Synthetic Gene Drives in Plants: Development Strategies, Potential Applications, and Ethical Considerations by Yawen Liu, Bingke Jiao, Wenfeng Qian

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Portrayal of Corruption in the Novel Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. by Natumanya, Blessed

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Portrayal of Corruption in the Novel Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. by Natumanya, Blessed

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Examining the Causes of Poor Performance in Primary Schools in Rubanda District by Arineitwe, Obadia.

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进口大豆储存期间品质变化研究 Quality changes of imported soybeans during storage by 郑有涛，曾剑豪，孙玉萍，陈伟，杨亚，仇长璐，符文志 " ZHENG Youtao, ZENG Jianhao, SUN Yuping, CHEN Wei, YANG Ya, QIU Changlu, FU Wenzhi"

“…结果表明：在加速模拟储存试验中，水分为13.00%、粗脂肪酸值（KOH）为1.24 mg/g、热损伤粒率为0.27%的巴西大豆，在36 ℃下宜存期在105 d左右，在40 ℃下宜存期缩短为90 d左右；水分为13.78%、粗脂肪酸值（KOH）为2.31 mg/g、热损伤粒率为2.86%的巴西大豆，在36 ℃和40 ℃下宜存期均没有超过30 d；而水分为10.85%、粗脂肪酸值（KOH）为0.80 mg/g、热损伤粒率为0.27%的美国大豆，在40 ℃下储存77 d后，其粗脂肪酸值（KOH）为2.25 mg/g，即便是在45 ℃下储存77 d,其粗脂肪酸值（KOH）也仅为3.05 mg/g，仍符合高油大豆的宜存要求。…”
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Target trial emulation to evaluate the effect of immune-related adverse events on outcomes in metastatic urothelial cancer by Renate Pichler, Josef Fritz, Sarah Maier, Melanie R. Hassler, Johanna Krauter, David D`Andrea, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Kilian Gust, Keiichiro Mori, Karl H. Tully, Dora Niedersuess-Beke, Lea Korber, Jasmin Alija Spiegelberg, Thomas Bauernhofer, José D. Subiela, Roman Mayr, Andreas Kronbichler, Marco Moschini, Jeremy Teoh, Benjamin Pradere, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Hanno Ulmer, Laura S. Mertens, European Association of Urology–Young Academic Urologists (EAU-YAU): Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group

“…We performed a multi-institutional retrospective study involving mUC patients under ICI. The primary objective was to assess the impact of irAEs on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). …”
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Extracellular viral microRNAs as biomarkers of virus infection in human cells by Cheryl Chan, Joanne Xin Yi Loh, Wei-Xiang Sin, Denise Bei Lin Teo, Nicholas Kwan Zen Tan, Chandramouli Nagarajan, Yunxin Chen, Francesca Lorraine Wei Inng Lim, Michael E. Birnbaum, Rohan B.H. Williams, Stacy L. Springs

“…Here, we show that extracellular viral microRNAs (viral exmiRs) are cell-free candidate biomarkers of live, latent, and reactivated virus infections, achieving fast (under 1 day) and sensitive (30 attomolar [aM]) detection by quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (real-time RT-qPCR). …”
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Low-Concentration Oxygen/Ozone Treatment Attenuated Radiculitis and Mechanical Allodynia via PDE2A-cAMP/cGMP-NF-κB/p65 Signaling in Chronic Radiculitis Rats by Junnan Wang, Mingyi Wu, Xiaowen Lin, Yun Li, Zhijian Fu

“…Then, filtered oxygen or oxygen/ozone (10, 20, or 30 μg/mL) was intrathecally injected on day 1 after surgery. …”
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Part I—Real-World Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Associated Costs in Later Lines of Therapy in the United States by Ehab L. Atallah, Rodrigo Maegawa, Dominick Latremouille-Viau, Carmine Rossi, Annie Guérin, Eric Q. Wu, Pallavi Patwardhan

“…The annual incidence rate during 3L+ was 3.4 for inpatient days, 30.8 for days with outpatient services, and 1.2 for emergency department visits. …”
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Lithuanian, Russian, Polish istoriography with respect to the Poland - Lithuania union by Mečislovas Jučas

“… The investigations in the Poland-Lithuania union were carried out first in Polish and Russian historiography and later in the Lithuanian one. During the 30-40's the latter studies dealt with the earliest pre-union Lithuanian history and emphasized the independent, long-lasting monarchy and the Lithuanian statehood inside the union. …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months: a decomposition analysis by Nigusu Worku, Amare Mesfin Workie, Lamrot Yohannes, Mihret Getnet, Mihret Getnet, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Adina Yeshambel Belay, Lakew Asmare, Hiwot Tadesse Alemu, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Asebe Hagos

“…The concentration index (CIX) and curve were used to examine household wealth status and maternal education level inequalities in the MDD.ResultsThe total weighted prevalence of MDD among children under the age of 5 in Ethiopia was 13.5%. Wealth and educational status show positive CIX values for inequality, as exhibited by the concentration curve under the equality line. …”
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Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Yanqi Kou, Shicai Ye, Yuan Tian, Ke Yang, Ling Qin, Zhe Huang, Botao Luo, Yanping Ha, Liping Zhan, Ruyin Ye, Yujie Huang, Qing Zhang, Kun He, Mouji Liang, Jieming Zheng, Haoyuan Huang, Chunyi Wu, Lei Ge, Yuping Yang

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Development characteristics and river blocking outburst analysis of Shadong landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River by Shunxiang ZHENG, Jun WANG, Yong YAN, Wen LIU, Heng ZHAO, Junxiang YANG, Xiongan FAN, Yi ZHANG, Meng WANG, Tianbin YU

“…Under storm conditions, instability occurs in zone II-2, forming a 133-meter-high barrier dam with a lake capacity of approximately 4.10×108 m3. …”
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Automated multidimensional deep learning platform for referable diabetic retinopathy detection: a multicentre, retrospective study by Chi Pui Pang, Weiqi Chen, Mingzhi Zhang, Tsz Kin Ng, Yi Zheng, Guihua Zhang, Jian-Wei Lin, Ji Wang, Jie Ji, Ling-Ping Cen, Peiwen Xie, Yongqun Xiong, Hanfu Wu, Dongjie Li

“…The performance of the DL was compared with DR experts.Setting DR screening programmes from three hospitals and the Lifeline Express Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in China.Participants 83 465 images of 39 836 eyes from 21 716 patients were annotated, of which 53 211 images were used as the development set and 30 254 images were used as the external validation set, split based on centre and period.Main outcomes Accuracy, F1 score, sensitivity, specificity, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), area under the precision-recall curve (AUPRC), Cohen’s unweighted κ and Gwet’s AC1 were calculated to evaluate the performance of the DL algorithm.Results In the external validation set, the five classifiers achieved an accuracy of 0.915–0.980, F1 score of 0.682–0.966, sensitivity of 0.917–0.978, specificity of 0.907–0.981, AUROC of 0.9639–0.9944 and AUPRC of 0.7504–0.9949. …”
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Effect of Preadolescents’ Obesity on Inhibitory Control During Stop-Signal Task: A Functional EEG Network Study by Yuqin Li, Qian Yang, Yuxin Liu, Yutong Zheng, Jianfu Li, Chunli Chen, Baodan Chen, Dezhong Yao, Liang Yu, Peng Xu, Fali Li, Yi Liang

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Prevalence and temporal trends in myopia and high myopia children in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis with projections from 2020 to 2050Research in context by Wei Pan, Seang-Mei Saw, Tien Yin Wong, Ian Morgan, Zhikuan Yang, Weizhong Lan

“…High myopia prevalence was 5.3% overall, with rates of 0.1% in ages 0–4, 1.1% in ages 5–9, 3.0% in ages 10–14, and 9.5% in ages 15–19. Projections for 2030 under minimum growth, experience-based, and maximum growth scenarios were 26.8%, 46.2%, 56.0%; 2040 were 19.6%, 54.4%, 65.6%; and 2050 were 14.4%, 61.3%, 71.9%, respectively. …”
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Shrub encroachment accelerates the processes of moisture redistribution in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lirong Zhao, Kexin Li, Ni Zhu, Junmei Gao, Jing Zhang, Di Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Yanlong Wang, Yushou Ma, Yu Liu

“…Shrub encroachment in alpine meadows is rapidly occurring under global warming, significantly impacting the regulation of runoff, soil water retention and groundwater conservation. …”
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Lipoleiomyoma of the uterus in a woman of reproductive age (clinical case) by V.V. Talash, Ya.V. Palyokha, A.M. Gromova, V.V. Talash, V.B. Martynenko, N.O. Prylutska, N.I. Mityunina

“…The peculiarity of this clinical case is that sonographically uterine lipoleiomyoma was hidden under the "mask" of a dermoid cyst of the right ovary. …”
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Effect of seed priming and foliar application of organic liquid manure on germination, growth, yield and quality of late-sown wheat by Okram Ricky Devi, Omvati Verma, Bibek Laishram, S. Anbarasan, Abhijit Debnath, Narinder Panotra, Priyanka Elumle, Sunita T. Pandey, R. Ajaykumar, Samreen

“…Similarly, fertile spikelets per spike was shown significantly higher with T7 (23.30) which was at par with T3 and T2 (21.67 and 21.20, respectively) as compared to other treatments. …”
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The mechanism-specific injury mortality burden associated with heatwave in China in a warming world by Jianxiong Hu, Shaoli Huang, Yulin Zhuo, Jianhua Zhang, Weiwei Gong, Guanhao He, Maigeng Zhou, Fangfang Zeng, Ruilin Meng, Tao Liu, Chunliang Zhou, Yize Xiao, Min Yu, Biao Huang, Guoxia Bai, Hua Guo, Wenjun Ma

“…Additionally, future mortality burdens from 2030 to 2099 were projected, revealing that under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, the attributable fractions (AFs) of injury mortality due to heatwaves is expected to escalate from 2.66 % in the 2030s (95 % CI: 2.02 %, 3.44 %) to 7.72 % (95 % CI: 5.87 %, 9.97 %) in the 2090s, particularly in southwest China. …”
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