A Study on the Yield Stability of Oilseed Sunflower Genotypes under Drought Stress by Nasrin Akbari, Reza Darvishzadeh

“…If the sample size is small, the use of parametric statistics will be more appropriate than non-parametric ones, but if the sample size is large, the efficiency of both types of stability indices will be equal. It seems that using both stability indices helps in selecting genotypes with stable performance. …”
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European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): Quasi-Virgin Forest Stand of the Gorgany Mts.: Structure, Vascular Plants Diversity, Health Conditions by Yuriy Shparyk, Ivan Danylyk, Oleksandr Kuzyarin, Ivan Senchak, Nazar Kruk

“…The number of viable natural regeneration is 15.7 thousand pcs/ha and is almost equally divided between European beech, sycamore and silver fir. …”
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Effect of lncRNA H19 on Rats with Chronic Heart Failure Based on TGF-β1/Smad3 Signaling Pathway by WANG Lingyan, CAO Guojun, MEI Yang, ZHANG Bin, ZHOU Shijing

“…At the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th and 16th day, the negative control group, the overexpression group and the combined overexpression group were injected intravenously with lncRNA H19 negative control plasmid at 5 mL/(kg·d), lncRNA H19 plasmid at 5 mL/(kg·d), lncRNA H19 plasmid at 5 mL/(kg·d) and miRNA-200a plasmid at 2 mL/(kg·d) in the tails respectively; the heart failure group and the sham surgery group were only injected with equal dose of normal saline, once a day. Two days after the last injection, color Doppler ultrasound was used to detect cardiac function indexes [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS), left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESD), left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD)]; Masson staining was used to detect myocardial fibrosis and collagen volume fraction (CVF); real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the transcription level of lncRNA H19 and miRNA-200a in myocardial tissue of rats; Western blot method was used to detect the protein expression level of TGF-β1 and Smad3 in myocardial tissue of rats.ResultsCompared with sham surgery group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the other four groups significantly increased, while the protein expression level of LVFS, LVEF and transcription level of lncRNA H19 significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the heart failure group and the negative control group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the overexpression group and the combined overexpression group significantly decreased, while the protein expression level of LVFS, LVEF and transcription level of lncRNA H19 significantly increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the overexpression group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the combined overexpression group significantly increased, while LVFS and LVEF significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the transcription level of lncRNA H19 was not statistically different (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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TRACE Model: Predicting Treatment Response to Transarterial Chemoembolization in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang W, Zhang Q, Cui Y, Zhang S, Li B, Xia T, Song Y, Zhou S, Ye F, Xiao W, Cao K, Chi Y, Qu J, Zhou G, Chen Z, Zhang T, Chen X, Ju S, Wang YC

“…Weilang Wang,1,&ast; Qi Zhang,2,&ast; Ying Cui,1,&ast; Shuhang Zhang,1 Binrong Li,1 Tianyi Xia,1 Yang Song,3 Shuwei Zhou,1 Feng Ye,4 Wenbo Xiao,5 Kun Cao,6 Yuan Chi,7 Jinrong Qu,8 Guofeng Zhou,9,10 Zhao Chen,11 Teng Zhang,12 Xunjun Chen,13 Shenghong Ju,1 Yuan-Cheng Wang1 1Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 10Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 11Department of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 12Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 13Department of Radiology, The People’s Hospital of Xuyi County, Huaian, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yuan-Cheng Wang, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Ding Jia Qiao Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, People’s Republic of China, Tel +086 25 83272121, Fax +086 25 83311083, Email yuancheng_wang@seu.edu.cnPurpose: To develop and validate a predictive model for predicting six-month outcome by integrating pretreatment MRI features and one-month treatment response after TACE.Methods: A total of 108 patients with 160 hCCs from a single-arm, multicenter clinical trial (NCT03113955) were analyzed and served as the training cohort. …”
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Low error floor LT coding algorithm for unequal error protection by Xin SONG, Shuyan NI, Zhe ZHANG, Yurong LIAO, Tuofeng LEI

“…Results:Taking the code length K equal to 6000 as an example to simulate,and the results are as follows.…”
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A Prospective, Crossover, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study Comparing the Effectiveness and Ocular Comfort of 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid and 0.3% Hyaluronic Acid in Patients With D... by Kim SJ, Yoo WS, Kwon LH, Kim RB, Yoon HJ, Yoon KC

“…Seong-Jae Kim,1,&ast; Woong-Sun Yoo,1,&ast; Lee-Ha Kwon,1 Rock Bum Kim,2,3 Hyeon-Jeong Yoon,4 Kyung Chul Yoon4 1Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea; 2Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea; 3Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Kyung Chul Yoon, Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, &num;42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61469, South Korea, Tel +82-62-220-6753, Fax +82-62-227-1642, Email kcyoon@jnu.ac.krPurpose: Report the clinical effects and discomfort of using 0.1% hyaluronic acid (HA [Kynex 1®, Alcon, Seoul, S. …”
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Width evolution of channel belts as a random walk by J. M. Turowski, J. M. Turowski, F. McNab, A. Bufe, A. Bufe, S. Tofelde

“…The model applies to laterally unconfined channel belts in foreland areas as well as to laterally confined channel belts in mountain settings (here, channel-belt width equals valley floor width). The model builds on the assumption that the switching of direction of a laterally migrating channel can be described by a Poisson process, with a constant rate parameter related to channel hydraulics. …”
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Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Model for Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Based on Proteomic Profiling by Zhao Z, Chen T, Liu Q, Hu J, Ling T, Tong Y, Han Y, Zhu Z, Duan J, Jin Y, Fu D, Wang Y, Pan C, Keyoumu R, Sun L, Li W, Gao X, Shi Y, Dou H, Liu Z

“…Zihe Zhao,1,&ast; Taicai Chen,2,3,&ast; Qingyuan Liu,4 Jianhang Hu,1 Tong Ling,2,3 Yuanhao Tong,5 Yuexue Han,1 Zhengyang Zhu,6 Jianfeng Duan,7 Yi Jin,1 Dongsheng Fu,1 Yuzhu Wang,1 Chaohui Pan,1 Reyaguli Keyoumu,1 Lili Sun,1 Wendong Li,1 Xia Gao,8,9 Yinghuan Shi,2,3 Huan Dou,10,11 Zhao Liu1 1Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 2The State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3National Institute of Healthcare Data Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Thoracic Surgery, BenQ Medical Center, Affiliated BenQ Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 9Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 10The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 11Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhao Liu, Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, &num;321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China, Email liuzhao@nju.edu.cn Huan Dou, The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Email douhuan@nju.edu.cnPurpose: Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection (TBAD), a critical aortic disease, has exhibited stable mortality rates over the past decade. …”
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Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…Mengxia Wang,1,&ast; Jieke Tang,1,&ast; Zhaojie Pan,2 Hongxue Jiang,1 Donghua Hu,1 Beibei Zhu,2 Zhaojia Liang,1 Xiangfeng Zhao,1 Yalan Li1 1Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Digestive Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yalan Li, Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, No. 613, Huangpu West Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, People’s Republic of China, Email tyalan@jnu.edu.cnPurpose: The provision of comfortable and safe environment for painless gastroscopy in obese patients is an urgent clinical problem. …”
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Relationship Between Adenoma Detection Rate and Respective Withdrawal Time in Different Colon Segments: A Retrospective, Single‐Center Study by Xujin Chen, Bingxin Xu, Bingni Wei, Lin Ji, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan

“…However, there may not be appropriate if the 6‐min is equally divided into various colon segments. Since the adenoma detection in each colon segment is not the same, there may be differences with the withdrawal time in different colon segments. …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm and application of coal mine overhead passenger device based on multiscale feature fusion by Beijing XIE, Heng LI, Hang DONG, Zheng LUAN, Ben ZHANG, Xiaoxu LI

“…The YOLOv8n single-stage object detection algorithm was used as the baseline model, and a coal mine cmopd intelligent recognition algorithm based on multi-scale feature fusion was proposed.In the image preprocessing stage, adaptive histogram equalization was employed to enhance image quality, and random rectangle masking was applied to simulate real scenarios where cmopd is occluded by underground objects during operation. …”
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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…It emanates from the deep-rooted instinct of us humans to survive and feel jealous or intimidated by an equal or someone who shares the same goals and targets. …”
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Lesion Location and Possible Etiology of Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy by Zhang M, Wang J, Xue S, Liu S, Li K, Zhao T, Feng Y, Sui R, Yang B, Yang X

“…Menglu Zhang,1,2,&ast; Jianrong Wang,1,2,&ast; Siru Xue,1 Shui Liu,3 Kangzhi Li,4 Tongtong Zhao,1,2 Yufei Feng,1,2 Rubo Sui,2 Bentao Yang,5 Xu Yang1 1Department of Neurology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurology, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing, 100144, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xu Yang, Department of Neurology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, 15 Yuquan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86010-59971978, Email yangxu2011@163.com Bentao Yang, Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1, Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13671281401, Email cjr.yangbentao@vip.163.comObjective: Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP) is quite common in clinical practice, but lesion localization and etiological diagnosis of AUVP remain the current clinical challenges, and have always been the focus for researchers. …”
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Effect of ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model on improving postoperative pulmonary function recovery in elderly patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (基于ERAS模式的排痰护理... by CAO Shuonan (曹硕楠), YUAN Qiaoling (袁巧玲), LIU Ranran (刘冉冉)

“…Patients were randomly and equally divided into two groups: the traditional group(n=60, who received traditional nursing model) and the ERAS group (n=60, who received ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model). …”
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Investigating the relationship between customer experience components on commitment and customer engagement behaviors in the retail industry by Alireza Naalchi Kashi

“…In addition, there is a significant relationship between commitment and customer engagement behaviors (the significant coefficient is equal to 7.58, which is higher than 1.96). Finally, the components of customer experience, including emotional, physical/sensual, and social, have an effect on customer engagement behaviors (total coefficients of the significance is greater than 1.96), while the cognitive component has no relationship with customer engagement behaviors (the significance coefficient is equal to 1.09, which is less than 1.96). …”
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Evaluating the role of environmental advertising on the use of eye movements towards the brand by Seyed Hamid Mir Motahari, Sina Nematizadeh, Seyed Abbas Heydari

“…If it is true that "observation equals confidence" and "confidence equals purchase", it is important that management is based on what the consumer sees. …”
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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…The statistical population in the quantitative part includes all the managers and experts working in South Khorasan governorate and Birjand city governorate of planning administration equal to 420 people, and the sample number was selected using Cochran's formula of 200 people. …”
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Determination of Zinc Requirement in Suckling Calves using Some Non-Linear Models by Mohammad Javad Elyasi, Khalil zaboli

“…The calves were fed with whole milk (approximately 10% of birth weight) in two equal meals daily at 08:00 and 19:00 and each calf's specific Zn requirement was supplemented to the evening meal milk in the form of zinc sulphate solution. …”
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Protective Mechanism of Alisol A 24-Acetate on Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells in Mice with Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by TRPM2/Akt/GSK3β Pathway by LI Huihong, DENG Yunfei, WEI Wei, ZHAN Zengtu, LIN Libin, XUE Xiehua

“…The 24A group was given 24A through intragastric administration with the dosage of 30 mg/(kg·d), and the sham surgery group and the model group were given equal volume of normal saline through intragastric administration. …”
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Unveiling the antiurolithiatic potentiality of two benzene sulfonamide derivatives against ethylene glycol-induced renal calculi by Ahmed M. Elgendy, Mohamed S. Nafie, Zohour I. Nabil, Nahla S. El-Shenawy, Heba N. Gad El-Hak

“…Conclusion: Both compounds were found to possess equal effectiveness in inhibiting the complications of stone formation. …”
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