Comprehensive transcriptome and proteome analysis revealed the molecular mechanisms of melatonin priming and waterlogging response in peach by Xianbin Gu, Linghong Lu, Jing Gao, Fei Fan, Genhua Song, Huiqin Zhang

“…After a 24-h waterlogging treatment, a significant increase in relative electrical conductivity and an accumulation of reactive oxygen species were observed, ion permeability was markedly alleviated by melatonin priming. …”
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Measuring self-control in a wild songbird using a spatial discounting task by Ella McCallum, Rachael C. Shaw

“…However, widespread temporal self-control tasks lack ecological validity for many species, and few studies have explored whether self-control can be measured in the wild. …”
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First-Principles Study on Stability and Magnetism of NimAln (m=1–3, n=1–9) Clusters by Xiao Zhang, Bao-Xing Li, Zhi-wei Ma, Jiao-jiao Gu

“…We found some new ground-state structures which had not been found before. These mixed species prefer to adopt three-dimensional (3D) structures starting from four atoms. …”
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EFFECT OF ALIEN GENOMIC INTROGRESSIONS ON THE OSMOTIC TOLERANCE OF WHEAT by R. S. Yudina, I. N. Leonova, E. A. Salina, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Development of new wheat genotypes carrying introgressions from other cereal species is widely applied to improve the complex stability of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). …”
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Osteomyelitis Caused by Candida glabrata in the Distal Phalanx by Shunichi Toki, Naohito Hibino, Koichi Sairyo, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Shinji Yoshioka, Masahiro Yamano, Tatsuhiko Henmi

“…Antifungal susceptibility testing should be performed in the case of osteomyelitis caused by nonalbicans Candida species, due to their resistance to fluconazole.…”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…More than 10 years before Darwin’s Origin of Species, a book titled Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation about evolution or ‘transmutation’ was anonymously authored by Scottish publisher Robert Chambers. …”
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Behavioral Differentiation and Ovarian Development of Unmated Gynes, Queens, and Workers of Ectatomma vizottoi Almeida 1987 (Formicidae, Ectatomminae) by Alexsandro Santana Vieira, Wedson Desidério Fernandes, William Fernando Antonialli-Junior

“…Forty-one behavioral acts were identified and quantified for workers, 19 for queens and 24 for unmated gynes, for an overall species repertoire of 42 different behavioral acts. …”
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Morphological and biochemical identification of Ralstonia solanacearum strains in ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) wilt disease by Kezia Natalia, Andree Wijaya Setiawan, Ruth Meike Jayanti

“… The Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex (RSSC) is a significant plant pathogen affecting various agricultural commodities, including ginger. …”
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Developing a Preliminary Clinical Prediction Model for Prognosis of Pneumonia Complicated with Heart Failure Based on Metagenomic Sequencing by Rongyuan Yang, Yong Duan, Dawei Wang, Qing Liu

“…The NGS of metagenome detected more microbial species. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression and LASSO regression analysis revealed that Enterococcus (χ2 = 7.449, P = 0.006), Hb (Wals = 6.289, P = 0.012), and ProBNP (Wals = 4.037, P = 0.045) were screened out as potential predictive factors for the prognosis. …”
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Chlorophyllin Bait Formulation and Exposure to Different Spectrum of Visible Light on the Reproduction of Infected/Uninfected Snail Lymnaea acuminata by Navneet Kumar, D. K. Singh, Vinay Kumar Singh

“…Fasciolosis is a waterborne disease, caused by Fasciola species. Snail Lymnaea acuminata is an intermediate host of these flukes. …”
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Essential Oils May Lead α-Synuclein towards Toxic Fibrils Formation by Dina Morshedi, Mahour Nasouti

“…By using a unilamellar vesicle, it was shown that the aggregated species with tendency to perturb membrane were increased in the presence of M. communis. …”
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Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of Gingerol on bacteria and fungi isolated from the vagina by Heba Hadid Rashed, Ibtihal Muiz Al-Hussaini, Ali H. Al-Marzoqi

“…Some antibiotics such as (tobramycin and kanamycin) on Staphylococcus aureus and ciprofloxacin and doxycycline on Klebsiella spp. and Escherichia coli and antifungal itraconazole and nystatin on Candida species. Results: Gingerol showed a clear effect on bacteria and Candida isolation from the vagina, and the highest effect was at a concentration of 30 mg/mL. …”
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Biophysical modeling and experimental analysis of the dynamics of C. elegans body-wall muscle cells. by Xuexing Du, Jennifer Crodelle, Victor James Barranca, Songting Li, Yunzhu Shi, Shangbang Gao, Douglas Zhou

“…Our work provides the first experimentally constrained and biophysically detailed muscle cell model of C. elegans, and our analytical framework combined with robust and efficient parametric estimation method can be extended to model construction in other species.…”
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The history of Drosophila studies: steps in the development of genetics by N. N. Yurchenko, A. V. Ivannikov, I. K. Zakharov

“…Actually, the history of discoveries done on Drosophila species reflects the course of genetics development. …”
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Empyema Caused by Citrobacter koseri in an Immunocompetent Patient by Miguel Angel Ariza-Prota, Ana Pando-Sandoval, Marta García-Clemente, Ramón Fernández, Pere Casan

“…Citrobacter species, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, are environmental organisms commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals and humans. …”
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Comparative Analysis on Essential Nutrient Compositions of 23 Wild Hazelnuts (Corylus heterophylla) Grown in Northeast China by Liying Fan, Jun Ren, Yuting Yang, Limin Zhang

“…The essential nutrients of 23 wild hazelnuts (Corylus heterophylla) grown in northeast China were analyzed in order to sieve good species and study the factors effected on nut quality. …”
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The Importance of Soil Seed Bank Function in Studies of Grassland Degradation by Chao Chen, Wei He, John Scullion, Mike Wilkinson

“…Furthermore, the majority of studies provide information only on ground coverage, sward biomass or species diversity in the plant subcommunity, with very few including information on the health of the soil seed bank or how changes in the soil environment could drive further deterioration in the plant community size, structure or effective functioning of the soil seed bank. …”
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Susceptibility of lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to entomopathogenic fungi isolated from poultry houses litter and nearby soil by Elżbieta Popowska-Nowak, Dorota Tumialis, Elżbieta Pezowicz

“…Except for I. fumosorosea, all species caused 100% mortality in larvae. For further studies, the B. bassiana 3K isolate (from the litter) could be selected because of its high mortality (100%) and high larval infectivity (50% overgrown with mycelium).…”
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Intercropping and environmental seasonality modulate the physiology and growth of Hancornia speciosa (Gomes) by Estenio Moreira Alves, Fabiano Guimarães Silva, Roniel Geraldo Avila, Lucas Loram Lourenço, Thales Caetano de Oliveira, Aldo Max Custódio, Márcio Rosa, João Paulo Pennacchi, Tiago do Prado Paim

“…Abstract Background The recovery process of degraded areas with the implantation of orchards of native species is still little known. Thus, we intend to evaluate the physiological performance of Hancornia speciosa during different seasons of the year, cultivated in full sun and in intercropping for recovery of degraded areas. …”
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Roasting temperature effect on the recovery of refractory gold and silver in pyrite concentrates by Zhang Y.-P., Yang K., Fang Y., Robledo-Cabrera A., Peng C.-S., Lopez-Valdivieso A.

“…The Au secondary encapsulation due to the sintering, the formation of the Ag-Fe-S species (Fe1−xS + Ag2S + Ag) and Ag ferrite in higher roasting temperatures hence Au and Ag recoveries decreased.…”
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