Enhancing food security while reducing environmental impacts: Life cycle assessment of cultivation-irrigation systems and yield gap closure in paddy fields by Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Markus Berger, Fereshteh Batoukhteh, Ali Motevali

“…The EE index was 0.36 Pt kg−1 for closing YG up to the average yield and 0.04 Pt kg−1 for closing YG from average to maximum yield, indicating that lower yields contribute more to environmental degradation. …”
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Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil CH4 and N2O Fluxes in Typical Broad-leaved Forests in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China by JIA Qinqi, XU Fei, CHEN Bingjiang, LU Yanran, CHEN Lihan, HU Jiahao, GUO Na, FANG Shuangxi

“…The N2O emission fluxes of the two treatments also showed similar seasonal variations, with the highest in summer, followed by spring, and lower in autumn and winter. Litter had a significant impact on CH4 absorption and N2O emissions, with litter remove leading to a 29.9% increase in CH4 influx and a 53.2% increase in N2O efflux. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and antibody seroprevalence in routine surveillance patients, healthcare workers and general population in Kita region, Mali: an observational study 2020–2021... by Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Nigel Klein, Samba O Sow, Camilla Ducker, Elaine Cloutman-Green, Dagmar Alber, Fadima Cheick Haidara, Juho Luoma, Laura Adubra, Henry Badji, Fatoumata Diallo, Rikhard Ihamuotila, Owen Martell, Uma U Onwuchekwa, Oumar Samaké, Awa Traore, Kevin Wilson, Yue-Mei Fan

“…The observation is contrary to the widely expressed view, based on limited data, that COVID-19 infection rates were lower in 2020–2021 in West Africa than in other settings.…”
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Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA): Intravenous Administration (IV-PCA) versus Oral Administration (Oral-PCA) by Using a Novel Device (PCoA® Acute) for Hospitalized Patients with A... by Stefan Wirz, Stefanie Seidensticker, Ronit Shtrichman

“…However, the mean total boluses requested by patients during lockout intervals were lower in the Oral-PCA cohort (12.8 mg and 6.82 mg oxycodone, P = 0.004), indicating better pain control. …”
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Drivers’ Risk Perception and Risky Driving Behavior under Low Illumination Conditions: Modified Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) and Driver Skill Inventory (DSI) by Jing Liu, Cheng Wang, Zhipeng Liu, Zhongxiang Feng, N. N. Sze

“…Pearson’s correlation test found that elderly and experienced drivers had a lower likelihood of risky driving behaviors when driving in low illumination conditions, and crash involvement was positively related to risky driving behaviors. …”
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Evaluating ecosystem multifunctionality in tree-based intercropping: a case study from southern Québec, Canada by David Rivest, Marc-Olivier Martin-Guay, Ève-Marie Hébert, Samuel Dulac, Alain Cogliastro, Audrey Maheu

“…Plots containing poplar (alone or mixed with red oak) exhibited lower soil moisture and light availability compared to those with red oak only, resulting in a greater decrease in wheat yield at the tree-crop interface. …”
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Low-Dose Caffeine Supplementation Is a Valuable Strategy for Increasing Time to Exhaustion, Explosive Power, and Reducing Muscle Soreness in Professional Male Kickboxers by Maziar Saremi, Fatemeh Shahriari, Mohammad Hemmatinafar, Rasoul Rezaei, Alireza Niknam, Michael Nordvall, Alexei Wong, Reza Bagheri

“…Conclusions: Acute supplementation of 3 to 6 mg/kg doses of caffeine-induced relative improvements in anaerobic and lower-body muscular power, muscle soreness, and time-to-exhaustion in male kickboxing athletes.…”
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Modelling the health, financial protection and equity impacts of upscaling the ACT NOW early intervention breast cancer pilot program in the Philippines: an extended cost-effective... by Blake Angell, Stephen Jan, Mark Woodward, Sanne Peters, Merel Kimman, Alexander Chye, Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Herdee Gloriane C Luna, Soledad B Lim, Helen Monaghan, Corazon A Ngelangel

“…Cost-effectiveness did not vary significantly by income, but higher income groups incurred greater costs and lower DALYs. Results were sensitive to proportion of late-stage breast cancers post intervention, treatment adherence, intervention costs and downstaging effectiveness. …”
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A sea ice deformation and rotation rate dataset (2017–2023) from the Environment and Climate Change Canada automated sea ice tracking system (ECCC-ASITS) by M. Plante, J.-F. Lemieux, L. B. Tremblay, A. Bouchat, D. Ringeisen, D. Ringeisen, P. Blain, S. Howell, M. Brady, A. S. Komarov, B. Duval, L. Yakuden, F. Labelle

“…We show that rectangular patterns of deformation features are visible when the sampled deformation rates are lower than the propagation error. This limits the meaningful information that can be extracted in areas with low SIDRR values but allows for the study of linear kinematic features with a high SIDRR signal-to-noise ratio. …”
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Cost Savings in Chronic Pain Patients Initiating Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) with a 60-Day PNS Treatment by David M. Dickerson, Hemant Kalia, Kevin E. Vorenkamp, Konstantin V. Slavin, Jonathan M. Hagedorn, Candace Gunnarsson, Eric L. Keuffel, Andrew J. Epstein, Mark Stultz, Nathan D. Crosby

“…Estimated PNS-related weighted average costs for the 60-Day PNS cohort [US$17,344; 95% confidence interval (CI): $16,168–$18,527] were lower than the PNS-BT cohort ($24,392; 95% CI $22,865–$25,941) when considering the percent of patients who advanced to a permanently implanted PNS system. …”
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Enhanced Biomechanical Stability in Proximal Humeral Fractures: Finite Element Analysis of a Novel Endosteal Anatomical Support Nail for Improved Fixation in Elderly Patients by Jiawen Chen, Zhonghe Wang, Changda Li, Peiyu He, Zhongxuan Chen, Lijun Sun, Xiaoyan Cao, Na Tian, Xiang Dong, Peifu Tang, Hua Chen

“…Both von Mises stress and stress distribution were significantly lower following fixation with the EAS constructs. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of healthy aging among community-dwelling older adults in Lishui city, China: a cross-sectional study by Jian-Hua Chen, Norhasmah Mohd Zain, Azlina Yusuf, Bi-He Ying

“…Regression analysis showed 12 predictors of healthy aging: self-perceived economic independence, lifestyle-related behaviors, subjective physical health, psychological health, better competence of BPNS, frequency of community-based HPA participation, lower HPA-perceived barriers, social support, social engagement, and Health Self-Management (HSM) ability with two dimensions HSM-Consciousness and HSM-Behavior, as well as SPHA (P < 0.05). …”
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Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. by Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata

“…Admission from home, discharge to home, and lower nurse staffing were associated with prolonged hospital stays.…”
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Effect of alcohol consumption on haemoglobin level among non-pregnant reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographi... by Melese Linger Endalifer, Gedefaw Diress

“…Women who drunk alcohol less than once a week ((AOR=0.54 (95% CI: 0.31 to 0.94), those who drunk alcohol at least once a week (AOR=0.50 (95% CI: 0.28 to 0.88)) and who drunk alcohol almost every day in the last 12 months (AOR=0.42 (95% CI: 0.21 to 0.81)) had significantly lower odds of having anaemia than women who had not ever taken a drink that contain alcohol.Conclusion This study showed that nearly a quarter of non-pregnant women in Ethiopia were found to be anaemic. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals modulations in glycosylation profiles of the mucosal barrier and their potential interaction with gut microbiota in weaned piglets by Hao Cheng, Hao Li, Yujie Zhao, Kai Yang, Jing Wang, Bie Tan, Xiaokang Ma

“…Results revealed that the NX piglets had a higher growth-to-feed ratio, body weight gain scale, and lower pathological score of intestinal injury compared with the DLY piglets (P < 0.01). …”
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The predicted value for venous thromboembolism based on a modified model of caprini combined with fasting blood glucose and D-dimer: a retrospective study by Ping Wang, Yusi Yang, Lin Zheng, Xiaotong Qi, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…Abstract Background The Caprini risk assessment model (RAM) is a classical score that evaluates the risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) aimed at patients with lower extremity fractures (LEF). However, the influencing factors of RAM pay more attention to clinical characteristic variables and recognized thrombophilia markers such as prothrombin, while ignoring the influence of other laboratory indicators on thrombosis. …”
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Dried and Tested: Inoculation Method Impacts Low-Moisture Food Persistent Bacterial Populations by Manita Adhikari, Kavita Patil, Jennifer C. Acuff

“…Salmonella LMF PBP reductions were lower for the lawn-prepared cultures (0.3–2.7 log CFU/cm2) compared to broth-based cultures (1.0–5.1 log CFU/cm2) for all food matrices. …”
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In Vivo Plasticity at Hippocampal Schaffer Collateral-CA1 Synapses: Replicability of the LTP Response and Pharmacology in the Long-Evans Rat by A. Ahnaou, E. White, R. Biermans, N. V. Manyakov, W. H. I. M. Drinkenburg

“…Results: (1) When compared to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, the HFS using a stimulus intensity of 50% of the maximum slope obtained from input/output (I/O) curves elicited lower and higher thresholds of synaptic plasticity responses in SD and LE rats, respectively. …”
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Total immunoglobulin E levels in induced sputum reflect asthma control status by Wenhui Chen, Xiaofang Liu, Xiujuan Yao, Yanghe Hao, Zhuo Zhou, Chengshuo Wang, Ming Wang, Luo Zhang

“…Results Patients with UCA had worse lung function and airway inflammation as indicated by lower levels of forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1)%pred, FEV1/FVC, MEF75%pred, MEF50%pred and MEF25%pred, and higher levels of FeNO and sputum eosinophil% compared with the WCA group. …”
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Ten-year outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for optical indications by Victoria Grace Dimacali, Hon Shing Ong, Hon Shing Ong, Hon Shing Ong, Hon Shing Ong, Stephanie Shuang Lang, Hla Myint Htoon, Hla Myint Htoon, Howard Cajucom-Uy, Hui Chen Charmaine Chai, Hui Chen Charmaine Chai, Marcus Ang, Marcus Ang, Anshu Arundhati, Anshu Arundhati, Anshu Arundhati, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Jodhbir S. Mehta

“…High-risk regrafts had significantly lower 10-year survival probabilities compared to non-high-risk regrafts (p = 0.045). …”
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