Effect of operational parameters on droplet deposition characteristics using an unmanned aerial vehicle for banana canopy by Jiaxiang Yu, Jiaxiang Yu, Xing Xu, Jieli Duan, Jieli Duan, Yinlong Jiang, Yinlong Jiang, Haotian Yuan, Haotian Yuan, Huazimo Liang, Shuaijie Jing, Shuaijie Jing, Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang

“…The flight height of 4 m and the droplet size of 100 μm could make the adaxial side of banana canopy leaves have higher droplet deposition density (63.77 droplets per square cm) and coverage (12.75%), and can make the droplets effectively deposit on the abaxial side of banana canopy leaves, with droplet deposition density of 17.46 droplets per square cm and coverage of 1.24%. …”
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Dietary evaluation of cinnamaldehyde supplementation with different protein energy levels and ratios in Pacific whitleg Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Andri Hendriana, Mia Setiawati, Dedi Jusadi, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Julie Ekasari, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

“…The S052815 and S102815 treatments produced higher protein retention (PR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) compared to other treatments (P<0.05) and also produced the same final average weight (FW) as the S003213 treatment. …”
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Psychological counselling interventions to improve perceived quality of life and counter anxiety and depression in pulmonary-arterial-hypertension patients: A clinical trial by Emilia TARANTINO, Pietro CRESCENZO, Maria CAMPOBASSO, Francesca D’ALESSANDRO, Paola ARGIENTO, Emanuele ROMEO, Stefano GHIO, Patrizio VITULO, Francesco PARISI, Massimiliano MULÈ, Carlo ALBERA, Carmine Dario VIZZA, Michele D’ALTO

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Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care. by Tea Rosic, Glenda Babe, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Mean one-year mental healthcare costs for individuals receiving ED visits or hospitalizations totaled $9,117.80 (95% CI 7,372.90, 10,862.70) per person. Mean one-year costs for individuals with outpatient mental healthcare alone totaled $382.30 (95% CI 343.20, 421.30) per person.…”
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Cognitive function differs across healthy lifestyle behavior profiles: a 10-year population-based prospective cohort study by Huixiu Hu, Yajie Zhao, Di Guo, Ying Deng, Huanhuan Luo, Yuqing Hao, Chao Sun, Kang Yu

“…Compared to negative engagement, the active profile had the lower risk of cognitive impairment (HR = 0.693, 95% CI: 0.553−0.868), longer years to develop cognitive impairment (mean = 7.818, range: 6.701, 8.935) and slower rate of annual cognitive decline (0.407 points per year). Similarly, the moderate engagement profile had the lower risk of cognitive impairment (HR = 0.781, 95% CI: 0.664−0.919), longer years to develop cognitive impairment (mean = 7.541, 95%CI: 6.464, 8.619) and slower rate of annual cognitive decline (0.297 points per year) compared to negative profile. …”
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Risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection following use of fluoroquinolones: a retrospective multinational network cohort studyResearch in context by Jack L. Janetzki, Jung Ho Kim, Evan Minty, Jung Ah Lee, Daniel R. Morales, Rohan Khera, Chungsoo Kim, Thamir M. Alshammari, Scott L. DuVall, Michael E. Matheny, Thomas Falconer, Seonji Kim, Thanh-Phuc Phan, Phung-Anh Nguyen, Min-Huei Hsu, Jason C. Hsu, Rae Woong Park, Kenneth K.C. Man, Sarah Seager, Mui Van Zandt, James P. Gilbert, Patrick B. Ryan, Martijn J. Schuemie, Marc A. Suchard, George Hripcsak, Nicole Pratt, Seng Chan You

“…There was no significant difference in risk for FQ versus CPH (ARD, 0.11 per 1000 person-year; calibrated HR, 1.01 [95% CI 0.82–1.25]). …”
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Incident Heart Failure in Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CORAL Trial by Rajesh Gupta, Michelle M. Estrella, Rebecca Scherzer, Pamela S. Brewster, Lance D. Dworkin, Hanh T. Nguyen, Yanmei Xie, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Timothy P. Murphy, Donald E. Cutlip, Eldrin F. Lewis, Christopher J. Cooper

“…Baseline diabetes (subdistribution hazard ratio (sHR), 2.07; 95% CI, 1.20-3.58), albuminuria (sHR, 1.12 per doubling of urinary albumin-creatinine ratio, 95% CI, 1.02-1.24), lower eGFR (sHR, 0.78 per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated with cystatin C and creatinine, 95% CI, 0.69-0.88), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (sHR, 2.18, 95% CI, 1.21-3.91) were independent predictors of incident HF. …”
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Utilization of patient-reported outcomes to assess adherence to relugolix when combined with stereotactic body radiation therapy for intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer by Kelly Gaudian, Min Jung Koh, Min Ji Koh, Ryan R. Collins, Shaine Eden, Zoya Zwart, Malika Danner, Alan Zwart, Mark Fallick, Deepak Kumar, Paul Leger, Nancy A. Dawson, Simeng Suy, Sean P. Collins

“…Poor drug adherence was delineated as failure to reach castration or non-adherence per the SMAQ (any non-adherence answer, missed &gt; 2 doses in last week or since last visit). …”
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Effects of replacing soybean meal with cottonseed meal on growth performance, carcass trait, intestinal development and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens by Lei Yan, Sha An, Xiaoguo Lv, Zunzhou Lv, Beibei Zhang, Mingan Choct, Yuming Guo, Zhengguo Wang, Baozuo Yan, Yong Li

“…A total of 792 one-day-old male Ross 308 broiler chickens were randomly allotted to three treatment groups, with 8 replicates per group and 33 birds per replicate. The control birds were administered a diet consisting primarily of corn and soybean meal. …”
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Virological Aspects of COVID-19 in Patients with Hematological Malignancies: Duration of Viral Shedding and Genetic Analysis by Asma Themlaoui, Massimo Ancora, Kais Ghedira, Yosra Mhalla, Manel Hamdoun, Maroua Bahri, Lamia Aissaoui, Raihane Ben Lakhal, Adriano Di Pasquale, Cesare Camma, Olfa Bahri

“…Globally, the mean intra-host variability in the SARS-CoV-2 genome was 1.31 × 10⁻³ mutations per site per year; it was 1.44 × 10⁻³ in the persistent group and 1.3 × 10⁻³ in the non-persistent group. …”
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Productivity of water and heat resources and cotton yield response to cropping pattern and planting density in cotton fields in arid area by Zhenlin Dong, Sumei Wan, Yunzhen Ma, Jinbin Wang, Lu Feng, Yunlong Zhai, Tiantian Li, Zhengjun Cui, Jian Wang, Beifang Yang, Ze Yang, Zhan Zhao, Fei Yan, Shiwu Xiong, Yabing Li, Guodong Chen

“…To test this, a two-year field experiment (2022–2023) employed a split-plot design with two main planting patterns (four rows per film and six rows per film) and three planting densities (low, medium, and high) as subplots. …”
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Oral 5-Aminosalicyclic Acid Versus 6-Methylprednisolone in Active Crohn's Disease by Jürgen Schölmerich, Harro Jenss, Franz Hartmann, Hanne Döpfer, The German 5-ASA Study Group

“…The area under the curve for the CDAl was significantly greater in 5-ASA (median 170) than in methylprednisolone (P≤0.007) (68). Eleven per cent of patients taking 5-ASA and 26% of patients taking methylprednisolone presented relevant side effects to treatment (not significant). …”
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DETERMINATION OF ACCOUNTING MANIPULATIONS IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS USING ACCRUAL BASED INVESTMENT RATIOS by Dragan Gabrić

“…Furthermore, a model of impact has been obtained, which indicates that accrual based investment ratio Earnings Per Share (EPS) has a significant impact on the determination of the accounting manipulations in the financial statements. …”
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Construction of Tb3+ PVC-MembraneElectrode Based on N,N’-Bis(pyrrolylmethylene)-2-aminobenzylamine by Hassan Ali Zamani, Zynab Rafati, Soraia Meghdadi

“…The Tb3+ sensor exhibits a Nernstian slope of 19.7±0.4 mV per decade over the concentration range of 1.0×10-5 to 1.0×10-2 M and a detection limit of 4.6×10-6 M of Tb3+ ions. …”
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Profile of cognitive deficits among children residing in areas with high ambient air pollution in Odisha by Kulumina Dash, Pratap Kumar Jena, Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik, Sayali Mishra, Jayaprakash Russell Ravan

“…Results: The mean full-scale IQ of the children was 84 as per MISIC, indicating that on average, the children’s IQ falls below the normal range. …”
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Energy Expenditure in Infants in Health and Disease by Ross Shepherd

“…In extrahepatic biliary atresia, energy expenditure per unit body cell mass is markedly elevated, suggesting that this is a catabolic condition in infants. …”
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The effects of detraining period on female basketball team players aged 10-12 by Emrah Atay, Gülsev Kayalarlı

“…Gülcü Primary School young women's basketball team, who trained 3times per week for about 6 months and came in first in the competition among Isparta primary schools, havetaken part in the study. …”
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4-H Pizza Garden: An Agricultural Adventure by Janet Golden, Joy Jordan, Nan Jensen, Betty Lipe, Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Anne Fugate, Erin Karkheck, Linda Bobroff, Karla Shelnutt, Tracy Tesdall

“…Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second! This 4-H in the Classroom project, originating in Pinellas County, Florida, was designed for grades 3–5, but can be adapted to serve other grade levels. …”
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Regulation of education implementation in Kutai Kartanegara based on education policy by H. Hairan, A. Aini, B. Susilo

“…The implementation of education requires a budget that is used for activities in the context of increasing Human Resources, in line with the mandate set out in Article 31, paragraph (4) of the 1945 Constitution, which states that the State shall give priority to the education budget of not less than twenty per cent of the State revenue and expenditure budget, as well as regional revenue and expenditure budgets, to meet the needs of national education. …”
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Preparation of Biodiesel through Transesterification of Animal Oil and AlcoholUnder the Catalysis of SO42- / TiO2 by Xiu-Yan Pang, Ting-Ting You

“…Optimum condition to obtain biodiesel was studied through orthogonal experiment, and it is listed as follow: mass ratio of ethanol to oil is 1.5:1.0, dosage of catalyst is 30 g SO42- / TiO2versus per 100 g animal oil, and reaction time is 8.0 h when reaction temperature is controlled as 80°C. …”
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