Planning Strategies for Increasing the Occupancy Rate of Green Open Space Based on Urban Geographic Data in Macau: An Investigation of Ultra-High-Density Cities by Jitai Li, Fan Lin, Hongcan Cui, Yile Chen, Shuai Yang

“…In addition, the research data show that the per capita green area of Macau Peninsula is on the low side and extremely unbalanced, and there is a disconnection between some of the large-scale green patches on Macau Outlying Island; therefore, this paper proposes that the planning layout mode of “green veins connecting green patches” is suitable for Macau Peninsula and that the planning layout mode of “greenways embedded in jade” is suitable for Macau Outlying Island. …”
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Whip use in trotting racing–effects on speed change and finishing position by Agneta Sandberg, Agneta Sandberg, Mirielle Melani, Adam Flöhr, Jenny Yngvesson

“…The top three horses (n=48) in 16 races were studied. The number of strikes per horse ranged from 0 to 16, with a mean of 5.6. …”
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The Feasibility of Societal Cost Equivalence between Robotic Hysterectomy and Alternate Hysterectomy Methods for Endometrial Cancer by Neel T. Shah, Kelly N. Wright, Gudrun M. Jonsdottir, Selena Jorgensen, Jon I. Einarsson, Michael G. Muto

“…We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of patient characteristics, operative times, complications, and hospital charges from all (𝑛=234) endometrial cancer patients who underwent hysterectomy in 2009 at our hospital. Per patient costs of each hysterectomy method were examined from the societal perspective. …”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumor Arising in the Buccal Space by Tatsuo Okui, Soichiro Ibaragi, Hotaka Kawai, Akira Sasaki

“…Three mitotic cells were observed per 10 high-power fields, and the Ki-67 index was 5.7%. …”
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Transvaginal NOTES hysterectomy with the Chinese robotic single port platform - Report of two cases by Chunhua Zhang, Qing Li, Fang Fang, Shanchuang Wei, Qian Lu, Xiaoming Guan

“…Methods: We performed two cases of RSP-vNOTES hysterectomy for patients presenting with persistent vaginal bleeding resulting in atypical endometrial hyperplasia per endometrial biopsy. Procedures were initiated with traditional TVH and seamlessly transitioned to the robotic platform when necessary to complete the entire process. …”
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The differentiated impacts of interprovincial trade on achieving nine environment-related SDGs in China by Xiaoyu Duan, Qingxu Huang, Ziwen Liu, Ling Zhang, Penghui Li, Chunyang He, Delin Fang, Zhenci Xu, Yihao Li

“…Importantly, we found that the impacts on the total SDG score was significantly associated with GDP per capita (R = 0.65, p < 0.01). Therefore, regions and sectors that are vulnerable to negative impacts need increasing technical and policy support.…”
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Excess Early Postnatal Weight Gain Leads to Increased Abdominal Fat in Young Children by Annemieke M. V. Evelein, Frank L. J. Visseren, Cornelis K. van der Ent, Diederick E. Grobbee, Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal

“…Multiple imputation was used to deal with missing covariates. Results. Per-1-unit increase in Z-score WLG from birth to 3 months, BMI, waist circumference, and subcutaneous fat were significantly higher; 0.51 kg/m2, 0.84 cm, and 0.50 mm, respectively. …”
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Time-domain signatures of distinct correlated insulators in a moiré superlattice by Eric A. Arsenault, Yiliu Li, Birui Yang, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, James C. Hone, Cory R. Dean, Xiaodong Xu, X.-Y. Zhu

“…Here, we use pump-probe spectroscopy to show distinct time-domain signatures of correlated insulators at fillings of one (ν = −1) and two (ν = −2) holes per moiré unit cell in the angle-aligned WSe2/WS2 system. …”
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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Deficiency in an Exon 3 Deletion Mouse Model Promotes Hematopoietic Stem Cell Proliferation and Impacts Endosteal Niche Cells by Zeenath Unnisa, Kameshwar P. Singh, Ellen C. Henry, Catherine L. Donegan, John A. Bennett, Thomas A. Gasiewicz

“…The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor belonging to the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) family of proteins. The AHR is involved in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) functions including self-renewal, proliferation, quiescence, and differentiation. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on the Diagnostics and Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, A. S. Tertychny, S. S. Pirogov, A. A. Sheptulin, D. I. Abdulganieva, D. T. Dicheva, A. V. Zaborovsky, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, A. V. Paraskevova

“…The diagnostic criterion is the eosinophilic infiltration of the esophageal mucosa with an eosinophil density of ≥ 15 per high power field (×400) in at least one of the biopsy specimens (about 60 eosinophils in 1 mm2). …”
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Standardization of Micropropagation for Four Hybrids of <i>Coffea arabica</i> Through Direct Somatic Embryogenesis by Marileydi Zuta-Puscan, Jegnes Benjamín Meléndez-Mori, Eyner Huaman-Huaman, Yoiner Kalin Lapiz-Culqui, Reyna Stefani Mego-Pérez, Manuel Oliva-Cruz

“…The results show that the Casiopea and Excelencia hybrids achieve the highest induction rates (71.64% and 74.43%) and embryo production (8.74 and 10) per explant in the M1 medium, while these values are significantly lower for H3 and Milenio. …”
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Insect frass fertilizer as soil amendment for improved forage and soil health in circular systems by Amanda J. Ashworth, Helen Carla S. Amorim, Gerson L. Drescher, Philip A. Moore, Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan Morales-Ramos, Ann M. Donoghue

“…Here, we investigated soil physiochemical properties, SMAF (Soil Management Assessment Framework) soil health, CO2 efflux, and bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] yield and quality as affected by yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.) frass [3400 and 6800 kg ha−1, low (LF) and high (HF) rates], poultry litter (PL; 3400 kg ha−1), and ammonium nitrate (AN; 67 kg N ha−1). …”
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Morphometric Investigation of a Species Complex in <i>Mimosa</i> Section <i>Batocaulon</i> Series <i>Cordistipulae</i> (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) by Janaína G. A. Nascimento, Luciano P. Queiroz, Marlon C. Machado, Cássio van den Berg

“…Vegetative characters are more informative for species delimitation than flower characters, and most groups are distinguished primarily by the number of pinnae pairs, number of leaflets per pinna and length of the leaf rachis. The species displaying the highest morphological similarity are <i>M. misera</i>, <i>M. leptantha</i> and <i>M. minarum</i>. …”
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Photoluminescence Response in Carbon Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition onto GaAs Substrates at Low Vacuum by F. Caballero-Briones, G. Santana, T. Flores, L. Ponce

“…Films were prepared at different number of pulses (1500 to 6000) with fixed fluence (32 J/cm2), target-to-substrate distance, and pulse frequency using a Q:Switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm operating at a frequency of 10 Hz and producing burst-mode pulses with total duration per shot of 49 ns. Films were characterized by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. …”
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Mycovirome of Diaporthe helianthi and D. gulyae, causal agents of Phomopsis stem canker of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by Chien-Fu Wu, Elizabeth Regedanz, Febina Mathew, Ruchika Kashyap, Karthika Mohan, Shin-Yi Lee Marzano

“…Total RNA extracts depleted of rRNA from each fungus were pooled to construct one library for sequencing to obtain 20 GB per library of raw reads using a metatranscriptomics approach. …”
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Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study by Saga Sofia Santala, Saga Sofia Santala, Merja Honkanen, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Jari Kolehmainen, Salla Lahtinen

“…Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires consistent action by people to change their lifestyles in order to limit annual household-related carbon emissions to 2.5 tonnes per person by 2030. As the required mobility reduction measures have already been identified, the challenge remains in scaling up the changes into a mainstream practice. …”
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Application of <i>Azospirillum brasilense</i> and Humic Substances Improves the Nursery Quality of Olive Seedlings in Pots by Giovana Ritter, Rodrigo José de Vargas, Daniela Farinelli, Nicola Cinosi, Chiara Traini, Simona Lucia Facchin, Larissa Hiromi Kiahara, Daniel Fernandes da Silva, Silvia Portarena, Fabiola Villa

“…Growth parameters, such as height and stem diameter, were measured every month and after 150 days, seedlings per treatment were also analysed for aerial and root fresh and dry biomasses. …”
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Continuous Quadrupole Magnetic Separation of Islets during Digestion Improves Purified Porcine Islet Viability by Bradley P. Weegman, Venkata Sunil Kumar Sajja, Thomas M. Suszynski, Michael D. Rizzari, William E. Scott III, Jennifer P. Kitzmann, Kate R. Mueller, Thomas R. Hanley, David J. Kennedy, Paul W. Todd, Appakalai N. Balamurugan, Bernhard J. Hering, Klearchos K. Papas

“…Islets purified by QMS exhibited significantly improved viability (measured by oxygen consumption rate per DNA, p<0.03) and better morphology relative to control islets. …”
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Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…The mean cost of pre-ART care was $20 per patient. Conclusions. Zambian pediatric patients initiating ART ≤6 months after presenting to care do so quickly, utilize fewer resources than mandated by national guidelines, and accrue low costs.…”
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Lifetime Attributable Risk for Breast Cancer Induced by High-Resolution Computed Tomography During COVID-19 Pandemic by Roya Sahebi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Rezvan Ravanfar Haghighi, Mehrzad Lotfi, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

“…The mean and 95% uncertainty limits (UL) for Total LAR of breast cancer, considering both single and multiple doses of radiation exposure, was 217 (95% UL, 194-244) per 100,000 persons. Conclusion: According to our research, the risk of potential breast cancer should not be overlooked. …”
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