Drought stress tolerance based on selection indices of resistant crops variety by R. Daneshvar rad, H. Heidari Sharifabad, M. Torabi, R. Azizinejad, H.R. Salemi, M. Heidari Soltanabadi

“…The statistical analysis was applied to the data using the R software.FINDING: Lower irrigation showed a gradual decrease in plants height, number of leaves per plant, stem diameter, nitrogen and crude protein, with an increase in the length and weight of their panicle. …”
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Pressure Modification or Barrier Issues during Polymer Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery by Wang Dongmei, Shane Namie, Randall Seright

“…This work is particularly relevant to viscous oil reservoirs where polymer viscosities are substantially lower than the oil viscosity.…”
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Features of the development of coordination abilities in young schoolchildren by Dmytro Morozov, Iryna Kryventsova, Katarzyna Prusik

“…In the experimental group of girls, there was a significant improvement in the "Rhythmic Movements of Upper and Lower Limbs" test (p<0.01). These results were consistent with improvements in other coordination ability tests in the experimental group (p<0.05). …”
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Prevalence of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit in Fast Bowlers and Its Correlation with Bowling Speed by Suresh Perumal

“…This could be explained by the large difference in the biomechanics of bowling compared to throwing and that bowling speed is also determined by various other factors such as run-up velocity, lower body kinetics, kinematics, etc. Clinical significance: This information is valuable to sports medicine doctors and coaches, providing a better understanding of shoulder biomechanics in fast bowlers and its relationship with bowling speed.…”
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Motor coordination of eye-foot and ear-foot in adolescents: a comparison between adolescents engaged in rhythmic sports and ball sports by Ravisara Trongjitpituk

“…For ear-foot coordination, the rhythmic sports group showed greater timing consistency (lower CVITI) than both the ball sports ( p = 0.012) and inactive groups ( p = 0.034). …”
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Insecticide resistance mutations of Anopheles species in the Republic of Korea. by Jiseung Jeon, Heung Chul Kim, Terry A Klein, Hojong Jun, Kwang Shik Choi

“…Additional specimens were collected in Seoul [Yongsan US Army Garrison (USAG)] and Pyeongtaek (Humphreys USAG) where malaria risks are much lower. Anopheles mosquitoes were identified to species using a multiplex PCR method and then evaluated for the presence of acetylcholinesterase-1 (ace-1) and voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc) regions to identify mutations linked to insecticide resistance. …”
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Improving fruit traits of 'Braeburn' apples in low-altitude regions: The impact of foliar spray and rootstock interactions by Leili Habibzadeh, Mahdi Alizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Sharifani

“…Originality/Value: The article clearly emphasizes that the orchard establishment of the ‘Braeburn’ apple is not technically authorized for low altitude places (lower than 1000 m).…”
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Epidemiological Study of Uveal Melanoma from US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (2010–2015) by Yufeng Xu, Lixia Lou, Yijie Wang, Qi Miao, Kai Jin, Menglu Chen, Juan Ye

“…Females had significantly lower incidence (4.076 per million, IRR, 0.768, 95% CI, 0.710–0.832) with noticeable differences among age, race, origin, and laterality in sex-stratified analyses as well. …”
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Risk Factors For Progression From Biochemical Leak to Clinically Relevant Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy. The Key of the Lock: Prognostic Nutritiona... by Mehmet Can Aydin, Oguzhan Ozsay, Kagan Karabulut, Recep Bircan, Fatih Atalay, Mehmet Batuhan Ors

“…Results: Preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) was significantly lower in the CR-POPF group compared to the BL group (35.6 (30.1-47.9) vs 41.6 (33.5-58), P < .001). …”
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Cracking susceptibility of full-sibs of a cross of a cracking tolerant and cracking susceptible sweet cherry: Relation to cuticle characteristics, microcracking and calcium. by Moritz Knoche, Loise Grosset-Grange, José Quero-García, David Alletru, Lina Boutaleb

“…The Ca/dry mass ratio was lower (-8%) for susceptible than for tolerant genotypes. …”
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Clinical Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Gabapentin Plus B Complex (B1/B12) versus Pregabalin for Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy by Alberto Mimenza Alvarado, Sara Aguilar Navarro

“…Likewise, occurrence of vertigo was lower in the GBP/B1-B12 group, with a significant statistical difference, P=0.014. …”
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Association between visceral adiposity index and prostate cancer in men aged 40 years and older: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Wentao Yao, Jiacheng Wu, Hongzhi Wang, Zongming Jia, Yinyi Zhou, Chendi Yang, Feng Xu, Ying Kong, Yuhua Huang

“…The stability of this relationship across demographic groups was assessed via subgroup analyses and interaction tests.Results Among 2,768 participants, those with elevated VAI displayed lower total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) levels and reduced PCa risk. …”
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Comparison of Visual and Refractive Outcomes Between Refractive Lens Exchange and Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction Surgery in Moderate to High Myopia by Chia-Yi Lee, Shun-Fa Yang, Hung-Chi Chen, Ie-Bin Lian, Jing-Yang Huang, Chao-Kai Chang

“…The vector analysis showed a lower DV and ME and a higher CoI in the KLEx group than in the RLE group (all <i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

“…Younger age, being opioid-naïve, and lower discharge pain score are associated with low or no postoperative opioid use. …”
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Effects of Error Modulation-Based Visual and Haptic Feedback Fusion Strategies on Motor Learning and Motivation by Jingyan Meng, Na Li, Yang Hu, Dazheng Zhao, Guoning Li, Jingyan Hu, Tao Song, Yehao Ma, Rongzhen Fu, Guokun Zuo, Liang Tao, Min Tang, Yunfeng Liu, Changcheng Shi

“…In particular, the VRHA group had a larger reduction in average tracking error in the generalization test, lower RMS of sEMG signals both in the assessment and generalization tests and higher perceived competence in the assessment tests. …”
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Optimization of a microarray for fission yeast by Dong-Uk Kim, Minho Lee, Sangjo Han, Miyoung Nam, Sol Lee, Jaewoong Lee, Jihye Woo, Dongsup Kim, Kwang-Lae Hoe

“…A 1:1 mix ratio between up- and down-tags was satisfactory. A lower temperature (25℃) was optimal for cultivation instead of a normal temperature (30℃) because of extra temperature-sensitive mutants in a subset of the deletion library. …”
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Acute Toxicity of Xylene on the African Catfish <i>Clarias gariepinus</i> by I.C. Davies, E.S. Erondu, A.I. Hart, L.C. Osuji

“…The test was determined for 96hour median lethal concentration using concentrations of 250ml/l, 200ml/l, 150ml/l, 100ml/l, 50ml/l, 25ml/l and 0.0ml/l (control) which gave a LC50 value of 63.965ml/l with upper and lower confidence limits at 106.53 ml/l and 37.82ml/l respectively. …”
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Comparison of the Energy Properties of Sunflower Stalk Fibers for Solid Biofuel Production by Diana Kindzera, Viktoria Kochubei

“…By DTA curves comparison, the highest calorific value for the SSB sample, lower for the SSI and the SSG samples, and the lowest for the SSP sample were established. …”
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Histopathological Finding of Microdamage Accumulation in Atypical Subtrochanteric Femoral Fracture by Yo Watanabe, Naoki Kondo, Tomomi Fukuhara, Norio Imai, Masahiko Yamada, Naoto Endo

“…In the cortex of fracture site, the lacunar density was markedly lower than the osteocyte density, and microcracks were detected, suggesting impaired osteocyte function and a low potential for fracture healing. …”
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Effect of structured lipids as dietary supplements on the fatty acid profile, carcass yield, blood chemistry, and abdominal fat deposition of female broilers by Hongzeng Ai, Yee-Ying Lee, Yuxia Lu, Chin Ping Tan, Oi Ming Lai, Aijun Li, Yufei Zhang, Yong Wang, Zhen Zhang

“…Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels decreased by 34%, while high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels increased by 23%, resulting in a lower risk of atherosclerosis. No significant differences have been observed in carcass yield results of the POL and H-AMD groups. …”
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