Seed banking impacts native Acacia ulicifolia seed microbiome composition and function by Dylan Russell, Vaheesan Rajabal, Matthew Alfonzetti, Marlien M. van der Merwe, Rachael V. Gallagher, Sasha G. Tetu

“…In this study we investigated the composition and functional potential of seed-associated bacterial epiphytes associated with stored and freshly collected seeds of a native plant, Acacia ulicifolia, using both 16S rRNA gene sequencing and culture-based approaches. …”
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Refined matrix completion for spectrum estimation of heart rate variability by Lei Lu, Tingting Zhu, Ying Tan, Jiandong Zhou, Jenny Yang, Lei Clifton, Yuan-Ting Zhang, David A. Clifton

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Association of Fecal Microbiota with Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Diarrhea and Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Its Management by Fang Yang, Jiaqi Wu, Ning-Yuan Ye, Jing Miu, Jing Yan, Li-Na Liu, Bai Ye

“…In order to better elucidate the relationship between intestinal microbiota changes and IBS-D, we compared fecal microbiota of IBS-D rats and healthy control using pyrosequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA gene targeted. Furthermore, we explored the effects of different traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on intestinal microbiota of IBS-D in dose-dependent manner. …”
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Incidence of Tooth Loss in Adults: A 4-Year Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study by Manoelito Ferreira Silva-Junior, Marília Jesus Batista, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

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Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 1. Planning and experimental setup by Antonio De Iorio, Marzio Grasso, Francesco Penta, Giovanni Pio Pucillo, Paolo Pinto, Stefano Rossi, Mario Testa, Giuseppe Farneti

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Pengaruh Program Gerakan Literasi Sekolah Terhadap Minat Baca Siswa Kelas IV SDN 1 Kuta Kecamatan Pujut Lombok Tengah by Roya Insani Pertiwi, Johan Mahyudi, Muhammad Erfan, Fitri Puji Astria

“…Koefisien determinasi (R²) 0,226 menunjukkan bahwa 22,6% variasi minat baca siswa dapat dijelaskan oleh GLS. …”
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Diurnal Variation Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution Observed by a Parsivel2 Disdrometer in the Ili River Valley by Yufei Jiang, Lianmei Yang, Jiangang Li, Yong Zeng, Zepeng Tong, Xiaomeng Li, Haoyang Li

“…The empirical relationships between the radar reflectivity factor and rainfall rate (Z-R) for stratiform and convective rain types are also derived. …”
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Analysis of Water and Sediment Variation Characteristics in Jingjiang River Reach before and after Operation of Three Gorges Reservoir Based on GAM by DING Jiawei, PENG Yuming, CHEN Yanfei, SHEN Jian, HUANG Liemin

“…In order to explore the different water and sediment variation characteristics in Jingjiang River reach before and after the operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Mann-Kendall trend test method and rescaled range (R/S) analysis method were used to analyze and predict the variation trend of water and sediment in Jingjiang River reach, and the generalized additive model (GAM) was constructed to quantitatively analyze the influence of water and sediment outflows from the Three Gorges Reservoir on the Jingjiang River reach. …”
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LSTM+MA: A Time-Series Model for Predicting Pavement IRI by Tianjie Zhang, Alex Smith, Huachun Zhai, Yang Lu

“…Also, it shows that the proposed LSTM+MA model significantly outperforms other models, with an <i>R</i>² of 0.965 and a mean square error (MSE) of 0.030 in the test datasets. …”
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Adsorption Equilibrium for Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+) into Zirconium-Based Ferromagnetic Sorbent by Agnes Yung Weng Lee, Soh Fong Lim, S. N. David Chua, Khairuddin Sanaullah, Rubiyah Baini, Mohammad Omar Abdullah

“…Adequacy of fit for the isotherm models based on evaluation of R2 and ARE has revealed that heavy metal ions decontamination was fitted well with the Freundlich model.…”
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Coding Readiness Assessment: A Measure of Computational Thinking for Preschoolers by Emily Relkin, Christopher Doss, Victoria L. Jones, John F. Pane

“…The CRA showed acceptable levels of reliability in terms of internal consistency (α = 0.78) and test–retest reliability (<i>r</i> = 0.65). Results from a 3PL indicate that the CRA has suitable levels of difficulty and skill level discrimination for 3-to-5-year-olds. …”
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Maximum Dry Unit Weight and Optimum Moisture Content Prediction of Lateritic Soils Using Regression Analysis by Yufeng Qian

“…In the training dataset, the value of all criteria for MARS-OI-3 is proper, with the value of 0.9365, 0.4146, and 93.647 for R2, RMSE, and VAF, respectively. But testing phase’s results are roughly complicated, where scores of MARS-OI-3 equal to 21, bigger than MARS-OI-2 (10) and MARS-OI-4 (17). …”
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Floristic Inventory and Diversity Assessment at Two Locations along the Shores of Cape Coast, Ghana by Gertrude Lucky Aku Dali, Sethiler Arthur, Paul Kwame Essandoh

“…Parameters between the two locations were compared with a t-test, whereas variations in the distribution of the species were determined with principal components analysis (PCA), using Minitab and R statistical software, respectively. A total of 50 plant species belonging to 48 genera and 23 families were inventoried along the shoreline. …”
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Effect of non-pharmacological interventions on chemotherapy induced delayed nausea and vomiting for tumors: A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis by Yongni Wang, Fang Wang, Feifei Hu, Fang Long

“…A Bayesian network meta-analysis was performed on the response rate to the improvement of chemotherapy induced delayed nausea and vomiting, as well as improvement in KPS score, under different non-pharmacological interventions by using R 4.4.0 software and the GeMTC package. Results: A total of 58 RCTs 4081 patients were selected, involving 14 non-pharmacological interventions. …”
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Dual Inoculation with Mycorrhizal and Saprotrophic Fungi Applicable in Sustainable Cultivation Improves the Yield and Nutritive Value of Onion by Jana Albrechtova, Ales Latr, Ludovit Nedorost, Robert Pokluda, Katalin Posta, Miroslav Vosatka

“…We observed a strong correlation (r=0.83) between the growth response of onion bulbs and AM colonization. …”
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The Predictive Value of the Pentraxin 3 Concentration in Cumulus Cell Culture Media for the Embryo Implantation by Tulay Irez, Yavuz Sahin, Eduard Malik, Onur Guralp

“…There was a significant positive correlation between the culture media Pentraxin 3 concentrations and embryo implantation (r=0.500, p=0.005). The culture media Pentraxin 3 concentration was a significant predictor for successful embryo implantation (AUC=0.845, p=0.006). …”
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Acute Toxicity of Xylene on the African Catfish <i>Clarias gariepinus</i> by I.C. Davies, E.S. Erondu, A.I. Hart, L.C. Osuji

“…There was a strong correlation between (%) mortality in Probits and the Log10 Dose (R²=0.9772). There was statistical significance (P>0.05) in the number of mortality observed in the six concentrations from 24 hours to 96 hours of exposure and high percentage mortalities were recorded as the concentration of the toxicant increased. …”
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Nouveaux modèles de formation et enseignement supérieur : l’exemple du tutorat à l’université by Emmanuelle Annoot

“…She will rely on the synthesis of a set of research works on tutoring developed with the National Institute of Educational Research (1997-2001) then with the C.N.C.R.E. (1998-2000) and an ongoing programme called « Training, qualification, employment », led within the Greater Research Network « Culture and Society in Normandy ». …”
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Global Prevalence of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) in Adult Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Aiello, Gabriele Gallo Afflitto, Francesca Ceccarelli, Massimo Cesareo, Carlo Nucci

“…Meta-analysis was conducted using R (version 1.4.1106, package “meta”). Results. …”
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Variability of mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences in Zabaikalskaya horse breed by L. A. Khrabrova, N. V. Blohina, B. Z. Bazaron, T. N. Khamiruev

“…When studying the polymorphism of the hypervariable region of the mtDNA D-loop in Zabaikalskaya horses, we identified 31 haplotypes representing 8 haplogroups: B, C, G, H, L, M, Q and R according to modern classification. The sequenced fragment of the D-loop from nucleotide position 15471 to 16000 contained 17 polymorphic sites, mainly represented by the A→G, G→A and T→C transitions. …”
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