Field heterogeneity of soil texture controls leaf water potential spatial distribution predicted from UAS-based vegetation indices in non-irrigated vineyards by L. Delval, J. Bates, J. Bates, F. Jonard, F. Jonard, M. Javaux, M. Javaux

“…<p>Grapevine water status exhibits substantial variability even within a single vineyard. …”
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Nessuna disciplina si salva da sola. Diario di un’etnografia in Antartide #1 by Elena Bougleux

“…The Antarctic Treaty establishes a special, supranational legal status for the entire continent, inspired by scientific research, environmental protection and collaboration. …”
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Séries literárias juvenis: autoria e circulação da cultura by Andréa Borges Leão

“…Observing the phenomenon of cultural movement since the onset of Brazilian publishing industry, the essay offers some ideas on the status of authorship in contemporary series books for young adults. …”
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Pour une méthode diaristique en anthropologie by Pierre Depardieu

“…After having established a basic opposition between diary and narrative, as well as a few methodological elements, one can observe several first-level phenomena in the material (namely ellipses, the interweaving of narrative threads, focus effects, the frailty of reported speech, the constant contextualization of facts, as well as the absence of closure mechanisms) that could inspire considerations on the status of diaries in anthropology and the possible benefits that could be expected from their use. …”
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Protéger les humains et les non-humains by Claudine Friedberg

“…But these reasons are often very different from those brought up by the international scientific organisms aiming to preserve the nature.In this article, I will describe the practices I have had the opportunity to observe in the 1970’s within a central Timor population, based in the Indonesian part of the island.This population lives in Abis, a bunag-speaking village.The practices are twofold:Those concerning the organization of the territory – divided between the farming land and the grazing land – and their associated rules; especially aiming to protect the useful plants in burnt land.Those concerning the vegetation that is forbidden to trimming and whose status is much more ambiguous. …”
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Photosynthetic performance and carbon metabolism in the ear organs of oats under drought stress by Jiaqi Fang, Yuan Zhan, Baowen Zhao, Yan Zhao, Youjun Chen, Qingping Zhou, Hui Wang

“…Paraffin cross-section structures were observed, and the absolute water content, photosynthetic enzyme activities, carbohydrate content, dry matter weight, and total C and total N accumulation were determined in the glumes, lemmas and flag leaves. …”
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Body Mass Index at Pediatric Leukemia Diagnosis and the Risks of Relapse and Mortality: Findings from a Single Institution and Meta-analysis by Ashleigh M. Saenz, Stacie Stapleton, Raquel G. Hernandez, Greg A. Hale, Neil A. Goldenberg, Skai Schwartz, Ernest K. Amankwah

“…Age- and sex-adjusted analysis for patients ≥10 years showed a trend towards increased risk of relapse for overweight/obese patients (HR = 2.89, 95% CI = 0.89–9.36, p=0.08) that was not evident among children<10 years (HR = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.08–3.54, p=0.49). We observed a statistically significant association between mortality and obesity status in unadjusted models (imputed: HR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.15–5.60, p=0.021; complete set: HR = 2.72, 95% CI = 1.26–5.91, p=0.011) that was not statistically significant in both age- and sex-adjusted and multivariable adjusted analyses. …”
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Comparative effects of gong’s mobilization and mobilization with movement in patients with adhesive capsulitis: a randomized clinical trial by Fareeha Amjad, Hasha Asghar

“…Moreover, a medium to large effect size was also observed for all the outcomes, pain(d = 0.5), ROM (d = 0.5–2.7), SPADI(d = 0.5). …”
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Crack Cocaine-Induced Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities Are Reversed by Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion by Carlos Henrique Miranda, Antônio Pazin-Filho

“…We report a dramatic case of a 19-year-old man with crack cocaine overdose with important clinical complications as cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and epileptics status. During this intoxication, electrocardiographic abnormalities similar to those found in tricyclic antidepressant poisoning were observed, and they were reversed by intravenous sodium bicarbonate infusion.…”
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Genomic insights into population dynamics and adaptive strategies of the endangered dipterocarp, Hopea chinensis by Wei-Min Xiang, Yu-Ting Jiang, Jie Zou, Yan Deng, Kai Jiang, Kai-Jian Zhang, Xin-Yu Zhou, Kai-Xi Quan, Zi-Wen Han, Wei-Chao Liu, Liang Tang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Simon T. Segar, Yuan-Ye Zhang, Xing-Hua Hu, Rong Wang, Xiao-Yong Chen

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On the Filtration Efficiency of Composite Media Composed of Multiple Layers of Electret Media by Peng Wang, Da-Ren Chen

“…Abstract This study aimed to explain the discrepancy reported in previous studies between the observed and the calculated filtration efficiencies of a composite formed of multiple electret medium layers. …”
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SLC29A1 and SLC29A2 are human nicotinamide cell membrane transporters by Mingyang Chen, Luexiang Yuan, Binxin Chen, Hui Chang, Jun Luo, Hengbin Zhang, Zhongjian Chen, Jiao Kong, Yaodong Yi, Mengru Bai, Minlei Dong, Hui Zhou, Huidi Jiang

“…In addition, ENT1/2 exhibits a strong capacity to change the cellular metabolite composition and the transcript, especially those related to nicotinamide. We further observe that ENT1/2 regulates cellular respiration and senescence, contributing by altering the NAD+ pool level and mitochondrial status. …”
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Lycopene improves on basic hematological and immunological parameters in diabetes mellitus by Ejike, Daniel Eze, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Results: Lycopene had anti-anemic effects and improved on the immune status of diabetic rats and these observations were dose independent. …”
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Cultural implications through hand gesture in Japanese and Balinese communities by Imelda Imelda, Harisal Harisal

“…This research involves descriptive-qualitative analysis, data collection through observation, interviews, and recording. The method used for selecting these samples was purposive sampling. …”
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Grammatical underpinnings of lexicalization patterns in Croatian, English and French: The case of [N PP] constructions by Daniela Katunar, Ida Raffaelli

“…The lexicon – grammar continuum is thus observed from the perspective of syntactic structures participating in word-formation. …”
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FORCES AND DISPLACEMENTS DISTRIBUTION AFTER FEM ANALYSIS OF VIBRATORY WORKING TOOL by NELUS-EVELIN GHEORGHITA

“… The research status and the study of vibratory working tools used in tillage operations are discussed in this paper. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ALONG THE COAST OF TURKEY by ERNUR AKINER MUHAMMED

“…Concentration values for BOD5, Total Phosphorus, Nitrite Nitrogen, and Nitrate Nitrogen parameters were determined. This study observes the pollution status of the rivers according to the Turkish Water Pollution Control Regulation. …”
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Maternal Hepatitis B Infection Burden, Comorbidity and Pregnancy Outcome in a Low-Income Population on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Marieke Bierhoff, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Aung Myat Min, Mary Ellen Gilder, Nay Win Tun, Arunrot Keereevijitt, Aye Kyi Win, Elsi Win, Verena Ilona Carrara, Tobias Brummaier, Cindy S. Chu, Laurence Thielemans, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Marcus Rijken, François Nosten, Michele van Vugt, Rose McGready

“…No significant associations were observed between pregnancy comorbidities or adverse pregnancy outcomes and HBV status. …”
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The link between sleep bruxism and oxidative stress based on a polysomnographic study by Michal Fulek, Weronika Frosztega, Mieszko Wieckiewicz, Anna Szymanska-Chabowska, Pawel Gac, Rafal Poreba, Grzegorz Mazur, Milena Sciskalska, Marta Kepinska, Adrian Martuszewski, Helena Martynowicz

“…In the investigated group of patients we observed the relationship between bruxism and the examined parameters: total antioxidant status (TAS), advanced protein products (AOPP) and thiobarbituric acid-reacting substances (TBARS). …”
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Pan-Canadian assessment of image guided adaptive radiation therapy and the role of the radiation therapist by Amanda Moreira, Tara Rosewall, Yat Tsang, Patricia Lindsay, Peter Chung, Winnie Li

“…Purpose: Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is a close-looped process where anatomic changes observed during treatment are identified, leading to plan modification prior to treatment delivery. …”
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