PM (0.0, 4.0, and 8.0 t·ha−1) and four sets of periods of UF: (i) 0 kg N ha-1 (control), (ii) 120 kg N ha-1 applied at planting (AP), (iii) two SA of 120 kg N ha−1 (90 kg N ha-1 applied AP + 30 kg N ha-1 at thirty days after planting (DAP)), and (iv) three SA of 120 kg N ha-1 (60 kg N ha-1 applied AP + 30 kg N ha-1 thirty DAP + 30 kg N ha-1 at tasseling). …”
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Approximating Common Fixed Points for a Finite Family of Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings Using Iteration Process with Errors Terms by Seyit Temir, Adem Kiliçman

“…We give {xn} defined by x1∈K,xn+1=(1-a1n-b1n)yn+m-2+a1nT1nyn+m-2+b1nu1n,yn+m-2=(1-a2n-b2n)yn+m-3+a2nT2nyn+m-3 +b2nu2n,…,yn+2=(1-a(m-2)n-b(m-2)n)yn+1+a(m-2)nTm-2nyn+1+b(m-2)nu(m-2)n,yn+1=(1-a(m-1)n -b(m-1)n)yn+a(m-1)nTm-1nyn+b(m-1)nu(m-1)n,yn=(1-amn-bmn)xn+amnTmnxn+bmnumn,m≥2,n≥1. …”
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Nearly Quadratic Mappings over p-Adic Fields by M. Eshaghi Gordji, H. Khodaei, Gwang Hui Kim

“…We establish some stability results over p-adic fields for the generalized quadratic functional equation ∑k=2n∑i1=2k∑i2=i1+1k+1⋯∑in-k+1=in-k+1nf(∑i=1,i≠i1,…,in-k+1nxi-∑r=1n-k+1xir)+f(∑i=1nxi)=2n-1∑i=1nf(xi), where n∈N and n≥2.…”
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Schur Convexity and Inequalities for a Multivariate Symmetric Function by Ming-Bao Sun, Xin-Ping Li, Sheng-Fang Tang, Zai-Yun Zhang

“…In the article, we provide the Schur, Schur multiplicative, and Schur harmonic convexities properties for the symmetry function Fnx,r=Fnx1,x2,⋯,xn;r=∏1≤i1<i2<⋯<ir≤n ∑j=1r xij/1−xij1/r on 0,1n and find several new analytical inequalities by use of the majorization theory, where x=x1,⋯,xn∈0,1n, r=1,2,⋯,n and i1,i2,⋯,in are positive integers.…”
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Nitrogen Efficiency and Nutrient Absorption by a Sorghum-Oats Forage Succession by Rasiel Restelatto, Paulo Sergio Pavinato, Laércio Ricardo Sartor, Suelen Maria Einsfeld, Fernanda Paula Baldicera

“…The highest sorghum forage production and N and K extraction were under 230 to 300 kg N ha−1, which was around 190 kg N ha−1 for black oat. …”
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