Effect of Acupuncture on Neuroplasticity of Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies by Qiuyi Lv, Guixing Xu, Yuxin Pan, Tongtong Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Linqing Miao, Xing Chen, Lan Jiang, Jie Chen, Yingjia He, Rong Zhang, Yihuai Zou

“…R software was used to analyze the continuous variables, and Seed-based d Mapping with Permutation of Subject Images (SDM-PSI) was used to perform an analysis of fMRI data. …”
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Effects of organic manures bioremediation on growth performance of Maize ( Zea mays L.) in crude oil polluted soil by Stella Obasi, Nwogo Obasi, Ephraim Nwankwo, Benneth Enemchukwu, Robert Igbolekwu, Jeff Nkama

“…The amended soils were allowed for two weeks before sowing viable maize seeds and the seedling monitored every two weeks after germination for a period of eight weeks.Results Crude oil pollution impaired the maize seed germination, growth and development. …”
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Comprehensive agrobiological assessment and analysis of genetic relationships of promising walnut varieties of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens by Yu. V. Plugatar, I. I. Suprun, S. Yu. Khokhlov, I. V. Stepanov, E. A. Al-Nakib

“…Taking into account the fact that all the studied varieties are selections from local seed populations in different regions of the Crimean Peninsula, the revealed level of polymorphism may indirectly reflect the level of genetic diversity of the local walnut populations. …”
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Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study by Owen Griffith, Xiaoxiao Bai, Alexa E. Walter, Michael Gay, Jon Kelly, Wayne Sebastianelli, Linda Papa, Semyon Slobounov

“…The primary goal of this report was to examine alterations in functional connectivity in collegiate American football players after a season of repetitive head impact exposure.MethodsCollegiate football players completed a rs-fMRI at pre-season and 1 week into post-season. A seed-based functional connectivity method, isolating the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), was utilized to create individual functional connectivity maps. …”
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Genetic analysis and association detection of agronomic traits in maize genotypes by Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Hosseini, Mohammadreza Shiri, Khodadad Mostafavi, Abdollah Mohammadi, Seyyed Mehdi Miri

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Enhancing Food Security via selecting Superior Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) parents: a positive approach incorporating pheno-morphological traits, fatty acids composition, and Toc... by Amin Ebrahimi, Hamzeh Minaei Chenar, Sajad Rashidi-Monfared, Danial Kahrizi

“…Within the current investigation, the measurements of height, sub-branch number, and thousand seed weight varied from 53.50 to 86.50 cm, 3.50 to 14, and 0.73 to 1.52 g, respectively. …”
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Efficacy of biocontrol agents against damping-off and Sclerotinia stem rot diseases and their role in eliciting defense in chickpea plants by Yaser H. El-Gammal, Salama A. S. El-Blasy, Neamat A. M. Khalifa, Shereen Abu El-Maaty, Sara B. H. Awaly

“…Interestingly, all the microbial bioagents substantially enhanced chickpea growth parameters, including plant height, number of branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, number of seeds per plant, seed weight per plant, average weight of 100 seeds, and overall chickpea yield. …”
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Assessment of the optimal frequency of insecticide sprays required to manage fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E Smith) in maize (Zea mays L.) in northern Ghana by Jerry A. Nboyine, Ebenezer Asamani, Lakpo K. Agboyi, Iddrisu Yahaya, Francis Kusi, Gloria Adazebra, Benjamin K. Badii

“…Materials and methods A 3 × 4 factorial experiment arranged in a split plot design was used. Insecticides [Neem seed oil (NSO), 3% Azadirachtin); Emastar 112 EC (emamectin benzoate 48 g/L + acetamiprid 64 g/L); Eradicoat (282 g/L Maltodextrin)] were on the main plots, while insecticide spraying regimes [untreated control, spraying once (at VE–V5 maize develoment stage), twice (at VE–V5 and V6–V12 stages), thrice (at VE–V5, V6–V12 and V12–VT stages), four times (at VE–V5, V6–V12, V12–VT and R1–R3 stages)] were on the sub-plots. …”
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The inheritance pattern for the dwarf phenotype in hybrids from crosses among sunflower lines differing in alleles of the <i>Rht1</i> locus by I. N. Anisimova, G. V. Khafizova, L. G. Makarova, N. V. Alpatieva, M. K. Ryazanova, O. M. Borisenko, V. A. Gavrilova

“…Background. Sunflower seed production is based on utilization of the heterosis effect, manifesting itself in improving both yield and plant height in hybrids. …”
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Pathologically altered articular cartilage attracts intense chondrocyte invasion into the extracellular matrix: in vitro pilot study by Victoria A. Shestakova, Ilya D. Klabukov, Ilya V. Kolobaev, Longfeng Rao, Dmitry A. Atiakshin, Michael A. Ignatyuk, Mikhail E. Krasheninnikov, Bagavdin G. Ahmedov, Sergey A. Ivanov, Peter V. Shegay, Andrey D. Kaprin, Denis S. Baranovskii

“…The obtained nasal chondrocytes were used to seed decellularized scaffolds, which were then cultured in vitro for 7, 14, or 21 days in chondrogenic medium. …”
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SPECIFIC FEATURES IN THE EXPRESSION OF INTRASPECIES VARIABILITY OF PRUNUS PUMILA FRUITS IN CHELYABINSK PROVINCE IN THE PROCESS OF INTRODUCTION by M. S. Lezin, V. S. Simagin, A. V. Lokteva

“…Morphological characters were described in compliance with atlases dedicated to seed and fruit descriptive morphology, with some adjustments concerning specific features of the subfamily Prunoideae Focke. …”
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Discrimination of Selected Cold-Pressed and Refined Oils by Untargeted Profiling of Phase Transition Curves of Differential Scanning Calorimetry by Mahbuba Islam, Montowska Magdalena, Fornal Emilia, Tomaszewska-Gras Jolanta

“…Flaxseed and hempseed oils exhibited four endothermic peaks, while three peaks with one exothermic event were detected for camelina seed oil. In the case of refined oils, two endothermic peaks were detected for rapeseed oil, three for sunflower oil and four for soybean oil. …”
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Morphological variation of Ficus johannis subsp. afghanistanica (Warb.) Browicz in Sistan-va-Baluchestan province, Iran by Ali Khadivi, Farhad Mirheidari, Abdolvahid Saeidifar, Younes Moradi, Yazgan Tunç

“…The coefficient of variation (CV) ranged from 4.54% (seed thickness) to 75.60% (trunk color), with 34 of the 50 traits (68%) having CVs greater than 20.00%, indicating a high degree of variation among the accessions. …”
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Preparation and characterization of new silica-based heterofunctional biocatalysts utilizing low-cost lipase Eversa® Transform 2.0 and evaluation of their catalytic performance in... by Wagner C. A. Carvalho, Rayane A. S. Freitas, Milson S. Barbosa, Ariela V. Paula, Ernandes B. Pereira, Adriano A. Mendes, Elton Franceschi, Cleide M. F. Soares

“…For complete hydrolysis of Moringa oleifera Lam. seed oil (MOSO), Candida rugosa lipase was applied under conditions already established in the literature. …”
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Guar, jantar, wheat straw, and rice hull composts as replacements for peat in muskmelon transplant production by Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Arif Ali, Donald Smith, Timothy Schwinghamer, John R. Lamont, Niaz Ahmed, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Arshad

“…The experimental media were used to grow muskmelon (Cucumis melo) plants in a greenhouse. Seed germination, shoot fresh weight, shoot height, leaf area, stem diameter, root length, and mineral nutrient concentrations of transplants were quantified. …”
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Photosynthetic performance and carbon metabolism in the ear organs of oats under drought stress by Jiaqi Fang, Yuan Zhan, Baowen Zhao, Yan Zhao, Youjun Chen, Qingping Zhou, Hui Wang

“…As growth continued, the C and N contents and the dry matter mass in the seeds gradually increased, which was transferred from the glumes, lemmas, leaves, and stems. …”
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The Instant Effects of Continuous Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation at Acupoints on the Functional Connectivity of Amygdala in Migraine without Aura: A Preliminary S... by Wenting Luo, Yue Zhang, Zhaoxian Yan, Xian Liu, Xiaoyan Hou, Weicui Chen, Yongsong Ye, Hui Li, Bo Liu

“…Finally, 27 of them were included in the analysis of seed-to-voxel FC with the left/right amygdala as seeds. …”
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Non-Thermal Plasma-Activated Water Enhances Nursery Production of Vegetables: A Species-Specific Study by Silvia Locatelli, Stefano Triolone, Marina De Bonis, Giampaolo Zanin, Carlo Nicoletto

“…This technology has shown potential benefits in boosting seed germination, promoting plant growth, as an effective defense against plant pathogens, and increasing systemic plant resistance. …”
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center by Sophia Lüttringhaus, Willy Pradel, Víctor Suarez, Norma C. Manrique-Carpintero, Noelle L. Anglin, David Ellis, Guy Hareau, Nelissa Jamora, Melinda Smale, Rene Gómez

“…Local communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center (CIP) partnered to re-establish some of these landraces in situ by supplying clean seed potatoes to farmers. Over time, the genebank formalized a repatriation program of potato landraces. …”
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Altered amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation and functional connectivity in patients with acute unilateral vestibulopathy: a resting-state fMRI study by Zhengwei Chen, Liangqun Rong, Lijie Xiao, Jie Rao, Haiyan Liu, Tengfei Liu, Fei Chen, Jun Zhang, Lu Wang, Xi Li, Xiue Wei

“…Using these abnormal brain areas as seeds, we observed decreased FC between left insular and left precuneus in AUVP patients. …”
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