Plant Growth–promoting Rhizobacteria Have Varied Effects on Quality and Yield of Drought-stressed Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) by Paige E. Boyle, David Held, Kelly Kopp, Xin Dai

“…Two creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) cultivars (Penncross and 007) were treated with either PGPR Blend 20, PGPR DH44, water, or nitrogen fertilizer before being subjected to a dry-down period during which half of each treatment was either irrigated or drought stressed. …”
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FMCW-based contactless heart rate monitoring by Zhanjun Hao, Yifei Gao, Yangyang Tang, Yue Wang, Kai Fan, Fenfang Li

“…The study invited ten subjects to participate in the experiment to verify the effectiveness of this method. …”
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The Missing LNK: Evolution from Cytosis to Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis and Germline SH2B3 Mutation by Krishna Gundabolu, Bhavana J. Dave, Carmelita J. Alvares, Jeffrey J. Cannatella, Vijaya R. Bhatt, Lori J. Maness, Zaid S. Al-Kadhimi, Rana K. Zabad, Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun

“…In this report, we describe the first case of a female subject with many years of preceding history of multiple sclerosis before the diagnosis of CMML. …”
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Abnormal Baseline Brain Activity in Patients with Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Lv Han, Liu Zhaohui, Yan Fei, Li Ting, Zhao Pengfei, Du Wang, Dong Cheng, Guo Pengde, Han Xiaoyi, Wang Xiao, Li Rui, Wang Zhenchang

“…The present study used unilateral PT patients (n=42) and age-, sex-, and education-matched normal control subjects (n=42) to investigate the changes in structural and amplitude of low-frequency (ALFF) of the brain. …”
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Use of Cognitive Interviews to Adapt PROMIS Measurement Items for Spanish Speakers Living with HIV by R. Solorio, N. C. Ayala, E. Paez, A. M. Skalicky, L. S. Morales

“…Audiotaped interviews and handwritten notes were subjected to content analysis to identify problems specific to each instrument for each domain. …”
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High power impulse magnetron sputtering deposited virucide and antibacterial CrN-Cu films and the durability of the antimicrobial activity by Santiago Domínguez-Meister, Janire Mediavilla, Anastasia Dianova, Noelia Álvarez, Sara Insausti, Edurne Rujas, Jose L. Nieva, Marta Brizuela, Iñigo Braceras

“…The antimicrobial activity actually rose when the surfaces were subjected to repeated cleaning processes, indication of the robust durability in relevant practical environments.…”
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Advanced decision analytics with fuzzy logic integrating AI and computational thinking for personnel selection by Mudiarasan Kuppusamy, Jugindar Singh, Priya Raman, Neda Abdolrahimi

“…This study created a staff selection method using the Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighted (FSAW) Method, which considers the applicants' personalities and the fact that people are very subjective. The study aimed to find a method to hire people using fuzzy logic. …”
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The Natural History of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease within 30-Month Follow-Up by Yuan-Yuan Xu, Sheng-Han Kuo, Zheng Liang, Hui Xu, Wu-Ruo Feng, Cui-Yu Yu, Wei-Guo Liu

“…About 66.7% depressed patients at baseline were still depressed at follow-up, and 24.4% had incident depression among subjects without depression at baseline. Greater decline on MMSE (P=0.029), higher baseline UPDRS-II (P<0.001) score, change of UPDRS-II (P=0.026), and female (P<0.001) were associated with the worsening of HDRS scores. …”
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Multi-scale mechanical properties of Al–Mg–Zr–Sc alloys fabricated by direct metal laser sintering: Towards single-material composites by Dominic Zettel, Piotr Breitkopf, Ludovic Cauvin, Pascal Nicolay, Roland Willmann

“…Eighty-five specimens were produced using seventeen distinct parameter sets, designed through a Design of Experiments approach, and subjected to non-destructive and destructive testing. …”
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Wind farms reduce grassland plant community diversity and lead to plant community convergence by Xuancheng Zhao, Fengshi Li, Yuan Yuan, Guna Ari, Yongzhi Yan, Qing Zhang, Aruhan Olhnuud, Pengtao Liu

“…However, the impact of wind farms on the functional diversity of plant communities remains a subject with unclear outcomes. In this study, we chose 108 sample plots and identified 10 plant functional traits through a field vegetation survey. …”
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Power Spectral Density and Functional Connectivity Changes due to a Sensorimotor Neurofeedback Training: A Preliminary Study by Juan L. Terrasa, Guzmán Alba, Ignacio Cifre, Beatriz Rey, Pedro Montoya, Miguel A. Muñoz

“…Several studies have shown that subjects can learn to modulate SMR power to control output devices, but little is known about possible related changes in brain networks. …”
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The 256 kb mitochondrial genome of Clavaria fumosa is the largest among phylum Basidiomycota and is rich in introns and intronic ORFs by Xu Wang, Yajie Wang, Wen Yao, Jinwen Shen, Mingyue Chen, Ming Gao, Jiening Ren, Qiang Li, Na Liu

“…In addition, the rps3 gene was found subjected to positive selection between some Agaricales species. …”
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Connectivity-Based Parcellation of the Cortical Mantle Using q-Ball Diffusion Imaging by Muriel Perrin, Yann Cointepas, Arnaud Cachia, Cyril Poupon, Bertrand Thirion, Denis Rivière, Pascal Cathier, Vincent El Kouby, André Constantinesco, Denis Le Bihan, Jean-François Mangin

“…The reproducibility of the results is studied for three subjects using spatial normalization.…”
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Paving the Way for Speech: Voice-Training-Induced Plasticity in Chronic Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech—Three Single Cases by Monika Jungblut, Walter Huber, Christiane Mais, Ralph Schnitker

“…Before and after therapy, patients underwent the same fMRI procedure as 30 healthy control subjects in our prestudy, which investigated the neural substrates of sung vowel changes in untrained rhythm sequences. …”
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One Size Does Not Fit All: Face Emotion Processing Impairments in Semantic Dementia, Behavioural-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Are Mediated by Distinct Co... by Laurie A. Miller, Sharpley Hsieh, Suncica Lah, Sharon Savage, John R. Hodges, Olivier Piguet

“…We compared groups of patients with bvFTD (n = 17), SD (n = 12) or AD (n = 20) to an age- and education-matched group of healthy control subjects (n = 36) on three face emotion processing tasks (Ekman 60, Emotion Matching and Emotion Selection) and found that all three patient groups were similarly impaired. …”
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Diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP) exposure leads to cell apoptosis to HUVEC cells and toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans through increasing the oxidative stress by Siyuan Luo, Junnan Li, Yuqing Zhou, Zihang Zhai, Qiang Li, Zhenglin Huang, Wencan He, Kejun Zhong, Bo Kong, Zanxian Xia, Hang Fai Kwok, Lipeng Zhu

“…Our current research endeavored to provide a comprehensive evaluation of DIOP's toxicological profile using both cellular and Caenorhabditis elegans models as our in vitro and in vivo study subjects. Our results demonstrate that DIOP markedly decreases the viability and colony-forming ability of HUVECs. …”
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Liver HLA-E Expression Is Associated with Severity of Liver Disease in Chronic Hepatitis C by Roberta C. Araújo, Fabricio C. Dias, Bruna C. Bertol, Deisy M. Silva, Patrícia H. Almeida, Andreza C. Teixeira, Fernanda F. Souza, Marcia G. Villanova, Leandra N. Z. Ramalho, Eduardo A. Donadi, Ana L. C. Martinelli

“…We performed a retrospective analysis of liver biopsies from 125 HCV patients and from 20 control subjects without liver disease. Liver biopsies were reviewed and classified according to severity of fibrosis and inflammatory activity. …”
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The presence of unknown polio engagement confirmed by electromyography and muscle testing by Waleed Al-Najjar, David Krabbe, Joakim Strandberg, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

“…Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: The study included 542 persons with late effects of polio in Sweden. …”
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Potential of Shredded Ramie Fibers as Reinforcement in Recycled Polypropylene Composites: Analysis of Tensile and Bending Strength by Rina Afiani Rebia, Faroh Sabila, Ade Primananda

“…Before use, the scraped ramie fiber (SRK) was subjected to pretreatment with 5% NaOH to improve the mechanical bonding. …”
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Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strains of Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus in Wistar Rats Based on the Ames Test and a 28-Day Feeding Study by Cheng-Chih Tsai, Sew-Fen Leu, Quan-Rong Huang, Lan-Chun Chou, Chun-Chih Huang

“…Multiple strains (HK006, HK109, and PP31) were subject to a bacterial reverse mutation assay and a short-term oral toxicity study. …”
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