Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya by Wilton Mbinda, Agnes Kavoo, Fredah Maina, Margaret Odeph, Cecilia Mweu, Naomi Nzilani, Mathew Ngugi

“…Abstract Background Finger millet blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is a serious constrain of finger millet production which is threatening global food security especially to the resource poor smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid regions. …”
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Aeronautical Mutagenesis and Whole-genome Resequencing Reveal the Genetic Basis of Color Change in Naematelia aurantialba by Yukang Zeng, Zhenhui Shen, Yao Cao, Xiangying Luo, Linlei Yang, Rongping Li, Qingqing Lu, Rongchun Li

“…This study was designed to develop novel color-changing germplasm resources and to explore associated functional genes. …”
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Microplastics as an Emerging Potential Threat: Toxicity, Life Cycle Assessment, and Management by Sameh S. Ali, Mohammed Hussein M. Alsharbaty, Rania Al-Tohamy, Maha A. Khalil, Michael Schagerl, Majid Al-Zahrani, Jianzhong Sun

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CoreTIA: a modular, statistically robust transduction inhibition assay for AAV neutralization by Beatrix Kovács, Beatrix Kovács, Beatrix Kovács, Fanni Somogyi, Fanni Somogyi, Viktória Szabó, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, István Hernádi, Ferenc Mátyás, Wim Vanduffel, Zsuzsanna Szemlaky, Balázs Rózsa, Balázs Rózsa, István Ulbert, István Ulbert, István Ulbert, István Ulbert, Dániel Hillier, Dániel Hillier, Dániel Hillier

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Barriers to and facilitators of rehabilitation according to socio-economic status, after acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19: A qualitative study in the RECOVIDS co... by Mathilde Kléber, Nicolas Meunier-Beillard, Isabelle Fournel, Eléa Ksiazek, Marine Jacquier, Fiona Ecarnot, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Pierre-Louis Declerq, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Marie Labruyère

“…<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic may have compounded social disparities in access to healthcare, with possible deleterious consequences on the functional prognosis of patients after a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Mortalin overexpression predicts poor prognosis in early stage of non–small cell lung cancer by Jie Sun, Shuan-Long Che, Jun-Jie Piao, Ming Xu, Li-Yan Chen, Zhen-Hua Lin

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Proteomic analysis of plasma unravels dynamic pathways and potential biomarkers indicating disease stages following Mtb infection by Zonglei Zhou, Jie Tian, Yuying He, Haiyan Xiong, Weibing Wang

“…ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) stages depend greatly on the interaction between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and the host response. As a non-negligible source of active tuberculosis (ATB), individuals with latent Mtb infection (LTBI) are insidious and hard to be detected due to limited biomarkers. …”
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Genome-Wide Ultrabithorax Binding Analysis Reveals Highly Targeted Genomic Loci at Developmental Regulators and a Potential Connection to Polycomb-Mediated Regulation. by Daria Shlyueva, Antonio C A Meireles-Filho, Michaela Pagani, Alexander Stark

“…Furthermore, Ubx binding was detected at known Polycomb response elements (PREs) and was associated with significant enrichments of Pc and Pho ChIP signals in contrast to binding sites of other developmental TFs. …”
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Incorporating Non-Coding Annotations into Rare Variant Analysis. by Tom G Richardson, Colin Campbell, Nicholas J Timpson, Tom R Gaunt

“…<h4>Methods & results</h4>We conducted a candidate gene analysis using the UK10K sequence and lipids data, filtering according to functional annotations using the resource CADD (Combined Annotation-Dependent Depletion) and contrasting results with 'nonsynonymous' and 'loss of function' consequence analyses. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of L-Asparaginase-Producing Bacteria from the Arabian–Persian Gulf Region: First Report on <i>Bacillus xiamenensis</i> ASP-J1-4 as a Producer and Its... by Ghofran M. Al-Harbi, Essam Kotb, Abeer A. Almiman, Mahmoud M. Berekaa, Salwa Alhamad, Nada F. Alahmady, Meneerah A. Aljafary, Nadiyah M. Alqazlan, Reem I. Alyami, Joud M. Alqarni, Ebtesam Abdullah Al-Suhaimi

“…L-asparaginase (L-ASNase) functions as a chemotherapeutic enzyme with antitumor properties. …”
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Semantic distances of WAIS Similarities word pairs in non-demented adults: An item-level index of semantic memory granularity by Matteo De Marco, Satyam Chauhan, Martina Bocchetta, Annalena Venneri

“…LCH is a valuable construct that could help clinicians detect semantic memory decline in ageing adults with suspected neurodegeneration.…”
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Dietary supplementation with L-carnitine elevates intracellular carnitine levels and affects gene expression of SLC25A20 and COX4I1, as well as non-mitochondrial respiration of bov... by Leonie Seemann, Susanne Kersten, Susanne Bühler, Fabian Billenkamp, Ulrich Meyer, Christian Visscher, Korinna Huber, Erika Most, Klaus Eder, Sven Dänicke, Jana Frahm

“…Fatty acids, among other substrates, are utilized by immune cells as an energy source. Therefore, L-carnitine, which is authorized as a feed additive in cattle, may influence the metabolism of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) during an immune challenge. …”
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Genomic Signatures of Positive Selection and Local Adaptation in Ethiopian Sheep Populations by B. E. Demissie, G. M. Tarekegn, H. Dadi, Z. Edea, A. A. Woldesemayat, K-S Kim, S. Girma, T. Seyoum, K. Melaku, S. Keskes

“…Fixation index (FST) and cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity (XPEHH) methods were used to detect signatures of positive selection. Functional analysis revealed genes related to plateau adaptation, immune response, and tail fat formation. …”
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Discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitors for reasons other than disease progression and the impact on relapse and survival of advanced melanoma patients. A systematic review... by Konstantinos Lallas, Eftychia Chatziioannou, Derya Durak, Georg Frey, Lina Maria Serna-Higuita, Marie-Lena Rasch, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Eleni Timotheadou, Zoe Apalla, Ulrike Leiter, Lukas Flatz, Lukas Flatz, Aimilios Lallas, Teresa Amaral, Teresa Amaral

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Effect of PM2.5 exposure on susceptibility to allergic asthma in elderly rats treated with allergens by Lianlian Zhao, Xiaolin Ding, Li Zhou, Chenchen Song, Taisheng Kang, Yanfeng Xu, Yunpeng Liu, Yunlin Han, Wenjie Zhao, Boxiang Zhang, Dan Xu, Jianguo Guo

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Klebsiella pneumoniae under xylose pressure: the growth adaptation, antimicrobial susceptibility, global proteomics analysis and role of XylA and XylB proteins by Ruolan Yi, Jiaoyang Zheng, Zhichao Xu, Jiayan Wu, Fangfang Liu, Jinxin Zheng, Duoyun Li, Shiqing Han, Zhijian Yu

“…Additionally, while the growth adaptation of K2044−8Xyl−60G under xylose pressure was confirmed, no amino acid mutations were detected in the functional proteins of this xylose-induced isolate, suggesting that persistent xylose pressure does not cause nonsense mutations in the bacterial genome. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Main outcome measures Cardiovascular disease hospitalisations and mortality. Data sources Aircraft noise levels modelled using a standard noise model for: (1) daily equivalent continuous sound levels at different times of day; (2) daily number of events above defined noise thresholds (2018 only). …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) by Weiwei Zheng, Changlin Liu, Shenglei Han, Tengteng Wang, Tao Yang, Zhihong Liu, Dong Xu, Huizong Han, Xiaoqing Xi, Changwei Shao, Kaiqiang Liu

“…Approximately 94.02% of assembled sequences were anchored into 24 pseudochromosomes, and a total of 18 telomeres were detected. Totally 22,835 protein-coding genes and 227.87 Mb repetitive sequences were identified. …”
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Genetic Basis and Exploration of Major Expressed QTL <i>qLA2-3</i> Underlying Leaf Angle in Maize by Yonghui He, Chenxi Wang, Xueyou Hu, Youle Han, Feng Lu, Huanhuan Liu, Xuecai Zhang, Zhitong Yin

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Chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of two geographically distinct strains of malaria vector Anopheles albimanus by Dieunel Derilus, Gareth D. Weedall, Michael W. Vandewege, Dhwani Batra, Mili Sheth, Lori A. Rowe, Ananias A. Escalante, Audrey Lenhart, Lucy Mackenzie Impoinvil

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