Phenotypic effects of the dwarfing gene Rht-17 in spring durum wheat under two climatic conditions by A. G. Chernook, P. Yu. Kroupin, L. A. Bespalova, V. V. Panchenko, V. Ya. Kovtunenko, M. S. Bazhenov, L. A. Nazarova, G. I. Karlov, A. Yu. Kroupina, M. G. Divashuk

“…Grain weight per main spike was lower in plants with Rht-B1p than in plants with Rht-B1a by 12 % in Moscow and by 23 % in Krasnodar due to a decrease in 1000 grain weight in both regions of the field experiment. …”
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Early sST2 Liberation after Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Philipp Opfermann, Elisabeth Simader, Alessia Felli, Michele Bevilacqua, Caroline Holaubek, Martin Dworschak, Mohamed Mouhieddine, Daniel Zimpfer, Jan Hendrik Ankersmit, Barbara Steinlechner

“…While 1-year survivors had persistently lower sST2 values compared to nonsurvivors during the first 3 weeks after LVAD implantation (p=0.012), no differences were observed in the temporal pattern of IL-6 or IL-33. …”
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Genetic resources of narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) and their role in its domestication and breeding by M. A. Vishnyakova, E. V. Vlasova, G. P. Egorova

“…Special attention is paid to the study of accessions with limited branching as a promising gene pool for cultivation in relatively northern regions of Russia. They demonstrate lower but more stable productivity, and suitability for cultivation in planting patterns, which has a number of agronomic advantages. …”
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Integrating machine learning and structure-based approaches for repurposing potent tyrosine protein kinase Src inhibitors to treat inflammatory disorders by Muhammad Waleed Iqbal, Muhammad Shahab, Zakir ullah, Guojun Zheng, Irfan Anjum, Gamal A. Shazly, Atrsaw Asrat Mengistie, Xinxiao Sun, Qipeng Yuan

“…Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area (MMGBSA) analysis validated their binding affinities by providing comparably lower binding free energies for orlistat (− 33.4743 ± 3.8908), acarbose (− 19.5455 ± 5.4702), and afatinib (− 36.4944 ± 5.4929) than the control, dasatinib (− 13.7785 ± 5.8058). …”
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Five Clinical Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Alirio R. Bastidas, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, José S. Arias, Diana Cufiño, Diana Moya, Daniel Martin, Faure Rodríguez, Carolina Aponte-Murcia, Doris M. Pumarejo, Maria A. Bejarano, Geraldine Ospina, Lina M. Morales, Adriana M. Portella, Maria D. Barragán, Daniela A. Álvarez, José M. Hernández

“…The COULD IT BE COPD questionnaire had a lower discriminatory capacity AUC-ROC of 0.581, concerning the other scores (DeLong test, p = 0.0002). …”
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Ipsilateral ectopic pregnancy in the distal remaining part of the previously removed Fallopian tube: a case report by Bassant Elshatby, Mohamed Mohamed Belal, Mohamed Emad Rezk

“…Case presentation A 22-year-old woman of mixed Arab ancestry and African ethnicity, gravida 4, para 1, with a history of one miscarriage and a previous ectopic pregnancy, presented to Elshatby Maternity Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, complaining of severe lower abdominal pain with a history of an open right salpingectomy one year prior due to the ectopic pregnancy. …”
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Association of cigarette smoking with cardiometabolic risk factors: A cross-sectional study by Samar Sultan, Fouzy Lesloom

“…Results Smokers had significantly higher vWF functional activity and hs-cTnI but significantly lower albumin and total bilirubin levels than non-smokers (65.87 ± 19.07 vs 56.45 ± 6.59, respectively, p<0.001; 0.0382 ± 0.0077 vs 0.0147 ± 0.0105, respectively, p<0.001; and 4.63 ± 0.32 vs 4.74 ± 0.28, respectively, p=0.026). …”
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Evaluating the Performance of Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticle-Modified Asphalt Binder and Modelling the Viscoelastic Properties by Using Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector M... by Mustafa Alas, Sani Isah Abba, Shaban Ismael Albrka Ali, Abdur Rahim, Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff

“…The higher complex modulus (G∗) and lower phase angle (δ) parameters indicated that the increase in stiffness due to the modification process was at the cost of losing elastic properties against fatigue cracking. …”
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Association between Irisin, hs-CRP, and Metabolic Status in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor, Adrian M. Gonzalez-Gil, Oscar Tamez-Rivera, Carla Toledo-Salinas, Mariana Peschard-Franco, Nora A. Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Christian Silva-Platas, Gerardo Garcia-Rivas

“…Plasma irisin levels were found to be lower in the T2DM group compared with controls, which could be attributed to a reduced PGC-1α activity in muscle tissue with a consequent decrease in FNDC5 and irisin expression. …”
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Simulation of slope soil erosion intensity with different vegetation patterns based on cellular automata model by Yan Sheng, Shangxuan Zhang, Long Li, Long Li, Zhiming Cao, Yu Zhang

“…Ultimately, the dynamic characteristics of soil erosion in 2023 are simulated under various slope conditions.ResultsResults indicated: (1) The spatial distribution of simulated soil erosion intensity grade maps for different slopes largely aligned with actual maps, and regions with soil erosion depth greater than 3 cm were resistant to transitioning to lower erosion zones. (2) The Kappa coefficients for simulated soil erosion intensity in uniform distribution, random distribution, aggregate distribution, and bare control slopes were 65.24%, 73.62%, 75.88%, and 69.06%, respectively, confirming the feasibility of the CA-Markov model for simulating soil erosion dynamics. (3) The simulation of soil erosion intensity on different slopes in 2023 revealed that erosion intensity on uniformly distributed, aggregated, and bare control slopes remained predominantly in the erosion zone with a depth of 1–2 cm, while randomly distributed slopes experienced a shift from mild erosion area to slight erosion area.DiscussionThis study improves the understanding of soil erosion across different vegetation patterns and demonstrates the applicability of the CA-Markov model for simulating dynamic erosion on slopes. …”
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Neoadjuvant pyrotinib and trastuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer with no early response (NeoPaTHer): efficacy, safety and biomarker analysis of a prospective, multicentre, resp... by Fei Wang, Yongjiu Wang, Bin Xiong, Zhenlin Yang, Jingfen Wang, Yumin Yao, Lixiang Yu, Qinye Fu, Liang Li, Qiang Zhang, Chao Zheng, Shuya Huang, Liyuan Liu, Chun Liu, Huaibo Sun, Beibei Mao, Dong-Xu Liu, Zhigang Yu

“…Patients with co-mutations of TP53 and PIK3CA exhibited lower rates of early partial response compared to those without or with a single gene mutation (36.0% vs. 60.0%, P = 0.08). …”
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Long-term changes in the dependence of <i>Nm</i>F2 on solar flux at Juliusruh by M. G. Tan Jun Rios, M. G. Tan Jun Rios, C. Borries, H. Liu, J. Mielich

“…</p> <p>The saturation effect is visible in our data and starts at lower F30 values in the ascending phase than in the descending phase. …”
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The learning curve for laparoscopic-assisted single-port mediastinoscopic esophagectomy: an analysis of proficiency by Wenhao Li, Xiangfeng Gan, Liangzhan Lv, Yingmeng Wu, Weizhao Huang, Yi Liang, Qingdong Cao

“…Compared with the preliminary stage, the procedure time [275 (250–300) vs 178.5 (161.5–205.0) min, P < .001], bleeding volume [100 (100–200) vs 50 (50–80) mL, P < .001], postoperative hospital stays [15 (13–31) vs 13 (11–17) d, P = .006], and the incidence of anastomotic fistula(20.9% vs 5.2%, P = .017) were significantly lower in the proficiency stage, whereas the number of harvested total lymph nodes [17 (12–23) vs 22 (16–29), P = .002], total mediastinal lymph nodes [7 (5–11) vs 13 (9–18), P < .001] and the rate of recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node harvest (71.4% vs 96.6%, P < .001) was significantly higher. …”
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Relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 levels and ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jinhui Li, Simiao Chen, Lan He, Yangni Li, Weinan Yang, Yishu Zhang, Lincheng Zhang, Yuyan Zhang

“…Moreover, no potential publication bias was discovered in this meta-analysis.Conclusion Higher serum IGF-1 was significantly correlated with a lower risk of ischaemic stroke. In view of the high degree of heterogeneity, it may need more studies to confirm the prognostic value of serum IGF-1 levels in ischaemic stroke and explore the sources of heterogeneity.…”
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Appropriate dietary phosphorus levels promote growth performance, mineral retention, and hepatic lipid metabolism in juvenile American eels (Anguilla rostrata) by Yichuang Xu, Shuo Wang, Xinyu Hu, Pan Wang, Xiaozhao Han, Jinyue Yang, Ying Liang, Shaowei Zhai

“…Additionally, Eels fed diets containing 1.31 % Pi had lower deformity rate, serum lipid content, and hepatic lipid levels than those receiving diets with 0.52 % Pi. …”
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Diastolic dysfunction of myocardium and change of <i>Q–T</i> interval at chronic hepatitis C by A. A. Konysheva, Ye. A. Saginova, S. V. Moiseyev, T. N. Krasnova, D. T. Abdurakhmanov

“…The sodium filtration fraction in patients with decompensated LC was significantly lower, than in patients with compensated cirrhosis and hepatitis.Conclusions. …”
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Implications of circular economy practices for firms in the integrated waste sector by Daniel Agyapong, Gloria K. Q. Agyapong, Daniel Ofori, Osman Light, Stephanie Efua Frimpong

“…Additionally, these actions increase efficiency, which lowers operational expenses and improves governance-related concerns, including management training on these procedures and implementation of policies in compliance with the law.…”
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Prospects of the use of wild relatives for pea (Pisum sativum L.) breeding by O. E. Kosterin

“…Some P. sativum subsp. elatius accessions have lowered transpiration rates, and an accession from Italy survives at –20оС. …”
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MAIP1-Related Tumor Immune Infiltration: As a Potential Prognostic Biomarker for Esophageal Cancer by Xiaoyu He, Fu Gan, Yongjian Lin, Guoqing Liu, Yunhua Lin, Dongxu Chen

“…Overall survival analysis showed that EC patients with the overexpression of MAIP1 presented a lower overall survival and worse prognosis (p=0.004). …”
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Smart Healthy Schools: An IoT-enabled concept for multi-room dynamic air quality control by Alessandro Zivelonghi, Alessandro Giuseppi

“…In the post-pandemic era, equipping schools with a network of smart IoT sensors has become critical to aspire for the optimal control of the IAQ and lowering the airborne infection risk of several pathogens, indirectly related to cumulated human emitted CO2 levels over time. …”
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