Assessing Microbial Diversity in Páramo Soils (Multistrategy Analysis): Effects of Potato Farming and Livestock Grazing in Nevados National Natural Park, Colombia by Lizeth Manuela Avellaneda-Torres, Tomás León Sicard, Edlin Guerra Castro, Esperanza Torres-Rojas

“…These results indicate that the initial impacts of potato farming and livestock grazing on the microbial community in El Bosque Village are better detected by functional diversity analysis than by molecular analysis of the 16S rRNA gene V5–V6 variable region. The results may have been caused by the type of molecular marker used in the analyses and the type of agricultural practices used by peasant farmers, which affect the functional diversity of the soil community. …”
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Translation and cultural adaption of MacLeod Clark professional identity scale among Chinese therapy students. by Xiaoyi Shu, Chun Feng, Chak-Lam Ip, Xin Zhang, Nan Yang, Shibo Li, Jia Han, Weibing Wu, Alec Knight

“…Convergent validity was assessed through Pearson's correlations coefficient (r) with the Professional Identity Scale for Health Students and Professionals (PISHSP). …”
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CXCR3, CCR5, and CRTH2 Chemokine Receptor Expression in Lymphocytes Infiltrating Thyroid Nodules with Coincident Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Obtained by Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy by Jan Jiskra, Marie Antošová, Jan Krátký, Hana Vítková, Zdeňka Límanová, Helena Marečková, Eliška Potluková

“…The percentage of CRTH2+ lymphocytes was higher in nodules with HT in comparison with controls, both in FNAB samples (13.95 versus 6.7%, p=0.008) and in peripheral blood (6.7 versus 5.13%, p=0.047), and positively correlated with serum antibodies to thyroid peroxidase (r=0.243; p=0.026) and negatively correlated with thyroid volume (r=-0.346; p=0.008). …”
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Inheritance of scald resistance in four barley landraces by G. S. Konovalova, E. E. Radchenko

“…It has been found that the majority of the recently released barley varieties and of the previously identified sources of resistance to R. secalis are now susceptible to the pathogen. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Lipase-producing Actinobacteria from the Lut Desert of Iran by Samira Abedi-Dolatabadi, Moj Khaleghi, Sedigheh Ghasemzadeh, Azadeh Lohrasbi-Nejad, Arastoo Badoei Delfard

“…The lipase activity was measured spectrophotometrically using para-nitrophenyl palmitate as the specific substrate, and the best lipase-producing strain was identified based on its 16S rRNA sequence. Among the six isolated Actinobacteria strains, three strains exhibited lipase production capability. …”
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome of <i>Niphon spinosus</i> (Perciformes: Niphonidae): Genome Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis by Maheshkumar Prakash Patil, Jong-Oh Kim, Seung Hyun Yoo, Jiyoung Shin, Ji-Young Yang, Kyunghoi Kim, Gun-Do Kim

“…The typical set of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and one control region (D-loop) are included in the mitochondrial genome. …”
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Evaluation of Five Ready-to-Use Bases for the Topical Administration of Propranolol Hydrochloride to Treat Infantile Hemangioma by Chiara Lacassia, Annalisa Cutrignelli, Flavia Maria la Forgia, Sergio Fontana, Antonio Lopalco, Nunzio Denora, Angela Assunta Lopedota

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Effects of an 8-week pre-season targeted training on sprinting performance, agility and lower limb muscular asymmetries in elite soccer players by Artur Gołaś, Przemysław Pietraszewski, Robert Roczniok, Artur Terbalyan, Adam Maszczyk, Rafał Opaliński, Adam Zając

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Raised Serum Adenosine Deaminase Level in Nonobese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Vineet Kumar Khemka, Debajit Bagchi, Arindam Ghosh, Oishimaya Sen, Aritri Bir, Sasanka Chakrabarti, Anindita Banerjee

“…Serum ADA level showed a significant positive correlation with fasting plasma glucose (r=0.657; P<0.0001) level among nonobese T2DM subjects, but no significant correlation was observed in controls (r=-0.203; P=0.180). …”
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Makroekonomiczna ocena Polski w rankingu krajów Unii Europejskiej w obliczu pandemii COVID-19 by Paweł Błaszczyk

“…Zakres czasowy dotyczy głównie 2020 r. Dla celów porównawczych brany jest również pod uwagę okres kilku wcześniejszych lat. …”
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Adrenal Insufficiency in Cystic Fibrosis: A Rare Phenomenon? by Sébastien Préville-Ratelle, Adèle Coriati, Aurélie Ménard, Isabelle Bourdeau, François Tremblay, Yves Berthiaume

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Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol by Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Mohsen Shati, Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Abasali Keshtkar, Mohsen Bazargan, Shervin Assari

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A novel soil water-heat-salt coupling model for freezing-thawing period in farmland with shallow groundwater by Pu Wang, Zhongyi Liu, Chaozi Wang, Chenglong Zhang, Weishu Wang, Xianghao Wang, Juan Han, Zailin Huo

“…Besides, it accurately estimated the total water content in the 0–40 cm soil layer, which is the main crop root zone (RMSE < 0.05 cm³/cm³, R² > 0.49). Note that the developed model could accurately simulate soil temperature dynamics, with R² > 0.85 and NSE > 0.77. …”
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An Intelligent Heuristic Manta-Ray Foraging Optimization and Adaptive Extreme Learning Machine for Hand Gesture Image Recognition by Seetharam Khetavath, Navalpur Chinnappan Sendhilkumar, Pandurangan Mukunthan, Selvaganesan Jana, Lakshmanan Malliga, Subburayalu Gopalakrishnan, Sankuru Ravi Chand, Yousef Farhaoui

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Assessing the relationship between nursing process competency and work environment among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional correlational study by Reza Nemati-Vakilabad, Ehsan Kamalifar, Mobina Jamshidinia, Alireza Mirzaei

“…Results The findings revealed significant relationships between overall competency of nursing process and supportive work conditions, particularly fairness in evaluation (r = 0.388, p < 0.001) and colleague support (r = 0.306, p < 0.001). …”
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Prediction of Final Phosphorus Content of Steel in a Scrap-Based Electric Arc Furnace Using Artificial Neural Networks by Riadh Azzaz, Mohammad Jahazi, Samira Ebrahimi Kahou, Elmira Moosavi-Khoonsari

“…The model achieves a mean square error (<i>MSE</i>) of 0.000016, a root mean square error (<i>RMSE</i>) of 0.0049998, a coefficient of determination (<i>R</i>²) of 99.96%, and a correlation coefficient (r) of 99.98%. …”
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New Echocardiographic Findings Correlate with Intramyocardial Inflammation in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients with Acute Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Felicitas Escher, Mario Kasner, Uwe Kühl, Johannes Heymer, Ursula Wilkenshoff, Carsten Tschöpe, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

“…LSR and LS correlate significantly with lymphocytic infiltrates (for CD3 r=0.7, P<0.0001, and LFA-1 r=0.8, P<0.0001). Conclusion. …”
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Corneal Clarity and Visual Outcomes after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction and Comparison to Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis by Apostolos Lazaridis, Konstantinos Droutsas, Walter Sekundo, Michael Petrak, Stephan Schulze

“…Total CD after SMILE at 0–6 mm annulus displayed a weak negative association with the lenticule thickness (P=0.079, R2=0.0532) and after FS-LASIK displayed a weak negative association with the ablation depth (P=0.731, R2=0.0015). …”
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Applications of Amniotic Membrane and Fluid in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine by Kerry Rennie, Andrée Gruslin, Markus Hengstschläger, Duanqing Pei, Jinglei Cai, Toshio Nikaido, Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub

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The Number of Microbubbles Generated During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Can Be Estimated Using Machine Learning From Suction Flow Rate, Venous Reservoir Level, Perfusion Flow Rate, Hema... by Satoshi Miyamoto, Zu Soh, Shigeyuki Okahara, Akira Furui, Taiichi Takasaki, Keijiro Katayama, Shinya Takahashi, Toshio Tsuji

“…Results: Bland&#x2013;Altman analysis indicated a high estimation accuracy (<italic>R²</italic> &gt; 0.95, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) with no significant systematic error. …”
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