Agave americana 'Marginata' Variegated Century Plant by Edward Gilman, Ryan W. Klein, Gail Hansen

“…The document also covers planting guidelines, including its preferred USDA hardiness zones, soil tolerances, and spacing requirements. …”
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The Impact of Electronic Reading Devices on Reading Speed and Comfort in Patients with Decreased Vision by Henry L. Feng, Daniel B. Roth, Howard F. Fine, Jonathan L. Prenner, Kunjal K. Modi, William J. Feuer

“…The majority of participants preferred reading on the iPad2 at 18PF. Conclusions. …”
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The adaptation of rainbow trout to warmer water: Oxidative damage in the germinal line by Vianel Sevastei, Sonia A. Crichigno, M. Victoria Santos, Andrea Trochine, Julio C. Painefilú, Noemí Zaritzky, Víctor E. Cussac

“…Comparisons were made among a) a rainbow trout strain adapted in terms of upper thermal tolerance and higher preferred temperature (Valcheta stream), b) a wild temperate stream population (Guillelmo stream), and c) two temperate farmed strains. …”
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Development and Alpha Testing of EzHifz Application: Al-Quran Memorization Tool by Nor Musliza Mustafa, Zulkifly Mohd Zaki, Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Mokmin Basri, Sedek Ariffin

“…The application supports the teaching and learning of Quran memorization where it allows students to select their preferred VARK learning style with the technique of memorizing the Quran. …”
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Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes by Andreea E. Potinteu, Nadia Said, Gerrit Anders, Markus Huff

“…Results reveal that only ∼24% of responses, as averaged for the two studies, indicated a preference for non-sharing across all resource types and shared amounts. …”
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Multi-faceted examination of a deepwater seamount reveals ecological patterns among coral and sponge communities in the equatorial Pacific by Brian RC Kennedy, Steven Auscavitch, Timothy M. Shank, Constance Sartor, Anameere Tennaba, Alexis M. Weinnig, Randi D. Rotjan

“…Waters below 500 m hosted communities predominantly composed of octocorals, however, several coral taxa showed seamount flank preference (higher abundance on one or more flanks than the others) even though strong vertical (depth) zonation of corals and sponges was observed on all flanks. …”
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Multi-omics investigation of high-transglutaminase production mechanisms in Streptomyces mobaraensis and co-culture-enhanced fermentation strategies by Huanan Chang, Ziyu Zheng, Hao Li, Yanqiu Xu, Gengyao Zhen, Yao Zhang, Xidong Ren, Xidong Ren, Xinli Liu, Xinli Liu, Deqiang Zhu, Deqiang Zhu

“…By investigating potential key regulatory factors, comprehensive analysis indicated that changes in codon usage preference, amino acid metabolism, carbon metabolism, protein export processes, TGase activation, and spore production pathways collectively contributed to the enhancement of TGase activity. …”
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Residual Energy and Broken Symmetry in Reduced Magnetohydrodynamics by S. Dorfman, M. Abler, S. Boldyrev, C. H. K. Chen, S. Greess

“…Alfvénic quasi-modes that do not satisfy the Alfvén wave dispersion relation and exist only in the presence of a nonlinear term can contain either positive or negative residual energy, but until now, an intuitive physical explanation for why negative residual energy is preferred has remained elusive. This paper shows that the equations of reduced MHD are symmetric in that they have no intrinsic preference for one sign of the residual energy over the other. …”
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Children and providers’ perspectives on once-weekly rifapentine and isoniazid TB preventive therapy by A.J. Marthinus, D.T. Wademan, Z. Saule, Y. Hirsch-Moverman, L. Viljoen, J. Winckler, L. van der Laan, M. Palmer, S.L. Barnabas, R. Boyd, A.C. Hesseling, G. Hoddinott

“…RESULTS: Of those with experience using both 3HP and 6H, caregivers and healthcare providers preferred 3HP, and study participants reported that the 3HP formulation was more palatable and easier to prepare and administer. …”
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Post-rectectomy choice of preventive intestinal stoma formation method: prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial protocol by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, P. B. Tsugulya, V. S. Kochetkov, S. V. Khmelik

“…In the western countries the preferred method is double barreled ileostomy due to more rapid formation and closure, as well as due to lower rate of stoma-related morbidity. …”
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Zum metasprachlichen Mehrwert der deutschen Kompositionsfuge by Roman Sadziński, Witold Sadziński

“…In the present paper, the meta-linguistic added value of fugue oppositions is pointed out – preferably as indexing the language register contrasts between common and technical language with their relevant semantic differences.…”
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Soybean Looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Ethan T. Carter, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

“… The soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), is a light to dark green caterpillar which derives its name from its preferred host plant (soybean, Glycine max) and the looping movement it makes while in motion.  …”
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Eastern comma, hop merchant, comma angelwing, Polygonia comma (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…It describes this small inconspicuous butterfly that prefers moist woods — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Ways to increase efficiency of aggregates on gas pumping gas trunk pipelines by A. A. Dzino, A. N. Noskov, O. S. Malinina

“…Results are obtained on the calculation of the compressor station and gas turbine plant, on the basis of which the most preferred working substance for the forward cycle is chosen…”
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Le traitement du terrorisme dans les Historiciclos de Forges : du choix de la case vide by Olivier Ruaud

“…Because of the peculiar style of the comic, Forges never drawn violence and preferred humour, another information or just text, copying information technics of Franco’s dictatorship, excepting humour. …”
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LINKING SMALL-SCALE FARMERS TO MARKET THROUGH AN EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT by Lê Như Bích

“…With increasing affluence and the expansion of modern retailing and food processing, fresh produce buyers are forging enduring long-term relationships with their preferred suppliers. Such relationships will only develop where there is an equitable sharing of value in the exchange, an element of trust and long-term commitment. …”
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Eastern comma, hop merchant, comma angelwing, Polygonia comma (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…It describes this small inconspicuous butterfly that prefers moist woods — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Soybean Looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Ethan T. Carter, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

“… The soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), is a light to dark green caterpillar which derives its name from its preferred host plant (soybean, Glycine max) and the looping movement it makes while in motion.  …”
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Tourism, cultural activities and sustainability in the Spanish Mediterranean regions: a probit approach by Andres Artal-Tur, Antonio Juan Briones-Peñalver, Marina Villena-Navarro

“…Culture is the preferred activity of sun & sand tourists visiting the Spanish Mediterranean regions. …”
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A Case of Continuous Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Abdominal Infected Lymphocele after Kidney Transplantation by Marco Franchin, Matteo Tozzi, Gabriele Soldini, Gabriele Piffaretti

“…Although superinfection is a rare event, it generates a difficult management problem; generally, open surgical drainage is the preferred method of treatment but it may lead to complicated postoperative course and prolonged healing time. …”
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