Trends and critical points of Aspergillus contamination along Ethiopian chili postharvest value chain by Tariku Hunduma Tolera, Anteneh Tesfaye, Melaku Alemu

“…The poor and unhygienic handling practices probably contributed to the contamination. Harvesting and direct open sun-drying were likely initial and critical points of contamination while wetting and tight stacking likely contributed to aggravated growth and proliferation of aspergilli leading to further consecutive buildup. …”
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The Idea of Education: Development or Service Delivery? by V. E. Ljovkin, A. O. Ljovkina, E. L. Docenko, L. M. Volosnikova

“…The concept of “educational services” is analysed as a speech template, a way of thinking, a legal concept, a call to changing social practice and a probable project. The authors reveal a conceptual, semantic substitution, which negatively affects the result of the educational process: the meaning of profit has taken the place of the sense of personal development and social long-term viability and development of society. …”
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Factors associated with prolonged length of stay following cardiac surgery in a major referral hospital in Oman: a retrospective observational study by Paul Aylin, Ahmed Almashrafi, Hilal Alsabti, Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Baskaran Balan

“…Patients were divided into three groups based on their scores. The probabilities of prolonged CICU LOS were 11%, 26% and 28% for group 1, 2 and 3, respectively. …”
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The Antibacterial Effect In Vitro of Honey Derived from Various Danish Flora by Reem Dina Matzen, Julie Zinck Leth-Espensen, Therese Jansson, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Marianne N. Lund, Steen Matzen

“…We conclude that honeys derived from Danish flora possess antibacterial effect, probably by a hurdle effect of viscosity, osmolality, acidity, bioactive peptides, and most importantly the content of hydrogen peroxide. …”
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The role of CGIAR Germplasm Health Units in averting endemic crop diseases: the example of rice blast in Bangladesh by Yuji Enriquez, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Mohammod Hossain, Lava Kumar

“…Results Our model predicts that, in the most probable scenario (modal values), the IRRI GHU contributed about US$ 5.9 million of the total US$ 295 million net benefits over a 20-year time frame of continuous blast resistance breeding and deployment. …”
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Does Pre-existing Diabetes Correlate with Long COVID-19 in Europe? Evidence from the Analysis of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’s Corona Surveys by Sarah Cuschieri, Piotr Wilk

“…A population-based longitudinal prospective study involving a sample of respondents aged 50 years and older (n=4,004) with probable or confirmed COVID-19 infection from 27 countries that participated in both waves 7 and 8 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and its 2020 and 2021 Corona Surveys. …”
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Studies on Microbial Quality, Protein Yield, and Antioxidant Properties of Some Frozen Edible Insects by Peter Kurdi, Patspon Chaowiwat, Jirathit Weston, Chanida Hansawasdi

“…These results indicate that hydrolytic compounds of proteins and probably other types of cricket materials are possibly involved in the antioxidant activities of the treated defatted cricket samples.…”
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Individual differences in training time in the rat gambling task are unrelated to subsequent decision-making strategies by Frida A. Lindberg, Christakis Kagios, Christakis Kagios, Nikita Tjernström, Erika Roman, Erika Roman

“…IntroductionDecision-making requires individuals to perceive probabilities and risks associated with different options. …”
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Determinants of Pelvic Floor Disorders among Women Visiting the Gynecology Outpatient Department in Wolkite University Specialized Center, Wolkite, Ethiopia by Ayana Benti Terefe, Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

“…This disorder is expected to be more widespread and probably more severe among women in low-income countries. …”
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Symbolic versus Practical Reconciliation between Mainstream and Indigenous Australian Economies by Victor Oost

“…Cependant, vu qu’un traité reconnaissant l’égalité constitutionnelle entre noirs et blancs pourrait entraîner l’exigence de réparations financières, il est peu probable qu’à l’avenir un gouvernement fédéral sauterait le pas.En attendant, dans quelle mesure les avancées concrètes annoncées, comme par exemple les efforts consentis dans les domaines de la santé, de l’instruction et de l’intégration économique—notamment sur le marché de l’emploi—seraient-elles compatibles avec la défense du droit foncier et des pratiques traditionnelles des Aborigènes ? …”
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Sensory quality and nutritional composition of carrot (Daucus carota L.) genotypes as affected by fertilization in production system in Cameroon by Maxime Merlin Tonfack Djoufack, Eric Bertrand Kouam, Edith Marius Kouam Foko, Mariette Anoumaa, Pierre Marie Kaktcham, François Ngoufack Zambou

“…Therefore, the objective of this work was to determine the probable origin of poor carrot quality in production basins in Cameroon. …”
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Effect of Pollution Level on Size Distributions and Mixing State of Ambient Black Carbon Particles in an Urban Area during Wintertime by Kangning Li, XiaoFei Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Xin Yang

“…Interestingly, the BC particles in the clean air masses contained V more frequently and generated intense mass spectrum signals for Ca+, suggesting that these particles probably arose from heavy machinery emissions near ports. …”
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Structural and Mineralogical Characterization of a Fossil Hydrothermal System Located at the Outermost Front of the Southern Apennines Fold-and-Thrust Belt by Paolo Fulignati, Fabrizio Agosta, Claudia Belviso, Giacomo Prosser, Antonio Lettino, Angela Vita Petrullo, Francesco Cavalcante

“…The fluids responsible of opal A precipitation were characterized by lower temperature conditions, probably lower than 100°C. Current goethite mineralization takes place along the main slip surfaces of the study high-angle fault zone due to low temperature (<30°C) underground water circulation. …”
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Time-varying harmonic impedance estimation based on locally-geographically weighted regression by XU Fangwei, XIE Pei′ang, WANG Chuan, LIU Kai, GUO Kai, FAN Lijuan

“…For the time interval between two sample points, large numerical value probably gives rise to more conspicuous difference between the impedance and the background harmonics at the corresponding time. …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study by Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

“…Early identification of the disease is the key, and an early referral for bronchoscopy in a susceptible host can shorten the time to diagnosis and probably improve outcomes. Treatment requires a multipronged approach with control of risk factors, appropriate antifungal therapy, and aggressive early surgery where feasible.…”
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Mechanistic insights into pachymic acid’s action on triple-negative breast Cancer through TOP2A targeting by Ming Liu, Li Zheng, Yang Zhang, Jinhui Tian

“…PA is involved in processes such as nuclear division, chromosome segregation, mitotic nuclear division, condensed chromosome formation, and protein C-terminus binding. PA probably exert its therapeutic effects through the tumor immune microenvironment, involving elements such as Dendritic cells activated, Eosinophils, Macrophages M0, Macrophages M1, and T cells CD4 memory activated. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy in Eyes with Retinal Vascular Occlusion Diseases in Chinese Patients by Zhengwei Zhang, Yunjia Jiang, Xiaoli Huang, Zhifeng Wu, Bilian Ke

“…The incidence of PAMM and p-MLM sign in patients with RAO was relatively higher than that in patients with RVO. These signs alone probably represent milder ischemia and prompt us to carry out a comprehensive and meticulous examination to prevent the further development of the disease. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Regulates Lipid Metabolism in Sheep Trophoblast Cells through mTOR Pathway-Mediated Autophagy by Kexing Hao, Jing Wang, Hengbin Yu, Lei Chen, Weibin Zeng, Zhengrong Wang, Guangdong Hu

“…In this study, we used PPARγ agonist rosiglitazone and inhibitor GW9662, as well as autophagy activator rapamycin and inhibitor 3-methyladenine, to unravel the probable mechanism of PPARγ engaged in lipid metabolism in sheep trophoblast cells (STCs). …”
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Los vehículos eléctricos y su impacto en el sistema eléctrico de distribución: Caso de estudio “Alimentador urbano de la ciudad de Portoviejo” by Arturo Zavala-Tubay, Hugo Pico-Mera, Gabriel Pico-Mera

“…En este sentido, para determinar probables afectaciones a producirse en el sistema eléctrico en el futuro, se realiza la simulación en el software CYMDIST de un alimentador de distribución eléctrico de la Empresa Pública Corporación Nacional de Electricidad CNEL EP Unidad de Negocio Manabí (Portoviejo), considerando tres escenarios de análisis proyectados al año 2030 como son: 1. …”
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Modeling Ebola Virus Disease transmissions with reservoir in a complex virus life ecology by Tsanou Berge, Samuel Bowong, Jean Lubuma, Martin Luther Mann Manyombe

“…Secondly it takes into account the well-known, the probable/suspected and the hypothetical transmission mechanisms (including direct and indirect routes of contamination) between and within the three different types of populations consisting of humans, animals and fruit bats. …”
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