The Diurnal Variation of L-Band Polarization Index in the U.S. Corn Belt Is Related to Plant Water Stress by Richard Cirone, Brian K. Hornbuckle

“…Since soil emission is stronger at V-pol than H-pol and vegetation attenuates this polarized soil signal primarily because of liquid water stored in vegetation tissue, a lower PI will be indicative of more water in vegetation if vegetation emits a mostly unpolarized signal and changes in soil moisture within the emitting depth are small (like during periods of drought) or accommodated by averaging over long periods. …”
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Retrospective Analysis Comparing Lung-RADS v2022 and British Thoracic Society Guidelines for Differentiating Lung Metastases from Primary Lung Cancer by Loredana Gabriela Stana, Alexandru Ovidiu Mederle, Claudiu Avram, Felix Bratosin, Paula Irina Barata

“…Lung metastases were more likely to present with multiple nodules (81.3% vs. 18.2%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), lower lobe distribution (58.3% vs. 28.4%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and smooth margins (70.8% vs. 20.3%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), whereas primary lung cancers were associated with solitary nodules, upper lobe location, and spiculated margins. …”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…If a young child is forced to speak in English (or the majority language) when they prefer to speak in their mother tongue, they are also forced to operate at a lower intellectual age than they actually are. Tis can damage the child’s academic future. …”
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Effects of Mixing Tree Species on Soil Enzyme Activity and Carbon-Use Efficiency in Eroded Masson Pine Forest by WANG Man, JIANG Yongmeng, ZHANG Shiliang, ZHANG Jinxiu, ZHENG Linmin, ZENG Zhiwei, LYU Maokui, XIE Jinsheng

“…[Results] (1) With the increase of restoration years, soil acid phosphatase (AP) and β-glucosidase (βG) activities were significantly reduced, while C∶NEEA (βG∶NAG), vector length (VL) and vector angle (VA) of the mixed forest were lower than that of pure forest, while C∶PEEA (βG∶AP) and N∶PEEA (NAG∶AP) showed the opposite trend, indicating that long-term mixing is beneficial to alleviate the carbon limitation and phosphorus limitation of microorganisms. (2) Mixing was beneficial to improve CUE and significantly increased with the increase of forest age. …”
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Efficacy of Chinese Medicine on Postoperative Rehabilitation of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), a Randomized Controlled Study by Yifeng Gu MD, Yichao Wang MD, Huiling Zhou MD, Ao Qi PhD, Guanjin Wu MM, Jiaqi Li MMed, Congmeng Zhang MMed, Yong Yang MD, Jialin Yao MD, Wenxiao Yang PhD, Lingzi Su MMed, Yi Liu MMed, Xueqi Tian MMed, Jiajun Song MMed, Yabin Gong MD, Xiong Qin MD, Lijing Jiao PhD, Ling Xu PhD

“…The complication rate was lower in the intervention (20.00%) than the control group (44.44%) ( P  < .05). …”
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Emotional Intervention and Education System Construction for Rural Children Based on Semantic Analysis by Xiaobo Zhang

“…The main effect of the left-behind category of adversity beliefs was significant, and the adversity belief levels of children whose parents went out to rural areas were significantly lower than those of children whose fathers went out and non-left-behind children. …”
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Prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: An Epidemiological Study Using A Global Network of Health Care Organizations by Pushti Khandwala, Devashish Desai, Arthur Lau

“…Results Patients who received ICIs (2.03% of total population) were younger (68.7 ± 12.6 vs 71.8 ± 13.9; P < 0.001), predominantly male (54% vs 41%; P < 0.0001), and White (68% vs 58%; P < 0.0001), had lower odds of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (0.366% vs 0.437%, odds ratio [OR] 0.837; P = 0.0005) and systemic sclerosis (0.108% vs 0.135%, OR 0.796; P = 0.0151), and had higher odds of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (2.194% vs 1.752%, OR 1.258; P < 0.0001 with hazard ratio 1.746; P < 0.0001). …”
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Early COVID-19 and protection from Omicron in a highly vaccinated population in Ontario, Canada: a matched prospective cohort study by Altynay Shigayeva, Christopher Kandel, Lubna Farooqi, Zoe Zhong, Anne-Claude Gingras, Brenda L. Coleman, Lois Gilbert, Wayne L. Gold, Maria Major, Tony Mazzulli, Samira Mubareka, Jelena Vojicic, Jingyan Yang, Pingping Zhang, Catherine Martin, Moe H. Kyaw, John M. McLaughlin, Allison McGeer

“…Older age, non-White ethnicity, no children in household, and lower neighbourhood income were associated with reduced risk of infection. …”
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A century of Azolla filiculoides biocontrol: the economic value of Stenopelmus rufinasus to Great Britain by Corin F. Pratt, Kate Constantine, Suzy V. Wood

“…With additional augmentative releases of the weevil, A. filiculoides management costs were estimated to be lower still, ranging from £31.5 to 45.8 thousand (US$35.3 to 51.3 thousand) per year, giving an estimated benefit to cost ratio of augmentative S. rufinasus releases of 43.7:1 to 88.4:1. …”
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Variation Feature, Pollution Risk Assessment, and Source Analysis of Heavy Metals in Lanzhou City, Northwestern China by Yongyao Zeng, Bo Zhou

“…A low ecological risk is confirmed by two indices, the Hakanson potential ecological risk index (RI) and the geoaccumulation index (Igeo). The RI index has lower Eir values (<40) and RI values (<150), which range from 18.11 to 37.95, with an average value of 25.61. …”
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Proprioceptive Reweighting and Postural Control are Impaired Among Elite Athletes Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Benoit Attalin, Telma Sagnard, Eric Laboute, Nicolas Forestier, Olivier Rémy-Néris, Brice Picot

“… # Results The eRPW was higher in the ACLR group (100.9±58.8 vs. 68.6±26.6%; p=0.031; Rank biserial correlation=0.314; medium), with a greater proportion of rigid athletes than in the control group (38.5 vs. 4.4%; p=0.010), reflecting lower proprioceptive reweighting. The ACLR group had greater EA on foam surface (8.0±4.6 vs. 6.3±4.4cm²; p=0.019), revealing poorer postural control…”
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A Multi‐Center Prospective Study on the Healing of Neuro‐Ischemic Ulcers in Singapore: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lingyan Meng, Priya Bishnoi, Zhiwen Joseph Lo, Enming Yong, Tze Tec Chong, David Carmody, Rajesh Babu Dharmaraj, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding, Pei Ho

“…Male gender (adjusted HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53–0.93), history of coronary intervention (adjusted HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.41–0.93), requirement of lower extremity revascularization (adjusted HR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.54–0.98) and offloading (adjusted HR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.46–0.81) were found to be associated with failure to heal. …”
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Impact of First- and Second-Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on the Development of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Individuals with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Anal... by Ugo Giordano, Agnieszka Piekarska, Witold Prejzner, Lidia Gil, Jan Maciej Zaucha, Joanna Kujawska, Zuzanna Dybko, Krzysztof Dudek, Sebastian Giebel, Jarosław Dybko

“…In the case of the 2G-TKI cohort, the number of low-grade aGvHD and cGvHD was significantly lower compared to the IMA and TKI-naïve groups (<i>p</i> = 0.018, <i>p</i> = 0.004; <i>p</i> < 0.001 versus TKI-naïve, respectively). …”
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The mechanism of tea tree oil regulating the damage of hydrogen sulfide to spleen and intestine of chicken by Yachao Wang, Yilei Liang, Yan Huang, Wei wang, Xiaoyan Long, Li Jiang, Tingting Cheng, Jinfeng Du, Xuegang Luo

“…Serum analysis revealed that TTO lowered levels of alanine aminotransferase(ALT), aspartate aminotransferase(AST), triglycerides(TG), CD3 positive CD4 positive T cells(CD3+CD4+), CD4 positive to CD8 positive Rratio(CD4+/CD8+), and alkaline phosphatase(AKP), while increasing albumin(ALB), globulin(GLO), immunoglobulin A(IgA), and immunoglobulin G(IgG) levels (P < 0.05). …”
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Humification and Humic Acid Composition of Suspended Soil in Oligotrophous Environments in South Vietnam by E. V. Abakumov, O. A. Rodina, A. K. Eskov

“…Suspended soils were shown to contain higher total nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium contents than the forest soil, but the moisture content in suspended soils was significantly lower. Our study of the structural composition of humic substances in suspended soils was conducted with an aim of evaluating the humification rates and structural composition of humic acids in the suspended soil in tropical forests of South Vietnam. …”
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Factors associated with malnutrition inflammation score among hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional investigation in tertiary care hospital, Palestine. by Zakaria Hamdan, Zaher Nazzal, Fatima Masoud Al-Amouri, Sanaa Ishtayah, Sarah Sammoudi, Lawra Bsharat, Manal Badrasawi

“…Patients with CVDs (p = 0.006), higher months on dialysis (p = 0.002), lower BMI (p = 0.018), and using catheter for dialysis access are more likely to develop malnutrition (p = 0.018). …”
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Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends for Climate-Resilient Maize Farming System in Major Agroecology Zones of Ethiopia by Abebe Zeleke, Kindie Tesfaye, Tilahun Tadesse, Teferi Alem, Dereje Ademe, Enyew Adgo

“…Climate-resilient maize agronomic activities have been determined by analyzing the onset, length of the growth period (LGP), and cessation date. Accordingly, the lower and upper quartiles of the date of onset of rainfall were in a range of May 9 to June 2, respectively; the length of the growth period (LGP) during the rainy season ranges from 97 to 232 days, and the cessation date of rainfall was November 1. …”
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Approximate and Sample Entropy of the Center of Pressure During Unperturbed Tandem Standing: Effect of Altering the Tolerance Window by Jayla Wesley, Samhita Rhodes, David W. Zeitler, Gordon Alderink

“…Mean SampEn values were generally lower than ApEn values. The results suggest that both ApEn and SampEn indices demonstrated relative consistency and were equally effective in quantifying the level of the center-of-pressure signal regularity during quiet tandem standing postural balance tests.…”
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Low albumin-to-creatinine ratios (ACR) are associated with poor outcomes in cancer patients by Hong Zhao, Xiangrui Li, Xiaoyue Liu, Chenan Liu, Xin Zheng, Yue Chen, Jinyu Shi, Qiteng Liu, Zhaoting Bu, Hanping Shi

“…In gastrointestinal tract tumor patients, higher ACR levels were linked to lower PG-SGA scores and improved KPS scores (P < 0.05). …”
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Determination of growth, leaf yield, quality and safety of potted Ocimum gratissimum L. cultivated using different fertilizer types by Nneka Angela Okoli, Elozonachukwu Stella Maris Udoh, Chukwudi Michael Lambert

“…Pb was higher in scent leaf produced with compost (0.48 ± 0.09 mg kg-1) and lower in scent leaf cultivated with NPk fertilizer (0.11 ± 0.06 mg kg-1). …”
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