Sustainability of Mahogany Production in Plantations: Does Resource Availability Influence Susceptibility of Young Mahogany Plantation Stands to Hypsipyla robusta Infestation? by C. B. Darko, E. Opuni-Frimpong, S. A. Owusu, B. Kyere, A. J. Storer

“…H. robusta attacks were recorded by month 12 after planting in the field, and only Khaya spp. was attacked, with attacks evident on 15.5% of K grandifoliola and 6.6% K. ivorensis. Saplings in blocks closer to an older H. robusta infested K. grandifoliola stand had more infestation compared to saplings further away. …”
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Interference of Celastrol with Cell Wall Synthesis and Biofilm Formation in <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> by Leandro de León Guerra, Nayely Padilla Montaño, Laila Moujir

“…Celastrol inhibited cell wall biosynthesis by blocking the incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) into peptidoglycan. …”
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PortNet: Achieving lightweight architecture and high accuracy in lung cancer cell classification by Kaikai Zhao, Youjiao Si, Liangchao Sun, Xiangjiao Meng

“…We incorporated 1 × 1 convolutional blocks into the Depthwise Separable Convolution architecture to further decrease the model's parameter count. …”
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Month-to-Month Variability of Autumn Sea Ice in the Barents and Kara Seas and Its Relationship to Winter Air Temperature in China by Chuhan Lu, Kaili Li, Shaoqing Xie, Zhaomin Wang, Yujing Qin

“…This surface pressure favors the persistence and intensification of synoptic perturbations, such as blocking highs and surface cold highs, as well as the intensification of the Siberian High and the East Asian winter monsoon. …”
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End-to-End Security Mechanism Using Blockchain for Industrial Internet of Things by Muhammad Shahid Dildar, Adnan Shahid Khan, Irshad Ahmed Abbasi, Reema Shaheen Naseem Akhtar, Khalil Al Ruqaishi, Shakeel Ahmed Ghulam Sarwar

“…Moreover, our algorithm for the blockchain implementation is hybrid because this approach incorporates all the best features of the private and public implementation due to the individual blocks containing feasible information rather than the entire history.…”
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Influence of Mine Earthquake Disturbance on the Principal Stress of the Main Roadway near the Goaf and Its Prevention and Control Measures by Penghui Guo, Jiazhuo Li, Xiqing Hao, Heng Cui, Lihua Tian, Wenhao Xie, Jiaqi Chu

“…The transmission direction of principal stress can be changed by blasting pressure relief method; meanwhile, the transmission of principal stress can be blocked; through the comparison of microseismic activity law before and after pressure relief, pressure relief effect is good. …”
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<i>Lin28b-let-7</i> Modulates mRNA Expression of <i>GnRH1</i> Through Multiple Signaling Pathways Related to Glycolysis in GT1-7 Cells by Yujing Xie, Xin Li, Meng Wang, Mingxing Chu, Guiling Cao

“…In GT1-7 cells, <i>GnRH1</i> expression was suppressed by blocking mTOR signaling with rapamycin, which was rescued by <i>Lin28b</i> overexpression. …”
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Phygitalization of educational technologies in Russia: directions, examples, problems by Andrey I. Kapterev

“…Within the framework of this direction, the main attention is paid to the following aspects: (a) the use of Internet resources for pedagogical purposes, (b) the structuring of the curriculum in accordance with the modular principle, (c) an increase in the amount of study time for solving practical problems, (d) presentation of knowledge in accordance with the level of success of passing the previous blocks of educational information by each student (individual learning paths), (e) evaluation of the effectiveness of learning outcomes. …”
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Genesis of the term "savilaida": from collections of avant-garde poetry till Lithuanian neologism by Egidijus Jaseliūnas

“…Frequent use of the new term in the underground was also blocked by a sense of self-defense. Adaptation of the neologism in Soviet Lithuania demonstrated the emerging need to name the new phenomenon of the underground press, which was attached greater and greater importance in society. …”
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A ten-year evaluation of central nervous system cystic echinococcosis in a highly endemic area of Iran: Molecular epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics by Mohsen Najjari, Ali Dehesht Manesh, Shahab Rezaeian, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farrash, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Mohammad Ebrahimipour

“…Demographic and clinicopathological data were collected for CNS echinococcosis cases and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks were used for molecular analysis. The total prevalence of CNS echinococcosis cases was 1. 8 %. …”
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Neuromuscular monitoring and incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade: a prospective observational study by Alessandra Piersanti, Rossella Garra, Fabio Sbaraglia, Miryam Del Vicario, Rosa Lamacchia, Marco Rossi

“…Abstract Background Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are routinely used in anesthesia practice. …”
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Opioid-free versus opioid-based anesthesia in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single-center, randomized, controlled trial by Hanane Barakat, Linda Gholmieh, Jessy Abou Nader, Vanda Yazbeck Karam, Obey Albaini, Mohamad El Helou, Rony Al Nawwar

“…All patients received intra-operative propofol, sevoflurane, a neuromuscular blocking agent, and ketamine. The primary outcome included opioid consumption during the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). …”
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Scoping review to identify strategies and interventions improving interprofessional collaboration and integration in primary care by Roy Remmen, Kris Van den Broeck, Peter Pype, Peter Van Bogaert, Muhammed Mustafa Sirimsi, Hans De Loof, Kristel De Vliegher

“…The identified strategies and interventions were inductively categorised under five main themes: (1) Acceptance and team readiness towards collaboration, (2) acting as a team and not as an individual; (3) communication strategies and shared decision making, (4) coordination in primary care and (5) integration of caregivers and their skills and competences.Conclusions We identified a mix of strategies and interventions that can function as ‘building blocks’, for the development of a generic intervention to improve collaboration in different types of primary care settings and organisations.…”
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Impact of the Seeding Method on Physiological, Agronomic, and Biochemical Performance of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties Grown in Burkina Faso by Badiel Badoua, Kihindo Adama Pascal, Yao Koffi Bertin, Nana Rasmata, Ouedraogo Razacswendé Fanta, Dondasse Edmond, Tamini Zoumbiessé

“…Varieties S-42, 32-15, Wollega, and Humera were grown in strips (broadcast seeding) and in randomized complete blocks (row sowing). Row seeding favored plant growth and development for all varieties. …”
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Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Diabetes Mellitus by Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Jinjie Li, Ying Zhao, Nan Zhou, Longyun Li, Kai Li

“…And the effect of DEX on cell apoptosis could be blocked by ERS agonist. Conclusion. DEX attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in DM rats and H/R injury cell, which is associated with the reduction of ERS-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis.…”
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Unveiling the signal valve specifically tuning the TGF-β1 suppression of osteogenesis: mediation through a SMAD1-SMAD2 complex by Ying-Wen Wang, Ching-Wei Luo

“…Mouse models of chronic and acute bone loss followed by biochemical assays and micro-computed tomography demonstrated the bone effects when functionally blocking the critical co-repressor HDAC1. Results Distinct from the TGF-β1 inhibition on adipogenesis through canonical SMAD2/3 signaling, we clarified that TGF-β1 suppresses osteogenesis by inducing the formation of previously unidentified mixed SMADs mainly composed of SMAD1 and SMAD2, in which SMAD2 recruits more TGF-β1-induced co-repressors including HDAC1, TGIF1 and ATF3, whereas SMAD1 allows directing the whole transcriptional suppression complex to the cis-elements of osteogenic genes. …”
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Optimization of the Solid-state Fermentation Process for Morchella esculenta Fermented Wheat and Analysis of Its Nutritional Components, Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant... by Dandan GU, Xue DONG, Jinxiu ZHANG, Xiaoru WANG, Zongshuo ZHAO, Li'an WANG

“…The results showed that the optimal fermentation conditions were a material to liquid ratio of 1:0.9 (g:mL), an initial substrate pH of 7.0, an inoculum amount of 5 inoculum blocks (each with a diameter of 0.8 cm), and a fermentation duration of 10 days. …”
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Mas Receptor Blockade Promotes Renal Vascular Response to Ang II after Partial Kidney Ischemia/Reperfusion in a Two-Kidney-One-Clip Hypertensive Rats Model by Farzaneh Karimi, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

“…No significant differences were detected between the groups in renal blood flow (RBF) or renal vascular resistance (RVR) responses to Ang II infusion when MasR was not blocked. However, by MasR blockade, these responses were increased in IR and IPC + IR groups that were significantly different from the sham group (P < 0.05). …”
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Antiallodynic Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2R) Agonists on Retrovirus Infection-Induced Neuropathic Pain by Wen S. Sheng, Priyanka Chauhan, Shuxian Hu, Sujata Prasad, James R. Lokensgard

“…Activation of JAK/STAT3 has been shown to contribute to development of neuropathic pain in the LSC and pretreatment of primary murine microglia (2 h) with JWH015-, JWH133-, or Gp1a-blocked IFN-gamma-induced phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3. …”
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LR12 Promotes Liver Repair by Improving the Resolution of Inflammation and Liver Regeneration in Mice with Thioacetamide- (TAA-) Induced Acute Liver Failure by Yongjuan Wang, Xiaoli Xie, Hongqun Liu, Huimin Liu, Huiqing Jiang

“…Besides, neutralization of CCL20 blocked the effects of LR12, thus inhibited the proliferation of LO2 cells in vitro, aggregated the liver inflammation, and restrained hepatocyte regeneration in ALF mice in vivo. …”
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